“What’s the matter? Is it good news or bad news?”
“Are you handing out free gifts to everyone?”
“Why is your supermarket sealed up? Don’t tell me you did something shady?”
The crowd asked curiously, one after another.
“Everyone, please quiet down and let me finish.” Yuan Yingyu quickly tried to quiet the crowd.
“This elder here.” Yuan Yingyu pointed at Lin Wen. Lin Wen immediately puffed out his chest, stood up straight, and looked quite pleased with himself.
“This elder was shopping at our supermarket yesterday. Our security guard, due to a work mistake, mistakenly thought the elder had stolen something and wrongly accused him. As the owner of the supermarket, I feel deeply apologetic about this, so today I’ve specially come here to apologize to the elder.”
As Yuan Yingyu spoke, he turned around and bowed deeply to Lin Wen.
“Elder, I’m sorry. You were wronged.” As Yuan Yingyu said this, his heart ached. Damn it, I’ve been wronged way more than you.
“Hmph, from now on, keep your security guards in line. Ruining someone’s reputation so carelessly, isn’t that just hurting people?” Lin Wen finally showed a happy smile and scolded him righteously.
“Yes, yes, yes, I’ll remember. I’ll definitely be careful from now on.” Yuan Yingyu didn’t dare talk back. He could only smile along and nod repeatedly.
“Hey, boss, you stopped us just for this?” someone in the crowd shouted again.
“Yes, just for this. Thank you, everyone.” Yuan Yingyu cupped his hands toward the crowd.
“Tsk, is there something wrong with you?”
“Boring. I thought it was something important.”
“Exactly. What a waste of my time for such a small thing.”
The crowd immediately felt it was pointless and dispersed, complaining as they went.
Yuan Yingyu listened from the side and deeply agreed.
It really was damn boring, but he didn’t dare not do it. If he didn’t make this old man happy, he’d go bankrupt.
“Elder, are you satisfied with this?” Yuan Yingyu scurried back over to Lin Wen and said with a bow.
“Hmph, it’ll do.” Lin Wen curled his lip and revealed a satisfied smile.
“That’s good, that’s good. As long as the elder is happy, I won’t feel so guilty inside. Then—”
Bang!
“Ouch!”
Before Yuan Yingyu could finish, Lin Hai suddenly raised his leg and kicked him in the stomach.
With a thud, Yuan Yingyu fell flat on his back. He clutched his stomach, grimacing in pain, and couldn’t get up for quite a while.
“This kick is also me paying you back,” Lin Hai said coldly.
“Yes, yes, yes. It was all my fault yesterday. I shouldn’t have gotten rough with the elder.” Yuan Yingyu was in so much pain that cold sweat ran down his face. Lin Hai’s kick had really been no joke.
“Dad, let’s go.” Seeing that things here were settled and his father’s face had regained its happy smile, Lin Hai finally felt relieved.
“Okay, let’s go home.” Lin Wen stepped forward to get in the car.
“G-go home?” Yuan Yingyu sat on the ground, instantly dumbfounded.
Damn it, your business is done, but what about mine?
“Elder, wait a moment, wait a moment.” Yuan Yingyu quickly clutched his stomach, endured the pain, stood up, and stopped Lin Wen.
“What else is there?” Lin Wen was very annoyed by this Yuan Yingyu.
“Um, Elder, you see, I’ve already apologized to you and restored your reputation. Then what about my supermarket?” Yuan Yingyu asked with a fawning look.
“The supermarket? What about the supermarket?” Yuan Yingyu confused Lin Wen completely.
“You bastard, what are you pretending for?” Yuan Yingyu cursed inwardly.
“Elder, you see, I still depend on this supermarket to make a living. If it stays sealed like this…”
“Whether you make a living or not, what does that have to do with me? I didn’t seal your supermarket!” Lin Wen said, finding it strange.
“Uh…” Yuan Yingyu was cursing inwardly. Damn it, it really wasn’t you who sealed it, but you’re the one who had people seal it.
“Elder, I truly know I was wrong. Please just let me go. I really won’t dare do it again.” Yuan Yingyu dropped to his knees with a thud, looking like he was about to cry.
“Alright, get up. Remember, don’t trick people again.” Lin Hai, standing nearby, suddenly spoke.
“This…” Yuan Yingyu knelt there, not daring to move. This young man in front of him was the old man’s son. Who knew if what he said carried any weight?
Seeing that Yuan Yingyu hadn’t moved, Lin Hai couldn’t help but shake his head and took out his phone.
“Brother Hou, that matter is over. Remove the seal for him.”
“Dad, let’s go.” After hanging up, Lin Hai got in the car.
“Hey, Elder, my store…” Yuan Yingyu became anxious again.
“Don’t worry, it’ll be unsealed today.” Lin Hai tossed out those words, stepped on the gas, and the car sped away.
“Really or not?” Yuan Yingyu was stunned.
“Xiao Hai, didn’t you hear what Chief Wang said? This crappy supermarket specializes in scamming country people. It’s good that it’s sealed. Why did you go find someone to help unseal it?” In the car, Lin Wen looked unhappy.
“Dad, do you think I’m willing to let him off like this?” Lin Hai smiled.
“Then just now…” Lin Wen was stunned, not understanding what Lin Hai meant.
“Chief Wang helped you before. Let’s leave this credit for him.”
“Leave it for him? How?” Lin Wen said in surprise.
“You don’t need to worry about that.” Lin Hai shook his head.
“Hmph, so mysterious.” Lin Wen snorted and turned his head away.
Somewhere, in a spacious villa, a mysterious man and woman were embracing on a bed.
“A-Feng, tomorrow is the Qingge Competition. Are you really going to participate?” the man asked the woman beside him with a somewhat grave expression.
“Brother Yong, I’ve studied for many years, and before I could make a name for myself, I ended up wandering the martial world with you. I have no regrets, but I don’t want to stay unknown like this forever. I want people to worship me madly, to grovel at my feet. I love that feeling of being the center of everyone’s attention.” The woman’s eyes held a trace of madness.
“But aren’t you afraid of being exposed?” The man was still a little worried.
“Exposed? Hahaha…” The woman laughed wildly.
“Brother Yong, you’re too cautious. Even if they racked their brains, they’d never imagine that we actually discovered a passage to the mortal realm and escaped to the world of mortals, right?” A hint of disdain appeared at the corner of the woman’s mouth.
“Even so, what if…”
“Alright, Brother Yong, don’t worry about me. You should focus your mind on seizing power and wealth in the mortal world. The Hu family took so much effort from us before, yet failed for no apparent reason. The Zhao family matter was even more ridiculous. We had just used that idiot Zhao Kun to control Hou Xianpin, and before we could make a move against the entire Zhao family and Tang Sen, it failed again. We don’t have that many opportunities to waste.” A flash of ruthlessness passed through the woman’s eyes.
“Hmph!” At the mention of this, the man angrily slapped the bed board. “It’s all because of that bastard named Lin Hai. Sooner or later, I won’t let him off!”
“Alright, Brother Yong. At this point, there’s no use complaining. This time, our plan must be foolproof. Once it fails, finding another chance will be difficult.”
“Don’t worry. This plan is extremely tight. I absolutely won’t allow even the slightest mistake.” A sinister smile appeared at the corner of the man’s eyes.
“Not only must we obtain the wealth of the Ye family and the Zhao family, I also want Lin Hai chopped into ten thousand pieces!”
