EBE Chapter 407 Being Taken Advantage Of
Chapter 407 Being Taken Advantage Of
The sea breeze, carrying a salty, damp feel, blew by as Wufu Restaurant removed its last door panel, just as the sun, which had already risen in the sky, was swallowed up by the drifting clouds.
Xu Anyang looked up and pursed his lips: "Sister Yi, it looks like another typhoon is coming. The clouds are moving too fast."
Xu Yiyi withdrew her gaze from behind the counter, her expression turning indifferent: "I guess so, things have been quite turbulent these past few days."
After saying that, he suddenly thought of something.
“Once this typhoon hits, Er'er and the others may have some difficulty traveling.”
Xu Yiyi's face was filled with worry. The sound of the watchman's clapper came from the dock at the hour of Si (9-11 AM), but it was instantly drowned out by the sound of the crowd.
Strings of dried fish hanging from the eaves in the backyard swirled in the sudden sea breeze, their silvery scales shimmering from time to time.
Clap your hands!
Xu Yiyi and Xu Anyang carried a large pot of boiled water to the front. When they passed the backyard, Sihai was sitting on a bamboo mat, playing with Wuyuan.
Wu Yuan, with a chubby little face, paused for a moment as if there was a bad signal before he realized what was happening.
She reached out and clapped her two little hands.
Si Hai's eyes lit up immediately, and he looked up at Xu Yiyi: "Big sister! Wu Yuan can understand human speech!"
Old Lu burst out laughing.
"Isn't that obvious? He's a human being, of course he can understand human speech."
"Oh!"
Sihai shrank his neck, then hugged Wuyuan's round belly and picked him up.
"I have to say, Sihai's strength is truly immense."
Xu Anyang looked at Sihai, who was carrying his younger brother as he stepped in through the threshold, and sighed, "What family has a four-year-old child who can easily lift someone weighing over ten kilograms?"
Xu Yi looked up and saw Si Hai carrying Wu Yuan steadily.
The horse stance is also well-formed.
That's what she was thinking.
Hong Gang sat at the table in Ruyijuli, lost in thought. The servant leaned on the second-floor railing, almost wiping off the paint, but dared not come down.
I was afraid of offending him again.
Suddenly, Hong Gang's head started turning, as if he was looking for someone.
The servant panicked and was about to pull his head back when Hong Gang, who had raised his head, saw him.
"Get down here right now!"
Hong Gang stared at him with a stern face, and the servant was so frightened that his hand trembled and he dropped the rag in his hand.
"Master... what are your orders?"
The servant cautiously stepped down, observing his expression.
"Have you finished what I asked you to do? Why haven't we heard anything about it?"
Hong Gang has now reached the point where he gets annoyed by any noise from next door.
The servant stood timidly in front of him, not daring to even raise his head: "I have done as you instructed, but it may... it may take a little more time."
Hong Gang sighed deeply, wanting to say something, but in the end he only uttered two words: "Useless!"
The servant remained silent, like a gourd with a sawed mouth.
……
As soon as it's mealtime, Wufu Restaurant is as busy as ever.
The two older women haven't returned yet, so they're quite busy.
Xu Yiyi carried in a plate of freshly cooked braised sea fish with scallions, lifting the curtain to enter.
The restaurant was mostly filled with regulars, speaking in familiar local accents, who would occasionally crack a joke at Xu Yiyi.
At the corner table, a merchant from out of town, dressed in a silk shirt and wearing a large thumb ring, had been staring at her ever since she came in from the backyard. His oily eyes kept lingering on her slender neck and busy wrists, his lewdness and scheming in his gaze almost undisguised.
Xu Yiyi noticed it immediately.
Suppressing his discomfort, he carefully placed the dish on the merchant's table and said softly, "Sir, here's your fish. Please enjoy."
Just as she turned to leave...
That bastard's fat hand gave her a very lewd pinch on the buttocks.
Xu Yiyi tilted her head and let out a cold laugh.
"Young lady, this fish-fragrant dish still can't compare to yours..."
The merchant's vulgar laughter had not yet faded.
"Snapped!"
With a crisp sound, the slap landed directly on the merchant's greasy face.
The slap wasn't the end of it. Xu Yiyi quickly walked to the counter and took the wet rag that was originally used to line the plates.
He returned to the customer, and with all his might, slapped the rag across the bastard's face.
"what--"
The customer screamed, and the rag, stained with oil and fish, splattered directly onto his face.
"I'm going to report this to the authorities! You dare hit me? Do you know who I am?"
The merchant covered his face and glared fiercely at Xu Yi.
I hoped to see fear on her face.
Xu Anyang, who was tidying up the private rooms on the second floor, rushed downstairs upon hearing the commotion: "What's wrong? Sister Yi! Is he causing trouble?"
Xu Anyang stood in front of Xu Yiyi with his hands on his hips, his eyes wide and his expression stern.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
An elderly fisherman at the next table, who was about to pick up his wine bowl, froze in mid-air, his cloudy eyes suddenly widening: "Boss Xu, what happened?"
All the diners in the lobby looked over curiously.
Xu Yiyi didn't say anything, but slapped the merchant's face again in front of everyone.
"Ow—!"
The merchant immediately let out a scream of shock and rage, leaping up from his stool. The burning pain on his face and the fury of being publicly humiliated made his features contort: "You little bitch! How dare you hit me!"
After saying that, he swung his thick arm to slap Xu Yiyi.
Xu Anyang was about to stop her, but Xu Yiyi acted even faster.
Taking advantage of his unsteady stance, he suddenly kicked the leg of the bench in front of him.
The bench scraped against the ground with a screeching sound, and the merchant stumbled, his fat body falling face-first to the ground like a pig.
"This bastard pinched my butt."
Xu Yiyi spoke calmly, as if she wasn't the one who had been taken advantage of.
Hearing the commotion, Hong Gang quickly climbed to the doorway, his eyes lighting up: "The person you're looking for?"
The servant glanced at him and peeked into the Wufu Restaurant.
"Did I find the person?"
The servant muttered something under his breath.
But he only made one request: to spread rumors that the ingredients at Wufu Restaurant were bad and harmful to health.
As for anything else, he really didn't make any requests!
The servant watched with trepidation, feeling as if he had done something wrong.
"You're a smart kid. You still have a lot of money left over from the last time I gave you, right? Here, take it all."
Hong Gang laughed heartily, eager to see Xu Yiyi's embarrassed expression on her face.
The servant forced a smile, cursing inwardly.
[That's fucking stingy! He still has money left? The little bit of money this bastard gave us wasn't even enough to live on.]
……
"Bullshit! Who saw me touch you?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the merchants knew that most of the people in the restaurant were probably on the side of the brat in front of them, and that they would definitely suffer losses if they confronted her head-on.
Then his eyes darted around mischievously, and his face immediately adopted an expression of utter injustice.
The merchant slammed his hand on the table, his voice filled with exaggerated grievance: "This is outrageous! Is there no law? Do you even have any sense of reason?"