Did they smash our cold drink shop?

Jia Simiao, Shen Junao, and Li Ergou rushed out and ran back.

There were many people standing outside the Xixi Cold Drink Shop. However, these people did not dare to approach them. They just stood far away and secretly looked around. Jia Simiao and others squeezed through the crowd and saw five or six young men with a bad attitude trying to enter the store to take things while Tang Ziyu was blocking them at the door.

One person said: "Dead girl, give us protection money, we will leave immediately. Do you believe that I will smash your storefront?"

Tang Ziyu shouted: "We don't need protection, let alone pay for it. If you dare to move recklessly, I will call the police."

"Call the police? Okay, let me see how you call the police."

He kicked over a large parasol outside of the store with one foot. The other several people went up and overturned tables and chairs. Then that young man picked up a chair loudly saying: "I tell you guys we are Tiger Ye's men in this area of Xuefu Road no matter what business it is everyone has to pay us protection fees otherwise forget about continuing your business."

Businessmen value harmony for making money; nobody wants trouble. Often when encountering such situations they would adopt an attitude of appeasement by paying some money so as not to cause any more problems which would be enough but Tang Ziyu didn't believe in this kind of thing especially since running Xixi wasn't easy! Others may not know but she understood best.

Zhang Xixi (Xixi)and Jia Simiao worked hard every day from early morning until late night riding tricycles to go buy watermelons from West City's fruit wholesale market then hauling them back one by one into their small hotel. This way they had to work until after nine o'clock at night before returning to Jia's old mansion, was it easy? Even if it was just one dollar, that was hard-earned money.

Tang Ziyu also had a stubborn temper and sneered: "Today, unless you knock me down and step over my body. Otherwise, you won't be able to enter the store."

The young man looked up and down at Tang Ziyu with an evil smile: "Oh? This little girl is really tough. Brothers, let's go! We'll knock her down and use her as protection fees."

These people were really too presumptuous; Zhang Xixi, Shen Junao and others watched with blood boiling but before Zhang Xixi could speak Li Ergou rushed forward grabbing a chair then swung it round from behind knocking one person down directly. Then he pounced on the second person.

This person moved nimbly with fierce attacks which made Jia Simiao's eyes light up. He didn't expect that Li Ergou would be good at fighting too! After knocking another person down the remaining few finally reacted angrily saying: "Hey there are still heroes saving beauties huh? You dare knock our Tiger Ye's men out; kid don't even think about leaving today."

Li Ergou quickly straightened his slightly messy hair cursing: "I'm not afraid of killing wild boars or wolves so why should I fear you bunch of weaklings? Get lost now or else I'll beat you all up!"

Shen Junao wanted to go up but was stopped by Jia Simiao. Since Li Ergou could fight well let him handle this situation sometimes using violence against violence can be more effective. Shen Junao and Zhang Xixi walked over standing beside Tang Ziyu making her feel more secure.

Shen Junao is a criminal investigator who is skilled in Sanda, fighting, and grappling. She's really good at it. In the Sanda competition held by the Municipal Public Security Bureau, she won third place. Within the police system, she was known as an unbeatable champion. Moreover, there was Jia Simiao smoking and watching from the crowd. Tang Ziyu glared at him several times and even Er Gouzi went up to help out, but he still had time to watch the show. Who knows what he was thinking.

The remaining few people didn't take Li Ergou seriously because of his small stature, but this kid's hands were too quick for them; he took down two brothers with ease. But they couldn't let their guard down; they all rushed towards Li Ergou together.

Bang! A punch hit one person's face and his nose started bleeding immediately. Then Li Ergou jumped into the air and kicked another person in the chest so hard that he fell over backwards on the ground while Li Ergou grabbed another person by his throat from behind.

What kind of strange move was this? The man didn't even react before being choked unconscious by Li Ergou rolling his eyes back into his head! In just a blink of an eye four people were taken care of leaving only one guy left who pulled out a flashy knife from his waistband and swung it twice fiercely saying: "Kid, are you tough enough? Come on then... Ahhhh~"

Jia Simiao came up from behind him and chopped him on the neck with one hand causing him to collapse instantly.

Li Ergou stared wide-eyed at Jia Simiao asking incredulously: "Brother Jia...you know martial arts?"

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Jia Simiao laughed: "Just a little bit...but you're pretty good yourself."

"It's nothing special," said Li Ergou modestly while ruffling his hair. "We live in Li Jiaao deep in the mountains where black blind men and evil wolves often come into our village. We've been practicing with wild animals since we were young."

"What kind of martial arts?" asked Jia Simiao.

"Grave robbing," replied Li Ergou, his eyes lighting up at the mention of it. He became excited and forgot all about being shy, nervous or scared saying: "As long as I can see an ancient tomb, I'm sure I can rob it."

"But grave robbing is illegal," said Jia Simiao.

"My dad says that this job is too dangerous for me to do," said Li Ergou dejectedly while hanging his head.

At this point, several people from Tiger Ye's gang struggled to get up. Jia Simiao went over and stepped on one person's chest shouting loudly: "Pay up!"

The man winced in pain and groaned: "P-pay...pay what?"

"You smashed our tables, chairs, benches; knocked down our parasols! Shouldn't you pay us? Hurry up!"

These beasts! They had just been beaten for nothing; how could they afford medical expenses? Not only did they not compensate them but now they wanted compensation themselves? This was outrageous! However, they also knew that they had kicked a steel plate this time; if they didn't pay up then walking back would be a problem.

"How much should we pay then?"

"The tables and chairs plus the parasol...and don't forget about our emotional distress fee...ummm let me think...I'll give you a discount - two thousand.

Huh? Two thousand? Their mouths were wide open, unable to close. They thought it was someone coming to collect protection money, but instead of receiving money, they had to give it away. It turned out that the small bandit encountered a big robber; this was a losing deal.

Jia Simiao smiled and said: "What's wrong? From your expression, you don't want to compensate us for our losses?"

"Compensate, compensate."

When under someone else's roof, one must bow their head. Even if it were twenty thousand yuan instead of two thousand yuan, they still had to endure it. Unfortunately, all of them had emptied their pockets and even counted the coins; there was only slightly over a thousand yuan left. Jia Simiao patted their faces and shouted loudly: "All of you stand up for me."

They were all startled and tremblingly asked: "Wha...what are you doing?"

Jia Simiao kicked them several times while scolding: "Get lost! Don't forget that you owe me more than a thousand yuan. Bring it here tomorrow at this time."

This person's brain must have been kicked by a donkey or stepped on by an ox or maybe he got paired with an idiot last night? How could he say such things? All of them hummed in agreement before quickly running away like escaping from something dangerous. You'll bring the money tomorrow? Just wait until I die first.

Zhang Xixi asked: "Brother Jia, why did you let them go so easily?"

Jia Simiao calmly replied: "To beat the dog is also dependent on its owner; if we want this dog not to bite people anymore then we might as well just beat up its owner too so as not to cause any trouble later on. However since we do not know where the dog's owner is located then we will just release the dog and its owner will naturally come out."

Tang Ziyu laughed: "Oh, I understand now. They are Tiger Lord's men, and you plan to use a long line to catch big fish by letting Tiger Lord come looking for trouble with you? Then you'll take care of him, and no one will cause any more trouble at your cold drink shop."

Jia Simiao gave a thumbs up sign before telling Er Gouzi to go back first.

Li Ergou asked: "Brother Jia, from the way you spoke earlier it seems like there will be another fight tomorrow. Do you want me to call some brothers over?"

Jia Simiao said: "Oh? You have other brothers under your command?"

Li Ergou grinned and said: "They're all hunters who came from Li Family Ravine; they can do anything in Nanjiang City. As long as I blow my whistle, they'll rush over here. It might not be too many people but around twenty or thirty is not a problem."

Jia Simiao smiled and said: "Okay then when I need someone later on, I'll definitely call for you."

Li Ergou suggested: "How about this? Let me bring Wu A'mong along; even if there were ten or twenty of those idiots from earlier he could still knock them down alone."

"Wu A'mong is that strong?"

"Of course! He has been practicing martial arts since he was young so much so that knives and guns cannot harm him anymore; he's an old pervert."

"Oh? Where is he located now? Is he also in Nanjiang City?"

"Yes, he works as a laborer at a construction site in Nanjiang City just like me; we're good friends."

"Tomorrow noon I'll find you then let me meet this person."

Li Ergou chuckled saying: "Sure, no problem."