The fat man stopped beating around the bush: "This restaurant was opened with the four gold bars you gave me back then, and your bracelet is still safely hidden away!"

After saying that, he took the paper and pen from the private room and wrote down a phone number: "I'm treating my son today, so I'll waive the bill for you. Have my son call me in a couple of days, and I'll send the bracelet over to you once we've arranged a place. That's all."

After saying that, he stood up and left, completely ignoring Lou Xiao'e's changed expression.

Chen Mengxiao was quite anxious: "Mommy, why did Daddy leave?"

Lou Xiao'e silently put away the phone number and said remorsefully, "He's angry, angry at Mommy. Mommy shouldn't have tried to be clever, and she shouldn't have looked down on him."

Chen Mengxiao opened her eyes wide and said very seriously, "Daddy is different from other people!"

Lou Xiao'e regretted her actions: "How could I not know! But it was precisely because of this that I wanted to outdo him, to show him how well I was doing now, how rich I was, and to expose my damned sense of superiority!"

Chen Mengxiao felt sorry for her mother again and went over to gently pat Lou Xiao'e on the back: "Mommy, you're not like this."

"..."

The fat man quickly went downstairs, glancing back guiltily. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lou Xiao'e didn't chase after him.

This was a plan he came up with on a whim! First, he would use the bracelet to keep Lou Xiao'e calm, and then he would ask Chen Yan for help overnight. Otherwise, he was really afraid that his home would turn into a nightmare—Yu Li would smother him with a pillow after he fell asleep at night!

Upon arriving at the front desk, he told Yu Li, who was extremely busy, "I'll waive the bill for the Saoxia Hall."

Yu Li was furious: "Free again! Do you even know how much that table cost?"

"Compared to what others give, it's nothing, just small change, all small change."

Yu Li knew that the fat man was not a generous person, so when she heard him say that, she crossed the bill off the notebook.

Just as the couple was about to take the opportunity to say a few words, the commotion in the front hall suddenly started again.

Who is it? They've come to cause trouble on his turf!

The fat man quickly stopped Yu Li: "Don't go over there, I'll go see what's going on."

Upon entering the front hall, he saw plates and tiles scattered all over the floor. The fat man frowned, looked up, and his face instantly darkened: "Sticks?"

The arrogant, unruly guy with a hooked nose and a head full of curly hair on the other side looked extremely uncomfortable when he heard the fat man's voice.

Fatty? What's he doing here? Does that mean this place is... Qili Pavilion?

As soon as the fat man arrived, the waitress seized the opportunity to complain, pointing at the stick and saying, "He's the one who smashed our things."

Gangzi and his two men were about to explain to the fat man when the security guards, who had heard the commotion, also ran over.

Gangzi knew the fighting capabilities of those four security guards from Qili Pavilion!

Around January of this year, a few thugs who sprang up like mushrooms after rain came to Qili Pavilion hoping to freeload.

Not only did he eat for free, but he also acted like a toad trying to hog the food—asking the fat man for protection money with an arrogant tone.

There were seven thugs in total, while Qilige only sent four security guards. They managed to beat them all to a pulp, and finally, they beat the leader so badly that he vomited up everything he had eaten onto the curb before the fight was over.

Gangzi was there that day. Later, these thugs wanted to take revenge and even approached Gangzi, but he politely declined.

Later I heard that all those thugs were arrested by the police!

Only then did he realize that the owner of this shop was no ordinary person, someone they couldn't afford to offend.

Today's incident was really caused by that bastard Bang Geng!

Gangzi invited him to dinner here today, partly to let himself and his underlings have a good chat, and partly to let Banggeng, this country bumpkin, see his capabilities, so that he could get him to follow him and do some borderline business.

Gangzi ordered jade shrimp, braised eel in hot oil, sliced ​​pork and tofu, pickled celery and peanuts, shredded pickled cabbage soup, a cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea, and a bottle of Erguotou liquor today.

The food cost a total of 12.15 yuan. Gangzi was a regular customer, and the waiters all knew him, so they took it upon themselves to round it down to 12 yuan.

Everything was fine until Gangzi miscalculated the amount of money in his pocket today. He took out all his money and found he only had 10 yuan.

Gangzi asked his two underlings to chip in, but they couldn't even scrape together the remaining two yuan, which infuriated Gangzi!

Just then, Banggeng was there, so Gangzi said to him, "I'm sorry you had to see this today. I'm short on cash, so lend me a few dollars. I'll pay you back tomorrow, otherwise I'll lose face."

Kebang Geng has no money! His pockets are emptier than his face, he doesn't have a single coin on him, let alone a few dollars.

Banggeng couldn't afford to pay, but he didn't want to lose face, otherwise who would bother with him in the future!

So he set his sights on the waiter: "My brother is a regular customer at your restaurant, can't you give him a discount?"

The waiter's reply was standard: "But sir, we've already rounded it down. Your total bill was 12 yuan..."

Banggeng interrupted her impatiently: "What, my brother's reputation isn't worth a dollar, is it?"

That bastard, he not only dared to challenge us, but he also had to make an incredibly loud noise!

Suddenly, all the diners were staring at them, making Gangzi so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear into the ground.

If it weren't for Bang Geng's antics today, Gangzi could have just laughed it off with the waiter, admitted he didn't have enough money on him, and offered to pay the rest later. Maybe Yu Li wouldn't have even asked him for more.

In business, the key is to build a steady, long-term business.

But then that blockhead started yelling. Hearing her voice, Xiao Dang's face turned deathly pale. She immediately wanted to rush over and give him a good scolding.

Yu Li held her back tightly, preventing her from getting any closer; as a result, Bang Geng, seeing the waiter explaining to him in a polite manner, became even more arrogant.

He suddenly grabbed a plate from the table and threw it at the waiter, yelling, "Damn it, is this never going to end?!"

A plate fell to the ground and broke in two. He picked up another one and smashed it at the waiter's feet, yelling, "Speak! I'll show you!"

Then came the third one: "Say it again! You? You're quite the talker, aren't you!"

Then, the fourth one...

Bang Geng saw the fat man, and although he felt incredibly guilty and his whole body was limp, he still had to keep a straight face.

Just like the scene in the TV series where Liu Guangfu borrows the medicine pot, he first gets beaten by Banggeng, and then he runs into the even more vicious Shazhu, but he still has to stubbornly say, "Your mother is a slut!"

Even if Sha Zhu beats him up again, he won't back down.

The fat man asked the waiter, "How much is this table's total?"

The waitress hurriedly said, "Boss, the total bill is 12.15 yuan, which is within my budget for rounding down, so I..."