Finally, he ran away amidst the expectant gazes of his brothers.

The brothers were completely dejected when they saw the tattooed man abandon them and run away alone.

"Old Ji, what should we do with these people? Should we teach them another lesson so they won't cause trouble again in the future?"

Daqiang looked at Jilun with a dark expression, asked for his opinion, and then moved his hands, his knuckles cracking.

Daqiang was the strongest and tallest among them, and with his naturally dark skin, he looked quite intimidating.

The henchmen lying on the ground trembled upon hearing this, looking at Ji Lun with pleading eyes.

Ji Lun pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses. "Forget it, they were just following orders. Their leader has already run away, so there's no point in dealing with them."

“Old Ji is right, Daqiang, you’ve vented enough now, go back and get some kebabs!” Li Wei patted Daqiang on the shoulder.

"Well, consider yourself lucky!" Daqiang, his face dark, turned around, glared at the people lying on the ground, and then pushed open the door to enter the store.

Only after watching the bear-like giant walk away did the brothers finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Normally, they would follow behind the tattooed man, using his power to intimidate and bolster their own morale. They had never actually fought, let alone faced a man who looked like a black bear!

Ji Lun, Li Wei, and Zhang Peng were about to return to the store when they suddenly heard a police siren.

Ji Lun sensed something was wrong and stopped walking. The other two also stopped.

A police car slowly stopped in front of the store, the door opened, and several police officers got out.

"It's them! Officer! It was the people from this store who beat us brothers up like this!"

The tattooed man suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pointed at his bruised and swollen underlings, and complained to the police.

The lead policeman glanced around the scene, his gaze finally settling on Ji, Li Wei, and Zhang Peng. "Tsk tsk tsk... You guys are all so muscular, couldn't you have gone a little easier? This counts as a fight, you're all coming back to the station with me!"

Ji Lun, who had already stepped into the store with a script, walked over upon hearing this.

"Officer, these are the ones who came looking for trouble. Why are you taking my people away without even asking what happened?"

Li Wei and Zhang Peng chimed in, "If we hadn't fought back, we'd be the ones getting beaten up now!"

The lead policeman stroked his chin and looked at Ji Lun. "Sir, you must be the shop owner, right? I'm not just making things up. You heard what your employees said. They said that if they didn't fight back, they would be the ones getting beaten up!"

Seeing that the police were clearly on his side, the tattooed man raised his chin smugly. "Officers are just doing their job. What? Judging from your behavior, you're not going to cooperate?"

Seeing the arrogant look on the tattooed man's face, Li Wei's forehead veins bulged, and he couldn't help but want to reach out and punch him, but Ji Lun pulled him down.

Ji Lun pursed his lips and took a deep breath. "Officer, you can't count it like that, can you? We were just fighting back, we didn't provoke them. No matter how you look at it, it should be considered self-defense, right?"

"You think you can just say it's self-defense? Do you have any evidence? You just spout nonsense! I could say you tried to kill me to cover it up, and then failed!" the tattooed man shouted.

Today is the opening of the new store, and Ji Lun hasn't had time to install cameras yet, so there's no way to prove anything at this moment.

His hands, hanging by his sides, clenched into fists as he suppressed the urge to tear the tattooed man to pieces.

The lead policeman raised an eyebrow. "No matter what, you can't prove your innocence right now. Besides, they were indeed beaten. Since someone called the police, I have to give an explanation to the public. Come back to the police station with us!"

Ji Lun adjusted his glasses, glanced back at his shop, then at the crowd of onlookers, and softened his tone.

"Today is our first day of business. Could you please make an exception? If we really need to go to the police station, we can go tomorrow."

Before the police officer could speak, the tattooed man interrupted, "That won't do! Think about it, what if a murderer is about to be executed, and then he makes a request, saying that his son was just born and is too young, and he wants to watch him grow up, and asks if there could be an exception? Do you think that's possible?"

"What kind of twisted logic is that!" Zhang Peng's face turned bright red. He took a step forward, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him up.

The tattooed man instinctively grabbed Zhang Peng's arm and shouted in feigned fear, "Help! Officer, they're beating people!"

"Don't be impulsive! Let him go!" the policeman shouted immediately.

“Zhang Peng…” Ji Lun looked at Zhang Peng and shook his head.

Zhang Peng then let go and threw the tattooed man to the ground.

"Alright! You lot, come with me!" The police officer then looked at Ji Lun and the others.

"Yes! Go now! My brother is so badly injured, what if he becomes paralyzed? You have to give me an explanation!"

The tattooed man continued to shout relentlessly, his eyes full of cunning. He thought to himself, "Little punks, even though I can't beat you guys in a fight, I can extort money from you!"

"Who wants to explain?"

Suddenly the shop door opened, and a deep yet extremely imposing voice rang out.

Everyone looked over and saw Lu Yanting standing at the front, followed by Qiu Mang, the Han siblings, and A Long and the others.

When the police saw that Lu Yanting was dressed in an extraordinary manner and exuded an aura of authority, they unconsciously became respectful in their speech.

He cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Sir, this is how it is. This shop is bullying people and assaulting customers, so we are now taking these troublemakers away for questioning in accordance with the law."

"Since you're taking away the troublemakers, just take the ones on the ground. What does it have to do with the shopkeeper?" Lu Yanting said indifferently.

The police officer pointed somewhat awkwardly at Ji Lun and his group, "You don't understand! These people beat someone up like this, so naturally we have to give the victim an explanation!"

"Oh? Is this how you police officers operate now? Whoever is weak is right?" Lu Yanting took out his cigarette case, pulled out a cigarette and was about to light it, but when he saw Xiao Qiuli next to him, he put it back.

The police officer was speechless for a moment.

Lu Yanting looked around, glanced at the people lying haphazardly on the ground, then looked disdainfully at the man with the tattooed arm, and finally fixed his gaze on the leading policeman, letting out a cold snort.

"You call for backup when you can't beat them? What, are you playing house? Or are you protecting these thugs? Don't tell me you don't know who they are."

The lead policeman's face flushed red. Of course he knew, because the tattooed man was his brother-in-law. Over the years, they had been running rampant on this street, and he had helped his brother-in-law settle many things.

"You! What do you mean? Who's the thug! We're here to eat! We're not thugs!" The tattooed man looked flustered.