Upon hearing Bai Lu say that she had called the police, the unlicensed taxi driver pointed at Bai Lu menacingly and said, "You dare to call the police? You just wait... I know your inn is located near Longkan, you can forget about doing business here... You just wait."

As the unlicensed taxi driver spoke, he led the two men towards his car and then drove away...

My heart finally settled down, and I realized the true nature of this unlicensed taxi driver; he really didn't have the guts to fight. He'd rip off timid tourists, but if they were tough, he'd back down. There are so many people like that in society these days.

...

After everything calmed down, Bai Lu shrugged off us, walked up to Instructor Ma, and slapped him. Instructor Ma looked at her expressionlessly, but she herself burst into tears. She choked out to Instructor Ma, "We run an inn, a legitimate business. Can't you think about the consequences before you do things? If you go back in, your life will be over... Do you really want me to die of guilt?"

Instructor Ma remained silent, while Bai Lu turned and yelled at Tie Nan and me, "You two are bastards too... You didn't try to stop it, but instead you were stirring things up, as if you were afraid this fight wouldn't break out? Let me tell you, if Xiao Ma goes in, we can't keep this inn... We can all just wait to die."

This was the first time I'd heard Bai Lu speak so harshly, and I felt a pang of regret... But given what had happened, I couldn't just abandon my guests. If I were afraid of the consequences and left them in the hands of these scoundrels, it would be against my conscience, since they chose this inn because of their trust.

Not wanting Bai Lu to get too angry, I changed the subject and asked her, "Didn't you call the police? Where is he?"

“I didn’t call the police, I was just trying to scare them…” As she spoke, Bai Lu turned her gaze to the Zero Point Inn not far away and whispered to me, “It’s best not to make enemies with the owner of this inn, he’s not someone to mess with.”

"What's wrong?"

“The waters here are deep, and you’re new here, so you don’t understand… Don’t worry about this, leave it to me.”

"You told me, and then I understood!"

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Lu said to me, "The boss is involved in organized crime... Besides the inn, he has many shady businesses. If those people weren't just taking advantage of his bad reputation, but were actually living off him, then we'd be in real trouble... So, I'm not calling the police to give everyone a way out... If things really come to a head, we'll be the ones who suffer... Do you understand?"