The next day.

Xu Xingchen asked Zhou Xiaoniang and her husband to help look after the greenhouse, and then he went to the town with Jun Haoyue and the prepared malt sugar.

The weather today was very sunny and the sun made people feel warm. The two of them quickly arrived in town.

I don't know what day it is in the town today, but it is inexplicably lively, and the shouts of the vendors on both sides of the street are louder than each other.

Xu Xingchen took a quick glance and saw that the place was already full of vendors, so she had no choice but to walk inside. The further she went inside, the closer she got to the town center, and the more vendors there were than at the town entrance.

As the sun rose higher, Xu Xingchen became a little anxious. It was already noon, and they hadn't even found a location yet.

Jun Haoyue glanced around, thought for a moment, and said, "Xingchen, let's split up and look for open space. This way we can be more efficient."

Xu Xingchen nodded in agreement and continued walking deeper into the street, while Jun Haoyue went to the left street to look for it.

After walking for a few hundred meters, they found an open space in the center of the busiest street. Xu Xingchen looked at the vendors nearby in some confusion. How could such a prime location be unoccupied by any vendors?

She was still alert and first observed the vendors around her. The vendors were shouting and selling their goods normally and there didn't seem to be anything unusual.

Xu Xingchen wondered whether she should reunite with Jun Haoyue before making a decision, but she was also afraid that once she left, this good position would be taken by someone else.

After hesitating for a while, she decided to take the seat first.

She skillfully set up a large homemade shade umbrella and stuck it into the ground, then built a simple table and placed the malt sugar in the square box.

The vendors nearby gasped when they saw such a bold girl setting up a stall in that location.

Xu Xingchen was ready and waiting for customers to come, not paying attention to the strange looks around him.

The unique aroma of maltose quickly attracted a woman with a child, "Mom, it smells so good."

The woman touched the boy's head and came to Xu Xingchen's stall. When she saw the burnt yellow things in the box, she wanted to pull the boy away.

"Mom will take you to buy some cakes. We don't want to eat this." The boy refused and made a fuss about asking for malt sugar.

Xu Xingchen immediately realized that the other party might have thought it was unclean because she had never seen malt sugar before, so she quickly explained, "Madam, this is called malt sugar, and it's very sweet."

When he heard it was sweet, the boy became even more excited and said, "I want this one."

The woman was still a little hesitant and asked how much money it was. Xu Xingchen held up two fingers and said, "Two coins."

"It's too expensive." He said and was about to take the boy away.

Xu Xingchen thought that this first business deal couldn't be lost, so he rolled up a ball of malt sugar on a bamboo stick and handed it to the woman, saying, "How about this, I'll give it to you to taste and prove its taste, how about that?"

The woman took the malt sugar suspiciously, carefully raised it to her nose and sniffed it. It had a sweet aroma, so she raised her arm to cover it and carefully licked it.

The sweetness penetrated deep into the woman's heart, and she looked very happy. The boy couldn't wait and jumped on the spot: "Mom, I want one too, I want one too."

The woman handed the bamboo stick to the boy, who couldn't wait to put it in his mouth. The little guy's eyes lit up and said, "So sweet and delicious, Mom, please buy some more."

This time the woman did not hesitate or doubt any more. She took out the copper coins from her sleeve pocket and was counting them when she was pushed away by someone. The copper coins fell to the ground. The woman was about to scold the person who pushed her, but when she saw the person, she quickly grabbed the boy and hurried away.

The one who pushed the man was a shifty-looking little thug, followed by two other thugs of the same kind. The thugs kicked Xu Xingchen's desk.

Xu Xingchen quickly protected the box of malt sugar and angrily said, "What are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Do you know whose place this is?"

The ruffian poked his cheek with the tip of his tongue. This little girl looked quite pretty. He glanced at Xu Xingchen with a lewd look: "This street is under the management of my boss. You set up a stall here. Did you pay? Huh?"

The shouts of the surrounding vendors became quieter, and everyone looked over here. Xu Xingchen finally understood why such a good location was not occupied.

"Give you money? Why should I give you money? There's no name or surname on this place. If you say it's yours, then it's yours."

"Ask anyone who doesn't pay when setting up a stall in my boss's place. It's called protection money, understand?"

Xu Xingchen sneered, "Aren't you the biggest danger right now?"

"Hehe, you little girl has a sharp tongue. I guess I won't teach you a lesson..."

"What are you doing!"

A young man came over in a nonchalant manner, with his coat draped over his shoulders, acting like a big boss.

Seeing the newcomer, the ruffian rubbed his hands with a fawning look on his face: "Hey, the boss is here. Look, this woman doesn't pay the rent, and I'm teaching her a lesson."

The ruffian threatened Xu Xingchen again, "This is our boss, Chen. Be smart and hurry up. Two taels of silver."

"Two taels? Why don't you go rob some money?" She was just kidding. Her malt sugar was only two cents per bamboo stick, and two taels would make a thousand sticks.

"Hey, if you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink for it, right?" The gangster was very unhappy about being insulted.

Boss Chen stroked his chin, his eyes showing obsession. This girl looks good and has a hot temper.

He raised his hand to stop the ruffian, "If you think it's too high, we can discuss it, as long as you... hehe." As he said that, he reached out to touch Xu Xingchen's face.

Xu Xingchen turned his head away in disgust to avoid the outstretched hand, but the owner of the hand did not give up and turned in another direction and stretched out his hand again.

After dodging back and forth a few times, Boss Chen seemed to be addicted to teasing and insisted on playing hide-and-seek with Xu Xingchen, enjoying the pleasure of watching her expression.

Xu Xingchen was extremely annoyed. Unable to bear it any longer, he grabbed the little finger of the hand dangling in front of him and twisted it with his backhand.

The crisp sound of finger bones being broken was heard.

"Ah, hiss, you stinky bitch!"

The fingers are connected to the heart. In extreme pain, Boss Chen jumped on the spot while covering his little finger which was bent into an abnormal angle. His ruffian subordinates were stunned. They never expected that this woman who looked so weak would fight back.

The veins on Boss Chen's forehead bulged. After he recovered, he angrily grabbed Xu Xingchen's shoulder and slapped him to the ground.

Xu Xingchen was no match for the man's strength and was knocked to the ground with his elbow hitting the ground.

There were exclamations all around, but no one dared to step forward to stop and help.

There was a fierce light in Boss Chen's eyes, as if he was still angry. He walked towards Xu Xingchen step by step, and was about to grab her collar.

Suddenly, Boss Chen made a groaning sound as someone pulled his collar from behind. Before he could curse, the world turned upside down and he fell headfirst.

Seeing this, the ruffian's men rushed forward to help the man up. Only then did Boss Chen see clearly who had defeated him. It was just such a pretty boy?!

The ruffians who went to support Boss Chen were also in disbelief. Their boss was just taken down by a pretty boy like that?