Zhou Bin pushed through the crowd and walked in.
At this time, the girl was standing in front of the old man, who was sitting on the ground looking at the people in front of him with fear on his face.
Zhou Bin took a look and realized that these people were the owner and employees of Zuixianju in the city. What were they doing here?
When several people saw Zhou Bin coming, they immediately bowed and saluted.
Boss Wang from Zuixianju was even more surprised: "City Lord, why are you here?"
Zhou Bin asked with a smile: "What are you doing?"
The girl stared at Zhou Bin for a long time and then spoke: "Who are you? Can you tell these bad guys not to bully the old man?"
When Zhou Bin saw the tone and manner of his speech, his mind buzzed again. Why did this girl's tone and voice sound so familiar? Zhou Bin was stunned for a moment.
He didn't hear anything the girl said afterwards, as if he was lost in his memories.
The people around were a little surprised. Why was the city lord staring at the girl?
Could it be that he fell in love with her because she was pretty?
But everyone heard that the city lord was a kind and upright man who had never been interested in women, and he did not look for beautiful girls like the previous city lords.
Why is it that when he saw this girl today, he acted like a fool, staring at her straight, not even afraid that she would be shy?
Everyone couldn't help but talk about it, but Zhou Bin didn't hear a word. His mind was full of the image of this girl, which made him a little dazed.
This girl was Chu Wanying. She saw Zhou Bin staring at her and felt very strange: "Brother, why are you staring at me?"
This sentence brought Zhou Bin back to his senses, and he realized that he had indeed lost his composure just now.
He didn't know why he was like this, it was really embarrassing.
Zhou Bin said hurriedly: "No, nothing. By the way, girl, what did you say just now? They bullied this old man?"
Chu Wanying nodded and said, "Yes, they want to take me away. They are bad guys!"
Zhou Bin immediately turned his head and asked, "Manager Wang, what's going on?"
When Shopkeeper Wang saw that the City Lord was asking questions, he hurriedly explained: "City Lord, we dare not bully people, but he ate the food without paying and ran away. You said we should chase him!"
Zhou Bin understood. It turned out that the old man was wrong because he ate without paying.
So Zhou Bin asked, "Uncle, why don't you pay for your meal?"
The old man said timidly: "I, I thought the food there was free, so I went to eat."
Zhou Bin was speechless. How could a restaurant do business without making money?
Unless the boss explicitly tells him that it's free, he can go and eat.
This old man seems to be confused due to aging. Also, judging from his appearance, he is ragged and pale, so he must be a pitiful man.
So Zhou Bin asked, "Manager Wang, what's going on?"
Manager Wang then explained what had happened. It turned out that their restaurant was entrusted by someone to prepare a birthday celebration for Mr. Li from the city.
Therefore, they set up the birthday banquet early and waited for the banquet to begin.
But this old beggar heard from someone that today's banquet was free, so he couldn't wait, sneaked in, and started to feast on the food.
According to custom, after the birthday banquet, beggars would be allowed to eat the leftovers.
But before the birthday banquet even started, he had already eaten up most of the food on the table. It was a top-notch banquet, and each table was worth a hundred copper coins.
So when they discovered it, they rushed out to chase after it.
By the time they caught up with him, the old beggar could probably no longer run and just sat down on the ground.
A few of them ran over to argue with him, but who knew that a girl would come from somewhere on the street and stand in front of the old beggar, preventing them from reasoning. This is what happened in the past.
After listening to this, Zhou Bin nodded. It was indeed the old beggar's fault.
This girl looks quite innocent, and she wants to protect the old man out of kindness.
But now this matter must be resolved, so Zhou Bin asked: "Manager Wang, I think this is how it should be. I will pay the money for this gentleman, and you don't have to pursue it anymore."
When Shopkeeper Wang heard that the city lord wanted to pay, he waved his hands hastily: "Oh, city lord, this is impossible! How can I take your money? Let's forget about this matter and we won't pursue it."
Zhou Bin smiled and said,
Shopkeeper Wang, please don't be polite. It's only natural to pay for meals. Don't refuse it anymore."
As he spoke, Zhou Bin took out some copper coins and asked him how much it was. Shopkeeper Wang felt embarrassed and finally accepted twenty copper coins from Zhou Bin.
Zhou Bin asked someone to take the old man away and properly settle him. Then he said to Chu Wanying, "Miss, thank you for your help just now. Where are you from? Do you want me to take you back?"
Chu Wanying looked innocent and naive: "Brother, I have no home and nowhere to go."
Zhou Bin was stunned. Judging from her dress, she didn't look like a girl from a poor family. How could she say she had nowhere to go?
He also felt that this girl was a little silly and spoke like a child. Could it be that her brain was not working very well?
Thinking of this, Zhou Bin continued to ask: "Girl, don't you remember where your home is? Do you have any relatives?"
Chu Wanying shook her head repeatedly: "No, I have no relatives, just me."
Of course Zhou Bin didn't believe it, but her eyes were so clear, as if she wasn't lying.
Zhou Bin had no choice but to ask, "Where are you going, girl?"
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