Chapter 183 It's Your Own fault
After the man said that, Lin Xi seemed to be greatly frightened. Xiao Yongyan quickly said, "We are all from other places. The money is ready. Just give us the deed and we will pay."
The dark and thin man had no patience at all and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I still need to verify whether the banknotes you gave me are real. If you fool me, who will I turn to?"
Lin Xi pretended to be wronged and pitiful, "How can that be possible? We haven't received the goods yet. What if they cheated us..."
Before she could finish her words, the other party angrily retorted, "How could I lie to you!"
"But when it comes to the contract, you avoid the question. I think there is something wrong with you." Lin Xi reached out to take the banknotes on the table.
The man knew he couldn't wait any longer and said, "Brothers!"
As soon as he finished speaking, five or six big men rushed out from all corners of the house and surrounded the two of them. "Don't even think about leaving unless you take out the money!"
Xiao Yongyan immediately protected Lin Xi behind him, "What do you want to do? This is the territory of the capital!"
"You are right," said a scoundrel man, "Beijing is my territory, you still want to run away?"
"Since you can't produce the deed, you seem to be liars!" Lin Xi shouted while hiding behind Xiao Yongyan.
The few people were too lazy to explain and stepped forward with a grim smile, "Now we know, it's over!"
Lin Xi screamed in shock, "I can't believe there are people like this in the capital!"
The few of them turned a deaf ear to Lin Xi's exclamation and rushed over together, ready to teach the two of them a lesson.
"Stop it! What are you doing in broad daylight?!"
A loud shout came from behind them. They turned around and looked at the row of officials who came in in disbelief.
The dark and thin man was so weak that he could hardly stand. He trembled and said, "My lords, what are you doing here?"
The officer glanced at the man and asked, "Who among you is Lin Xi?"
Lin Xi stood up and said, "It's me." "You said someone occupied your shop. Who is it?" the officer asked.
Lin Xi tidied up her messy hair and said, "It's them." She pointed at the people across the street. "Not only did they occupy my shop, they also claimed it as their own territory and took my money."
The officer saw the silver bills in the thin dark man's hand at a glance. The officers knew these people on a daily basis, but most of them were petty thefts and had not been discovered or reported, so it was difficult for the officers to deal with them casually.
Now, with witnesses and evidence, they have no way to deny it.
The officials all have their own accounts of the shops of some big shots in the capital, especially those in this area. Anyone who can own the deed to a shop must be rich or noble.
"Are you the owner of this house?" The police asked sarcastically. "When did this happen? Have you registered it with the government?"
The man felt as if he had been struck by lightning, but he was not afraid of death and said, "Is the owner here?"
Lin Xi turned around and smiled elegantly, "It's me."
Then he took out the deed of the shop from his pocket and said, "Sir, I am the owner of this shop. When I came here today, I found that these people occupied my empty shop and claimed that it was their territory. I had no choice but to try, but they really couldn't produce the deed. They are undoubtedly scammers."
The officer nodded, "I understand. You guys, take them all back."
When they heard this, they were horrified and wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy. "Brother, we were wrong, really wrong! Please let us go just this once!"
How could the officer be moved by such words? He turned around and said, "What are you all standing there for? Why don't you take them away?"
The people below did not dare to delay and quickly tied up the men and took them away.
The officer looked at Lin Xi and asked, "Does this lady have any other losses?"
"No more, thank you, sir." After saying that, Lin Xi took out a tael of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into the official's pocket, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers. It would be nice to buy some wine."
The man did not hesitate, as if he was used to such situations. He accepted it generously and said in a proper way to comfort him, "There are not many people in Beijing who are so brave. You should keep your eyes open."
Lin Xi thanked him, and the officer took his men away.
Xiao Yongyan smiled and said, "All those who are in the way have left. Now we can take a good look at this place."
Lin Xi sighed, "We've just seen the layout, the key is to decorate it."
After the painful experience of decorating a house in his previous life, Lin Xi felt overwhelmed whenever he mentioned decorating his house.
"Decoration?" Xiao Yongyan was curious. It was another term he didn't understand.
"What I mean is, this house is too old, we need to find someone to renovate it," Lin Xi explained.
Xiao Yongyan nodded, "I know a carpenter. I'll help you find one."
Although they both grew up in the capital, Lin Xi spent most of her time in a large mansion, and going out was an extremely luxurious thing for her.
Lin Xi was not familiar with the capital city.
"I'm hungry after such a busy morning." Lin Xi pouted.
Xiao Yongyan smiled and touched Lin Xi's head, "I'll take you to dinner."
Lin Xi thought he was going to take her to some big place, but the two of them ended up in a small alley after twists and turns.
"I often come here before the scientific examinations. There are many scholars here and the atmosphere is pretty good," Xiao Yongyan explained.
Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan found a small table and sat down, asking the waiter to serve some signature dishes.
Then the two of them saw a group of people walking in from outside the door. Judging from their clothes, they were obviously scholars.
"Have any of you heard about the Xiao family's news?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi immediately pricked up his ears. These people were clearly discussing Xiao Yongyan.
"Anyone who dares to ask will be killed!"
"Don't say that. Didn't you have a very good relationship with him when you were in the academy?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I get along with him? We only met occasionally."
"You said you had a good relationship with the Xiao family, but now you've turned against us." As they were talking, the group of people started talking about another topic.
"Do you know that there is a Mr. Shu Er who writes very well?"
"Yes, I was shocked when I saw it for the first time."
"I just don't know who Mr. Shuer is. Why have I never heard of him before? If I have the chance, I really want to become his disciple."
Lin Xi found the conversation between these people quite funny. First they belittled Xiao Yongyan as worthless, and then they praised him to the sky.
I don’t know what their expressions would be when they find out that Xiao Yongyan is Mr. Shuer. It must be very exciting.
Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan didn't intend to pay attention to other people's comments. They just wanted to eat their own food and there was no need to care about these comments.
Who knew that this group of people had to run in front of Lin Xi and the others. "Excuse me, you two, the table you are sitting at now is where we usually sit. Please change to another table."
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