Although he was highly skilled in martial arts, Li Ping and Hu Ke were no pushovers either, and he was no match for them at all.
In no time, he was forced to retreat repeatedly, and his face turned very pale.
This scene terrified Zhuang Xiaomei, turning her face ashen instantly.
"Big brother, are you alright?"
She stepped forward with great concern, asking questions repeatedly.
"Brother, are you alright? Should we call Father over?"
Zhuang Xiaomei seemed to have a premonition that she and her brother would not be able to control these outsiders.
Zhuang Hongliang's face turned pale and then red, and his chest heaved with anger.
He immediately waved his hand.
"No need. If we can't even handle this little thing, how can we face our father?"
After saying this, he breathed heavily, trying to calm the anger in his chest.
Luo Zhiwan had a bad feeling about Leng Chuchen's arrival. She never dreamed that she would meet him here. Was it fate or his deliberate act?
As she was thinking about these things, he suddenly whispered in her ear,
"Zhiwan, I'm late. I'm sorry these people bullied you."
Zhiwan, however, did not appreciate it and frowned.
"No need, we could have solved it ourselves."
Leng Chuchen looked at the people being escorted away and helplessly spread her hands.
Are you sure you can handle this situation?
Zhiwan felt a little guilty about the question.
She obviously had no way to resolve this situation, but she still stubbornly gave a soft snort.
"certainly……"
Leng Chuchen knew her temper; she was a stubborn woman who refused to admit defeat.
He nodded immediately.
"Okay, then you handle it. I'll keep an eye on things here."
Zhiwan stood there, stunned, not knowing what to do.
This situation is really terrible.
Zhiruo, her father, and Jiawang all had the officers' swords pressed against their throats.
The others weren't much better off.
Is she supposed to solve this on her own?
How to solve this?
She can't just kill all of them, can she?
What if she becomes a murderer? What will happen to Yiming? What about his parents and younger siblings?
No, she absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen.
Thinking of this, she turned her head slightly and looked at Leng Chuchen.
He's the crown prince; resolving this matter would be a piece of cake for him.
Once he reveals his identity, these people will be so terrified they'll be begging for mercy on their knees.
Thinking of this, she rolled her eyes at Leng Chuchen.
"Alright, since you've come all this way, I'll give you a chance to resolve this matter."
Seeing that this defiant woman had finally bowed to him, he smiled slightly and then gave Hu Ke and Li Ping a wink.
Zhiwan originally thought that they would walk up to Zhuang Hongliang like in the TV series in her previous life, show him their waist tokens or something, and these people would be so frightened that they would kneel down and shout things like "Your Highness, may you live a long life!" and "Your Highness, spare our lives!"
But to her utter surprise, when Hu Ke and Li Ping arrived in front of Zhuang Hongliang, seeing the terrified look in Zhuang Hongliang's eyes, Hu Ke actually took out a silver note from his pocket and waved it in front of Zhuang Hongliang's face.
"See this? I have a thousand taels here. Go back and treat these people's injuries! Your men smashed up someone else's shop, so you were in the wrong first, but my young master doesn't want to waste too much time on this matter. Take the money and leave!"
"you……"
Zhuang Hongliang felt humiliated, and his face turned ashen with anger.
Seeing this, Zhuang Xiaomei disregarded everything and stepped forward, snatching the silver note. She then turned and gave Zhuang Hongliang a meaningful look.
"Brother, they're new here and it hasn't been easy for them. Since they're willing to back down, let's be magnanimous and let them go!"
"But……"
Zhuang Hongliang wanted to say something more, but Zhuang Xiaomei winked at him a few more times. He then looked completely bewildered and gave the orders to the officers:
"retreat!"
They lost this battle, but it seems like they won it all.
Since they brought back a thousand taels of silver, for the money-loving dealers, it was a worthwhile trip!
After all the officials had left, Luo Zhiwan looked at Leng Chuchen with a puzzled expression, and angrily pointed at him.
"You... this is your way of solving problems?"
Leng Chuchen nodded with considerable pride.
"Yes, problems that can be solved with money are not big problems."
"But...but they smashed our stall and beat up our people. They should be the ones to compensate us."
Leng Chuchen helplessly spread her hands.
Don't you understand the principle that the people won't fight against the officials?
That sentence could have made her furious.
He is the crown prince, yet he would protect these scoundrels, and even use money to settle the matter. This is truly... truly a shocking and bizarre thing.
Seeing that she was still angry, Leng Chuchen instructed Li Ping:
"Go find someone to restore these stalls; we can't let Miss Luo get angry."
"No need."
She shouted angrily, thinking to herself, "Could it be that Leng Chuchen is deliberately trying to provoke her?"
"Aren't you supposed to keep doing business? How will you manage without a stall?"
'What a load of crap.'
She glared at him, annoyed.
“If we stay here, they will come again tomorrow. Are you going to use money to settle things every day? If so, you might as well just give us the money and we’ll save ourselves the trouble of doing business.”
Her words were clearly spoken in anger, but Leng Chuchen took them seriously.
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