Lu Yang quickly squeezed through the crowd to the front and suddenly shouted, "Where's my wallet?"
Everyone looked at Lu Yang, who shouted, "Everyone, please help me find the money my family used to buy New Year's goods!"
"I had it in my pocket just now, and now it's gone!"
People were still quite enthusiastic at that time and didn't care about watching the excitement; losing money was a big deal.
Many people around started searching for them, instead of continuing to surround the group arguing fiercely.
Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to look for his wallet, making a point of distancing himself from the group arguing.
At this time, the police also arrived. They were not wearing police uniforms, but were all in plainclothes.
But people who have served in the military stand out in a crowd, and Lu Yang recognized them at a glance.
He didn't say anything, but continued to pretend to be anxiously looking for his wallet, muttering incessantly, "Where's my wallet?"
Suddenly, one of the men in the brawl pulled out a gun from his pocket and fired at the woman opposite him.
With a loud bang, the sound was so loud that it stunned everyone.
A few seconds later, the people around screamed and ran away in all directions.
Lu Yang did not run away. The moment the woman who had been shot fell, he rushed to the man who had fired the shot and kicked him in the wrist, knocking the gun away.
The man intended to shoot another accomplice, but the gun flew off course.
The accomplice was stunned at first, then he started fighting with the person who fired the shot, and the people around him also got into a brawl.
Upon seeing this, the police rushed over to stop them, and most of the people around had already run away.
Lu Yang glanced at the police officers; they were all quite skilled, and there were five of them in total, more than enough to deal with these bandits fighting each other.
He didn't stay where he was, but hurriedly left amidst the chaos.
When he returned to the restaurant, he found Cheng Lin arguing with someone, a middle-aged woman.
The woman was wearing a floral dress, had big wavy curls, and stood with her hands on her hips, looking very feisty.
The middle-aged woman hurled insults at Cheng Lin, each word laced with vulgarities directed at Cheng Lin's maternal relatives.
Cheng Lin wanted to hit him directly, but was stopped by his companions.
Lu Yang ran over and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
Cheng Lin seemed to have found his pillar of support, and pointed at the middle-aged woman, saying, "This woman not only dined and dashed, but she also slandered our restaurant, claiming that our food was unhygienic and that she got a stomachache. She even brought out a medical certificate from who-knows-where and demanded that we pay her compensation."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yang frowned. It was clearly an attempt to extort money from him, so he called the police without hesitation.
Undeterred, the woman shouted at the people around her, "Don't eat here! The food here is unsanitary. Eating here will easily cause stomach upset, and you might even have to be hospitalized for IV drips!"
“I have suffered greatly from this. I came to confront them, but they still won’t admit it. They are utterly heartless.”
Lu Yang said expressionlessly, "Our shop has been open for over a year, and you're the first person to say they have food poisoning. Are you sure it's our problem?"
"Didn't you eat something else that caused your stomach upset?"
The middle-aged woman shouted without hesitation, "No, it's just that I ate your food and got an upset stomach. I didn't eat anything else."
Lu Yang shook his head and said, "Then let's wait for the police to come and settle our case. You shouldn't cause any more trouble here."
"Before there is any evidence, your actions are disrupting public order and affecting our business. This is illegal."
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, then sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and angrily saying, "Everyone come and see! This big restaurant is bullying its customers! I got sick from eating at their restaurant!"
“These people not only refuse to pay compensation, but they also want to renege on their debts and threaten me into breaking the law. They are all bad people.”
"You absolutely must not eat here. Be careful, they might rip you off and make you die from the food."
Lu Yang looked at her expressionlessly, casually picked up a dish from the shop, and ate it in a few bites in front of everyone.
He frankly stated, "The ingredients in our restaurant are absolutely fresh, the prices are fair, and the taste is top-notch. This restaurant is one of the best in the provincial capital, and we have many repeat customers."
"Since the restaurant opened, many people have tried to imitate us and even try to drive our business out of business, but our business has always been thriving. Doesn't that speak for itself?"
"Others aren't stupid either. If there's something wrong with our food, everyone who eats it will feel unwell or get sick."
“Then these people wouldn’t come to our restaurant to eat, and our restaurant wouldn’t be open now.”
The middle-aged woman pointed at Lu Yang's nose and yelled, "It's because your business has grown so big that you think it won't affect your business even if the ingredients are a little inferior, so you deliberately use inferior ingredients to save costs."
"Your food isn't as good as it was when you first opened."
Lu Yang stared at the woman, then turned to Cheng Lin and asked, "Is she a regular customer?"
Cheng Lin shook his head: "I had never seen her before today, she is definitely not a regular customer."
The middle-aged woman immediately waved her hand and said, "I've eaten here many times. I've just been keeping a low profile, that's why you don't recognize me."
Cheng Lin waved his hand and said, "Impossible. We give a membership card to anyone who spends more than 1,000 yuan in our store."
“If you are a long-time customer, it’s impossible for me not to recognize you.”
"Stop making things up. Who hired you to smear us? You can still tell us now, and we won't pursue legal action against you. Otherwise, go tell the police."
The woman's expression changed; clearly, she hadn't expected Cheng Lin and Lu Yang to be so calm.
She thought the two of them would at least try to prove themselves, but they clearly didn't want to. They just wanted to remind everyone around them that she had deliberately come to smear the restaurant and had even called the police. The two of them were very confident in the food in their restaurant.
The woman jumped up and down, shouting, "Don't give me that! I'm not short of money, I don't care about your membership card."
"I'm not here for money, I just want an explanation. What gives you the right to be such unscrupulous businessmen? Admit your mistakes!"
Lu Yang looked at her expressionlessly: "You have no evidence to prove that we are unscrupulous businessmen. You should talk to the police."
After that, no matter how much the middle-aged woman yelled, Lu Yang and Cheng Lin remained silent and let her shout.
The police arrived shortly afterward, and Lu Yang stepped forward and explained the situation.
One of the police officers stared at Lu Yang and said, "Come with us and we'll take your statement."
Lu Yang nodded and went, and the policeman got into the police car with him.
The middle-aged woman was somewhat intimidated by the police. She didn't want to go, but the police forcibly dragged her into the car.
Before leaving, Lu Yang reminded Cheng Lin to continue his business as usual and not to worry about anything else.
Cheng Lin nodded, watching Lu Yang being taken away in a police car.
The middle-aged woman continued to nag and berate Lu Yang in the car.
Lu Yang said expressionlessly, "Who sent you to cause trouble?"
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