"Manager Qu, how much is the monthly rent for the shop here? How much deposit do I need to pay? Once it's settled, when will the contract be signed?"
Qu Dashan smiled and replied, "One month's rent is one hundred and twenty yuan, but Mayor Tao has told me that he wants to take care of you and Mr. Yun. The rent for the shop will be one hundred yuan a month for you two."
One hundred yuan a month is much cheaper than renting a shop in Huaxiang Commercial City.
Lu Feng was very satisfied.
"Okay, please ask Manager Qu to help me and Brother Yongcheng pass a message to Mayor Tao. I am so grateful to him."
"I will definitely convey your words."
Qu Dashan smiled and continued, "The Trade City will officially open on October 1st. You two can come and pay the deposit and rent before September 25th."
After finishing the business, Lu Feng stayed in the department store for a while before saying goodbye to Qu Dashan and leaving.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, he was strolling leisurely alone on the streets of Huangshi Town.
There are many poplar trees planted on both sides of the streets in Huangshi Town.
The autumn dew is heavy and the autumn wind is brisk. It is the time when the poplar trees are dropping their leaves. The yellow leaves on both sides of the road look like a yellow carpet.
Lu Feng's shiny leather shoes made a rustling sound as they stepped on the fallen leaves of the poplar trees.
The subtle sound and the unique fragrance of the fallen poplar leaves made him feel relaxed.
"Ouch, it hurts so much, girl, how do you ride a bike?"
"It was you who bumped into my bike."
"You hit someone and you think you're right. Ouch, it hurts so much. Everyone, come over here and give us some advice."
As Lu Feng walked, a male voice and a beautiful female voice came into his ears.
The female voice was very pleasant and sounded familiar to him, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a bicycle parked in the middle of the asphalt road.
A tall and slender girl wearing a white shirt and with her black hair tied into a high ponytail was standing in the middle of the road, holding a bicycle.
In front of the front wheel of the bicycle lay a young man wearing a dog-shit-yellow Dacron shirt.
The young man had shifty eyes, a pointed chin and a monkey-like face, and it was obvious at first glance that he was not a good person.
"Ouch, someone hit someone, someone hit someone, everyone come over here and judge what's right."
The young man howled a few times, and passers-by gathered around him one after another.
Lu Feng stood and looked for a while, then put one hand in his trouser pocket and walked over leisurely.
"It's true that I hit you, but you crashed into my bike yourself. We are both responsible."
The woman in the white shirt spoke again. Lu Feng stood behind her and could hear her voice more clearly.
The woman's voice was very pleasant with a hint of anxiety, exactly the same as the voice he had heard on the phone before.
Lu Feng's heartstrings moved slightly, and his eyes widened instantly as he stared at the woman's profile.
As he stared at the woman in a trance, the woman stared at the sharp-nosed, monkey-faced man lying on the ground, frowned, and continued patiently, "Brother, I see you only have a small scratch on your skin. I'll give you five yuan. Go to the health center, make an appointment, and ask the doctor to bandage you. Five yuan is more than enough to treat this little scratch on your body."
The man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks shouted at the woman in dissatisfaction.
"You hit me like this and you want to give me five dollars to get rid of me. Oh, it hurts so much. Folks, please judge for me. It takes a hundred days for my broken bones to heal. I have to stay in bed for a hundred days before I can work. How am I going to live during these hundred days? You should at least compensate me a hundred dollars."
When the people present heard this, they knew that the man with the pointed chin and monkey cheeks wanted to blackmail the girl because she was young, single and easy to bully.
Although they understood it, no one present dared to intervene in such a matter.
This kind of person often commits fraud in the town. He is a habitual offender. If you intervene, you may face retaliation.
"Wife, why didn't you call me when you went out to buy groceries?"
Lu Feng took two steps forward, took his hand out of his trouser pocket, stretched out his long arm, and skillfully put his arm around the shoulders of the woman in the white shirt. He also affectionately called the woman in the white shirt "wife".
The woman in the white shirt is named Gao Xinlan, and she is Tao Xiong's secretary.
Because he had gone out to deliver a document and hurried back to the town government, he was hit by a scam.
Gao Xinlan felt her shoulders sink and turned her head to look at Lu Feng's handsome face. Without carefully appreciating his handsome face, she instinctively raised her hand and slapped Lu Feng on the left cheek.
The slap was not light.
A clear slap mark was left on Lu Feng's left cheek.
First I was scammed, and now I'm encountering a gangster. I really didn't check the almanac before going out today.
Gao Xinlan had a dark face and felt extremely depressed.
Lu Feng's mouth twitched in pain. Seeing Gao Xinlan glaring at him with a dark face, he knew she had misunderstood. He hurriedly leaned over to her ear and whispered, "I don't mean any harm. I just want to help you, beautiful girl. Can you please cooperate with me?"
"Wife, it's my fault for making you angry, but you don't have to slap me in the face in front of so many people."
Lu Feng adjusted his mood and gave Gao Xinlan a ruffian smile.
Gao Xinlan knew that she had misunderstood the other party. She looked at Lu Feng in surprise, with a hint of guilt in her eyes.
Lu Feng shifted his gaze to the man with the pointed chin and monkey cheeks.
"Brother, my wife hit you. I apologize to you on my wife's behalf."
Lu Feng was tall and stood next to Gao Xinlan like a wall. The man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks looked up along his long legs and suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
"Just...just an apology won't do."
"Just an apology isn't enough."
Lu Feng smiled and followed the words of the pointed-faced man.
"I see this place is not far from the Huangshi Town Health Center. Brother, how about this? I'll take you there. If the doctor says your leg injury is serious, we'll pay for it."
"No... no thanks."
The man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks had a guilty expression on his face.
"This place is not far from the Huangshi Town Health Center. Just give me the money and I'll go there myself."
"You're injured so badly, I'm worried about letting you walk there by yourself."
Lu Feng let go of Gao Xinlan, walked to the front of the man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks, slowly squatted down, and then stretched out his right hand and seemed to gently hold the man's leg.
"It's this injured leg, right? Let me take a look."
“Ahhh.”
The man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks screamed three times and bounced up from the ground like a spring.
Everyone looked at him with contempt in their eyes.
Lu Feng stared at his legs, his eyes suddenly turning cold.
"Isn't that great? You want my money? Fine, let me break your legs and I'll give you two hundred dollars."
Upon hearing this, the man with the pointed chin and monkey cheeks trembled with fear, turned around and ran away, shouting at Lu Feng as he ran: "Just wait for me."
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