Hua Kai knew who this was: Chang Tingting's father, who was calling to try and matchmake for his daughter.
That doesn't seem likely. Could it be that he feels Ye Yifan didn't give him face and is coming to confront him?
Then Ye Yifan said, "You'll find out soon enough how big my clothing factory is. By the way, our spring clothes will be on the market soon, and Uncle Chang will be pleasantly surprised."
Hua Kai thought this guy was quite interesting when he got naughty, and guessed that the Chang family's factory would really suffer a heavy blow.
At this moment, Ye Yifan said again: "Give me face? Help me? Uncle Chang, people should have more self-awareness and not think too highly of themselves, otherwise it will be too embarrassing when they are proven wrong later."
Soon, Ye Yifan hung up the phone; the other party must have been furious with Ye Yifan.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Yifan came over and sat down next to Hua Kai: "You know who it is, right? I reckon in another half month, the Chang family will be begging us for help."
Hua Kai smiled and said, "People should indeed have self-awareness, but unfortunately some people just don't. It's really pitiful."
Ye Jianxiao looked at the two children and said, "You two are still young. You should leave some room for maneuver in your actions. This won't do."
Ye Yifan smiled and said to Ye Jianxiao, "Grandpa, we've left a way out where we should. We don't need it here. People like the Chang family can be crushed, after all, they're not respectable."
Ye Jianxiao smiled as he listened to his grandson's words: "Grandpa understands now that you put it that way, so I'm relieved. You two chat for a bit, I'm going to bed early. Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and we're going to see the lantern show tonight, so I need to be well-rested today."
Back upstairs, Hua Kai and Ye Yifan didn't go to bed early either. They sat in the flower room and talked for a while before going back to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, after the two went to the shop, they went to Li Hui's snack bar. Li Hui had already started making barbecue. Although not many people went out to eat during the first month of the lunar year, the smell of his barbecue was so tempting that passersby couldn't resist the aroma. Plus, people weren't short of money during the holidays, so most of them bought some to take home and eat. They just had to return the iron skewers the next day, so the business was pretty good, except that some iron skewers were lost.
Hua Kai told Li Hui to buy some bamboo skewers. They would use metal skewers for the food in the shop and bamboo skewers for takeout, which would save costs.
Then Hua Kai gave Li Hui the recipes for grilled fish and tripe hot pot that she had thought of in the past two days, so that he could have more variety.
It was past 4 PM when they got back from Li Hui's place. The days were getting longer, and it would get dark around 5:30 PM. They had arranged to meet at Ye Jianxiao's house at 5:30 PM with Ye Tingjun and Xiao He and Ye Yizhou. Since they had an hour to spare, the two of them weren't in a hurry.
When they arrived at the entrance of Ye Jianxiao's residential area, Ye Yizhou happened to be out buying fireworks, so Ye Yifan and Hua Kai accompanied him.
Ye Yizhou is actually more childlike. Before, Fang Lanlan was always around him saying bad things about Ye Yifan, so he believed her. But now that Fang Lanlan isn't home, his older brother accompanied him when he went shopping, paid for his things, and even bought so many extra items. He thinks his older brother is actually quite nice.
They had just walked to an alley across from the residential area when suddenly seven or eight thugs carrying sticks rushed out.
The leader still had photos in his hand. He looked at Ye Yifan and Hua Kai, then said to one of his underlings, "You see, right? Don't hit the wrong people."
The underling also looked at the photo, and then said to the leader, "Boss, the little guy next to us isn't in the photo, what should we do?"
The leader slapped his underling on the head: "Idiot, the person who paid us didn't say we can't hit them, so let's take them all down." Then he said to the brothers around him: "Get them, brothers!"
At this point, Hua Kai and Ye Yifan knew that this was aimed at them, but they should have been more aware of their own limitations before taking action. Apart from Chang Tingting, they hadn't offended anyone. The Chang family's nature was to attack businesses, not to resort to such underhanded tactics.
Ye Yifan looked at the leader and said, "We don't ask for much, but who exactly is your target? We need to know for sure."
The leader said, "You and that girl next to you, they paid you well, so don't blame us. We're just doing things for money."
Ye Yifan said, "Since the target is us, let's release this young man. After all, he is innocent."
The leader said, "Should we call the police or go get help if we let one go? He's just unlucky to have run into them."
Ye Yizhou was terrified. He hid behind Ye Yifan, not knowing what to do.
Hua Kai patted Ye Yizhou on the shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry, these people are no match for me and your brother."
Ye Yizhou shook his head in disbelief: "You don't need to comfort me. I'm probably going to be dragged down by you guys."
Ye Yifan looked at Hua Kai: "If you have the chance, take Xiao Zhou away. I can handle these people."
Hua Kai laughed and said, "I haven't fought in a long time, my hands are itching. Protect Xiao Zhou more, don't worry about me. Leave half of the men for me, it won't be enough."
Ye Yifan smiled as she looked at the blooming flowers: "Be careful."
Ye Yizhou was terrified: "Big brother, stop talking and start thinking about how to escape!"
Ye Yifan and Hua Kai stretched their arms and legs while smiling at Ye Yizhou: "Let me show you our strength."
At this moment, the leader was provoked by them again, and said to the brothers behind him: "Go for it, beat them to a pulp."
Ye Yifan and Hua Kai had already warmed up their hands and feet. Ye Yifan shielded Ye Yizhou behind him and started sparring with the two thugs who rushed back. With a few punches and kicks, the first two who came over were already down.
The other side, Huakai, was no less impressive, also placing two.
The leader had already been kicked in the face by Ye Yifan, losing two teeth, but being the eldest brother, he still got up again.
Because Ye Yifan was protecting Ye Yizhou, it inevitably affected his performance slightly.
Hua Kai really went all out in the fight, and in order to make the punches symmetrical, one punch had to be on the left and the other on the right.
Before long, one and a half dozen of the seven or eight thugs were lying on the ground, and those who were standing were also injured.
Ye Yifan and Hua Kai were unharmed, and Ye Yizhou was well protected by Ye Yifan. Only the boxes of fireworks and firecrackers were scattered on the ground.
The ringleader realized he was outmatched, so he tried to escape, shouting to his men, "Get out of here!" and then turned to run.
How could Hua Kai let him get away? We must find out who did this. She grabbed the leader and said, "You're not going anywhere now. Go enjoy yourself in the fence for a few days."
The leader really regretted taking the job. He thought it was just an ordinary person who would get paid after the fight, but he never expected to run into a tough opponent.
He didn't want to go in, but he couldn't leave his employer's place either, otherwise it would be difficult to make a living in this industry.
So he turned his eyes and said to Hua Kai, "I'm just doing this for money. We have no grudges against each other. How about this, I'll give you the photos, and you can use these clues to find out who hired us, okay?"
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