After listening to what the other person said, Wang Tianxiao shook his head.
“I don’t want to interfere in your affairs. I just want to have a chat with you beforehand. I mean, this might be my shop in the future, and I don’t want people like you coming in. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to coexist peacefully with you.”
"Can I take this as a threat?"
“No, no, no,” Wang Tianxiao laughed, “I’m just looking for a way to coexist peacefully with you. I’ll be running a business in the future, and I don’t care what you do, as long as you don’t bother me or hang around me.”
"If you say that, we'll agree to it, but wouldn't that make us lose face?"
"Your pride is still on your faces, but if you can't get along with me, I don't know if you can keep it up."
Wang Tianxiao smiled faintly.
"My name is Wang Tianxiao. I am Wang Tianzhong's younger brother, from the same mother. If I am ever wronged in the slightest, my brother will definitely cause some turmoil in this city. Do you think you'll still have any face left then?"
The young thug fell silent.
“You do your thing, I’ll run my shop. We’re all just trying to make a living. In the future, we’ll definitely run into each other all the time on this street, or even in Qingcheng. I think it’s best to keep things peaceful. As the old saying goes, harmony brings wealth.”
The young thug gradually began to believe Wang Tianxiao's story, because such a relationship was actually easy to verify; if it weren't true, he wouldn't have needed to, or dared to, make such a claim to himself.
Since Wang Tianxiao had already said that they should keep to themselves, he decided to back down and not continue the stalemate.
"You're saying you won't interfere in what happened today?"
"No interference, absolutely no interference. But I suggest you wait a few days. After all, you can see that he definitely can't afford it. What's the point of cutting off all his fingers? It won't increase your profits at all. On the contrary, if you push him too far, he might do something desperate."
"You mean you're going to pay off his debt for him?"
"No, I won't pay back his money. I just want to buy his shop. What he does with the money from the sale is none of my business. But shop transactions always take time. If you're not even willing to wait that long, then I have nothing more to say."
The young thug was skeptical, but seeing Wang Tianxiao's confident demeanor, as if everything was going according to plan, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why should I believe you?"
“That’s your problem,” Wang Tianxiao said calmly. “You can only choose to believe, or go back with ten bloody fingers. Whichever you choose is entirely up to you. Even if you cut off his fingers, I can still buy the shop from him, but you will get nothing.”
Wang Tianxiao's consistently calm tone made the young thugs increasingly convinced that he was no ordinary person. Most people would have been scared away by their imposing manner, and who would be willing to say such things for the shop owner?
Wang Tianxiao then looked the thug up and down and said jokingly, "Actually, I can tell you something else."
"What?"
"Actually, I'm quite good at fighting too. If I really started fighting, I could easily take on three or four young people like you. So, I think I should make the right choice while I'm still relatively rational, while I'm still trying to reason with you and get along peacefully with you."
After Wang Tianxiao finished speaking, he seemed quite composed.
Very calm.
The petty thug was far from calm.
He subconsciously took a few steps back, and upon closer inspection, he found that Wang Tianxiao's smile was indeed cold, and he didn't look like an ordinary person; rather, his eyes held a hint of murderous intent.
Looking at him is like looking at a corpse.
"Don't worry too much. As I've already said, I don't want any conflict with you today. Let's just get along peacefully. Now you can go in and tell the shop owner to give him some time. I think three days should be enough. Then you can wait for him to collect the money."
As for what you do after you take the money, that's none of my business. But my advice is, take the money to avoid trouble. Since they've given you money, don't make things difficult for them anymore. Otherwise, I feel like I haven't done my job properly.
After being lectured by Wang Tianxiao, the thugs gradually began to break down.
He was almost certain that Wang Tianxiao was no ordinary person.
He was far too calm.
They've been in this city for a long time and have met many people, but there are very few young people as calm as him.
Perhaps only one's own boss can have this kind of imposing presence and sense of oppression.
He couldn't help but nod.
Small-time thugs are all about loyalty and knowing when to back down; if you can't afford to mess with them, then don't.
Anyway, the road is wide enough, so everyone can just go their own way.
Wang Tianxiao waited outside and let him go in to negotiate with the shop owner. After they reached an agreement, Wang Tianxiao went back into the shop and saw the shop owner slumped in a chair, his eyes lifeless, looking like he was about to die at any moment.
Wang Tianxiao pulled over a stool and sat down in front of him, staring at him silently for a long time.
Are there any other people in the house?
The shop owner shook his head and remained silent.
Wang Tianxiao patted him on the shoulder, "Since we've already come this far, we have to face reality. At least we can still save our fingers, right?"
The shop owner stared blankly at Wang Tianxiao, without saying a word.
"It's cruel, but you should actually thank me. If it weren't for me, you might have lost all your fingers today. That's how gambling is. You want to win other people's money, but other people want to win yours too. It's just a matter of who's smarter."
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