Chapter 34 She is a demon 1
◎Finally met the gangster! ◎
After winter comes, most of the work is reduced and people enter the most leisurely time of the year. Half Moon became famous during this slack season and attracted many people to watch the fun.
Nan Qing acted decisively and added four more waiters and raised the price of tea. She also found several dim sum shops and customized dim sum of different flavors to supply the teahouse, and added dried fruits, candied fruits, and seasonal roasted chestnuts.
Chu Zhi has followed her grandfather around the streets since she was a child and has heard many strange stories. With her wild imagination, she has made up one wonderful story after another. Rumor has it that Yan Yue saved a fish demon, so she immediately wrote a scene in which the fish demon transformed into a young girl to repay her gratitude, causing the customers to stare at the waiters in the store, trying to guess which one was the fish demon.
Nan Qing divided the second floor of the teahouse into two parts, with several elegant seats on the larger side. The seats were much more spacious than those on the first floor, and there were screens between the tables. The space on the other side was small, so she simply sealed the windows and made a gauze curtain with black gauze to separate that place from the outside.
Behind the black veil is Yan Yue’s special seat. An oil lamp is lit there during the day, and the flame casts her shadow on the black veil, making the shadow even more mysterious.
This arrangement made it convenient for Zhou Lin, Shen Xuezhou and others to show up during the day, and even Mr. Jiang would sometimes come to the teahouse to sit for a while.
In just one month, the teahouse's revenue increased several times.
Yan Yue was delighted when he looked at the profits in the account book. He also did not encounter any evil spirits, so he took on the title of "expert" and enjoyed the huge amount of money coming in.
There were indeed ghosts there, but they were not there to cause trouble. They just came to watch the fun. They just wanted to see if the owner of this teahouse could really communicate with ghosts and gods.
When Yan Yue discovered that a ghost had sneaked in for the first time, he asked Nan Qing to set up a few tables in the separated area.
The ghosts who came discovered that the teahouse had set aside a small area specifically to receive them. Some ghosts thought she was being mysterious and wanted to approach Yan Yue from behind to test her, but they were almost torn to pieces when they got close enough, so they dared not offend her again.
Whenever ghosts came, Yan Yue would serve them a plate of snacks, dried fruits and tea, and warn them not to speak loudly or make trouble or scare others. The ghosts nodded hurriedly, as well-behaved as children in the classroom.
Nan Qing was surprised when he saw Yan Yue bringing tea and dried fruits to the empty table.
Yan Yue explained: "Aren't you trying to be mysterious? I'm just implementing your ideas!"
Nan Qing smiled and didn't stop him, continuing to do other things.
Zhou Lin patted Shen Xuezhou and sighed, "Second Master Shen, you spent so many days conceiving and wrote down a book, and finally spent thousands of gold to renovate the teahouse. Look at Nan Qing, who didn't spend much money, just relying on publicity and promotion, and made this huge teahouse full in just one month! Isn't this called teaching the apprentice to starve the master to death?"
Yan Yue chimed in, "Isn't that right?! If you ask me, Nan Qing doesn't look like someone you taught her at all. She is a natural born genius in business!"
Shen Xuezhou was originally quite proud, but when he heard Yan Yue's words, his face suddenly became a little ugly, and he went back into the black umbrella without saying a word.
Zhou Lin didn't take it seriously: "Hey, look! He's not happy when someone says his apprentice is better than him!"
Yan Yue asked quietly, “Hey, why do you think Shen Xuezhou is wandering around in the human world?”
Zhou Lin said: "He himself doesn't know, how can I know?"
As the two were talking, there was a sudden noise downstairs.
A typical hoodlum-looking guy turned the big ring on his finger and yelled to the waiter: "Is it full? I think it's quite empty!"
Yan Yue saw that he was looking at where he was, and was about to stand up when Nan Qing walked over.
Nan Qing had a respectful smile on his face, but his tone was unquestionable: "I am so sorry, sir. The teahouse is full today and I cannot entertain you properly. Why don't you come earlier tomorrow? I will reserve a good seat for you and give you a pot of this year's best silver buds."
The ruffian raised his chin, pointed to where Yan Yue was and said, "That's good. I'll sit there today!"
Nan Qing said: "That is where our host entertains special guests. It is inconvenient to receive you. I hope you will forgive me."
“Hahaha!” The thug laughed exaggeratedly at the two burly men behind him, and said to himself: “Hey, special guests! Are you afraid?”
The two burly men started to make a noise: "Oh, I'm so scared! Who are you trying to scare?!"
The ruffian looked at Yan Yue from a distance and said, "We have to see them today to see how special they are!"
Nan Qing stretched out his hand to stop them: "If the guest intends to force his way in, we will report to the police!"
The ruffian raised his hand and slapped Nan Qing, causing his face to tilt. He cursed, "Who dares to stop me? Call your boss!"
Yan Yue stood up suddenly, but Chu Zhi had already yelled, "Why are you hitting people?"
Customers who were nearby paid and left, fearing that they would be affected, but most of them did not move, waiting excitedly to see whether the mysterious owner of the teahouse had any real skills.
Yan Yue wanted to go over, but Zhou Lin repeatedly dissuaded her: "He is clearly causing trouble. It will be useless for you to go down! Qiao'er has already reported to the authorities. You might as well wait here for him to come up and delay him until the authorities come."
Mr. Jiang also said, "This thug probably wants to make some money because the teahouse is doing well. Listen to what he says. If he asks for too much, just keep him busy until the government comes."
None of the spectators dared to speak. The ruffian ignored Chu Zhi and, with two big men, pushed Nan Qing aside and ran upstairs.
Yan Yue calmed himself down and was about to sit down to negotiate with them, but Dahei suddenly stood up.
Yan Yue was afraid that it would get beaten, so she chased it to the stairs before grabbing Dahei, but the ruffians had already reached the middle position. As soon as she showed her head, the three men suddenly shook and rolled down!
All the guests widened their eyes in surprise and looked upstairs.
A woman in black clothes as black as ink, holding a big dog that was also completely black, her clothes fluttering in the wind, stood high up at the stairs, looking down, seemingly looking worried.
Nan Qing lowered his head slightly and looked at the ruffian: "Guest, are you still coming up?"
The ruffian came back to his senses from his dizziness, looked around and cursed: "Who tripped me?!"
"The guest is joking!"
Nan Qing smiled and said, "It's obvious that the three of you got halfway up and rolled down on your own. Everyone present can prove it. No one else approached you at all!"
"If the guest likes to roll down the stairs, I dare not stop him, but——"
Nan Qing looked around the room and said loudly, "Please everyone present here, bear witness for me, Ban Lan Ming Yue. It was this guest who liked to roll down the stairs. If he gets hurt, it has nothing to do with our teahouse!"
The guests present glanced at the woman in black upstairs and couldn't help but feel afraid, but they didn't dare to offend this ruffian, so they all kept silent.
When the ruffian saw the two shadows, one tall and one short, at the top of the stairs, his heart shuddered for some reason.
At this time, the sturdy man behind him secretly pulled his clothes and whispered in his ear: "Brother, it was an accident that one person fell down because he didn't walk steadily. Isn't it wrong that the three of us fell down at the same time? There was really no one behind me just now!"
The other one also looked frightened and trembled as he said, "Brother, let's go! This place is really spooky!"
The ruffian felt a gust of cool air blowing through his collar and shivered. He was helped up by two strong men, but he was still shouting, "You, stop playing tricks! Just wait!"
Chu Zhi's mouth was puffed up, and she shouted angrily: "We are waiting! If you dare to come again, we will throw you to death!"
The three of them supported each other and fled out of the teahouse in embarrassment. Only then did the spectators dare to speak. But he was not talking to Yan Yue, but to Chu Zhi: "Miss Xiaozhi is so aggressive, she is really as good as a man!"
Nan Qing went upstairs to Yan Yue, who touched her face distressedly, "Does it hurt?"
"I'm fine! That guy is just a show-off, he doesn't have any strength at all!" Nan Qing held up the oil lamp to show her face: "Look, there's not even a red mark, right? It doesn't hurt at all, really!"
There was indeed nothing unusual, but Yan Yue still blamed herself: "I am too arrogant. I should have listened to Madam Zheng and hired two strong waiters to work in the store, at least to deter these thugs."
Nan Qing comforted him, "Not really! Believe it or not, they only dare to shout at us, but they will never dare to come again!"
Yan Yue asked: "What if they come again? I don't want you to be beaten again. Of course, I don't want to be beaten myself, Chu Zhi, Qiao Er and the others. I don't want any of us to be beaten."
"No, just don't worry! I promise they won't dare to come again!"
Nan Qing held her shoulders, pushed her back to her seat and said, "Everyone was frightened today. I'm going to Tianfulou to order two delicious dishes to calm us down!"
Yan Yue chased, "You call it peeling pig face, right? You need to nourish your face properly!"
Nan Qing chuckled and reminded, "When the store closes later, you can go home directly. Remember to close the doors and windows!" After that, she left gracefully.
When Qiao'er brought the police back, Yan Yue severely complained about the three ruffians and followed Madam Feng's example by stuffing some change into the police's pockets. The police officer didn't dare to accept the money at all. Not only did he push the change back, he also promised to severely punish the troublemakers.
After sending the official away, Yan Yue asked Zhou Lin in confusion, "Does the official think the money I gave him is too little?"
Mr. Jiang reminded him, “It’s probably because Zhou Lin was blowing too hard behind their necks.”
Zhou Lin looked aggrieved: "I just want them not to neglect you!"
After what happened today, Chu Zhi lost interest in storytelling. In addition, the guests "witnessed" the scene of a strange incident today, so they were a little timid and left earlier than usual.
Yan Yue was too lazy to waste any more time, so he told the people in the shop to close.
Chu Zhi was cursing the three ruffians all the way, while Zhou Lin and Mr. Jiang were praising Nan Qing for being calm and reliable, and for responding quickly and well.
A group of people were walking and chatting on the road. When they were near their home, they suddenly heard the sound of fighting!
Yan Yue was startled, thinking that the three ruffians had come, and hurried over.
Unexpectedly, the person who came was Qi Zhaoyang!
And the person who fought with him was Nan Qing!
Yan Yue saw Nan Qing being pierced in the shoulder by Qi Zhaoyang's sword, and then kicked by him and hit against a tree, unable to stand steadily!
Seeing Qi Zhaoyang about to stab with his sword, Yan Yue was horrified and said, "Stop!"
She didn't know how she moved. When she reacted, Nan Qing was tightly held in her left arm, and her right hand was tightly grasping the sword of Qi Zhaoyang.
Nan Qing stared at her in astonishment, and Qi Zhaoyang screamed, "Yueyue!"
Blood dripped down between his fingers. Yan Yue realized it belatedly and jumped in pain.
“Ahhhhhh! Qi Zhaoyang, your uncle!”
Nan Qing quickly took out a handkerchief and wanted to wrap Yan Yue's hand, but froze in the face of Qi Zhaoyang's impatient roar.
"She's a demon!"
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