"It hurts! It hurts so much! Ahhh!"
The fat boss suddenly felt a burning pain in his back, as if he were on fire, but there was clearly nothing on his back.
"What exactly did you do to me, you bitch?"
He kept shouting and looked at He Jiuniang. Only He Jiuniang had flicked his nose at him just now, so it must have been He Jiuniang who did it!
He Jiuniang was surprised that he could think of her so quickly, and she thought he was not too stupid.
He Jiuniang didn't say anything, but a small pebble hit the fat boss's mouth accurately, drawing blood instantly. Lu Baichuan warned in a cold voice, "I'll tell you to watch your mouth, or next time I won't hit your mouth."
The fat boss covered his mouth, unable to make a sound, only letting out a series of "mmm" whimpers.
Others didn't understand what he meant, but the steward beside him did. He turned around and went into the restaurant, and soon came out with a group of servants, each of them carrying a stick.
Without saying a word, he came out and said, "Let's go!"
Then a group of servants rushed forward recklessly, and the onlookers unconsciously retreated, but they didn't want to retreat too far back, for fear of missing the most exciting scene.
Everyone wanted to know if Lu Baichuan could easily deal with these servants this time.
He Jiuniang was already getting excited and deliberately asked Lu Baichuan, "Do you need any help?"
Lu Baichuan smiled at her and replied, "Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"
He Jiuniang burst out laughing instantly; the metaphor was absolutely brilliant.
As they were talking, a stick came flying towards them. Lu Baichuan didn't even look; he caught it with his backhand and then swung it back at them.
The people around him cheered, but in fact, everyone was holding their breath for him.
Seeing his third brother showing off so much, the eldest brother Lu was too embarrassed to go out anymore. He and his wife stood aside, watching with envy as his third brother dominated the scene.
Twenty or thirty servants were nothing to Lu Baichuan; everyone said they hadn't had enough before the battle was over.
At this moment, the fat boss was rolling on the ground in pain.
His back hurt so much he couldn't cry out, as if someone was constantly breaking his spine. In such a short time, it felt like it had been broken hundreds of times.
Seeing his men being dealt with again, he finally understood the situation and lay on the ground crying and begging for mercy.
"Help me! Help me!"
He reached out his hand to He Jiuniang and mumbled, "At worst... at worst, I won't ask you to pay me back!"
He Jiuniang twitched the corner of her mouth at these words, pretending not to hear them.
Then someone nearby spoke up: "They didn't say they wouldn't pay it back. They just wanted you to pay them back as well. You got angry and started hitting them first!"
"That's right, they already said you could report it to the authorities, but you were too scared to go. Who can you blame now?"
"I think they deserve it. In the end, it's all because of Lu Hei Ya's recipe. They're shameless!"
...
The fat boss never expected things to turn out this way. He had everything under control, but now it's all turned out like this. He really tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead.
He had no time to think and was only focused on begging for mercy, but seeing that He Jiuniang remained unmoved, he hurriedly asked, "What... what do you want in return for your help?"
"Tell me the truth, what exactly happened today?"
He Jiuniang finally looked at him properly, but he kept avoiding her gaze, clearly not daring to look her in the eye.
He hesitated.
He had planned this whole thing for a long time, and to make Ms. Yu believe that they were legitimately recruiting apprentices, he even had her sign all sorts of contracts. But in reality, all she ever wanted was the recipe for Lu Hei Ya (a type of braised duck).
If he were to reveal this publicly now, not only would his restaurant business be affected, but it would also have a significant impact on his family. His children would likely find it difficult to find good husbands.
He Jiuniang felt unbearably hot and didn't have time to waste with him, so she said, "If you know what's good for you, you'd better tell the truth, or you'll die of pain all over your body within three days."
As she spoke, she stepped forward to examine the broken pieces of the vase and said, "This is just an ordinary vase that you can sell anywhere on the street. It's worth at most thirty copper coins. I can return it to you now. But today, in order to frame my sister-in-law, you brought us all here to watch this big show and even beat us up, causing us psychological trauma. We need you to pay us three hundred taels of silver in compensation. You can decide for yourselves. Otherwise, we will report you to the authorities for extortion."
This was a direct counterattack, and everyone looked at her with some surprise. They thought she was a kind person, but they didn't expect her to ask for three hundred taels of silver. Moreover, in the current situation, Shengkang Restaurant was clearly in a worse situation.
Surprisingly, no one thought she went too far. In fact, they were quite satisfied with the outcome, since Shengkang Restaurant had ill intentions from the start.
While everyone was whispering among themselves, He Jiuniang said again, "By the way, as for your problem, you must tell the truth in public before I will help you deal with it."
After saying that, she turned around and prepared to leave. It was just too hot, and if she stayed there, she would get a tan.
"No, don't go! I'll talk! I'll talk!"
The fat boss shook his head and roared out with tears in his eyes.
He really didn't want to talk about it, but he also didn't want to die.
"I just wanted Lu Hei Ya's formula, and I wanted to use this method to force her to hand it over. Now I've gotten nothing. Please help me cure my illness!"
He was genuinely terrified. In just a short while, he started rolling around on the ground, frightening everyone around him.
I have no idea how this woman could do such a thing, how could she be so ruthless.
He Jiuniang was not in a hurry to treat him, and asked again, "What about the three hundred taels of compensation I just mentioned..."
"Here! Here!"
No one knew what to say. What was the purpose of all that Boss Shengkang was doing all this for?
Lu Laoda and Madam Yu watched as the restaurant manager took out a three-hundred-tael silver note and respectfully handed it to He Jiuniang. Then, they watched as He Jiuniang flicked her nose again, just like she had flicked a booger earlier, and the fat boss instantly felt no pain.
"Oh dear, he deserves it! He got what he deserved!"
The crowd became excited, and they admired He Jiuniang even more. They never expected that a woman could be so capable, solving such a big problem so easily.
And the masked man next to her is incredibly skilled. The two were just acting intimately, so they seem to be a couple. They're such a perfect match.
The only downside was that the man was wearing a mask; otherwise, we could have seen what he looked like.
He Jiuniang didn't care what the people around her were saying. She affectionately pulled Yu Shi away from the crowd, and everyone made way for her, shouting, "Doctor He is mighty!"
In order not to let everyone know that they had been forgotten, Lu Baichuan and Lu Laoda hurriedly followed their wives' pace, but did not go too far ahead, just walking behind them.
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