Chapter 96 (2/2)
After lunch, Jiao Wei sat at the door and helped peel potatoes The restaurant was packed so he chose to sit outside where the air was better His parents had refused his help but his stubbornness won in the end His parents were afraid he would be laughed at if his classmates saw him, but he didn't care Who said university students can't peel potatoes?
As he worked, the owner of the shop next door dropped by
The shop soldcouple The two families were familiar and the shop owner knew Jiao Wei
”I heard they came to your restaurant yesterday,” the owner said
Yesterday his shop was only open for half a day, so he only just heard what happened
”Yes” Jiao Wei answered He didn't really want to talk about this He tried to focus on the potato in his hand
The owner sh the saraduated from school and didn't know the ins and outs of the business yet I wanted to call the police but my wife stopped ot soain”
Jiao Wei didn't reply, but he had stopped peeling the potato in his hand The owner kneas listening and pointed to the hotpot restaurant across the street ”When they just opened, business was great until those punks started showing up They got paid and behaved at first, but soon they were picking faults and asking for money The oas no doormat He told them to come to the store the next day but had people teach theht The next day, none of the little punks showed up”
”It was the same with the restaurant that sold rice bowls Whenever they ran into things like this, they called for help and were ready to fight One time the police had to show up Those rascals are bullies, they pick on the weak If you show the with them, you have to show them who's boss This is what society is like now You are either tough or you're nothing There were real tough guys a those punks, people with tattoos and forbidden weapons, but they still backed off”
”For a while, the city was all tough on crime, so those people disappeared Now they are back Before, ster wannabe However, the people who dare to start harassing again so soon are probably harder to deal with If you know people in the police, it could be time to pay them a visit You'll probably have to spend some money, but it's necessary
”There are soh not all the owners are local, they had been around long enough to have contacts For your shop, you guys should ask around, see who deals with this kind of thing and try to get in touch If you have protectors, these people are nothing If nothing works in the end, it's best that you just pay the for trouble when it can be avoided”
He wife called for hioodbye and left
Jiao Wei sat, dazed
”Exciting stuff”
A voice behind him made Jiao Wei jump He looked around, Su Qu was behind hi in the store?”
Both Yi Xin and Su Qu knew Jiao Wei through Papa Jiao They came to the restaurant when the cafe was closed
”It's too stuffed in there so I came outside I didn't expect to hear all that I never knew such things happened I have friends that have stalls at the nightMaybe they don't want to talk about it,” Su Qu said whilst stuffing food into his s like this to make ht if that's what it's going to co, but Jiao Wei had decided not to resort to a group fight His parents were aging and he couldn't ht
”Umwould youwould you happen to know people who, you know, take care of things like this?” Jiao Wei asked tentatively
Su Qu knehat he meant but he was new to town too This was the first time he even heard of such a problem
”I only know my boss,” Su Qu said
Jiao Wei shook his head ”I can't bother Mingsheng Uncle with this He already helped us with so much and he has two kids to worry about”
”Uht, that Wei Ling?”
”I do, but not well He helped find furniture for the restaurant After the store opened, he so he knows people?”
”Yi Xin toldhi uncle to reach hi what I heard, whether you believe it is up to you”
”Yeah?”
Su Qu threw the takeout box into the trash can and said, ”If you really want Wei Ling's help, you don't need to tell my boss There's another way”
”What do you mean?”
”My boss's cat!”
Jiso Wei, ””