C53 (1/2)

Looking at the short man's posture, I immediately understood that the two of them were here to collect protection fees.

In the past, when I was still in school, I had heard of protection fees. To put it bluntly, it was the business of roaming the streets looking for a reason to collect money from these peddlers.

Although I'm willing to give them money, but from the looks of it, these two don't seem to be on the same side at all, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like they occupy the land.

The most important thing is, I don't even know who the fuck they are. I should know who the protection fee is, right?

Thus, I chuckled and asked them, ”May I know which path you two come from?”

With that said, the tall and skinny guy's eyes narrowed as he looked at me mockingly and said, ”Can you ask about the reputation of being a laborer? Are you not going to hand it over to me?”

When I heard these words, I immediately got angry, and my face darkened. Previously, I was trying to argue back because I was still living on this street, so I would rather offend a gentleman than a villain, and deal with them with a peaceful attitude. But now, seeing how they are acting, it seems that it isn't just a small amount of money that can solve the problem.

Thinking up to this point, my expression changed. With an unfriendly expression, I asked the two of them, ”Then, what do you want to do?”

”A thousand. Otherwise, don't even think about opening your store.” That short man was really generous. Since my shop's rent was only 800 points, he immediately said a thousand. If money really came that easily, then everyone would have gone and become a hoodlum.

After hearing that, I chuckled as I looked at the two of them and said, ”It's only a thousand. It's nothing more than a small matter.”

Halfway through my words, the short man's face lit up and he looked at me with a smile. His face was full of desire, as if I had really become a big target for killing.

Then I said, ”However, if you want to collect my protection fee, I'm afraid you're not qualified.”

I was certain that these two were probably the jobless people on this street. They were just trying to scare me because they saw that I was a newcomer.

If that's the case, then I'll have to show some confidence. Otherwise, if they run out of money, they might come back some day.

”Yo-ho, brat, you're quite stubborn. Aren't you afraid that I'll smash your crappy store to pieces?” The skinny, tall man's expression changed as he turned around to look outside the door. He gritted his teeth as he spoke.

When I saw that he only said that he didn't move, I immediately understood after a glance at the short guy. This guy was feeling guilty, so I also chuckled and continued, ”Since you dare to open this store, you should not be afraid of smashing it. If you're a person with a handle, why don't you try it?”

The reason why I was so confident was because the ghost girl in red dress hiding in my bracelet had sent me a message. Although I was unarmed at the moment, it would be very easy for me to deal with the two of them with the help of the ghost lady in red dress.

The two of them stared at me dumbfoundedly for a long time before snorting coldly. They spat towards my shop and said, ”Brat, just you wait.”

The two of them then walked outside together.

”Trash, it's really humiliating for your ancestors to be a hooligan like this!” I cursed as I watched the two of them leave. Thinking that I would have to deal with Zhang Yu and the rest later, I cleaned up the store and was about to close the door behind me.

However, before I could close the door, a thick arm reached in and pushed it open again.

”Is it him?” A rough voice sounds out and when I focused my eyes, heh, what a coincidence. It's actually one of the people that beat me up last time. A tall and short man and a short man were currently following behind me with a face full of playfulness.

”Right, Brother Fei, it's this guy. He even said you didn't lead the way, he's so f * cking arrogant.” The two added oil to the fire as they talked. That Brother Fei got angrier the more they heard about him.

”Brat, looks like you haven't eaten your fill from last time, you actually came here.” Brother Fei laughed, cracking his fingers loudly, and swaggered into the shop. He then looked around, and sneered: ”Change your job to fortune-telling? Have you calculated that I would come and make trouble for you today? ”

When I saw the three of them acting so arrogantly, I immediately became infuriated. I clenched my fists tightly in hatred as I thought to myself, ”This is really the narrow path of enemies. I actually ended up encountering this god of pests again.”

However, this time was different from last time, the workers were prepared to fight.

Thinking about this, I immediately chuckled. ”The scholar said that I was unlucky today and would be bitten by a dog. I didn't expect that the sky would be so dark and I was still found by you three mad dogs.”