Chapter 126 Finding faults and making secret moves
"Boss! It's time to pay your security management fee this month!"
"Also, my brother was attacked and injured while queuing up to buy steamed buns from your place. You also have to pay for the medical expenses!"
A group of gang members holding axes came to the busy street. Many passers-by quickly left the street. In the blink of an eye, only the vendors setting up stalls nearby and Zhou Fan, who was still eating buns in the corner of the bun shop, were left.
The man at the head is a burly man. He is the leader of the Ax Gang, a gang in Youdu City.
At this moment, he led a group of boys, carrying the obese man who had lined up to insult Zhou Fan and was beaten out. He was hit in the distance and his butt was pierced with a candied haws stick, and he came to the bun shop to look for trouble.
Zhou Fan, who was eating steamed buns on the side, frowned slightly when he saw this, but he did not act rashly, but watched quietly from the side.
"Master He! What kind of wind has brought you here?"
"Didn't we just pay the security fee last month?"
"And this brother's injury has nothing to do with my bun shop!"
As soon as Boss Wang of Baozi Shop saw the Ax Gang coming to make trouble, he secretly said something bad.
But he still went up to him and argued the case, but he didn't want to be extorted money from the other party again.
"Humph! Last month, it was due beforehand, but now it's due half a year later!"
Hall Master He snorted coldly and did not directly speak to blackmail the other party, but still looked like he was going to defeat Boss Wang.
Some nearby traders saw that the person who was causing trouble for the Ax Gang was Boss Wang, and they had already quietly fled the place where the trouble was.
"Here, Hall Master He! Didn't you say you had to pay for a whole year before?"
"How do you say it's only for the first half of the year?"
Boss Wang said hesitantly after hearing this, still wanting to argue and not wanting to pay the unjust money.
"What? Do you think we are blackmailing you?"
"This time our Hall Master He came to collect the money in person, are you not showing any respect?"
Before Hall Master He could speak, a group of his subordinates picked up their weapons and surrounded Boss Wang and the bun shop.
"No, no, no, no! Brothers, if you have something to say, please tell me!"
"Master He, my shop is also run on a small scale. You can use the money to reward the brothers for their hard work. Look at this security fee..."
Boss Wang had obviously been extorted money from him many times, so he could only admit that he was unlucky and took out several thousand dollars in cash from his pocket and gave it to Hall Master He to please him.
Then Hall Master He put away the money calmly, and his expression softened a little.
"Okay! Boss Wang, you are more sensible!"
"I'll go back and check, I guess there was a mistake during registration!"
When it comes to taking people's money, Hall Master He must accept it as soon as he sees fit. Otherwise, if he wants to make money in this area in the future, he will not be able to pass the credibility test, and no one will dare to use money to calm people down.
"Yes, yes! The registration must be wrong!"
When Boss Wang saw Hall Master He being sent away, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.
"Okay! Let's not talk about the security management fee for now!"
"Now let's talk about my brother's compensation!"
Hall Master He came here in person, naturally not just to get those thousands of dollars.
When Boss Wang saw that the other party wanted to blackmail him, he had already scolded the other party's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart.
But people under the eaves have to bow their heads.
So he could only politely ask how much compensation he would need, and planned to pay some money to settle the matter.
"I'm not blackmailing you. I made a rough estimate and it's enough for you to pay fifty or sixty thousand!"
"How many?"
"Fifty or sixty thousand?"
Boss Wang almost thought he heard wrongly, "Good guy", "Good guy".
It's just a superficial wound, and you want fifty or sixty thousand for asking, and you don't want to blackmail anyone?
What the hell, if this was blackmail, wouldn’t it cost five or six hundred thousand?
As the owner of a small bun shop, he only earns about 100,000 yuan in net profit a year at most, not counting the labor costs for himself and his wife.
"What! Are you deaf?"
"I asked you to compensate fifty to sixty thousand, but that's not enough for you, right?"
Several Ax Gang men scolded Boss Wang one after another, and some even came forward with ill intentions, seemingly planning to teach Boss Wang a lesson first.
"Hall Master He! This brother only suffered a little superficial injury!"
"I beg you to be so noble!"
"I can't make that much money even if I work this year!"
Boss Wang did not dare to fight against the Ax Gang, so he immediately knelt down in front of Hall Master He and begged.
"What the hell! You think I'm not hurt enough!"
As soon as Boss Wang knelt down to plead with Hall Master He, the fat man being carried by the stretcher angrily jumped off the stretcher, stepped forward and kicked him out.
"boom!"
Boss Wang flew out with a groan, and happened to bump into Zhou Fan, who was still eating steamed buns.
Zhou Fan only raised his head slightly and easily caught him flying upside down.
"Old Wang!"
Boss Wang's wife, Mrs. Wang, exclaimed when she saw this, and immediately rushed out of the house with a broom to block Boss Wang and Zhou Fan.
"Hey! This boss lady seems to be pretty good-looking!"
The obese man who kicked Boss Wang away in anger couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw the boss lady's rather handsome appearance.
"Brother! There's no one around now. Why don't you and the landlady go inside to talk?"
Although the obese man was a little moved, he still took the initiative to suggest to Hall Master He next to him.
When Hall Master He heard this, he looked at the small figure of the landlady and seemed to be a little interested.
There was no one around at the moment, so he could go into the bun shop to discuss things with the proprietress. He had never tried this kind of practice of discussing life in a bun shop.
Just thinking about it made Hall Master He feel a little excited, and he immediately forgot about the blackmail.
"You! Don't mess around!"
"Be careful, I'll call the police directly!"
The obese man did not deliberately lower his voice when asking for advice, so Boss Wang and the landlady not far away heard everything.
The landlady picked up the phone with some fear and pretended to call the police to report the crime.
"Don't mess around! I promise to compensate that big brother for his losses!"
Boss Wang has long known that the Sakura Country Police Department and the Ax Gang have always been a den of snakes and rats. Even if they call to report the crime, they will not pay attention, and it may bring them new troubles.
So in order to prevent his wife from being humiliated and bullied, Boss Wang could only grit his teeth and swallow it in his stomach and consider himself unlucky.
"Hahaha! Boss Wang is still sensible!"
"You guys go with Boss Wang to withdraw money, we can just collect cash!"
Hall Master He did not expect that Boss Wang would be so forthcoming and directly agree to compensate fifty to sixty thousand yuan.
However, he didn't seem to want to let the boss lady go. Instead, he motioned to his subordinates to take Boss Wang to withdraw the money.
As long as Boss Wang is taken away, the boss's wife, a woman, will naturally not be able to escape from the clutches of Hall Master He.
"this!"
"Master He, then I have to take my wife with me, because only she knows the password of the bank card, and she is also in charge of the money in our family!"
Boss Wang is naturally not a fool, and he also sees the intentions of Hall Master He and others.
So he quickly made an excuse and planned to leave with his mother-in-law.
"Huh! There's so much nonsense. If we ask you to withdraw money, just follow us!"
Several ill-intentioned Ax Gang men stepped forward and tried to force Boss Wang away.
"Isn't it just fifty or sixty thousand?"
"I have cash here!"
"I just ate this boss's buns, so this money is considered a reward!"
Just when several men from the Ax Gang stepped forward to take action, Zhou Fan, who had been silent behind Boss Wang, suddenly spoke.
He got a black garbage bag out of nowhere and threw it in front of him, scattering stacks of cash.
Zhou Fan's sudden move left everyone present unable to react for a moment.
Boss Wang was overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly whispered to Zhou Fan behind him: "Brother! Just treat this money as a loan from me, and I will definitely return it to you later!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Boss Wang had already walked towards the black garbage bag. After checking it, he found that it contained more than 60,000 yuan, and it was also cash in international currency.
"Hall Master He! There is more than 60,000 in cash here, just think of it as my supplement to that big brother!"
Boss Wang quickly handed the black garbage pile to several Ax Gang members beside him, and then spoke politely to Hall Master He who was not far away.
Hall Master He frowned upon seeing this, obviously a little unhappy.
But the obese man who was observant of his words and demeanor turned his malicious eyes towards Zhou Fan, who was like a beggar.
"Where did you get the cash from, you stinky beggar?"
"I think you are a thief who stole money from a wealthy businessman's house!"
The obese man directly blamed Zhou Fan, remembering that he was suddenly knocked away by a strong force earlier, and it was because he scolded the smelly beggar that he got bad luck, so he got stabbed in the butt.
It can be said that the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. When he walked towards Zhou Fan, he had already stretched his right hand towards the small ax hanging on his waist behind his back.
"This big brother! If you have something to say, please tell me!"
"Get away!"
Boss Wang also wanted to say a few good words for Zhou Fan, but the unkind obese man stopped him.
Unexpectedly, the fat man picked up the ax directly, cursed angrily, and chopped it off on his head.
Boss Wang had never seen such a battle before. He was so frightened that he froze on the spot and forgot to dodge.
"Old Wang!"
The proprietress on the side screamed in fear and subconsciously closed her eyes, not daring to look.
"boom!"
"ah!"
Soon, there was a loud bang, followed by a scream that disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only a bright red line of blood was left on the ground, and a figure that flew out like a cannonball and hit the spot without moving.
"Old Wang!"
Although she didn't dare to look at the bloody scene, the landlady exclaimed and forced her eyes open.
But after she opened her eyes, she looked at Boss Wang who was standing there stupidly with some surprise.
Boss Wang was still unscathed, but now his legs were weak from fear.
The fat man who struck him with an ax was lying motionless in the distance like a dead dog.
That eye-catching bright red blood line made everyone shiver.
"Yes, there are masters!"
The dozen or so members of the Ax Gang who surrounded Mr. Wang and his wife all retreated in shock and uncertainty.
None of them could see clearly who was making the move, and the fat fellow almost flew out in the blink of an eye.
With such a rapid speed, everyone was worried, thinking that if they were hit, they might die.
Even Hall Master He who was not far away felt a little worried at this moment.
He also didn't see clearly who was making the move, so he was looking around with some uncertainty, looking for the mysterious strong man.
No one associates the mysterious strongman with Zhou Fan. After all, he is too sloppy. If a beggar is a top strongman, Hall Master He and others may rather believe that the boss's wife is a peerless master.
"May I ask if that lord is here? Can you show up to see him?"
"I'm going to help Hall Master He with an axe. Please show up to see me!"
The confused Hall Master He clasped his fists and saluted to the empty surroundings, speaking politely and wanting to know which master was responsible for the attack.
He just shouted a few words and looked around for several times but no one showed up.
This made him frown slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Boss Wang and the three of them with some suspicion.
But no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think that the three of them would be hidden masters.
Looking at the pretty little face of the landlady, Hall Master He swallowed secretly.
But it was obviously not convenient for him to take action today. He was a little afraid of the strong man in the dark.
Therefore, he could only suppress his anger for the time being and planned to wait until night to do it again.
"Walk!"
Hall Master He didn't waste any more nonsense, and signaled his subordinates to take away the money from the garbage pile, then turned and left without even collecting the body of the fat man who died tragically.