Ji Fan smiled and nodded to everyone, enjoying the feeling of being valued and respected, but his expression was pretending to be calm.
"What else could he be doing, collecting protection money?" Yang Huiyun said bitterly.
"Charging protection money?"
Ji Fan looked confused and said, "Why didn't they come to collect it before?"
"Who knows."
Yang Huiyun shook her head and said: "I heard from them that there seems to be a boss named Brother Hao here. This area nearby is their territory. If you do business here, you have to pay them protection fees."
"Has everyone paid it in?" Ji Fan asked.
"Many merchants have paid. After all, they don't charge much. It's only five hundred yuan a month. We don't want to offend these gangsters, so we just lose money and eliminate disasters." Yang Huiyun nodded.
"Five hundred dollars is money. We do business here and just pay taxes to the state. Why do they just collect money for no reason when they don't do anything?"
Ji Fan also looked angrily and said: "If you encounter something like this, just call the police."
"If we call the police, the police may not arrest them. Even if they do, it probably won't be a big deal. But if they take revenge, we will probably be in a lot of trouble." Yang Huiyun said with a frown.
"It's this mentality that makes them so rampant!"
Ji Fan said angrily: "They are just bullying people like you who are afraid of getting into trouble."
"There is no other way. When we open our doors to do business, we should pay attention to making money by being friendly, not by force. No one wants to break up with these people." Yang Huiyun said with a wry smile.
"Then have you paid the protection fee?" Ji Fan asked again.
"Hand it in." Yang Huiyun nodded.
"Then why are they still stuck here?" Ji Fan asked in confusion.
"They said their boss, Brother Hao, wanted to invite me to lunch. I refused, and they refused to leave and insisted on letting me go."
Yang Huiyun regained her expression of hatred and said: "Eating with them is not only embarrassing, but also very dangerous."
"really."
Ji Fan nodded and said: "But I think they just suffered a loss and lost face. They will definitely not let it go. Let's call the police."
"Isn't it bad to call the police? What if they retaliate and smash up my flower shop, or on my way home at night..." Yang Huiyun said with some worry.
"Even if we don't call the police, they may still retaliate." Ji Fan said angrily, "We have to believe in the deterrent power of the people's police."
"Okay." Yang Huiyun then took out her cell phone and called the police.
"By the way, why are you back so soon?"
After calling the police, Ji Fan asked Yang Huiyun.
"My father needs to rest in the hospital for a while after the operation. I still have a business to take care of, so I can't keep it all the time. It's enough for my mother to be with me in the hospital. I need to come back to make money."
Yang Huiyun said helplessly: "I still owe you tens of thousands of dollars."
"ah?"
Ji Fan was surprised and said with a smile: "I don't have to pay back my money. Just treat it as my accommodation and food expenses at your house."
"You've only lived here for less than a year, how can you afford so much accommodation and food expenses?"
Yang Huiyun waved her hand and insisted: "I, Yang Huiyun, am not someone who likes to default on debts. It is only natural to pay back debts. Don't say that you are just my cousin. Even if you are a brother, you still have to settle the accounts."