The moment Chai Yan's voice appeared, everyone's eyes turned to him, including Lando and Cheng Jiu, and the scene seemed as if time had stopped.
"What are you doing? Why are you fighting?" Chai Yan asked as he walked between Cheng Jiu and Lando.
Lando said coldly: "Master Chai, you came just in time. Your people came here to drink. Not only did they default on the bill and try to run away, but they also injured the guys here!"
Cheng Jiu immediately defended: "No! I just didn't bring enough money and wanted to go back to get it!"
Qu Ran'er was slightly surprised when she heard Lando address Chai Yan. She didn't expect that this handsome and handsome young man was actually an official.
Chai Yan raised his hand to stop the two of them, turned around and asked everyone: "Who can tell me what the whole process is like?"
"Sir, let me tell you..." Qu Raner immediately raised his hand in response and walked towards Chai Yan.
Chai Yan looked at Qu Ran'er who was approaching, and asked doubtfully: "Who are you?"
Qu Ran'er said: "Sir, I am the shopkeeper of this restaurant, and my surname is Qu!"
"It turns out to be Shopkeeper Qu..." Chai Yan nodded politely and asked: "Shopkeeper Qu, what happened just now?"
So Qu Raner told the whole story.
Saying this in front of many people, Cheng Jiu suddenly felt very embarrassed.
Just because of a penny?
Chai Yan looked at Cheng Jiu in shock and wondered, is this the case?
After telling the whole story, Qu Ran'er was afraid that Chai Yan wouldn't believe it, so he pointed to the guys and several guests present and said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask the guys and these guests what they saw at that time."
It’s true, I didn’t tell any lies!”
When Chai Yan looked over, the waiters headed by Da Tou nodded vigorously. The two tables of guests present also testified that it was indeed what Qu Ran'er said.
At this time, Lando also sneered: "Ouch, how much money did I think I owed, but it turned out to be only one yuan. You wouldn't have told me earlier. If you had told me earlier, I would have paid for you. There is no need for a big fight to end up like this."
The situation is over!"
Chai Yan pretended not to hear, turned to look at Cheng Jiu, and asked calmly: "Is that what they said?"
Cheng Jiu drooped his head, frowned and said nothing.
Chai Yan snorted coldly and asked: "Do you dare to do it or not? Or am I not a man?"
Cheng Jiu heard this and immediately admitted: "Yes! What they said is right, but it's just one penny less. Are they forcing them so hard?"
"Are you still reasonable? Isn't a penny a piece of silver? People are running shops to do business, not charity!" Chai Yan immediately scolded.
Cheng Jiu knew that he was being unreasonable, so he had no choice but to turn his head and remain silent.
Chai Yan looked around the messy hall, shook his head and sneered: "Haha, just for a penny, you guys really worked hard!"
Immediately afterwards, Chai Yan took out a fifty-tael silver note from his sleeve, turned around and handed it to Qu Ran'er and said, "Shopkeeper Qu, do you think this is enough to compensate for the losses in your store?"
Qu Ran'er was a little surprised. She didn't expect that this young official would take the initiative to compensate, but the banknote was right in front of her. How could she not accept it?
Qu Ran'er took the bank note and looked at the denomination, and immediately smiled happily: "That's enough, sir, these are enough..."
"Well, since Shopkeeper Qu is satisfied, can this matter be settled here?" Chai Yan asked.
Qu Raner nodded hurriedly and said: "Okay, okay, actually it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding..."
Chai Yan nodded slowly, turned to look at Cheng Jiu and said, "Go back with me."
With that said, Chai Yan walked towards the door. Cheng Jiu followed Chai Yan's steps while glaring at Lando.
"What are you looking at? If it weren't for Mr. Chai's face, you would have died a hundred times over!" Lando glared back.
Cheng Jiu couldn't bear this anger, and immediately rushed to find Lando for another fight, but Chai Yan turned around in time, grabbed Cheng Jiu, and took him away from Qu's Restaurant.
Lando held his hands proudly in front of his chest, walked to the door with a victor's attitude, looked at the two people leaving and said loudly: "Master Chai, it's dark and the road is slippery, be careful when you walk!"
Seeing that the situation had calmed down, Qu Raner hurriedly dispersed the onlookers and ordered the workers to quickly clean up the mess in the hall.
After everyone had dispersed, Qu Raner walked up to Lando and asked in a low voice: "Brother Lando, who is this person?"
Lando sounded very disdainful and replied: "Chai Yan, he's from the Wude Department in the capital."
"Oh." Qu Ran'er looked at the deserted street and nodded, thinking: It turns out he is an official from the Wude Department in the capital, no wonder he is so generous!
After what happened just now, Lando felt that he had won a big victory, and he asked in a happy mood: "Shopkeeper Qu, get some good dishes, I want to have a drink!"
"Right away, Brother Land, please come upstairs..."
Qu Ran'er immediately became enthusiastic and personally greeted Lando to the second floor.
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On the street at night, Chai Yan and Cheng Jiuyi walked one behind the other.
As he walked, Chai Yan turned to look at Cheng Jiu and sneered: "You are really good at it. One penny of silver can be beaten like this. Why don't you work hard for one tael of silver?"
Cheng Jiu said unconvinced: "That guy struck first. If I don't fight back, am I going to get beaten while standing?"
Chai Yan stopped on the trail: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Let me ask you, why did you hit this guy? How did the guy offend you?"
"He, he...he..." Cheng Jiuyi was speechless for a moment.
Chai Yan asked: "What is he? Just tell me!"
"He was going to report to the police. As soon as I was anxious..." Cheng Jiu immediately defended: "I just pulled the guy, but I didn't expect that he was such a big man, as if he had no bones...
..."
Chai Yan said in a deep voice: "Stop talking nonsense! You're not a serious person, how can I handle it?"
Cheng Jiu stopped talking.
After a moment of silence, Chai Yan suddenly asked again: "Why did you come out to drink alone?"
Cheng Jiu hesitated for a moment and replied: "I'm in a bad mood!"
"In a bad mood?" Chai Yan emphasized his tone when he said "no", and then he raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "When did you see me with a long face? Are you ever in a good mood?"
Cheng Jiu stopped talking again.
Chai Yan looked at Cheng Jiu's face and asked, "Tell me, what makes you feel bad?"
Cheng Jiu shook his head decisively and said, "I don't want to say it!"
Chai Yan immediately nodded and said: "You don't want to say that, right...Okay! I'll go find out myself later, and by the way, I'll tell you about your glorious deeds for relying on someone else's penny!"
After saying that, Chai Yan stepped forward and walked away quickly.
"No!" Cheng Jiu was shocked and hurried to catch up to stop him.
Now that things were going on like this, he didn't want Situ Jing to know about it even more.
Chai Yan stopped again, put his hands behind his waist and asked, "Then you said you won't tell me?"
"I...I said..." Cheng Jiu had no choice but to agree.
Chai Yan nodded with satisfaction and stepped forward: "Okay, go back to my inn and talk slowly..."
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PS: I was on a recommended spot, but after clicking on it, I lost a lot of it, which made me feel a bit dizzy...