Hearing this, Ling Keke knew he had clearly misunderstood her relationship with Hu Xiaobei!

A slight blush tinted her cheeks as Ling Keke quickly explained, "Uncle Liu, uh... he? He's not my boyfriend. You've misunderstood..."

Hearing Ling Keke's urgent explanation, the elder waved his hand and said, "You don't have to explain, I don't really understand you young people's affairs."

At this point, he turned to Hu Xiaobei and kindly said, "Young man, try my soup and if you think it tastes good, come more often. I'll give it to you for free."

"Uncle Liu, you're being too polite."

Waving his hand, he quickly said, "It's not politeness, it's deserved! My shop was about to close down earlier, and it was all because Keke helped by promoting it that it's now so popular. So whenever you feel like drinking it, just come by. I'll make sure you're satisfied!"

"Is that so? Then I'm definitely coming by often!"

"Good! That's more like it! Alright, you young folks probably don't like an old man like me hanging around. I'll get back to business."

"Okay!"

Hu Xiaobei watched him return to the shop…

After he left, Hu Xiaobei glanced at Ling Keke, whose cheeks were still flushed, and said, "I didn't realize, little sister Keke, that you're quite the lifesaver around here!"

"I suppose! Previously, this place wasn't very well-known because of its location. I tasted it, found it delicious, and promoted it on my live stream. Many people got to know about it and were willing to try it. Over time, the business picked up! Of course, the main thing is the delicious flavor, and the two huge ginkgo trees here also helped a lot; many people like to come here for photos."

Hearing Ling Keke mention the ginkgo trees, Hu Xiaobei said, "They have a bit of a problem; if we don't deal with it soon, they might die."

"This... Brother Xiaobei, are you serious?"

"Yes! Let's eat first, and discuss this later."

With that, Hu Xiaobei looked down at the bowl of soup in front of him…

Hu Xiaobei immediately recognized that it was made from bones…

Smelling the savory fragrance of the beef bone, Hu Xiaobei picked up a spoon and gently scooped up the clear broth.

After tasting it, Hu Xiaobei's eyes lit up because it was indeed delicious!

Expressing his admiration, Hu Xiaobei looked at Ling Xin'er and noticed that she was just as thrilled…

Seeing Hu Xiaobei and her sister's amazed expressions, Ling Keke smiled proudly.

"How is it? The taste is decent, right?"

"It's really good!"

While admiring it, Hu Xiaobei drank a few more mouthfuls, soon feeling a warmth in his stomach.

…

"Hey, you old fool, have you decided yet? Are you going to rent it or not? If not, get the hell out of here!"

Just as Hu Xiaobei was about to taste the steamed bun, he heard an absolutely arrogant voice!

Looking up, Hu Xiaobei saw several young blond men standing arrogantly in front of the stall.

At that moment, Uncle Liu Liu Yun, who had served the food earlier, came out of the shop.

With a pained expression, Liu Yun said, "Gentlemen, our rental contract was for three years. It's only the second year now!"

"Don't give me that crap! It looks like you plan to keep renting. If so, then pay up an additional three hundred thousand yuan."

"When we signed the contract, I already paid you the rent for three years. It's not right to ask for more money now!"

"Oh? Do you have a problem? Initially, you only paid me one hundred thousand yuan. The price here has gone up. Pay me another fifty thousand yuan!"

The blond young man saw Liu Yun's business thriving, and greed filled his eyes!

He felt the original rent was set too low—that's why he wanted to extort more money now!

"Even if prices have increased, you should still adhere to the contract."

"Old man, are you asking for a beating? Prepare fifty thousand yuan for me now. Otherwise, get out and leave this place. I've let you use such a good location for so long for so cheap, isn't it only right that you pay me more now?"

"This..."

Before Liu Yun could respond, Ling Keke, who was sitting next to Hu Xiaobei, couldn't hold back anymore...

She quickly stood up and shouted, "You guys are too much! Since the rental contract was signed for three years, we must act according to the contract! Besides, what do you mean 'good location'? That's nonsensical."

"Who the fuck do you think you are!"

Hearing Ling Keke's words, the blond young man instantly got angry!

In this area, he always felt he was the absolute ruler.

Now, hearing someone talk back, he was extremely displeased!

Hearing the cold sarcasm, Ling Keke frowned!

Ling Keke was truly about to explode with anger at this moment because she had never before encountered such unreasonable behavior.

…

When Ling Keke was too angry to speak, she heard a very excited mockery, "Oh look, such a beauty! Sorry, brother here spoke a bit wrong earlier, did I scare you?"

Seeing the blond man approach her with a sleazy tone, Ling Keke started to panic!

As Ling Keke panicked, the men standing behind the blond man all smirked coldly!

They all knew the blond man's character, so they knew this beautiful girl was now his target.

"You... you stay away, don't come any closer!"

Speaking in fear, Ling Keke instinctively took a couple of steps back!

"Sister..."

Seeing her sister's face turning pale, Ling Xin'er quickly shielded her behind herself!

…

"Ah, you have an older sister too! My luck is really good today!"

The blond man said this with an excited, wild laugh.

While laughing wildly, he also noticed Hu Xiaobei, but did not care about him at all!

"You... don't mess around!"

Liu Yun, noticing him intensely staring at Ling Keke and Ling Xin'er, quickly walked over.

"Old man, do you want to die?"

The blond man glanced at Liu Yun, visibly annoyed…

Quickly, he signaled his men, and a second later, they surrounded Liu Yun with ill intentions…

…

"This is too much!"

"Exactly! Can't we help somehow?"

"How can we help, they are local thugs, we can't mess with them!"

The customers eating there saw Liu Yun being surrounded and wanted to do something, but they were afraid.

Because they knew they really couldn't mess with these local tyrants.

The blond man heard them discussing...

Coldly sweeping a glance over them, he noticed not a single person dared meet his gaze!

Somewhat proud, he chuckled and bluntly said, "All useless!"

Having said that, the blond man, under everyone's gaze, walked up to Hu Xiaobei...

Annoyed, he glanced at Hu Xiaobei and spoke, "Bro, you seem pretty calm, did I scare you so much you can't even stand?"

Hearing the blond man's sarcasm, Ling Xin'er and Ling Keke both began worrying for Hu Xiaobei!

Hu Xiaobei heard his sarcasm, looked up at him, and scoffed, "Scared? By you? Worthy?"

The blond man, after looking at Hu Xiaobei, suddenly laughed!

After laughing, he smacked his lips and said, "Interesting! Really interesting! You know? Before, there were quite a few people who acted tough in front of me, but in the end, they all died miserably. I hope your bones are harder than theirs. If you beg for mercy too soon, it would be no fun, you know?"

Hearing such a blatant threat from the blond man, all the customers present began to sympathize with Hu Xiaobei...

They knew that because of Hu Xiaobei's association with the two beauties, he was likely to be 'taken care of' especially...

In this situation, Hu Xiaobei should have quickly caved, but now, instead, he was confronting him, which promised terrible consequences...

"Then let's see who begs for mercy first!"

After speaking calmly, Hu Xiaobei calmly stood up...

"Haha, good! You've got spirit! Let's see, which leg of your pants will you wet first!"

Having said icily, the blond man glanced at his men and quickly clapped his hands.

Soon, those who had surrounded Liu Yun sneered and menacingly approached Hu Xiaobei...

Seeing this, the blond man straightened his clothing and calmly instructed, "Boys, teach this little brother how to behave properly."

"Yes, boss!"

After vigorously nodding their heads, they maliciously continued closing in on Hu Xiaobei…

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