"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Jin Liguo, and I'm the son of the owner of Jins' Spicy Soup," Fatty Jin said with a smile as he introduced himself.

"Oh?" Ye Xiao said, "So this place belongs to your family."

"Yeah, you've already paid for the soup right? Consider this bun a treat from me— for those who appreciate our Jins' Spicy Soup, I am eager to make a friend!"

"Ye Xiao, I'm equally willing to be your friend!" Ye Xiao and Jin Liguo shook hands, and then Ye Xiao said with a smile, "Your spicy soup really is quite special, with its spicy yet smooth taste. I really can't figure out how you make it. Is this the only stall you have?"

"Yeah, one stall is enough!" Jin Liguo said with a laugh. "Besides, we don't have many family members to help us run the business."

Ye Xiao said, "Personally, I think you could try out a franchising strategy. Let others franchise your business and collect fees from them annually. Perhaps it would be much better than your current situation!"

"That's indeed a fine idea. Enjoy your bun and give it a review," Jin Liguo said with a chuckle.

Ye Xiao picked up the bun, and even without bringing it to his mouth, he could still smell the strong aroma.

He bit into it. The meat was plentiful, genuinely good value for money. After chewing a few times, he looked at Jin Liguo, intending to comment on the bun.

However, at that moment, a discordant voice rang out.

"Fatty Jin!"

When Jin Liguo heard someone call him, he looked over in confusion. Seeing the speaker, his brows knitted together in annoyance and irritation as he said, "What are you doing here again?"

"Haha!" The speaker came over with an amused smile, sat down beside Jin Liguo, and a few other men surrounded them. The customers sitting near Jin Liguo had all quickly given up their seats, seeming to know that these were not nice people and not wanting to provoke them.

However, there was one person who continued to eat his bun and drink his spicy soup as if he hadn't seen these men.

Jin Liguo looked at the few men, unhappy that they were disturbing his customers, and said hotly, "What do you want?"

"Haha, what do we want? Fatty Jin, do I really need to remind you again? You say you earn at most thirty or forty thousand a month here, but someone is willing to pay you a hundred thousand a month and you'll have less work to do. How can you find a better deal than that?" At this point, a man around thirty sitting next to Jin Liguo looked at him and said with a malicious smile.

Jin Liguo immediately responded, "A hundred thousand? I'm telling you, Zhang Zheng, not even for a million would I sell. This business has been passed down from my ancestors. We're not transferring it!"

"Fatty Jin, are you really going to turn down a kind offer and force us to take harsh measures?" Zhang Zheng laughed out loud. Looking at Jin Liguo, he said, "You should know that the party interested in cooperating with you is Zhang's Catering Group, a corporation worth over a billion. It's your good fortune that they've taken an interest in your little Jins' Spicy Soup. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth!"

"Go back and tell that person from Zhang's Catering Group that our Jins' Spicy Soup is right here for sale, and we will not cooperate with anyone. Humph, he can drop the idea," Jin Liguo said, his chubby face red with anger!

"See what this is?" Zhang Zheng pointed to the service arm band on his arm, which read "On Duty!"

"What are you trying to do?" Jin Liguo, who had grown up helping his parents run Jins' Spicy Soup, felt a shiver in his heart when Zhang Zheng pointed out his arm band.

Zhang Zheng just laughed and said, "This may be a snack street, but as per regulations, you can't just set up shop anywhere. From today on, you can't place your stall here anymore. If you want to do business, you should get a shop instead."

"But, everyone is doing business this way!" Jin Liguo said, pointing to some other snack stalls nearby, knowing that Zhang Zheng was clearly just causing him trouble.

"No can do," said Zhang Zheng, "It's unfortunate that your Jins' Spicy Soup is so delicious and just happened to catch the eye of Zhang's Catering Group. So let me be clear with you, this rule is specifically targeted at your business."

"That's bullying!" Jin Liguo was furious and stood up abruptly, only to be restrained by Zhang Zheng's thugs!

"Trying to play the hero?" Zhang Zheng saw Jin Liguo as if he were about to do something and remained unflustered, saying with a smile, "The fine today is a thousand. If you have any objections, you can go to the city administration to find our director. If you have no objections, pay up now."

"A thousand?" Jin Liguo grew even angrier. At this moment, Jin Liguo's family members all came over.

"We don't even earn that much in a day! Mr. Zhang, can't we discuss this?" An old man in his fifties came up and tried to negotiate with Zhang Zheng in a submissive manner.

"Boss Jin, you'd better discuss this with your son. A thousand fine today might be the lightest penalty. Tomorrow it will be two thousand, and the day after it will be four thousand—I wonder how much money you have for fines!" At this time, Zhang Zheng's manner was particularly arrogant. People say if you don't use your power, it will expire. This guy really didn't want his power to expire.

Jin Liguo's emotions were barely under control as he attempted to punch Zhang Zheng but was stopped by Ye Xiao, who'd just finished his bowl of spicy soup.

"Brother Jin, don't be impulsive. Whatever the problem, we can sit down and talk it out!" Ye Xiao said with a smile.

It was then that everyone noticed the presence of Ye Xiao.

Jin Liguo had wanted to hit Zhang Zheng, but Ye Xiao had stopped him, making him even more incensed.

"Are you with them, too?" Jin Liguo glared at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao just gave a bitter smile and said, "Do you think I am? If you hit them now, the Guard Bureau is just nearby. If you get locked up, how are you going to fight them?"

Realizing the truth in Ye Xiao's words, Jin Liguo fell silent. He was the main support of the family now that his father was old. If he were taken to the Guard Bureau, their whole family would be ruined.

"You child, why don't you ever listen?" Boss Jin glared at Jin Liguo, then amiably pulled Zhang Zheng aside and seemed to slip him two hundred yuan.

"Damn, what kind of world is this!" Jin Liguo sat down on the bench, eyes red with fury!

Ye Xiao said with a smile, "What's this Zhang's Catering Group? They've set their sights on your Jins' Spicy Soup?"

Jin Liguo felt there was no point in hiding it and said directly, "The boss of Zhang's Catering Group is called Zhang Zhongkang. He appears on television often. I don't know how he learned about our Jins' Spicy Soup, but he wants to monopolize our recipe, offering us a monthly commission of a hundred thousand yuan."

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