Someone's here to burn down the shop?
Clearly, that voice belonged to Ning Yuque!
Ji Yunyue's eyes turned icy as she looked down.
She hadn't expected this guy to return so quickly, and he'd gathered quite a crowd behind him. It looked like some of them were locals too.
It was obvious this guy had deployed his rich-kid money power.
This fellow was also truly cowardly, judging by his current appearance.
His neck had only a superficial cut, yet it was wrapped in several layers of gauze. He wasn't afraid of it strangling him to death!
Anyone seeing it would think there was something seriously wrong with his neck!
"Who's the punk down there, making all that noise?"
"Hey, punk, why are you shouting like a beggar?"
"You little brat, are you looking to die?"
A few neighbors also crowded by the window, shouting insults at Ning Yuque below.
Ning Yuque was dumbfounded. The torch he was holding was meant to scare people.
But when he looked up, he saw spit falling onto his forehead.
The window was full of heads!
What was going on?
Why had so many people gathered here in less than ten minutes since he'd left?
What were all these people doing here?
"Damn it, you guys come down here! If you have the guts, stay inside, and I'll burn you all to death right now!"
Ning Yuque also yelled furiously, beckoning to the group of thugs behind him, ordering them to charge!
But the entrance downstairs was already blocked!
"What are you all doing here?"
"Punk, who dares to come up and try? See if Grandpa's pig-slaughtering knife will be polite to you!"
A pig butcher and a cattle butcher stood at the entrance, their bodies exuding hostility, knives in hand.
This truly intimidated the group of thugs!
Meanwhile, someone upstairs had run to the rooftop of the third floor and, cupping their hands around their mouth, let out a shout towards a street!
"Neighbors, some blind fools are causing trouble for Master Chen again! Everyone come out!"
This commotion was significant.
The entire street could hear it clearly.
It was much more effective than a loudspeaker.
Ning Yuque was even more startled. He looked up and saw a thin man with thick lips, shouting with his mouth wide open.
His appearance was truly terrifying.
With that big mouth, he could bite off half a head!
Swish, swish, swish!
In the blink of an eye, a group of neighbors rushed out from all around, each carrying a weapon!
Ning Yuque was instantly stunned into silence.
There had to be at least a hundred people here!
And looking at the dozen or so thugs he'd hired with money, they were all shrinking their necks in fear!
The leader, a man with a scar on his face, was also pale with fear. He turned back and cursed at Ning Yuque, "Holy crap, you've messed with Master Chen of this street! Aren't you setting me up?"
Ning Yuque's mouth twitched, "Master Chen? Is this old geezer a local overlord?"
"Nonsense! When Master Chen was cutting people on the street, I was still wearing split-crotch pants!"
The scarred man cursed, then quickly shielded his subordinates and waved repeatedly at the neighbors!
"Everyone, everyone! It's all my fault! Listen to me, I'm Scar from the back village! You can just call me Xiao Dao. Today, this younger brother of yours was truly wrong. I'll treat you all to hot pot another day, let's disperse now?"
The scarred man cupped his hands in apology!
But the neighbors had already surrounded them, and more and more people were arriving!
Someone in the crowd also cursed.
"Xiao Dao from the back village? Damn it, you've been quite bold lately!"
"We, the shopkeepers, don't want any trouble with you, but you're daring to mess with Master Chen, you're tired of living!"
"You little brat, believe it or not, I'll give you two more scars on your face?"
The scarred man's face turned pale. He had really stirred up trouble!
His subordinates were all shrinking their necks, truly unable to fight back!
But at this moment, Master Chen's voice came from upstairs, "Neighbors, let Xiao Dao take his people away. He didn't know any better. I won't hold this against him!"
Hearing this, the crowd parted, creating a path!
The scarred man quickly cupped his hands towards the building, "Ah, Master Chen, you are indeed a man of principle. Xiao Dao will come to apologize another day! I apologize to you!"
With an apology, he quickly gathered his subordinates and fled.
But Ning Yuque and his group were dumbfounded, and the butler beside them had weak knees!
"Young Master Ning, what should we do? We've provoked a local overlord!"
"Nonsense, I told you to scout the area, what were you doing? Didn't you figure out who this old geezer is? Aren't you setting me up?"
Ning Yuque cursed incessantly. He was truly infuriated.
Of course, before he could be infuriated to death, he would probably be scared to death first!
He had never seen such a scene in his life!
"Master Chen, who is this kid with the torch?" someone called out from downstairs.
The pig butcher had already approached and looked up at the building, "Master Chen, should we chop off this kid's hand? He wanted to burn down your shop, he's really tired of living!"
"No, I, I was just kidding, don't chop off my hand!"
Ning Yuque was so scared he almost wet his pants, and he immediately threw the torch he was holding onto the ground.
If it were a few days ago, Old Master Chen would have taught Ning Yuque a good lesson to vent his anger.
But Old Master Chen, having just been advised by Ling Feng, took a few deep breaths.
Then he called out to the crowd below, "Everyone, hurry back and take care of your businesses. There's nothing going on here!"
"Alright, Master Chen, you take care of yourself!"
"Master Chen, if you need anything, just say the word!"
...
The people below were very obedient. With a call, they dispersed.
The crowd parted.
Ji Yunyue upstairs couldn't help but shake her head, "Truly organized and disciplined."
Her words were very apt.
Old Master Chen, however, turned back to the neighbors with a wry smile.
"Everyone, don't worry. My illness won't kill me. I've already hired a doctor, so rest assured. Hurry back to your businesses and inform your regular customers. After some time, we'll have to rebuild section by section. Don't worry, the shops will still be here for you. Mr. Ling promised this, and it won't be broken!"
Hearing this, the neighbors repeatedly cupped their hands.
"Master Chen, we all believe you!"
"Heh, the people you found, Master Chen, we trust them!"
"Mr. Ling will definitely keep his word, we all trust him. Master Chen, you must take care of your health!"
"Alright, everyone go back and take care of your businesses. Let's not cause trouble for Master Chen."
"Yes, Master Chen is such a good person, he'll surely live a long life. We're just worrying unnecessarily!"
...
As they called out to each other, they began to descend.
Old Master Chen insisted on personally escorting them downstairs.
But just these few steps had completely exhausted him!
When he came back up, Old Master Chen lay on the bed, panting for a long time before he recovered.
Chen Jiaojiao was anxiously in tears!
"Brother Ling Feng, why does it feel like my grandfather is worse than before?"
"Agitation caused it," Ling Feng replied concisely.
He then added, "When Handsome Boy brings the medicine, boil it and let your grandfather drink it, and he'll get better. Don't worry."
Beep, beep, beep...
At this moment, Lin Siqi's phone suddenly rang.
Lin Siqi instinctively walked to the side and answered the call.
Ling Feng paid a little attention and was about to look away.
Then he heard Lin Siqi exclaim, "Who? People from the Lu family are causing trouble at the factory?!"