21: Confrontation

Qi Yuan turned his head in surprise, realizing it was the last customer he had seen the previous night.

Qi Yuan remembered him vividly because of the customer's explosive muscle definition.

"Is that you?"

Leng Hui nodded and replied, "I've been behind you this whole time, listening to your analysis. You're very good; your analysis was very logical."

Praised like that, Qi Yuan scratched his head and chuckled, feeling a bit embarrassed.

At this moment, Leng Hui asked again, "Since the unscrupulous competitor you mentioned will incite netizens to come to the scene tonight, do you have a way to find him?"

Upon hearing this, everyone else immediately turned to look at Qi Yuan.

"Uh, I do have a method, but the success rate isn't very high. It all depends on how meticulous the other party is."

Leng Hui immediately cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"I'd like to hear more. The Little Boss allowed me to taste the deliciousness of food again. Although he doesn't think he helped me, he truly showed me kindness. As long as you can help him out of this predicament, I am willing to owe you a favor."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan's face immediately showed surprise, and he couldn't help but re-examine Leng Hui.

However, seeing that the other party's expression was normal, but his eyes were exceptionally serious and firm, Qi Yuan couldn't help but feel a good impression.

High school students are at the most innocent and romantic age. It was rare to see such a chivalrous person, only found in novels, so how could he not be excited?

Immediately, he also waved his hand cheerfully and laughed, "Big Brother, you're overstating it. We came here naturally to help the Little Boss out of trouble. There's no talk of owing favors."

"Moreover, the Little Boss clearly has a 潔癖. From what I observed last night, he wiped the counter no less than seventeen or eighteen times. How could he possibly make stinky tofu with sewage?"

Hearing Qi Yuan say this, the stern expression on Leng Hui's face softened a bit.

At this moment, Qi Yuan looked at everyone else, signaling them to gather closer.

"Everyone, my method is actually very simple. Think about it, a guy who can do such disgusting things must have a very bad character. At that time, he'll probably be hiding in the crowd, secretly laughing."

Leng Hui, Worker Meng, and Old Chen exchanged glances, then all nodded in agreement.

"So, our first step is to observe which guy is laughing the most disgustingly. Remember, it's that kind of lewd laugh, then furtively looking at the people next to him."

"What's that word... Oh right, 'sneaky vibe.' The guy who laughs sufficiently lewdly and disgustingly, and has a very strong sneaky vibe, is almost certainly him."

"So, after finding this guy, we can conduct further probing."

"For example, leaning into his ear and saying: 'Your secret is out.'"

"Or, 'Boss, shouldn't the water army's wages be paid by now?'"

"Or anything else you think might make him feel guilty. Just improvise."

After listening to Qi Yuan's words, everyone was amused, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed from its initial tension.

At this moment, Qi Yuan suddenly rubbed his forehead in distress again.

"There's just one problem. At that time, the Little Boss will definitely be surrounded by many people who don't understand the situation. We can't always stand next to the Little Boss. I'm afraid some reckless guy might just start a fight without a word. If the Little Boss gets hurt, or his stall gets overturned, that wouldn't be good."

Upon hearing this, Li An was about to say there was no need to worry about Lu Chuan's safety.

Leng Hui had already whistled.

In an instant, a large group of muscular men, whose clothes were stretched tight by their muscles, emerged from behind the corner.

Leng Hui had a cold smile on his lips and waved his large hand.

"The Little Boss has me and my brothers protecting him. Let's see who dares to lay a hand on him then."

Qi Yuan and the others exchanged glances, then all swallowed their saliva.

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Time returned to the present.

Leng Hui looked at the unyielding expression on the young man's face behind him and secretly nodded.

Not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat, facing a thousand fingers of blame, still composed and at ease.

Although Lu Chuan had not yet reached this level, he still dared to express anger and defiance when facing the accusations of hundreds of people, instead of cowering and remaining silent.

His courage already surpassed that of many adults.

In contrast, looking at the adults in front of him, Leng Hui observed their every word and action, and only felt disgusted.

One by one, they considered themselves to be standing on the moral high ground of truth and ethics, wantonly bullying a thin young man, the strong bullying the weak, the many bullying the few, which showed their inherent weakness and shamelessness.

Believing rumors, blindly following, lacking independent judgment, easily incited by villains with a few words without realizing it, which showed their foolish and low intelligence.

For these people, Leng Hui really wanted to spit them to death, but he was powerless.

Forget it, with me here, you won't be able to take another step and harm my benefactor.

Thinking of this, Leng Hui's gaze became even more resolute.

Feeling the change in Leng Hui's demeanor, his brothers seemed to be encouraged, and their postures also became a bit straighter.

Thus, the originally restless hundreds of people, glared at by Leng Hui and his brothers, immediately withered back down.

As the momentum of both sides waxed and waned, the situation on the scene began to become confusing again.

This made the Yellow-Haired Vendor anxious.

"What the heck! A hundred people actually got scared off by eleven people! Bah!"

"Oh, I also think they're too weak. If this continues, won't our goal fail?! Damn it."

"That's right, how can it be like this? I even..."

The Yellow-Haired Vendor subconsciously took over the conversation, but halfway through, he suddenly realized he had misspoken and quickly covered his mouth, his eyes showing a complex mix of panic, doubt, and anger.

Qi Yuan folded his arms and sneered.

Found you~

The Yellow-Haired Vendor was furious but pretended to be calm.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm leaving."

As soon as he turned around, he was suddenly pushed by the 胖子 behind him, almost stumbling and falling to the ground.

"Did I say you could leave?"

Li An's face was ferocious, and he said bitterly.

It was this Yellow-Haired Vendor who made him fail at flattering and instead hit a raw nerve.

He still didn't know how the Your Devilishness would punish him afterwards.

As soon as he thought of this, Li An's heart grew even more resentful.

"You, you want to hit someone?"

The Yellow-Haired Vendor looked sinister, but in reality, he was a coward.

He didn't know how he had been exposed, but seeing these two, no, six more people walking from all directions, looking at him with cold smiles, he knew he was truly exposed.

But he still wanted to struggle a bit, what if the other party had no evidence? What if?

"Hit someone? No, no, no, we are all civilized people, how could we hit someone?"

Worker Meng shook his head and corrected him.

Not hitting people?

Heh, if they're not hitting people, then I'm not afraid!

The Yellow-Haired Vendor didn't expect the other party to be so civilized and immediately became happy.

However, what Qi Yuan said next instantly sent a chill through him.

"Hitting people means going to jail; we're not stupid. But for someone to maliciously spread rumors out of nothing and incite hundreds of people to gather and cause trouble, that's a big deal~"

The Yellow-Haired Vendor's face changed, and he quickly denied it.

"You, you're talking nonsense!"

Seeing the Yellow-Haired Vendor's reaction, Qi Yuan immediately had a plan and winked at the others.

Li Qihong and Zeng Yucheng immediately understood, and stepped forward, each grabbing one of the Yellow-Haired Vendor's hands tightly.

This scared the Yellow-Haired Vendor, and he immediately shrieked, "You, what do you want to do? Didn't you say you wouldn't hit people?"

Qi Yuan stepped forward, pulled out the phone from the Yellow-Haired Vendor's pocket, held it up in his hand, and sneered, "You bribed the water army to maliciously spread rumors under Li An's short videos, slandering others' hard work, and incited hundreds of netizens to gather here to cause trouble. All the evidence should be saved on your phone, right?"

"When the police uncles come later and extract your chat records with the water army from your phone, you're done for~"

Knowing his own situation, the Yellow-Haired Vendor's hands and feet immediately went limp with fear upon hearing this, and his face turned several shades paler.

The last time he was taken to the station, he was only given a verbal warning.

But this time, if he went to the station, he would really be going to jail!!!