"How many?" Guo Xuyang asked.
"Bring ten portions. And the four people you left at this place."
"Alright." Guo Xuyang hung up the phone and drove towards the safe house.
He knew there was a night market on the way to the safe house, but he wasn't sure if any stalls were still open.
By the time he reached the night market, only two stalls had customers.
The rest were preparing to close.
"Boss, ten portions of fried noodles. And four portions of hot and sour vegetables. Just stir-fry whatever you have."
He called out to the boss.
"Okay, please wait. Take away or eat here?"
"Give me one portion of fried noodles first, to eat here. Pack the rest to go."
"Sure thing, coming right up." The boss agreed, quickly washing a pan and adding oil.
The fried noodles were fast. He was indeed hungry and finished them in just a few bites.
The speed was astonishing.
The two girls at the neighboring table were stunned.
But Guo Xuyang paid them no mind, instead getting up to grab a bottle of drink and chugging it down.
"Comfortable. Boss, how much?"
Guo Xuyang burped and asked.
"One hundred and sixty-five, make it one hundred and sixty."
"And a case of drinks."
"Two hundred and three."
"Alright boss, I'll pay now."
Guo Xuyang took out his phone and paid, showing a successful transaction.
"Please wait, it'll be ready soon. Shall I pack it in a carton for you?"
"Thank you, boss."
Just then, two drunk young men with dyed yellow hair walked over and swayed towards the girls.
"Girls, shall big brother take you home?"
The two girls said nothing, but picked up their bowls and moved aside.
However, the two young men were persistent and followed them.
"Get lost." One girl with a tattoo on her arm snapped.
"Playing coy, aren't you? Just out for business, right?
Name your price, brother's picking you tonight."
"Pick your mom."
The girl was not to be trifled with and cursed back.
"You damn whore, you think you're something special?"
A young man with dyed yellow hair cursed and slapped the girl.
The girl tried to dodge but couldn't, taking the blow squarely.
She picked up the fried noodles in front of her and smashed them onto the yellow-haired guy's head.
This ignited a hornet's nest. One young man grabbed the girl's hair, while the other started punching and kicking her.
Seeing this, the other girl quickly shouted for help and dialed the emergency number.
Guo Xuyang couldn't stand it anymore.
Although the girls eating at this hour might not be pure maidens, they still couldn't be forced into submission.
It was all about mutual consent, give and take.
If someone refuses you, and you still forcefully pursue them, aren't you just asking for trouble?
And resorting to violence after rejection was even more unacceptable.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you guys doing?
Bullying two young girls like this, you big guys?"
Guo Xuyang walked over to pull the two young men away.
"Who left their fly unzipped and let you leak out?
If you keep yapping, I'll take care of you too."
The yellow-haired guy saw Guo Xuyang reaching out and flicked his wrist, pointing at Guo Xuyang and cursing.
Guo Xuyang had indeed been cursed at like this before.
"Think you can get away with that?"
Guo Xuyang grabbed the yellow-haired guy's finger and broke it.
"How dare you curse at me?"
"Ah..." The yellow-haired guy didn't expect to meet a tough opponent and had his finger broken directly.
"Xiao Xin, what's wrong?"
The other young man asked in a panic.
"My finger's broken, this bastard broke it."
The yellow-haired guy named Xiao Xin clutched his hand and yelled in pain.
"Wei Ge, call for backup, I want this bastard dead today."
"Big brother, we were attacked at the night market.
Yes, Xiao Xin's finger was broken."
"How could this happen?"
"Big brother, bring people over first.
I think Xiao Xin needs to go to the hospital."
Before Wei Ge finished his call, a police car arrived.
It was likely called by the other girl for help.
"What's going on? What's the situation?"
Two people got out of the car and asked.
"Brother Hua, we came here to eat and thought these two girls looked like trouble, so we asked a few questions. Then they smashed Xiao Xin's head with noodles."
Wei Ge quickly stepped forward and said.
"That bastard is probably the leader of these two bitches, he broke Xiao Xin's finger."
This was a classic case of the villain crying foul first.
"It's not like that, those two came over to harass us and touched us inappropriately, so Lili hit the person."
The girl who had called the police quickly explained.
"We'll sort out who's right and who's wrong at the police station. Get in the car, all of you."
The slightly fatter officer said.
"Wait a moment, I still have two dishes to be cooked. Someone is waiting to eat."
Guo Xuyang said.
"Waiting to eat? If you can't explain yourselves clearly today, you're not leaving."
The fatter officer said.
"What about the person waiting for food? I'll make a phone call."
"Don't dawdle, hurry up."
The officer didn't stop him from making the call.
"Brother Liang, I ran into two thugs harassing girls on the road, and I broke one of their fingers.
The police want to take me to the station for questioning."
Guo Xuyang said.
"Why so much trouble? I'm already in a tight spot.
Ignore them, you come over first."
"Why don't you call Xiao Yu? If I leave like this, it'll be considered evading the police."
"Alright then. Where are you?"
"The night market street where your place is."
"Wait a moment, I'll call her right away.
Don't panic, just go with them."
"It's no use who you find, damn it, you dare to touch me."
Xiao Xin, seeing Guo Xuyang on the phone, said sternly.
"There should be cameras here.
I think the cameras will record the exact situation clearly, it's useless to distort the truth."
Guo Xuyang said with a smile.
"I have important matters today, otherwise I would make you serve life in prison for this."
"Who can't brag? You're guilty of intentional injury."
"No, no, no, I was acting in self-defense.
How about we make a bet?"
Guo Xuyang said with a half-smile.
Just then, the slightly fatter police officer received a phone call.
"Yes, I understand. Alright, I'll handle it immediately. Please don't worry."
After the fatter officer hung up, Xiao Xin was about to say something but was stopped.
"From now on, everything you say will be recorded.
My body camera has been activated."
Officer Li Changkuan said, looking at Xiao Xin.
He then turned to Guo Xuyang and said, "Mr. Guo, I'm truly sorry for delaying your business.
However, please come to the station after you're done, we need your statement."
"No problem. May I know the officer's name?
How can I find you then?"
Guo Xuyang asked.
"I am Li Changkuan, my phone number is 13....
You can call me then."
"Sorry for the trouble, goodbye."
Guo Xuyang said goodbye to Li Changkuan, picked up the carton, and drove away.
"Brother Hua, this..."
Xiao Xin wanted to protest, but Brother Hua signaled him to stop.
Li Changkuan had already said that the body camera was activated.
If Xiao Xin said anything else now, he would drag himself down.
"Let's go, the four of you, come back with us.
Mr. Guo was carrying out a secret operation, so we had to let him leave first."
Li Changkuan seemed to be explaining, but he was actually speaking to the body camera.
Anyway, with support from above and Guo Xuyang's promise to return for a statement, he wasn't worried.