Facing these hoodlums, Ye Cangtian naturally wouldn't hold back. He punched one of them, sending his teeth flying out.
Setting aside the fact that he knew the girl being bullied, even if he didn't, he would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.
"You motherfucker, you hit me?"
Spitting out blood, the thug couldn't help but rage, "Kid, if you can walk out of here today, I'll change my surname to yours!"
The other thugs also surrounded Ye Cangtian, their expressions ferocious. Some even brandished beer bottles and charged forward.
But how could they be Ye Cangtian's match?
After a round of wails, several nearby dining tables were smashed to pieces, and a few thugs lay writhing in agony.
The restaurant owner, looking at the damaged chairs, was heartbroken.
More importantly, with these thugs getting beaten in his establishment, his business would suffer in the future!
Xu Weiwei walked over and couldn't help but glare at Ye Cangtian, muttering in a low voice, "You, why are you always so violent!"
She was just about to intervene. With her identity as a police officer, these hoodlums wouldn't dare to bully that girl anymore.
But she didn't expect Ye Cangtian to make a move faster than her. And yet, this led to the current situation.
Ye Cangtian smiled and said, "Sometimes, violence is the most effective way to deal with these guys!"
Xu Weiwei's face darkened. When you say that, where do you put my status as a police officer?
As they were speaking, the thugs scrambled to their feet and fled the restaurant in a sorry state.
The thug with blood still dripping from his mouth glanced back at the doorway and hurled a threat, "You motherfucker, if you have the guts, don't leave!"
Ye Cangtian blinked. Haven't they had enough of a lesson?
However, after the thug finished speaking, he was clearly nervous and turned to escape.
With the thugs gone, the previously quiet restaurant finally became lively again. The customers who had been watching coldly began to curse the thugs.
Ye Cangtian walked to a corner and extended his hand to the girl, asking, "Are you alright?"
The girl shook her head and looked at him gratefully, "I'm fine, thank you, big brother!"
At this moment, the restaurant owner, with a mournful face, looked at the damaged furniture and began to scold the girl loudly.
"It's all your fault, girl, for causing me so much loss. Now that we've offended those thugs, how can my business continue?"
"You really want that young lady to work as a hostess?" Ye Cangtian cast a cold glance at the restaurant owner.
He had seen the scene just now, and the restaurant owner's indifferent attitude displeased him. If he hadn't stepped forward, the innocent girl might have truly been harmed today, and this fellow wouldn't have intervened.
When the restaurant owner met his gaze, his heart turned cold as ice, and sweat beaded on his forehead.
Ye Cangtian later told the girl not to work there anymore. Furthermore, he made the restaurant owner pay her wages.
Although the restaurant owner was reluctant, being accustomed to bullying the weak and fearing the strong, he was intimidated by Ye Cangtian's aura and ultimately paid the girl her wages for those days.
Ye Cangtian and Xu Weiwei returned to their dining table.
However, as soon as they sat down, Xu Weiwei received a call from the bureau, saying there was a difficult case waiting for her to handle.
Ye Cangtian helplessly ate the entire table of food by himself. Fortunately, the girl had settled the bill before leaving, otherwise, he would have been at a huge loss.
After a while!
After eating and drinking his fill, Ye Cangtian walked out of the restaurant. As he lit a cigarette, he saw the girl from before walking towards him.
He smiled and asked, "You haven't left?"
The girl was somewhat demure, even a bit flustered in front of Ye Cangtian. She mustered her courage and said, "Big brother, thank you for helping me again today!"
She naturally remembered the events of the past few days, and they had left a deep impression. Otherwise, she wouldn't have couldn't help but glance at Ye Cangtian more when she saw him at the restaurant.
Ye Cangtian said, "I just can't stand these guys bullying a young girl. By the way, I remember you have two friends, aren't they with you?"
The girl shook her head, "They are all my classmates, but they haven't been here these days."
Perhaps they couldn't stand the restaurant owner's lecherous gaze, or perhaps they felt it was too far from school and it was too dangerous to go home late at night.
Therefore, those two girls stopped working at the restaurant later.
But she continued to work there every day. She was accustomed to hardship and desperately needed money, so she persevered.
She just didn't expect to encounter such a situation today! If not for meeting this kind big brother again today, she wouldn't have known what would have happened.
She was very grateful to him, so she couldn't help but ask, "By the way, I still don't know your name, big brother!"
Ye Cangtian smiled and said, "My name is Ye Cangtian. You're probably still in school, right? Try to work with your classmates in the future. If you encounter danger, there will be someone to call for help."
"Got it!" The girl nodded, then said, "Brother Ye, I... my name is Li..."
Before she could finish speaking, a commotion arose from a distance.
Under the streetlights, a dozen or twenty young men from the streets rushed towards them menacingly from afar. Among them were some of the thugs who had caused trouble in the restaurant not long ago.
Seeing this, the girl's face turned pale. She didn't need to guess to know that these people were coming for her and Ye Cangtian.
"Don't worry, I'm here!" Ye Cangtian exhaled a smoke ring, showing no concern at all.
Hearing his voice, the girl unconsciously calmed down, as if as long as Ye Cangtian was there, she wasn't so afraid.
Soon!
A group of nearly twenty people approached from afar, each holding a weapon.
The thug whose front teeth had been knocked out pointed at Ye Cangtian from a distance, "Brother Hui, it's him! He's the one who beat us up just now!"
The leader was a young man in a black shirt. As he walked over, he said unhappily, "How many times have I told you to avoid trouble recently? If Brother Dong finds out, I can't help you!"
The thug chuckled and said, "Brother Hui, I'm only asking for your help this once. Besides, he beat our brothers, which is also an insult to you and Brother Dong, isn't it?"
The black-shirted youth waved his hand impatiently and said with annoyance, "Alright, just this once!"
He looked up at Ye Cangtian and the girl. At first, he was stunned, and then his expression changed slightly. Large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"Mr... Mr. Ye!" The black-shirted youth's throat felt dry as he uttered the name with difficulty.
Ye Cangtian, seeing these guys approaching with such ferocity, thought he would have to face another battle. Hearing the other party's voice, he was surprised.
"You know me?"
"I... I saw Mr. Ye once at Jinxiu Villa!" the black-shirted youth stammered.
"Are you with Liu Ruomei and Liu Zhendong?" Ye Cangtian was somewhat surprised.