"Alright, no need to mind them."
Wan Yunting waved his hand with a smile, urging everyone to eat quickly so they could return and continue discussing tomorrow's work.
Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao nodded, ignoring Li Hai and his group at the next table. They lowered their heads, shoveling food, wanting to finish eating and leave as soon as possible…
However, trouble often finds you when you try to avoid it.
Li Hai, holding a beer bottle, swaggered over. His mischievous gaze locked onto Gu Luotang, who was sitting next to Wan Yunting. He smirked and said, "Sister, you and I have fate tonight. How about we have a drink?"
Faced with Li Hai's fierce yet lecherous expression, Gu Luotang was indeed scared. She turned to Wan Yunting beside her, feeling a little nervous.
"Uncle, who wants to drink with you?"
Qi Miaomiao, sitting nearby, was not as shy or timid as Gu Luotang. Her almond eyes widened, glaring at Li Hai. She directly retorted, "If you want to drink, find someone else. Do we know you?"
"Oh."
Li Hai hadn't expected Qi Miaomiao to retort. He came over to her, chuckling, "Little sister, you've got quite a sharp tongue. Although you're not as delicate as this sister here, you're still a great beauty. How about you come over and have a few drinks with us brothers?"
"Brother Hai, pull her over to have some fun..."
The youths at that table immediately leered and laughed provocatively at Qi Miaomiao.
"What are you doing, don't touch me..."
Qi Miaomiao dodged, but this disgusting man dared to touch her shoulder.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Huang Jingshan, sitting next to Qi Miaomiao, stood up and immediately shielded her behind him, pointing at Li Hai and cursing, "Do you know who we are, to dare lay hands on her..."
*Swish...*
As a result, the seven youths from the next table stood up, each holding a beer bottle. They glared at Huang Jingshan menacingly. A youth with dyed yellow hair sneered, "Kid, do you know who we are, to talk to our Brother Hai like that? Believe me, I'll cripple you."
Facing Li Hai's mocking gaze and his seven subordinates, each armed with a beer bottle, looking ferocious, arrogant, and brazen, Huang Jingshan realized they were clearly street thugs and was intimidated, his imposing manner faltering.
At the same time, Lu Xinjue, Zhang Nong, and Peng Yushan were also startled. Their faces grew tense, and they fell silent, afraid to speak.
"Sister, have a drink with me, and this matter will be over."
Li Hai slammed the beer bottle in his hand onto the table in front of Gu Luotang, making her tremble. Her delicate hand instinctively grabbed Wan Yunting's left arm.
Throughout this, Li Hai hadn't even glanced at Wan Yunting, who sat beside them with a smile. He finished the beer in his disposable cup and said, "Brother, I'll drink with you, how about that?"
Hearing another foolish young man step up to play the hero and save the damsel, Li Hai's eyes turned cold. He turned his face and glared at Wan Yunting, saying, "Kid, do you want to die?"
Wan Yunting held a pair of chopsticks in his right hand, picking up a piece of white cut goose. He smiled and said, "I don't want to die, but if you continue to harass my friend, you might!"
"Damn it, kill him..."
These words instantly enraged Li Hai's followers. They all grabbed their beer bottles and lunged forward.
*Bang!*
But in the next second, Wan Yunting, with his chopsticks, directly pierced through the eight-centimeter-thick wooden dining table, startling Li Hai and causing his expression to change drastically. He quickly raised his hand to stop his followers behind him.
Even Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao sitting beside them, Huang Jingshan standing, and Chi Wenhui, Zhao Lusi, Peng Yushan, and Zhang Nong sitting down were all stunned, watching Wan Yunting perform this feat.
"Tell me, is your skull harder, or is this dining table harder?"
Wan Yunting turned his face, his smiling eyes slanting towards Li Hai beside him. At this moment, the killing intent emanating from him made Li Hai's neck instantly feel a chill, and his scalp tingled. Looking at the disposable chopsticks piercing the table, he couldn't imagine how Wan Yunting had done it.
"Bro, bro, my apologies, sorry to have disturbed you..."
Li Hai, recovering his senses, trembled internally. He knew that the young man before him was definitely not ordinary. With just this move, they probably wouldn't be able to defeat him even if they attacked together. Therefore, he wisely smiled apologetically and backed away, waving to his followers. He then called out to the owner in the kitchen, "Old Hou, this table is on me. Put it on my tab."
"Oh, okay, Brother Hai..."
Old Hou, the owner standing at the kitchen door, was also stunned. He hadn't expected these guys to scare Li Hai away. Not bad.
"Brother, you guys eat and drink slowly. Order whatever else you want. It's my treat tonight, an apology for what happened earlier." Li Hai bowed deeply and said with a smile to Wan Yunting, then led his brothers away from the restaurant in a hurry.
Instantly, Lu Xinjue, Zhang Nong, Zhao Lusi, Chi Wenhui, and Peng Yushan breathed a sigh of relief. But then, everyone looked at Wan Yunting with strange expressions.
"Whoa, Brother Wan, how did you do that?"
Before Wan Yunting could console Gu Luotang, Huang Jingshan came over, staring wide-eyed at the table in front of him, where the disposable chopsticks had pierced the dining table. He then looked down to confirm it had gone through, leaving Lu Xinjue, Zhang Nong, Li Peiyong, and Sun Zhinan all shocked.
"You guys don't know, do you? My Brother Wan knows martial arts," Qi Miaomiao said proudly with a smile.
"Martial arts?"
Huang Jingshan turned to look at Wan Yunting, exclaiming, "Brother Wan, your martial arts are even more awesome than what's shown in movies!"
"Just a minor skill, no need to be surprised."
Wan Yunting waved his hand with a smile, then grabbed the chopsticks with his right hand and pulled them out of the table instantly. He wiped them with a tissue and continued to pick up a piece of white cut goose, saying with a smile, "However, those guys were probably deliberately looking for trouble!"
"Deliberately?"
Gu Luotang and everyone else looked stunned, not understanding what he meant.
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "They were likely sent by someone else to cause us trouble!"
Huang Jingshan was shocked. "You mean they were sent by someone?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile.
This made Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, Huang Jingshan, Zhang Nong, and the others exchange glances. They all looked at Wan Yunting and asked, "Who was it?"
"Does that even need asking?"
Wan Yunting glanced at Huang Jingshan. Gu Luotang frowned slightly and said, "It must be Weng Dehai!"
"Right."
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile.
After all, Li Hai's appearance was too sudden. Besides, everyone shouldn't be misled by those mindless movies. Not all thugs would dare to harass women in public.
Therefore, they were instigated by someone else to deliberately cause trouble!
"Damn it, Weng Dehai and their Beijing Chinese Medicine Association are really despicable, actually instructing local thugs to find trouble with us," Huang Jingshan blurted out in anger.
"This is outrageous. Using such underhanded tactics is truly shameful," Tao Xiaoyang and Zhu Da said indignantly.
"Isn't that their usual modus operandi?" Wei Renxin sneered.
"Those people are already utterly corrupt," Peng Yushan sighed and shook his head.
"This is just the beginning!"
Wan Yunting put down his chopsticks, finished his drink, and said with a smile, "They will definitely continue to create problems for us later."
Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao nodded. Huang Jingshan said indignantly, "Why don't we cause them trouble? Fight fire with fire?"
Wan Yunting waved his hand, shaking his head and smiling, "We're not them. There's no need to get into a tit-for-tat and waste time."
"Brother Wan is right, we are here to support the work," Li Peiyong agreed.
"Are we just going to be bullied by them like this?" Huang Jingshan was still somewhat unconvinced.
"Of course not."
Wan Yunting stood up and smiled, "I don't offend others, and others don't offend me. If someone offends me, I will definitely offend them."
Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, Zhao Lusi, and Chi Wenhui also stood up, nodding in agreement with Wan Yunting's words.
"Alright, no need to dwell on it. Let's go back and discuss tomorrow's work plan."
Wan Yunting waved his hand and turned to the restaurant owner, calling out, "Boss, how much?"
"No need, it's already on Brother Hai's tab," the owner said with a smile.
But Wan Yunting took out his phone and said with a smile, "I don't know him, and I don't need him to treat me. How much?"
Seeing this, the owner could only produce the bill for him to settle...