The youth's words filled the shop owner's face with panic.
He had claimed to have no ingredients precisely to make these youths leave.
Yet, these fellows were so shamelessly persistent.
"No need to look, I'll have the kitchen buy ingredients."
Fearing a beating, the shop owner quickly tried to stop them.
*Slap!*
To the shop owner's surprise, one of the youths turned and struck him.
Though the shop owner was also a martial artist, he dared not resist.
He could handle these youths, but the forces behind them were beyond his means to offend.
If he fought back, his shop would surely be ruined.
"Now you know to have the kitchen buy food?"
"I warn you, behave yourself from now on."
"Otherwise, it won't just be this slap!"
"Serve the dishes quickly, and bring more good wine!"
The leader of the youths yelled arrogantly.
Just then, a beautiful girl emerged from the kitchen.
Seeing her father beaten to the ground, the girl cried out in anger, "Why are you still hitting people!"
Seeing his daughter appear, the shop owner hurriedly said, "Go back quickly, this has nothing to do with you."
"Heh heh... didn't expect there to be a beauty here too."
"Such a vibrant look!"
"No need to go back, stay and have a few drinks with us brothers."
The youths stared at the girl with lecherous grins, like hungry wolves.
The leader even reached out to grab the girl.
The girl, around eighteen or nineteen, was not weak in cultivation.
Seeing the leader attempt to seize her, she retreated and evaded.
"Gentlemen, don't push it too far!"
"I can tolerate you freeloading, but if you dare touch my daughter, I'll fight you to the death!"
The shop owner got up and stood before his daughter, saying this with fury.
"Heh heh... What? Trying to show off your fatherly love?"
"Here's your chance!"
"Beat him up!"
The leader shouted angrily.
The other youths immediately surrounded the shop owner.
At this moment, Qin Hanchu put down his chopsticks and said coldly, "If you want to fight, get out, don't disturb my meal."
Qin Hanchu's words only fueled the youths' rage. The leader's gaze fixed upon Qin Hanchu: "What's with all the death-seeking today? So many people looking for trouble? Dare to be arrogant in front of me? Do you know who I am?"
"If you're looking for trouble, come on over, I'll play with you." Qin Hanchu picked up the toothpick holder from the table and poured out a few.
"Alright, let's play with him!" The leader pointed at Qin Hanchu and yelled.
Those who were about to attack the shop owner suddenly shifted their focus and charged towards Qin Hanchu.
Qin Hanchu flicked his finger, and a toothpick instantly pierced through a youth's knee.
The youth cried out in pain and fell to his knees with a thud.
This scene startled everyone.
The other youths froze in fear.
"Come on, who's next?" Qin Hanchu asked with a smile, holding a toothpick.
The youths exchanged glances, no longer daring to move rashly.
A single toothpick piercing a knee was a level of power they couldn't afford to provoke.
"We are from the Tianlong Society, are you trying to oppose us?" the leader asked, his face stern.
"Aren't we already opposing you?"
"Is my behavior not clear enough?"
As he spoke, Qin Hanchu flicked his finger again.
*Whoosh!*
This toothpick directly pierced the leader's knee.
"Ah..."
The leader also cried out and knelt to the ground.
Although he was prepared, he still couldn't dodge the toothpick.
"Is it clear enough now?" Qin Hanchu asked with a smile.
"You wait, our Tianlong Society won't let this go."
With that, the leader gritted his teeth and stood up despite the pain.
Just then, Qin Hanchu flicked another toothpick.
The youth who had just stood up knelt down again.
This time, he was kneeling on both knees, unable to stand with either leg.
"I don't like trouble, so it's best if your leader comes to see me."
"Until your leader arrives, you will kneel here!"
"By the way, will you few kneel on your own, or shall I help you?"
Qin Hanchu toyed with a toothpick, his tone laced with threat.
The youths were already thoroughly intimidated by Qin Hanchu.
Hearing his threat, they quickly knelt down themselves.
Once they were all kneeling, Qin Hanchu said to the groaning youths, "Call your leader and tell him to come here."
The youths dared not utter any more threats.
If they continued to bluster, their hands might be crippled as well.
Enduring the pain, the youth took out his phone and called his boss.
After he hung up, Qin Hanchu then said to the shop owner, "Add another plate of shredded potatoes with hot and sour sauce, and another bowl of rice."
"Yes." The shop owner quickly said to his daughter, "Hurry and add dishes for the senior."
"Senior, please wait." The girl, knowing Qin Hanchu was standing up for her and her father, said respectfully.
"Bring me a bottle of drink later," Qin Hanchu said.
The girl smiled and nodded, then walked back to the kitchen.
A moment later, the girl returned with several bottles of drinks, "Senior, which one would you like?"
Qin Hanchu smiled and picked up a bottle of juice, "This one."
"Certainly." The girl smiled and took the other drinks away.
A while later, the girl brought the shredded potatoes with hot and sour sauce and the rice.
Qin Hanchu thanked her and began to eat his meal.
Seeing Qin Hanchu eating so heartily, the girl whispered to the shop owner, "No wonder senior is a bit plump, he has such a good appetite."
"Be quiet, don't be disrespectful to the senior," the shop owner said, his face pale with fear.
Qin Hanchu was so powerful; his hearing would naturally be sharp.
Even though his daughter had lowered her voice, it made no difference to someone of Qin Hanchu's cultivation.
To call Qin Hanchu plump in his presence, if it displeased the senior, it would be disastrous.
"It's alright, she meant no harm," Qin Hanchu said with a smile while eating.
"Please forgive my daughter, senior," the shop owner quickly said.
Qin Hanchu smiled and said nothing more.
More than ten minutes later, Qin Hanchu had finished his meal.
Just then, a middle-aged man entered with a group of people.
"Brother Long!"
Seeing their boss arrive, the youths called out.
"You're quite arrogant, making my brothers kneel here."
"Tell me, who are you?"
The middle-aged man said coldly.
Qin Hanchu picked his teeth with a toothpick and glanced dismissively at the man, "Late-stage Grandmaster? Such strength and still so arrogant?"
Upon having his cultivation level revealed by Qin Hanchu, Brother Long's expression froze.
"What do you mean?"
Knowing he was a late-stage Grandmaster, yet being treated with such disdain.
It was clear Qin Hanchu's power far surpassed his own.
"I think you should kneel as well. If you want to become crippled, you can continue to be arrogant."
After saying this, Qin Hanchu took a sip of his juice.