Riya, Kris, and Susan were in a fancy Chinese restaurant. Riya's friends were busy looking around the area so they could not come to join her. She was looking around the building. Everything was neatly arranged and spacious. The restaurant was decorated with artificial cherry blossom flowers that were hanging from the ceilings. The restaurant was not too busy early in the morning. Most people would be at work. Riya was looking at the menu. She did not what to choose because she had not eaten Chinese food before. She did not know what to decide. Kris could sense that Riya was having trouble choosing what to eat.
"Riya, what is your platelet.", he asked.
Riya looked up at him. "Sweet and sour.", she answered.
"Then you must taste sweet and sour chicken with spicy noodles. How is your spice tolerance?", Susan asked.
"High like I can eat the Korean spicy noodles."
"We will order that for you.", Kris said.
Riya was fine with that. She placed the menu on the table and was now looking at her phone. Suddenly, there was screaming everywhere. Everyone was running by the entrance. Riya, Kris, and Susan were looking in the same direction. There were six tall men standing by the entrance. Everyone had their phones in their hands and they were taking pictures of themselves. Riya was getting confused about what was going on. She could not see the men because everyone was in front of them.
"What's going on?", she asked Kris and Susan.
"Those six men are part of a boy band called BESTZ. They are famous in Korean pop and Chinese pop. The youngest member, Michael Wu, is the son of Elvin Wu. He is very arrogant.", Susan explained while shaking her head.
"Who?", Riya wanted to be specific.
"Michael. You must be careful about how you speak to him. He will be the next owner in a few years. You rather start applying for another job before he becomes the owner. He will make your life hell.", Susan warned her.
"I'm sure it's not going to be so bad."
"Oh, it's going to be bad. I was going to warn you earlier.", Kris said.
The six men entered the restaurant while the customers were taking pictures of them. All of them looked handsome and muscular. They had different hairstyles and skin colors. They were dressed up in casual clothes. The chefs were watching the band enter. One chef literally took out his chef's cap and looked stressed. One man from the group saw three of the customers not looking at his group. They were just minding their own business. A wicked smile appeared on his arrogant face and walked toward them. Riya noticed the group was coming towards the table. She kicked Kris and Susan's legs to warn them. They looked at her. She even did a moving gesture on her face to indicate. They looked at the entrance and saw the group coming to them. Kris and Susan kept their attitude cool. The group was now standing by the table. One man had an arrogant smile.
"Kris Wang, how's your gangster brother doing?", the man asked.
Riya looked at Kris. Kris felt like he wanted to punch this man. He looked at the man. "He is perfectly fine.", he answered.
Another man was looking at Riya. "Hi, I'm Kim Haneul.", the man introduced himself to Riya.
Riya looked up at Haneul. "Nice to meet you. I'm Riya Moodley. I just moved to Shanghai yesterday.", she introduced herself.
"Wonderful to meet you. This is Johnny Lee, Yang Li, Zhou Xiang, Park Sung-hoon, and Michael Wu. Michael is our leader.", he explained to the group.
Michael looked at Riya with an arrogant smile. Riya tried to be as polite as she could. "Nice to meet you. My friends and I are going to be working..."
"I know who you are so I don't need an introduction. And you will only speak when you are instructed to speak.", Michael said.
Riya did not respond to that comment. She looked at Kris and Susan. "Did I do anything wrong?", she asked them.
"Nope, he is just like that. Just like his mother.", Susan wanted him to hear it.
"Watch your tongue lady.", Michael snapped.
"Then watch your attitude Neon Green Headed Twit.", Riya snapped.
Kris, Susan, and Michael's members made sighs like 'you go girl'. Michael did not look that happy that Riya insulted his hair color. Susan was really impressed with how straightforward Riya was. Michael looked at her with anger.
"Child, I'm going to be your boss soon. So, you must show respect to me.", he said with anger.
"I don't show respect to someone who doesn't respect me. That's how I see respect. Maybe if you work on your attitude then I will show respect.", she snapped again.
Kris went closer to Riya and whispered in her ears. "Smooth.", he said.
Riya looked at Kris with a weird expression. Michael was about to burst into flames when Xiang had an ice water bottle on standby. All the other customers were watching the incident. They were also filming this and putting it on social media. Riya could hear someone screaming from the road. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the road. A woman was being dragged by a man. He was also punching her in her face. People were making loud sighs of shock while watching that. Everyone was not doing anything to solve this situation. Riya felt a bit upset by this.
"Why are you not helping her?", she asked the members.
Michael looked at her. "Why should I risk my life with something so meaningless?", he asked.
"She is getting beaten up for god sake.", Riya pointed out while looking at her.
Michael looked at her with arrogance. "Not my problem woman and you should stay out of it. Look at you, you won't make it in thirty seconds.", he insulted her body figure.
Kris and Susan found that so absurd. Riya had no time for Michael's nonsenses. She got up from her seat and walked out to help the woman. She could not take this anymore. Kris and Susan were about to stop her but she was too fast. Some of the customers also tried to stop her. The woman was still getting punched by the man. He was even gripping his hands on her hair and he was not bothered that she was crying.
"How many times do have I told you to come home when I tell you to? Since you disobeyed me, I have the right to give you punishment.", the man said in anger.
The woman was in tears. "I told you that the market was busy. Just allow me to explain.", she pleaded.
"Bullshit. You were just trying to run away from me. You are going to get it from me even more."
He was about to punch her but his arms were grabbed by someone. Everyone came outside to see this issue. Some of them took a few steps back at the situation.
"Oh my god, that person is going to get into trouble and probably going to get hurt. Stop that person now.", an elderly man said.
The man was looking at the person who was holding his hand. Riya was the one who was holding his hand. Michael came out to the front to see this. He froze immediately. Riya was looking at the man with an indifferent expression. She gripped his hand like it was a pillow to her. The man started making weird noises. Riya looked at the corner of her right eye to look at the woman.
"Go to the people.", she instructed her.
The woman agreed and ran to the crowd. The man was about to grab her but he was kicked in his stomach. Riya let go of his hand. The man landed on the ground. Kris and Susan looked shocked. They could not believe that Riya could beat a man twice her size. Michael was frozen on the spot. Riya was standing on the same spot while looking at the man. The man got up in anger. His face looked red like he was about to explode. He took out his gun and ran to her. Everyone made shock noises. Michael was watching the show. He wanted to see how Riya handle the situation. The man came closer to Riya. Riya jumped in the air, did a full spin, and kicked the man's wrist. The man dropped his gun to the ground and held his hand in pain. Then Riya punched him twice in a speed. He landed hard on the ground, knocked out. None of the other people saw the punches. Everyone was looking at Riya. She clapped her hands like she had dust on them. Then she looked at Michael who was looking at her with an indifferent expression.
"One thing you should learn is that you mustn't mess around with women. And don't judge a person by the way they look or their figure. Because you will never what they can do once they show it. Take this as a lesson.", she spoke to everyone, not only Michael.
Michael did not respond to those statements. Riya saw the woman standing in the middle of no way. She walked to the woman to take her to the apartment. Riya held the woman's shoulders and walked. Suddenly, she stopped and looked at another woman next to her.
"Why were you all scared to save her?", Riya asked.
"We are scared that his men might come after us if we beat up his men. Yesterday, about two hundred fifty women and girls went missing.", the woman explained in fear.
"I thought it was a rumor."
"It might be a rumor but it could be true."
Riya found that information good enough for now. Susan and Kris ran towards Riya. Riya took the young woman away from this area. Michael was watching Riya with his arms crossed. It was going to be very hard for him because she looked like the type of person that he should not be messing with. Everyone else was looking at the man that was lying on the floor. Some of them actually spat on his face.