"Oh no! Mr. Reed, this absolutely won't do!"
Maddox Ridge withdrew his hand as if electrocuted and explained to Julius Reed, "Mr. Reed, you're embarrassing me! If I had known that Roosevelt Shaw and you knew each other, even with ten times the courage, I wouldn't have dared to come!"
Realizing he had slipped up, he quickly corrected himself, "No, it's my lack of supervision! Taking in these good-for-nothings, all they know is to bully the locals! Mr. Reed, I promise you, this will never happen again!"
Reminded of the sorrowful experiences at Pearl on the Water, Maddox Ridge didn't want to stay at the food stall for another moment.
"Take it! It's hard for everyone to come out, and it must have cost you quite a bit to rally the troops!"
Julius Reed stuffed the money into Maddox Ridge's trembling hands and waved his hand, "Folks, stop gawking, get back to work! From now on, the sanitation fees will be paid by this brother by my side. You all just focus on your businesses."
