"Cancel the bill? Do you have any idea what brand this dress I'm wearing is? It's Chanel! Talking to you country bumpkins about Chanel, you wouldn't understand. But do you have any idea how much this dress costs? It costs a full ten thousand yuan! Ten thousand yuan could practically buy out this lousy family-run rustic resort. And you think just canceling the bill is enough? What a joke!" In the shop, a woman dressed in garish and flamboyant fashion stood with one hand on her hip and the other pointing and gesturing at the man and woman in front of her, a look of utter disdain and superiority on her face.
She was wearing a beige dress that was now covered in vegetable juice stains.
Standing beside her were six or seven fashionably dressed men, one of whom wore a Longines mechanical watch, clearly a man of wealth.
"Ten thousand yuan!" The simply dressed young woman standing opposite the garish woman turned so pale that she lost all color in her face, and the middle-aged man next to her also went white at the figure.
In the nineties, most workers in Huaxia Country earned only three to four hundred yuan a month, making ten thousand yuan a tremendous amount of money for many people.
"This, this... I'm really sorry. I didn't mean it, it was you who stumbled, and that's why I..." The plainly dressed young woman's face was pale as she stammered out her apology.
"What kind of attitude is that? Are you saying this is my fault?" The garish woman's voice suddenly turned shrill when she heard this, her finger almost poking the other woman in the nose.
"Qiuzi!" The middle-aged man hurriedly stopped the young woman who still wanted to argue and then bent forward with a conciliatory smile, "The child doesn't understand, please don't be angry. Fortunately, the dress is just dirty. It should be fine after a wash. I'll pay for the laundry, and the meal is still on the house!"
"Damn, what are you talking about? Can a luxury brand like this just be casually washed after being stained with vegetable juice? Is one meal enough to settle this? Do I look like I need your charity for a meal?" The man with the Longines watch protested loudly, advancing on the middle-aged man and shoving him hard in the chest.
The middle-aged man was caught off guard and pushed back several steps, only stopping when his back hit a table. While rubbing his lower back vigorously, he looked up with an expression of anger and said, "Hey, how can you push people like that?"
"So what if I push you? If you don't give Yue Ting a satisfactory explanation today, I'll do more than just push!" The man with the Longines watch said arrogantly, while the other trendy young men behind him rolled up their sleeves, looking at the middle-aged man with hostility.
"Who dares to touch my dad? Just try it!" As soon as the man with the Longines watch finished speaking, a voice that was still tinged with boyishness but filled with anger suddenly came from behind the crowd. A teenager about sixteen or seventeen years old emerged, walking up to the middle-aged man, steadying him, and asking with concern, "Dad, are you alright?"
This teenager was naturally Ge Dongxu, and the middle-aged man was his father, Ge Shengming. The young woman was named Ye Qiu, an assistant hired by the father.
"I'm fine, how did you get here? Go back inside, this has nothing to do with you," Ge Shengming said urgently upon seeing his son.
"How can it have nothing to do with me when you're being bullied?" Ge Dongxu replied, then looked up at the young man who had shoved his father.
"Damn, a little brat who still reeks of mother's milk, what are you staring at? Get lost!" The man became even more irate when he saw a mere teenager staring at him.
"The ones who should get lost are you! It was clearly this woman who tripped and bumped into Sister Qiu. What's that got to do with us?" Ge Dongxu retorted, not displaying a trace of timidity typical of a young person.
"Damn, do you know who I am? You ****** milk-scented brat dare to talk back to me like that?" It was the first time the man with the Longines watch had been cursed at by a country lad, and he became furiously embarrassed, raising his hand to slap Ge Dongxu across the face.
But before the Longines watch man's hand could touch Ge Dongxu, Dongxu grabbed his wrist. With just a little bit of force, the man with the watch immediately bent over in pain, crying out, "It hurts, it hurts! My hand is about to break, you ****** let go!"
Watching a teenager casually hold the wrist of a twenty-four or twenty-five-year-old burly young man, who was now bent over and crying out in pain, everyone except Ge Shengming was as shocked as if they had seen a ghost, staring incredulously at the young face still carrying a hint of innocence.
Because the visual contrast was simply too stark!
"Dongxu, let go quickly!" Ge Shengming, fearing his son might really break the man's wrist, hurriedly shouted at Ge Dongxu.
"Okay, Dad." Ge Dongxu nodded and released his grip.
As soon as Ge Dongxu let go, the Longines watch man immediately became infuriated with embarrassment and viciously aimed a kick at his stomach.
The sight of a robust adult forcefully kicking a youth was something the onlookers found almost too brutal to witness, much less see with their own eyes. Thus, many people cried out instinctively at the scene, and even some women closed their eyes, completely forgetting how composed the youth had been when he dealt with the Longines watch man just moments ago.
"Hmph, still want to hit someone!" Just when everyone thought Ge Dongxu would definitely be knocked to the ground, his expression darkened slightly as he reached out and gently flicked the Longines watch man's leg upwards.
"Bang!" A loud noise.
The Longines watch man tumbled backwards, landing spread-eagle on the ground in a most disheveled way.
"Haha!" The onlookers burst into laughter.
"Are you okay, Brother Kun?" A few young men hurriedly went to help the Longines watch man up.
"Okay, my ass! I'm about to have my butt broken into four pieces, and you're not beating up this brat for me!" Brother Kun shouted angrily while holding his buttocks and getting up.
Only then did the young men snap to reality, some rushing forward directly, others grabbing chairs as they launched into action.
Seeing several young men going after a single youth, the onlookers' expressions changed, and some of the men wanted to rush forward, but were held back tightly by the women beside them.
The women were more cautious, it was clear that these young townsmen were not to be trifled with, and they didn't want their own men getting into trouble over a rash move.
In the blink of an eye that ensued as they all pulled and tugged, the young men had already reached Ge Dongxu.
Ye Qiu had already started screaming, trying to rush forward, but was held back by Ge Dongxu's father, Ge Shengming.
"Dongxu, go easy on them!" While holding Ye Qiu, Ge Shengming furrowed his brows, feeling a mix of anger and helplessness.
Though he never inquired into what exactly his son had learned from Ren Yao over the years, as a father living with him day and night, he more or less knew his son had learned some real skills from Ren Yao; ordinary men stood no chance against him.
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