Zhou Caiyun muttered: "Didn't Father He promise that we would control his son? How could he let his son invite so many gangsters to come to our store to cause trouble? It shouldn't be!"
Lin Mai was speechless. The facts were already in front of him, but he still refused to accept them.
"Tell all the employees not to provoke these gangsters." After Lin Mai explained, he turned around and left.
Zhou Caiyun asked from behind: "Where are you going?"
"Go find Father He."
As soon as Lin Mai entered the community where Father He lived, he met Father Yao who was playing with his grandson.
Dad Yao's eyes widened in surprise: "Why are you here?"
She had never been to the family area before, so Father Yao would find it strange.
Lin Mai said in a few words: "There is a group of gangsters making trouble in my store. I suspect He Sheng is the culprit. I want to ask Father He about it."
"Who else could it be if he wasn't him?" Yao Yao picked up his grandson and enthusiastically took her to the door on the first floor of a unit building: "Old He lives here."
Lin Mai said thank you, raised his hand and knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no movement inside.
The mistress of another family in the Tuanjie household who lived in the same house as Father He came out. |
Dad Yao quickly helped and asked: "Where is that old guy Lao He? I haven't seen him all day."
The woman looked at Lin Mai and said, "He went out early in the morning and hasn't come back yet. Of course you can't see him."
Father He asked: "Then do you know where he went?"
The woman shook her head: "How could I know!"
Lin Mai asked: "Then do you know what time his son will be back?"
"I don't even know about this."
The woman guessed: "His father is not at home and there is no one to cook. He Sheng probably won't come back today."
Lin Mai thanked him and left with Yao Yao.
Father Yao said: "If Old Man He comes back, I will ask him to go to your place immediately."
Lin Mai also said thank you and returned home.
Zhou Caiyun couldn't believe it when she saw her coming back alone. He even looked behind her, but there was no one behind her.
He asked in surprise: "Why didn't Father He come with you?"
Lin Mai spread his hands and said, "Dad He is not at home."
Zhou Caiyun was very disappointed: "Where did Dad He go? If he was at home, this matter might be solved soon."
Seeing that she was still holding on to such unrealistic fantasies, Lin Mai shook his head speechlessly and said, "Don't think about it, how could it be such a coincidence that there is something going on in our store and Father He happens to be not at home."
Zhou Caiyun's eyes widened instantly: "Are you suspecting that Father He and his son are colluding and want to regain their reputation?"
"Otherwise, and it's still the kind of thing where you don't have to pay liquidated damages and you have to go back."
This is the purpose of He Sheng inviting these gangsters.
As long as Lin Mai can't do business with this group of gangsters causing trouble every day, without their intervention, Lin Mai himself will be unable to bear it and take the initiative to return the storefront.
Maybe the father and son will ask Lin Mai for breach of contract and ask her for a liquidated damages.
Zhou Caiyun looked in disbelief: "Daddy He is such a nice person, how could he listen to his son?"
Lin Mai hit the nail on the head and said: "No matter how good he is, he will never stand by me, an outsider."
"But his son is just a pile of mud and cannot be lifted up."
"I want to help even those who can't help me~"
Zhou Caiyun asked worriedly: "Then what should we do? Give the facade back to them?"
Although Lin Mai has bought the storefront, it has not yet been renovated and it will take at least a month before he can move out. It is impossible to return the storefront now.
Lin Mai was silent for a moment and said: "It's not impossible to return it to them, but it will have to be open for another month, and they must pay liquidated damages."
Zhou Caiyun was silent: "Let them pay liquidated damages? I don't think so!"
"If you don't pay, if you just waste it like this, you will lose twenty-five yuan a month. It's not like I can't afford the loss."
Lin Maidao: "Today's breakfast and lunch business is over, but we still have to start the food stall business tonight.
You can’t have zero income at the end of the day, you have to earn back at least one day’s expenses.”
Zhou Caiyun said depressedly: "How do you run a food stall business? All the tables are occupied by those gangsters."
Lin Mai thought for a while and said: "We don't sell cold dishes and braised vegetables, we only sell barbecue.
You can hold the barbecue in your hand and eat it while walking. You don’t need to sit down to eat, and there is no need for a table. Those gangsters occupying the table will not affect anything."
"Okay, I'll let everyone prepare the skewers for the barbecue." Zhou Caiyun turned around and made arrangements.
Lin Mai went upstairs first, put away the valuable jade bracelet on her wrist, and then went to the kitchen to prepare dinner for her, Fang Zhuoran, and Doudou.
Suddenly a question came to mind: "Professor Fang came to eat at noon and saw the shop full of gangsters. What was his expression?"
Zhou Caiyun said: "Professor Fang didn't come for dinner at noon."
Lin Mai then remembered that Fang Zhuoran was going to take the architect to inspect her house at noon, and she had to invite them to a restaurant for dinner.
She didn't want Fang Zhuoran to worry about her affairs, so she prepared dinner and delivered it to him personally immediately.
It saves him from coming to the restaurant to eat and seeing so many gangsters and having to help her deal with it.
Fang Zhuoran had just finished a major operation. When he came out of the operating room, he saw Lin Mai standing at the door of his office holding a lunch box.
He smiled and asked, "Why did you think of bringing me food?"
Lin Mai pointed to the wall clock in his office: "It's long past the time to get off work, and you haven't come for dinner yet. I'm worried, so I'm sending you a meal!"
"What a considerate and good girl."
Fang Zhuoran pinched her cheek affectionately: "I'm really hungry."
The two came to Fang Zhuoran's lounge.
Fang Zhuoran opened the lunch box and saw that it was full of delicious food. He picked up a piece of crispy pork belly and ate it happily, and suddenly laughed.
Lin Mai asked: "Why are you laughing?"
"I'm so happy that I can get engaged to you on National Day this year."
Lin Mai blushed a little and cleared his throat: "Eat slowly, I'm going back."
Fang Zhuoran took one of her little hands and said, "Just leave like this?"
Lin Mai didn't react for a moment: "Then how to go?"
Fang Zhuoran nodded his face.
Lin Mai understood, and as if he was a guilty thief, he kissed him quickly on the face like a dragonfly touching water.
Only then did Fang Zhuoran let go of her with satisfaction: "Are you going to set up a stall on Jianghan Road later?"
"Um."
"I have to work the night shift today, so I can't accompany you to set up a stall. Don't sell too late. You must go home at nine o'clock. I won't worry if it's too late."
Lin Mai said distressedly: "You stayed up all night again tonight."
Fang Zhuoran nodded.
Lin Mai asked the question that he had wanted to ask for a long time: "You are already an associate professor, why do you still work night shifts?"
"A sixty-year-old full professor still has to work night shifts several days a month.
You can't rely entirely on those young doctors, there are some emergencies that they can't solve."
Lin Mai rolled her eyes at him: "It sounds like you are old, but you are also a young doctor~"
Fang Zhuoran laughed twice: "I'm so happy to hear you compliment me on my youth. I'm ten years older than you, and I've always been afraid that you would think I was too old."
Lin Mai thought that when he was with him, he would be the one with low self-esteem, but he didn't expect that Fang Zhuoran would also have low self-esteem.
After coming out of the hospital, Lin Mai went back to the snack bar and planned to make a late-night snack for Fang Zhuoran.
From a distance, I saw a lot of people standing in front of my snack bar, and I felt a little relieved.
Although the business during the day was disrupted by the gangsters hired by He Sheng, at least her barbecue was very popular and so many people bought it~
But the closer Lin Mai got, the more he felt something was wrong.
Whenever someone wanted to get close to the barbecue stall in front of her house, those who surrounded the barbecue stall would chase them away, scaring those who wanted to get closer and flee.
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The Chinese New Year will be celebrated tomorrow, and I still have to continue writing~ Little Fairy Meng, please give me some support~