Su Qiqi handed the jade pendant with the word "night" engraved on it to Qin Chuan and put it away, and then tidied the warehouse with everyone before they went back to their rooms to rest.
In the next few days, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, Yan Ruoyu, Luo Xiaoshi, Xiaofu and others secretly searched for suspects in the warehouse theft and Yunfu Street theft.
On this day, Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, and Yan Ruoyu were walking around Yunfu Street looking for clues. Unconsciously, it was lunch time, and the three of them all felt a little hungry, so they found a relatively clean and tidy wine shop and walked in.
The shopkeeper was a young woman in her early thirties. She looked Su Qiqi and the others up and down, and asked politely: "What would you like to drink, the three guests? Do you want some dishes to go with the wine?"
Su Qiqi cupped her hands and said, "Shopkeeper, can you recommend your store's signature wines and dishes to us..."
The female shopkeeper readily agreed and asked the waiter to bring a pot of hot old wine and a plate of beef slices, and then brought a small plate of peanuts and several plates of pickled vegetables.
Su Qiqi and the others started eating and drinking calmly. While they were eating, a few gangsters walked in and yelled at the female shopkeeper to send someone to deliver food to the place where they were gambling.
The female shopkeeper looked embarrassed and declined them politely. Those people became cold-faced, cursed loudly, and began to smash things.
The female shopkeeper and the waiter argued with them, but were pushed to the ground by the other party. The gangsters still felt upset and stepped forward to kick him a few more times. One of them continued to curse and said: "You are so shameless! If you are sensible, go prepare some food and drinks for me immediately, otherwise I will let you have a taste of my fists and kicks!"
His accomplices also shouted in agreement: "Go quickly! Go quickly! If it's too late to influence my gambling, I will smash your shop!"
The female shopkeeper and the waiter stood up with difficulty, glared angrily at the villains, and stood there hesitating.
The gangster at the head immediately opened his triangular eyes and said viciously: "What? Still not convinced? If you keep dilly-dallying, I will twist off your heads and serve them with wine..." As he said this, he grabbed the waiter by the collar. , lifted it up with force, pretending to beat the waiter.
The proprietress rushed over to stop her, but was slapped to the ground by one of the gangsters. She accidentally twisted her waist and started sobbing in pain.
Although Su Qiqi and the others didn't want to cause trouble, they saw that the gangsters were getting more and more outrageous and could no longer sit still.
Su Qiqi took the lead and slapped the table, stood up and shouted: "Stop!"
The gangsters were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and when they saw a weak-looking woman, they all laughed contemptuously.
The leader of the gangster showed his yellow teeth and smiled disdainfully: "Hahaha! Does this girl want to avenge the shopkeeper? Why don't you come back with us? The uncle can reward you with delicious food and drink, and make you rich." Dai Yin’s good days…”
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Chuan's face darkened, his eyes filled with coldness, he pointed his sword at the arrogant gangster leader, and said with a smile: "Then you have to see if I agree with this sword!"
After saying that, he turned around, jumped in front of the ruffian leader, and put the sword on his neck, close to his carotid artery.
The local ruffian suddenly became weak and stammered when he spoke: "Young master, spare your life! This villain has a blind eye, and he has offended me a lot! I hope you will show mercy!"
Su Qiqi looked at him and said with a joking expression: "How are you doing? Do you dare to say such arrogant words again?"
The gangster leader heard this and shook his head repeatedly: "Don't dare, don't dare!" When the other gangsters saw this, they backed away. One of the gangsters seemed to recognize Su Qiqi and others. He looked horrified and said to his accomplices: "They... seem to be the bodyguards of the Weiyuan Escort Agency..."
The other gangsters panicked when they heard this, and then they all begged for mercy: "Dear dignitaries, I have offended you so much! Your Excellency, you don't care about the faults of others. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"
Yan Ruoyu almost laughed when she saw how funny they were, but the current situation didn't seem suitable, so she had to hold back her laughter and shouted angrily: "Get out!"
Hearing this, the ruffians ran away through the door as if they had been granted amnesty.
Seeing that the gangsters were gone, Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu turned around to help the female shopkeeper who was half sitting on the ground and checked her injuries. Seeing that her waist was only sprained and her arm was slightly bruised, he took out Zheng Miao's homemade bruise plaster and applied it to her.
Qin Chuan also applied medicine to the waiter. Seeing that the two of them were fine, they went back to their seats with Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu to drink and eat.
In order to thank Su Qiqi and the others for their help, the female shopkeeper asked the kitchen to add some of the store's special dishes to the three of them, and also asked the waiter to bring out the daughter's red that she had treasured for many years.
Su Qiqi invited the female shopkeeper to sit down and drink together. The female shopkeeper readily agreed.
The four of them drank and talked more. During the conversation, Su Qiqi learned that the female shopkeeper Shen Erniang was actually from her hometown. Because her husband came to serve at the border, she followed him and opened this small wine shop to make a living. A few years ago, her husband passed away due to illness, and the two of them had no children, so they adopted the hard-working and down-to-earth waiter as their adopted son, and together they built this small shop.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh after hearing the life experience of the female shopkeeper Shen Erniang. Yan Ruoyu felt even more pity, and couldn't help but shed tears when she thought that her dearest master had also been separated from each other.
Seeing that she suddenly became sad, Shen Erniang comforted her in turn. The two chatted happily. Shen Erniang invited Yan Ruoyu to come to the store often. Yan Ruoyu readily agreed, patted her chest and said, "If anyone comes to the store to cause trouble in the future, you Just report my name to ensure that those ruffians don’t dare to act reckless again..."
Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan and Shen Erniang couldn't help laughing when they heard this. The waiter who was standing by warming the wine couldn't help but join in the silly fun.
There was still a bruise on the corner of his mouth, but he was extremely excited. In the future, with the backing of Weiyuan Escort Bureau, how dare those ruffians still come to cause trouble!
Su Qiqi and others drank until midnight, then they remembered that it was late and hurriedly said goodbye to Shen Erniang, and then everyone said goodbye reluctantly.
A few days later, Su Qiqi and others continued to be busy searching for clues, and unknowingly wandered to Shen Erniang's wine shop at the end of Yunfu Street.
Yan Ruoyu proposed to visit Shen Erniang, and Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan readily agreed.
The three of them came to the wine shop owned by Shen Erniang again. As soon as he reached the door, he heard loud noises coming from inside.
Yan Ruoyu had a bad premonition in her heart. He rushed into the store first and saw another group of rough thugs asking Shen Erniang for protection money.
Yan Ruoyu was furious and without saying a word, he beat the leader of the thugs to the ground. Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan also took action, spinning their legs and kicking several other villains away.
When the waiter saw this, he didn't even bother to straighten his torn clothes and clapped his hands repeatedly. Shen Erniang saw clearly that it was Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan, and Yan Ruoyu who helped her out again. She greeted them enthusiastically, thanked them repeatedly, and invited Su Qiqi and others to stay for a drink.
Su Qiqi and Qin Chuan politely rejected Shen Erniang's intentions and warned the villains before letting them go. From then on, no one dared to go to Shen Erniang's wine shop to eat and drink for free and cause trouble.
