Chapter 417: You Have No Chance to Regret
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Dear customers, your wontons are here. Eat them while they’re hot. They won’t taste good when they’re cold.”
Before long, the stall owner served up a few bowls of wontons.
Su Ying picked up the spoon and started eating. Uncle Hea had made some for her family to try before, but she complained that this thing was not able to fill her tummy for long. Thus, Uncle Ilea made them less often.
After finishing the first bowl, Su Ying was about to pick up the second bowl when she heard a dispute in front of the stall.
A few burly men stood in front of the stall and confronted the stall owner aggressively.
“If you don’t have money, let your wife come with us.”
“Sirs, I beg you to give me another two days. My mother fell ill earlier and all the money in my hands was used to treat her. I really don’t have any money left.”
“I told you before. If you don’t have money, give up your wife to pay the debt. Take her away!”
The burly men went up to grab the stall owner’s wife without another word.
The stall owner’s wife was so scared that she begged for mercy. “Don’t take me away. We will definitely give you the silver. I beg you!”
“How long will a small stall like yours take to earn a tael of silver? You might as well come back with us. We will definitely let you eat and drinkwell.”
“No! I beg you! Don’t take my wife away…” The stall owner cried and begged as he ran forward to hold onto his wife, but his thin and weak body was no match for the burly men.
While struggling, the stall owner was pushed away by the burly men and he crashed into the table in front of Su Ying and her group.
Just as Su Ying reached out for the third bowl of wontons, the table in front of her was flipped over.
Mo Tu quickly picked up Que Que and reached out to grab Su Ying, but Su Ying evaded his touch.
Su Ying lowered her eyes to look at the wontons that had dropped all over the ground and her eyebrows twitched.
The stall owner fell to the ground in a sorry state and looked apologetically at Su Ying. “So… sorry, Ma’am. You don’t have to pay for these wontons. You guys should leave quickly.”
“Help! Help! They’re snatching people on the street!”
The commotion here attracted many onlookers, but no one dared to step forward. Those who stayed here all year round knew that these burly men were not people they could afford to offend.
When he saw that his wife was about to be taken away by those people, the stall owner scrambled to his feet and tried to save her, but he was kicked away again.
The burly men glanced at him mockingly and grabbed his wife as they prepared to leave.
“Hey.”
Su Ying’s voice sounded particularly jarring amidst the low chatter.
Those few burly men who were about to leave stopped in their tracks and turned around. They wanted to see which fellow was so heedless of death that they dared to speak up at this point.
When they saw there was only a woman who didn’t look strong and a man with a charming and delicate appearance in the crowd, the burly men laughed exceptionally contemptuously.
“Oh, dear me! What’s the matter, little lady? Do you want to come with us?”
Su Ying pointed at the wontons scattered on the ground without any emotion. “You spilled my wontons.”
The burly man looked at the wontons on the ground and gave a scornful sneer. He walked over and stepped on the wontons viciously until all the wontons were crushed into the ground. “I stepped on them. What about it?”
Su Ying glanced at his foot which still had wontons stuck to it and slowly raised her eyes. “Nothing. I just want to tell you that you won’t have a chance to regret it.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Ying suddenly raised her foot and stomped on the burly man’s foot.
Crack!
Everyone present could clearly hear the sound of bones breaking.
The burly man howled in pain and collapsed to the ground weakly.
When the other burly men saw this, they exchanged glances and quickly rushed forward to pounce on Su Ying.
Mo Tu lifted the stool on the side with his toes and sent it flying at the burly men who were charging at them.
The stool crashed into those few burly men and sent them stumbling backward repeatedly.
Su Ying grabbed the burly man whose foot had been stomped on and pressed his face to the ground. “I hate it when people waste food. Eat it!”
The burly man opened his mouth to wail pain but Su Ying pressed his head down and he got a mouthful of soil.
“Heroine, spare me, spare me… I… I won’t dare to do it again. We’ll pay for this wonton meal. We’ll pay…”
The burly men were beaten up until they knelt down and begged for mercy.
They had really messed with the wrong guy today.
Only when they said they would compensate Su Ying did she relent.
The burly men took out a pouch filled with silver coins. “Heroine, please let all of us off.”
Su Ying picked up the pouch of silver coins and weighed it in her hand before kicking him on the shoulder. “Tell your leader. If he wants revenge, come and look for me. I’ll teach him how to conduct himself.”
When they saw that Su Ying was willing to let them go, the burly men hurriedly scrambled away.
The stall owner staggered forward to help his wife up. The couple then came up to Su Ying and Mo Tu and knelt down to thank them. “Thank you for saving us, Young Madam. Thank you for saving us, Young Master. You… you guys should leave quickly. These people are the tyrants of Haiyang City. 1 heard that their higher-ups have connections with the City Guardian. You guys are not their match, and you guys mustn’t get entangled with those people because of us.”
Su Ying took out a piece of silver coin from the pouch and handed it to them. “This money is for the wonton. Take it. Don’t open your stall for the next few days.”
“We… we can’t take this money…” The stall owner repeatedly declined the payment. Su Ying placed the silver coin on the stove and turned to look at Mo Tu. “Let’s go eat elsewhere.”
Mo Tu nodded and followed her with Que Que in his arms.
“You are beautiful, kind-hearted, and have great martial arts skills. How can there be a woman as wonderful as Heroine Su in this world?”
Su Ying turned to look at Mo Tu and gave a scornful laugh before saying, “Even if you flatter me, this bag of silver is still mine.”
Mo Tu was downright speechless.
The three of them then found another restaurant and had dinner. After eating their fill, they returned to the inn.
Before entering the room, Su Ying said to Mo Tu, “Watch Que Que carefully at night.”
Mo Tu frowned. “How can I let you face danger alone, Heroine Su?”
“Just take care of your own end.” With that, Su Ying closed the door behind her.
For some reason, Mo Tu felt that he was a little redundant…
As the night deepened, a group of people quickly surrounded the entire inn.
The waiter heard the commotion outside and walked out. He was immediately kicked to the ground by the person who came.
The man glared ferociously at the waiter and asked, “Speak. A man and a woman with a seven or eight-year-old girl came today. Which room are they staying in?”
This waiter had been working in the inn for a long time and recognized the other party at a glance. If he wanted to survive on this street, he couldn’t afford to offend these people.
There were quite a number of guests today, but only one couple had a child with them. He had an impression of them. “They… they’re on the second floor… the second floor…”
That man lifted him up from the ground. “Lead the way.”
The trembling waiter brought these people to the second floor and pointed at one of the rooms.
When they arrived at the door, the other party pushed the waiter away and kicked the door open.
Bang! The loud noise was particularly jarring in the quiet night and it woke up many guests who had fallen asleep. Many people opened their doors curiously when they heard the noise, but when they saw that the inn was almost filled with burly men, they were so scared that they quickly closed the doors.
The burly men walked into the room but found that there was no one inside.
“Where is she? Where did she go?”