Chapter 183: 183 Stone Brother of the South City_1

Chapter 183: Chapter 183 Stone Brother of the South City_1

“Ah ha, what kind of clothes do you sell at Xin Le Apparel, huh? I’ve only worn them for two days, and it’s already torn, dammit. Are you playing games with me?” The burly fat man pointed at the T-shirt he was wearing, which had a hole the size of a finger near the belly button.

“Our clothes all come from the factory, how could there be a problem?” Chen Lele spoke up against the fat man, but halfway through, she was pulled back by Chen Lixin.

“I’m sorry, sir, do you have a receipt for this shirt? If it was indeed purchased from our store and has quality issues within the warranty period, we can help you return or exchange it,” Chen Lixin said to the fat man with a smile on her face.

These few individuals looked like trouble, and two of them even had tattooed arms showing. Chen Lixin, just a small apparel store owner, knew exactly what kind of people they were; she just couldn’t afford to provoke them.

“Your clothes are such poor quality, it tore after just two days, making me lose face at an important business event. Now you figure out what to do about it,” the fat man said with a cocky head tilt.

His followers were also arrogantly chiming in: “Dammit, Brother Stone, our billion-dollar contract got screwed up because of this crappy clothes from this crappy store. We can’t let it slide.”

Upon hearing their words, Chen Lijuan broke into a cold sweat. Normally, there wouldn’t be people causing trouble on this street, but that didn’t mean the area was always peaceful.

Xu Lijuan had always heard that next to Yulou Ancient Town there was an immensely powerful force—the Hu Family of Yulou Ancient Town. It was said that every business in Yulou, from the largest antique shop to the smallest stall on town’s edge, had to dutifully visit the Hu Family four times a year to pay a lucky fee.

Although it was called a lucky fee, in truth, it was protection money. If the Hu Family didn’t agree, whether it was a small stall or a luxuriously decorated storefront, they would be driven out of Yu Lou Town, much more efficiently than any city management enforcement.

“Haha, brothers! This pretty girl is actually asking me for a receipt.” The fat man turned back and said with a laugh to his several ruffian followers.

“Haha, Brother Stone, who keeps receipts after shopping these days? This store isn’t trying to deny responsibility, are they?”

“Dammit, they dare to deny a debt to the Hu Family? It looks like this store doesn’t want to stay open in the south of town anymore.”

“Brother Stone, why waste words with them? Their clothes caused us to lose several hundred million. Just make them pay up,” the followers said, with a mocking tone.

“Hahaha, we are people of quality, we believe in civility before force. The clothes I bought from your store had quality problems, causing me to lose a contract worth hundreds of millions. Miss owner, what do you think, are you going to pay me these few hundred million, or are you ready to declare war on the Hu Family?” The fat man changed to a daunting expression as he spoke harshly to Chen Lixin.

Chen Lixin, who had never faced such an imposing group, was nearly paralyzed with fear upon hearing the fat man talk about hundreds of millions, and timidly said, “Big brother, even if we sold our small shop, we couldn’t pay your few hundred million.”

“Hahaha, since you can’t pay up, I won’t make things difficult for you. I’ll generously let you off with less, just one percent will do. Just pay me two million, and that will be fine,” the fat man, puffing up his belly, said dominantly to Chen Lixin.

“Two million?” Chen Lixin was speechless. Her small store couldn’t make two million in ten years, let alone pay this man two million.

“Mom, don’t be afraid. They are just here to scam us. We shouldn’t be scared. There is justice in this world, and I refuse to believe they can do whatever they want to us in the light of day,” Chen Lele, though skinny and still somewhat naive, suddenly burst with strong energy at this moment. She gently shielded Chen Lijuan behind her and spoke boldly to the hooligans.

In her eyes, there was not a trace of fear; she glared back at the fat man who was threatening her mother, not backing down at all.