My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 232 - 0232: The Jealous Miss

Chapter 232: Chapter 0232: The Jealous Miss

"If you want to start a fight, hurry up and don’t interrupt my meal,"

Tang Ming said nonchalantly, without a care in the world.

Although Little Brother Ma looked like a ruffian, he was actually quite delicate and rarely fought himself, usually sending his underlings. Seeing how arrogant Tang Ming was, he became a bit scared.

"You better not run away; just wait and see how I deal with you."

Little Brother Ma pulled his underling off the ground and then walked straight out of the hotpot restaurant.

As he left, he cursed at a few customers who were sneaking glances at him, eliciting disdain from many others who thought he deserved to be taught a lesson.

"Turns out he’s a coward."

The fatty made a mocking comment as Little Brother Ma and his companion left the hotpot place.

However, Liu Mengting was quite rational and took out money from her purse, shouting to the restaurant owner, "Boss, the check, please."

The owner, a man in his forties who had weathered many a storm in life, obviously knew that Little Brother Ma was not to be provoked. Seeing his customers wanting to pay and leave was clearly the wise thing to do.

Moreover, the owner did not want his restaurant to become a battlefield; if a real fight broke out, his place might as well get torn apart.

"That’ll be a hundred and eighty."

The owner spoke as he held the check.

Liu Mengting handed over two hundred: "No need for change."

"Thank you."

The owner quickly responded with courteous gratitude.

Tang Ming, however, looked up confusedly and asked, "You guys are done eating already?"

"If we don’t finish, are we supposed to wait here for trouble?"

Liu Mengting, pulling Li Xiaoli to her feet, then said to Tang Ming, "Aren’t you hurrying back to school?"

"I just started eating; I’m not even half full yet. You want me to go back to school with no energy?"

Tang Ming shook his head in displeasure.

The fatty also nodded and added, "With Brother Ming’s appetite, he has to finish this pot of food at least."

Upon hearing this, the owner glanced at the rolling pot, thinking to himself, my goodness, how much food did they put in there? Are these people pigs? Can they eat that much?

Noticing the owner’s astonished look, Tang Ming chuckled and said, "Look, even the boss agrees; it’s a buffet here. If we don’t finish the food, we have to pay extra."

Li Xiaoli, holding Liu Mengting’s hand, also nodded and said, "Meng Meng sister, I haven’t enjoyed the food enough yet. Why don’t we sit down and finish these off?"

"Finish?"

Liu Mengting, with a stern face, said, "Tang Ming just hit someone, and you think they’re not coming back soon? Do you really want to wait here and get into a fight?"

"That’s right."

The owner, hearing this, couldn’t worry about other things and advised, "Just forget about what we’ve put in the pot. If you’re worried about waste, I’ll eat it! I think you should leave quickly; otherwise, when that guy comes back with his people, you won’t be able to leave!"

But the fatty wasn’t frightened at all and laughed, "Can’t leave? Boss, you must be new to running a business on Snack Street, right? Do you know who our Brother Ming is? Go ask around in other shops. The boss of the ice cream shop half a month ago, who was so badass, was taken down by our Brother Ming. And those protection fee collectors, weren’t they all driven away by our Brother Ming too?"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, the owner indeed knew something about the affairs of Snack Street, especially the ice cream shop owner who was a notable figure in society and was actually driven away, possibly by this student in front of him?

That seemed rather mismatched. The owner’s face soured, but then he thought, if both sides are tough cookies and they really start fighting, won’t it turn into a ferocious battle? Could his hotpot restaurant even stay open after that?

"Please, have a heart. I run a small business and it’s not easy. If a fight really breaks out here later, wouldn’t my newly renovated restaurant be trashed?"

The owner pleaded, "Please do me a favor. Next time I’ll host, and you can come eat at my place on the house. What do you say?"

"Is that so?"

The fatty stroked his chin, pretending to be deep in thought.

Tang Ming suddenly stood up and stared at the boss, asking, "Is that what you said?"

"Yes, I said it."

The boss nodded.

Liu Mengting looked at Tang Ming’s gluttonous appearance and said, "Now you should be satisfied and ready to leave, right?"

"Alright, eating less is like dieting anyway."

Tang Ming smiled, got up, and the fatty hurriedly followed him.

"Brother Ming, I didn’t expect to get a free meal just like that."

The fatty grinned from ear to ear.

"You call this getting a free meal?"

Tang Ming said seriously:

"This is the boss thinking I’m a decent guy, so he treated me to a special meal."

"Stop flattering yourself."

Liu Mengting followed behind them as they left the hotpot restaurant, speaking discontentedly, "Causing trouble all day long, don’t you ever get tired?"

"Hey, I’m doing this for your own good, alright?"

Tang Ming turned around to face Liu Mengting, "If I hadn’t stepped in just now, wouldn’t you two have been pestered to death by those punks? Not even a word of thanks."

"Hmph, what about at the school gate?"

Liu Mengting, still fuming, said, "I saw with my own eyes how you stood up for that Summer School Beauty too, didn’t I?"

"That was..."

Tang Ming, rubbing his head, explained, "That was just stepping in to help when I saw injustice."

"Give me a break."

Liu Mengting said, "Tang Ming, you’re supposed to be my bodyguard, not spending all day solving other people’s problems."

Having said that, Liu Mengting turned and walked away, while Li Xiaoli followed, turning back to laugh and say, "Brother Tang Ming, you know what’s up."

"I don’t know squat."

Tang Ming muttered to himself.

Liu Mengting yanked Li Xiaoli a bit harder, whispering reproachfully, "You little brat, always babbling nonsense, aren’t you?"

"Hehe, I think you’re just full of jealousy, Sister Meng Meng."

Li Xiaoli burst into laughter.

At the entrance of the hotpot restaurant, Tang Ming and the fatty leisurely sauntered along, as they had just finished eating and there were still a couple of hours before class, they were naturally not in a rush to return.

But while they were not in a hurry, there was someone more anxious than they were, which of course, was the little brother Ma who had been at a disadvantage earlier.

"Stop right there."

With a sudden roar like a clap of thunder, a group of people sprinted forward, quickly surrounding Tang Ming and the fatty.

Tang Ming’s gaze swept over the more than ten people, all around thirty years old with bodies covered in tattoos of dragons and tigers, clearly gangsters from the streets, and they all had weapons tucked into their waistbands or were holding jackets in their hands as if hiding something like knives or axes.

Among the group was indeed the little brother Ma, only now he was holding a watermelon knife, looking murderous.

"Oh, what a grand spectacle, shooting a movie, are we?"

Tang Ming’s lips curled into a smile all around.

The fatty, however, felt his legs trembling. It was clear these people were here for a fight, and with them being outnumbered and outmanned, he truly regretted not listening to Liu Xiaohua’s advice to leave this place of trouble sooner. (Xiao Wo sang a song in the great story for you guys, you can go listen! Asking for recommendation tickets~~)