The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 239 - 239 239 The Beloved One in President Mu's Eyes

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Bang!

Lin Fei didn’t give Xu Yingying or Xu Jiao much chance to bicker and directly rewarded each of the girls with a sudden clap, forcing them to temporarily cease their mutual attacks and their behavior of asserting dominance over him.

Although being fought over by two naturally beautiful young girls wasn’t exactly a bad thing for him.

However, such matters needed to be appropriate to the context.

After all, they were in Meishilin, a semi-public place with so many people watching.

Xu Yingying and Xu Jiao, these two young ladies, could act without cares, but he, having matured, should also mind the influence, shouldn’t he?

“My friend, if possible, I think we at Meishilin need to talk about the current problem with the three of you?” Seeing that Xu Yingying and Xu Jiao next to Lin Fei had temporarily quieted down, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who had appeared next to Lin Fei at some point, adjusted his glasses and spoke indifferently.

“Manager Ding, I—”

The slightly overweight man, who claimed to be the second-floor supervisor of Meishilin, was still somewhat intimidated by Lin Fei’s assertive kick, lost and confused.

Upon seeing this middle-aged man he addressed as Manager Ding speak up, the slightly confused and overweight middle-aged man’s plump face instantly filled with delight as he approached the man in the suit and leather shoes.

“Shut your mouth, this has nothing to do with you, go stand over there!”

The slightly overweight man’s attempt to ingratiate himself did not garner much kindness from the gold-rimmed glasses middle-aged man, but instead evoked a stern rebuke.

That slightly overweight man, who claimed to be the second-floor supervisor, clearly feared the gold-rimmed glasses middle-aged man, dared not say anything against the scolding, and lowered his head to move aside.

To the onlooking audience, this scene might not seem unusual, but Lin Fei, who had seen too much and had become adept at understanding human behavior, noticed something subtle in the actions and words of this Mr.

Ding since he appeared.

This man surnamed Ding was outwardly scolding the so-called second-floor supervisor, but in reality, he was covertly removing him from the situation.

Clearly, the entire situation had escalated due to this overweight middle-aged supervisor.

And this man surnamed Ding, by pretending to be unconcerned, removed the overweight man, clearly showing favoritism!

Such tactics, a few years ago when Lin Fei was still serving in the military, were frequently used by Lin Fei to cover for his comrades like Radar and Butcher when they violated the alcohol prohibition and other rules.

Speaking of covering for someone, he, Lin Fei, was clearly an expert in this field.

“My friend, if you don’t mind, shall we find a quieter place to talk?” After rebuking the slightly overweight man, the man surnamed Ding approached Lin Fei, gesturing with his hand.

“I mind very much.” Now that he had seen through this Mr.

Ding’s intentions of favoritism, Lin Fei certainly wasn’t about to give this fellow any breaks.

From what the self-claimed second-floor supervisor had said, Lin Fei could entirely conclude that this man surnamed Ding was most likely a high-level executive of Meishilin restaurant.

If he allowed this suspect high-level executive to lead them away from the scene, he would undoubtedly be handing over the negotiating power.

Being already on their turf, allowing them to choose the location for negotiation would be nothing short of foolish!

“So, you mean we’ll discuss it here?” Seeing that Lin Fei hadn’t given him much face, Mr.

Ding’s expression, which had initially been hard to read in terms of joy or anger, now took on a colder tone, his address shifting from ‘friend’ to ‘this gentleman.’

“We can talk, but first, you need to show me your sincerity.” The situation had occurred, and must be resolved, Lin Fei was never the kind to run from trouble.

However, he was also not the type to let others lead him by the nose.

“What do you mean, sir?!” Detecting the uncompromising tone in Lin Fei’s voice, the man surnamed Ding in gold-rimmed glasses grew even colder.

“It’s quite simple, this event escalated solely because of that gentleman from your restaurant trying to frame my two friends to achieve his dubious goals.

Since you are keen to discuss, shouldn’t you first offer something to compensate my friends?”

“I’m not clear on what kind of compensation you’re referring to?”

“Their reputational loss, emotional distress, and my intervention fee, 300,000 is very cheap, right?”

After Lin Fei spoke, the entire dining area of Meishilin became instantly quiet.

After a long while, Xu Yingying, who was hiding behind Lin Fei, pulled Xu Jiao closer and whispered, “Uncle, could it be that he’s extorting them?”

“It seems—like it.” Xu Jiao took a sneak peek at the man surnamed Ding standing not far from Lin Fei and said uncertainly, “Uncle, if we extort them like this, will the police come to arrest us later?”

Arrest my ass!

If it weren’t for maintaining his own presence, Lin Fei would have truly wished to turn around and give Xu Yingying and Xu Jiao, whose development was still incomplete, a severe spanking!

Two troublemakers!

There he was, Lin Fei, painstakingly creating tactics to defend them, and here they were, brimming with a sense of justice, sabotaging his efforts!

If Xu Yingying and Xu Jiao were his own children, once home, he’d definitely lock them up and educate them properly with a whip for several days.

Extortion?!

What do you mean “extortion”?

In Mr.

Lin’s dictionary, there’s no such word, okay?

With Xu Yingying and Xu Jiao’s beauty, is it too much to ask for 200,000 as compensation for mental and reputational damage?

Considering he’s a key figure in Hell’s Judgement Organization and the Crown Prince of Mu Group, is 100,000 a lot for a basic handling fee?

Back when Mr.

Lin was abroad, to have him lift a finger, tycoons and high officials would pay 100,000 for just a pre-meal favor, okay?

Remember Fang Wenxi, the young master of the Fang Family, who postured at Mu Group and was slapped in the face by Mr.

Lin?

He obediently handed over 50 million, okay?

300,000 is really cheap, okay?

“I am currently unaware of the full context of the situation, however, my restaurant will investigate afterward.

If everything is as you have described, our restaurant will surely compensate the three involved,” said the Kim-surnamed man with gold-rimmed glasses.

Despite facing Lin Fei’s demand for 300,000 in compensation, this Mr.

Ding didn’t completely lose his composure.

“Good, hand over the money then.”

Having initially thought of saying something formal, Mr.

Ding saw that Mr.

Lin’s party was already asking for money and he couldn’t keep up his act anymore.

He quickly changed his tune.

“Perhaps you misunderstood my statement.

I meant that compensation would be considered after our restaurant has thoroughly investigated.

Before we offer compensation, shouldn’t you explain why you assaulted someone and destroyed food and utensils in our restaurant?”

Seeing that Mr.

Ding’s true colors had finally shown, Lin Fei, no longer interested in playing Tai Chi with him, coldly replied, “If you want to cover for your people, just say it straight.

Why beat around the bush?

Tired aren’t you?”

“What do you mean by that?!”

“I’m saying you’re posturing; can’t you tell?”

“Friend, don’t be too arrogant.

Being too arrogant can be overwhelming.”

“Oh, really?

Did you prepare some digestion pills for me?”

In terms of arrogance and causing chaos, Lin Fei was obviously streets ahead of this suspected Meishilin restaurant executive, Mr.

Ding.

With the Mu Group’s president’s normally cold and aloof nature, even he had to concede under Lin Fei’s eloquent persuasion.

How could a mere restaurant manager outtalk Mr.

Lin?

“My friend, you might not be seeing the situation clearly.”

“Oh?

Are you offering to rub my eyes for me?”

“Security Manager, on my authority, notify the security department.

There’s trouble on the second floor!”

After several attempts to make Lin Fei back down, which only resulted in Lin Fei pushing back, Mr.

Ding lost his patience and decided to take a stronger approach.

The slightly overweight, middle-aged man with a slicked-back haircut, referred to by Mr.

Ding as the Security Manager, upon receiving instructions from Mr.

Ding, smirked at Lin Fei, then took out his phone to call for backup.

“Uncle, they seem to be calling for people.

Should we run?” Seeing that the situation was turning against them, Xu Yingying, the cunning girl, tugged at Lin Fei’s sleeve and whispered.

Before Lin Fei could respond and rebuke Xu Yingying’s preemptively defeatist behavior, a slightly surprised and cold voice rang out from behind him.

“Lin Fei, I’ve been looking for you for ages.

What are you doing here?!”

Turning to the voice, there she was – Ling Weiwei, with her hair elegantly pinned up, displaying her delicate beauty and sharp features capped by a proud nose and a pair of bright, limpid eyes, stepping towards Lin Fei.

“You are, Miss Ling from the General Affairs Department of Mu Group?” Lin Fei hadn’t even managed to greet Ling Weiwei when the gold-rimmed glasses-wearing Mr.

Ding preemptively stepped up to her.

“Yes, that’s me.

And you are?” Initially focused on Lin Fei, Ling Weiwei had to turn her questioning glance to Mr.

Ding as he approached her.

“Miss Ling, it seems significant people often forget things.

I’m Ding Jieshan, the Assistant General Manager of Meishilin.

Last year, I had the honor to visit your company with Director Zheng and was personally received by President Mu.

I clearly remember you were also present.”

“Oh, Mr.

Ding, my apologies.

May I ask what this situation is about?” Ling Weiwei nodded, her bright eyes shifting between Ding Jieshan and the other two men.

“May I ask, Miss Ling, this gentleman—”

“He’s Vice Minister Lin of our Security Department, a favored figure in front of President Mu.”

Right after Ling Weiwei’s explanation, the security manager, who had just finished his phone call and was hastily approaching them, blurting out, “Brother-in-law, from the security department—”

Snap!

Before Mr.

Ding could finish, Ding Jieshan slapped him hard across the face.

“Blind fool!

You dare to cross the favorite of President Mu!

Apologize immediately to Vice Minister Lin and his two friends!”

PS: (Due to personal life and work reasons, my schedule and diet have been irregular, and I was recently diagnosed with appendicitis in the emergency room.

The last two chapters were written in the hospital while on IV.

Due to my poor health, if the updates are irregular, please bear with me.

If surgery is not necessary, I will do my best to maintain regular updates.

If surgery is required and affects the updates, I promise to make it up with my future luck in relationships!)