Wen Liang checked the time after returning to Qingzhou. He realized that he would miss the afternoon class if he went to school. Zuo Si and the others were busy with their own things. On the way back, they passed by Songlan Clothing City. He asked Chang Cheng to pull over and went to find Ding Mei. He seldom came since Bi Ya Si opened. He didn't know how the business was recently, but he didn't hear Ding Mei nagging about it, so he guessed it was pretty good.
When I arrived, I found a young girl I didn't recognize in the store. She was about 18 or 19 years old, and had a clean and fresh look. When she smiled, she had two cute dimples. She greeted me warmly and said, "Come in and take a look. Our winter clothes have just been launched. They are all the most popular styles this year. Are you buying them for your girlfriend? What colors and styles do you prefer? I can recommend a few to you..."
Wen Liang smiled and said, "Do I look like someone who has a girlfriend?"
The little girl stared at Wen Liang seriously, then nodded and said with certainty, "Of course, I can tell from the looks of it that you are someone who has no shortage of girls around you."
"Oh, so you can tell fortunes?"
"I don't know how to read faces, but I have a hunch that your girlfriend must be very beautiful." The little girl giggled and said, "Of course, if she wears the clothes in our store, she will definitely be more beautiful."
Wen Liang laughed. This little girl was articulate and pleasing to the eye. She must have done well in buying clothes. Just then, he heard Ding Lan's voice behind him: "Xiao Liang, why are you here?"
Wen Liang turned around and said to Ding Lan, "Third Aunt, I just happened to be passing by the clothing store, so I came in to see where my mother is. She's not here."
"Ah, my eldest sister is on the fourth floor, discussing business with someone."
Wen Liang noticed a hint of anger in Ding Lan's words and asked in surprise, "Talk about business? What business?"
Ding Lan explained, "Winter is coming, and we discussed opening another store that specializes in selling branded down jackets. It just so happens that a store on the fourth floor couldn't continue to operate and wanted to transfer. We negotiated a price a few days ago and agreed to pay the money and sign the contract today, but when we went upstairs just now, the other party turned hostile and refused to acknowledge the deal, insisting on adding another thousand yuan. It stands to reason that even if the deal fails, there is still friendship. If you don't want to, forget it, but you still sarcastically said that you don't have money to rent a store, pretending to be a big shot... My eldest sister was so angry that she started arguing with them. I was afraid something would happen, so I went downstairs to call my brother-in-law..."
"Don't alarm my dad. I'll go up and take a look."
Ding Lan knew that she couldn't treat Wen Liang as an ordinary high school student, but the couple, the woman was fat and the man was tall, and they were both unreasonable shrews and hooligans. If there was any conflict, Wen Liang would suffer. She said, "Xiao Liang, why don't you notify your brother-in-law..."
Wen Liang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, don't worry, come on, take me to see it."
Ding Lan saw that she couldn't persuade him, and was worried that Ding Mei might get into trouble on the fourth floor, so she didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly led him to the stairs. The girl in the store secretly stuck out her tongue, thinking that a customer had come, but it turned out to be the boss's son. Fortunately, she was used to flattering the customers, so her performance should be acceptable.
Going up to the fourth floor, I could hear a woman cursing in the distance, her voice was loud and mixed with foul language. There were quite a few people gathered in front of the store. Wen Liang's eyes turned cold, and he parted the crowd and walked in. This is also a store selling women's clothing. The clothes hanging out are of poor quality, dark colors, and give people a rather rustic feeling. No wonder it can't survive on such a powerful platform as Songlan Clothing City.
A man and a woman stood at the door of the store. The woman had about 200 pounds of fat on her body and was spitting and pointing at Ding Mei and cursing. The man had a short haircut and a face full of fat. He was relatively strong and crossed his hands. He was fiercely cheering his wife on. However, Ding Mei was not a shy person who would not suffer a loss. He had a cold look and confronted the fat woman. Although he did not use a single dirty word, the words he said were so infuriating that after a few rounds, the fat woman was so angry that her hands and feet were shaking and she almost stuttered.
"You, you... I'll tear your mouth to pieces!"
The fat woman rolled up her sleeves and was about to pounce on him. Ding Mei was not afraid at all, and even took a step forward, shouting, "You dare!"
The fat woman was frightened by her and stood there without daring to move. However, she felt embarrassed and turned to the man and cursed, "You coward without balls, I have raised you in vain. Can't you see that someone is bullying us? Why are you just standing there and watching the show?"
The man's eyes flashed with ferocity. He walked up to Ding Mei, stretched out his hand to push her shoulder, and said, "Get out of here right now. If you keep whining, I'll beat you up..."
Before he finished speaking, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and grabbed his wrist, and at the same time a kick came over and kicked him in the thigh. The man screamed, stepped back a few steps, and fell to the ground. His wrist and thigh hurt as if they were about to break. In the cold weather, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. He looked at Wen Liang in fear. He would never have thought that this seemingly weak young man in front of him could have such great strength.
"Wen Liang, why are you here?"
Ding Mei was overjoyed. She was indeed a little scared when the man attacked her just now, but she didn't expect Wen Liang to appear in time.
Wen Liang smiled and said, "I calculated with my fingers and knew that you, mom, had an argument with someone today. As a son, can I not come to help?"
Ding Mei smiled widely, and almost pulled his ears to show affection. Wen Liang rolled his eyes and dodged for a moment, saying, "Mom, let's do business first!"
Ding Mei also realized that they were not at home, and there was a shameless couple across the street. He said, "Yes, yes, hey, no, when did you learn to fight?"
This was the first time that Ding Mei saw Wen Liang hitting someone. Although she knew that her son was different, it didn't mean that she wasn't surprised to see her always gentle son hitting someone.
When the fat woman saw that the situation was not right, she also collapsed to the ground with her legs stretched out and started to cry, saying: "Oh, someone has been beaten to death. The officials are bullying the common people. Do they want to let people live..."
Wen Liang frowned. From the tone of her voice, it seemed that this woman knew Ding Mei's identity. Could it be that there was something else behind today's incident? He turned to Ding Lan and said, "Aunt San, go to the store with my mother first. I will handle this."
Ding Mei was unwilling to leave, so Wen Liang leaned close to her ear and said, "I know my limits. Don't worry. If things really go wrong, tell Daddy's name. I don't think they will dare to do anything. But if you stay here, people will say that we are bullying others by relying on Daddy's power. It won't sound good if it gets out."
Ding Lan also tried to persuade him, and finally managed to drag the reluctant Ding Mei downstairs. Wen Liang looked around and found a wooden mop at the door of the store. He broke it in two with a click, and walked up to the man with the stick in hand. He said expressionlessly, "Put out the hand that pushed him!"
The man was still ruthless and said, "Boy, I've been in prison. If you dare to hit me, wait... ah!"
Wen Liang was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, and stepped heavily on his right knee with his big foot. The man screamed again and almost fainted from the pain. The fat woman who was crying with tears and snot flying suddenly stopped and stared at Wen Liang in amazement, not knowing how to react for a moment.
Wen Liang placed the stick across the man's shoulders, tapping him gently, and said calmly, "I'll give you one more chance. Put your hands flat on the ground and I'll only break your ten knuckles. If you don't obey, don't blame me for breaking your entire arm!"
The man was completely shocked. The more ruthless this person seemed to be, the more he would become cowardly when he met someone more ruthless than him. He said, "No, no, brother, you can't blame me for this. We have no choice. It was the boss's order..."
"Move aside, move aside, who is fighting, who is fighting?"
Before the man could finish his words, a group of people wearing the uniforms of the clothing city security guards came in to disperse the crowd. The leader was the security captain, who pointed at Wen Liang and said, "Put it down, put it down. If you want to fight, do it outside. I tell you, whoever dares to cause trouble here will suffer the consequences."
Wen Liang put away the stick, turned around and looked at the security captain, and said, "What a coincidence! I was just wondering, there was such a big noise here just now, why didn't you show up?"
The security captain's face darkened and he said, "What do you mean? We came here as soon as we received the news. We only saw you beating someone with a weapon. We didn't hear any quarrels!"
Wen Liang was certain that there was something fishy going on today, so he threw away the stick in his hand and said, "Who is your boss? Ask him to come see me."
The security captain showed an incredible expression and said, "You asked our boss to come see you? Hahaha, who do you think you are..."
"Shut up!"
A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came over, and the security captain immediately nodded and said, "Hello, Mr. Yang."
"What's going on?"
"We received a call saying there was a fight here, and when we came over we saw this person using a stick to beat up the merchant at 405..."
Mr. Yang frowned and looked at Wen Liang, saying, "Who are you? Why did you hit someone?"
Wen Liang knew that the real boss had arrived, and said with a smile, "Whoever saw me beating someone, Mr. Yang, don't listen to other people's one-sided words."
"It's obviously you, yet you still dare to deny it..."
Mr. Yang snorted in dissatisfaction, and the security captain immediately shut up and looked at the fat woman on the ground and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
The fat woman explained the matter in a few words, and General Manager Yang ordered the security captain: "Go and call the merchants in 01 to the office..."
Wen Liang interrupted him and said, "No need, I can be your representative, just tell me what you have."
"Well, please all come to the office. Once we understand the situation, we will give you some advice on how to deal with it."
Wen Liang decided to wait and see what would happen, so he followed them. After waiting in the office for a while, General Manager Yang opened the door and walked in, saying, "I understand what happened. According to the agreement we signed with the merchants, if there is any quarrel, dispute or fight, we have the right to unilaterally terminate the lease contract, so please both of you sign it and move out of the clothing city today. In addition, the medical expenses required for merchant 01 to injure merchant 405 will be paid by the clothing city. This is considered a cooperation, so we should part ways amicably. Do you have any objections?"
405 The couple said they had no objection. Mr. Yang looked at Wen Liang, waiting for his reply. Wen Liang smiled and said, "It seems you are all ready. I can't disagree. Where do you sign?"
Mr. Yang was stunned. He obviously didn't expect Wen Liang to be so easy to talk to. After hesitating for a while, he handed over the contract. (To be continued)