TSBFL Chapter 66
Chapter 66.3: 找茬
[Pick fault with]
The several youths who followed Zhou Qing looked at Brother Qing, who made himself angry for some reason, and looked at the man with a cold look in front of him, and didn’t know what to do anymore. It wasn’t until the guests coming from behind started to urge, that the leading youth braced himself and asked stiffly towards Zhou Qing, “Qing Ge, how about we eat and change to another restaurant?”
Zhou Qing felt that Gu Lang’s calm face hid a strong contempt for himself, and when he heard his little brother’s words, he immediately exploded, “Change? Why change, we’ll eat here today!”
Zhou Qing said this extremely loudly, causing the surrounding guests to look over in his direction. He endured a variety of gazes, thinking that this ungrateful shopkeeper would have some kind of reaction, who knew that the man just gently pulled off a wooden plate from the stage, handed it over and softly said, “Guests, this is your number plate. Please take it, there will be a waiter who will especially take you to your seats. “
Looking at this series of actions by Gu Lang, the anger in Zhou Qing’s eyes grew stronger and stronger as he stood there and watched Gu Lang, after saying these words, only minding his own business.
The younger brothers next to Zhou Qing looked at Zhou Qing’s appearance were all totally at a loss and a bit puzzled, after they sized him up twice, they still reached out and very carefully took the sign, then coaxed Zhou Qing, “Qing Ge, let’s go find seat first, if there’s anything you’re not happy about, talk to your brothers beforehand and wait for us to get our act together!”
This was a common code for them to use when they were in trouble, and the so-called collusion was also to discuss behind the scenes how to target the person who had offended them.
“Hey, do you want to eat or not? If you don’t want to eat, let us first, we’re still in a hurry to eat na!” Just as Zhou Qing was indifferent to their suggestion and the brothers beside him were at a loss. The diners or customers behind him began to urge.
Upon hearing the urging words of the customer, Zhou Qing withdrew his gaze as if he had just come back to his senses, then he turned his head and glared at the person who had spoken, Qiu Jiu who had come to receive them and led the crowd who aggressively followed, had left now.
It wasn’t until Zhou Qing and the others had left, the guest who just opened his mouth and urged them, patted his chest with a frightened expression, “Ai yo, that’s really mean, I don’t know who’s this jerk.”
When Gu Lang heard these words, he expressionlessly glanced at the direction Zhou Qing had left, then twisted his head to look at the woman in brocade garments in front of him, and said in indifferent tone, “Is madam going to eat here?”
To such a handsome guy, the woman, who was full of fear just now, instantly became shy, “Yes, that’s right ah”
Gu Lang took down another sign board and handed it to her, and watched the woman’s face turn red as she led her servant to the private room by Qiu Wu, before waved his hand towards Qiu Jiu, who was not far away. After he ran over to him then he instructed him in a low voice, “Go and tell all the people in the shop to pay attention to the number 23 guests and remember to come and notify me in time if there is any abnormality.”
“Yes!” Although he didn’t know why his family’s young master ordered this, Qiu Jiu still answered seriously and ran off to instruct the others in the shop to be more vigilant or on guard.
Only after Qiu Jiu left, Gu Lang slightly lowered his eyebrows, looking towards the books on the table that had already been closed, and gently hooked the corners of his mouth. The little fishes were starting to take the bait, therefore he was going to let them all have a taste of despair.
On the other side, the few youths who were brought into a private room by Qiu Wu finished ordering the dishes, and watched until the shop’s waiter leave before turning his head towards Zhou Qing and asking, “Brother Qing, do you have a grudge against this shopkeeper?”
Zhou Qing, who was already no longer that angry, heard his little brother’s question and hammered the table severally and said in dissatisfaction, “No!”
Listening to his words, several other people looked at each other for a few moments. All of them saw a few moments of doubt in each other’s eyes, and finally looked at Zhou Qing and asked suspiciously, “Qing Ge, if there’s no grudge, what were you doing just now?” That look didn’t even look like there was no enmity at all ah!
Zhou Qing grunted and said indignantly, “I’m his landlord, and as a result, he met me yet treated me with this kind of attitude, can I not be angry?”
What’s more, Zhou Qing was sure that the guy’s attitude towards him just now was one of disdain and unwillingness to respond, and it was precisely because he felt that guy’s contempt that he got angrier and angrier! The most infuriating thing was that even though he was so angry, that man still looked so aloof and indifferent, like he was just a inconsiderately shouting and barking dog that wasn’t worth his time at all.
“Damn, it’s so infuriating!” Exasperated by what he had brainstormed, Zhou Qing pounded the table again fiercely, causing the surrounding little brothers to look at him with a few puzzled looks.
In the end, it was Huang Yao, who was usually the birds of a feather; be two of a kind (have the same tastes, interests, etc) with Zhou Qing, who was backed out by the crowd and looked at the angry Zhou Qing, “Brother Qing, since he’s not giving you a face, let’s teach him a lesson.”
Zhou Qing turned his head around to stare at him with slanted eyes, his tone filled with disgust as he asked, “What way do you have in mind?”
Huang Yao smiled boorishly, revealing a devious smile, “Brother Qing, you’re his landlord, so you’re the one who has the final say in this shop! You just raise his rent, raise it until he can’t take it anymore, then won’t he come begging you?”
Hearing his words, Zhou Qing was a bit hesitant, after all, firstly, he was not the perfectly legitimate landlord, so he was just putting on an act in front of his brothers, secondly, he had signed a contract with Gu Lang and the others, and there were explicit provisions that stated that he couldn’t increase the rent for a long time.
Huang Yao, as Zhou Qing’s one who offers bad advice or a good-for-nothing adviser had been following Zhou Qing for a long time, and now he was hesitant, and after thinking a little, he guessed his concerns, “Qing Ge, if you don’t think it’s a good idea to raise the rent, then we’ll just tell them that we’re borrowing it for a while, and that it’ll cover the rent when they pay it. When they pay the rent, you’ll ask them for another sum, and the money will be treated as a tribute (present) to you.”
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