“Same rules as always. Maximum three per person.”
After calling out the usual reminder, Fini opened for business.
At this point, Skye had completely forgotten about asking what had happened at school earlier.
Fini was responsible for making the food, while she handled collecting the money and passing him the ingredients.
Manhattan’s Upper East Side could be described as one of the wealthiest areas in New York.
The Stark Tower that Fini had seen earlier was also located in this district.
So even though Fini had priced a single Jin Ji Fried Chicken Wrap at the outrageous price of ten dollars, the customers didn’t even blink when they paid.
In fact, many wanted to buy more.
“Hey, Fini, we’ve known each other for so long. Give me two more, won’t you?”
A man in his thirties, dressed in a sharp business suit, smiled ingratiatingly at Fini as he watched him expertly prepare the fried chicken wraps.
“Mr. Wright, you’re a big businessman, so you understand the importance of keeping your word better than anyone.”
Fini helplessly shrugged before continuing, “Besides, look at how many ingredients we have. If I make an exception for you, everyone behind you is going to ask for the same thing. In the end, a lot of people won’t be able to buy one. If they get angry and smash my little shop, you won’t be able to eat them anymore.”
“All right, all right. Three it is.”
Seeing the angry looks from the people waiting behind him, Wright awkwardly smiled, quickly paid, and stepped aside.
He immediately found a place to sit down and took a bite of the fried chicken wrap, which was giving off an incredibly enticing aroma.
An intoxicated expression appeared on his face.
Anyone who didn’t know better might have wondered whether Fini was actually selling fried chicken wraps or some kind of magical delicacy.
It wasn’t until the sky had gone completely dark that Fini finally sent all the customers home.
After hanging the “Open at Irregular Hours” sign back on the door, Fini returned to the shop and began cleaning up.
When he saw Skye happily counting the money, he couldn’t help reminding her with a smile, “Don’t celebrate too early. You can only take one-tenth of this.”
The smile on Skye’s face immediately froze.
When she turned around, she had already transformed into a pitiful, aggrieved expression.
She even wiped away nonexistent tears as she whined sweetly at Fini.
“But I’m your sister! I’ve worked so hard for you all this time. How can you bear to let me take only one-tenth?”
“How about one-twentieth?”
Fini pretended to be clueless.
“Hmph!”
Skye’s expression instantly returned to normal.
She glared fiercely at Fini before happily continuing to count the money.
Although Fini always said that she would only get one-tenth, whenever she actually needed money, he never hesitated to give it to her.
So in practice, there wasn’t much difference between this money being hers or his.
Seeing this, Fini simply smiled.
After taking out the trash and changing his clothes, he walked over to Skye, intending to tease her a little more.
Just then, two people suddenly entered the shop.
Fini had just turned around and was about to tell them that the shop was closed when his eyes suddenly narrowed and his heart tightened.
“Don’t move. Hand over the money.”
Skye, who had been counting the cash, stared blankly at the scene.
After living for so many years, this was the first time she had ever had a gun pointed at her from such close range.
She panicked slightly and hurriedly looked toward Fini.
He gave her a reassuring look.
Fini hadn’t expected something like this to happen.
This was the Upper East Side, a gathering place for wealthy people and business elites.
Although the various gangs were complicated and intertwined, even the street thugs generally understood the rules and wouldn’t come here to cause trouble.
As for skilled assassins, they wouldn’t possibly be interested in a small shop like his.
Besides, his shop wasn’t in a particularly good location, its opening hours were irregular, and he wasn’t competing commercially with anyone.
So in the past two years, this was the first time he’d encountered a robbery—or more accurately, someone coming here to cause trouble.
Fini raised his hands and didn’t make any rash movements.
While quietly shifting his position, he said to the two masked robbers, “All the money is here. Please don’t hurt us.”
“You. Put the money in the bag.”
One of the robbers viciously ordered Skye around before pointing his pistol at Fini and snarling, “You stay right there. Don’t try anything funny.”
Seeing Fini nod and give her a reassuring look, Skye’s hands trembled slightly as she found a backpack and began stuffing the money into it.
“Hurry up!”
The other robber impatiently urged her on.
Looking at the two men, Fini frowned and thought things over.
If he were alone, he should have no problem subduing the two of them with his abilities.
But Skye was right beside him, and he didn’t want to take the risk.
It was obvious to Fini that these two were probably just street thugs.
They might not even belong to a gang.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have chosen to rob a place like this.
They were breaking the rules.
If all he lost was one day’s revenue, Fini didn’t really care.
And facing a gun, he wasn’t one hundred percent certain that he could subdue the two men.
But things often developed in ways that went against expectations.
The other robber, who had been keeping watch at the door, turned around to look at Skye.
For some reason, he couldn’t resist making a stupid remark.
“Boss, this chick is pretty hot.”
Skye’s face went slightly pale with fear, causing Fini’s brows to furrow even deeper.
“Shut up. Go get the money and get ready to leave!”
The robber pointing the gun at Fini clearly didn’t want any additional trouble.
He harshly reprimanded his companion and ordered him to prepare to leave.
“Heh heh, sure!”
The man let out a strange laugh and walked toward Skye.
It was obvious he had bad intentions.
Fini took a deep breath.
His gaze sharpened.
If these two had simply taken some money and left, he would have let them go.
But they had chosen to bring this upon themselves.
Although he didn’t want to reveal his abilities, he absolutely couldn’t allow his family to be harmed.
Eight years had passed.
And the things Fini had improved during those eight years weren’t limited to fried chicken wraps.
“Now, look behind you.”
The Golden Dayan Art activated.
The two robbers were manipulated by its power and forcibly turned their heads.
In the blink of an eye, Fini moved like the wind.
The moment they turned around, Fini charged toward the robber holding the gun.
Relying on some basic martial arts techniques he had learned online, he snatched the gun from the robber’s hand and knocked him to the ground.
However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Fini turned toward the other robber.
He saw the man’s hand unconsciously reaching toward his chest.
He has a gun too!
That thought flashed through Fini’s mind.
I can’t let him pull it out.
The two were roughly three meters apart.
Although the robber beside him was already on the ground, Fini hadn’t completely subdued him.
If he used the Golden Dayan Art to prevent the man from drawing his gun, the man’s strong resistance might cause the ability to fail.
If he fired first, however, the distance was so short that, even though it was his first time shooting, the chances of hitting the target were extremely high.
In that split second, Fini made his decision.
To ensure his own safety, he fired while instinctively using the skill he was most familiar with.
Three steaming Jin Ji Fried Chicken Wraps instantly appeared and slammed directly into the face of the robber who was reaching for his gun.
In the crisis, the Jin Ji Fried Chicken Wrap had unexpectedly broken through its previous limit.
He could now summon three at once.
What wonderful news.
“Bang!”
A gunshot rang out.
To Fini’s surprise, he had actually missed at such close range.
He had aimed for the man’s thigh, but the bullet merely grazed his trousers and passed through.
Fortunately, the gunshot startled the robber.
After the fried chicken wraps fell to the ground, he didn’t dare continue reaching for his gun.
“Don’t move. If you move even an inch, I’ll shoot.”
Fini immediately issued a threatening warning.
Perhaps because of the gunshot, the robber had been frightened and obediently stood completely still.
Fini then hurriedly looked at the robber who had fallen to the ground earlier.
He delivered a kick to the man’s stomach first, making sure he couldn’t get back up, before shouting toward Skye:
“Skye, call the police!”
Everything had happened far too quickly.
The two robbers had been subdued in the blink of an eye.
Skye stared stupidly at the scene before her, unable to process what had just happened.
Only when Fini called her name did she finally react.
She took out her phone and prepared to call the police.
“Boss! Boss! We were wrong! Don’t call the police!”
Hearing that Fini intended to call the police, the robbers panicked and hurriedly began begging for mercy.
Fini had originally intended to ignore them.
But when he saw the fried chicken wraps lying on the floor, he suddenly stopped.
“Skye, wait a moment.”
Skye had already entered the number and was about to press call.
She froze.
But after seeing Fini frown thoughtfully, she obediently put the phone down.
Seeing that Fini had actually agreed not to call the police, the two robbers were both somewhat surprised.
They immediately put on expressions of gratitude.
“Thank you! Thank you!”
Fini, however, was already regretting instinctively using the Jin Ji Fried Chicken Wrap to smash the robber in the face.
If the police came and wanted to inspect the shop’s security footage, that could become troublesome.
As for killing them to silence them, that thought had never even crossed Fini’s mind.
It would be far less troublesome to simply hand them over to the police.
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