The once dreamlike restaurant was now in complete disarray, littered with scattered food scraps and shattered glass fragments.
People lay injured on the floor, wailing incessantly, while the thick scent of blood permeated the entire space.
The manager here was no fool—he could tell at a glance what kind of people frequented this place.
They were all individuals not to be trifled with.
Even with the brawl escalating to this extent, he hadn’t ordered his staff to call the police.
After all, if this group were escorted from the restaurant to the police station, tomorrow’s headlines across Jiangcheng would likely explode, and the restaurant couldn’t afford such scandalous publicity.
When he saw the girl in the wheelchair being pushed over, he knew this incident had nothing to do with the restaurant.
That girl—by now, her identity was likely known to everyone in Jiangcheng.
Jing Chu, exhausted from the fight, leaned against an untouched sofa, glaring at the people on the floor.
“Ye Fei, how dare you lay a hand on me! Aren’t you afraid I’ll report this to the Ye family?!” Lin Mu shouted, clutching his left arm and screaming.
From the looks of it, his arm was already fractured.
His originally white-dyed hair was now streaked with leftover food and bloodstains, making him appear utterly disheveled.
“I’ll cover the medical expenses. If you’re not satisfied, the Ye family’s doors are always open,” Ye Fei replied, her gaze sweeping coldly over the people sprawled across the floor.
Sun Ye, who had always been arrogant, had never suffered such humiliation before. He spat on the ground, his face icy.
“Don’t think that being in a wheelchair makes you the victim here. I’ll make sure you regret this!”
Ye Fei couldn’t be bothered to waste words on these people. Since the matter was already settled, there was no need for further talk.
She made a gesture, and Jing Chu immediately understood her meaning. He stood up and swiftly smashed the three two-meter-long fish tanks placed in the area.
In an instant, water gushed out, drenching the people on the floor who were too slow to react.
The materials used for these fish tanks were special and incredibly expensive. Seeing this, the manager stepped forward.
Before he could even speak, Jing Chu had already handed him a business card.
“Wait.” Chu Xi reached out and stopped the card just before it reached the manager’s hand. With a bright smile, she leaned close to the manager’s ear and whispered a series of addresses.
“If you want compensation, go to this place.”
Ye Fei, who was closest, heard the addresses clearly and couldn’t help but ask, “What mischief are you up to now?”
Chu Xi ignored her and instead clapped her hands. “Make sure you remember this person’s face. Do everything in your power to make her miserable. Otherwise, you’d be letting down the beating you just received.”
The disheveled people on the floor gritted their teeth in fury at such audacity.
The attitude was far too arrogant.
After the three left, doctors from the nearest hospital arrived.
While the manager directed the medical staff to treat the injured guests, he recalled what the young lady had just said.
The place she mentioned—he wasn’t too sure he dared to go there.
But if he couldn’t get compensation, he wouldn’t be able to afford the cost of the broken glass even if he worked another ten years.
Looking at the group being treated for their injuries, he made up his mind.
Fang Zhizi, still shaken, collected herself and organized the audio recordings before sending them. The person on the other end quickly called back.
“What should we do now?!” Fang Zhizi hurriedly spoke up.
They were all injured, and they had been hurt by Jing Chu at the restaurant. With Sun Ye’s temperament, he wouldn’t let this go easily.
“Isn’t that just perfect? It saves me extra trouble. She brought this upon herself,” the person on the other end said with a heavy laugh.
Even over the phone, it was clear they were in high spirits.
“What do you mean?” Fang Zhizi was taken aback.
Lin Mu’s arm was broken, Sun Ye’s head was bleeding, and his foot looked fractured too. How could this be good?
“Of course it’s good. Do you think the Zhi family would want a street thug as their young mistress?!”
Thinking about what would happen next, she felt like flying up to announce it to the world.
She really is brainless, causing trouble at such a critical moment. Isn’t this just handing her weaknesses to the Zhi family on a silver platter?
She didn’t believe Grandpa Zhi would want such a ruthless granddaughter-in-law.
Heaven really is helping me.
“You don’t mean…” Fang Zhizi asked uncertainly.
The person on the other end confirmed, “You all need to keep up the act. You’re the victims, beaten up like this. She has to publicly apologize in the newspaper and compensate you for your losses.”
Understanding now, Fang Zhizi instantly smiled. “Of course, she has to take responsibility!”
Yes, they were the victims. By all accounts, they should be the ones seeking compensation.
Since they were the disadvantaged party, they should make good use of that position.
Fang Zhizi hung up the phone. The pain from the doctor treating her wound instantly snapped her out of her daze.
“Be gentle!!” she yelled.
The doctor removing the glass shards flinched but said nothing, continuing with the task.
…
Watching the injured being carried one after another into the ambulances, Chu Xi smiled and closed the car window.
“Not to criticize, but you went a bit too hard,” she said.
Jing Chu, sitting in the driver’s seat scrolling through messages, looked at Ye Fei and replied honestly, “I didn’t even use much strength.”
There was a hint of grievance in the tone.
“They were just too weak,” Ye Fei replied without looking up.
Satisfied with Ye Fei’s agreement, Jing Chu turned back and started the car.
Seeing this, Chu Xi shook her head. These two really acted like children.
No wonder Wen Qiao chose Jing Chu to look after Ye Fei—their personalities matched well.
The blue SUV weaved through the city center toward the upscale apartments on the outskirts.
“Why did you give the Zhi family’s address earlier?” Ye Fei asked the woman beside her.
The woman, who had been touching up her makeup, closed her compact and looked at Ye Fei with a mysterious glint in her eyes. “He keeps saying he wants to marry you. If he can’t even handle such a small matter, I’ll be the first to oppose you entering his family.”
Understanding her meaning, Ye Fei replied, “So you’re trying to force Zhi Huai to back down?”
Chu Xi hooked her arm around Ye Fei’s neck and leaned in. “As your best friend, of course I have to test him for you.”
“What kind of outcome are you hoping for?” Ye Fei asked, intrigued. “For the Zhi family to stand on moral high ground and condemn me, or for Zhi Huai to give up on me under pressure?”
Most wealthy families preach moral values like kindness and harmony.
A family like the Zhi’s would likely be even more extreme.
The former was within her expectations, but as for the latter, Ye Fei had never considered it.
“Either way, he’ll have to get past me first,” Chu Xi said with a blink.
Those around her no longer pressed the matter further. Chu Xi understood her temperament—she would rather break like jade than remain intact as a tile.
For someone like her, liking was liking, and disliking was disliking.
Gaining entry into Ye Fei’s heart would not be easy.
But Chu Xi also wanted to see—Ker, a hacker who never revealed himself, possessed absolute strength, formidable and arrogant.
For such a person to voluntarily expose his identity before Ye Fei was certainly not for mere amusement.
Getting past Chu Xi’s test was also quite simple: as long as one could stand unconditionally by Ye Fei’s side forever, they would be a qualified partner…