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Chapter 119 Street Food Stall 2

"He's alright," Cao Tai said softly, pulling his arm around her shoulder.

Indeed, although Xiangdi, who was extremely experienced in fighting, was knocked down by a flurry of punches and kicks, he managed to cover his head with his hands, curl up, and wriggle his body to move himself out of the fighting area.

Hua Sheng hadn't yet worked with the three Vietnamese brothers, and the three young thugs he was with were now engaged in extremely distasteful brawls.

At this point, the four men had already been beaten together by Chen Tailong's men.

Having already heard a large number of footsteps approaching from afar, Cao Tai did not bother to take action himself.

"Who dares to cause trouble on our Xinji's turf!" came a loud shout.

A dozen more people suddenly poured into the food stall, while outside, there were still shadowy figures, as if many others were stuck outside and unable to get in.

Soon, the entire food stall was clearly divided into several sections.

The diners who didn't manage to escape stood in a corner, next to the food stall's chefs and waiters.

Chen Tailong and his men huddled together, surrounded by more than a dozen men.

The four men, including Watson, who had been beaten earlier, had been helped up and were being questioned by a burly man in his thirties or forties who appeared to be the leader.

After asking his question, the burly man waved to the middle-aged waiter.

The waiter, nicknamed "Brother Taiping," quickly stepped forward.

"Arrange for your guests to leave first," the burly man ordered.

"Okay," the waiter quickly agreed, then turned to the diners standing to the side and said loudly, "Excuse me, everyone, we're sorry to have disturbed your meal. We have some things to take care of right now, so please go back first! The bill is waived."

It seems this waiter works part-time for the owner, able to give away free meals to ten or so tables, which would amount to at least one or two thousand yuan, roughly equivalent to a factory worker's monthly salary.

The diners quickly lined up and left the food stall under the guidance of a waiter named A-Qiang.

"Let's go too!" Cao Tai said to the three ladies, and then the four of them headed towards the exit.

The local thugs all looked on with amazement as they watched the group of five walk by.

After all, the four women, Mei, Lan, Ju, and Zhu, each had their own strengths.

Why are there five people? When our beer girl Qiu Di saw Cao Tai and the others about to leave, she hurriedly got up and followed them.

"Qiu Di? What are you doing here?" The burly man only then noticed Qiu Di.

"Uncle Taiping," Qiu Di, who was following behind the four, stuck out his tongue at the burly man.

Although the two were speaking in Teochew, Cao Tai, whose hometown dialect is also Minnan, could understand most of it.

He didn't stop walking, but his mind was racing.

In "Flash Point," Qiu Di and Hua Sheng's acquaintance may have stemmed from a heroic rescue of a damsel in distress.

Cao Tai just noticed the gleam in Qiu Di's eyes when Hua Sheng stepped forward to hit Chen Tailong; it was the kind of look that only comes with excitement and agitation.

However, Hua Sheng, who was only in his early twenties, was indeed a few points more handsome than Cao Tai with his ordinary face. Coupled with his height of about 175 cm or more, he was definitely a young heartthrob.

"Go home early if you have nothing else to do. Don't come out selling alcohol so late, or I won't be able to face your father if something happens."

"I understand, Uncle Taiping!" Qiu Di quickly replied.

Seeing that Cao Tai and his group had already left the food stall, he quickly jogged a few steps to catch up with them.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Cao Tai and his three companions, who were about to reach the alley entrance, stopped in their tracks upon hearing the sound and turned to look at Qiu Di, who was jogging towards them.

"What's your name? Thank you for saving me earlier. Could I have your contact information?" Qiu Di ignored the gunshot shooting in her eyes.

Gang Sheng, who had drawn his Frost Knife, kept staring at Cao Tai.

Cao Tai noticed that she emphasized the word "save" in her words and stared directly into her eyes.

Only after her gaze shifted away, and a blush crept onto her fair face, did he chuckle softly, "No need!"

After saying that, he turned to leave.

"Oh, that's not what I meant..."

"I know," Cao Tai interrupted her with a sharp shout, taking two steps forward, almost bumping into her.

He leaned down gently and whispered in her ear, "If you don't want to die, forget everything that happened that night."

After saying that, Cao Tai turned to Gang Sheng and the others and said, "Let's go."

Then they took the lead.

Watching Cao Tai turn around and leave with the three women, Qiu Di, her heart pounding, swallowed hard.

The three students from Hong Kong first glanced at each other, and finally Hong Kong walked closer to Qiu Di, took out a business card from his handbag and handed it to her.

"This is my business card. You can contact me if you need anything. If you want to find Brother Tai, you can also contact me and I'll help you find him."

"Thank you!" Qiu Di didn't expect that this tall, beautiful woman who had previously tried so hard to prevent him from getting close would give him her contact information.

Cao Tai knew what was happening behind him, but he only paused for a moment before continuing to walk forward.

From the food stalls behind them came several hysterical shouts: "I'm the Crown Prince of Hongtai... Ah!" "My dad's the head of Hongtai... Ah... Stop hitting me..."

It seems our young master got a pretty bad beating; even his screams sounded a bit different at the end.

On the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Sheng, with both arms around Cao Tai's arm, tempted him, "That girl's skin is as white as milk and as tender as a peeled egg. Want me to help you pursue her?"

This woman is acting like she's gone mad. Just a moment ago she was trying her best to stop people from getting close, and now she wants to help pimp them out.

Cao Tai turned to look at her with a puzzled expression: "Are you just saying things you don't mean, or have you been brainwashed?"

"Slap!" The woman pulled out one hand and slapped Cao Tai's arm hard. "Our Mr. Cao rescued a beauty, and the beauty reciprocated with her body. Isn't this a perfect love story?"

"Forget it, I'm scared of you!" Cao Tai didn't want his family to be in constant turmoil, so he turned around and hailed a taxi.

Back at his home in the Aidu Building, Mr. Cao, still full of energy, gave Gang Sheng a good beating, and also subdued the younger sister and Ruby who wanted to stay there that night.

After Gang Sheng and his younger sister fell into a deep sleep, Ruby lay weakly and listlessly in Cao Tai's arms. "Brother Tai, will Xiang Di really be alright? I'm afraid A Chan will worry."

"Don't worry, given Chen Tailong's status, unless there's some deep-seated grudge, the people from Xinji won't do anything to them. At most, they'll just get a beating."

Next comes the negotiations between the triads. Given Piyanmei's status in the underworld, he will definitely reach an agreement with the New Kee Tsim Sha Tsui branch, it just depends on how much they have to pay.

He only has this one son by his side now, he won't abandon him. Tonight, he'll bring Piyanmei back with Chen Tailong and his men for the sake of his reputation in the underworld.

"Pfft, how come Hongtai Dragon Head has such a nickname? I've never heard of it before!"

"This involves some unofficial history of the martial arts world, so you don't need to worry about it. Go to sleep; you've been up all night."

"Hmm," Ruby snorted, then snuggled closer to Cao Tai, placing one hand on his chest and one leg on his lower abdomen.

Looking out at the gray sky, Cao Tai closed his eyes as well.