You guys go, I won't charge you

Fu Ye and Ah Yin were such a perfect couple that they truly made everyone else envy them. It was one thing to be good-looking, but they had actually gotten together and were flaunting their affection in public!

Some business-minded child was carrying more than a dozen bags of cement and setting them out on the road, with a sign in front reading: 250 per bag.

After eating and drinking his fill, Fu Ye sat comfortably in his seat, watching the pedestrians passing below. Ah Yin, meanwhile, was still nibbling bit by bit at the Red Jade Shrimp in her palm.

Bang.

A crisp sound came from Ah Yin's lower abdomen. Fu Ye turned to look at her and discovered that this little girl had actually broken through while eating. She was now a powerful Level 66 Soul Emperor.

Her little face had turned bright red. Although she knew the food before her contained an enormous amount of energy, unfortunately, she simply could not eat another bite.

Seeing Ah Yin's conflicted expression—wanting to eat but unable to—Fu Ye only found her unbearably adorable.

"Alright, if you can't finish it, put it away and eat it tomorrow. Even if it's good stuff, eating too much at once will harm your body."

With a wave of Fu Ye's hand, the remaining dishes were stored in the system's storage space. As for the half-eaten Red Jade Shrimp in Ah Yin's hand, Fu Ye took it right in front of her and unceremoniously ate it.

"My shrimp..." Ah Yin watched it happen with a deeply aggrieved look on her face. But by the time she came back to her senses, her shrimp had already been eaten clean by that bad guy, Fu Ye.

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"Be good and listen to me. Eating too much of something this nourishing isn't good for your body either."

Although transformed soul beasts had strong constitutions, they still possessed human bodies. If they continued gorging themselves as they had when they were soul beasts, their bodies would absolutely be unable to bear it.

"Okay..."

Feeling the surging energy inside her body, Ah Yin felt that coming out to have fun with Fu Ye had been a very wise decision.

At that moment, Fu Ye spread his Spiritual Power over Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, the two brothers from the Clear Sky Sect, wanting to see what little tricks they would pull.

Sure enough, before long, the sounds of bowls and chopsticks smashing onto the floor came from downstairs.

Smack! Bang!

"Is this food fit for human consumption?! You dare sell something this disgusting?!"

A rough roar came from the first floor. But Fu Ye looked at Tang Hao downstairs as though he were watching a clown. So what if he smashed a bowl and threw some chopsticks around? As long as they could pay compensation, everything was negotiable.

"Sir, we are very sorry that our dishes did not suit your taste. However, I see that you have finished all the food, so shouldn't you settle the bill?"

The waitress remained unruffled. She had encountered many customers like this before. Anyone who caused trouble and refused to pay at the Gathering Fragrance Pavilion would be blacklisted and barred from dining there a second time.

As for customers continuing to make trouble? That was even more impossible. The Gathering Fragrance Pavilion was located near Heaven Dou Imperial City. Starting a fight beside the imperial city? That was certainly bold.

The commotion on Tang Hao's side drew the attention of many diners. Fu Ye leaned against the window like an outsider, watching the Tang Hao brothers as if they were clowns.

"Fu Ye, what are they doing? They smashed bowls after finishing their food. That's so rude."

Ah Yin looked at the two men below, her Ice Blue eyes filled with disdain.

"They're just two pathetic clowns. Stay away from robbers like that in the future."

"Mhm!"

Fu Ye and Ah Yin did not bother to lower their voices. Anyone with even a little cultivation could hear them, naturally including Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.

"Sister Lan, go take care of your work. Don't collect the bill from those two. It's only a hundred Gold Soul Coins; our Gathering Fragrance Pavilion can afford the loss. But from now on, add the Clear Sky Sect to our blacklist."

The waitress downstairs was named Xiao Lan. Like Xiao Li, she was a veteran employee of his establishment. Whenever something happened in the front hall, she was usually the one who stepped forward to handle it.

"Yes, Boss!"

After hearing Fu Ye's words, Xiao Lan politely nodded and smiled at Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, then simply ignored them.

Just then, someone let out a cry of surprise.

"The Clear Sky Sect? I remember now! Aren't they the Clear Sky Sect's two geniuses?"

"No wonder they looked familiar. They're the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao!"

"But the legendary twin prodigies of the Clear Sky Sect seem to be nothing special after all. At the very least, their character leaves much to be desired."

Thus, amid everyone's condemnation, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's faces alternated between green and white.

Fu Ye looked at Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, who stood awkwardly on the first floor. He did not care much about them. To him now, two Soul Douluos were little more than ants.

"Hmph! It's only a hundred Gold Soul Coins, isn't it? I can afford it!"

As the saying went, cold violence and public opinion were the harshest blows to a man. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had originally intended to provoke trouble first, then escalate it. Yet after all that, Fu Ye had simply said, "We won't charge you. You can leave, but we won't serve you—or your sect—again in the future."

Those words made them feel as though they had punched cotton. And Tang Hao and Tang Xiao certainly understood exactly what Fu Ye meant.

Tang Hao spoke as he prepared to pay, but Fu Ye's response was clear: only realizing his mistake now? Sorry, too late!

"I'm very sorry, sir, but your meal has already been waived, so there is no need to pay anything."

Xiao Lan was standing before another customer, recording their bill, when Tang Hao, a broad-shouldered, burly man, pulled out a bag of money and tried to hand it to her.

She possessed basic professional integrity, after all. Besides, the boss himself had said they did not need to pay.

Of course, they had already been added to the blacklist. In the future, the Gathering Fragrance Pavilion would provide no service to anyone from the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's names would also be posted, like everyone else's, on the innermost wall of the second floor.

"What do you mean by this, Gathering Fragrance Pavilion? You won't even accept money when we offer it to you?!"

Tang Hao had finally found an outlet for his anger. His original intention had only been to teach that youth on the second floor a lesson and let that girl see what a real man was like.

Yet now, he had become a deadbeat who ate without paying! And he had even been blacklisted here!

Xiao Lan did not panic at Tang Hao's bell-like voice. After all, she was a High-Level Soul Grandmaster herself. Without this much composure, she would never have been qualified to serve as the front hall manager of the Gathering Fragrance Pavilion.

"I'm very sorry, sir, but our Gathering Fragrance Pavilion is only a small business. We simply cannot withstand the bullying of a great power like yours. If you dislike our dishes, we can waive your bill, but please do not come and make things difficult for our establishment again in the future. After all, you were the first to say the food tasted bad, and you were the one unwilling to pay. Now you insist on paying instead. That puts ordinary people like us in a very difficult position."