"Call the police!"
Seeing Ye Peigen berate them harshly, a tall, skinny man among the thugs laughed loudly. "Old man, call them if you want. Let's see how many people dare meddle in Brother Xiong's business!"
"What! You're Brother Xiong's men?" Ye Peigen was shocked when he heard this.
Brother Xiong was a powerful figure in this area, with one foot in the underworld and one in respectable society. He could basically settle anything. Supposedly, a highly influential person had offended him by accident, but in the end, that person had no choice but to personally visit him and apologize.
Of course, that story might have been exaggerated to enhance Brother Xiong's prestige. But considering how he had done plenty of bad things over the past decade or so and still remained standing, it was clear that he must have had a complicated network of connections behind him.
Naturally, someone like him was not a person an ordinary businessman like Ye Peigen could afford to offend.
The tall, skinny man laughed smugly. "Old man, what's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"
Ye Peigen frowned. "Brother Xiong and I have never had any grievances. Why does he have to push things this far?"
The Man surnamed Qian said angrily, "When you say that, have you thought about what you did to me earlier? You were the one who pushed things this far first, so don't blame me for repaying you in kind!"
"You..." Ye Peigen had been about to argue, but given his current disadvantage, he was afraid that saying more would only enrage them further. He could only compromise for the moment. "Then how do you want to settle this?"
"How to settle it? Return..."
The Man surnamed Qian had just begun speaking when the tall, skinny man interrupted him. "Return