"Xinglan, they deliberately left the price off. I got cheated..." Xu Lizhi said, sounding aggrieved.
"Little fatty, you need proof before you make accusations. We hadn't had time to put the price up before you took it. You ate Supreme Immortal Treasure Fish. Surely you know how much that's worth?"
The burly man glared and snapped.
"I... well..."
Xu Lizhi immediately felt a little guilty.
He'd gotten carried away eating and hadn't paid much attention. He'd only realized something was wrong after he'd finished, but by then it was too late.
"All right, all right."
Seeing that neither side was backing down, Su Chen finally couldn't take it anymore.
He took out ten thousand Federal Coins and said, "Forget it. I'll pay for him. You can let him go now."
"Su Chen, you don't have to do that..."
Ye Xinglan hurriedly caught Su Chen's hand and said anxiously, "We're only a little short. We... we can find a way to scrape the rest together ourselves. How can we let you spend so much?"
Ye Xinglan's cheeks were faintly flushed with embarrassment.
She and Xu Lizhi had caused this mess. She felt terrible about making Su Chen, whom she'd only met recently, pay such a large sum.
"It's fine. Just think of it as a loan. Pay me back whenever you have the money. This amount is nothing to me."
Su Chen gently patted the back of Ye Xinglan's hand to reassure her.
As he spoke, he pressed the Federal Coins into the burly man's hand.
"Young master, you're a real sport~"
The burly man froze for a moment, then laughed heartily. Most of the ferocity vanished from his face, replaced by a polite expression.
Then he gave Xu Lizhi's shoulder a hard slap. "Little fatty, make sure you know what