Hell's Kitchen's Rules of Making Friends

Alvin folded his arms and glanced at Reed and the others. After a moment, he patted Jessica, who was still simmering with anger, on the shoulder and smiled. "Well? Want to keep going?"

Jessica glanced at Johnny, who was hanging his head, hesitated, then said irritably, "Just make them leave. I don't want to see him again."

As she spoke, Jessica took Shang-Chi by the arm and headed toward the restaurant. She really looked fed up with Johnny.

As they passed the restaurant entrance, Old Kent was on the phone, calling over his crew to repair the damaged wall and pavement. When he saw Jessica, he smiled and said, "Jess, Shang-Chi did a great job!

A fine young man like him shouldn't be carrying around too much money..."

Shang-Chi watched Old Kent, the old Black man, feed Jessica that bad advice right in front of him. Anxiously, he stepped in front of her and mouthed "shut up" at Old Kent, making desperate faces.

Jessica gave Shang-Chi a firm tug, then scrunched her nose at Old Kent and smiled. "I don't care. There are womanizing jerks among poor guys too.

But Shang-Chi definitely isn't one..."

Old Kent looked at the big hammer Jessica was still holding, amused. He nodded and said, "You're right. I don't think he is either. Ha!"

Wesley followed Shang-Chi, hoping to go into the restaurant for a drink. Hearing what Jessica said, he patted Shang-Chi on the shoulder sympathetically and struck a pose of two men sharing the same miserable fate. Shang-Chi punched him, and Wesley yelped as he darted back to his apartment.

That shameless loser was pretty clever. He'd just punched a beautiful woman in the nose, and now that Alvin didn't seem intent on killing them, he slipped away before things could get awkward.