Chapter 27: Buying Over the Tavern

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Before Bai San could finish his sentence, he suddenly got slapped in the face. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground. The most important thing was that he did not see who hit him!

Enraged, Bai San covered his face and looked at the gang who were all smirking ferociously. “Who hit me?!”

Bai’s ruffians were also stunned. They had surrounded the gang but did not see who had struck!

“What are you waiting for? Wreck them!” Bai San roared, and his men went after Su Jiu.

Su Jiu looked as calm as ever. When he lunged close, she stepped on one end of the bench. With a little force, the other end of the bench suddenly lifted up and slammed straight into Bai San’s chin. She soared up and stepped on the bench skillfully, kicking Bai San’s face. The tall man flew back instantly.

The bench fell to the ground as Su Jiu sat on it. The action was done in one fell swoop, leaving Su Jiu looking handsome and carefree!

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Sitting in the back, Nangong Bi was stunned. “How skilled!”

Nangong Shu looked at Su Jiu’s back and nodded secretly. “This young man is really good at martial arts.”

He doesn’t waste time with flowery moves, every move is aimed at a fatal point, Nangong Shu couldn’t help but notice. He appears to have a wealth of actual combat experience, but he looks so young, how can he have such a seasoned skill?!

“Even compared to you?” Nangong Bi asked playfully.

Nangong Shu continued to drink his tea, silent.

By this time, all the hooligans had been taken down, as every single one of them howled in pain. The gang had hardly moved at all and ended the battle with a few punches.

Su Jiu went to Bai San and squatted down, raising her eyebrows at him as she smiled. “Does Master Bai think I’m worthy now?”

Bai San covered his chest and retreated in horror at the sight of Su Jiu. “You…who are you?”

“As I said, who I am has nothing to do with you. I’m just here to eat. Can’t I have a meal in peace?”

Bai San stood up, his hand on the wall for support. His gaze swept over Su Jiu coldly. As he moved to the door, he growled maliciously, “Just you wait!”

With that, he staggered away.

Seeing that Bai San escaped, all the members of the Bai family got up and rushed out, and the lobby was immediately peaceful again.

Shopkeeper Xie got up, went over to Su Jiu, bowed down and said, “Thank you, young master. Thank you all for your help. It’s just that the Bai family is powerful, and maybe they’ll bring someone back in a minute. Leave quickly, don’t let me drag you into this!”

“What are you going to do when we leave?” Su Jiu asked.

Shopkeeper Xie frowned, slowly shaking his head and sighed. “These days, the Bai family often comes to wreck my shop, and I can’t run this business anymore. I am looking for a buyer to take over. Once I find one, then I’ll retire to my village!”

At this time, the waiter and the servants hiding in the backyard saw that the Bai family was gone, and all of them came out from the backyard to clean up the broken tables and chairs.

A glint flashed in Qiao An’s eyes as he brought Su Jiu aside and said, “Chief, why don’t we buy over the store?”

“What do we want this store for?” Su Jiu asked.

They were here to rob the Ji family, after the robbery, they would leave Shengjing and go far away, what is the use of a shop?

Qiao An replied, “Now that the Ji family’s attitude is unknown, we have to make other plans. In case Ji Family doesn’t marry Miss Su, we also have a way to survive in Shengjing. I think this shop location is good, the customer flow is great too, it must be a profitable business!”

Su Jiu’s eyebrows knit together and hung her eyes in contemplation.

To tell the truth, their plans to enter Shengjing were already somewhat rash. If the Ji family really did not marry Miss Su, they would not get out of it so easily. After all, the real Miss Su was already dead. How would they handle it when the Su family investigated matters?

The only thing to do now was to continue the pretense. They did not know how long they were going to stay in Shengjing. The Ji family gave 120 silver taels, and now they have spent more than half of it. They couldn’t spend all their money before they asked for more from the Ji family, so they really needed a way to make a fortune.

Su Jiu nodded. “Well, I just don’t know if we have enough money.”

Every inch of Shengjing property was equivalent to gold, and this tavern was not small. It had two floors, and even a backyard, it certainly would not be cheap!

“I’ll talk to the boss!” Qiao An said.

Shopkeeper Xie was helping his men to carry the table, while Hu Dapao and the gang were also helping. Only the Nangong siblings continued to eat as if nothing had happened.

“Shopkeeper Xie, a word please!” Qiao An asked Shopkeeper Xie to sit down at the table where they ate.

“How may I help you?” Shopkeeper Xie asked carefully, sitting down.

They could easily defeat the Bai family who hailed from a martial arts dojo, these gentlemen were not people to be trifled with.

Qiao An looked at Su Jiu before he said to Shopkeeper Xie, “We heard that you want to sell the shop. We want to buy it, but we don’t know how much money you want to sell it for?”

Shopkeeper Xie was stunned, his gaze swept over Su Jiu and Qiao An, and asked in surprise, “You want to buy over this shop?”

Su Jiu nodded surely, “Yes!”

Shopkeeper Xie bowed his head and thought for a moment. After a while, he just said, “Something happened in the shop today but you happened to chance upon it and rescue me. Maybe this is fate!”

“I still have a few acres of fields in the countryside, and I’m going to go back to my hometown after selling this shop. So I don’t want much from you. If you really want to buy my shop, you can give me 100 silver taels!”

“100 silver taels?” Qiao An was stunned.

To tell the truth, by the size and location of the store, it was worth far more than 100 silver taels.

Shopkeeper Xie smiled bitterly, “My shop is worth as much as 500 silver taels. However, I do not wish to hide anything from you. It is not easy to sell my shop, because they all know that I offended the Bai family, and they always make trouble here. So no one dares buy it. In addition, I know that you are good men, so I am willing to sell it to you for 100 taels!”

100 silver taels indeed were not much, but Su Jiu only had 42.

Seeing Su Jiu and Qiao An’s silence, Shopkeeper Xie asked, “Do you think the price is high?”

“No!” Su Jiu shook her head. “It’s just that we only have 42 silver taels now!”

“Can we write a document that states we owe you a debt? The remaining 58 silver taels will be returned in a month!” Qiao An said.

“Well…” Shopkeeper Xie hesitated.

He really believed that they would return the money, but he was really afraid of the Bai family. He wanted to sell the shop and never return to the city again.

“If you have any difficulty, you can tell us where you live. I’ll send you the money!” Qiao An assured.

Shopkeeper Xie hesitated for a moment, and he was just about to nod in agreement when he heard a crisp voice ringing from behind him.

“If you don’t have the money, I can give you some!”

Su Jiu was stunned. She turned around and watched a beautiful girl in a green skirt stand up and approach them.