The few men were obviously drunk, with a nauseating smell of alcohol wafting from afar.
"Pretty little sister, why don’t you come and play with us for a bit, okay?" said the leader, a young man in his thirties, walking over with a sleazy smile on his face. "Brother’s got a lot of money, a whole lot of money. If you make brother happy when playing..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was sent flying.
Xiaoli, who was following behind, immediately rushed forward when she saw someone harassing them and sent the guy flying with a kick.
The other men were stunned for a moment, unable to process what happened.
The man kicked by Xiaoli landed heavily on the ground, groaning incessantly, clearly having taken a hard fall.
Xiaoli didn’t stop there and walked forward to press her foot down on the guy she had kicked over.
The man let out a scream that sounded like a pig being slaughtered.
The scream snapped the other men back to their senses.
Seeing their companion getting beaten, they were instantly enraged.
They yelled as they charged over, ready to teach these audacious women a lesson.
Being beaten by a woman was something they couldn’t tolerate.
But to their frustration, another woman appeared out of nowhere, and the two of them quickly took down the men attempting to surround them with punches and kicks.
Ye Xiaoli and Shi Yidan acted decisively, without any hesitation, and in less than two minutes, had knocked down six or seven burly men.
Luo Ziling and Yang Qingyin stood aside, watching the two women fight as if they were mere spectators.
After Ye Xiaoli and Shi Yidan had taken everyone down, Luo Ziling casually instructed, "Ask them if they had a special purpose."
He had a feeling these men had a particular agenda.
He noticed that they had been observing them for a long time before approaching.
After finishing the questioning, without waiting for a response from Ye Xiaoli and Shi Yidan, he pulled Yang Qingyin’s hand and entered a nearby food establishment.
The food place was quite bustling, and Luo Ziling and Yang Qingyin wanted to avoid further trouble, so they headed where there were more people.
They were in luck, as they entered Yu Garden Snacks, a table of diners had just finished, so they quickly took the spot.
After dealing with those men and not getting any useful information using some tactics, Ye Xiaoli and Shi Yidan left them behind and followed Luo Ziling and Yang Qingyin into Yu Garden Snacks.
The four of them ordered a lot of the signature dishes there, and sat down to wait.
"Do you think there’s going to be trouble?" Yang Qingyin whispered to Luo Ziling after sitting down.
"They weren’t deliberately looking for trouble!" Ye Xiaoli replied softly, "I just asked them, and they were merely causing a scene because they were drunk."
"Even if there is trouble, there’s nothing to fear; it’s a good chance to see how things are in Gusu," Luo Ziling smiled broadly.
Yang Qingyin didn’t ask any more questions.
Of course, she didn’t want anything to happen. Even if things could be resolved easily, it would still be a downer.
However, Yang Qingyin’s hopes were soon dashed.
Just as they began to enjoy their food, the group they had just fought entered the food place.
Those men whom Ye Xiaoli and Shi Yidan had knocked down were among them, and there were a few more burly men who seemed to be reinforcements they had called.
The security guards at the food place saw things weren’t right and quickly came over to inquire about the situation.
But the two security guards were soon rudely shoved aside by the group.
They aggressively questioned Luo Ziling, asking if he had the guts to act wild on their turf.
"This is your turf?" Luo Ziling looked at them with disdain, "What era are we in, still playing these old tricks? People will laugh their heads off if this gets out!"
The reason the group didn’t dare to start fighting right away was, of course, because the two women had just given them a harsh lesson.
The two women had some skills, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to knock them down so quickly.
Therefore, they thought that as long as they subdued these two women, the handsome couple would be easy to deal with.
Unexpectedly, Luo Ziling spoke like that, and the leader became a bit enraged and frustrated.
"Damn it, who do you think you are, daring to act wild in front of us? Trust me, we’ll teach you how to behave in no time!"
"You don’t recognize me?" Luo Ziling pointed to his face, "A lot of people know me; I have a lot of fans."
The man was startled, and after a few glances at Luo Ziling, saw that he didn’t recognize him, which made him even more annoyed: "Just because you have a pretty face doesn’t mean everyone knows you!"
Seeing that two men had already moved behind Ye Xiaoli and Shi Yidan, he boldly ordered, "Do it! However they treated you before, give it back to them the same way!"
The nearby tables of diners, sensing trouble when this group rushed in fiercely, stopped eating and settled their bills quickly to leave.
Seeing the diners leaving, the leader became even less scrupulous.
With his command, he stepped back two steps to watch the show.
But to his surprise, just as his men were about to strike, the two women had already taken the initiative and attacked first.
In just one move, all the men he brought were knocked down by the two women.
Before the leader could fully react, he himself was knocked to the ground.
This scene surprised the two security guards who had just been pushed aside, as well as the other diners.
"Wow, these two women are really something, knocking down so many men effortlessly," remarked a bold diner who didn’t flee.
"It seems like this man and woman aren’t ordinary individuals, with two female bodyguards accompanying them. Bodyguards, and they’re women, only someone with money or influence would have that!"
"Looks like this local big shot is going to have a rough time," remarked a local diner who recognized the leader, having been bullied by the thug known as the ’local second brother,’ "These outsiders dare to hit people here and act fearlessly; they’re really something!"
"Anyone called the police? If this keeps going, the shop won’t be able to open tomorrow!"
"These outsiders must have a strong backing, maybe they’re here to stir things up. There’ll be a good show next, let’s stay and watch," said a local diner, pulling his reluctant girlfriend back to see what unfolds next.
The two security guards who wanted to intervene saw things had escalated like this, with a dozen thugs knocked down by two women, tables toppled, and countless dishes shattered; they couldn’t help but inwardly curse but didn’t dare step in for fear of getting beaten.
They could only call the police.
The manager on duty at the food place arrived upon hearing the news but didn’t dare intervene either. While cursing his luck, he quickly reported to his superior and also called the police.
The nearby patrol police, receiving the report, promptly arrived.
Luo Ziling and his friends remained unbothered, continuing to enjoy their food and drink.
The gangsters, however, didn’t fare as well.
The officers who arrived at the scene naturally assumed it was Luo Ziling and his group who caused the trouble and immediately turned on them.