Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang were panting as they rushed up to the second-floor restaurant, only to see Xiao Huang sitting beside Hu Xiexie, gnawing on a bone.
Su Yang’s ginseng had already disappeared from his hand, without a doubt, eaten by this rascal.
At this mont, the table was laden with dishes, along with a bottle of fine wine. Su Yang and Hu Xiexie were leisurely enjoying their al. When these two arrived, Su Yang and Hu Xiexie didn’t even turn their heads, making it clear they had no intention of acknowledging their presence.
Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang weren’t the least bit embarrassed, and even pulled up chairs to sit at the edge of the table, calling to a waiter in the distance, "Waiter, we need two more sets of utensils."
"What are you doing?" Hu Xiexie glared and said, "This is our table; if you want to eat, find another one!"
"Hey now, miss, why the temper?" Wu Daozi chuckled. "We’re all acquaintances, why be so formal? Besides, you two can’t possibly finish all this food—it would be a waste."
"Don’t talk nonsense," Hu Xiexie retorted. "Who’s an acquaintance of yours? I don’t know who it was just now asking us for compensation for delay and for emotional distress. Clearly trying to swindle us, what kind of acquaintance does that?"
The two exchanged awkward smiles, then turned to Su Yang, "Student Su, we’ve thought it over. Xiao Huang seems to like you both, and would surely be happy with you. So, we’ve decided not to charge you that much. How about this, you can take Xiao Huang, and just give us three thousand a day, what do you say? Buy ten days, get one free, eh!"
Su Yang didn’t even look at them and said directly to the waiter bringing over the utensils, "Waiter, no need for the utensils, they are not with us."
The waiter hesitated for a mont, then took the utensils back.
Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang imdiately beca anxious. Yuan Tiangang said urgently, "Su Yang, are you really that petty? It’s just so food, how much could it possibly cost, could it bankrupt you? When talking business, naturally one should eat and talk, what’s your point?"
Su Yang glanced at them and said, "Teacher Wu, Teacher Yuan, I didn’t plan to discuss matters with you!"
"So what, you’re saying you won’t take Xiao Huang?" Yuan Tiangang imdiately stood up, saying, "Then I’ll take Xiao Huang away!"
As he made a move to pick up Xiao Huang, Hu Xiexie blocked him.
"What are you doing?" Hu Xiexie glared.
"I’m taking Xiao Huang away!" Yuan Tiangang said.
"What relation does Xiao Huang have with you, and why should you take it?" Hu Xiexie demanded.
"Oh co on, are you trying to scam ?" Yuan Tiangang glared back. "Xiao Huang’s owner entrusted us with its care, isn’t that relationship clear enough? taking Xiao Huang away is only proper, what’s wrong with that?"
"Just cut the crap," Hu Xiexie said. "All that’s just your word, who knows if it’s true or not! Anyway, I won’t waste my breath arguing. You say Xiao Huang is yours, so call it to you. If it’s willing to follow you, I won’t say anything. But if you can’t get it to co, stop lying here, or else I might call the cops on you!"
Saying this, Hu Xiexie even stuffed two ribs into Xiao Huang’s mouth, delighting the little dog so much that it didn’t have ti to even look at Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang.
The two were dumbfounded. Xiao Huang’s attitude towards them was nowhere near as friendly as it was with Su Yang and Hu Xiexie. Getting Xiao Huang to follow them just wasn’t going to happen. Hu Xiexie’s tactic was really ruthless!
"Hey, little girl, what you’re doing here is extortion, got it?" Yuan Tiangang blurted out in alarm, "Luring an innocent Little Dog, you...it’s no different from kidnapping a child!"
Hu Xiexie said proudly, "Then call the police and let them decide who is extorting whom!"
Yuan Tiangang was imdiately at a loss for words. Wu Daozi, sensing trouble, quickly grinned and said, "Co on now, we are all acquaintances, all friends, why the need for this? Waiter, bring the dishes and utensils, let’s talk over the al, shall we?"
The waiter glanced at Su Yang; Su Yang flatly stated, "We’re not familiar with them!"
"Did you hear that?" The waiter also got fired up, glaring at the two old swindlers, "If you two want to eat, go sit at another table—don’t disrupt their al here. This is a restaurant, not your playground for cheating and tricking. If you keep spouting nonsense here, I’m calling the police to arrest you!"
After saying that, the waiter walked straight away with the dishes and utensils.
The two old swindlers stood there dumbfounded, realizing that getting hold of any utensils was highly unlikely now.
After a mont of silence, Wu Daozi suddenly chuckled, "No worries, no worries. We haven’t been fond of using dishes and utensils lately anyway. I reckon that eating with our hands is the proper way to enjoy a al!"
Yuan Tiangang’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly chid in, "Yes, yes, eating with our hands, eating with our hands."
Hu Xiexie was stunned. If these two old guys really started using their hands, how could anyone eat that al?
Su Yang, on the other hand, was straightforward and turned to say, "Waiter, take these dishes away, and bring us a hotpot!"
"Damn it!" The two old swindlers nearly jumped up, cursing in their minds—if a hotpot ca, who would be able to eat with their hands?
"Su Yang, you can’t be so ruthless, can you?" Wu Daozi said angrily, "We are teachers at the school, aren’t you afraid we’ll take you down?"
"Get lost!" Hu Xiexie curled her lip, "Just you two, take us down? Do you believe I can make one phone call and have a dozen creditors co storming in here with sticks, making you run for your lives?"
Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang imdiately lost their fire, awkwardly saying, "Ahem, why bring up such matters. We are just wandering through the mortal world, experiencing life; these things, you don’t understand. Fine, let’s drop it. Su Yang, how about this— a thousand a day, what do you say?"
Su Yang ignored them. Wu Daozi: "Eight hundred a day! Five hundred! Three hundred?"
By the ti Wu Daozi dropped to ten yuan a day, he was looking utterly pitiful, but still thick-skinned. It was embarrassing—to think that for the sake of a hundred bucks or so, they would stoop to deceiving people.
At that mont, Su Yang casually opened a box on the table.
The two old swindlers were watching Su Yang pitifully when the box opened, and their eyes imdiately bulged.
"This...this...this..." The voices of the two old swindlers trembled, their eyes fixed on the box. No help for that—the box was full of money, bundles of hundred-yuan notes that were tempting to anyone.
"You two are right; after all, you are our teachers. It’s only fair to give you so compensation for lost ti and for emotional distress!" Su Yang said softly.
Wu Daozi and Yuan Tiangang exchanged glances and swallowed hard, but their eyes were filled with caution. No one gives sothing for nothing—either out of malice or thievery—and knowing Su Yang’s character, they certainly did not believe he’d be so generously charitable to give them such a large sum of money.
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