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Chapter 540: Chapter 544 How is the Job Done?_1
"Who is this person, how can they bring a venomous snake to the street? Not keeping a close watch, it seems they intentionally came out to harm people, as if hitting one person wasn’t enough!"
"Stop yelling, and hurry up to look for it!"
"Keep your voices down, if you anger the snake, you’ll be ready to report to the King of Hell Palace!"
The crowd bowed their heads, checking to see if there was a Bamboo Leaf Green snake around them.
At this moment, they almost regretted their actions, their intestines turning green—if they hadn’t been meddling in others’ business, how could they have encountered such danger?
Qiao Duo’er suddenly shouted, "It seems to be over there, old man, don’t move rashly!"
The old man turned his head for a glance, and the snake seemed to be right behind his backside!
The next second, he leaped up from the ground.
But upon closer inspection, what was lying on the ground turned out to be just a tree branch.
"Congratulations, old man, your legs are healed," Qiao Duo’er said, cupping her hands in mock celebration.
Now that he was standing up, what could be wrong with his legs?
"I...I..." The old man stuttered for a long while, at a loss for words, not expecting his many rehearsals to fall apart like this.
"You better not say it still hurts, no ghost would believe your words. However, I’ll give you One Wen money, consider it as watching a play," Qiao Duo’er sarcastically took out One Wen money from her purse.
"One Wen money can buy a bun, you must be hungry after acting for so long."
"Shameless old man, actually trying to scam money like this!"
"Keep away from him in the future, or one day he’ll crash into my cart and expect me to give him silver, how unlucky that would be!"
In the midst of the mocking laughter, the old man ran away in disgrace, thinking he could have made One Tael of Silver from this stint, yet he ended up earning just One Wen money.
How embarrassing!
He just hoped that no one in the crowd who witnessed the commotion recognized him.
The two accomplices hidden in the crowd were even more enraged, as they hadn’t gotten a single Wen either.
Tan Zhenghong apologized, "Everyone, rest assured, mentioning the Bamboo Leaf Green earlier was only to scare him off. Sorry for alarming you all. It was my bad."
Just now, many people had been cursing, but with the truth now revealed, they each felt guilty and had no interest in blaming Tan Zhenghong.
Moreover, having driven away the bad guys made them feel all the more satisfied!
"It’s alright, your young wife is quite clever. How did she know his leg wasn’t broken?"
Qiao Duo’er smiled slightly, "If it were truly broken, would he have the mindset to talk so much? He would’ve been crying out for his parents a long time ago, wouldn’t he have at least been out of breath while speaking?"
The bystanders all gave her thumbs up, acknowledging that if it weren’t for the young wife’s boldness and meticulousness, the bad guys would have succeeded.
With the farce over, Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong continued on their way.
On the second floor of the restaurant, Li Mu’er angrily slammed down her teacup.
"What kind of job are you doing?"
Previously, they had all patted their chests, promising to give Qiao Duo a warning, but the result was letting Qiao Duo come out on top.
The two young servants quickly knelt down, "Miss, please forgive us, we truly didn’t anticipate this woman would have such tricks up her sleeve. Rest assured, next time she won’t escape."
"Remember what you’ve pledged today, if there’s another slip-up, I will beat you to death!" Li Mu’er said fiercely.
"Thank you, Miss, shall we go prepare then?"
Li Mu’er waved them off with disdain, "Hong Ying, let’s go to First Rank Bakery, to buy peach pastries for Brother Fan."
That way, should Bai Yifan learn about today’s incident, she could dissociate herself from it.
Only after Li Mu’er left did the two young servants breathe a sigh of relief.
As for how to deal with Qiao Duo, they needed to think it over again. The woman from earlier was brash and clever; it wouldn’t be easy to take advantage of her.
