Chapter 169: Who Dares Block This Lady’s Path? (1st Update)

The Safety Supervision Bureau rarely comes to these entertainment venues to inspect, because this department is mainly responsible for production safety, checking enterprises that might have safety hazards, such as chemical companies, pressure vessel companies, and so on.

Entertainment venues occasionally have police coming to crack down on prostitution and drugs, but apart from that, civil servants rarely come to such places for inspection.

But strictly speaking, the Safety Supervision Bureau does have this right; whether the fire exits of The Bar are qualified or not, for example, falls within the simple scope of this department.

"Respected customers, I am truly sorry. Tonight, our The Bar has to welcome an inspection from the Safety Supervision Bureau, so we must temporarily ask everyone to leave. Of course, to express our apologies, all your consumption tonight will be free."

Li Mengxue did not dare to openly oppose the Safety Supervision Bureau's inspection, so she had to take a microphone and personally apologize to the customers in The Bar.

Fortunately, many of the customers at The Bar were regulars, and since Li Mengxue waived their bills, no one caused trouble. Very quickly, the customers inside The Bar left completely.

The operation of Lovers Bar was very standardized and reasonable; there was no phenomenon of prostitution, gambling, or drugs, and the safety facilities were also very well-maintained.

That Deputy Director Li brought a group of people to inspect for almost two hours but didn't find anything. Putting on the airs of a leader, he said a few words to Li Mengxue about "correcting mistakes if there are any, and guarding against them if there are none," then took his people and left.

Li Mengxue breathed a sigh of relief; she was worried that someone would play dirty and deliberately find faults, which would be troublesome.

After sending off the people from the Safety Supervision Bureau, customers gradually returned to The Bar, and slowly, it became lively again.

But just as the atmosphere in The Bar was heating up, a whole swarm of civil servants arrived.

These civil servants showed their credentials, claiming to be from the Municipal Health Bureau, here to inspect food hygiene, and demanded that Li Mengxue cooperate unconditionally.

It was already midnight; would these civil servants be busy until so late just to inspect hygiene? And requiring the venue to be cleared for a hygiene inspection? Even a fool knew it wasn't normal.

But Li Mengxue had no choice but to follow what the Health Bureau leader said; she couldn't afford the charge of obstructing official business.

Thus, Lovers Bar was cleared again. The atmosphere that had just warmed up cooled down once more, leaving Han Yanzhi and the other staff of The Bar staring at each other in dismay.

"Boss, what exactly is going on? If this continues, how can we do business?" Han Yanzhi walked to Li Mengxue's side and asked in a low voice.

She also felt this night was too abnormal. Although she was a talent in management, she hadn't seen the dark side of society, so she couldn't guess that this was a shameless retaliation by Xiao Keming and Vice Mayor Yan Jialin using their power.

"Who knows? I feel like something is wrong, but I don't know where the problem lies."

Li Mengxue sighed. She felt that if someone as arrogant and domineering as Xiao Keming wanted to retaliate against her, he would surely come directly to her door, not use such near-shameless tactics.

The people from the Health Bureau also inspected for about two hours before leaving. They didn't find any hygiene problems with the alcohol and drinks in The Bar.

But the time had already reached two in the morning, which was closing time for The Bar, so Xiao Xi sent Li Mengxue home.

Just as she drove the car out of the garage, Li Mengxue's phone rang.

The call was from Wang Dacheng, the boss of Dacheng Real Estate Company. Li Mengxue hesitated for a moment before answering. She didn't know what this Wang Dacheng wanted with her, but she vaguely felt that Wang Dacheng calling her at this time had something to do with what happened at The Bar tonight.

"Boss Li, is business good tonight?" Wang Dacheng said sarcastically on the phone.

"Wang Dacheng, what do you mean? This is your doing, right?" Li Mengxue said angrily.

"You're not too stupid. So what if it's my doing? I told you long ago not to go against me. It is indeed your freedom not to sell your bar to me, but you also had people beat up Xiao Keming's men. Xiao Keming is the illegitimate son of Vice Mayor Yan Jialin. Aren't you asking for a beating?"

Wang Dacheng laughed on the phone: "Vice Mayor Yan Jialin has personally taken action. It's simple for him to mess with you. Today it was the Safety Supervision Bureau and the Health Bureau visiting your bar; tomorrow, it might be the anti-prostitution squad or the anti-drug squad. Can your bar still stay open? If something is found in your bar, not only will your bar be sealed, but you will also be detained and fined. When you figure it out and want to transfer The Bar to me, remember to call me."

After saying this, Wang Dacheng hung up the phone.

"Shameless! How can there be such a shameless person!"

Li Mengxue was so angry she was anxious and almost smashed her phone! If the other party really kept using these rogue tactics to harass her, her bar would indeed not be able to stay open.

"Boss Li, don't be too anxious. The difficulty will only last a few days. My cousin will help you solve everything." Xiao Xi said.

"Sigh, Zhou Lang is powerful and has influence, but the people I've provoked this time are too strong. Even if he's powerful, he can't handle a Vice Mayor."

Li Mengxue sighed. Since knowing Zhou Lang, she had gradually built confidence in him, feeling that Zhou Lang was a man who could hold up the sky if it fell, but this matter was too big. Now that even a Vice Mayor was using such rogue tactics to fight her to the death, she felt that even Zhou Lang would be helpless.

"Boss Li, you still don't have confidence in my cousin. No wonder you two are fated but not destined to be together." Xiao Xi just smiled and didn't say anything.

Afterwards, Li Mengxue drove home.

What she didn't know was that from the moment she left The Bar, two cars had been following her.

"Boss, Li Mengxue has already left Lovers Bar. She should be heading home."

In a car about three hundred meters away from Li Mengxue, a man in the passenger seat was reporting to his boss on the phone.

"Is Zhou Lang with her?" someone asked on the phone.

"No, only a young beauty is with her. This beauty's looks are not below Li Mengxue's, and she is younger than Li Mengxue. I guess it's her best friend or something."

The person in the tracking car continued to report. From seeing Li Mengxue and Xiao Xi get into the car, he had been tracking them all night.

"That's great. Li Mengxue is a great beauty, I didn't expect to have another one with her. Catch both of these women and send them to me for my enjoyment. It seems I'm going to have a double treat tonight."

The voice on the phone laughed very arrogantly.

Li Mengxue didn't know someone was following her and harboring evil intentions, but Xiao Xi knew it very clearly. However, she didn't care at all. She was a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage, even more powerful than Zhou Lang. In this Feiyun City, there was simply no one who could pose any threat to her.

The car sped along and soon left the busy city. When Li Mengxue drove to about two kilometers away from her small Villa, a car suddenly rushed out at a turn and blocked the road.

"Hey, what's going on? Why block the road?"

The road was blocked, and Li Mengxue's car couldn't pass. After honking the horn a few times with no result, she opened the car door and shouted at the car blocking the front.

"Boss Li, no need to shout. We are being followed. These people are targeting you. Someone has been following us since we left The Bar."

Xiao Xi said calmly, she had known what was going on for a long time.

"Since you knew, why didn't you say so earlier? It seems a bodyguard who doesn't take money really isn't reliable." Li Mengxue became angry. Xiao Xi was like this, not saying a word when facing danger. How was she like a qualified bodyguard?

"Just a few petty thieves, no need to be so nervous." Xiao Xi remained calm.

"You… do you really think you are a great master like Zhou Lang?"

Li Mengxue said with dissatisfaction and immediately reversed the car. If she had known Xiao Xi was like this, she definitely wouldn't have asked Xiao Xi to be her bodyguard.

Xiao Xi didn't argue with Li Mengxue, just smiled slightly.

Li Mengxue's driving skills were actually quite good. At this critical moment, she immediately completed the reverse. However, after reversing, she had only driven a few dozen meters when she was dumbfounded. Two big Mercedes-Benz cars were already parked side by side in front, directly blocking the way.

"Don't look, this was arranged by them long ago." Xiao Xi said.

"Zhou Xi, stop saying cool words. You should know that it's not just me in danger; you are also in danger." Li Mengxue said hurriedly: "I guess it's Wang Dacheng or the people of Xiao Keming and Vice Mayor Yan Jialin. Let's get out of the car and run. It's late at night and there's no light. As long as we run to the side of the road and hide, maybe we can escape."

"Hide from what? Aren't they just a few petty thieves? My cousin asked me to protect you. If I just run away like this, where would I put my face?"

Xiao Xi couldn't help but laugh.

"If you won't run, I'm running. Don't tell Zhou Lang later that I didn't take care of you; it was you who didn't run." Li Mengxue shouted, opened the car door, and ran for her life.

"Yo, great beauty, where do you want to run?"

But as soon as she got out of the car, Li Mengxue was blocked. Nine people from three cars surrounded her, all covering their faces, so their faces couldn't be seen.

"You… what are you doing?" Li Mengxue became scared.

"Great beauty, you really are big-breasted and brainless. Do you not know who you offended yesterday?"

A burly masked man laughed: "You offended our boss yesterday. Our boss was filled with Life Qi, so he beat you up today to let you know that if he's not happy, your bar won't be able to stay open. However, our boss sees that you look quite good. As long as you obediently come back with us, our boss might show mercy and let Wang Dacheng buy your bar for ten million. If you don't come with us and make us do it, I'm afraid you won't get a penny for your bar."

"You dare!" Li Mengxue was a bit fearful, but she pretended to be very calm and shouted: "If you mess around, I will call the police."

"There's no village in front and no shop behind here. By the time the police come, you will have already been taken away by us, sent to our boss's big bed, and rolling around under our boss."

The burly masked man laughed.

"Who dares block this lady's path? Get lost, all of you!" Just when Li Mengxue didn't know what to do, a cold voice rang out. Xiao Xi got out of the car.