Chapter Twenty-Four: I’ve Been Tolerating You for a Long Time

On the way downstairs, Ye Bufan said to Zhou Yongliang: "Director Zhou, please don't rush. If they are conducting a regular inspection, we should still cooperate."

Zhou Yongliang nodded. After descending the stairs, he didn't immediately rush forward, but instead followed behind the two people.

"Leave, leave! Don't eat here anymore. The hygiene of this restaurant is substandard."

"Hurry up and leave! Hurry up and leave! This place has been shut down…"

Upon arriving in the lobby, they saw four or five people wearing hygiene inspection uniforms driving out the dining guests. A Middle-aged Man leading the group was standing next to Ma Wenbo, smoking.

The lobby manager said to the Middle-aged Man: "Sir, could you please put out your cigarette? Smoking is prohibited here."

The Middle-aged Man glanced at him disdainfully: "The restaurant is about to close down anyway. What's the big deal if I smoke a cigarette?

Besides, why are you so nosy? You're not the boss. Hurry up and call your boss out."

As the group came downstairs, they witnessed the scene of the clearing. Liu Kai stepped forward and shouted angrily: "By what right are you closing down our restaurant?"

The Middle-aged Man sneered: "Your hygiene here is substandard. What if someone dies from eating here? You should be shut down for rectification."

Liu Kai said: "Everything here is operated legally and compliantly, and there are no hygiene issues. You haven't even been to our kitchen, so how can you claim we are substandard?"

"By what right? By the right that I am the Section Chief of the Inspection Department. If I say someone is qualified, they are qualified; if I say someone is not qualified, they are not qualified."

Zhou Yongliang had originally been standing behind them. If these people were just conducting a normal routine inspection, he wouldn't have planned to intervene, but seeing the current situation, he immediately stepped forward and angrily said: "Nonsense! Who gave you this authority?"

The Middle-aged Man glanced at him disdainfully: "Old Man, are you trying to breathe out of three nostrils? Go somewhere cool and stay there. You're not the boss, what concern is this of yours?"

"You…"

"Please don't generate Life Qi; leave this matter to me."

Zhou Yongliang's lungs were about to burst with Qi. Just as he was about to erupt, Ye Bufan pulled him behind him.

He glanced at the Middle-aged Man in front of him and said mockingly: "You don't recognize this person?"

The Middle-aged Man said while smoking: "Why should I recognize him? Is he very impressive?"

At this moment, Ma Wenbo stepped forward triumphantly and said: "Surname Ye, you finally came down. Now you know how powerful I am, don't you?

You thought owning a restaurant was a big deal, but if you anger this Young Master, I can shut you down in minutes."

Qin Chuchu said: "For such a large restaurant, there should be a reason for shutting it down, right?"

Ma Wenbo greedily looked her up and down a few times, then said arrogantly: "This is Section Chief Liu of the Inspection Department. He just said that his word is the reason. If he says you must close, you must close.

To tell you the truth, if you don't satisfy this Da Shao today, you won't need to think about opening your restaurant again in the future."

Ye Bufan stopped Qin Chuchu and said: "Then tell me, what do I need to do to satisfy you?"

"Kid, now you know the consequences of offending this Da Shao, right? Earlier upstairs, weren't you constantly showing off in front of this Da Shao? Are you scared now?

I'm telling you, even if you have money, you're just nouveau riche. Your connections and network are incomparable to this Da Shao's. It only takes minutes to ruin you."

Ma Wenbo said proudly: "Seeing that you're being sensible, I don't want to make things too difficult for you. One million. If you hand over one million today, the matter will be settled."

Qin Chuchu angrily said: "Why should we give you money? Why don't you just rob us?"

The Middle-aged Man shouted: "Little girl, why are you talking so much nonsense? Believe it or not, I won't even take the money; I'll just seal your shop directly and ensure you never open your doors again."

Ye Bufan said: "One million is not too much, but you still have to give me a reason, right?"

The Middle-aged Man said arrogantly: "You want a reason? Your hygiene here is substandard, and the one million is the fine."

Zhou Yongliang's face turned ashen from Qi, and he couldn't help but say again: "One million just by opening your mouth. You truly have great prestige.

Who exactly are you? Take out your identification and let me see it!"

The Middle-aged Man said discontentedly: "Old Man, I tolerated it when the pretty girl spoke, but why does an old geezer like you keep interfering?

My identification is not for you to look at. Hurry up and scram."

Ye Bufan stopped Zhou Yongliang again, then said: "Which department are you from?"

Ma Wenbo said: "This is Section Chief Liu of the Inspection Department of the Sanitation Bureau. If you offend him, he can seal your shop in minutes."

"Section Chief Liu, is it? What great prestige," Ye Bufan said mockingly. "You don't even recognize the Director, yet you have the nerve to call yourself a Section Chief.

"The Middle-aged Man said disdainfully: "Trying to scare me with the Director, huh? I'm telling you, if our Director came here, the consequences for you would be even more severe. One million wouldn't be enough to solve the problem then."

"But your Director is already here," Ye Bufan said. "Let me introduce you. This is Director Zhou of the Sanitation Bureau.

You don't even know who your Director is, yet you run here pretending to be a Section Chief. It seems your acting performance is substandard."

The Middle-aged Man's expression changed, and he then said: "Kid, trying to scare me with the Director, huh? Do you think you can just find any Old Man and claim he's our Director?"

Zhou Yongliang said angrily: "I am the Director of the Sanitation Bureau! Which department are you from? Hurry up and clarify it for me."

This time, a hint of panic flashed in the Middle-aged Man's eyes, and he turned his head to look at Ma Wenbo.

Ma Wenbo, however, was completely unfazed. He threw the cigarette butt in his hand onto the ground and looked at Zhou Yongliang mockingly, saying: "Someone like you, trying to pretend to be the Director? That outfit you're wearing probably costs less than 500 yuan combined, right?"

He had already thoroughly investigated Ye Bufan's situation. He was just a poor kid who somehow got lucky and saved Dong Tianda's son.

But no matter what, a poor kid is still a poor kid. He had no connections and certainly couldn't know the Director of the Sanitation Bureau.

He ignored the ashen-faced Zhou Yongliang and spoke to Ye Bufan again: "One million. Are you going to pay or not? If you don't pay, I'll seal your shop right now!"

The Middle-aged Man seemed to regain his confidence and shouted to the subordinates next to him: "That's enough, stop wasting words on him! Seal the shop now. You can just wait to close down!"

"Seal my sister? I've put up with you long enough!"

Ye Bufan raised his leg and kicked the Middle-aged Man to the ground.

Everyone else was startled. They hadn't expected this Young man, who had just been so polite, to have such a fiery temper, acting without hesitation.

Many onlookers had gathered at the restaurant entrance, and they were also shocked. They knew these people were usually high and mighty officials, yet the boss of this restaurant actually dared to strike them.

The Middle-aged Man clearly hadn't anticipated this outcome. When he came back to his senses, he was utterly furious and shouted at his subordinates: "Are you all idiots? Hurry up and attack him! First, cripple this kid, and then smash his restaurant!"

Upon receiving the order, those men immediately rushed toward Ye Bufan with fierce looks.