Chapter 427: Whoa, This Young Man

"Team Leader Xu, the result's in—the couple's at Yintai Mall!" the officer turned at once and reported the findings to Xu Mo.

Xu Mo was standing right behind him; even if the officer hadn't turned to tell him, Xu Mo would have seen.

The couple actually ran into the mall!

One must know that a mall's foot traffic is huge; a couple possibly armed with pistols in such a place puts all uninformed shoppers at risk.

Especially if the couple opens fire inside the mall, panic will break out, the crowd will scramble, and a stampede could occur...

Thinking that, Xu Mo immediately made a decision: he would temporarily abandon the investigating officer and go help Han Fei capture them.

After all, to deal with an armed couple, Han Fei's side definitely lacks manpower.

After confirming the couple's location, Xu Mo called Han Fei back.

"How's it going, got them? Where are they now?" Han Fei asked anxiously as soon as the line connected.

"Found them. They're at Yintai Mall. Your team's short on manpower... I'm heading over to help you!"

After speaking, Xu Mo turned to the three officers already cleared of suspicion: "You three, get ready and come with me."

…

Yintai Mall.

Xu Mo, with Wang Dachuan, Chen Ke, and the three cleared officers, rushed here at top speed.

Meanwhile, Han Fei arrived here with Li Chen, Lao Zhou, and Xiao Zhang.

The two sides met at the mall entrance.

"Let's split up and go in to look for them; that'll be more efficient. When you spot the couple, don't act rashly—just keep them in sight. If you find a suspect, notify everyone immediately; wait until everyone arrives before moving as a group," Han Fei repeated before entering: "The suspects may have guns, so don't act rashly!"

To locate the couple quickly, they needed to disperse and conduct a carpet‑style search.

The mall has five floors.

They now have ten people, just enough to assign two per floor for the search.

The few of them briefly divided the search zones, then scattered to begin the carpet search.

…

Fifth floor.

"Waiter! Come, come, you—what the hell is this? Look at what's in this dish! Get your manager over here!"

In the restaurant, a man pointed at the dish on the table and snapped at the waiter.

There was a fly in the dish.

After seeing the fly, the waiter immediately called the manager.

"Sorry, sir, the kitchen must have missed it. I can have them remake it for you—how does that sound? Actually, this meal is on the house, no charge. Apologies for affecting your dining experience."

"What the hell, is it just about making another one? I've already eaten half and only now found a fly. You think a remake fixes it?" the man persisted.

"Compensation, you must pay! According to that Food Law... you owe me three times the price, no, if it's under a thousand you owe a thousand, you owe me a thousand!"

The manager just wanted the incident over quickly; there were other diners, and if it kept escalating their business would suffer, costing more than a thousand.

So the manager thought briefly and decided to follow the customer's demand, compensating him one thousand yuan.

The manager smiled and said, "Alright, it's our fault, we'll compensate. Sorry, sir."

Seeing the manager's good attitude, the man's anger subsided considerably.

"Damn it... bring me a glass of water, I need to rinse my mouth."

"No problem, just a moment, I'll have the waiter get you water," the manager said, pulling out his phone.

Apologizing, he added, "Sir, please show me the Payment QR Code, I'll transfer the money. Sorry, the kitchen must have slipped up today..."

Never strike a smiling person.

Even though the man still had anger, he couldn't resist the manager's good attitude; if he kept causing a scene he'd look uncivilized, so he merely muttered discontentedly.

"You should pay more attention; there's a fly in the dish. Seriously, I won't come back here again."

"Sorry, sorry, we'll definitely improve in the future..." the manager kept apologizing.

After receiving the manager's compensation transfer, the man lifted the glass of water the waiter brought, rinsed his mouth, then stood up with his wife, ready to leave the restaurant.

Coincidentally, a young man at the neighboring table also found a fly in his just‑served dish, but he hadn't started eating yet, so his discovery was timely.

Since he hadn't eaten that fly‑infested dish, he didn't feel especially nauseous, just a bit uneasy.

A fly in the dish really spoils one's mood.

But recalling the man at the next table's actions, the young man also planned to follow suit and demand compensation.

Even though he didn't eat it, that doesn't prevent him from claiming compensation; it's his right under the Food Law.

Thinking this, the young man at the table, with a displeased expression, waved at the manager, pointed at the fly in the dish and said, "Hey manager, don't leave yet, come over, you damn open your eyes and show me exactly what this is!"

However, at that moment.

Some commotion suddenly came from the entrance.

Beside the angry couple who were leaving, several big men suddenly appeared.

Without a word, they immediately subdued the two.

The young man clearly saw that the few big men who burst out of the entrance in broad daylight grabbed the couple; the kidnapping took less than three seconds—just a blink, and the couple was taken away.

"Who are you? What do you want?" the abducted man exclaimed, completely bewildered.

Kidnapping in broad daylight, in front of so many people??

Is there any sense of justice left? Any law left?!

The man thought to himself whether he'd recently offended anyone, but after a while he couldn't figure out who.

If he had to name someone he offended recently, it would have to be this restaurant...

This damn place is a black shop!

I only asked for a thousand yuan; is that enough to justify kidnapping me?!

Thinking of that, the man started to chicken out.

"Big Brother, Big Brother... we can talk it out, it's just a thousand yuan, I don't want it, can't I give it back to you?"

Xu Mo said he didn't understand the man's words at all.

What thousand yuan? What the heck is this guy talking about?

He reached out and patted the man on the head: "Be honest!"

The youngster: "???"

He watched helplessly as the man who had just caused a scene in the restaurant was hauled away by several hulking men; he was dumbfounded.

This damn place is a black shop!

First they politely pay compensation, then they go looking for revenge?

His freshly formed idea of demanding compensation instantly dissipated.

Money or not, it doesn't matter; it's only a thousand yuan. Getting a beating over a mere thousand... not worth it!

The sound from outside the door was naturally heard by the manager, but out of professional ethics he didn't choose to watch the commotion outside; instead he looked at the customer who had just called him.

Just now, his attention had been drawn away and he hadn't heard the customer's words, so the manager, with an involuntary smile, asked a question.

"Excuse me, sir, what did you just say? I didn't quite catch it, could you say it again?"

A smile hiding a knife—it's a threat to me... sure enough, it's a black shop!

The youngster forced out a smile.

"Haha, it's fine, it's fine... I wanted to thank you, you are too polite, afraid I wouldn't get enough to eat, you even added some meat to the vegetarian dish to supplement protein, that's pretty good... pretty good."

Following the direction of the youngster's finger, the manager saw a fly in the dish.

Manager: "???"

WTF... this youngster!