Chapter 447: The Conflict Sparked by Gu Jianfa

Gu Anran tugged at the mask, met the man's gaze, and asked again, "What would you like to drink?"

The man shook his head: "I'm not drinking anything."

"I'm just here to see you."

Even with the mask on, Gu Anran's complexion clearly turned cold.

Wu An, who was playing on his phone, looked up.

The man opposite continued, "My name is Xie Jiong, and someone introduced you to me."

"They said you're the most beautiful girl in our town."

"Actually I've seen you before; you used to sell seafood snacks at the Street corner, right?"

"Back then I just glanced from afar and thought you were just… that."

"But seeing you up close today, it's truly no exaggeration."

"You really are the most beautiful I've seen in town, looking like a star."

He finished speaking and grinned.

The man beside him nudged Xie Jiong and whispered, "Those money weren't wasted; you've made a big profit, kid."

Xie Jiong nodded vigorously.

Gu Anran, having not heard the man beside him, forcefully set the cup in her hand down and said, "That's enough watching; now hurry up and leave!"

Xie Jiong shook his head: "I'm not leaving."

"Since you have no business right now, let's chat a bit."

Gu Anran: "I have nothing to talk about with you."

Xie Jiong was about to speak when Wu An grabbed his collar from behind.

Xie Jiong turned, sized up Wu An, and shouted irritably, "Kid, what do you mean?"

Wu An pointed at the Gate and said, "I have no other intention, just one: get out quickly."

Xie Jiong stared and asked, "Who are you?"

Wu An retorted, "Don't you know who I am?"

Xie Jiong shook his head.

Wu An frowned, sensing complications, and asked, "Xie Jiong, you said someone introduced you—who was it?"

Xie Jiong pointed at Gu Anran and said, "Her Uncle, and he even took an introduction fee from me."

Wu An and Gu Anran exchanged a glance; this indeed seemed like something Gu Jianfa could have done.

Gu Anran wasn't surprised, but was furious!

For money, Gu Jianfa really would go any way—treating her as merchandise for sale?

Wu An was silent for a moment, then asked, "How can you be sure the introducer is my fiancée's Uncle?"

Xie Jiong asked, "Fiancée… are you engaged?"

Wu An nodded.

Xie Jiong looked a bit stunned, scratched his head, and after a moment said, "Your Uncle really isn't a decent person."

"That guy showed me a photo of you two together, plus pictures of your household register and ID cards."

"I was also afraid he was a fraud, so I double‑checked."

"I didn't expect to still be duped."

He looked at Wu An, embarrassed, and said, "Bro, it's not my fault."

"It's that guy…"

Wu An nodded and said, "I know."

"Just my bad…" Xie Jiong couldn't help but glance at Gu Anran again, sighed, and was about to leave.

His companion grabbed him and said, "You're leaving just like that?"

"That guy kept your money and won't give it back?"

"What if they're colluding…"

At that moment.

A few more men pushed the Gate open and entered; the buzz‑cut man at the front said, "Gu Jianfa did it alone."

"I've asked."

"And confirmed."

Gu Anran couldn't help but feel her vision go black.

Other victims?

Wu An walked to the bar, reached out and wrapped his arms around Gu Anran, his fingers gently massaging her slender waist in a soothing gesture, and Gu Anran's tense body gradually relaxed.

After soothing for a while, Wu An extended his other hand and took the Fruit Knife that Gu Anran had grabbed.

He had no doubt that, as long as Gu Jianfa was nearby, the Fruit Knife in Gu Anran's hand would certainly pass through, achieving the "White Knife In Red Knife Out" feat.

Of course, he also wished to kill Gu Jianfa.

Gu Jianfa's death would be no loss.

In that moment, a plan to deal with Gu Jianfa formed in his mind, his thoughts scattering and the scheme continuously refined.

But dealing with Gu Jianfa would have to wait; for now, the buzz‑cut men seemed ill‑intent.

Xie Jiong looked at the buzz‑cut man and asked, "Are you also a victim?"

"Yes, I was also swindled out of an introduction fee by Gu Jianfa." The buzz‑cut man gestured to the people beside him: "They're all victims too."

Whoa.

What a guy.

Victim Alliance, huh.

Xie Jiong seemed to have found the organization, inexplicably a bit excited, and asked, "So now that you already know… you came here to demand money?"

The short‑haired man nodded again.

Gu Anran took a deep breath, clenched his teeth and said, "If you want that money, go ask Gu Jianfa. I will not repay it for him."

The short‑haired man looked over with an unfriendly gaze and sneered, "You say you won't pay, so you just won't?"

Xie Jiong scratched his head, raised his hand, and said, "Bro, let me speak fairly, I also think we should go ask Gu Jianfa for the money."

The short‑haired man said, "We asked, but he doesn't have any."

Xie Jiong, curious, said, "Just asking surely won't get it, we have to beat him up."

The short‑haired man said, "No need to say that, we hang him up and beat him."

The others shouted along.

"What the hell are we asking for? That guy is so poor his underwear is torn."

"Damn, we beat him up, and he still wants to borrow money from us to buy Yunnan Baiyao."

"He made us come here to demand money."

"We must get the money back today."

The short‑haired man pulled out a stool, sat down broadly, and pointed at Gu Anran, saying, "If you don't pay, we won't leave today. When a guest comes later, we'll tell this story and see who looks more shameful."

Gu Anran trembled with anger.

Wu An sent Gu Anran to the inner storage room, then closed the door, turned back to the short‑haired man and said, "Don't be impatient."

"Gu Jianfa currently has no money, but he'll have some soon."

"You can wait patiently."

The short‑haired man asked, "Why should I trust what you say?"

Wu An smiled, "Even if I lie to you, what loss do you have?"

"I warn you, don't think about causing trouble here."

"I don't want to get involved in this mess, but if you cause a scene here, that's a different story."

The short‑haired man argued, "You all are family."

Wu An sneered, "Don't randomly claim kinship with us."

"Don't say it's Uncle; even if it's your own parents doing this, we still won't acknowledge it later."

Xie Jiong nodded, "That's reasonable."

"Bro, where did you hang Gu Jianfa?"

"I want to go beat him up to vent."

The short‑haired man brushed off Xie Jiong's hand on his shoulder, saying irritably, "Who are you?"

"Stop messing around here."

"Kid, don't talk nonsense, I just want the money."

Wu An, seeing the talk was useless and too lazy for more words, raised his hand and pointed at the glass door: "Leave now, I won't argue with you."

"Yo, still pretending."

The young man beside the short‑haired man had been fuming for a while; seeing Wu An's hostile attitude, he kicked the bar counter. Someone else got involved, and the others followed suit, sweeping the items on the counter onto the floor.

Wu An scanned the room, then looked at the short‑haired man: "Not leaving, huh?"

The short‑haired man leaned back, his occiput against the wall, looked at Wu An with contempt, and said, "None of us are scared."

"Stop pretending to be tough."

"If you have the guts, you can shake people."

Wu An said no more and took out his phone.

"Do you know the milk‑tea shop at the east side of the town?"

"It's called 'First Encounter.'"

"Now there are 1, 2, 3… a total of six people causing trouble."

"Right, come quickly."