Chapter 488: Let You Open a Gourmet Shop, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"I know."

Hu Ge nodded, turning to look at the fat man beside him: "Fat man, how did the thing I asked you to look into last night go?"

The fat man patted his chest, looking smug as he said: "Hu Ge, you can rest assured about things I handle! I spent half the night getting close with people nearby last night, and I've already found everything out!"

As he spoke, his gaze drifted toward the alley entrance, and he pointed to the garbage collection point beside him: "Boss Lu closes up shop every night, and if that little waitress leaves early, she'll come here to throw out garbage not long after. I've been watching the alley entrance this whole time, and that little girl just left not long ago, so tonight she'll definitely come throw out garbage herself."

"Hmm, not bad. Do you know the exact time?"

Hu Ge nodded, pulled out his mobile phone from his pocket, and took a look. It was just past eight oh five now.

The fat man scratched his head, his voice quieter than before, guessing as he said: "The exact time... I'm not too sure either. I guess it's probably around ten minutes or so..."

"You didn't even figure out the exact time, and this is what you call 'you can rest assured about things I handle'?"

Hu Ge glared at the fat man, raised his foot, and kicked him on the butt.

The fat man rubbed his butt, saying somewhat embarrassedly in a low voice: "Sorry, Hu Ge. I'll definitely remember to ask clearly next time."

"Forget it, forget it."

Hu Ge waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over the terrain of the alley: "We'll just do it as I planned earlier. Hide here and wait for him to come over."

"Hu Ge, I'll take the lead when the time comes!"

The fat man stepped forward, volunteering loudly.

He had just been scolded by Hu Ge and felt he'd lost face in front of everyone, worrying he had no chance to regain the face he'd lost. Now he'd just seized the opportunity, intending to put on a good show.

After glancing at him, Hu Ge nodded, planning with a calm expression: "Fine. In a bit, Fat Man, you'll be responsible for blocking him head-on. I'll block his rear path, so he doesn't run toward Food Street later—too many people and eyes over there, not good for taking action."

After saying that, he turned to look at the short man beside him: "You're small and nimble. Later, keep watch from the side and find the right moment to fill in."

"Okay, Hu Ge!"

The short man immediately nodded with an excited expression, rubbing his fists and palms, looking like he couldn't wait.

Finally, Hu Ge's gaze fell on Yellow Hair: "Yellow Hair, I see you're not in good shape tonight. Since you know Boss Lu, don't get involved when we take action."

Hu Ge's tone softened a bit. He raised his hand and pointed toward the alley entrance: "Later, you stand under the tree opposite the alley entrance and keep watch for us. If you see him coming, call me. When we take action later, you keep an eye on people outside, and notify us in time if there's any situation."

Yellow Hair breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't want to take action against Lu Feng, and Hu Ge's arrangement relieved a lot of the pressure in his heart.

For the sake of brotherhood among the few of them, he hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and agreed.

"Alright. Later, we'll do it as I arranged. Everyone, get into position now."

Hu Ge waved his hand, and the few of them dispersed. The pitch-black alley grew quiet.

Ten minutes later, Lu Feng indeed came out of Lu Family Restaurant carrying a large black garbage bag.

"Hu Ge, Boss Lu is here."

Yellow Hair hid behind the green belt opposite the alley entrance, lowering his voice as he spoke into his mobile phone.

"Understood."

Hu Ge on the other end of the phone answered briefly and hung up.

In the pitch-black, quiet alley, only the sound of Lu Feng's own footsteps could be heard.

The alley was especially dark tonight. The streetlights had been broken for several days and no one had come to fix them. Now the moon in the sky was covered by clouds, making the alley especially dim.

But Lu Feng had walked this small alley alone many times already and was long used to the darkness here.

Lu Feng walked to the garbage collection point. Just as he was about to lift the lid of the garbage bin, he suddenly sensed movement deep in the alley.

He paused in his movement and looked over there.

A plump figure darted out from not far away and walked toward him step by step.

Lu Feng furrowed his brow. Apart from people coming to throw out garbage, very few people usually came to this alley.

The appearance of this person before his eyes made him feel something was off in his heart.

Lu Feng subconsciously glanced behind him. As he had expected, there were also two figures, one tall and one short, behind him, blocking the road back to Food Street.

Anyone else would probably have started to panic by now, but Lu Feng was unusually calm.

He quickly recalled in his mind whether he had offended anyone recently.

His restaurant's business was getting better and better now, so it was inevitable that he would incur the envy and jealousy of certain people.

But during these days of running a restaurant on Food Street, he had never had any conflict with any merchant here.

Now the merchants on Food Street, relying on the customer flow brought by Lu Family Restaurant, earned much more than before.

They also all understood that this was all due to Lu Feng's personal contribution. Whenever they saw Lu Feng, they were courteous and polite. There was no reason for them to come cause trouble for him.

Lu Feng then thought of someone else.

Could it be that bespectacled man I previously refused to let set up an automatic vending machine in the shop?

He still remembered the scene at that time.

After being refused by Lu Feng, the bespectacled man cleverly cooperated with the owner of the braised food shop next to Lu Family Restaurant, placing the automatic vending machine at the entrance of Lu Family Restaurant.

But Lu Feng just used a small trick, and with the cooperation of the diners, within a day, the automatic vending machine was ignored by everyone.

A few days later, that automatic vending machine was withdrawn from Food Street.

But after that, that bespectacled man never showed his face on Food Street again.

If it really was him sending people to take revenge, it should have happened long ago. There was no need to wait this long to pull something like this on him.

Lu Feng quickly rejected this guess in his heart, his gaze sweeping over the three people.

Could it be that he was overthinking, and these people just simply wanted to block the road and rob?

"Who are you? Do you have business with me?"

Lu Feng thought for a long time but couldn't figure out where these people were from, so he simply spoke up and asked.

"Heh heh, we are……"

The fat man blocking Lu Feng stepped forward, speaking in a very smug tone, preparing to introduce himself.

But just as he began to speak, Hu Ge behind him shouted loudly to cut him off: "Fat man, don't waste words with him! Attack together, remember not to hurt his hand, don't strike too hard, just teach him a lesson!"

When Hu Ge spoke, he deliberately pinched his throat, making his voice much hoarser; clearly he didn't want to reveal his identity.

"Rest assured, Hu Ge! I know!"

The fat man immediately agreed, rolled up his sleeves to reveal arms full of fat, and advanced toward Lu Feng.