Urban Martial Saint

Ms. Bo personally escorted Lin Mengjie to the door, holding her hand and repeatedly saying, ”Manager Lin, thank you, thank you so much. I’m really sorry about what happened before!”

Lin Mengjie smiled lightly and said, ”Ms. Bo, there’s no need to say these things to me; you were deceived by others. If you really want to thank me, take good care of me more in the future. I’ve just arrived in Shenchuan City, and there’s a lot I don’t understand—I’ll still need your help!”

”You can count on me, Manager Lin,” Ms. Bo immediately declared, thumping her chest, ”You’ve already called me ’sister,’ how could I not take care of you? Don’t worry, I’m going to call the sisters who work as customer managers right now. Anyone who is a friend of mine will definitely stop making things difficult for you!”

Lin Mengjie couldn’t help but be overjoyed, gripping Ms. Bo’s hand sincerely and saying, ”Ms. Bo, I really can’t thank you enough!”

Lin Mengjie still had to visit eight more venues, and all their managers had already been dealt with. However, the customer managers were not so easy to handle since they controlled the hostess resources, which were very important. With Ms. Bo’s help, it was going to be much easier for Lin Mengjie to get these venues in order!

One has to say, Ms. Bo, although hot-tempered, abrasive in her speech, and somewhat arrogant, was also a person of genuine disposition. When she considered you a friend, she would give you her all. That was why she had so many girls willing to follow her and heed her commands, why she had so many friends in Shenchuan City, and why so many people listened to her words.

Now that she considered Lin Mengjie one of her closest friends, managing Ye Qing’s ten venues had become a lot easier, and this was certainly a big gain for Mengjie.

Quan Kun stood at the entrance, staring in astonishment as Ms. Bo and her colleagues from Yunyi escorted Lin Mengjie out, his eyes nearly popping out of his head. He knew Ms. Bo’s nature; she was not someone easily swayed, and her decisions couldn’t be changed by others. Moreover, before coming, he had successfully stoked her anger, but how on earth had Lin Mengjie managed to pacify her?

Of course, Quan Kun didn’t know what had happened inside the room, but seeing such a scenario, he had to marvel at Lin Mengjie’s methods once more. The woman had been entrusted with a significant role by Ye Qingqi for good reason. Looking at it this way, the other venues simply couldn’t make any significant trouble for her.

Ms. Bo personally accompanied Lin Mengjie downstairs, while elsewhere, Erqiang was loaded into a car by Yue Peng’s people and sent out of Shenchuan City overnight. This was Lin Mengjie’s promise to Ms. Bo, ensuring she would never have to see Erqiang in Shenchuan City again. As for Leopard Head, Ms. Bo certainly wouldn’t be involved with him after this, even without Lin Mengjie’s saying. Ms. Bo wasn’t a fool; continuing a relationship with Leopard Head could very well cost her life!

Handling the following venues then became easier. Ms. Bo truly lived up to her word and made calls to her sisters. Although those customer managers didn’t know exactly what happened on Ms. Bo’s end, they certainly didn’t dare to make things difficult for Lin Mengjie anymore. They all knew Ms. Bo’s temperament and capabilities; Ms. Bo had the most top cards and hostesses among them. Since Ms. Bo was deferential to Lin Mengjie, how could they dare to oppose Mengjie!

In four hours that evening, Lin Mengjie visited all ten of Ye Qing’s venues, and incidentally, she placed Old Fifth Yang’s men in each of them as internal security to prevent disturbances like drunk patrons causing a scene.

Given Ye’s current situation in Shenchuan City, aside from big gangs like the Tianqing Gang and Fu Bang, no one dared to cause trouble at his venues. And if Tianqing Gang and Fu Bang really wanted to take action, it would be on a large scale, and those seven or eight people in each venue wouldn’t even be enough. The people Lin Mengjie had placed were not to deal with Tianqing Gang and Fu Bang, but rather to take care of some drunk customers.

These patrons were unlikely to have much involvement with various groups and factions; they were merely drunk and acting foolishly. If they caused a commotion in the venue while drunk, it would be up to the internal security to handle it. In better cases, they’d be half-escorted, half-coerced out, and if they really didn’t take the hint, they had to be forcibly removed, although such situations were generally rare.

While Lin Mengjie was visiting the ten venues, she also took the opportunity to introduce Qin Jing to the managers of each venue. Qin Jing was brought over by Ye Qingqi to collect accounts from the venues every day. Therefore, in the future, all the money handed over by the venues would be received personally by Qin Jing.

After completing the rounds of the venues, Old Fifth Yang’s people had all been assigned. Even Chen Jun Hou San Yuepeng and others were settled, each leading a few subordinates and being hosted in a different venue.

With everything taken care of, it was already early morning. Lin Mengjie left the last venue, finally letting out a long sigh of relief. With her efforts tonight, she had dealt with all those who were unruly in the venues; their normal business and money-making had certainly been secured. What remained was to cultivate her own people to take over the control of the venues bit by bit, fully bringing these ten venues under Ye Qing’s control, which would take some time.

Sitting in the car, Lin Mengjie picked up her phone and dialed Ye Qingqi’s number, laughing as she said, ”Big Brother Ye, I’ve sorted out all ten venues for you!”

Ye Qingqi had just returned home and was overjoyed to hear that Lin Mengjie had settled everything regarding the venues, ”Really? That fast?”

”It seems fast to you, but it took quite the effort on my part,” Lin Mengjie said, ”So, Big Brother Ye, don’t you think it’s time to reward me?”

”Of course,” Ye replied, ”I’ll give you a raise tomorrow!”

Lin Mengjie pouted and said, ”I don’t want a raise!”

”Then what would you like?” Ye Qingqi asked curiously.

”Hmm...” Lin Mengjie looked around and then suddenly said, ”I’ve been running around for four or five hours, and now I’m starving. How about you treat me to a late-night snack?”

”A late-night snack at this hour?” Ye Qingqi glanced at the clock on the wall; it was nearly half-past one in the morning.

Ye sighed, ”It’s already the middle of the night, eating now isn’t easy to digest, and it’s not good for the body.”

Mengjie pouted and said, ”I don’t care, I want to eat a late-night snack, and you have to come out with me!”

Ye was caught off guard by Mengjie’s sudden request. He scratched his head and said, ”I was already asleep, how about you come back and I’ll order some takeout for you?”

”If you’re not coming then forget it, I don’t even fancy eating anymore!” Mengjie hung up the phone angrily, throwing her mobile onto the passenger seat. Frowning slightly, she huffed, ”What a big idiot!”

Ye didn’t understand why Mengjie had suddenly blown up like that and was taken aback. He had indeed been asleep, but Mengjie’s call had left him somewhat at a loss. Clutching his phone in bed, he stayed silent for a while before finally getting dressed and getting up. After all, Mengjie was a girl, and it wasn’t very safe for her to be alone on the streets at night.

As he went downstairs, got in his car, and headed out, Ye called back, but no one answered. He grew anxious and hurriedly contacted Yue Peng to confirm Mengjie’s last known location, then immediately drove there.

Arriving at the entrance of the place, Yue Peng was also standing there. Seeing Ye, he rushed over, saying, ”Ye, what exactly happened?”

Ye couldn’t outright say that Mengjie was angry with him, so he laughed it off to sidestep the question, asked which direction Mengjie had gone, and then drove off after her.

Driving along the road for about fifteen minutes, Ye finally spotted Mengjie’s car parked by a night market stall. There she was, sitting at the stall, visibly upset, with a few men next door eying her with ill intent.

The streets of Shenchuan City late at night were not that safe, especially in such a mixed and chaotic place.

Ye exhaled and parked his car by the curb, walking over to sit in front of Mengjie.

Seeing Ye, a flicker of joy passed through Mengjie’s eyes, but her face showed even more anger as she said, ”Who asked you to come? Go back and sleep!”

Ye himself didn’t understand where Mengjie’s anger was coming from. He just looked around and said, ”Don’t come to places like this alone next time. It’s not safe so late at night!”

”You even know to care about me!” Mengjie glanced at Ye and said, ”I thought you wouldn’t bother with me at all, that you wouldn’t care whether I was dead or alive out here!”

”How could that be possible!” Ye hastily said, ”You are the general manager I hired personally, and before I left, Fifth Brother repeatedly instructed me to take good care of you. If something really happened to you, how would I explain it to Fifth Brother?”

”Explain, explain, always about explaining!” Mengjie retorted angrily, ”Are you here looking for me because of Uncle Yang, or because of me?”

Ye thought for a moment but still couldn’t grasp the difference, saying, ”I was afraid you were in danger!”

Mengjie asked, ”So are you actually worried about me being in danger, or are you worried that if I get into trouble, you won’t be able to explain it to Uncle Yang?”

Ye frowned slightly, about to speak, when a man reeking of alcohol suddenly walked over and plopped down next to Mengjie.

”Hey, beauty, has anyone told you that you’re very pretty?” the man said, gazing at Mengjie affectionately while he winked at her, dislodging an eye booger from the corner of his eye.

Mengjie, who had been pressing Ye for answers, didn’t expect someone to interrupt them so suddenly and frowned, saying, ”Hey, dude, has anyone told you that you’re very ugly?”

Mengjie’s comment was blunt, and it immediately set the man off. He slammed the table and snapped, ”What the hell did you say?”

Actually, the man was not bad-looking, and he had used this approach to pick up quite a few girls before. No one had ever spoken to him like this. Now that Mengjie had said such a thing, it naturally infuriated him.

Undeterred, Mengjie said coolly, ”I said, someone as ugly as you shouldn’t be out deceiving girls anymore. It’s easy to scare them!”