Chapter 316

Lin Qianhuan stared intently, directly into the man’s eyes, as if trying to nail him to the pillar of shame.

At the mention of “surveillance,” the man instantly panicked. The tray in his hand tilted slightly, spilling some of the soup.

Steadying himself, he took a deep breath. “Who knows if you’ll twist my words, obscure the important points, or provide fake surveillance footage? I can’t be bothered to argue with you any further. How about this? You compensate me with 30 first-level crystal cores, and we’ll consider this matter settled. How does that sound?”

At first glance, his condition didn’t seem excessive; it even seemed fair. After all, a serving of stir-fried cauliflower cost 30 first-level crystal cores, and the man wasn’t asking for a penny more.

But it was precisely his concession that dug a huge pit for Lin Qianhuan and the fast-food restaurant.

Once Lin Qianhuan agreed to compensate with 30 first-level crystal cores to settle the matter, it would mean she was admitting that the food in her restaurant was unclean. In the future, people would definitely seize on this flaw and not let go.

This man wasn’t here to extort money; it seemed like he was deliberately trying to smear the fast-food restaurant and affect its business.

But why was that?

Lin Qianhuan was new here and didn’t seem to have offended anyone, right?

Besides, today was only the second day of business. Even if there were competitors who wanted to compete with her, they wouldn’t be this impatient, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Qianhuan curled her lips and immediately guessed the man’s real purpose.

Someone related to the fast-food restaurant, who also had many enemies in the Nanfeng Base and was being targeted… There was probably only one person like that.

Lin Qianhuan chuckled softly, stepped to the cashier counter, and turned on the computer on the desk.

“What you’re saying isn’t right. Compensation requires that I’ve done something wrong. But since right and wrong haven’t been clearly determined, why should I compensate you with 30 first-level crystal cores?”

She held the mouse and opened the surveillance video. Several onlookers who had finished eating crowded around, instantly surrounding Lin Qianhuan, closely watching the man’s every move in the surveillance footage.

They saw him swagger into the fast-food restaurant and go to the window to order food. Then, he took out a mutated mosquito from his pocket and quickly threw it into the dish while no one was paying attention, stirring it a few times.

Everyone present knew what happened next.

Lin Qianhuan looked up at the man. Realizing something was wrong, he instinctively wanted to run, but he was stopped by the clearing team.

He nervously swallowed his saliva but still refused to admit his mistake.

“Who knows if your surveillance is real or fake! Besides, the surveillance camera is hanging on the wall in the southeast corner and can’t capture my face at all! The angle of your recording is wrong. What is this if not slander? It’s possible that some strangely-powered Superpower user is at work, deliberately fabricating the video to target me!”

Nowadays, there were many different types of Superpower users, and some Superpower s had never even been heard of. The man’s suspicion did have some basis.

Furthermore, the fast-food restaurant openly only had one surveillance camera. Logically, it couldn’t capture his actions.

Lin Qianhuan chuckled. “There’s only one surveillance camera in plain sight, but where you can’t see, there are countless mechanical eyes watching you. Our restaurant’s surveillance is 360° without dead angles. We can see clearly who does what. Of course, if you think I really tampered with the surveillance, we can find someone from the Security Bureau to investigate. After all, there will be Superpower fluctuations remaining after using an Superpower, and we’ll know with a single check.”

Seeing that Lin Qianhuan wasn’t at all guilty, but the man was sweating profusely, the onlookers all understood and looked at the man with disdain.

Stubborn and cunning, definitely not a good person.

The man endured the scornful gazes of the crowd, his face flushed purple, somewhat at a loss.

He was ordered to make trouble, and he thought that with only one surveillance camera, he could easily complete the mission by taking advantage of the blind spot.

But he didn’t expect that the owner in front of him was so well-prepared, secretly hiding multiple cameras to monitor the customers’ every move.

Now, he was completely unable to escape.

Lin Qianhuan locked the computer screen and walked up to the man.

“Who sent you?”

The man bit his teeth tightly and didn’t say a word, as if to say, “What can you do to me?”

Indeed, his slander and rumors weren’t a big crime.

Even if the Security Bureau intervened, they could only detain him for a day or two, and he wouldn’t suffer too much.

Not to mention, he had backers behind him.

Seeing his “dead pig not afraid of boiling water” attitude, Lin Qianhuan’s expression became colder and colder.

“You won’t talk, huh? Very good, you’re a loyal dog. But I never look at the owner when I beat a dog.”

She took a step forward, leaned close to the man, and lowered her voice, “You better sleep with your eyes open tonight, or else… hehe.”

After saying these things, Lin Qianhuan picked up the plate and poured all the remaining stir-fried cauliflower into the man’s mouth.

Including the mutated mosquito the size of a ping-pong ball.

The insect was still raw and hadn’t been processed in any way. It slid into the man’s throat just like that.

The bitter, fishy, and stinky taste kept surging upward. He covered his mouth and ran out of the store in a very sorry state, vomiting until the world was spinning.

Lin Qianhuan smiled and comforted the other customers. “Sorry, everyone, there was a little episode. Ye Xinglan, give everyone a serving of pickled cucumber as a gift.”

“Okay!”

There was a good show to watch, and there were also pickles to eat. Every customer was very satisfied with Lin Qianhuan’s arrangement.

On the second day of business, she made a net profit of 48,000 first-level crystal cores.

After arranging dinner for the employees and the clearing team, Lin Qianhuan and Jiang Xing took a sightseeing bus to the wealthy area of the Nanfeng Base to find Qi Tingyue.

The person who made trouble today was likely inseparable from Qi Tingyue’s enemies.

In order to better deal with various troubles in the future, Lin Qianhuan planned to ask Qi Tingyue about his current situation.

And how many enemies he actually had in the Nanfeng Base.

Arriving outside the gate of Yufu Huacheng, the two were not surprised to be stopped by the security guard.

The man had sunglasses perched on his nose, and he frowned as he sized them up.

“Who are you? What are you doing here? You’re not here to find friends or relatives, are you?”

Lin Qianhuan also knew the rules and took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, stuffing it into the security guard’s hand.

“Brother, can you please be accommodating and let me see Young Master Qi? I agreed to meet him at Villa No. 23 in Yufu Huacheng at noon.”

Having received a benefit, the security guard’s face showed a hint of a smile, and his words were no longer so rude and forceful.

He softened his voice and said, “You’re late. Young Master Qi was just driven out of the gate of Yufu Huacheng half an hour ago. He’s probably looking for a place to live now, right?”

Perhaps because of that pack of cigarettes, the security guard looked around and said a few more words.

“Although the Qi family is large and has a great business, they are still businessmen after all, and they don’t have much power. They don’t know what mistakes they made, but their houses, cars, supplies, and crystal cores were all taken away. Now they can be considered penniless and have no place to stay.”

Lin Qianhuan was a little shocked. “The Qi family is indeed in business, but they are always a well-established aristocratic family. How could they be reduced to this state?”

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