Seeing Song Yan Ning’s adorable appearance, Qin Yushen couldn’t help but reach out and pinch her face. "Let’s go eat first."
Song Yan Ning gave Qin Yushen a glance and slapped his hand away. "Stop fidgeting."
Qin Yushen laughed heartily, took Song Yan Ning’s hand, and whispered in her ear, "I’ll only use hands, no feet, who made you so cute."
Song Yan Ning snorted lightly, turned her head, and a slight curve formed at the corner of her mouth.
Hu City was bustling at night. Walking on the streets, there were throngs of people everywhere.
"What would you like to eat?" Qin Yushen looked at Song Yan Ning. After leaving the hotel, they put on masks and now blended in with the crowd.
Song Yan Ning thought for a moment, looked around, and noticed a pedestrian street not far from them, lined with various street foods. "How about we walk and eat? I see a lot of street food down that street."
"Okay." Qin Yushen nodded and pulled Song Yan Ning toward the pedestrian street.
"Do you want some candied haw?" Qin Yushen spotted a store selling candied haw not far away.
"Sure." Song Yan Ning hadn’t eaten candied haw in a long time. It seemed like the last time was with her grandparents in Beijing.
There were a few couples lined up outside the candied haw shop. Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning joined the queue behind them.
Just as the couples ahead finished buying their candied haw and Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning stepped forward, a young man, accompanied by a garishly dressed young woman, cut in front of them.
"Boss, two of those candied haws with strawberries," the young man pointed at the glass cabinet containing the strawberry candied haws and shouted at the Boss.
The Boss glanced apologetically at the young man. "Could you please line up behind? These two were here first."
The young man glared at the Boss. "What line? We don’t have time to stand in a queue, and besides, it’s just buying two candied haws. Who do you think you are? I can make sure your shop can’t continue operating if I want."
The Boss looked apologetically at Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning. "I’m sorry! Please wait a moment." He often dealt with such customers, and at times, it was tough.
Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning didn’t want to give the Boss a hard time. "It’s okay, let them go first." People like that were everywhere, and they couldn’t be bothered.
The Boss gratefully smiled at Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning, handed the two strawberry candied haws to the young man. "Here’s your candied haw, that’s twenty yuan."
The young man took the candied haw without paying any attention to the Boss, wrapped his arm around the young woman’s waist, and purposefully bumped into Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning heavily as he started to walk away.
Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning’s eyes turned cold simultaneously.
"Wait a second, you haven’t paid yet." The Boss anxiously tried to call the couple back. Business wasn’t easy for him, with slim profits and rent to pay.
The young man turned around, scoffed coldly at the Boss. "Eating your stuff is an honor for you, don’t be ungrateful."
But as soon as his words fell, he felt a blur before his eyes, followed by flying out and landing heavily on the ground.
The young woman realized what happened and screamed loudly.
Qin Yushen pulled Song Yan Ning along to stand in front of the young man, looking down on him from a dominant position. "Apologize!"
The young man, somewhat frightened, shrank back. However, remembering his identity, he shakily got up from the ground and pointed at Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning. "You dare to hit me? Do you know who I am?" No one in Hu City had dared to disrespect him, and not only had this person dared to hit him, but he also demanded an apology. He definitely wouldn’t let them off the hook. He was in so much pain that he felt like falling apart, and he was determined to get his revenge later.
Qin Yushen grabbed the young man’s pointing finger, exerting a slight pressure until there was a cracking sound followed by a miserable scream.
"Apologize!" Qin Yushen coldly looked at the young man, his eyes warningly silent.
"I... I’m sorry..." The young man, realizing he was dealing with a formidable figure, didn’t dare confront Qin Yushen any further. However, he was certainly not willing to let this pass and was determined to regain his dignity later.
"Apologize to her." Qin Yushen turned his gaze toward Song Yan Ning. She might have been hit by accident, something he could tolerate, but not when it came to Xiao Ning. He would make anyone pay who dared to bully Xiao Ning.
"I’m sorry!" This time, the young man didn’t hesitate.
Qin Yushen released the man’s hand, took out a wet wipe, and cleaned his hands as if they had touched something dirty.
Boiling with anger yet unable to say a word, the young man felt powerless against his adversary. He could only endure for now and wait to settle the score once his people arrived.
After Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning left, the young man, enduring the pain, took out his phone from his pocket and made a call. "Bring me twenty men; I need to settle some scores. I’m waiting for you on the pedestrian street."
A young woman approached the young man cautiously, "Young Master Yang, are you alright? Let me help you rest over there."
Yang Zhengdong shoved the young woman’s hand away, his face ashen as he looked at his swollen finger that resembled a sausage, his eyes filled with intense fury. Just wait! I will break each of your fingers one by one to make you realize the consequences of offending Yang Zhengdong.
Qin Yushen and Song Yan Ning strolled around until Qin Yushen spotted a jewelry store. "Xiao Ning, would you like to have a look?" Xiao Ning, being a girl, might be interested in these feminine trinkets.
Song Yan Ning nodded, her hair tie had just run out.
Walking into the store, they noticed it was mostly filled with young couples.
Qin Yushen glanced around and saw a girl slipping a hair tie around her boyfriend’s wrist.
"Put on this hair tie, and you will be mine. If any girl flirts with you, show her this hair tie on your wrist, got it?" the girl said domineeringly to her boyfriend.
"Okay, I’m yours." Her boyfriend smiled, nodding along, his eyes full of doting admiration.
"That’s more like it." The girl revealed a sweet smile.
Qin Yushen looked away from them and turned his gaze back to Song Yan Ning. He too wished she would put a hair tie on his wrist.
Song Yan Ning glanced around, walking towards a display of hair ties.
Following closely behind Song Yan Ning, Qin Yushen’s eyes brightened with anticipation as he saw her approach the hair ties. Did Xiao Ning have the same thought as he did?
Unaware of Qin Yushen’s anticipation, Song Yan Ning casually picked a few hair ties. She didn’t like fussy things, so she chose some of the simplest ones.