Ying Ke scowled when he realized the situation had taken a wrong turn, and kicked his own son: "You bastard, apologize to the shop owner immediately."
The young man’s face flushed, unable to swallow his pride in front of so many friends. He encountered his father’s frightening gaze and understood he had probably kicked the iron this year.
The beautiful lady owner in front of him had a connection with Captain Yu, which is why his dad had conceded and demanded his apology.
At this thought, the young man felt unbearably wronged. His dad had said that nobody in this place could touch him, right? He just wanted to show off in front of his friends, but then this happened.
It seemed his dad wasn’t omnipotent after all.
Today was also his bad luck, coming across such an incident.
Walking up to Xiaofeng with reluctant bitterness, he said, "Miss, we shouldn’t have taken the items without having enough money and definitely shouldn’t have hit your employee. Just name the price, how much do I owe in compensation, and I’ll pay it immediately."
Xiaofeng listened to the young man’s unwilling tone, her eyes narrowing slightly: "Before coming to the police station, do you remember what you said?"
"What?" The young man looked up.
"You said you had plenty of ways to kill me. I said if you couldn’t do it, you’d have to come back to my store and apologize to my employee in public. You remember that, don’t you."
"You crazy bitch, think I’ll kneel and apologize to her in public? Don’t even think about it. Just because you have Captain Yu backing you now, do you think you can do whatever you want to me?" Captain Yu won’t be here forever, she needed to understand that.
"You little shit, what the hell are you rambling about here?" Ying Ke’s forehead broke out in cold sweat: "Since Young Madam Gu demands that you kneel and apologize, then you kneel and apologize."
Ying Ke stood there for a long time before he finally understood who Young Madam Gu was, rumored to be the Young Lady of the Quan Family. Although Young Master Gu was reckless, the Gu and Quan families were temporarily out of his league.
Chastised by Ying Ke, the young man’s eyes filled with grievance, he shouted: "Ying Zheng, you yourself said that no one here would dare to bully me. All I did was take some stuff from someone’s store, even if I didn’t pay, yet not only can you not protect me, you want me to kneel and apologize. Ying Zheng, if you don’t have the power, you should’ve said so earlier, so I wouldn’t have to be embarrassed along with you. If I kneel today, how can I face anyone in the future? You kneel if you want, I won’t."
The young man’s eyes were bloody red. If his father hadn’t persistently instilled the idea that he could do as he pleased, he wouldn’t have been so arrogant.
He always thought he had the capital to be arrogant, but apparently not.
Is it funny? It’s really too funny.
"Slap." Ying Ke landed a slap on the young man: "You learn nothing but trouble outside, and you blame your old man. When I say apologize, you apologize."
Manman, seeing all this, felt unsettled and whispered to Xiaofeng, "Ms. Su, it’s okay if he kneels to apologize to me, I’m just an ordinary person and can’t accept such a grand gesture. As long as he recognizes his mistake, and remembers to pay the next time he buys something from the store, that would be enough."
Manman did not expect Xiaofeng to stand up for her .
Truthfully, she was quite moved.
Ever since she was a child, she had been the elder sibling at home. If her younger siblings messed up, her parents would scold her first.
She had never imagined that one day someone would protect her.
At this moment, her heart was warm, very warm.
But considering the other party was the well-known Little Overlord from around here, even if he did apologize, it was doubtful it’d be sincere. So it was better to stop here, allowing everyone to save face.
"They asked you to kneel, doesn’t that make you angry?"
Manman shook her head: "I’m not angry, if an apology is really necessary, just compensate me with some money; I think that’s more substantial." Yes, she lacked backbone.
What did it matter if he knelt? It wouldn’t fundamentally prove anything. If an apology was necessary, they should compensate her for her emotional distress.
Xiaofeng sighed softly, Manman was a good girl, just too honest.
Ying Ke, of course, heard Manman’s words and approached with a smile: "Miss, you are certainly understanding and kind. Rest assured, just say the word, and we will definitely compensate you."
As long as he didn’t have to kneel, money was not an issue.
Turning his face away, the young man thought, look how virtuous they speak, in the end, it’s still about money.
If it was about money, they should have said so earlier.
"You’ll definitely have to compensate, not just for the items you didn’t pay for earlier but also for Manman’s emotional distress. She’s being reasonable, not asking for you to kneel in the store, but you will have to write and sign a letter of apology to her; that will show real sincerity," Xiaofeng declared.