Chapter 49: Model Student
"A bit too much, isn’t it? It was your people who came to cheat here, and by the rules, it makes sense to break one of his fingers!" Remembering Lin Tian’s earlier words, Bai Shishi decided to toughen up.
"Too much? Miss Bai, you’d better think twice. If you don’t pay this million, I can’t ensure that Xianglong Tea House will continue to exist!"
A threat, such a blatant threat!
Bai Shishi’s face turned ashen; if Du Dahai uttered something like that, he certainly had the power to make it happen.
Fifty thousand in medical expenses is half a month’s income for Xianglong Tea House; if one really had to choose, everyone would probably choose to pay him fifty thousand to settle the matter.
Even Bai Shishi felt that the fifty thousand wasn’t too difficult to part with.
As for that IOU, it was dispensable!
If you take it seriously, it’s an IOU; if not, it’s really dispensable.
"Is there no other solution?" Bai Shishi decided to try and see if there was a better solution.
"There are many solutions; it just depends on whether Miss Bai is willing, haha~!"
Du Dahai’s arrogant laughter echoed from the phone, causing Lin Tian to frown. This grinning tiger Du Dahai was truly full of himself.
"What other solutions?"
"As long as Miss Bai is willing to offer herself, the medical expenses won’t be needed at all!"
Insulting, this was simply an insult to Bai Shishi, but due to Du Dahai’s infamous reputation, she could only swallow her pride.
"How does Miss Bai want to choose?"
The questioning tone on the phone kept on, but Bai Shishi remained silent, her hair covering her pretty eyes, leaving everyone guessing what she was thinking.
"Hey!" Lin Tian suddenly grabbed the phone from Bai Shishi’s hand.
Bai Shishi was startled and quickly tried to snatch it back, but it was too late.
"Who are you?" Du Dahai on the other end of the line heard the switch in voices and noticeably furrowed his brow.
"I gotta say, you’re quite shameless~ You send people to cause trouble, fine, but asking for fifty thousand in medical expenses right away!"
"Asking for money is one thing, but making such shameless demands, you’re really disgusting, your mother must have complimented you on setting new records in being disgusting!" Lin Tian cursed into the phone.
"Kid, do you know who I am?"
"I couldn’t care less who you are. Let me tell you~ tonight, it was I who captured your three dogs, and it was I who chopped off that Durant’s finger!"
"Got the guts, come at me; this has nothing to do with Bai Shishi!" Lin Tian’s eyes flashed fiercely as he resolved himself, I’ll fight you to the bitter end.
"You’re the first person to dare talk to me, the grinning tiger Du Dahai, like this!"
"Haha~ and you’re the first to dare talk to Lin Tian, the model student, like this!" Lin Tian casually gave himself a title.
Actually, model student Lin Tian was just something he said offhandedly; at the time, thoughts of ’civilized student’ or ’youth with a red scarf’ came to mind, but ’model student’ sounded more mysterious.
Little did he know, the name he spat out would become a revered phrase in the future.
"Model student?" Du Dahai on the other end was taken aback.
He’d never heard of this before. Since when was there such a character in Kanyue City?
"Mind telling me where you’re hanging out?" Du Dahai couldn’t decipher Lin Tian’s background, so his tone became more courteous.
"Where am I hanging out? In Kanyue City, of course." Lin Tian almost laughed at Du Dahai’s shift in tone; this famously vicious character was now rattled?
"Is that so?" Du Dahai doubted Lin Tian’s words and covered the phone receiver, instructing one of his men nearby, "Go~ find out about this model student Lin Tian!"
"Of course, I’ve long heard of your name, grinning tiger Du Dahai. What? Has Mr. Du never heard of my reputation?" Since he was bluffing, Lin Tian decided to make it a perfect bluff.
"Actually, no, I haven’t!" Du Dahai laughed, "Since you know me, Du Dahai, you should know the consequences of opposing me?"
"Consequences? Even your men are far from enough to fill the gap between my teeth!"
"Remember~ if you dare make a move on Xianglong Tea House again, your empire is finished!" Lin Tian issued a cold threat.
"Brother, you speak without leaving any room for negotiation. How about we meet up over a meal?" Du Dahai was further bewildered by Lin Tian’s words.
While wondering when Kanyue City had such an impressive figure, he was also thinking about meeting this model student himself to see who he really was.
Was Lin Tian foolish?
If he met him, wouldn’t he be doomed? He then sneered, "You want to meet me? You’re not worthy!"
"Du Dahai, there’s always a higher mountain, don’t be too arrogant! Whether you continue as your underground emperor or prepare to be a prisoner, think about it!" Lin Tian knew he couldn’t go on; otherwise, he’d expose himself, ruining his perfect bluff.
Du Dahai listened to the "beep beep" sounds from the phone and realized the other party had hung up. Never before had anyone dared to hang up on him first; this person was unbelievably arrogant.
"Boss, there’s no model student Lin Tian around!" The person who had just left returned and reported respectfully.
"Who on earth is this guy?" Du Dahai sat on the leather sofa with his legs crossed, putting a cigar in his mouth.
"Snap!" The subordinate nearby immediately picked up a lighter and lit the cigar for Du Dahai.
"Phew~!" Taking a hard puff, beads of sweat formed on Du Dahai’s forehead.
Du Dahai had ulterior motives for causing trouble for Xianglong Tea House.
In recent years, business at Caiyuan Tea House had declined, while Xianglong Tea House’s business had been booming each year.
Over time, Du Dahai’s crooked thoughts surfaced, intending to cause trouble for Xianglong Tea House, hoping to shut it down.
But on the second attempt to cause trouble, he unexpectedly encountered a hard nut; not only did someone get their finger cut off, but he himself was threatened.
It was truly a case of trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice. Du Dahai was extremely vexed.
"Could they be trying to scare me?" Du Dahai pondered carefully.
"It shouldn’t be; they knew who I am, yet dared to speak so arrogantly—could it be they really don’t take me seriously?"
"Damn it!" After much thought, Du Dahai still couldn’t ascertain who this model student Lin Tian really was, angrily shouting to his subordinates, "All of you, get out there, even if you have to search all of Kanyue City, find out who this model student Lin Tian is!"
Du Dahai watched his men leave one by one and sighed, "If they were just trying to scare me, that’s a relief. But if they’re genuinely tough, we absolutely can’t touch Xianglong Tea House again!"
"I really don’t know where that wretched woman Bai Shishi found such a powerful backing!" Du Dahai angrily stubbed out his cigar.
"It’s over, it’s all over!" Bai Shishi, taking the phone back from Lin Tian, had her first reaction.
To dare speak so arrogantly to Du Dahai, Du Dahai definitely wouldn’t let it go easily.
"Don’t worry, Du Dahai absolutely won’t dare touch you in the short term!" Lin Tian confidently assured.