Chapter 46: A small move

With a loud ‘pop’, my hand slammed down on Lu Fanming’s table, startling everyone around. The bodyguards surrounding Lu Fanming’s table all turned their attention to me, and one of them stood up impulsively.

Lu Fanming smiled innocently and looked at me. I pretended to be drunk and dazed. In fact, where was I drunk and dazed? I clearly saw Lu Fanming before he smiled, giving the bodyguard who stood up a gentle glare. I also saw in the corner of my eye that the bodyguard actually shuddered and quickly sat down.

This seemingly honest and slightly chubby man, how terrible is he in private, so that the bodyguards under his command are afraid of him like this? I thought to myself.

“Excuse me, young man, is there something wrong?” Lu Fanming asked me very politely with a harmless smile.

At this time, the boss who was carrying a pot of crayfish was startled and quickly ran over with the crayfish, ready to break up the fight.

Since I’m a drunk, what do I have to be afraid of? I threw the shirt I was wearing on my jeans on the ground, pointed at Lu Fanming and yelled, “You fat guy, shut up! Sit here and be quiet. It’s none of your business!”

Then I pointed at the boss’s nose and yelled, “He’s a human being, but my brothers and I aren’t? Why is there a place for him to sit, but not for us? Are you looking down on people? Are you bullying me because I’m from out of town? Who is the boss in your area? Isn’t it Scarface? He and I are brothers, and we’re close friends. Before he ran away to this city, I helped him raise the money for the trip. See this?”

As I spoke, I pointed to the tattoo on my shoulder and stared at the boss of the food stall with a drunken and fierce look. At this time, I saw Lao Hui was drinking. When I dragged him in, he was still a bit uneasy, but if a person as smart as him still didn’t understand at this point, he wouldn’t be Lao Hui.

I guess I was so funny that he had to drink as much as he could to cover up. When I pointed at the tattoo on my shoulder and asked if anyone had seen it, he finally couldn’t hold back and coughed violently to cover up. Then he rushed over, slammed the bottle on the table, and yelled, “Don’t look at this tattoo, but who doesn’t know this tattoo in the city? The scarred king’s life-long brother, the iconic tattoo – the sword.”

Cheap? I couldn’t help but burst out laughing. My face was twitching. What was this old man talking about? But, crazy drunkard, it doesn’t matter if he’s bragging or talking nonsense, the more he does it, the more real it is.

Sure enough, I glanced at Luo Fanming’s disdainful eyes. Of course, he hid it well. When he turned his head and looked at us, he immediately became a little scared and honest.

I’m not afraid of villains, but I am afraid of hypocrites. Hypocrites who pretend to be honest are the worst kind of hypocrites, and it was obvious that this Lu Fanming was one. I had to give him a few more points in my heart.

But the show must go on, so I once again banged on the table and shouted, “That’s right, I’m Brother Jian. Go ask around on the street, who doesn’t know me? I’m Brother Jian! Today he’s sitting here, and I’m going to sit here too! Otherwise…”

Although most people know that Lao Hui and I are definitely drunk and acting like idiots, the boss is really just a businessman, and businessmen are always reluctant to get into trouble. Whether or not Lao Hui and I were bluffing, he still looked at Lu Fanming with a pitiful look, hoping to settle things peacefully.

Lu Fanming put on a happy, silly look and said with a sigh of relief, “So that’s what it was for. Sit down and eat together.”

The boss let out a long sigh of relief, quickly put the crayfish in his hand on the table, and said thank you to Lu Fanming. But I was not mistaken. Lu Fanming was not a generous person. He clearly gave a wink to his bodyguards. I guessed that Lu Fanming would have trouble when I and Lao Hui left later.

However, the current situation is obviously more important. This person is too fond of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and is too cautious, which gives me and Lao Hui an opportunity to take advantage of him. If he is a domineering person who does not understand forbearance, then Lao Hui and I will not be able to get close to him.

Sometimes, it is really amazing to think about life. Obviously, being cautious and forbearing is the best weapon for self-preservation, but at some point, it can become your weakness. Therefore, people do not have perfect personalities. Environment shapes people, but people may not be able to adapt to any environment.

The Tao of nature is simple to explain, but too complicated to comprehend. If there is a perfect character, then it is the state of your character that has reached the realm of nature. Your every word, action, and movement is natural, and nature is completely natural. At that time, where are there any flaws?

And what else can affect you? Unfortunately, from ancient times to the present, only a few saints have been able to do so.

With Lu Fanming’s permission, Lao Hui and I pretended to be angry and unable to find a place to vent our anger, so we sat down drunkenly. Lao Hui sat on Lu Fanming’s left, and I sat on Lu Fanming’s right, but pretended to be unsteady and fell down. When people fall, they naturally want to find something to use as leverage, so I naturally pulled Lu Fanming’s arm and let him fall down with me.

During this time, I made a very secretive little move, which was the main purpose of this action between me and Lao Hui.

Lu Fanming has a very good upbringing, so good that you would definitely think he is a kind, easy-to-bully good person, but at that moment, I saw him give me a fierce look and hold his briefcase tightly in his arms.

I yelled and fell on the ground in a fetal position, pretending not to see it. I wanted to find out more about Lu Fanming, but in fact, he just gave me a fierce look and immediately stood up, saying, “Little brother, be careful, I’m fine, I’m fine.”

Lu Fanming’s behavior made the people around him look at me and Lao Hui with angry eyes. Some people looked forward to the show with a gloating expression. After all, Lu Fanming’s extraordinary status could not be concealed from everyone. At worst, everyone would treat him as a wealthy and well-educated person.

However, this is the way Chinese people are. They don’t mind if the trouble is big. In modern terms, they especially like to see a lowly person offend a big shot, and then act as if they don’t know what’s going on. This is a good show.

But I could only pretend to know nothing, get up with a big smile, yell a few words about what to watch, and then sit on the table.

Afterwards, everything went smoothly. After all, Lu Fanming was almost watertight, and even the most unruly little rascal couldn’t get angry with him, so what could happen?

I gave Lao Hui a successful look, then asked for wine, ordered food, and yelled at him. Lu Fanming smiled next to him, and invited Lao Hui and I to eat his crayfish.

Lao Hui and I played the whole scene, started patting him on the shoulder, yelling at him, calling him brother, and saying that he would take care of him in the future.

In fact, the crayfish was really good. In those days, spicy crayfish was popular, and the crayfish in this restaurant was indeed boiled crayfish. After the crayfish was cleaned, it was placed in clean water, and a few celery leaves were added to remove the smell.

After cooking, a large bowl of it is brought to you, and at the same time, the real ‘secret weapon’ of the delicious crayfish is brought to you, which is the dipping sauce!

So, this is how the famous dipping sauce for lobster was created!

It was really delicious. After peeling it, the snow-white lobster meat retained the original sweet flavor of the lobster. Dipped in the boss’s unique dipping sauce, it was a little spicy, a little strong, a little sweet, very tender… and the aftertaste on the tongue was endless, so I had to keep drinking beer to wash away the numbness on my tongue. It was so good that it made my tongue blossom.

I almost forgot that I was on a mission, and I drank a lot and peeled the lobster with all my might. I couldn’t get enough of it, because the meat of the crayfish was too little. I peeled it myself, and I just didn’t think it was enough to fill my teeth.

But at that moment, Luo Fanming stood up and said gently, “Young man, you eat first. I’m done eating and I’m leaving. Say goodbye to that big brother for me.”

After that, he shouted for the bill.

As for Lao Hui, he was in the toilet. What was he doing in the toilet? Besides relieving himself, he was naturally making a phone call.

I took a sip of wine and said, “That’s fine, that’s fine.” But my bottom didn’t move at all, not even a little bit, because it was no longer needed.