Bixue City's Riverside Avenue, this place is Bixue City's famous bar street, and it is also Bixue City's most famous seafood street.

At midnight, the atmosphere here is even livelier than during the day. Xie Fei, wearing a black tank top and green camouflage pants and carrying a large backpack, is walking on Riverside Avenue. Those men and women who come out of the clubs look at Xie Fei with a strange gaze.

Xie Fei was oblivious to those young men and women's stares. It's not my fault I am good-looking, go ahead and stare if you like.

He headed straight for a restaurant called "Desheng Seafood and Liquor House". Though it calls itself a seafood and liquor establishment, in reality, it's more like a local food stall.

Xie Fei picked up his note, comparing the name written on it with the restaurant. The Desheng Seafood House, this is the place! With that thought, Xie Fei stepped forward and walked in.

Xie Fei knew Luo Zixuan, the owner of the restaurant, had taken over the restaurant two months ago from her father, Luo Anhua. This time, Xie Fei came to fulfill his promise to help Desheng House win the provincial culinary competition in the Southern province. If it had been any other time, Xie Fei would have refused without a doubt. But this time, he had a reason he couldn't ignore.

For some reason, he had to win the prize of the provincial culinary competition - the hundred-year wild ginseng.

Thinking of this, Xie Fei sighed helplessly and walked into Desheng House.

Upon entering, the girl sitting at the cashier's counter caught Xie Fei's attention. With cascading long hair, a melon-shaped face, large watery eyes, and pink lipstick on her lips, she was extremely attractive.

While his gaze travelled down her face, Xie Fei noticed she was wearing a white blouse with a slightly open neckline which revealed the laced edge beneath.

"Hello, how many?" The beauty at the cashier smiled sweetly and asked as she saw Xie Fei walk in.

Smiling, Xie Fei stepped up to the counter. "Just me, but if you're willing to join, I suppose we could make that two," he said.

Upon hearing Xie Fei's words, the beauty sitting at the cashier's raised an eyebrow, then said impatiently: "If you're looking for a woman, the exit is to the left. We don't offer that kind of service here."

Xie Fei, taken aback, shrugged and said, "Lady, given your pure looks, who would've thought you'd have such ideas. I'm here in good faith, just wanted to have a late snack and nothing more. Even if you're willing, I am not."

Hearing Xie Fei's words, the woman's face darkened, ready to retort, but Xie Fei interjected: "Alright, although I'm well aware that I'm good looking, I'm here just for a late snack. That's it. I'll have a seafood noodle please. If you continue making inappropriate comments, I'll have to call your manager over."

"I am the boss!" The beautiful woman said indignantly, then quickly took Xie Fei's order and pointed to a table, "Go wait over there." If it wasn't for the business dropping by 20% after her father was hospitalized, she probably would've kicked Xie Fei out already.

Yes, this beautiful woman is the owner of the Defensheng Restaurant—Luo Zixuan. Hearing Luo Zixuan's words, Xie Fei was taken aback but soon smiled without revealing his identity and sat down. Since he was coming to help, Xie Fei certainly had to try the restaurant's signature dishes.

As it was already midnight, there were only a few customers in the restaurant. Not long after Xie Fei sat down, they paid their bill and left. Just as the waiter served the seafood Yee noodles to Xie Fei, a group of people walked into the restaurant.

The person leading them was over 1.85 meters tall, sported a shiny bald head and looked very strong. He was accompanied by a group of followers, about twenty or so.

"Brother Lei, we won big tonight, and the turf in the east area is ours now. Are you going to take us out to celebrate?" said a blonde-haired man next to him, a sleazy smile on his face as he spoke.

Bald-headed Lei chuckled and glanced at the blonde-haired man, "Everyone did well tonight. After supper, I'll take you all to Linglong Pavilion to have some fun."

Hearing Brother Lei's words, the gang cheered and then found a couple of tables to sit down.

The bald man was called Lei Cheng, owner of the Lei Cheng Security Company in Bizhou city. Even though it was called a security company, what they really did behind the scenes, even a ten-year-old child knew.

Remembering this group, Luo Zixuan didn't dare to neglect them and immediately sent waiters to serve them. Lei Cheng was very fond of seafood, especially prawn and crab. Just as he sat down, he ordered six plates of crayfish and then boiled ten pounds of sand shrimps.

After placing the order, the blonde-haired man glanced around the restaurant and his gaze landed on Xie Fei sitting in the corner. Currently, Xie Fei was leisurely enjoying his Yee noodles, completely ignoring the presence of Lei Cheng and his group.

Xie Fei's attitude infuriated the blonde-haired man. They had just fought against a rival company in the eastern district and captured their territory. All along the way back, everyone who saw their team was timid and scared. But this man was acting nonchalant, which the blonde-haired man couldn't tolerate. He was still excited from the victory, so he approached Xie Fei, "Kid, didn't you see us, Lei Cheng's men, reserved the entire place?" He slammed the table forcefully while saying this and glared at Xie Fei.

At this, Xie Fei looked up at the blonde-haired man. Honestly, even though Xie Fei was a logistician in the army, dealing with ordinary thugs wasn't an issue for him; he could single-handedly fight ten of them. He did not take this blonde-haired man seriously.

However, just as Xie Fei was about to say something, Luo Zixuan's voice rang out from the side; she had walked over from the cash register, "Sir, he is also our customer here, you…"

"Shut up, who gave you the right to speak?" The blonde-haired man glared at Luo Zixuan.

Hearing this, Luo Zixuan became furious, "If you all are trying to stir up trouble, I'll call the police."

"You..."

Blondie was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Lei Cheng: "All right, let's get back. Don't make trouble."

At these words, Blondie opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something. But eventually, he returned to his place.

Xie Fei raised his head, looking at Luo Zixuan with a surprised expression. Clearly, Luo Zixuan's move just now surprised him a bit. After composing himself, he said: "Thank you."

"Don't misunderstand, all my guests here are equal." Said Luo Zixuan and returned to his place.

After a while, Xie Fei finished his Yimen noodles. Listening to Lei Cheng's group feasting at the side, Xie Fei couldn't help but furrow his brows. He thought for a moment, planning to reveal his identity to Luo Zixuan, but as he was about to stand up, Lei Cheng suddenly fell unconscious on the ground.

This scene left all the thugs stunned. After a few seconds, the gang finally snapped back to reality.

Blondie sprang up abruptly: "The food in this restaurant is poisoned!"

A group of people began shouting at once. Luo Zixuan's face changed and he stood up from his seat. The waitstaff and a few chefs in the restaurant came out after hearing the commotion. Seeing a group of almost frenzied thugs, they were momentarily flustered and didn't know what to do.

"Damn it, smash this store!" Someone shouted. And then, the thugs started wreaking havoc.

And just then, a strong and resounding voice suddenly rose amidst the crowd, overshadowing the noise in an instant: "I think, now is not the time to make a scene."

The speaker was Xie Fei. At this point, Xie Fei was already next to Lei Cheng, holding Lei Cheng's collar and flipping his eyelids, seemingly checking for something, and no one had noticed his actions beforehand. The same question arose in everyone's mind: How did he get there?