Sitting by the small square table, watching the bustling barbecue stall and the busy figures of his uncle and aunt, Zhang Fan felt a sense of satisfaction. With the current barbecue stall, he could completely change his aunt's family's living standards.
Aunt Zhang Xin, seeing Zhang Fan bring his classmates, greeted them warmly. Due to the booming business, they had also hired a girl to help.
The girl looked quite delicate. According to his aunt, she was a university student from a nearby university. She was extremely diligent and had taken on a lot of the work for his aunt and uncle.
Zhang Fan and his friends sat at the small square table, chatting. Although the table was placed in a corner, it still attracted a lot of attention. There were occasional fiery gazes drifting towards them. After all, with Ling Yanxue and Qiao Ruxin, such beautiful girls present, it was hard to keep a low profile.
"Here it is. I've grilled some. You guys can eat first." Soon, his aunt brought a large plate of barbecue to Zhang Fan's table.
"Thank you, Auntie," Ling Yanxue and Qiao Ruxin quickly said.
"There's no need to thank me. You are classmates with Xiao Fan and Qing Qing. If you want to eat in the future, just come over. Auntie will make sure you're satisfied," Aunt Zhang Xin said enthusiastically.
Especially when she saw Ling Yanxue and Qiao Ruxin, her eyes lit up. These two girls were indeed too beautiful. For a moment, she couldn't help but become gossipy, her gaze flitting between Zhang Fan and the two girls, trying to guess their relationship.
"Wow! This taste is amazing!" Zhuo Tairan was the first to pick up his chopsticks, blowing on a piece of tender grilled pork skin before putting it in his mouth. With a bite, he couldn't help but exclaim.
The pork skin was elastic, chewy, and delicious. This was definitely the first time he had eaten such delicious barbecue in his life.
Seeing this, everyone else couldn't wait and started picking up their chopsticks.
"This tastes so good. Earlier, Qing Qing's dad mentioned that the seasoning was prepared by you?" Even Qiao Ruxin, who had eaten delicacies from all over the world, was amazed and looked at Zhang Fan with some surprise.
Hearing this, everyone else also looked at Zhang Fan. He knew how to prepare barbecue secret recipes?
"It's not that I prepared it; I just got lucky and obtained a secret recipe," Zhang Fan said. This kind of thing was too difficult to explain, so he could only make such a excuse.
Qiao Ruxin was a little disbelieving. Her intuition told her that Zhang Fan was lying, but the barbecue tasted too tempting. She didn't bother arguing with Zhang Fan and quickly picked up her chopsticks, eating continuously.
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Just as Zhang Fan and his group were enjoying their meal, at another table in the barbecue stall, four young men were drinking beer and eating barbecue.
Among them, a thin young man was staring intently at Zhang Fan's table. More accurately, his gaze was drifting between Zhao Qingqing, Ling Yanxue, and Qiao Ruxin.
Each of these three girls was no less beautiful than the so-called campus beauties at their school, and they each had their unique charm, making the young man's heart flutter.
"Brothers, see that table? Three stunning beauties, no worse than our school's Qian Qiuxue, right?" the thin young man said to the other three youths who were eating barbecue.
"Indeed. What? Do you have something in mind, Old Third?" A seemingly steady young man turned his head, his eyes lighting up. It was rare to see beauties of this caliber at a roadside barbecue stall, especially three at once.
"What can I have in mind? I'm just looking to satisfy my eyes," the thin young man said, tilting his head and draining his beer.
"It's boring just to look. Why don't I call them over to drink a couple of rounds with us?" a burly young man said, getting a bit excited.
"Old Second, are you drunk? Do you dare to cause trouble at Qing Qing's barbecue stall?" the steady young man frowned.
"What's there to be afraid of? We're not causing trouble for the stall owner. Besides, the university town area is Leopard Brother's territory. We're all going to follow Leopard Brother after graduation, so why should we be timid?" The burly young man slammed his wine glass on the table and walked towards Zhang Fan's table.
"Beauties, how about coming over for a few drinks with your brothers?"
Zhang Fan and the others were enjoying their meal when they were suddenly interrupted by this vulgar remark.
Zhang Fan turned and saw a burly, rough-looking young man. His face was already flushed, indicating he had drunk quite a bit.
"You've had too much to drink. I advise you to go back and cool off," Zhang Fan said with a frown.
"I'm not drunk!" the burly young man roared. He looked at the three girls and said, "What, you look down on us and don't want to come for a drink? My brothers are all waiting, and they don't have that good of a temper."
As he spoke, he glanced at the table, the threat obvious.
The burly young man's roar immediately drew the attention of everyone at the barbecue stall. Zhao Yongchang, who was busy preparing barbecue, also glanced over. Seeing that it was Zhang Fan's group, he relaxed and ignored them, focusing on his grilling.
Ever since the protection fee incident last time, he had realized how extraordinary his nephew was. Little thugs like these who dared to provoke him would be dealt with no matter how many came. He wasn't worried at all.
"Aunt Xin, someone is causing trouble," the delicate girl who was helping to serve customers also noticed the situation and quickly ran to Zhang Xin and whispered.
Zhang Xin clearly already knew. Without even looking, she comforted the delicate girl and said, "It's okay. Xiao Fan can handle it himself."
"But I know those four people. They are notorious troublemakers from our school. They are from the same dorm and call themselves the 'Four Musketeers.' They often get into fights and cause trouble. I heard they even know the big boss in the university town area - Leopard Brother," the delicate girl reminded her.
"Don't worry, Xiao Fan is also quite familiar with that Leopard Brother," Zhang Xin said with a smile.
The delicate girl felt a little more relieved. Since they all knew each other, there shouldn't be any problems, right?
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Hearing the burly young man's roar, Zhao Qingqing and Ling Yanxue continued to happily eat their barbecue, ignoring him. They knew that with Zhang Fan around, there was nothing to worry about.
Qiao Ruxin, on the other hand, frowned and looked at the rough young man, clearly displeased. She was about to reprimand him.
"Damn it, are you looking for trouble!" Zhuo Tairan suddenly roared. It wasn't that he had suddenly become brave, but he felt that with Zhang Fan there, beating four people was no pressure at all. So, he quickly seized the opportunity to show off and impress the beauties.
As expected, his roar surprised Ling Yanxue and the other two girls, who looked at him with surprise. Why was he so tough today?
Zhang Fan looked at Zhuo Tairan's demeanor and couldn't help but smile. He knew his deskmate too well. This guy had clearly seized the moment to act tough.
"Since you said so, then I'll tell you, I am looking for trouble today. You two quickly scram, and just leave these three beauties behind," the burly young man said fiercely.
His words immediately drew the attention of the surrounding onlookers. Such straightforward words were indeed quite audacious.