After sending the text message, Lin Yi said softly to Akemi, "I'm going to the restroom…"
"Okay," Akemi nodded, watching Lin Yi leave.
After he left, Akemi couldn't help but smile, but when she thought of something, she felt unhappy again.
And when she was unhappy, she could only pick up a beer and continue drinking.
Using the bitterness of beer to dilute the bitterness in her heart.
Just then, Akemi felt the voices behind her getting louder and louder. She couldn't help but look back and found that the guests at the next table were having an argument.
"Hey, hey, hey, Tanaka, why aren't you drinking?!"
A middle-aged man with a drunken look on his face was slapping the table at another man, his expression very dissatisfied.
"Nagano, I'm not in the mood to drink. You guys can drink, you don't have to include me."
"What? Not in the mood to drink?" Nagano slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Then why did you come? You're ruining the atmosphere!!"
"Come on, come on, let it go,"
"Sit down and calm down, everyone is watching."
Nagano's friends quickly tried to persuade him.
"Tch… I can't stand it. Forget it, let him stay here and continue to sulk, let's go somewhere else to drink."
Nagano picked up his coat, called his other two friends, and turned to leave.
However, he "happened" to see Akemi sitting alone, his eyes lit up, and he changed direction, sitting down opposite Akemi. He also beckoned the others to sit down: "Come on, there's a good spot here… and there's also a beautiful young lady."
The others sat down with smiles.
Akemi frowned and reminded, "Excuse me, this seat is already taken."
"Oh? Taken?" Nagano looked at the table and then at Akemi: "Is it your boyfriend?"
"No, just a normal friend," Akemi said.
"Ah… just a normal friend, that's easy to say." Nagano laughed and looked at the others, saying, "Now we are also friends~~ Since we are friends, we can drink together, right?"
The other two nodded and smiled in response.
"Yes, yes, we are friends now, miss."
"Hey, waiter, add three glasses and three pairs of chopsticks!"
Meeting these drunken people, Akemi felt helpless and could only say that she was unlucky.
"Hey, hey, miss." Nagano impatiently knocked on the table and said, "Are you looking down on us? Don't want to be friends with us?"
"This question… can I answer you another day?" Akemi tried to get rid of them.
"That's okay too…" Nagano nodded and then smiled shamelessly: "Then… leave your phone number, and I'll ask you again another day."
"My phone number…"
In order to get rid of them as soon as possible, Akemi changed three digits of her phone number and then told it to him.
"Yoshi…" Nagano happily took out his phone from his pocket and said, "I'll call to see…"
Akemi only felt a headache. Why was this guy so annoying?
Nagano made the call, and needless to say, it definitely didn't go through.
Nagano slammed the table again and said angrily, "You lied to me, beauty! You know, lying is bad! If you don't want to call me a friend, just say so! Don't lie!"
Akemi's temper was also good, and she hadn't gotten angry yet: "I'm sorry, I don't want to be friends with you and your friends. Please leave, okay?"
"Let us leave? Okay." Nagano smiled, picked up the glass on the table, and said, "Drink three glasses with each of us… and we'll leave after drinking."
This was the best way to resolve things without bloodshed.
Akemi looked at him and said, "I hope you can keep your promise…"
Saying that, she picked up the glass and touched it against the other person's. Just as she was about to drink, the glass was snatched away.
Who else could it be but Lin Yi?
The timing was just right!
When Akemi saw Lin Yi coming, a relieved expression appeared on her face involuntarily… even she herself didn't notice it.
"Hey, kid, are you trying to meddle in other people's business?"
Nagano's face darkened after seeing Lin Yi's actions.
"Get out of here before I make a move."
Lin Yi tried his best to say those lines that seemed low-key but not lacking in domineering.
"Bang!" Nagano slammed the glass on the ground and said fiercely, "What did you say?"
The other two also stood up with a whoosh to support their boss.
Lin Yi didn't say anything. He pulled Akemi up from her seat and said softly to her, "You wait for me outside first."
Akemi hesitated for a moment and said, "It's best… not to fight."
Lin Yi thought for a while and said, "I can't guarantee you that…"
Seeing that Akemi still wanted to say something, Lin Yi gently pushed her towards the door: "You avoid it first… If a fight breaks out later, I may not be able to take care of you, and… the scene may be a bit bloody."
Akemi looked at Lin Yi, then at the three fierce-looking people, and she had no choice but to nod: "Then be careful yourself."
"I will," Lin Yi said.
Akemi then turned and went out of the izakaya. As soon as she came out, a violent fight broke out in the back of the store.
Hearing a burst of crackling sounds, Akemi couldn't help but look back, but she was squeezed out by the panicked crowd.
The sound of shattering glasses and tableware, the crash of a table collapsing, and the shouts of people…
Mingmei originally wanted to see what was happening, but the customers who rushed out, once away from the danger, started joining in the excitement, blocking the doorway. Helpless, she had to give up.
Anyway, she didn't think those three drunks were a match for Lin Yi. She knew how strong he was in close combat.
She was just worried that Lin Yi might go too hard.
Soon, the commotion inside the izakaya quieted down. The crowd automatically made way, and Lin Yi dusted off his clothes as he walked out.
"Are you okay?"
Although she was confident in Lin Yi's skills, Mingmei couldn't help but worry.
"I'm fine… How could some drunks be a match for me?" Lin Yi smiled confidently.
"It's good that you're okay… Let's go, or it'll be troublesome if the police come," Mingmei said, turning to leave.
"Yeah…" Lin Yi took two steps, then suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute."
Mingmei looked at Lin Yi curiously as he went back into the izakaya. There was another series of screams, and then Lin Yi came out of the izakaya with a drawing tube in his hand.
"I forgot to take something," Lin Yi said.
Mingmei said, "Even if you went back to get something, you didn't have to hit them again, did you?"
She scolded him, but she felt sweet inside, sweeter than eating honey.
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