Chapter 519: That Move? I Absolutely Stole the Show!

Sweat visibly beaded on the man’s forehead.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say. The people inside would eat him alive if he really got locked up. The thought alone made him shudder. In a flash, he threw the fork onto the table.

“Hmph! I’m not feeling sick anymore. Guess you got lucky today. And you all better stop eating! This place’ll kill you!”

He stormed, voice bitter and loud, lashing out in frustration because he had no other outlet.

“Hold it.”

Just as he was about to leave, Wang Yun’s voice rang out.

“What the hell do you want now?”

The man turned back, shouting in annoyance, but his eyes betrayed unease. He was terrified this guy might push things further.

Wang Yun simply pointed to the table. “Trying to dine and dash? Want me to call the cops?”

His smile was laced with mockery, his eyes cold and terrifying.

“I—I… how much?!”

Under Wang Yun’s suffocating pressure, the man gritted his teeth and gave in. The boss and his wife stared in stunned disbelief for a second. Then quickly tallied the total.

“Forty-two,” the boss’s wife said.

“Here! You people won’t last much longer anyway,” the man snapped, flinging the money onto the table.

He turned and stormed out without looking back.

The moment he stepped through the door, someone inside started clapping. In the next second, the entire room broke into applause. The boss’s wife burst into tears of joy, covering her mouth in disbelief as she looked at Wang Yun. The boss stepped forward and grasped Wang Yun’s hand tightly.

“Thank you, brother. If it weren’t for you, I don’t know what we would’ve done. But are you really with the Food Safety Bureau? Weren’t you selling seafood at the market the other day?”

He looked at Wang Yun with surprised confusion. His question made the boss’s wife pause mid-cry, equally stunned.

“You two know each other?” she asked.

The boss nodded, and Wang Yun smiled at him.

“Yeah, we met. Today’s seafood, the stuff we served, is all from him. He’s that young seafood vendor I told you about. The one with the amazing prices and super fresh goods.”

The boss finished, and the boss’s wife looked overjoyed.

“Oh my god, you really are our guardian angel! Thank you, thank you so much!”

She was so overwhelmed that she could hardly string a sentence together.

Wang Yun looked at the kind, honest couple and felt genuinely warmed.

“If you really want to thank me, then get my food ready. I’m starving,” he said with a grin as he sat down.

The boss nodded quickly. “Right away! I’ll handle it myself. You treat our savior right, alright? Don’t let him leave, we’re sharing a drink together tonight, no matter what.”

With that, the boss dashed off toward the kitchen.

The boss’s wife, still flustered, poured Wang Yun a drink while anxiously flitting about.

Wang Yun had only wanted to sit and relax for a while, but seeing how nervous she was, he couldn’t settle down either. He found an excuse to step outside and continued people-watching by the door.

“Boss,” Xiao Gang whispered in awe, standing by the entrance with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, “when did you get so knowledgeable about oysters? You work in food safety before or something?”

Wang Yun had completely stolen the spotlight earlier with that whole act. Even now, diners were sneaking glances at him through the glass.

Most of those onlookers were women.

But Wang Yun’s sharp, distant aura, combined with the commanding presence he’d shown when dressing down that scumbag, had intimidated quite a few would-be admirers.

Pfft.

Wang Yun exhaled a thick ring of smoke.

He raised his eyebrows with a smirk. “I made it all up on the spot.”

“What?! You were improvising?! That was insane! Boss, you’re seriously on another level!” Xiao Gang was left open-mouthed in admiration.

Wang Yun lazily leaned against the doorframe, one hand in his pocket.

“That’s why I’m the boss.”

With that, he said no more.

Back in the livestream chat, viewers were lighting it up with strings of 666 and wild praise.

“Big Brother just roasted that guy into another dimension! So satisfying!”

“God, that was amazing. If you’re too kind, people take advantage. Thank heavens I was born in a good city!”

“You could see how much that couple had been holding it in!”

“Totally understand the business owners. Sometimes it’s better to avoid trouble if you can!”

Viewers flooded the chat with comments.

This incident had touched a nerve with many of them. It reminded everyone just how hard it was to run a business.

On the surface, shop owners might seem to be raking in money, but behind the scenes, they were still at the mercy of customers.

Workers had to watch their bosses’ moods.

Business owners had to watch their customers.

And after much discussion, chat unanimously agreed that Wang Yun had the best life of all. He had no one to answer to. Plenty of cash. And on top of that, he was good-looking.

Wang Yun could feel his Shock Value points skyrocketing. He didn’t even need to guess; his little performance earlier had absolutely stunned everyone.

It seemed like pulling off moments like that was the key to racking up more points.

He’d have to do this more often.

“Brother, your food’s ready!”

Just then, the boss emerged from the kitchen, grinning widely as he peeled off his chef’s coat.