The last segment was the ingredient shortage segment. Using specified ingredients and certain allowed seasonings, while others were forbidden, the contest primarily tested the chefs' adaptability.

After three rounds of evaluations, a Western cuisine chef was finally chosen. Each Western cuisine chef had their team, and Ling Zhenfei could no longer manage the rest.

The second contest was for pastry chefs. After several rounds, the pastry chef named Tang Lan smoothly made it through to become the head pastry chef at Xi Shan Restaurant.

There were still many selections left, but Ling Zhenfei received a call about a shipment coming from the Northeast, asking Ling Zhenfei to collect it.

Ling Zhenfei knew this batch of small bottles must be large in quantity. Otherwise, there would be no need for logistics, so he decided to personally receive it. Thus, Ling Zhenfei and Jiang Hui headed towards the location of the shipment.

He thought he would be back soon, but unexpectedly, a problem arose during such a short time away, which caught Ling Zhenfei by surprise.

Ling Zhenfei and Jiang Hui went to receive the shipment and, having no place to store it, Ling Zhenfei thought long and hard before deciding to store these jars and bottles in the house he rented from He Lingxiu.

The house He Lingxiu rented was not very large and seemed even smaller with the additional jars and bottled packages.

While Ling Zhenfei was organizing inside, he suddenly received a call from Yang Zixuan.

"Big Brother Ling, it's terrible, something's happened at the restaurant, you need to come quickly."

Upon hearing this, Ling Zhenfei was stunned. How could something have happened in such a short time since he left?

"What happened?"

Yang Zixuan sounded very anxious, "Some people are causing trouble, and the situation is getting out of control."

Upon hearing this, Ling Zhenfei became furious. Someone was causing trouble on his turf. The first person he thought of was Qin Lan who had said just yesterday he would make life difficult for Ling Zhenfei.

So, if trouble occurred today, it was very likely Qin Lan had sent these people.

Thinking this, Ling Zhenfei immediately took Jiang Hui towards Xi Shan Restaurant.

But when they finally arrived at the restaurant's entrance, nothing seemed amiss. However, once inside, Ling Zhenfei was taken aback, as the restaurant was now completely full of people.

These people looked menacing. With tattoos of dragons and tigers on their bodies and some carrying weapons, it was clear they were prepared for trouble.

These people just sat at the tables in groups of three or five, chatting, while some looked at the incoming Ling Zhenfei with smirking faces, which was infuriating.

At that moment, Zhou Tong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, utterly at a loss.

Seeing Ling Zhenfei walk in, Zhou Tong hurried forward, "Boss, you're back at last."

"What exactly happened?"

Zhou Tong said, "I don't know either. These people just came in, then sat down here, not talking or leaving, clearly here to cause trouble."

After looking at these people, Ling Zhenfei said to Zhou Tong, "Alright, leave it to me."

After speaking, Ling Zhenfei walked over to one of the most imposing individuals there, "Li Hao, brother, is there something we can discuss?"

Unexpectedly, the man just snorted coldly but did not speak, turning his head away, not even giving Ling Zhenfei another glance.

Ling Zhenfei was infuriated inside, even if it's someone from the underworld, state your business, but saying nothing at all, what's the situation here?

Ling Zhenfei walked up to the man and said, "I don't know who's in charge here, but let's put whatever issues we have out in the open."

But no matter what Ling Zhenfei said, those people just wouldn't talk to him, which really made Ling Zhenfei furious. It was obvious; these people were here to cause trouble.

With anger burning in his heart, Ling Zhenfei went up to the most pretentious of the group and grabbed the guy by the neck, delivering two hefty slaps to his face.

The guy retorted, "Ow, why are you hitting people?"

Ling Zhenfei gave the guy two more hefty slaps, "I'm hitting you."

The young man couldn't keep up with Ling Zhenfei's pace, and within moments, Ling Zhenfei had hit him more than a dozen times, causing the young man's mouth to bleed.

The surrounding people all stood up at once, "Daring to hit someone? Let's all go together and beat him up."

But before the person could finish his words, Ling Zhenfei punched him in the mouth, knocking out his front teeth, and the words never left his lips.

"Grab your weapons, let's all attack together," someone shouted, and people began to grab weapons to attack Ling Zhenfei.

"Wait a second!" Ling Zhenfei suddenly shouted.

The people looked at Ling Zhenfei dumbfounded, "What do you want to do?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "If you want to talk, we can talk nicely. If you want to fight, we will fight. And if you want to destroy this place, whatever you break, you won't be able to afford."

"Kid, what do you think we came here for? You hit our people first, so we will smash your shop."

The speaker, a man about thirty, with a fierce look clearly no good, was the most vocal at this time.

This man was apparently the leader of these people. At his command, it was like a call to arms, and these people all rushed towards Ling Zhenfei, some even attempting to smash things.

The decor of the Xi Shan Restaurant had been costly, and any damage would be expensive.

Ling Zhenfei, of course, couldn't let them wreak havoc. Using his fastest speed, combined with the Blooming Step Technique, he charged at those attempting to break things first.

He punched at those people, ensuring they would be devoid of fighting capacity and unable to get back up momentarily.

There were at least twenty people. To Ling Zhenfei, they posed no threat, but he couldn't ignore the potential disruption they could cause.

Although Ling Zhenfei first targeted those who were destroying things, there were too many of them, and he couldn't knock them all down at once, so one of the guys managed to flip a table over.

All the tableware originally placed on the table shattered on the floor, which infuriated Ling Zhenfei even further. He rushed to the man and delivered three punches.

These three punches directly sent the guy flying, and it looked certain he would land on another table, but Ling Zhenfei wasn't going to let that happen.

Ling Zhenfei moved quickly, kicking the guy to the ground before he landed, preventing him from hitting the table.

The remaining people were filled with surprise; no one expected him to be so formidable. In just a few seconds, most of their people were down.

The rest shouted, "Let's all go together!"

Then they charged at Ling Zhenfei in a surrounding formation, but Ling Zhenfei was not afraid of those attacking him. Their actions felt like a joke to him.

Ling Zhenfei could knock down one with each punch, hitting each spot perfectly. Those hit were unable to stand up again after getting punched.

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