Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 288 - 283: If You Don’t Want to Die, Tell Your People to Drop Their Weapons

Chapter 288: Chapter 283: If You Don’t Want to Die, Tell Your People to Drop Their Weapons

"Miss, how many people?"

The female owner of the restaurant wore a blue cheongsam, her hair was styled in a bun at the back, fixed with a delicate light blue engraved hairpin, and her earrings matched the hairpin.

She had a slim figure, with light makeup on her face, giving her an elegant and poised appearance, not quite matching the seafood restaurant.

Ji Ning glanced at her, smiled and said, "One."

"It’s 198 yuan for one person. The base can be seafood, spicy, tomato, curry, or clear soup, you can choose two."

"Just seafood is fine."

The female owner immediately turned back and said something in the local dialect.

Turning back, she continued to inquire, "Our sea fish are unlimited, other seafood needs to be ordered individually."

Ji Ning glanced at the menu on the table, looked up and smiled, "I want 5 sea fish, each weighing 8 pounds."

The gentle expression on the female owner’s face froze for a moment, but she quickly recovered. Her voice remained soft and mild, but her gaze became much sharper.

"Customer, we don’t have 8-pound sea fish here."

"You can buy it from the stall opposite." Ji Ning said blandly, the female owner looked at her for a while, then turned back and spoke towards the kitchen in the local dialect again.

After a while, an inconspicuous man wearing an apron came out from the back kitchen, glanced at her, and left the restaurant.

It was mealtime, but the restaurant business wasn’t good; apart from Ji Ning, there were only three or four diners.

The female owner’s voice was no longer as gentle as before, even carrying a hint of coolness, "Our seafood porridge is free to drink."

Ji Ning smiled, took out her mobile phone, scanned the QR code on the corner of the table, and paid 198 directly.

The female owner looked at her again and asked, "Anything else to order?"

"Two more pounds of sea shrimp and crab."

The female owner was noting it down with paper and pen. Seeing Ji Ning stopped ordering, she turned around to the back kitchen, stayed for a few minutes, and then came back with a pot.

Steam was rising from the pot.

The female owner placed the pot on the induction cooker on the table and turned it on, then brought over the prepared sea shrimp and crab.

Ji Ning thanked her and put the sea shrimp into the boiling water.

After the female owner returned to the cashier’s desk, she watched Ji Ning.

A scrutinizing look flashed in her eyes.

Though Ji Ning leisurely ate the seafood hotpot, her spiritual power had already enveloped the entire restaurant.

She sensed someone in the back kitchen delivering five sea fish. The chef cut the fish into chunks, and added cooking wine and scallions to remove the fishy smell, but there was no note inside the fish as Huang Ying had mentioned.

It seems the other side was very cautious too.

Ji Ning slowly ate the seafood hotpot, and after finishing the five large sea fish, the female owner finally came over.

This time her tone had returned to being soft, "Would you like anything else?"

Ji Ning looked up, "Your sea fish is very good."

"Thank you."

"Another five 8-pound sea fish..."

The smile on the female owner’s face froze again, and she replied unnaturally, "Customer, we can’t waste food here at the restaurant."

"I can finish it." Ji Ning’s eyes held a hint of amusement.

The female owner glanced at the adjacent diners, seeing no one noticed, her face finally revealed her true emotions.

A wild, aggressive, and calculating gaze lingered on Ji Ning’s face.

With a cold voice lowered, "What are you here for?"

"I’m looking for Lame Liu."

"He’s across the street."

"No, it’s you." Ji Ning’s smile didn’t change, but the female owner’s gaze now held a murderous intent.

She was wondering who had leaked her information.

"Don’t worry, no one betrayed you, I guessed." Ji Ning pointed to a chair opposite, "Let’s sit down and talk."

But the female owner directly pointed to the private room next to them, "In there."

Ji Ning shrugged, indicating no objections.

Afterwards, under the female owner’s sharp gaze, Ji Ning scooped the remaining fish from the pot into her bowl, and followed her into the private room with the bowl.

The private room was just a disguise, they pushed open the wooden wall beside it and entered a concealed space.

This was still not the place the female owner wanted to talk.

Holding her bowl, Ji Ning followed the female owner through several rooms, finally arriving at the back kitchen.

Seeing seven or eight burly men in the back kitchen, Ji Ning merely raised an eyebrow before following the female owner through the back door into a narrow alley.

The alley was only three feet wide, with blue brick walls on either side. They walked a dozen meters before seeing a tightly shut security door.

The female owner took out a key to unlock the door, inviting Ji Ning in.

Ji Ning’s expression changed slightly, but she boldly entered with the bowl.

The female owner’s expression turned a bit strange, she extended her hands to push Ji Ning’s back, but unexpectedly pushed air. Immediately, her arm was grabbed forcefully, and a cold sensation gripped her neck.

"If you don’t want to die, have your people put down their weapons."

The female owner’s expression shifted slightly but quickly returned to calm.

Glancing at her underlings inside, she suddenly laughed, her bell-like laughter seeming eerie in the silent courtyard.

The courtyard was packed with people, each holding machetes and sporting fierce faces, clearly meant to intimidate Ji Ning.

"You’ve got guts. Tell me, what’s your purpose here?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

After laughing, the female owner calmly pushed away Ji Ning’s hand.

Ji Ning retracted her dagger accordingly, ignoring the scrutinizing looks around her.

"Let’s discuss a cooperation."

"Which line are you from?" The female owner moved to sit in a chair brought by her underlings. Her attire hadn’t changed, but her momentum was intimidating.

Ji Ning thought for a moment, then replied, "Yu Jian sent me."

The female owner’s face paused slightly, then she looked back. One of her henchmen quickly stepped forward and responded, "From the Peng City branch."

"Oh..." The female owner seemed to realize something, studying Ji Ning again, "Are you a detective too?"

"No, a freelance photographer."

"I don’t think so." The female owner accepted a teacup from a nearby subordinate and blew on it.

"I used to stay at the base."

The female owner paused her action, glanced at her, "No wonder, your skills are pretty good."

"You’re too kind."

"What did he ask you to do?"

"Huang Liu’s line is under surveillance; he doesn’t want to die, so he sent me to you."

The surprise in the female owner’s eyes suggested she hadn’t received this information. After sipping her tea, she handed it back to her subordinate and asked, "Who’s watching it?"

"Security Bureau."

Although the female owner controlled her expression well, Ji Ning still noticed she seemed relieved.

Apparently, there were insiders within the Security Bureau.

"That’s unfortunate."

Ji Ning continued, "Yu Jian said the detective from the Security Bureau investigating this time is from the Special Department and has already taken control of Huang Liu’s boat."

Upon hearing this, the female owner’s brows furrowed slightly.

"A superpower user?"

Ji Ning nodded slightly.

"What superpowers? How strong?"

Watching her subtle expression, Ji Ning replied, "Three powers: healing, Water Element, and Wind Element, very high level, capable of causing tsunamis."

The female owner’s face turned unpleasant, seemingly not expecting the Security Bureau to send someone like this to investigate them.

After a while, she collected her emotions, looked at Ji Ning again, her caution deepened in her gaze this time, "How do you plan to cooperate?"