Chapter 47

Ms. Floral casually moved a chair over and sat down. She took out an account book, and she flipped it through while saying, “You haven’t paid for this month, right?”

Ben showed a bright smile. “I just opened this restaurant not long ago. We also agreed that I will start to pay next month.”

Ms. Floral frowned slightly. “Next month? Haha! You can open the restaurant next month. Close it now.”

“Don’t! Ms. Floral, we can talk about it. Please don’t close my restaurant. Don’t you just want the protection fee? I’ll give you. How much do you want?”

Ms. Floral flipped through the account book. “The protection fee is 6000 dollars per month. Your restaurant is newly opened this month, so I’ll give you a 20% discount. You can just give me 4,800 dollars.”

“Ms. Flora, there are less than five days remaining this month. Isn’t this too much?”

“Why? Are you bargaining with me?”

“No, I dare not.”

Ben immediately went to the counter, took the money, and passed it to Ms. Floral. He dared not say