Li Nan really didn't care about the two hundred bucks; she just couldn't swallow her pride. She had no doubt that if she tolerated these people's bad habits this time, there would surely be no end to trouble in the future.

After all, today's security door is just the first step; future renovations will undoubtedly involve hauling sand, cement, flooring, tiles, and the like upstairs. Should they be allowed to charge exorbitant prices for those too?

Of course, the most important point is that this is Chu Ge's house. If she weren't here, it would be nothing, but since she's accompanying Ye Li today, she wants to make sure everything is clear and fair.

Despite Li Nan's sharp words, Yellow Teeth still smiled and retorted confidently, "Hey! Young lady, don't bother arguing with me. We're the property-approved professional movers. We won't damage the building's contents; if it's others, it may not be guaranteed. If something goes wrong, it's trouble for you, right?"

His words seemed reasonable, but Li Nan wasn't buying it. Let alone the price being intentionally difficult, even if it were fair, the day's events had nauseated her enough to insist on standing her ground.

At this point, Li Nan finally understood fully that these people were colluding with the neighborhood's property management.

Presumably, the property must be benefiting from them, thus allowing them to monopolize the moving market in the neighborhood. They've become more and more aggressive, playing at monopoly, because most residents have already bought their houses and won't argue over little money, even if it means spending a bit more, thereby further fueling their arrogance.

"Trouble? Enough with your useless talk, no matter how you phrase it, I won't need you guys. I will find someone to move it myself!"

Speaking on these lines, Li Nan pulled out her phone, ready to call some Taekwondo trainees from her dojo to help. Isn't moving a door no big deal? There was no shortage of strong lads in her dojo.

"Damn, you're ignoring the property management? Seriously arguing against us, huh!"

Seeing Li Nan unmoved, Yellow Teeth lost his temper completely, shouted, and swung a palm towards the phone in Li Nan's hand, while the group of muscular guys around him shared his anger and surged forward chaotically.

Li Nan ultimately failed to make the call, instead taking several blows amidst the chaos. Not only her but Ye Li also wasn't spared, leaving several big footprints on her washed-out jeans.

If the two of them weren't women, it would have undoubtedly been worse.

This time, Li Nan was infuriated, dragging Ye Li swiftly to the property management's office, flaring with anger as soon as she reached the entrance.

"Is there anyone in charge? Give me an explanation!"

Inside the property office, there were only two people, both in their twenties, lazily yawning in their chairs, looking as if they hadn't woken up yet.

The slightly taller young man, upon seeing Li Nan and Ye Li, immediately straightened up with a glimmer in his sleepy eyes, smilingly saying, "Miss, is there a problem?"

Li Nan came to reason things out, recounting the events just now in one go, but as soon as she finished, the shorter one smirked dismissively.

"They are indeed professional movers. They certainly won't damage neighborhood facilities. We can only be assured if they do the moving."

Li Nan's eyebrows shot up, further irked by the attitude, "I bought the security door; the seller already agreed to move and install it for free. Why should I pay extra?"

"You bought a six-thousand-per-square-meter house, and you're bothered about moving costs?"

The short one glanced at Li Nan, speaking with utter conviction, his gaze drifting back to the computer screen, casually hitting the 'start' button on a poker game, then continued, "As the neighborhood management, we obviously have to maintain order, right?"

"So, you think just because I'm wealthy, I should spend money like that?"

Li Nan laughed angrily, seeing the short one engrossed in his poker game and unwilling to continue conversing, she pulled Ye Li over and pointed at both their bodies.

"Open your eyes wide and see for yourselves, they even assaulted us. I'm telling you, you must give us an account of this matter, otherwise, I won't let it go."

"Miss, no need to get so angry. Let me see, where did they hurt you two?"

The tall guy smilingly left his desk and came beside Ye Li and Li Nan, arrogantly inspecting them all over, blowing residual alcohol breath.

"Seems like, not much of an issue, yeah?"

Watching him continue approaching, his eyes gleaming with lecherous hues, seeming like he might reach out at any moment, especially ignoring the evident footprints while talking nonsense, Li Nan resisted the urge to kick him, pulling Ye Li back two steps.

"Are you *bleep* blind? Can't you see those big footprints? Cut the crap; how do you plan on handling this?"

The short one's face stiffened, glancing sidelong at Li Nan, impatiently saying, "How are you speaking? We didn't hit you two, why yell here with us? Whoever hit you, go find them."

"Aren't they your designated movers? Who should I find if not you?" Li Nan squinted in fury, almost exploding from anger. This shorty's ability to shirk responsibility apparently didn't match his height.

"We assigned them to move because they're professionals. Do you think we would direct them to beat people?"

After being scolded by Li Nan several times, the tall one was also a bit unhappy. He snorted from his nose, returned to his desk, casually picked up a magazine, and curled his lips, "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with our property management. No matter how you try, you can't pin it on us. You know, go find someone else."

"So what you're saying is, you property people are not going to take care of this?"

Li Nan was thoroughly angered, yet there was a smile on her face. She pulled out her phone which had narrowly escaped being knocked flying by those movers.

The short one glanced at Li Nan again, snorted from his nose showing an unconcerned look with a trace of ridicule at the corners of his mouth, as if saying, "Calling someone? Sure, go ahead and call."

The tall one then spoke up, "Hey girl, it's not that we don't care, but we really can't manage this. If you're determined to take it out on us, you'd better take the opportunity to find those people who hit you, don't you think?"

On the surface, the tall guy seemed to be reasonable, but Li Nan wasn't stupid and knew he was being sarcastic and provocative.

What's even more intolerable for her was the implication in this guy's words, "Do you really think the guy who hit you is stupid? He must be hiding now, and won't show up in the district until your anger subsides a bit. You want to find him now? Dream on."

"Ye Li, let's go."

Li Nan took a breath and looked deeply at these two people, "Since they won't give us an explanation, I'll give them one myself. I hope they don't regret it later."

With these words, Li Nan grabbed Ye Li's hand and walked out of the property office.

Hearing what Li Nan said, the short guy smacked his lips, "What a show-off, talking like he really means it, what a thing!"

The tall guy nodded in agreement, then snorted from his nose, "They don't need to pretend, they really have it."

"Hahaha! That's spot on!" With the end of the sentence, the two of them couldn't help but burst into laughter.

By that time, Li Nan and Ye Li had already walked out of the property office doors, and Ye Li, seeing the anger written all over Li Nan's face, felt deeply distressed.

How could she be so useless? She just wanted to add a security door to Chu Ge's new home, just wanted Li Nan to accompany her to offer a few suggestions, how did such a small matter escalate like this?

Though she couldn't really be blamed for this, Ye Li still shouldered the entire responsibility for this matter.

"Li Nan, forget it, let's go back and find those people, two hundred yuan is just two hundred yuan, I really don't want to give you any more trouble."

As Li Nan was about to dial, Ye Li sighed, grabbed Li Nan's wrist, and shook her head.

"No way, you absolutely can't pamper these people's rotten habits, otherwise there'll be a second time after the first. This bunch of scumbags would definitely take advantage of us!"

Looking at Ye Li's gentle and frail appearance, Li Nan felt irked inside, how could a person be so weak and easily bullied to this extent?

With Li Nan speaking so resolutely, Ye Li knew she probably couldn't persuade her. To be honest, she also felt quite unwilling, feeling particularly embarrassed.

"Then... how do you plan on resolving this? If possible, I really don't want Brother Chu to know. He trusts me so much, I… don't want to fail at such small things."

"Don't worry, I don't want him to know either. I was the one who accompanied you out today. If we have to bother him with such trivial matters, I'd really lose face."

Li Nan patted Ye Li's shoulder, giving her a reassuring look.

"I'll find Geng Li. Although he isn't as capable as Brother Chu, he should be more than enough to scare these two scumbags. Geng Li is actually quite loyal, and given our friendship, he wouldn't deny me this favor."

Saying this, Li Nan didn't wait for Ye Li to say anything further and directly dialed Geng Li's number.

The phone rang a few times, and Geng Li's voice came through, "Xiao Nan, you haven't called Brother Li for quite a while, huh? Have you been hanging out with Brother Chu and forgotten your old big brother?"

"Brother Li, what are you talking about? Am I that kind of person?"

"Alright, alright, just joking with you. What's up? Tell me?"

"I'm now at Baihao Garden District, wanting to deal with…" Li Nan looked up at the property sign, "…two scumbags from Hongxin Property."

"Oh, from Hongxin Property... What? Hongxin Property?"

The first half of the sentence was perfectly normal, but at the latter part, Geng Li's voice suddenly changed!

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