"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Richie, who was heading towards the restaurant door, was slapped in the face by the door opening outwards, and was sent flying backwards.
The tall, fat man, weighing over 200 jin (over 100 kg), crashed into the crowd.
The crowd parted abruptly, making way for him, and they watched as he crashed to the ground, lying on his back with a red mark on his face. He looked dazed, as if he had been hit in the head.
Mai Ge, who had just opened the door, was also stunned for a moment. His hand was still on the doorknob. He had just finished breakfast and was about to come out to remind Amy to go to class. He didn't expect that just by opening the door a little too hard, someone who was coming towards the door was knocked away. He looked a little embarrassed at the fat middle-aged man lying on his back on the ground. If this was a guest, wouldn't he have been accidentally injured?
"He opened the door and sent someone flying! Boss Mai is definitely not someone to mess with!"
The guests looked at Mai Ge with strange expressions. Although Richie looked like an ordinary person, but he was still a big man weighing over 200 jin. The fact that he was sent flying like that was quite a shocking sight.
Of course, the most regrettable thing was that the guests who were ready to make a move didn't expect that Mai Ge had already taken care of it before they could even do anything.
"Wow, Daddy is so amazing!" Amy put away the little fireball in her hand, clapped her hands with her mouth slightly open, and looked up at Mai Ge with admiration on her face.
"How...how could this be? Is the restaurant owner some kind of powerful figure?" Richie lay on the ground, feeling a burning pain on his face. Being slapped across the face by a door was not a pleasant experience at all, especially seeing Mai Ge holding the doorknob, which made his anger rise even higher.
He hadn't even made a move yet, but he got hit first!
This guy must be the owner of this restaurant. But it doesn't matter. Even though he was defeated, but he still has thousands of brothers behind him, all of whom are armed with swords and knives. Among them are orcs and demons. No matter how powerful this restaurant owner is, he will definitely be beaten up by the mob.
Thinking this, Richie regained his confidence. Ignoring the burning pain on his face, he struggled to sit up, raised his arm, and shouted, "This boss is manipulating the rankings and even assaulting people! Where is justice?! Where is fairness?! Everyone, charge! Smash it..."
"Smash, smash your sister!" A nearly two meters tall demon slapped him across the face, sending him crashing back to the ground. He then kicked him, angrily saying, "I have a lot of pent up anger, and it's true that it's because of the ranking of Restaurant Mai Mi, but the exact opposite of what you said, it's because the ranking is low! What I despise most are restaurant owners like you who have no ability but can't stand seeing others succeed. I'll beat up anyone like you I see!"
"Exactly! You call yourself the embodiment of fairness and justice? Your lousy barbecue restaurant, last time I found a bug in my barbecue and you insisted it was my own fault. Well, I've caught you red-handed today, haven't I? Where are those burly men who beat me up last time?"
"Boss Mai's food is a hundred times better than the barbecue at your restaurant. Who gave you the confidence and courage to come here and provoke Boss Mai? A disgusting name? I start drooling just hearing the word Rou Jia Mo now!"
"Stop talking! Brothers, let's not fight among ourselves. The real heretics are those who dare to shout slogans about smashing Restaurant Mai Mi and accuse us of rigging the vote! Leave me a seat so I can kick one too!"
Chaos erupted at the restaurant entrance as the guests surrounded Richie and began to beat him mercilessly, raining punches and kicks down on him like a drumbeat.
"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! We're allies! I'm an ally! Stop hitting me! Ah! Don't hit my face..." Richie was stunned by the beating and only reacted after a while, screaming and yelling.
"What do you mean we're allies? We're just targeting you! Now the sweet and savory factions are officially allied because of you, you swindler!" An old woman poked Richie's stomach twice with her cane, somewhat annoyed.
"I agree! Giving each other one star reviews only benefits those guys! Although I don't think Sweet Tofu Pudding is necessarily delicious, but since it's made by Boss Mai, it must taste better than anyone else's!"
"Yes, hurting each other will only lead to a lose-lose situation. We should unite and give each other five stars! Let those guys see the true power of our tofu pudding!"
The angry guests' fists and feet instantly drowned out Richie's screams, and under his instigation, they quickly reached a cooperation agreement, which was unanimously approved by both parties.
Since Boss Mai sells the same quantity of sweet and savory tofu pudding everyday, their rankings on the list can't be significantly different. Competing against each other would be mutually destructive. Therefore, cooperation becomes the only way to secure a place on the list.
"Bo... Boss..." The young waiter stared in disbelief at the scene. He had just been full of enthusiasm and was about to rush in and smash the restaurant with his boss, but in the blink of an eye, his boss was being beaten on the ground and had disappeared from sight.
"Here's another one." A burly man grabbed the young waiter by the collar and threw him into the crowd, where the waiter joined the ranks of those being beaten.
"What's going on here?" Mai Ge, who was about to apologize, was also a little confused when he saw this scene. After listening to the guests' conversation for a while, he quickly figured out the gist of it.
It seems these two came to cause trouble after seeing this morning's food rankings, but they didn't expect to be attacked by the customers before they even entered the restaurant. The scene was quite tragic.
Mai Ge had no intention of being polite to anyone who dared to cause trouble. Restaurant rules had to be established, and sometimes he had to make an example of someone to deter others.
However, Mai Ge was quite touched by the fact that the guests were taking the initiative to deal with the troublemakers at the restaurant. It was touching to see a group of people who were just there to eat showing such concern and anger for the restaurant's honor and reputation.
"Everyone's probably tired by now. It's nothing serious. Let's not cause any deaths. It's early in the morning, and the Inspectorate isn't having an easy time either." Mai Ge said with a smile.
The guests laughed when they heard this. Boss Mai's words were not very kind. There were so many people here. If they got tired, they could just switch groups. They would surely beat those two guys half to death.
"Someone's been killed! Someone's been killed..." Richie's screams came out intermittently, but he was met with another barrage of kicks.