I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

However, two fists can't fight four hands. Su Banxia only had three people on her side, and Su Banxia herself was a weak woman who needed the protection of Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan.

The manager's side, however, had a dozen or so young men who did manual labor every day.

Before long, the three of them were starting to struggle, going from launching an attack to barely managing to hold off the attackers.

Su Banxia knew that Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan had exhausted their strength. But there was nothing she could do at this moment, so she could only look warily at the people rushing towards them and occasionally use her dagger to defend herself.

If she could run into the space, Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan wouldn't have to worry about her. But now there are too many people around, and if she suddenly disappeared into thin air, it would definitely make things even more complicated.

Therefore, Su Banxia had no choice but to suppress her urge to enter the space and kept calling out:

"Don't come any closer, I have a knife!"

As she spoke, Su Banxia brandished the dagger in her hand and stabbed the man who was hitting Su Hanzhang on the head with a wooden stick.

Those who came to fight were armed with wooden sticks or shovels; I didn't see anyone actually bringing a dagger to wreak havoc.

Although Su Banxia was a woman, the group was still somewhat intimidated by her reckless behavior, so they didn't dare to approach her and instead vented their anger on Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan.

While trying her best to protect herself, Su Banxia kept wielding her dagger to help Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan.

Just as Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan were being beaten black and blue by that group of people, the cabin door was kicked open from the outside.

"Stop it all!"

The supervisor was about to turn around and scold the man for not knowing the rules, but upon seeing who it was, he was so frightened that he cried out:

"Stop! Stop! All of you, stop!"

Seeing that the person in charge had spoken, everyone stopped fighting, threw down their weapons, and ceased their attack.

Seeing this, Su Banxia quickly went over to help Su Hanzhang and Su Shiyan.

"Father, elder brother, are you alright?"

As she spoke, Su Banxia helped them both up from the ground, one in each arm.

"Please sit down for a while. I can tell you're both quite badly injured. Do you feel any discomfort right now?"

"Get them all out!"

A cold voice sounded.

Seeing this, the person in charge quickly nodded in agreement.

"Get out, all of you get out of here, don't get in my way!"

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly picked up their belongings and left.

Seeing that Su Banxia and the other two were still lingering in the cabin, the steward kicked Su Hanzhang and cursed:

"You blind bastard, can't you see that important people have arrived? Get your daughter and son out of here right now! I can't stand the sight of you!"

No sooner had the manager finished speaking than a slap landed hard on his face.

Jixiang glared at the steward and said angrily:

"Who do you think you are, daring to act so arrogantly in front of our young master? How dare you speak to our young master's friend like that!"

Su Banxia looked up and met Ji Xiang's familiar face. Looking further back, she saw Lou Wangyue's worried expression.

Before Su Banxia could speak, Lou Wangyue nervously walked to Su Banxia's side, grabbed her arm, and checked her over.

"Banxia, ​​are you alright? I'm so sorry, it's all my fault for being late and startling you."

Su Banxia pulled her arm away, smiled, and shook her head at Lou Wangyue.

"I'm fine, don't worry. How could I blame you?"

As she spoke, Su Banxia pointed to the manager, who looked utterly shocked.

"It's all his fault. Not only did he not pay my father and my older brother their wages, but he also tried to have people beat us up. Luckily you arrived in time, otherwise the three of us would probably have had a hard time getting out of this cabin today."

Lou Wangyue's face darkened immediately upon hearing Su Banxia's words. She turned to look at the steward.

"Is this how your Young Master Lin disciplines you lackeys?"

The person in charge naturally knew that Lou Wangyue was not someone to be trifled with, and that this ship of goods was being transported on behalf of the Lou family.

Lou Wangyue is a major client of the Lin family; even Master Lin treats him with respect. Yet now, he has actually bullied Lou's friend, truly creating a huge mess.

Thinking this, the person in charge stammered and began to speak:

"Young Master Lou, look at the mess we've made today. It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. We're all friends, how could I not pay them their wages? I'm just making a fool of myself."

Lou Wangyue said coldly:

"Who says you're friends? You don't even deserve to be friends with anyone!"

No sooner had Lou Wangyue finished speaking than Jixiang slapped the steward across the face.

"Watch your words, lest you tarnish our young master's reputation. What right do you, a good-for-nothing servant, have to try and establish a relationship with our young master?"

The manager frowned, his head bowed, his face flushed, and he kept slapping himself in the face.

"Yes, yes, I misspoke. I am a good-for-nothing and dare not associate with Young Master Lou."

Seeing that the manager had completely lost his earlier tough demeanor, Su Banxia couldn't help but feel both annoyed and amused.

Indeed, no matter the time, wealth and power can always command submission.

Thinking this through, Su Banxia couldn't help but glance at Lou Wangyue a few more times. This person was not only good-looking and kind, but also always appeared by her side at crucial moments. She wondered what she, a woman from a peasant family, had done to deserve such a remarkable friend as Lou Wangyue.

The reason why his candied hawthorn business has been able to take off so quickly is because Lou Wangyue always takes good care of his business, often placing orders for hundreds of skewers at a time, which has really made him a lot of money.

But at this moment, Lou Wangyue only gave the steward a slight stern look, and he was so frightened that he slapped himself repeatedly, which was something Su Banxia hadn't expected.

The more assertive this manager was when he was beating people, the more cowardly he is now.

Regardless, Su Banxia had calmed down considerably by now, so she looked at Lou Wangyue and said:

"Since the person in charge has admitted his mistake, let him settle my father and elder brother's wages as soon as possible, and also compensate us for the medical expenses incurred by the person who assaulted us. Then this matter will be settled."

Upon hearing this, Lou Wangyue looked at the steward and said:

"Did you hear that? Since Banxia is willing to give you a way out, then I won't pursue the matter any further. Hurry up and do as Banxia says!"

Seeing that there was still room for maneuver, the person in charge nodded hurriedly:

"Chengcheng, I'll go get you the silver right away!"

Having said that, he turned and ran out of the cabin to get the silver, but returned shortly after, as if afraid that Su Banxia might change her mind.

“Young lady, look, your elder brother and your father’s wages total one tael of silver.”

The person in charge scratched his head somewhat guiltily as he spoke.

"It was wrong of me to injure them just now. Here is another two taels of silver, consider it compensation for their medical expenses, is that alright?"