"Brat, I heard that you have already been a tour guide privately again? You even let the tourists live in your house directly? You are so fucking courageous." The lead cursed at Gardner.
Gardner was slapped, then his face immediately turned red. He stared at the person in front of him, and shouted, "Clarke, there is no rule on the island that I can't be a tour guide. So many people on the island are doing this kind of thing. Why are you hitting me?"
The man named Clarke sneered, "My father is the director of the tour guide management office. I said that if you are not qualified to be a tour guide, the you are not qualified. If you do it, I have to teach you a lesson!"
Gardner was full of indignation. Clarke was his classmate in school. Because Gardner's family conditions were relatively poor, he was often bullied by Clarke.
The tour guides on the island were indeed under the control of Clarke's father, but in order to make more money, many people on the island would entertain some tourists for livelihood in private. Generally, Clarke's father would turn a blind eye. After all, they were all residents of the island, so there was no need to be too strict.
Clarke didn't like Gardner, so he came to make things difficult for Gardner on purpose.
"Hurry up and hand over the money you earned from your tourists. Then I can spare you once, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!" Clarke said viciously.
"They are my friends. I didn’t accept their money." Gardner said.
"You're fucking lying to me. I think you just want to be hit. Give it or not? If you don't give it to me, I will slap your face to broken today!" Clarke shouted at Gardner again.
Gardner gritted his teeth and stared at Clarke angrily. He didn't show any signs of surrendering. However, Clarke had a few men on his side. Gardner could not run away because Clarke's men were pressing him.
Seeing Gardner not speaking, Clarke raised his hand again and was about to slapped Gardner.
At this moment, one hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him to the side with force.
"What are you doing?" Casey stared at Clarke and his men coldly, and stretched out his hand to drag Gardner over.
Clarke turned his head and glanced at Casey. Then he yelled, "Who the hell are you? You don't know who I am? You dare to take care of my affairs. Don't you want to live?"
"Boss, listening to this person's accent, he should be from other cities. He's probably the tourist who is living in Gardner's house." A man on the side said.
Clarke looked at Casey up and down. Seeing that Casey was wearing ordinary clothes, thinking about that Casey actually let Gardner be his tour guide and he also lived directly at the tour guide's house, Clarke thought that Casey was the kind of tourists who had no money, so he didn't take Casey seriously.
When Gardner saw Casey stand up for him, he was a little anxious. It was nothing that he was beaten. But if Casey got into trouble because of him, he would definitely feel sorry.
"Casey, this is a matter between me and him. You don't have to take care of me. Clarke has a strong influence on the island. His father is the director of the tour guide management office. He knows many people. If you offend him, it will be not good for you." Gardner shouted.
Casey turned his head and glanced at Gardner, then said with a smile, "No matter who he is, it's not right to hit someone casually. I'll help you deal with this matter. You can just watch it from the side."
Clarke and his men laughed immediately, obviously not taking Casey's words seriously.
Clarke took two steps to the front, rubbed his hands, and said, "Don't think you are a few years older than us, you are better than us. Tell you, I’m black belt in Taekwondo. With just a flying kick, I can break your head."
Gardner was anxious. He said, "Casey, Clarke has indeed learned Taekwondo and is good at fighting. Don’t have any conflicts with him!"
Casey showed a joking smile at the corner of his mouth and said, "If fighting can resolve the matter, it will be very easy."
Although fighting with a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old children was a bit bullying them, what Clarke had done was a bit hateful. Casey was just teaching him a lesson for his elders.
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