After half a lifetime of navigating the world, the system tells me to be a good big brother!

[Triggering Mission: Conflict between the energetic young man and the motorcycle shop clerk.]

[Mission Details: Please handle the conflict between your store employee and the young man fairly, justly, and openly, to prevent it from escalating into a county-level ethnic conflict.]

[Quest Reward: 700 Merit Points]

"Huh? A quest has been triggered? This system is really something. I definitely have to take care of this matter, and now that I've resolved it, I'm even getting 700 merit points for free. That's great."

Li Qing was thinking to himself, and he was also considering how to resolve the matter peacefully.

"As I just said, we have a special connection. I remember you were with Liu... Liu Zhao, right?"

Are you here for a meal or get-together today? Where's your leader? Where's Liu Zhao?

Instead of addressing the issue itself, Li Qing started changing the subject.

After all, there's no need to clarify the matter itself; both sides are at fault, that's just how young people are.

His current approach is the smartest.

Just as one of the energetic young men was about to speak, Li Qing spoke up again before he could.

"Wait a minute, we're talking anyway, why don't we sit down?"

As he spoke, Li Qing took the lead, moving the tables next to Xiao Guo and the others to the table next to the energetic young man, and placing the two tables together.

After he finished putting the tables together, he warmly invited everyone on both sides to sit down.

His actions caused the escalating conflict to vanish without a trace.

What was originally a minor incident that could have sparked a county-level ethnic conflict has now faded away.

All the onlookers, seeing that things had calmed down, turned their attention away. However, although they looked away, some of them went on to brag about what they had seen that night the next day.

As Li Qing's name was passed around, he became known as "Big Brother" among the people of the county.

"Brother Qing, we used to follow Brother Zhao. It's not like what you said to us at the police station that made us feel like there's no point in living like this now."

"So I plan to have one last meal tonight, and then I'll start working hard after tonight."

"Those who still have schooling should go back to school, and those who don't should find a proper job."

The group of people took turns telling Li Qing the whole story.

He understood something too; these six prodigal sons had turned over a new leaf, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

The men in front of him, whom he had previously learned about from Wang Youliang, had no criminal records.

Because of Wang Youliang's kindness towards minors, these people still have a chance to turn back.

"You've thought it through, and to be honest, I'm happy for your choice now."

Go to school as long as you can still go; going to school is the simplest path to success.

Other paths may not be impossible to succeed on, but they are often fraught with pitfalls.

Don't let my current situation fool you; my path is even more difficult!

As someone who has been through it, Li Qing shared her feelings with empathy.

The young men listened attentively; if someone else had said those words, they definitely wouldn't have achieved the same effect.

"Brother Qing, that's well said! Let's all give him a round of applause!"

After that, both sides seemed to have forgotten what had happened before, and no one brought it up again. Instead, they ate skewers and drank together.

And thanks to the drinks, the two groups became more familiar with each other, which made it even less likely that anyone would bring up the past.

Li Qing drank until very late, until the dead of night. Seeing that everyone was almost drunk, he secretly sent a message to Xiao Guo, telling him to take his men and leave first.

Upon receiving his message, Xiao Guo, who wasn't drunk, told him what was going on and left with a few employees.

"These kids are still too young! They obviously can't outdrink Guo and his gang, who've been around for a few years."

After Xiao Guo and the others left, Li Qing looked at the six energetic young men who were already quite drunk and shook his head to himself.

He got up and went to the barbecue grill, took out a white cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Uncle Aili.

Uncle Aili took the cigarette and casually tucked it behind his ear, then pulled out a plain white cigarette box with no markings from his pocket.

"Try this one, it's a Mohe cigarette my son rolled with a cigarette machine!" Ali said as he handed him the cigarette.

At this point, he couldn't refuse, so Li Qing accepted it directly.

He put the cigarette in his mouth, lit it for Eric first, and then lit it for himself.

Li Qing always maintained a degree of caution when dealing with unfamiliar cigarettes, and it was precisely this caution that prevented him from making too much of a fool of himself.

Because Aili's cigarettes were really strong, even stronger than the hand-rolled cigarettes he smoked at his parents' house.

Just a small bite made him feel slightly dizzy.

Eric just smiled and looked at Li Qing, clearly the old man had no good intentions.

However, Li Qing's performance was not too bad, which made Ai Li's impression of Li Qing improve.

"You're a good young man!" Eric gave him a brief compliment before asking, "Have you resolved things on your end?"

"It's resolved. It was just a little tantrum between kids; a simple word of advice was all it took."

Sometimes there's really no need to make a big deal out of things. If things really escalate, it won't benefit anyone!

Uncle Eric, I'll say something you might not like to hear: every big thing is actually caused by small things.

Just like today, if I hadn't intervened, the final outcome would likely have been unmanageable for everyone.

As Aili listened to Li Qing's words, he nodded in agreement. He had now figured it out: if he really called Na Wu over...

The final outcome is very likely to lead to a situation that no one can control.

"You're right, Adasi, I underestimated things!"

Hearing what Ali said, Li Qing got what he wanted.

He didn't say anything more after that, and took out his phone to scan three thousand yuan for the bearded old man in front of him.

"Uncle Eric, please settle all the bills over there!"

After saying that, Li Qing left, and Aili also heard the notification sound from the WeChat speaker.

He was about to call Li Qing back and tell him he had given too much, but seeing Li Qing waving at him, he decided not to call him back.

On his way back to the young man, Li Qing saw the system notification displayed before him.

[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission. Merit points: +700.]

This was practically a free merit, but Li Qing had a good idea of ​​how much merit he could gain from this mission.

His intervention averted a potential ethnic conflict.

In a good mood, Li Qing returned to the table where the energetic young man was sitting.

Looking at the few traffic lights that were leaning and haphazardly in front of me, I felt nothing but helplessness.

"If you can't drink, don't drink! It's only a few bottles of beer, and you've gotten into this state!"

Although Li Qing thought this way, after having the system, his meddlesome nature also came to the fore.

Li Qing couldn't just leave the traffic lights on the street, so he decided to do a good deed and return the goods to their owners.

From a red light where someone was still somewhat conscious, Li Qing learned their address and then started hailing a taxi.