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

Li Qing had nothing to do in the billiards hall, so he asked Lin Xia to move closer to the bar and set up a table.

He started playing there on and off, and the pool hall became much more orderly because of people like him.

The billiard hall is a mixed bag of people, and even though Li Qing has a reputation there, things haven't always gone smoothly for him.

Just as he was playing seriously, a conflict broke out among people near the back of the hall.

As the owner of the billiard hall, Li Qing naturally had to go and take a look.

It wasn't just to prevent the other party from causing trouble in his own ballroom; it was also because he himself wanted to go and see if he could trigger a system task.

As he walked toward the site of the conflict, the two sides had gone from a standoff to a full-blown fight.

The two camps were quite easy to distinguish: one side was all wearing school uniforms, while the other side had all their hair dyed yellow.

As he walked along, he also came to a basic understanding of the situation.

It was just a small matter, but young people are hot-tempered and can easily start a fight over a few words.

As he got closer, he realized that he actually knew one of the people who had started the fight.

Those with dyed yellow hair were the young men he had taken home after they got drunk the other night.

This is really interesting. Gao Yan is too young. Otherwise, how could he run into this group of people everywhere?

Seeing that the scene was about to become more chaotic, Li Qing quickly stepped forward. Right now, both sides were only using fists, but if they started using golf clubs, it would really turn into a brawl.

"Hey, all of you, stop right there! You're all asking for trouble, daring to lay a hand on me in my factory?"

Li Qing's loud shout immediately stopped the two fighting parties.

Unsurprisingly, Li Qing's reputation and his physique made people afraid to move.

Just as he had subdued both sides, a system notification flashed before his eyes again.

[Trigger Task: Resolve Conflicts Among Young People]

[Mission Details: In the host's billiards hall, two young people got into a conflict due to their hot tempers.]

Please use your own case as a starting point to carefully explain and persuade both parties to take the right path.

[Quest Reward: 200 Merit Points]

Looking at the words in front of him, Li Qing was not surprised at all. Just as he had imagined, the mission had indeed been triggered.

However, he also felt a deep sense of helplessness towards those energetic young men in front of him.

These children, oblivious to the gravity of the situation, are practically becoming the sheep he's exploiting to fleece them of their good deeds.

He was a little afraid that he might fleece all the sheep in front of him.

He himself couldn't even calculate how much good he had gained from these young men.

Li Qing stepped forward and clarified the matter in just a few words.

The five people in school uniforms were students from Gaoyan No. 1 Middle School. They had just finished their exams and had made plans to play billiards for fun.

As for the young men, they haven't been out fooling around lately. Since they went to the police station, they've all found themselves jobs.

They had all worked a week, so they took some time to get together with their friends.

The cause of the conflict was simple: during a game, one player's cue ball flew out to the other player's side.

Then came the classic scene: "What are you looking at? What's it to you if I look at you? Look again and I'll punch you..."

Neither side wanted to lose face, so they clashed, and eventually even exchanged blows.

Although Li Qing intervened in time, the boy in school uniform had little fighting experience and couldn't keep up with the boy with dyed yellow hair, so he suffered a bit of a loss.

Li Qing didn't have many good ideas for dealing with these energetic young people; he could only try to persuade them.

As for whether it's useful, it should be somewhat useful, but it depends on the state of the young men; its usefulness may not be that great.

"Logically speaking, since you fought here, I should have called the police."

Calling the police won't benefit any of you, and it will also affect my business.

Since no major damage has been caused, and both of you have already fought each other, which constitutes mutual assault, we will not take that route.

You should all know me, Li Qing, or at least have heard of me.

"Then I'll play peacemaker and settle this matter for you."

Li Qing's voice wasn't loud, but he exuded an aura of authority that calmed both sides down.

Actually, it's not good to be uncalm, because Li Qing's imposing presence is just too strong.

As soon as Li Qing finished speaking, both sides nodded.

Seeing that neither side had any objections, Li Qing led them toward an empty private room.

He then took out his phone and made a call.

The private room wasn't big, and Li Qing came in and sat down on one of the two sofas with an air of nonchalance.

"Just wait. Even though we're not going to call the police, we still need to send someone over."

After Li Qing finished speaking, he stopped talking. The two groups of people who followed him in also stood obediently under Li Qing's pressure.

More than ten minutes later, the door to the private room was pushed open from the outside, and Wang Youliang, who had changed into casual clothes, entered.

"Hey Li Qing, what are you doing? When did you become the dean of students?"

When Wang Youliang entered the room and saw the scene before him, it reminded him of students being punished by their teachers by standing in the corner, which is why he made that joke.

Li Qing looked at Wang Youliang as he entered and said helplessly.

"Wang Suo, do you think I wanted this? I didn't want to either, really."

I'm just an honest businessman, doing my business properly, but these kids started fighting here.

I have to deal with it, don't you think?

Li Qing explained something to Wang Youliang, then led him to sit down on another sofa, before turning to look at the young people.

"Why are you all behaving so well now? This is Wang Youliang, the police chief of Chengguan Police Station. Some of you should be familiar with him."

After Li Qing finished speaking, he began to tell Wang Youliang the whole story from the beginning.

After Wang Youliang heard this, he felt the same helplessness as Li Qing, because this kind of situation happened too often, almost every day.

"Li Qing, since you've summoned me privately, you're definitely not planning to follow the proper procedures. Now tell me, what are you planning to do?"

Li Qing thought for a moment, then smiled and said to Wang Youliang.

"Wang Suo understands perfectly. Hehe, this is what I plan to do. These kids didn't do anything seriously wrong. They just had a quarrel with someone. Who hasn't fought when they were a kid?"

However, even so, they still need to be punished.

Since they have nowhere to vent their energy, why not have them come to your office to clean?

This can be considered a punishment, no matter how you look at it.

After he finished speaking, Wang Youliang looked at him with a hostile expression.

Li Qing's behavior was completely passing the buck. He agreed to clean up, but placing it in their office was just asking for trouble.

"You're really messing with me, kid! I won't agree!"

Li Qing had anticipated Wang Youliang's reaction.

Having been prepared, Wang Youliang immediately changed his attitude after saying this.