Chapter 208 - Chapter 208: Missing Ah Tao?
Chapter 208: Missing Ah Tao?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
‘Are you alright?” Qin Minghong rushed to Ji Zhao’s side and asked anxiously, ‘Are you hurt anywhere?”
‘Tm fine.” Ji Zhao raised her head and forced a smile. However, her cheek, which had been slapped by Ji Huai just now, was in extreme pain.
‘Your face?
‘Be careful!”
Ji Zhao did not expect Ji Huai to raise the bamboo pole and swing it at the back of Qin Minghong’s head—
In a moment of desperation, she immediately pulled Qin Minghong along to avoid Ji Huai’s attack!
‘You want to dodge?” Ji Huai sneered. He actually took out a sharp dagger from his pocket and stabbed it straight at Ji Zhao!
Rip—
The sharp blade cut open the clothes on her shoulders!
An eye -catching red cut appeared on her fair and round shoulders!
Qin Minghong was completely enraged. He kicked Ji Huai’s chest with all his might!
Then, he ruthlessly stabbed the dagger into his wrist!
‘Since you want to die, I’ll fulfill your wish!”
In the end, Ji Huai and the helpers he brought were taken away by a group of mysterious men in black.
Ji Zhao, who had survived a calamity, let out a deep breath and looked at Qin Minghong gratefully. ‘Brother Qin, thank you.’
Qin Minghong looked at the wounds on her face and shoulders and felt even more upset.
He thought for a moment and quickly took off his coat. He tried to put it on Ji Zhao, but Ji Zhao easily avoided him.
‘Tm not cold.”
‘Your shoulder…” Qin Minghong pointed at her shoulder and asked softly, “Are you going to walk out like this?”
“It’s fine.” Ji Zhao smiled and nimbly tore off her skirt hem, drooping it on her injured shoulder.
“It’s almost the end of the year. The clinics have already closed.” Qin Minghong thought for a moment and asked softly, “I still have a doctor at home. You..
‘Tm fine. I’m not badly hurt.’
‘Are you sure you won’t make Shen Yao worry if you go back like this?” Qin Minghong looked at her trying her best to avoid contact with him and felt a little upset.
Did she care about Shen Yao that much?
As expected, when she heard that Shen Yao would be worried, Ji Zhao wavered.
She thought about it and came up with a compromise.
‘Brother Qin, can I trouble you to invite the doctor to the restaurant? I’ll wait for him in the restaurant, is that okay?” Ji Zhao looked into his eyes and sincerely begged.
Qin Minghong nodded weakly.
Hiss—
Just as Ji Zhao was about to leave, she realized that she had sprained her ankle.
‘What’s wrong?” Qin Minghong sensed that something was wrong and subconsciously looked back. He happened to see Ji Zhao frowning in pain.
“I think I sprained my ankle,” Ji Zhao said with a bitter smile. “But it’s fine. I can still walk if I endure it.’
‘Let me help you.’
Before Ji Zhao could reply, Qin Minghong had already grabbed her shoulders forcefully!
“This…”
‘Compared to Shen Yao’s misunderstanding, do you want Shen Yao to be more worried about you? His leg has recovered. Do you want to become a cripple?” Qin Minghong watched her deliberately avoid contact and felt an unknown fire burning in his heart.
Ji Zhao pursed her lips and did not say anything in the end.
After all, she was saved because Qin Minghong appeared in time.
Speaking of which, Qin Minghong was her savior. It was indeed a little ungrateful of her to repeatedly decline his kindness.
..Brother Qin, thank you.”
Only then did Qin Minghong feel the anger in his heart lessen. He supported Ji Zhao and walked towards the restaurant.
“Isn’t that the third daughter-in-law of Lanhua’s family, Ah Tao?” Ji Guihua, who happened to come to the county to deliver the goods, happened to catch a glimpse of Ji Zhao’s side profile. She subconsciously rubbed her eyes. After confirming that she had not seen wrongly, she could not help but feel a little puzzled.
Hongxing Restaurant.
Second Manager You and Ma Tong, who were drunk, went home to rest.
Qin Minghong helped Ji Zhao to sit in the hall. “I’ve already asked the servant to go back and get a doctor.”
‘Okay.” Ji Zhao smiled gratefully.
However, when she smiled, her face hurt.
An hour later, the doctor finally arrived.
Fortunately, Ji Zhao only suffered superficial wounds and did not injure her muscles and bones.
After the doctor reconnected her bones, he left behind a bottle of ointment. ‘Twice a day. After cleaning your hands, apply the ointment on the wound.”
‘Alright, thank you, doctor.”
Ji Zhao sat beside the square table, deep in thought.
If she went back with such a face, Shen Yao and the others would definitely be worried. Moreover, the matter with Ji Huai had not been investigated clearly. After thinking for a while, she looked up at Qin Minghong, who was sitting opposite her without saying a word, and asked in a low voice, “Brother Qin, can I ask you for a favor?
As dusk approached, Ah Tao had yet to return home.
For some reason, Shen Yao felt uneasy.
‘Have you drunk the medicine?” Zhao Lanhua brought the medicine into the house. When she saw her son’s distracted expression, she could not help but tease, ‘Are you missing Ah Tao?”
Shen Yao silently took the bowl of medicine and drank it in one gulp.
However, the tips of his ears were clearly red.
‘Didn’t Ah Tao get someone to send a message? She was delayed by something today. I’m afraid she’ll be staying in the restaurant for two days.” When Ji Zhao was mentioned, Zhao Lanhua’s words were filled with love. “But it’s very cold today. I wonder if the blanket in the restaurant is thick.”
Shen Yao lowered his eyes and did not say anything, but he was as worried about Ji Zhao as Zhao Lanhua.
‘You keep everything in your heart!” Zhao Lanhua, who had not gotten a response after talking for a long time, said angrily.
‘Lanhua? Lanhua? Are you at home?”
Outside the courtyard, Aunt Guihua, who was holding a bowl of fried meatballs, shouted loudly.
‘Coming!”
‘The meatballs that our family just fried are still warm. I specially sent you a big bowl. You haven’t had dinner at home, right? Try them.”
‘Okay, I’ll try one!” Zhao Lanhua happily grabbed a fried meatball. ‘Delicious, delicious!”
“It’s delicious, right?” Ji Guihua said with a smile. “1n the past, my husband always disdained the meatballs I fried. They were either too salty or bland! This year, it’s all thanks to Ah Tao teaching me how to make fillings. I finally succeeded once. My husband has eaten much better!” ‘By the way, where’s Ah Tao? I want her to try it too!”
‘Ah Tao isn’t at home. Shall we let her try it tomorrow?
‘Not at home?” Ji Guihua frowned in confusion. “Could it be that the person I saw in the alley in the county city during the day was really Ah Tao?”
“What alley?”
“When I accompanied my husband to the county to deliver the goods, I seemed to have seen Ah Tao. There was a particularly handsome lad beside her, right? He seemed to be supporting her, but I don’t think that person was Ah Tao, because that person seemed to be limping?”
“But I’m not so sure!”
Shen Yao, who happened to hear their conversation, felt his heart sink..