Chapter 16 I'll Take Someone With Me When I Die

The four words "get together" almost made Lao Liang jump up, and he explained with sweat all over his forehead.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Where did you hear these rumors? It's impossible. Xiao Gu is not that kind of person."

Lao Liang was an honest man. He kept telling his wife not to misunderstand and that Gu Qingshi was not that kind of person. However, he didn't know that saying this at this time would only add fuel to the fire.

"You're still protecting her, and you keep talking about Xiao Gu. And yet you say you didn't have a relationship with her? Bah!" The aunties who followed her instantly got angry and started shouting.

"Everyone come and see, there's a shameless little bitch here, I kindly took her in to work and let her get paid, but she got dirty hands and was greedy for money, and now she's shamelessly trying to seduce the boss!"

A sharp sound echoed through the streets.

Several women, with red eyes, pushed Lao Liang aside and came towards Gu Qingshi with malicious hatred on their faces, "Bah, I'll beat you to death, you little bitch, for not being honest and seducing people!"

"You are so shameless that you rely on your youth and beauty. I will tear your face apart and see if you dare to seduce others again in the future!"

They shared the same hatred and wished they could kill Gu Qingshi outright, so they pounced on him viciously.

As they cursed, a crowd quickly gathered in front of the restaurant. They squeezed to look inside and there was a lot of noise.

As more people gathered around, the proprietresses cursed even more vigorously. The nephew mixed in with them and said he would help them. He deliberately went towards Gu Qingshi's chest, who was being grabbed by the hair and hands and beaten by the women, trying to take advantage of him.

"Let me go!"

The women were well prepared and had even discussed it in advance. They worked together to block all of Gu Qingshi's escape routes.

Gu Qingshi was inevitably trapped, her hair was grabbed, and her hands, body and legs were in pain. They beat and pinched her, trying to kill her, and her head was stained with their saliva.

Gu Qingshi looked at the crazy eyes of several people, his eyes turned red, and his whole body trembled with anger.

It's the same again, endless slander and endless beatings.

At this moment, Gu Qingshi seemed to have returned to the time when Duan Lingling slandered her as a thief, and when her neighbors lost money, she was searched by Duan Lingling, her body was searched, and she was beaten to force her to confess.

Never found anything, but still happened again and again.

It went back to the time when she was bullied by Duan Renjie, but was beaten and scolded by Bai Zhen, who said she was not decent.

It was clearly not her fault, but everyone blamed it on her, and in the end she never even got an apology.

Until now, she was being treated like this again because of a few divisive words and the suspicion of a few women.

Gu Qingshi was extremely angry. She grabbed her nephew's hand which was moving towards her chest and pulled it back violently.

The nephew screamed and bumped into the proprietress next to him.

The boss lady's grip on Gu Qingshi's hair loosened instantly. Gu Qingshi took the opportunity to break free, grabbed the boss lady's hair, and kicked the woman next to him hard as she screamed.

Gu Qingshi's desperate counterattack made the women suffer, and amid their screams, there was finally a gap.

Gu Qingshi rushed out, ran to the kitchen, took a kitchen knife, and raised his hand to chop at the hand that was trying to grab her.

"Get out, all of you!"

Gu Qingshi chopped desperately with the kitchen knife, "You guys are throwing dirty water on me today and trying to force me to death. I will take you with me even if I die!"

Gu Qingshi took the kitchen knife and returned all the pain he had inflicted on her. Several people were not careful and their hands were almost chopped off. They were almost scared to death.

The proprietress was lying on the ground with a look of embarrassment on her face. She looked at Gu Qing with shock on her face, "You are crazy! You are crazy!"

"I am crazy. You guys have driven me crazy!" Gu Qingshi spat fiercely, his eyes red. "Those who don't want to die, just stay still."

The restaurant, which had been bustling before, was now completely silent. No one in the three circles inside or outside spoke a word.

Gu Qingshi was holding a kitchen knife in his hand, his clothes and hair were a little messy, and there was a cut at the corner of his mouth.

But no one noticed that she was in a mess, they only saw her red eyes and cruel look.

She dragged a chair over and sat down, slamming the kitchen knife on the table, and looked at the proprietress, "Now can you calmly talk about my so-called greed for money and seducing Lao Liang?"

The proprietress’s hair was even messier than Gu Qingshi’s, and there was a missing piece of her scalp, which was right under Gu Qingshi’s feet.

That was what Gu Qingshi had pulled out alive.

The proprietress felt a sharp pain on her scalp, and there was no place on her body that didn't hurt. She looked at Gu Qingshi with hatred, shock and fear in her eyes.

She didn't expect that Gu Qingshi, who was innocent, weak and vulnerable, would explode like this.

Today she called a few relatives and sisters, determined to teach Gu Qingshi a lesson so that she would be too ashamed to stay in the county town from now on. However, she was killed by Gu Qingshi in the end.

She wanted to fight again, but seeing the look in Cai Dao and Gu Qingshi's eyes, she dared not move, and could only reply angrily, "What did I say wrong?"

"Not a word of what I said is right. Now let me talk about my greed for money."

Gu Qingshi threw out the account book and said, "This is all the account records since I came here. The date, what dishes were served on each table, and the prices, I basically wrote them all down here."

"Even those who they called by name, or those who are regular customers I know by name, are all recorded on it. Every account is recorded clearly and can be checked one by one."

When it comes to money, Gu Qingshi knows it's no joke, so he tries to remember it as clearly as possible from the beginning.

"Most of the people who come to eat in the restaurant are from the county. Since you think I've taken money, I'll call all of them here and check their accounts one by one."

"I've only been working here for less than a month. It's been a short time since the last time I've worked here. Everything in the store is priced. I think they still remember how much they paid for the meal. If they're even a cent short of the amount, I'll pay you a hundred."

Gu Qingshi spoke in a decisive tone, and as soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the people present changed.

Gu Qingshi just said this without fear or guilt, so this matter might really be an injustice to her.

The lady boss's face turned pale and red, and Lao Liang was even more embarrassed and angry. "It's all a misunderstanding, Xiao Gu. I will talk to her properly later. There's no need to argue."

If we reconcile the accounts like this, we will become a laughing stock in the whole county. Lao Liang pushed the lady boss and said, "Hurry up and say sorry to Xiao Gu."

Seeing Gu Qingshi like this, the proprietress also backed off a bit. She didn't want to make a bigger fuss anymore, but she was too embarrassed to apologize. She was unwilling to bow her head and apologize.

Lao Liang had no choice but to apologize to Gu Qingshi and asked her not to make a big deal out of it.

But Gu Qingshi refused, "No, you have to come here. This concerns my reputation."

Gu Qingshi looked at the proprietress's face, sneered, stood up and looked at the crowd, "Everyone, please help me notify the people on this account book. If you still remember when you ate here, please check the account with me and clear my name. I can't bear the reputation of a thief."

Gu Qingshi's words moved the onlookers. One person raised his hand and said, "Let me see your account book. I'll help you find someone."

"Thank you, thank you so much. Here is the account book."

Everyone looked at Gu Qingshi's account records together and pointed out people they knew.

"I know this Lao Li. I'll go call him for you. He's at the end of the street and will be here soon."

"I know this Sister Zhao. I know where she lives. I'll go and call her for me."

“I know Uncle Pan,” everyone said, and began to help run errands.

(End of this chapter)