Chapter 23

After Bai Siyu returned to the private room, he said nothing and just ate three big chopsticks of boiled chicken.

Mu Changzhu didn't ask any questions, but just pushed the almond tofu in front of Bai Siyu.

It is dotted with finely chopped dried osmanthus flowers and mixed with caramel-colored honey, which looks very appetizing.

"Try it? It should be delicious."

Bai Siyu glanced at Mu Changzhu, picked up a small spoon and scooped a spoonful into her mouth. The delicate, soft and slightly chewy texture made Bai Siyu's eyes light up, especially the sweet but not greasy osmanthus honey paired with the almond fragrance was simply a perfect temptation.

Bai Siyu ate several spoonfuls in a row, and her mood was gradually soothed by the sweet taste.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

“It’s really delicious!”

Seeing Bai Siyu regain his vitality, Mu Changzhu smiled and said, "Just now at the door, your persuasion was not very successful?"

Bai Siyu paused: "Yes, but I am not unhappy because she didn't listen to my advice."

The purpose of divination is to guess at God's will or even go against it.

People never listen to advice 100%, and if they miss the opportunity to change their fate, they will just return to their original destiny.

Quite common.

He was a little troubled because he found out that the man would implicate an innocent person like the boss's wife.

And the lady boss is very nice.

"Changzhu, wait for me." The sweet taste of almond tofu in his mouth made Bai Siyu make up his mind. He suddenly put down the spoon, took the schoolbag that was placed aside, unzipped it and took out a few sheets of yellow paper.

The white jade was stacked into several small corners.

"Long candle, here's one for you."

The shepherd Candle smiled and said, "Is this a peace charm?"

"I guess so." Bai Siyu shook his head and ran out of the private room. As soon as he entered the restaurant lobby, he saw the proprietress drinking cold tea happily at the front desk.

The horrible bitter taste seemed to reach his throat again all of a sudden, and Bai Siyu's expression froze.

When the proprietress Yue Jie saw Bai Siyu coming out, she quickly put down her bowl of cold tea and greeted her enthusiastically: "Do you want any extra dishes? Or a drink?"

"No, I came here to give you feedback. Thank you for the desserts you sent. The almond tofu and shrimp dumplings are very delicious." Bai Siyu smiled, "My friend said the peanut butter is also very good."

"That's great. This almond tofu is freshly made by us. It's not comparable to those pre-made desserts." Sister Yue was very happy.

"I'm giving this to you as a return gift for the dessert." Bai Siyu handed Sister Yue a small yellow paper bag, "I hope you'll be safe."

Sister Yue was startled, then quickly took it over with a look of surprise: "Is this a lucky charm?!"

The talismans made by someone like Bai Siyu, who is so accurate in fortune-telling, should be very effective.

"I guess so." Bai Siyu said, and added: "Don't let it get wet, just carry it with you."

"This, this, this... I don't feel comfortable with this." This kind of talisman must be very expensive. When she was in her hometown, she had bought talismans from a stall in front of a temple. They were sold in wholesale for two hundred yuan, let alone this kind.

Sister Yue couldn't help but say repeatedly.

"I'll treat you to dinner today. I'll treat you. Don't refuse it."

"No need." Bai Siyu shook his head and turned to leave. Sister Yue wanted to hold him back but was too embarrassed, so she quickly took a bottle of drink and stuffed it into Bai Siyu's hand.

Bai Siyu didn't answer and went straight back to the box. Sister Yue's heart was pounding and the muscles on her face were tense. Sun Wenwen also came over excitedly and the two of them looked at the small paper bag together.

"Amulet of good fortune, Sister Yue, Bai Siyu is so nice!"

It was just a few desserts, but you gave me such a valuable reward.

Sister Yue had given desserts to some customers before, but she had never received such a precious gift in return. Most of them just took it.

"Sister Yue, his predictions were so accurate, the talismans he drew must be effective too."

Sister Yue thought so too. She looked at it again and again with joy, rummaged through the drawers and found a small, clean, transparent bag the size of a cookie bag, and put the amulet into the bag.

Then she bought a stapler from Hungry Me, and as soon as the delivery man delivered the bag, she carefully sealed the bag with the stapler, and finally strung it together with needle and thread and wore it around her neck.

When Bai Siyu and Mu Changzhu came out after dinner, they happened to see Sister Yue admiring the amulet around her neck.

Sister Yue coughed embarrassedly, grabbed a handful of candy from the counter and stuffed it into Bai Siyu's hand.

"Welcome to visit us next time. Please come again. I will recommend other dishes to you. I promise that they will all be delicious."

"good."

Bai Siyu smiled and nodded. After paying the bill, he left the restaurant with Mu Changzhu.

The boss lady was so nice. The candies she gave him were all the kinds he liked. It was worth it that he specially gave her the amulet!

Sister Yue walked them straight to the door and watched them leave in the car before running to the kitchen to show off her amulet to her husband Zhong Zhen.

As she entered the kitchen, a taxi slowly stopped in front of the store.

One woman and two men got off the car. The girl was fair, thin and pretty, at least 1.7 meters tall. The two men were not as tall as the girl, with very dark skin. One of them started rolling his eyes as he got off the car, and the other one looked gloomy.

When Sun Wenwen turned around and saw several people coming in, her heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if something was blocking her and she felt a little uncomfortable.

But still greeted him enthusiastically.

"Hello, are you three?"

The girl quickly said, "My friend has booked a private room here. Let's go find her. Her last name is Su and she has short hair."

When the girl was speaking, a man next to her frowned.

"Then I understand. Come with me." Sun Wenwen brought the three of them to the door of the box where Su Zhiyou was and knocked.

Soon, footsteps were heard from inside, and the door was opened from the inside. It was Su Zhiyou who was waiting for someone.

The moment she saw Tang Duoduo, Su Zhiyou couldn't help but hug Tang Duoduo with some excitement on her face. After all, they hadn't seen each other for half a year.

"Duoduo, didn't you say you would be there in ten minutes? It's already been more than twenty minutes. I've been waiting so long! How long are you going to stay here this time?"

"There's nothing we can do because of the traffic jam." Tang Duoduo said with a smile, "We don't know how long we'll stay, but at least a week. We plan to have some fun here."

"You guys?" Su Zhiyou loosened her arms and saw that there were two men standing behind Tang Duoduo who were obviously much older than them.

Tang Duoduo pulled the two men into the private room and said, "Zhiyou, let me introduce you. This is Brother Cheng, whose last name is Liu, and that one is Brother Cheng's cousin. You can just call him Brother Xin."

Su Zhiyou suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in her heart. She suddenly thought of something and her back tensed.

"Duoduo, who are they? Could they be your boyfriend?"

"Hahaha, he's not my boyfriend." Tang Duoduo had a hint of coquettishness on her face and very naturally arranged for everyone to sit down. The two men were also very familiar and sat directly opposite Su Zhiyou's colleague Gu Han.

Su Zhiyou finally let go of his worries: "Who are they?"

"They sent me to Beijing specially because they were worried about me taking the high-speed train alone." Tang Duoduo glanced at the man next to her shyly, but Su Zhiyou felt something was wrong the more he listened.

They came to Beijing by themselves by high-speed train when they first entered university ten years ago. How could they still be worried about coming alone now?

Moreover, the public security is so good now. If a healthy and educated 28 or 29-year-old woman cannot be trusted to ride the high-speed rail, then what else can be trusted? !

"Who are these two big brothers, Duoduo?" Su Zhiyou suppressed the uneasiness in her heart. After all, they were close friends whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and she couldn't just speak to them in a harsh tone right away.

Knowing that Tang Duoduo would come, Su Zhiyou specially added a few more dishes, but now they were all diligently put by Tang Duoduo on the plates in front of the two men.

Tang Duoduo exuded the aura of a good wife and mother. While taking care of the two people's meal, she took a sip of tea and said, "I was just about to tell you that Cheng Ge and the others met half a year ago. I went to G Province to sketch at that time. The place I went to was very beautiful. I sent you photos. But on the third day of sketching, I almost got lost in the mountains and couldn't get out. It was Cheng Ge and the others who brought me out."

Su Zhiyou briefly recalled that this was indeed the case. At that time, Duoduo said that she was lost in the mountains. She was about to call the police for Duoduo, but Duoduo soon sent a message saying that she met a local villager and they got out together.

It is true that they are helpful, but our relationship is not so good that we can travel to Beijing together, right?

"So you are the two big brothers who helped me so much. Thank you so much." Su Zhiyou temporarily suppressed the inexplicable discomfort in his heart and said to the two men with a smile: "I am the host today. You two must not be shy and eat and drink well."

The two men's expressions finally looked a little better, and they finally spoke.

As a result, as soon as he opened his mouth, his mouth full of yellow teeth and his foul breath almost disgusted Su Zhiyou so much that he couldn't control his expression.

"We came here to see Duomei's good friend. Duomei said that you two have a very good relationship and have known each other for twenty years?" Liu Cheng spoke.

"Yes, we have been good friends since elementary school." Su Zhiyou suppressed his discomfort and replied.

Tang Duoduo watched the two chatting with a happy face, as if he felt fulfilled.

They chatted casually for a while, during which time Liu Cheng's cousin Liu Weixin also spoke, and the whole box was filled with an eerily harmonious atmosphere.

Su Zhiyou really didn't like this atmosphere, and couldn't help but secretly send a message to Tang Duoduo, and motioned Tang Duoduo to look at his phone, but Tang Duoduo was like a blind person and didn't understand Su Zhiyou's little eyes.

Su Zhiyou's male colleague Gu Han felt something was wrong, but he didn't know what to say. He just stood up and said to Su Zhiyou, "Sister Su, I'm going back to the office first. You guys can chat first."

"Okay, Xiao Gu, please organize the interviews this morning while I go back to write the article." Su Zhiyou said this and stood up to see him off, but suddenly heard Liu Cheng speak with a smile.

"Our reporter Su is truly an extraordinary beauty reporter. She is knowledgeable and capable. She will definitely be able to manage a family well after she gets married."

Su Zhiyou's expression froze for a moment, and she felt inexplicably uncomfortable, but Tang Duoduo's expression did not change at all. Instead, she said proudly, "Of course, Zhiyou has been very good since she was a child. There are not many high-quality single girls like her now."

"That's perfect. I'm a perfect match for Brother Xin." Liu Cheng smacked his lips and smiled.

Su Ji-woo's expression changed, and the discomfort in her heart turned into a faint anger. What is this person talking about? Isn't it disgusting?

What kind of matchmaking are you doing?

She suddenly felt like she couldn't stay any longer and wanted to go back to the theater, but then she heard Tang Duoduo say with a smile, "Yes, a girl as good as Zhiyou is a perfect match for Xin Ge."

As she spoke, she looked at Su Zhiyou and said, "Zhiyou, what do you think of Xin? Why don't you add him on WeChat? Xin doesn't have a girlfriend either."

Su Ji-woo's head suddenly exploded!

She couldn't believe what she heard.

Tang Duoduo was still pulling the red string, and there was a kind of longing in his eyes that Su Zhiyou couldn't understand.

"Friend, let me give you Brother Xin's WeChat. If you two really get together, that would be great. You two would really be lifelong best friends! You can see each other often, raise the baby together, and the baby can grow up together. It would be wonderful!"

Su Zhiyou's head was buzzing: "You...what did you say?"

She seemed to finally react, and a strong nausea and a slight chill rose in her heart.

"Duoduo, is this Liu Cheng your boyfriend? Is he ten years older than you?!"

"Didn't I tell you that we're not boyfriends?" Tang Duoduo sweetly held Liu Cheng's arm. "We're an engaged couple, and we're getting married soon! This time I'm here to give you a surprise, and I sent you an invitation. You can also come to Beijing to have some fun."

Of course, another purpose is to let Brother Xin come and meet his future wife.

"And Brother Xin is nine years and ten months older than me, so that doesn't count as ten years."

Liu Cheng was also a little unhappy: "Do I look as old as ten years older than you?"

Tang Duoduo kissed Liu Cheng on the mouth: "Of course not, Zhiyou is just not very good at talking, don't mind it."

"It doesn't matter if you can't speak. Just learn more in the future." Liu Weixin squinted his eyes and carefully examined Su Zhiyou's body from top to bottom.

He said with some dissatisfaction: "I don't like short hair, it's too unfeminine, you have to grow it long, and you must not eat alone with male colleagues in the future, it's a bit unfaithful to your husband, but for Duoduo's sake, I can let it go for now."

A wave of anger instantly rushed to her heart, and Su Zhiyou was so angry that she almost lost her mind. She endured it again and again: "Sorry, I am not ready to find a boyfriend, and I am not ready to find someone who is not registered in Beijing."

Liu Weixin's face darkened and his expression became somewhat distorted.

Su Zhiyou's two short sentences were enough to instantly break his defense and make him explode with anger.

"Oh...really? You look down on honest people like us and just want to hook up with a rich guy here." Liu Weixin squinted his eyes and said in a sinister tone, "You must have drunk too much poisonous chicken soup on the Internet. You'd rather be a concubine of a rich man than a wife of a poor man. Reporter Su, do you want to be a prostitute?"

"I'm sorry, I don't want to be with a rich man. I have a house and a car, I don't rely on anyone, and I just want to find someone of the same age as me." Su Zhiyou still maintained the last bit of rationality and quality, turned to Tang Duoduo and said: "Duoduo, I'm leaving first, the station is very busy, let's contact each other by mobile phone."

"My friend!" Tang Duoduo quickly tried to smooth things over. "Don't be angry. Brother Xin is honest and straightforward. He's actually a very nice person. He's family-oriented and loyal, just like my brother Cheng. You two should just have a good chat and avoid any misunderstandings."

"Sorry, we're out of alcohol. The delivery guy just brought it over."

Just as Tang Duoduo finished speaking, the proprietress Yue Jie happened to come in pushing a cart with one of the restaurant's signature dishes on it - a special Cantonese-style hot pot.

She noticed that the atmosphere in the private room seemed a little off, and quickly smiled to smooth things over: "Our healthy hot pot tastes great. It was created by my husband... the owner of this restaurant. No other restaurant has it. Everyone, try it. Feel free to give us your feedback."

Sister Yue placed the hot pot in the center of the dining table, sprayed some alcohol into a groove under the hot pot, and then carefully lit it.

Liu Weixin didn't even look at Sister Yue. He was so angry that his skin was shaking. He looked at Su Zhiyou who was about to leave with her bag, and suddenly stood up.

"You are almost 30, no one should want you! You still want to find a man with a house and a car? Why don't people with houses and cars find 18-year-old girls instead of you, an old leftover woman? A woman's youth is valuable. What's the point of having a good job, a house and a car? In the eyes of men, you are just a piece of old skinny meat! You are not even as good as an 18-year-old illiterate woman."

A series of insults came pouring down on her. Su Zhiyou gritted her teeth again and again and managed to hold back from turning around and slapping that jerk in the face.

She carried her bag and ran straight to the door of the private room.

Before she even stepped out of the private room, she felt a gust of wind coming from behind her head. A force suddenly grabbed her hair, threw her to the ground, and kicked the door shut.

"I'm talking to you. Didn't you hear me? How dare you ignore me? Do you think you deserve to be a woman?!"

Unexpectedly, he talked a lot about Su Zhiyou but didn't even look at him. Liu Weixin was completely defeated and punched Su Zhiyou with his fists.

"Today, I will teach you, the unfaithful, materialistic and vain women, a lesson on behalf of the vast majority of honest people, and enforce justice on behalf of heaven!"

Beating someone up when the blind date fails?!

Sister Yue had never thought that she would witness something that she had only seen on the news before. She quickly shouted to stop the fight: "What are you doing? What are you doing!"

But she, alone, was no match for the middle-aged man who was used to doing farm work, and was thrown aside. Tang Duoduo watched from the side in embarrassment and felt a little anxious.

"Brother Cheng, don't let Brother Xin beat Zhiyou. Zhiyou doesn't have any bad intentions. Just talk it out nicely!"

Liu Cheng just touched Tang Duoduo's hand: "Don't learn from her."

"Of course not. What I value most is my family!" Her parents divorced a long time ago and each has their own family, but they insisted on pretending that they were not divorced. When they sent her to boarding school, they were separated, and when she returned home, they were acting out at home again.

Oh...how disgusting.

She absolutely doesn't want her children to suffer like this!

Nothing is more important to her than family.

In the few seconds that Tang Duoduo and Liu Cheng were expressing their loyalty, Sister Yue suddenly grabbed the leg of the bench and smashed it on Liu Weixin's back. Liu Weixin screamed in pain, giving Su Zhiyou time to crawl out of his hands.

Su Zhiyou's face was filled with fear and anger, and he used his hands and feet to desperately crawl towards the door.

But suddenly I felt a chill on my back.

Sister Yue widened her eyes in horror: "What are you doing——Ah!"

Liu Weixin actually picked up the alcohol bottle on Yue Jie's cart and threw it at Su Zhiyou. Then he picked up the burning thing under the hot pot and threw it at Su Zhiyou. Then he grabbed Yue Jie's hair and pressed her into the boiling hot pot.

"You bitch, I told you to mind your own business!"

Along with Su Zhiyou's sudden scream, an unknown force bounced off Yue Jie's body at the same time, bouncing Liu Weixin straight over and hitting the back of his head hard against the wall.

Tang Duoduo screamed in fright.

Sister Yue, who had escaped death, was still in shock and gasping for breath. She felt her chest was boiling and burning extremely, but she didn't dare to check and rushed to the door of the private room screaming.

"Help! Someone come! Someone come!!!"

Sun Wenwen, who was helping in the kitchen, had just stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room when she heard a scream coming from the corridor behind the living room. She hurried over and saw Sister Yue running out with wounds all over her face. She was so scared that she screamed.

"Brother Zhong, Brother Zhong! Sister Yue is in trouble - come quickly, come quickly!"

She hurriedly ran to Sister Yue: "Sister Yue, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?!"

"Call 120!" Sister Yue grabbed Sun Wenwen's hand, "Go quickly——"

She turned her head to look at the box, gritted her teeth and rushed back, but saw Su Zhiyou lying face down on the ground, not moving much.

She's not gonna die, die, die... die?!

Sister Yue's heart was trembling. Her extreme fear and anger made her legs go weak and she fell to the ground.