Lu Qiqi felt a terrified gaze coming toward her.
Lu Qiqi glanced to the side and saw the man in white staring at her with his bright, large eyes, as if he had seen something terrifying and was frightened.
After introducing Lu Qiqi, Madam Hao continued, "Qiqi, this is Lin Bai, the young master of the Lin family. And the one next to him is Gu Chen, the young master of the Gu family."
Lu Qiqi nodded to the other party.
After Madam Hao finished her introduction, Gu Chen said, "Since Madam Hao has distinguished guests, we will not disturb you any longer and will take our leave first."
According to an old custom, boys and girls under the age of ten should not sit together. Gu Chen, mindful of Lu Qiqi's reputation, took his leave.
Lin Bai glanced at Lu Qiqi and immediately understood. He smiled and said, "We have other things to do. We'll visit the old lady another day. Next time you come, the old lady must save some good food for me."
Madam Hao understood the two boys' intentions perfectly well, and said with a smile, "Alright, alright, come another day, and I'll have Yu Ru personally make you your favorite fish fillet."
"Then it's settled!" Lin Bai laughed heartily.
Gu Chen and Lin Bai left one after the other, and Lu Qiqi stayed with Old Madam Hao for a while longer.
Lin Bai and Gu Chen walked side by side down the street after leaving the Hao residence.
Lin Bai tapped Gu Chen's shoulder with his fan and said, "Can you believe it? I almost gained a little aunt?!"
Lin Bai's tone and actions were exaggerated, and Gu Chen, to avoid being hit by him again, subtly stepped aside.
Lin Bai didn't notice that Gu Chen dodged slightly, and continued, "But I'm quite looking forward to seeing what the young master's expression would be if he knew he had an aunt who was even younger than him."
"What a pity, now we can only be cousins." Lin Bai said with a gloating expression.
Gu Chen rolled his eyes at the unreliable Lin Bai. If Lin Bai hadn't thought something big was going to happen in the north, he wouldn't have needed to transfer all his men there. Who knew that after all that, they only caught a few small fry and wasted so many days of their time.
"Do you think Miss Lu would agree if I proposed to her?" Lin Bai thought that Lu Qiqi was such a good cook, if he married her, he could have delicious food every day. He had been craving the noodles from her shop for a long time.
Gu Chen's voice, devoid of any discernible joy, rang out, "I don't know if she'll agree or not, but I know if you keep dawdling, the noodle shop will be closing down."
Lin Bai immediately said seriously, "Then let's go quickly." He walked briskly, afraid of missing the train.
Lu Qiqi had a meal with Old Madam Hao, then taught Granny Yu how to make candied hawthorn before bidding farewell to Old Madam Hao.
Madam Hao wanted Lu Qiqi to stay overnight, but Lu Qiqi declined, saying she had other things to do at the shop.
Madam Hao didn't insist on keeping her. She only hoped that Lu Qiqi would remember her from time to time and come to keep her company and relieve her boredom.
After leaving the Hao residence, Lu Qiqi planned to return to the noodle shop. Before leaving, she not only packed a ceramic jar of hawthorns but also packed another jar in a bamboo container.
The bamboo jar held more and was larger than the earthenware jar, so Lu Qiqi stored it in her spatial storage. It was just right to take it out now.
When Lu Qiqi reached the entrance of West Market Street, she saw a large crowd gathered in a noisy and chaotic manner.
If you want to get to the noodle shop, this is the only way; otherwise, you'll have to go out of the city gate and take a detour.
Lu Qiqi certainly wouldn't do that; she stepped forward and patted a woman on the shoulder.
The woman turned around and looked at Lu Qiqi with a questioning look, "Miss, what is it?"
Lu Qiqi smiled faintly, "Auntie, what happened up ahead?"
Seeing that Lu Qiqi was just curious, the woman said, "I just arrived and wanted to go to the West Market to buy some things. There are so many people gathered in one place, and I can't get through at all, so I thought I'd go and see what happened."
"Someone's being hit! Someone's being hit! Run!"
Someone shouted, and the people behind scattered. Just as the woman was about to fall, Lu Qiqi quickly pulled her aside to prevent her from being pushed over and trampled.
The people who had been gathered at the entrance of West Market Street scattered. Lu Qiqi and the woman stood by a corner of the wall, with the woman peeking from behind the wall.
Lu Qiqi stood casually to the side, watching the people at the spicy noodle stall in front of her wrestling.
"I'll let you sell it!"
"You're so shameless!"
"You've lost your conscience!"
From where Lu Qiqi was standing, she could see a middle-aged man dressed in black riding on the waist of a man dressed in dark blue, cursing and punching the man in dark blue.
The man in the dark blue clothes was beaten and begged for mercy, "I will never dare to do it again, sir, spare my life, how much silver do you want, I will pay, I will pay."
Seeing that the man in black had subdued the man, he loosened his grip, released the owner of Zhang's Spicy Noodles, and stood up.
The owner of Zhang's noodle stall slowly straightened up and limped to the stove. He glanced at the man in black with his back to him, grabbed a cleaver, and slashed at the man in black.
The man in black had his back to the owner of Zhang's shop and was completely unaware of what was happening.
The woman next to Lu Qiqi was so frightened by the scene before her that she closed her eyes tightly, afraid of seeing blood splattered everywhere.
Lu Qiqi quickly picked up a hawthorn and threw it at Zhang's shop owner.
"ah!"
A painful cry rang out, followed by the clatter of the cleaver falling to the ground.
The man in the black clothes then realized what was happening. He turned around and saw Zhang Ji's boss, clutching his right wrist with his left hand, with a gleaming kitchen knife lying on the ground.
The man in black had a face as dark as coal dust at the bottom of a pot. He took a few quick steps and tried to grab the owner of Zhang's shop by the collar.
The owner of Zhang's restaurant decided to run away the moment the cleaver hit the ground. When the man in black reached out his hand towards him, he immediately splashed the hot soup in the pot at the man in black.
Taking advantage of the moment the man in black dodged, she took off running without lingering for even a moment.
Seeing the Zhang family owner running away, the man in black slammed his hand heavily on the table in anger, gritting his teeth as he said, "Don't let me see you again! Otherwise, I'll definitely take you to the authorities!"
Then, the man in black noticed a smashed red fruit on the ground.
"May I ask which chivalrous person has come to our aid?!"
At that moment, Lu Qiqi stepped forward, carrying a bamboo jar of candied hawthorns, and walked up to the man in black.
"Thank you for saving my life, young lady. May I ask your honorable name? I will be able to repay your kindness in the future." The man in black cupped his hands to Lu Qiqi and said.
Lu Qiqi smiled faintly, "I dare not accept the title of benefactor. My name is Lu Qiqi."
"I just tossed a piece of fruit to you casually. If you're willing to tell me what happened, we'll call it even, shall we?"
The man in black hesitated for a moment before telling Lu Qiqi the whole story.
Lu Qiqi was furious after hearing this. She said, "Uncle Hu, where is your wife now? I know a little medicine, and perhaps I can treat your wife."
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