Chapter 59 The grilled fish was devoured by the two of them, one taking a bite with each chopstick, and was completely gone in no time...
The grilled fish was devoured by the two of them, one taking a bite with each chopstick, and was almost completely gone in no time. They even ate quite a few pieces of onion. On the hot plate, only a perfectly clean fish bone and head remained.
In a short while, a considerable amount of barbecue skewers were served. However, compared to the grilled fish, the owner's barbecue was much inferior. There was nothing that could be done about it; these barbecue skewers were clearly made with cheap and convenient ingredients, using a lot of ready-made ones. On the other hand, the vegetables, such as the foil-wrapped baby bok choy and grilled eggplant, tasted quite good.
It turns out that fresh food tastes better, even barbecue, which is loaded with seasonings. When fresh and stale food are put together, the flavors are just more pronounced.
To accommodate He Zhao, Qiao Yanyu ordered only mildly spicy dishes, specifically requesting only a tiny bit of chili. As a native of Guangdong, He Zhao genuinely couldn't handle spicy food; even such a small amount of chili made her down cup after cup of her favorite drinks.
The shop owner was fairly honest; the large bottles of drinks were all 1.25L, not 600ml, and only cost 10 yuan. But even with such a large bottle, He Zhao managed to drink more than half of it. Qiao Yanyu was worried that she wouldn't make it home in time and would have to find a public restroom halfway there.
But He Zhao waved her hand and said no need. Qiao Yanyu really underestimated her. She was a woman who could drink a whole pot of delicious soup in one go.
The two ate and drank, quickly finishing a large plate of barbecue. However, He Zhao was mainly the one constantly shoveling food into her mouth and talking, while Qiao Yanyu listened. He Zhao was primarily talking about Lin Gao.
As soon as she opened her mouth, she cursed Lin Gao as a pervert, and Qiao Yanyu nodded in agreement. He Zhao had endless swear words to say about Lin Gao, and Qiao Yanyu listened while eating, not finding He Zhao vulgar at all, but actually thinking that she was absolutely right.
Finally, Qiao Yanyu thanked He Zhao. If it weren't for He Zhao, she wouldn't have been able to break Lin Gao's defenses so easily. Hearing Qiao Yanyu's thanks, He Zhao picked up a disposable cup and clinked it with Qiao Yanyu's: "It's nothing, Sister Qiao, you're helping me too. Otherwise, if I were alone, I might have really fallen into Lin Gao's trap."
He Zhao wasn't making things up. She considered herself a weak woman who couldn't even kill a chicken. Even if she tried her best, she could only smash him over the head with a chair and a rice cooker. If she wasn't lucky enough to knock Lin Gao unconscious and get into a protracted battle, He Zhao would probably be no match for him.
Because He Zhao is a homebody, and not only a homebody, but also a homebody who doesn't exercise and doesn't work out day or night for years, it's really normal for someone with that kind of physical strength to be knocked down by a man as tall as Lin Gao.
But with Qiao Yanyu around, everything was different. He Zhao was relieved; if Lin Gao and Qiao Yanyu faced off, Lin Gao would definitely be the one taken down. Besides, even if Qiao Yanyu wasn't that strong, and was just like her, not very athletic, two people together were always better than one.
Hearing this, Qiao Yanyu shook her head: "No, you will definitely be fine." Qiao Yanyu looked intently at He Zhao: "Because you are very smart. You will deal with him while thinking of a way. As long as you delay until that tall guy comes, you will be fine. You don't even need that tall guy. No matter which guest comes, you will be fine."
He Zhao has really good interpersonal skills, and his relationship with humans and ghosts is also very good. Apart from the abusive male ghost he encountered before, all the other guests get along well with He Zhao. If He Zhao is in danger, they will definitely not stand idly by.
With He Zhao's intelligence and resourcefulness, Qiao Yanyu believed that she could manage until the guests arrived.
Besides, that's how things are today. Before Qiao Yanyu even had a chance to appear, He Zhao had the tall guy successfully subdue Lin Gao.
Hearing Qiao Yanyu's praise, He Zhao scratched her head a little embarrassedly. But He Zhao still felt that without Qiao Yanyu's presence, she definitely wouldn't have gotten the better of her today. She picked up her glass again and clinked it with Qiao Yanyu's.
After finishing their barbecue, the two stepped outside the shed, a biting wind making them shiver. Looking closer, they noticed small snowflakes slowly falling from the sky. The warm yellow streetlights illuminated the snowflakes, making them stand out vividly.
The owner hadn't expected it to snow, so he quickly moved the dishes that were on display for customers to choose from back into the food cart, and then hurriedly pulled up the rain cover. Only after doing all this did the owner breathe a sigh of relief.
Qiao Yanyu paid first, and just then, He Zhao's damn phone froze again. She angrily pounded her phone, determined to replace it. After paying, Qiao Yanyu tugged at He Zhao's sleeve, and the two returned to their food cart.
He Zhao put on his scarf, hat, and gloves and was about to leave when Qiao Yanyu came over with her motorcycle hat and put it on He Zhao's head without saying a word: "You wear this. Yours is a wool hat, and it gets wet easily."
He Zhao blinked and couldn't help but ask Qiao Yanyu, "What about Sister Qiao?"
Although the snowflakes were small, they fell frequently, and soon they landed on Qiao Yanyu's hair and shoulders. The white snowflakes stood out sharply against her black hair. Qiao Yanyu shook her head like a puppy shaking its fur, shaking off all the snowflakes.
"I'm fine. I have a scarf, I can just wrap it around myself. And since I'm driving slowly, it's not cold."
He Zhao wanted to say something to persuade Qiao Yanyu to retract her order, but Qiao Yanyu's words, "Your cold isn't better yet, so please don't catch another chill," froze He Zhao in place. Damn it, she'd been manipulated by this cold thing again.
At this moment, He Zhao was even thinking about getting a gym membership. Putting aside everything else, at least he wanted to avoid catching a cold so often and improve his physical fitness.
He Zhao also didn't want Qiao Yanyu to keep an eye on him all the time. While He Zhao was happy that Qiao Yanyu was always taking care of him, he also felt a bit burdened. Because Qiao Yanyu was someone he liked, He Zhao was always afraid that Qiao Yanyu would feel wronged because of taking care of her.
On the way back, neither of them spoke. The snow continued to fall silently, drifting down from the sky. However, the city's geographical location was rather awkward; it was south but not too far south. It snowed, but the snow rarely reached the ground, melting into water halfway down.
The ground was wet from the rain and snow, and soon it looked completely different from when it was dry. It was also a bit slippery; even He Zhao felt the brakes slipping when he gripped them.
The system announced: "Please rest assured, host, I will update the forum promptly. When I set up my stall again tonight, it will be selling anti-skid tires."
He Zhao was not happy at all. Instead, she retorted to the system, "I thought you would let me rest in this kind of weather, but I didn't expect you to change my tires to anti-skid tires. I really want to thank you."
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But when He Zhao looked up at the traffic light, the fine, swirling snowflakes still made her happy. She was from Guangdong, where the temperature is consistently high, even in the dead of winter, reaching 10 or 20 degrees Celsius, so snowflakes were rarely seen.
In any case, she had never seen snow in her hometown.
Now that she's traveled through time, she actually has a chance to see snow. She's probably a puppy at heart; seeing snow makes her especially happy, and she even wants to run around in the snowdrifts. However, the snow is too light and melts into water almost immediately, so she doesn't feel quite satisfied.
Watching the snow fall as they drove, the two soon arrived at the entrance of the residential complex. They parted ways at the gate; Qiao Yanyu drove her motorcycle down into the underground garage, while He Zhao rode her electric scooter to the usual parking spot. She ran into the building's stairwell against the wind and snow, where the lights were already on.
Looking up, he saw Qiao Yanyu standing in the elevator lobby on the first floor, waiting for He Zhao. Her hair was a little wet; the snowflakes had landed on it and melted into water as she walked. When He Zhao came in, she was brushing the water droplets from her hair, seemingly trying to make herself look less disheveled.
However, she was probably so focused on her hair that she completely ignored He Zhao's presence. When He Zhao came in and saw this scene, Qiao Yanyu's expression froze, making her look even more embarrassed.
He Zhao hadn't expected Qiao Yanyu to look like this. She quickly walked up to Qiao Yanyu, reached out, and patted the water droplets off her shoulder.
Once home, they both went straight to the bathroom, intending to take a hot shower. After showering, they met in the living room, drank a glass of warm water, and then said goodnight to each other.
He Zhao was quite happy when she lay down on the bed. She didn't fall asleep until she started dreaming.
It wasn't the kind of dream I had before where a villainous character from Lin Gao was chasing after He Zhao; it was a dream about ghosts. And the ghost was someone I knew—the seamstitch water ghost. The scene in the dream was similar to reality; He Zhao was also lying in bed, sleeping.
Just then, the sound of dripping water began, making He Zhao frown in her sleep. After a while, the dripping became very urgent, disturbing her, and she had no choice but to open her eyes. As soon as she opened her eyes, He Zhao saw the sutured water ghost lying by her bedside, its head still resting on the edge of the bed.
Her jet-black hair was lifted up, and her dead fish-like eyes stared fiercely at He Zhao.
Before He Zhao could even speak to report that Lin Gao had been arrested, she saw the sutured water ghost speak: "Boss... Boss... why didn't you come? I waited for you for so long, a whole night! Do you know how I spent my night? What about the special instant noodles and carbonated drinks you promised? Did you lie to me about all of this? Boss... you've really put me in a terrible situation..."
As it spoke, water droplets continued to fall from its hair, landing directly on He Zhao's blankets and sheets. Seeing this, He Zhao nearly fainted; her bedding was truly unusable!
"Boss...boss..."
Amidst the mournful cries of the sutured water ghost, He Zhao abruptly threw off the covers and sat bolt upright in bed as if on the verge of death. She wailed, "My new four-piece bedding set!" as she sat up. She looked around and realized it was already daylight; birds were chirping outside the window, and the sutured water ghost was nowhere to be seen.
"It must be it secretly cursing me! It must be!" He Zhao was so convinced that it was definitely not something he was thinking about during the day and dreaming about at night.
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