Chapter 19 Chapter 19 You can't leave tonight.
"It's just that the situation just now, they are all angry, if I..."
"I understand," Qiao Zhuoyi calmed his breathing, "Let go."
"Yueyue and Lele are still in the car, and it's raining so hard. It's not safe for you to drive with one hand." Tan Du insisted.
Qiao Zhuo glanced at the two little ones sleeping in the back seat and unbuckled their seat belts: "Get out of the way."
Tan Du took a step back. Qiao Zhuo got out of the car and took a step forward. Tan Du stepped back. Qiao Zhuo stepped forward again and turned around to shout, "Xiao Luo!"
Xiao Luo came jogging over holding an umbrella, "Hey, hey, Brother Zhuo, what's wrong?"
"You drive."
Qiao Zhuo walked around to the passenger seat and just as he got in, three gusts of wind blew out of the driver's seat.
He looked at Tan Du and blinked a few times before realizing that the three gusts of wind were Xiao Luo being dragged out of the car, Tan Du being pushed into the car, and the car door being slammed shut.
Zhou Jue knocked on the passenger window and begged with one hand: "Boss Qiao, please lend me Xiao Luo. The small warehouse is flooded."
"?" Qiao Zhuoyi closed his eyes, "Shouldn't your boss handle this matter?"
"Oh! Our boss is useless! He can't carry anything on his shoulders or lift anything with his hands! He is only suitable for driving! Brother Tan, the things are in the trunk. Leave them to me, and you take Boss Qiao away quickly! So that those people won't cause trouble again." After Zhou Jue finished speaking, he patted the car body twice, as if it was not a car parked but a horse.
The "horse" started and slid out for a distance.
In the rearview mirror, Zhou Jue grabbed Xiao Luo by the back of his collar and walked quickly into the stairwell.
This girl is very agile and smart.
Qiao Zhuoyi withdrew his gaze and felt deeply the gap between Guiyi and TD.
"Don't worry, Zhou Jue won't do anything rash." Tan Du said in a low voice.
Qiao Zhuo glanced out the window and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Health Center." Tan Du glanced at his arm. "Old Fan's grip was quite strong. I think he must have pulled it."
Qiao Zhuoyi: "Turn around, I'm not going."
After losing his sense of taste, Boss Tan suddenly developed another problem - intermittent deafness.
"Tan Du," Qiao Zhuo stood up and said, "I said, I'm not going!"
"Uncle..." Qin Yue called out sleepily.
"It's okay, Yueyue." Qiao Zhuoyi glared at the driver's seat and softened his voice, "Yueyue, go back to sleep."
Qin Yue shook her little head, then fell asleep again while hugging Qin Le's arm.
Tan Du stopped the car on the side of the road and said, "Put your hand over here, let me see it."
Qiao Zhuoyi didn't move, so Tan Du leaned over and carefully lifted his sleeve. Sure enough, it was red and swollen. He pressed his finger on it, and Qiao Zhuoyi shuddered.
"It hurts?"
Qiao Zhuoyi slowed down and said, "Not bad."
"Is there any medicine at home?"
"No need for medicine." Qiao Zhuo replied, "It smells bad."
Tan Du glanced at the back seat, opened the car door and said, "I'll get you some anti-inflammatory and painkiller."
"Hey!" Qiao Zhuo hurriedly called out to him.
"Huh?" Tan Du turned around.
Qiao Zhuo threw over an umbrella.
"Thank you, Boss Qiao."
The figure stood tall in the rain, his wet clothes stuck to his lower back, his latissimus dorsi muscles clearly defined. Qiao Zhuoyi closed his eyes, opened a lollipop and threw it into his mouth.
"Just take two pills," Tan Du put the medicine down, "Take the painkillers before bed, otherwise you might not be able to sleep because of the pain."
"Is uncle sick?" The two children woke up as soon as they entered the villa. They stood beside the table with their chins resting on the edge, like two dolls in New Year pictures.
"No." Qiao Zhuo quickly took the bag and stuffed it into the drawer.
Tan Du smiled and walked out. When Qiao Zhuo walked over to close the door, he saw him rush back quickly, holding a red plastic bucket and two large bags in his hands.
"Can holding an umbrella kill you?" Qiao Zhuo said expressionlessly.
"It's okay, it's just a few steps away." Tan Du wiped his face and said, "I'm going to get the food. Dinner tonight..."
"No need," Qiao Zhuoyi said, "I won't take advantage of you."
"What should we do with the fish?" Tan Du said, "and there are so many other dishes."
Qiao Zhuo lowered his eyes and saw a huge grass carp and a crucian carp snuggling together and blowing bubbles in the bucket.
"It's raining so hard that Old Feng can't come over, so I took Xiaolu and Zhou Jue to get it directly from him this afternoon. Yueyue and Lele said they wanted to eat shrimp cakes, and the ingredients are all here. How about Boss Qiao make it himself?" Tan Du handed the things in his hand forward.
The crucian carp swung its tail, and there was a "thud" in the bucket.
Qiao Zhuoyi quickly retreated, pressed the door handle, and asked, "Just leave those people in the store and leave them alone?"
"It's okay. We have Xiaolu and Zhou Jue. Give them some time. I'll let you know once we've found out everything. Of course, no matter what the situation is, as long as Boss Qiao wants to call the police, I won't stop him." Tan Du said.
Qiao Zhuo looked at him for a while, then opened the door and motioned him to come in.
A lot of water accumulated on the floor mat.
"Sorry," Tan Du said, "I'll be delayed by Boss Qiao later."
Qiao Zhuo frowned: "You don't have any spare clothes in the car?"
Tan Du smiled and said, "I changed it when I checked into the hotel, and I haven't had time to change it yet."
Qiao Zhuoyi didn't say anything, turned around and went up the stairs.
"Uncle Tan——" Qin Yue sat on the carpet and waved at him.
"What's wrong?" Tan Du put down the bucket and walked over. "Are you hungry?"
The two little ones shook their heads.
Qin Yue asked in a low voice, “Is uncle angry?”
Qin Le patted his chest: "Afraid."
This little guy doesn't have many facial expressions. He looks cool with his buzz cut, but he's actually a soft-tempered person. On the contrary, Qin Yue looks harmless, but he's actually full of clever ideas. But he's just a child after all.
Tan Du felt soft-hearted when he saw this and raised his hands to rub their heads, but when he smelled a fishy smell, he hid behind his back again.
"It's okay, uncle must be hungry, you guys play, uncle will make you shrimp cakes."
"good--"
"yeah--"
"Hmm?" Tan Du had just turned on the faucet when a hand suddenly came over and turned it off.
Qiao Zhuo raised his chin as he walked into the living room. "Go change your clothes. You're not going anywhere. Do you think my house isn't trendy enough?"
Besides a set of clothes, there was also a bath towel on the chair.
Tan Du picked it up and looked at it with some confusion.
"There's a bathroom over there, take a shower." Qiao Zhuo added, "Don't worry, they're all new."
"Thank you, Boss Qiao." Tan Du said.
Qiao Zhuo went into the kitchen to get some water. As he turned around, he was startled by the sudden approaching figure and took two steps back, stumbling on the wet floor. Tan Du hurriedly reached out to pull him, but his hand dropped just before it touched his arm, and he put his arm around his waist instead. "Are you okay?"
Qiao Zhuoyi pushed him away: "What are you doing?"
Tan Du opened the refrigerator door behind him and took out a small pistachio cake. "I'm afraid you're hungry, so let me fill your stomach first. There's only one piece, and Boss Qiao is secretly eating it in the kitchen."
"You're so long-winded." Qiao Zhuo snatched the cake away. "If you don't leave now, this floor will be enough to raise fish."
"immediately."
Tan Du walked out and turned around to close the door, but he didn't see the man. After looking carefully, he found a pair of shoes sticking out by the stove. He moved a step to the left and saw that the owner of the shoes was holding the small cake reverently, opened his mouth, and bit off half of it in one bite. There was a little green on the tip of his nose, but he just wiped it off casually.
There was butter on the back of his hand. Qiao Zhuo's eyes widened slightly, and his tongue flexibly rolled into his mouth.
"Eat slowly."
At the dinner table, Tan Du stood up and wiped the ketchup off Lele's mouth.
"Le Le! Swallow it!" Qin Le said as he stuffed the shrimp cake into his mouth.
"It's about chewing slowly," Qiao Zhuo looked at her, "You're the same, all talk and no action."
Qin Yue quickly turned around, with her small back facing him.
Continuous lightning flashed by the window. Qin Yue hurriedly threw the shrimp cake to cover Qin Le's ears, and shouted to the blanket under the table: "Don't be afraid, blanket! Yueyue is here!"
Just as Qiao Zhuo was about to stand up, Tan Du walked over to protect the two of them and signaled him to continue eating.
After the deafening thunder, the cell phone beside him vibrated.
Qiao Zhuo picked up the phone and said, "Old Fan, tsk, Fan Quan, why do you have the surname Fan? Why don't you change it?"
"Hey! What are you talking about? My last name has been Fan for over thirty years! How does it bother you?"
"What's the matter? Why are you calling at this time?" Qiao Zhuoyi took the fish fillet handed to him by the other party.
"Just asking how you're doing!" Old Fan shouted. "There's a flood! The road across the river is flooded. How are you doing?"
Qiao Zhuo stood up and went to the door. The road on the west side of the bridge was flooded half a meter high, and several households living in low-lying areas had piled sandbags at their doorsteps.
"I'm tall, so I'm not affected."
"That's fine." Lao Fan said, "Call me if you need anything."
"Well, thanks, Lao Quan."
"screw you!"
The cardboard toys on the blanket were flying all over the yard and only stopped rolling when they stuck to the car door.
Qiao Zhuo moved the green plants a little further inside before going back to sit at the dining table.
Tan Du saw that he was absent-minded and asked, "What happened?"
Qiao Zhuo shook his head: "Eat first."
The two children had finished eating and were holding a blanket in the living room when they asked, "Uncle, can we sleep with the blanket tonight?"
"No, it's dirty." Qiao Zhuo said.
"Bad uncle!"
Tan Du whispered, "Maybe he's scared. There's a lot of thunder tonight."
When Qiao Zhuo looked over, he saw that the two little ones were hugging each other while they were awake, a rare sight.
He thought for a moment and said, "I'll give it a bath later."
"Can you sleep with us after taking a shower?" Qin Le asked, lying on the back of the blanket.
"Well," Qiao Zhuoyi said, "I'll wash you guys thoroughly too."
"Is your arm okay?" Tan Du asked, "How about I do it?"
"No need," Qiao Zhuoyi sighed, "Dogs are real dogs when they take a bath."
"Um?"
It was not until Qiao Zhuoyi dragged the dog into the bathroom that Tan Du understood what he meant. The dog barked one after another, and Qiao Zhuoyi shouted at the top of his voice, "Don't move." He knew what a mess it was inside without even looking.
Qin Yue and Qin Le ran to the door and squatted to comfort her.
—"Don't be afraid, Blanket!"
——"Come on, Blanket!"
It took Qiao Zhuo a while to come out with the dog in his arms, his whole body soaked.
Tan Du hurriedly pulled the two children back. Qiao Zhuo glanced at him and said, "Don't laugh."
Tan Du coughed lightly and reached out to take it: "Let me do it."
"No need." Qiao Zhuo dragged his feet, stuffed the blanket into the dryer, and moved back exhaustedly to clean himself up.
After coming out of the shower, Tan Du handed over a painkiller: "I saw your hands were shaking just now."
Qiao Zhuoyi took it and swallowed it, then walked to the dryer, squatted down, pointed at the dog lying inside, and said with gritted teeth, "Stinky dog! I'll stew you!"
“Woo woo—”
"Hiss, you are still feeling wronged!" Qiao Zhuo waved his fist.
"Uncle, don't be mean to me!" Qin Yue pouted.
Qin Le opened his arms and stood in front of the dryer.
"Okay, I have a backer now." Qiao Zhuo curled his lips.
"Boss Qiao," Tan Du also squatted down, "Xiao Lu sent a message saying that Xiao Fan has found out everything. It's too late today, I'll talk to you slowly tomorrow when we get to the store. I'll just..."
"There's still time," Qiao Zhuo turned his head and looked at him, "The road is flooded, you can't leave tonight."
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