The next morning, Yu Xiaopei immediately pestered Li Ziying.
"What did Ji Tianqing say to you yesterday? Did you guys have any sparks?”She smiled ambiguously.
Li Ziying pushed her away and put on an apron, preparing to open the shop.
"Have you read too many romance novels? You're just thinking about those things."
Yu Xiaopei nodded seriously. "That's right! I love reading romance novels the most. The male protagonists in those novels are better than the last, richer than the last, and gentler than the last! Every time I see it, I hate it so much that I gnash my teeth. Those female leads are really too lucky. It's impossible for such a good thing to happen in real life!”
Li Ziying heated up the pot and prepared to make breakfast.
"Then why are you still watching?"
Yu Xiaopei smiled and leaned closer to her. "It's just that real life is too boring, so I have to read those romance novels. Stop changing the topic. What did Ji Tianqing talk to you about yesterday?”
Li Ziying glared at her. "Don't you know that it's best not to interfere in other people's affairs?”
"Of course I know, but you're not just anyone!”Yu Xiaopei said shamelessly.
"We didn't say anything at all."
Yu Xiaopei put on an apron, still unwilling to give up. "We're friends. There's no need for you to hide this from me! Besides, it's a good thing that someone is chasing after me. I can't meet him even if I want to. Moreover, the person is a handsome and rich man. You'd better tell me the truth!”
"I really have nothing to say.”She neatly scooped the fried egg onto the plate. "He just asked about his sister coming to our shop yesterday. Don't let your imagination run wild.”
Yu Xiaopei did not believe it. "Is it really that simple?"
Li Ziying put another egg into the frying pan. "Do you doubt it?"
"Of course I doubt it." Yu Xiaopei sized her up from head to toe." Don't tell me that you don't have any feelings for him. If you really don't have any feelings for him, why didn't you ask him about it when he came to our shop for breakfast every day?”
Li Ziying stopped. "Ask what?"
"Was he born in the morning?"
Yu Xiaopei's simple words stunned her on the spot. It wasn't that she had forgotten, but she had never thought of asking him about it.
"You keep trying to quibble." Yu Xiaopei looked as if she had caught onto her pigtails. "We've known each other for so long, you can't lie to me. Hehehe, the ice beauty has finally melted! It was no wonder. He was a handsome man who could not be found even if one held a lantern!”
Li Ziying bit her lip and put the egg into the burger.
"You're thinking too much. I just forgot to ask. I'll remember to ask him next time.”
Yu Xiaopei rolled her eyes and asked aggressively,""What if he was really born in the morning? What about you?"
" What should I do…" She hesitated.
If it was a month ago, she would definitely say that she would stay far away from Ji Tianqing. But now, a month later, she realized that she couldn't bring herself to say it. It was because the relationship between them had long been entangled. It couldn't end just because she wanted it to.
"How was it?"
"You're so annoying." Li Ziying decided to change the topic. "Hurry up and make the sandwiches. The guests will be here soon. Don't make them wait too long.”
Yu Xiaopei took out the toast and complained,""Your ability to blur the focus of things is really high! Was it that difficult to answer this question? It's okay to admit that you're interested. No matter what, we're friends. There's no need to hide it from me, right?”
"I'm not hiding anything from you." Li Ziying frowned.
"Then why aren't you telling the truth?”Yu Xiaopei put down the toast and ran to her side excitedly. "It's human nature to be tempted. Besides, you guys are handsome and you girls are pretty. If it weren't for the fact that she's not interested in me, I would have pounced on her long ago.”
At this moment, the first customer of the day came in.
"Welcome. What would you like to eat?”
Yu Xiaopei first went to greet the guests and let her think alone. After she was done, she put down the tray and ran over.
"What do you think?"
With a clang, the second customer entered.
"Welcome. What would you like to eat?”
Just as he was done, a third customer came in.
"Welcome. What would you like to eat?”
Then, the fourth guest, the fifth guest, the sixth guest…One after another, the guests followed in. Then, Yu Xiaopei was so busy that she didn't have time to interrogate Li Ziying anymore.
By the time everything was done, it was already close to ten o'clock.
"Phew, why are you so tired today?”When she was finally done, Yu Xiaopei was so tired that she lay on the counter. "That's weird, why hasn't Ji Tianqing come yet? Didn't he usually come early in the morning?”
Li Ziying then realized that Ji Tianqing didn't report to the hospital as usual.
"Maybe he had something important to do at the company, so he didn't come today!”Knowing that he wasn't here, she felt a strange sense of discomfort.
"Ziying, I think we should close early today.”
Just as she was wondering about the obvious tension in Yu Xiaopei's tone, she heard the sound of the door opening. She turned to look at the door and immediately understood what Yu Xiaopei meant.
Two hooligans with malicious smiles walked towards them. One of them was throwing a chain, and the other was holding a dagger. They were deliberately waving it in front of them. It was obvious that they came with ill intentions.
Li Ziying and Yu Xiaopei looked at each other and had a rough idea.
"May I ask what you want to do?" Li Ziying asked coldly.
They had thought that they would be safe and sound after meeting the police beforehand and installing surveillance cameras. Who knew that these hooligans would still come to their door?
The two hooligans first whistled in an indecent manner, then looked at them from head to toe with obscene eyes. Finally, one of the hooligans said in a vulgar language,
"You're so beautiful. It's impossible for you to not have someone to protect you! In the future, you will protect us two brothers. No one will dare to bully you. If anyone dares to bully you, you can report our names. I am Ah Biao, and he is Ah Ming.”
Li Ziying winked at Yu Xiaopei, hinting for her to call the police.
"I'm sorry, we already have police protection, so we don't need your protection.”
The two gangsters looked at each other. Ah Ming grinned and said,
"I say, pretty lady, the police have to deal with so many cases in a day. They don't have time to care about you! If your shop can protect us, I guarantee that no one will dare to touch you. We are quite famous in the underworld!”
"If we accept your protection, will we have to pay a price?”Li Ziying deliberately went along with their words.
Ah Biao grinned and extended a finger.
"You only need to pay 1,000 yuan a day as protection fees.”
Yu Xiaopei, who was just about to sneak into the house to call the police, immediately shouted desperately,
"A thousand dollars a day? Ten thousand yuan for ten days, then wouldn't it be thirty thousand yuan a month?”She rushed back angrily. "You are vampires! How could he earn this kind of money? And why should we pay you protection fees? What a joke!"
The smiles on the two thugs 'faces disappeared.
"So you won't pay?”
Yu Xiaopei shouted angrily,"Only a ghost would pay you."”
"Xiao Pei!" Li Ziying wanted to stop her.
Yu Xiaopei turned around angrily. "What? Do you want to pay them protection fees? Let me tell you, I will never pay.”
"Don't say anymore." Li Ziying muttered in frustration.”
"You really don't have to say anything else!" Ah Biao glared at them with a ferocious expression.
As soon as she finished speaking, the chain in her hand was already waving. Seeing that the chain was about to smash into the transparent glass window, Li Ziying's face turned pale and she immediately rushed over.
"No!"
"Ziying!"
With a loud bang, the huge glass window shattered, followed by waves of screams and wails. Li Ziying felt a sharp pain in her body, and then she fainted.
When Li Ziying regained consciousness, she found herself lying on a hospital bed.
As soon as she woke up, she felt waves of pain all over her body. She gritted her teeth and endured it. At the same time, she remembered what had happened and her expression immediately changed.
"Oh my god! My glass slippers."
She hurriedly wanted to get out of bed, but she didn't expect that she couldn't move her legs at all. She used too much strength and was about to fall to the ground when a figure rushed over and hugged her tightly.
Although she didn't fall off the bed, her legs hurt so much that Li Ziying couldn't help but moan.
"Are you alright?" Ji Tianqing gently put her back on the bed.
Li Ziying raised her head and looked at Ji Tianqing's worried face.
"Why is it you?"
Yu Xiaopei quickly explained to her,""We've always been by your side. Fortunately, Tianqing arrived in time to stop those two bastards. The police had already arrested them, and you were cut by those glass fragments. Fortunately, the doctor said that your injuries were not serious.”
Li Ziying's face turned even paler as she looked at Yu Xiaopei anxiously.
"What about my glass slippers? Are the glass shoes okay?"
"Don't worry, your glass shoes are fine. Xiao Pei has already put them away for you.”Ji Tianqing comforted her.
Yu Xiaopei didn't notice anything wrong with her and stood up.
"The doctor said that you have to take your medicine when you wake up. I'll get you a glass of water.”
"I'm not sick. Why should I take medicine?”
Yu Xiaopei just smiled and opened the door to leave.
Seeing her pale face, Ji Tianqing asked worriedly,""Are you feeling unwell? Was it the pain in his hands or his feet? Your brows can be tied into a knot.”
Li Ziying shook her head, ignoring the injuries on her hands and feet.
"I'm fine."
"Are you really alright?" He stared at her suspiciously.
She paused for a moment and sniffed. Finally, she raised her head and said sadly,"
"My heart hurts."
Hearing her scream, Ji Tianqing's face turned pale.
"You said your heart hurts. Where does it hurt? Tell me quickly, I'll call the doctor."
She shook her head and said heartbroken,"They broke my window."
Ji Tianqing was stunned for a while and then burst into laughter.
"You don't feel pain in your hands or feet, but you're just sad that they broke your window?”
Li Ziying bit her lip and glared at him with an ugly expression.
"Are you done laughing? Do you know how much effort I put into arranging those glass shoes? I knocked down the entire wall and hired someone to design a transparent window with glass shoes. It cost me hundreds of thousands of yuan. I didn't expect it to be smashed in just a few months. Do you know how much my heart hurts?”
Ji Tianqing said seriously,""I'm not laughing at you. It's just that your life is much more important than a display window. Fortunately, I arrived in time. If you had delayed sending me to the hospital, wouldn't your limbs have been destroyed?”
Li Ziying clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.""I can't just watch them break my transparent window!”
"In the end, you hurt yourself." His tone was full of condemnation.
At this moment, Yu Xiaopei opened the door and entered.
"This kind of thing shouldn't have happened," Li Ziying said unhappily.”
Yu Xiaopei couldn't help but say,"Ziying, what happened has already happened. Forget it!" Fortunately, you're fine. The two hooligans have been arrested. You should rest well for the next few days. It's okay for us to take a few days off.”
Li Ziying suppressed her anger and glared at her. "You still have the nerve to say that?"
"What about me?" Yu Xiaopei asked in puzzlement.”
"Didn't I hint to you to call the police? I was planning to stall for time with them and wait for the police to come before catching them all in one fell swoop. Who knew that you couldn't hold your temper and started arguing with them? That's why they destroyed my window.”
Yu Xiaopei blushed awkwardly. "Who taught you to keep quiet and let me think that you agreed to pay?”
"Do you think I'm that simple-minded like you?”
Although she knew that she was in the wrong, Yu Xiaopei still tried her best to defend herself."I, I didn't know that they would break your window either. If I had known earlier, your window would have been made unbreakable.”
"Yu Xiaopei!"
Yu Xiaopei quickly begged for mercy. "Okay, okay, okay. It's all my fault! I think you'll be happier if Tianqing stays here.”She handed the cup to Ji Tianqing. "Let her take her medicine before she sleeps. I'm leaving!”
With that, she picked up her bag from the chair and left quickly.
"Yu Xiaopei, come back!"
Ji Tianqing grinned. "Stop shouting. She has already left."
Li Ziying was half-lying on the hospital bed, her beautiful face full of anger.
"How could she send me away with just a few words? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have accepted her proposal to open a breakfast shop with her. In the end, it didn't matter if I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the renovation fees, but now even my favorite display window was destroyed.”
Ji Tianqing couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she saw her angry face.
"Xiao Pei didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive her.”He didn't expect her to be so charming when she was angry.
"It's all your fault!" She suddenly shifted her anger onto him. "If you had come earlier today, wouldn't nothing have happened? However, you were too late and gave those two hooligans a chance to destroy my window.”
"Okay, okay, okay. It's all my fault, okay?”
Ji Tianqing took the opportunity to pull her into her arms and smiled proudly.
Ji Tianqing was delighted to see her expressing her emotions in front of him, because it meant that he had gradually conquered her heart.
Success was just around the corner.
Three days later, Li Ziying was discharged from the hospital.
Standing at the entrance of the hospital, Li Ziying leaned on her walking stick and waited for Yu Xiaopei to pick her up. However, Yu Xiaopei was nowhere to be seen. She frowned and took out her phone to make a call, but she still couldn't find her.
"Strange, where did Xiao Pei go?"
All of a sudden, a black car stopped in front of her. She thought that she was blocking someone and was about to move away when she saw Ji Tianqing walking out of the black car.
"Why are you here?" she asked in surprise.
"I'm here to take you home." Ji Tianqing said.
Li Ziying looked away in embarrassment. For some reason, she was so happy to see him. It was ridiculous.
"Let's go!"
Before she could react, Ji Tianqing had already hugged her tightly and walked towards the car. She struggled nervously.
"I can walk by myself."
"Are you going by yourself?" He deliberately glanced at her injured leg and the walking stick in his hand.
Li Ziying blushed. "Of course I can leave. I just walked out of the hospital by myself, and I only have one foot injured.”
After she finished speaking, she was carried into the car.
As if he had seen through her embarrassment, he smiled and changed the topic. "Xiao Pei said that she had something on today, so she couldn't come to pick you up from the hospital. Anyway, I happened to be free today, so I agreed to pick you up on her behalf.”As he spoke, he walked around the front of the car and into the driver's seat on the other side.
"You drove here yourself?" Li Ziying asked.”
Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows and started the engine. "Yes, I am."
Sensing his disapproval, Li Ziying quickly explained,"
"Because every time you ask the driver to drive you to our shop for breakfast, and the boss of a big company doesn't even need to drive himself.”
"Yes." He answered quickly.
The car drove smoothly onto the road, and Li Ziying no longer dared to question him.
"Today isn't a holiday, how can you be free?”She remembered him saying that he often stayed in the company to work overtime. In that case, he must be busier during the day. How could he have time to pick her up from the hospital?
Ji Tianqing saw her doubt and said,"
"Today is your discharge day. No matter how busy I am, I have to come and pick you up.”
Li Ziying's heart was in a mess.
"What do you mean?"
"As intelligent as you are, do you not understand what I mean?”he asked.
Yes, it wasn't that she didn't understand what he meant, but that she didn't dare to think about it.
"If, if you deliberately approached me because of the glass shoes, I can only tell you that I will not sell the glass shoes no matter what because I love them more than myself. I can't imagine losing them.”
"Do you really not understand what I mean? In the beginning, I did approach you for the glass shoes, but now I don't think so anymore. I will never force you to give them to Tian Yu. You really shouldn't misunderstand my feelings again and again.”
Li Ziying felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. "You…this is not the way back to my house.”She looked at him in astonishment.
Ji Tianqing glanced at her. "Indeed, I'm not going back to your home." "But it's the way back to my house."”
"Why your house?" Li Ziying asked in confusion.”
"Because you're injured."
"And then?"
"I need someone to take care of me."
"So?"
"I can take care of you."
Li Ziying's face immediately turned red.
"I…don't need you to take care of me. I can take care of myself.”
"You forgot."
His sudden words confused her.
"What did I forget?"
"Forget that you're injured."
"Of course I haven't forgotten." The truth was right in front of her eyes. How could she forget?
"Tell me, how are you going to take care of yourself when your hands and feet are injured?”
Li Ziying was speechless.
"You remember?"
Li Ziying glared at him in annoyance. "But the doctor said that these are all minor injuries. I only have one foot injured, so walking won't be a problem. Although my hands were injured, my fingers weren't injured. Cooking wasn't a problem for me.”
"But I can't bear to see you suffer so much.”
Li Ziying's heart was once again blown up by his words.
" But I!!"
"We're here." Ji Tianqing interrupted her.
Before Li Ziying could react, he had already carried her out of the car and into a beautiful villa.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw a beautiful woman with a brilliant smile running down the stairs.
"Sister-in-law, you're finally back. Tianyu has been waiting for you for a long time!”
Li Ziying was shocked to hear her call her sister-in-law. She could not come back to her senses for a long time.#
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