"Su Xuan, let guess. You must be feeling pretty down right now, right? Are you a little sad, too?" Zhai Defeng’s voice rang out coldly from the phone.
He obviously didn’t know what had just happened, or that the man he had hired had already been taken care of by two children.
"I’m actually quite happy!" Su Xuan replied cheerfully.
"Don’t put on a brave face," Zhai Defeng sneered. "Just cry if you want to. I know one of the kids is already dead, hahaha!"
"De Feng, do you really want to knock you down a peg?" Su Xuan asked.
"You’d have to be able to!"
"Alright, then," Su Xuan said, proceeding to tell Zhai Defeng about the driver’s fate.
"You’re lying! He’s a professional. How could you have possibly caught him?" Zhai Defeng shot back.
"I’m not lying. The kids are fine, and your man is unconscious. The police will take him away shortly, and they’re even giving a five hundred thousand yuan reward. Thanks for sending money!"
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
Zhai Defeng imdiately hung up, obviously enraged by Su Xuan.
"Sigh, why can’t this guy take a hit?" Su Xuan shrugged, then took the two siblings downstairs.
"Master, is everything settled now?" he heard as soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs. It was a call from Butler Liu.
"It’s settled. The children are fine," Su Xuan told him. "As for the driver, the kids gave him quite a hard ti."
"That’s good, that’s good," Butler Liu said, relieved.
"I’m planning to take the kids for barbecue now. Why don’t you co join us, Old Liu?"
"No barbecue for . My teeth aren’t what they used to be, and I can’t chew well. You all go and enjoy yourselves!"
After hanging up, Su Xuan gently shook his head. I know it’s not because his teeth are bad. He’s just worried there’ll be no one to look after the house if he goes out to eat, too.
Half an hour later, Su Xuan brought the siblings to a luxuriously decorated barbecue restaurant. He had specifically found it online; it had a very good reputation, but the price per person was a bit high, costing at least five hundred yuan for a al. That ant it would cost at least one thousand five hundred yuan for the three of them to eat just once.
But that really didn’t matter. Given Su Xuan’s current wealth, he could afford to eat here until the end of ti.
"Do you have roast wild boar?" Su Xuan asked the waiter as soon as they sat down.
"I’m sorry, sir. Wild boar is a protected species by law, so it cannot be eaten. We don’t sell it," the waiter replied with a smile.
"Oh, I see!" Su Xuan turned to the siblings. "Looks like we’ll have to choose a different at."
Xiao Yun stared at the waiter, her eyes wide. "So a pig becos a protected animal just by adding the word ’wild’ in front?"
Shi Yazi also peered at the waiter. "Does a dog beco a protected animal if you add ’wild’ in front, too?"
The waiter was amused by the children’s questions. "Not dogs, but definitely pigs. Both buying and selling it is illegal."
Not wanting to give the waiter a hard ti, Su Xuan said, "Then let’s have a pig that isn’t illegal!"
"Sir, I’ll prepare two pounds of pork for each of you to barbecue. Is that okay?" the waiter asked.
"That’s fine," Su Xuan agreed.
The waiter placed the order and left. Ten minutes later, the roasted pork arrived at their table. The siblings weren’t picky and began to devour the food. As they bit into the juicy at, their faces shone with enjoynt.
Watching the endearing way the siblings ate, Su Xuan couldn’t help but feel a sense of contentnt. This simple, peaceful life really is nice.
"Hey, Su Xuan, you’ve started eating already?"
At that mont, a man casually sat down at their table as if he belonged there.
"Old Guo, the at was just served. Hurry up and eat while it’s hot," Su Xuan called out warmly.
The newcor was Guo Yuxiang. Su Xuan had invited him on the way to the restaurant. After all, Guo Yuxiang had helped him several tis, so treating him to a barbecue al was the least he could do.
"Then I won’t be polite!" Guo Yuxiang wiped his hands with a wet napkin from the table and dug in, his mouth soon glistening with oil.
In truth, he had already eaten. He just wanted to co over to keep Su Xuan company and see how he was doing. Back in Pig Head Ravine, Su Xuan had been the one to rescue him from a landslide, and he had been thinking about him ever since. Now, seeing Su Xuan, his heart felt incredibly at ease.
Suddenly, a commotion erupted from the restaurant’s entrance, and both Su Xuan and Guo Yuxiang looked over simultaneously.
"Please, just let buy so barbecue for my daughter. Today is her birthday!"
A man dressed like a construction worker, probably just off a worksite, stood at the entrance pleading with a waiter. His clothes were sared with mud and cent. Standing beside him was a young girl, about ten years old.
"Improperly dressed custors are not allowed to dine in," the waiter said with a face full of disdain, waving his hands to shoo the father and daughter away. "You’re covered in dirt, and you’re shedding dust everywhere! If you sit down, who else would dare to eat here? Go on, get out of here!"
"It’s not like I’m not paying. Why do you have to chase us away?" the man said, trying to compromise. "How about this? I’ll get it as takeout. I’ll wait outside, is that okay?"
"Waiting outside is no good either," the waiter replied coldly. "You’ll still affect our business!"
"Daddy, maybe we shouldn’t eat barbecue. Let’s have sothing else!" the little girl said, a bit scared as she tugged at her father’s sleeve.
"But sweetheart, I already promised you barbecue!" the man said, affectionately stroking her head. "I told you that if you ca in first in your class, I’d take you for barbecue on your birthday. You really did it, so I can’t go back on my word!"
The little girl looked up at her father. "But they won’t let us eat here. Let’s just eat sothing else... Um... let’s get malatang. I love malatang, too!"
But the man stubbornly shook his head. As a parent, how could I break my promise? How could I... not even be able to get my child a single piece of barbecue?
"Five hundred yuan! I have five hundred yuan right here!" The man pulled out five hundred yuan in cash and held it out to the waiter with both hands, pleading, "I know the average cost per person here is at least five hundred. Please, just help order one serving of barbecue!"
"Your money is dirty, too!" The waiter said with disgust, refusing to take the money and continuing to wave the man away.
The man stood his ground, refusing to leave. If I leave now, my dignity as a father will be destroyed in front of my daughter. It would also shatter her admiration for .
His daughter had once written an award-winning essay titled "The Person I Admire Most Is My Father."
It began like this: *The person I admire most is my father. With his calloused hands, he builds countless high-rises in the city, giving people warm hos to live in, safe from the wind and rain...*
"Old Liu, what took you so long?"
Right at that incredibly awkward mont, a warm voice sounded in the man’s ear.
He hurriedly looked up and saw a smile so handso it was beyond description...
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