Chapter 4: Bitter·Bang! 4
"Hua Likong, I feel like I've encountered the biggest problem of the century."
It's Friday again in the blink of an eye. I keep grinding coffee beans and looking for topics to talk about. All of this is prepared for the weekend, when the weekend has the most customers.
"What? I didn't expect that the invincible female boss would also encounter the biggest problem of the century?" Hua Likong joked in a rare good mood.
"Oh, what? How would I know that this matter has anything to do with Xia You's family? If it was a personal problem, it would be much easier to deal with. The key is that her family situation is rather special."
I almost want to sigh. But as a curry shop owner, sighing is not what a future super boss would do.
"Is there a special situation at home?" Hua Likong was a little curious.
"Well, Xia You's mother protects Xia You very well, like a cocoon that can never be broken. Not only that, she also dotes on Xia You very much and never lets her do anything, for fear that she will get hurt."
In fact, this should be something that many people envy.
"Isn't this normal? All parents are like this, they just spoil their children a little bit." Hua Likong said lightly, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong.
"The key is that Xia You's mother is worried that Xia You will be too tired, so she doesn't even let her go to school. Xia You basically stays at home, either eating, drinking or sleeping. Her life feels so monotonous..."
Even if you dote on me, it doesn't have to be this bad, right? I can't even let him go to school.
"So you suspect that the curry rice Xia You eats tastes bitter because of this reason?" Hua Likong frowned and asked, "But how can you conclude that Xia You doesn't like this lifestyle? Is it because of this problem that he tastes bitter?"
I said proudly, "Are you kidding? Who am I? I am Chi Weiwei. I followed Xia You home a few days ago. She didn't seem to like her family's excessive interference in her life, especially not allowing her to make friends."
"Don't let her make friends?" Hua Likong's expression revealed deep confusion.
"Yes. I also heard from Xia You that she was worried that some friends had bad intentions. Tell me, how could Xia You's mother think so much? She thought of everything."
It's simply the highest level of doting.
"In that case, Xia You will have no interpersonal communication at all." Hua Likong agreed.
"That's right. Anyway, I think Xia You doesn't like this kind of life. Who would like to stay at home all day like this, without even a close friend to talk to."
I was envious of Xia You the moment before, but the next moment I started to worry about Xia You.
"Then this matter is indeed not as easy to handle as before." Hua Likong murmured.
But so what? We still have to find a way to solve the problem.
“Boom boom boom!”
Standing outside Xia You's door again and knocking desperately, the atmosphere was really a bit weird.
Hua Likong and I both took a day off and decided to go to Xia You's house to hang out with him. One reason was to get closer to Xia You and understand him better, and the other was to find out more about Xia You's situation.
"Who is it?"
Xia You's mother's voice came from the house.
"Auntie, it's me, Chi Weiwei."
I responded loudly, fearing that Xia You's mother would not open the door.
With a "squeak", Xia You's mother poked her head out.
"Hello, Auntie. Hua Likong and I are both friends of Xia You. We want to go out and play with Xia You." I said honestly.
Unexpectedly, Xia You's mother's face suddenly looked a little ugly.
"Um... I'm sorry, Chi Weiwei, where's my Xia You? She's been in poor health since she was a child, so I've never allowed her to go out and play casually. Why don't you go by yourselves?"
Xia You's mother said in a rejecting tone and didn't ask Hua Likong and me to go into the house. The atmosphere was a bit awkward.
"Um...Aunt Xia..."
Before I could finish my words, the door slammed shut.
Hua Likong and I looked at each other in bewilderment after being turned away. We didn't expect to be turned away like this...
"Hua Likong, you said we can't even see Xia You, what should we do now? If I had known, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to send her home last time."
It is true that man proposes, God disposes.
"It's not your fault. It's a troublesome matter after all."
It's rare for Hua Likong to speak up to comfort someone, I was flattered.
"So what should we do?"
I felt at a loss for a moment.
"I think based on the current situation, we need to go back and think about it carefully." Hua Likong made a suggestion.
"Ah?" I didn't understand what Hua Likong meant at all.
"I knew you wouldn't be able to figure it out with your thick head. What I mean is, just wait and see."
Hua Likong was too lazy to keep me in suspense, perhaps because he thought it was pointless and I would never be able to guess what he was thinking anyway.
"What a stupid brain! I understand it all at once this time, okay? Although I haven't solved it yet..."
Shouldn’t problem solving be based on understanding the situation?
But in order to prove my ability to act to Hua Likong, I did something extremely stupid in my life...
Because Xia You's mother doesn't like Xia You to contact friends and outsiders, she generally doesn't receive visitors. The first time I went to Xia You's house, I was received by accident, and it was because Xia You asked for it. But this time I can only rely on myself.
I remember the last time I climbed over the wall was when I was in the third grade of elementary school. Now I have to climb over the window again. Fortunately, Xia You's house is on the second floor, otherwise I would be at a loss.
Of course, I did this without telling Hua Likong.
I started the secret operation on a dark and windy night. I prepared a long iron rope and imitated the female knights in TV dramas, climbing up the eaves and walls. Of course, I was just climbing up slowly.
If I knew that doing so would lead to such a shameful result, I would never do it, because I was actually caught as a thief...
In the police station, the policeman looked distressed.
"Little sister, where do you live? Where are your family? Also, why do you steal things from someone's house in the middle of the night?" The bearded policeman taught me earnestly.
"Hey, uncle, I've told you so many times, I'm not a thief, look at me, I don't have anything valuable on me!"
Really, I have explained it hundreds of times, why doesn’t the uncle believe it?
"Then trespassing is also illegal. Although you are a minor, you still need to receive education."
The police uncle looked like he was trying to steal something valuable, but he just hadn't succeeded yet. This situation made me feel helpless.
Do I look like a thief?
Come on, I'm a good girl and an excellent teenager, how could I possibly commit a crime? The police are really...
"Do you have any accomplices?" the policeman persisted.
Please, I'm really not a thief.
"Girl, do you have a bondsman?"
The policeman finally got to the point.
"Of course, his name is Hua Likong, and he should be here soon."
But when the handsome Hua Likong finally came down from the sky to save me, the huge sense of shame in my heart was magnified countless times again. I was like a frightened ostrich and just wanted to bury my head in the ground.
"Chi Weiwei, can you please not act so quickly in the future? You're almost becoming my idol." After Hua Likong brought me back to the curry restaurant, he looked at me with extreme helplessness.
"Really? I'm almost your idol?"
"I'm not praising you." Hua Likong poured cold water on me at the right time.
"Chi Weiwei, you are seventeen years old after all. Can you use your brain to think about the consequences before doing anything? What do you mean by climbing someone's window in the middle of the night? It would be strange if you were not mistaken for a thief. Besides, why would a girl like you do such a dangerous thing alone?" Hua Likong lectured me righteously.
"Yes, yes, I was wrong. I will never do this again."
I just wanted to see Xia You. She stayed at home all day, and Xia You's mother wouldn't let us in... If I had known, I wouldn't have sent her home. Oh, this is just shooting oneself in the foot.
Fortunately, Hua Likong pretended to be my brother, otherwise I would have to stay in the police station, which was really embarrassing.
Seeing that I admitted my mistake with a good attitude, Hua Likong was too lazy to continue nagging.
However, my work efficiency was immediately lowered. I yawned thirty-nine times and stretched eighteen times in this morning. Hua Likong really couldn't stand it anymore.
"You should go back and rest first . I'll be here for you. You were a night owl last night, so it's normal for you to feel listless today."
It would have been fine if Hua Likong hadn't mentioned it, but once I did, the blood and tears in my life would come out again and show off to me...
"All right."
A holiday is best enjoyed if you don’t take a break!
"Chi Weiwei."
A familiar lazy voice sounded, and I turned around reflexively.
I don't know when a person appeared at the door, leaning against the glass door, looking like he was about to fall down at any moment. His hair was hanging loosely beside his cheeks, his clothes were a little messy, and his facial expression was lazy and listless.
If this isn’t Xia You, who else could it be?
Oh my God, that tragic history of mine going to the police station just to see her, can you please stop reminding me of this sad thing all the time?
"How did you come?"
If I had known that Xia You would come to my house on his own initiative, why would I have climbed over the eaves and walls in the middle of the night and been mistaken for a thief?
"I heard that you climbed through my window last night and were mistaken for a thief and sent to the police station, so I came to see how you were doing." Xia You said lazily.
"Snapped!"
I felt like I was slapped in the face.
"Hey, hey, hey, my lady!"
My ability to act overcomes everything, and I quickly ran over and covered Xia You's mouth tightly.
This is in my store. Although there are not many customers early in the morning, if people knew that the person in charge of the curry house was sent to the police station, would anyone dare to come to eat here?
"Mmmmm."
I have to say that Xia You is extremely lazy. Even when he was almost suffocated to death by me, he just groaned a few times and was too lazy to even raise his hands, let alone struggle.
Is not fun!
"Don't make any noise, and I'll let you go."
Seeing Xia You nodded lazily, I withdrew my hand with relief.
Xia You yawned and walked straight into the private hall.
"Hello!"
He really knows this place well and treats it like his own home.
"Hey Weiwei, if you want to see me, why don't you just come to my house? Why are you climbing over rooftops in the middle of the night and being mistaken for a spy?"
Xia You lay down on the small sofa, looking like he was about to fall asleep again.
It's rare that she would be so diligent and proactive in talking to me so much.
"I do want to, but the problem is that your mother won't let me in."
If her mother had let me in, I wouldn't have to run around like crazy and be mistaken for a thief. It would have been so embarrassing...
"My mom?" Xia You was a little puzzled, and then added, "Well, my mom has been getting more and more crazy recently."
"Ah?" I didn't understand what Xia You said.
"My mother's behavior was just exaggerated before, but I didn't expect it has evolved to the point where she wants to shut me down." Xia You said with a helpless smile.
It turned out that Xia You had no idea that Hua Likong and I had gone to see her.
"I thought you didn't want to see me, on purpose."
I felt like a deflated ball. It seemed that the guests I met were becoming more and more incomprehensible.
"Although I, Xia You, am a little lazy, I am not so heartless. You have helped me after all. How could I deliberately lock you out?" Xia You's lazy voice sounded quite pleasant when he spoke the truth.
"Well, now that you're here, things will be easier." I said happily, and then shouted to the outside of the door, "Hua Likong, come here quickly!"
It's not my habit to fight alone.
"oh."
There happened to be no one in the curry house at the moment, so Hua Likong sorted out the things in his hands and went into the private room.
"Xia You, are you also troubled by your mother's overprotection?" Hua Likong looked at Xia You and asked seriously.
"Yeah, I'm annoyed by this, but what can I do? She's my mother after all. Besides, this has been going on for several years, I'm used to it..."
Xia You narrowed her eyes slightly and looked as if she didn't care. In fact, I knew that she was listening to us carefully and participating in the topic very seriously.
"But you don't want to be friendless all your life and stay in that small room at home, right?" Hua Likong's words went straight to the point.
"Then do you have any good ideas?" After hearing Hua Likong's words, Xia You seemed to be a little expectant.
"Well... this requires cooperation between you and your friends." Hua Likong said seriously.
"But I don't have any friends. My mother is always afraid that I will be bullied, so she doesn't let me make friends." Xia You scratched the back of his head and changed to a more comfortable position on the sofa.
I was speechless.
"Well... let's put it this way, you must have classmates, right?" Hua Likong tried to start from other aspects.
Unexpectedly, Xia You shook his head seriously: "I don't know my classmates. My mother thought that going to school was too tiring and didn't let me go. I only went there once when I registered for school... I can't even remember what my homeroom teacher looked like..."
Bang!
God, why don't you just let me go and see you!
"Well, how about this?" Unconsciously, I came up with another good idea, "Isn't your mother particularly worried that you will get tired? Why don't you go on a hunger strike? The reason for the hunger strike is that chewing rice is particularly hard and tiring, so you decide not to eat! Maybe this will work."
I applaud myself for my high IQ.
"Chi Weiwei, what's this bad idea of yours?" Hua Likong mercilessly criticized the bad idea I came up with... I guess while criticizing him, he was also secretly disliking me for being too simple-minded.
"I think it's pretty good."
A bad idea is still an idea. Isn't it good enough if it can solve the problem?
"Chi Weiwei, have you ever heard the saying, 'Man is iron and rice is steel, if he doesn't eat a meal he will be hungry.' What should I do if I'm starving?" Xia You also protested.
"All right……"
Plan 1 fails.
I admit that it was a bad idea. After all, I am the kind of person who would starve to death if I skip a meal.
So the three of us discussed it in my private room for a whole day, and finally came up with a solution that was not a solution. But in my eyes, this was simply an inhumane method, and it always felt a bit cruel.
Although I felt that the idea we three came up with was still a bad one, I felt that there was no better solution, so I could only implement plan 2.
But it seems that the implementation of plan 2 is a little more difficult...
"Okay, I'll go back first. My mother will cry again after not seeing me for a day. Oh!"
After Xia You finished speaking, he stood up and left the curry restaurant.
I didn't expect that being loved could be such a helpless thing!
But that is not a solution. It’s really hard to bear when I think about it.
I have always been as strong as an ox, but I haven't smelled such a strong smell of disinfectant for a long time.
This is the largest private hospital in City A.
We really spent a lot of money this time, although it was not my money. I just realized now that Hua Likong is such a rich man. Is he hiding it too well?
Our location for the operation was actually the best private aristocratic hospital in City A.
Fortunately, I didn't buy it, otherwise I would never be willing to do this. No matter how you look at it, it's a business that will lose all your money.
What on earth was Hua Likong thinking? Could he be the prodigal son of some noble family?
“It smells so bad…”
There were waves of lazy and disdainful voices coming from the ward.
I walked slowly into Ward 22, and I really felt that the idea we three came up with was unreliable.
"Just bear with it."
Apart from these three words, I really don’t know what to say.
"Chi Weiwei, do you think my mother will be fooled?" Xia You, lying on the hospital bed, seemed a little uneasy.
"I don't know either. But judging from your mother's situation, she will definitely be fooled. After all, your mother loves you too much."
I just spoke the truth based on my inner thoughts, but I didn't expect that it would make Xia You silent for a while.
"Although my mother interferes too much in some areas, she still loves me very much." Xia You nodded and said.
"Yes, but your mother loves you too much, which will cause trouble to your future life. You don't want to be an autistic person forever, right?"
I swear to God, I, Chi Weiwei, am so insightful in eight hundred years. I have the potential . Haha.
"you're right."
So Xia You closed his eyes and lay down obediently.
"Xiaoyou! My Xiaoyou!"
Before she finished her words, a middle-aged woman's scream was heard outside the ward.
"My mom!" Xia You jumped up from the bed with a start.
This was the fastest she had ever moved in all the time I had known her.
"No, no, no! Lie down quickly!"
For fear that the plan would go wrong, I quickly pushed Xia You down to lie down.
"Lie down and don't make a sound!"
After I finished explaining everything, I quickly left the ward because the attending doctor would be here soon.
"Xiaoyou! Xiaoyou! My Xiaoyou!"
As soon as I left the ward, I saw a middle-aged woman with tears streaming down her face excitedly rushing into Xia You's ward.
"Hua Likong, are we really going to do this?"
I ran to the attending doctor's duty room to find Hua Likong, feeling very uneasy. Xia You's mother takes Xia You so seriously, if she really goes too far, I will feel guilty.
"Chi Weiwei, I think you need to sharpen your courage."
This was Hua Likong’s advice to me, as I was feeling overwhelmed with guilt and at a loss as to what to do.
"That's what you said, but... have you really talked it over with the attending physician?" I asked worriedly, "If we get into trouble, we can just go back and close the shop..."
I'm really scared.
Master, why are you so calm? I have to say that Hua Likong's mentality is really good.
"Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem with the attending physician." Hua Likong assured confidently.
"All right……"
Although I still feel uneasy, things have come to this point and there is nothing I can do about it.
"If you are really worried, you can go back and look after the curry house first." Hua Likong saw that I was uneasy, so he asked me to go back first.
"OK!"
This is what I've been waiting for! Hua Likong said this!
"If anything happens here, you have to take care of it. I'm leaving first!" After saying that, I quickly slipped away.
Please forgive me for being a bit unsuccessful, but success is not everything!
"Huh? Why did you just come back?"
As soon as I stepped into the curry house, I found Ye Hu, still dressed as a crow, walking out of my private room.
"Huh? Why are you here?"
I looked around with lingering fear, fearing that Ye Hu would bring a bunch of "little tails" with him. I was relieved when I saw that Ye Hu seemed to be well disguised and no one was chasing him.
"I haven't been here for a long time. I miss your sweet curry rice." Ye Hu smiled and said half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"Forget it, stop it. Master, can you please stop mocking me?"
Do you think the memories of the past are not scary enough? I don't want to remember them again.
"Okay, you seem to be in a bad mood today. Did Hua Likong bully you ?" Ye Hu slowly approached me, looked at me and asked seriously.
"Stop, stop, stop! Stop!"
I quickly put two steps away from Ye Hu. If his fans saw this, my curry house would be overcrowded again.
Not only that, I feel like I will be eaten alive by his die-hard fans.
"Why do you act like you've seen a ghost when you see me? Am I that scary? You're obviously a handsome guy." Ye Hu took out his cell phone with some depression, admired his handsome face, and then looked at me with some resentment.
"Oh, no..."
Are boys also so vain?
"Then you must have encountered some difficulties, otherwise why would you have such a bitter face..." Ye Hu looked at me curiously.
"Hey, hey, hey, please don't expose all my past, okay?"
Seriously, stop pretending you know me so well, okay?
