Chapter 62 Teacher Qiu was attacked
  Wang Huizheng was dumbfounded. She had never expected that Deputy Director Wang would come to the restaurant to eat in person. She didn't know how much of what she had just said was heard by Deputy Director Wang. She swallowed her saliva nervously, and then put on a professional fake smile to greet him.

  "Deputy Director Wang, you misunderstood. How could I dare to do that? But the food in this restaurant is not that delicious, and it is not clean. With your status, how can you come to such a small place to eat? I know several of your restaurants are very good. Let me take you there."

  Before Wang Huizheng finished speaking, Deputy Director Wang waved his hand, "What is my status? I am just an ordinary cadre. I am on vacation today and brought my children here to eat something. Comrade Wang, right? We leading cadres are to serve the people, not to put on airs and stand on high ground all day long."

  "Yes, you are right. I will follow your teachings in the future." Wang Huizheng's face was not very good, and he quickly responded.

  Seeing Deputy Director Wang walking straight into the restaurant with the child beside him, Wang Huizheng wanted to step forward to stop them but he didn't have the courage.

  Seeing the health certificate in Fang Qing's hand, Deputy Director Wang stopped and said, "This is a formal certificate issued by the county health bureau. There is nothing wrong with it. If there are any people who question our work, you are welcome to report any problems at any time. Okay, let's continue eating."

  After that, with a face as red as pig liver, Wang Huizheng walked slowly into the restaurant with Wen Ling.

  Everyone saw what was going on and immediately understood what was going on. Those who needed to eat ate, and those who needed to take away took away. Fang Qing and her daughter didn't want to pay attention to Wang Huizheng at the door and went back to the store to help.

  Wang Huizheng, who was standing at the door with a bloated stomach, never thought that after all the hard work she had done to close the Qingchun Restaurant, how could it be opened so easily now? And with Deputy Director Wang backing her up?

  Wang Huizheng hated their family so much that he could only stomp his feet in anger and turn back home.

  The restaurant's hygiene incident was finally over. When Fang Qing met Wen Ling again, he couldn't help but say thank you.

  Wen Ling looked at Fang Qing, who seemed a little distant,

  and felt sad. "Qingqing, you don't have to thank me. You saved my life last time, and I haven't repaid you yet." Fang Qing looked at Wen Ling, who was about to cry, and couldn't help but stepped forward to hold her hand. "No, I should be the one thanking you. If you and your brother hadn't saved me at the beginning, none of these things would have happened later. You saved me once, and I saved you once. Let's not say thank you, okay?"

  Wen Ling was still a little sad. "I don't know why my mother said that to you, but I know these things have nothing to do with you. Can you please not be distant from me? Can't we still be good friends like before?"

  Fang Qing was hesitant to speak, "Actually... I also feel that I am an unlucky person. Anyone who gets too close to me will be affected, so it's for your own good that you stay away from me. However, we are friends, that's all. I'll be there whenever you need me."

  After this incident, although Fang Qing still didn't spend every day with Wen Ling and Wen Ning like before, whenever Wen Ling needed her, she would firmly stand behind her and give encouragement.

  Another year of red lights shone brightly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already 1992.

  On the morning of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Fang Qing rose early to help his father put up spring couplets and his mother prepare food for the Lunar New Year. He then dressed and rode the family tricycle used for hauling goods to Teacher Qiu's house.

  Teacher Qiu was spending the Lunar New Year alone again this year. Fang's mother felt it would be too lonely for the old man, so she asked Fang Qing to go and invite Teacher Qiu over early in the morning so they could celebrate together and make the occasion more lively.

  Arriving at Teacher Qiu's door, Fang Qing found the normally tightly closed door slightly ajar.

  This wasn't normal! Teacher Qiu never left the door unlocked.

  Fang Qing quietly got out of the tricycle, pulled out the steel chain from his waist, and, lowering himself, slipped through the half-open door. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a ball of fur in the corner. Fang Qing kicked it, and was startled!

  It was Niuniu! Teacher Qiu's clever pug had been strangled to death!

  Fang Qing knew something must have happened. After hesitating at the door for a few seconds, she quietly took off her shoes and put them behind the door. She peeked inside through the window and saw that no one seemed to be in the living room, so she quickly went in.

  There was no one in the living room on the first floor, but it was obvious that someone had turned it over.

  The painting on the wall was gone, and many of the ornaments in the bookcase were also missing. Fang Qing became more and more panicked. She quietly went into the kitchen on the first floor, took out a knife and held it in her hand.

  Seeing that there was no blood except for some dirt on the floor, she quietly comforted herself: There is no blood, I hope Teacher Qiu is safe. Then she listened for a while, and when she heard no sound upstairs, she quickly went upstairs with the knife.

  Fang Qing tiptoed from room to room and found that every room was turned upside down, but there was no sign of Teacher Qiu.

  When Fang Qing arrived at the studio where Teacher Qiu often taught painting, she found that Teacher Qiu was gagged and tied to a chair. She was about to enter the door when she suddenly felt something was wrong!
  There was a sound of breaking wind. Fang Qing dodged, but was still struck in the shoulder by the incoming force. She tumbled to the ground and saw a masked man swinging an iron rod at her again.

  As she dodged, the sculptures in the room fell to the ground. The deafening noise intensified the man's rage, and he swung the rod wildly, attempting to strike Fang Qing.

  Fang Qing was exhausted from the assault, and her knife had fallen as she dodged. She was deeply grateful to the gym teacher for pushing her to exercise daily, which had given her the strength to evade the pursuit for so long.

  Seizing the opportunity, Fang Qing rushed out the door, attempting to call for help. The man, seemingly anticipating her intention, leaped from the second-floor window before her. As Fang Qing frantically fled from the second floor to the first, the man burst out of the kitchen, knife in hand.
  Fang Qing turned around and ran, but after climbing a few steps, his socks slipped on the wooden stairs without shoes and he fell down. Seeing the man behind him with a knife flashing with a cold light about to fall, Fang Qing suddenly remembered the pepper spray in his pocket. He rolled over to avoid the blade and quickly pressed the spray button with his backhand.

  "Ahhh! Bitch! I'm going to kill you!" The man was completely enraged, slashing around with his eyes closed.

  While the man's eyes were sprayed with pepper spray and he was slashing around with his eyes closed, Fang Qing found the right moment and kicked him in the chest. The man slipped and fell down the stairs with a few thuds.

  Fang Qing ran down and grabbed the knife on the ground, guarding against the other party's counterattack. But the man seemed to have been hit hard by the fall. After struggling for a few times, he couldn't get up. Fang Qing turned his head and looked around. He saw the cold water bottle on the coffee table, took a few steps over, grabbed it, and smashed it on his head!
  When the man completely fainted, Fang Qing sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.

  (End of this chapter)