Siheyuan: After traveling through time, who can still be an honest person?

Qin Huairu looked around at the bodyguards who were staring at her and couldn't speak.

After all, this kind of business of selling girls would definitely be shameful if it were not spoken out.

Cao Yue raised his watch and urged, "Hurry up, my time is precious and I don't have time to waste with you."

Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and suddenly pushed Huaihua beside her towards Cao Yue.

"Ah~"

Huaihua screamed. She didn't expect her mother to be so rude and direct. She took a few crooked steps, suddenly tripped over her left foot and fell forward.

Fortunately, Cao Yue stepped forward in time and hugged her, so she did not fall.

In fact, if the bodyguards around Cao Yue hadn't recognized Huaihua, she would not have been able to get close and would have been stopped halfway.

Cao Yue steadied Huaihua's delicate body and secretly pinched her.

Only then did he seriously distance himself from Huaihua and act like a gentleman.

"What are you doing?" Cao Yue looked at Qin Huairu and said angrily.

Qin Huairu stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "Cao Yue, I know you are busy with work on weekdays, and you don't have servants who know you well and serve you."

"Huaihua has admired you since she was a child, and she is well-behaved and sensible. If you like, you can let her stay by your side in the future, serve tea, pour water, and make quilts. You can do whatever you want with her."

Cao Yue glanced at Huaihua, who lowered her head and said nothing, then turned his gaze back to Qin Huairu and said righteously:

"Don't do these crooked things. I'm not the kind of person you think!"

"Huaihua is a good girl. It's unfortunate for her to have a mother like you."

"Woo~" Qin Huairu's expression froze, and she suddenly cried, "I really have no choice. I also know that you won't help us for no reason if there is no benefit."

"You should have heard that Bang Geng is in trouble, and only you can save him."

Cao Yue said coldly: "I can't do anything, you guys go back."

"Cao Yue, for the sake of our past friendship, please help me..."

Before Qin Huairu could finish her words, Cao Yue had already turned and walked towards the courtyard. Qin Huairu wanted to follow him, but the bodyguard reached out to stop her.

"Cao Yue, are you really going to watch someone die without helping?!"

Qin Huairu's voice was shrill as she yelled at Cao Yue's back.

Cao Yue seemed not to hear it and walked straight into the yard.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu felt as if all the strength in her body was drained away and she collapsed to the ground.

Huaihua waited for a while before walking up to her and helping her up. The two of them slowly left the courtyard.

……

When she returned to the hotel entrance, Huaihua stopped.

"Huaihua, don't blame mom, I..."

Qin Huairu grabbed Huaihua's arm and wanted to explain, but Huaihua broke free from her hand, looked at her deeply, then turned around and walked away.

"Wow..." Qin Huairu squatted at the door of the hotel, crying loudly.

Huaihua walked on the deserted street. The evening breeze blew gently, and she couldn't help but shiver.

An unprecedented coldness and loneliness spread throughout my body.

Just as she turned the corner, a car drove towards her from the opposite direction, then turned around and stopped steadily beside her.

Huaihua was startled and thought she had met a bad guy.

Just as he was about to turn around and run back, he suddenly recognized the driver who had lowered the window and stopped again.

"Ms. Jia, Mr. Cao asked me to pick you up."

The driver got out of the car and opened the back door.

Huaihua took a deep breath, and a warm feeling surged in her heart.

……

When Sha Zhu heard the crying, he ran out of the restaurant and helped Qin Huairu into the store and sat down.

As for Jia Zhang and Xiao Dang, they had already gone to bed.

"Oh!" Sha Zhu looked at the distraught Qin Huairu and sighed with heartache.

In just two days, Qin Huairu seemed to have aged ten years.

"I don't care about my reputation anymore. I will go and beg Cao Yue tomorrow." Sha Zhu looked determined.

Qin Huairu said in a hoarse voice: "Silly Zhu, it's useless. He has a heart of stone and will not help us."

"We have to give it a try." Sha Zhu said gritting his teeth.

……

Huaihua returned to Courtyard No. 95, where Cao Yue and You Fengxia were already waiting for her.

"Woo..." Huaihua hugged Cao Yue and cried in grievance.

"Okay, stop crying and tell me what happened." Cao Yue patted her back and comforted her.

Huaihua told the story while sobbing.

"Pigeon blood?!" Cao Yue exclaimed, "Your mother is really amazing. She still wants to plot against me even after all this!"

You Fengxia reminded: "I think Huaihua should not stay in Sijiu City, so as not to be harassed by her family in the future."

"Her mother can sell her to you this time, but who will she be sold to next time?"

"Yes, I have to leave here." Huaihua was also scared after hearing what You Fengxia said, and wanted to leave this sad place immediately.

Then she was confused again.

"But where can I go?"

Cao Yue pondered and said, "There are two choices. One is to go to Hong Kong Island, and the other is to go to the south. It doesn't matter where you go."

Huaihua didn't think too long and decided to go south.

After all, it’s too far to go to Hong Kong Island.

Cao Yue instructed: "Since you have decided to leave, don't delay, leave tomorrow."

"As for the company, I will send someone to handle the formalities for you."

It just so happened that he and Gao Yue had reconciled, so he let Gao Yue take Huaihua away with him.

……

The next afternoon.

Cao Yue arrived at the hotel feeling refreshed. As soon as he got out of the car, a figure rushed up to him.

The bodyguards thought someone was going to commit a crime and quickly pinned him to the ground.

"Let me go... Ouch... Cao Yue... I have something to tell you..."

The bodyguards attacked so ruthlessly that Sha Zhu's facial muscles became deformed due to the pain.

When Cao Yue saw that it was Sha Zhu, he shook his head in disdain, knowing that the dog was still unwilling to give up.

"Let him go." Cao Yue signaled the bodyguard to take Sha Zhu into the hotel.

……

Lobby lounge area.

Cao Yue looked at Sha Zhu and shook his head.

To be honest, Sha Zhu's conditions are better than most people.

The basic salary is only a few dozen yuan now, but he used to earn more than 2,000 yuan as a part-time chef.

Now I can earn more by opening a restaurant.

It’s a pity that meeting Huai Ru will ruin your life!

He can be a decent person, but he chooses to be a bootlicker.

And then...there is definitely nothing else!

When Sha Zhu saw Cao Yue bringing him into the hotel, he thought things had taken a turn for the better, but Cao Yue's first words dashed his hopes.

"I asked you to come in because I wanted to tell you not to waste your time. I will not help criminals get away with their crimes. Just give up on this idea."

Sha Zhu's face became stiff, and he suddenly said:

"I thought you would agree to help sooner or later because you and Bang Geng are the same kind of people. Now it seems that you are more ruthless than I thought."

Cao Yue was confused when he heard this. What kind of weird logic is this?

Also, comparing him to a stick joke is definitely an insult to him.

"Cao Yue, as long as you agree to save people, you can do whatever you want with me. Even if you want my life, I will give it to you without hesitation!" Sha Zhu said firmly.

"Haha!" Cao Yue pointed at Sha Zhu and sneered: "Sha Zhu, others say you are stupid, but in my opinion, you are smarter than anyone else."

"Have you ever thought about your own fate after helping the Jia family so much?"

"You will be miserable. Your ending will be more miserable than that of a homeless stray dog!"

Sha Zhu was silent for a moment, then replied stiffly: "No matter how miserable it is, I will accept it. I will grit my teeth and keep going on the path I have chosen. I will never change my mind."

Cao Yue stood up upon hearing this and said sarcastically: I didn't expect you to be such a loyal and chaste man. I admire you so much! "

Sha Zhu glanced at Cao Yue, then suddenly turned around and left without saying a word.

……

In the end, Banggeng was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

After hearing the verdict, Qin Huairu fainted on the spot and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Everyone thought that Qin Huairu would become seriously ill due to this blow, but unexpectedly, on the third day she asked Sha Zhu to handle the discharge procedures for her.

After returning to the hotel, we immediately started to prepare for reopening.

Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai thought she was possessed by a demon, but Qin Huairu explained with a firm gaze:

"I've inquired about it. A 20-year sentence is the best outcome for Bang Geng. This time, it's all thanks to the leader!"

"As long as Bang Geng behaves well, he can get a reduced sentence."

"If everything goes well, he can be released in fifteen or sixteen years."

"I have to save some money for Bang Geng while I can still work, so that he can live a worry-free life after he is released!"

At the end of her speech, Qin Huairu showed hope in her eyes.

As long as you are alive, there is hope.

Qin Huairu is now thinking about earning enough property for her son's future, and then finding him a wife and having children.

After all, she knew very well that Banggeng was already in his forties or fifties when he came out of the kiln, and no one would follow him without money.

"Huai Ru, something bad has happened..." Jia Zhang ran back from outside, panting.

"Bah bah bah!"

Qin Huairu spat on the ground three times, then glared at Jia Zhang with a gloomy face and asked her to spit on the ground twice as well.

Jia Zhang didn't dare to refuse. After spitting out two mouthfuls perfunctorily, she hurriedly said:

"I went to Huaihua's workplace to look for her, but her boss said she had resigned a long time ago and no one knew where she had gone."

"Mom, why are you going to look for Huaihua?" Sha Zhu asked with a frown.

Yi Zhonghai next to him shook his head.

He knew that Jia Zhang was definitely not concerned about her granddaughter, but because she saw that Huaihua had become rich, she went to ask her for money.

When Qin Huairu heard that Huaihua was missing, she did not show any anxiety on her face and said calmly:

"She's too old to get lost. Maybe she's out doing business with some friends."

After that, he changed the subject and looked at Xu Damao who was helping on the side, and said, "Xu Damao, you suggested opening another hot pot restaurant yesterday. I think this is a good idea."

"How about this, the ten thousand yuan I owe you will be considered as your investment."

"When we buy the store across the street, we'll become partners and I'll give you 30% of the profits."

"Okay, Sister Qin, you are really courageous!" Xu Damao said with a smile.

Although 30% is a small profit, Xu Damao is now very poor.

As long as you can earn enough capital as quickly as possible, nothing else matters.