Chapter 525

Standing beside Han Duo, I had an illusion: if it weren't for the two lines of clear tears on Han Duo's cheeks, this scene would be exactly like a movie's petty girl dragging a dissolute rascal, arrogant and begging for a beating, saying: "Hit me, come hit me."

However, Han Duo is Han Duo; she is not a tough-on-the-outside, weak-inside petty girl, but a straightforward and decisive female hegemon.

Han Duo kept shouting arrogantly: "Hit me, come on!" Pangzi froze, not daring to move, after shouting a few more sentences, Han Duo straightforwardly and decisively rushed at Pangzi and said: "Fine, since you refuse to listen and insist on being despicable, you won't hit me, right? Then I'll beat you to death."

Having said that, while I was still stunned, Han Duo straightforwardly and decisively snatched the brick from Pangzi's hand, with a clang, and directly slammed it onto Pangzi's head.

Pangzi cried out, crouched down, and kept dodging with his hands over his head. But Han Duo, still not satisfied, kept striking with that brick, over and over, until Pangzi was covered in blood and in a sorry state.

I stood there dazed, staring blankly at all this, and for a long time I couldn't come to my senses.

This girl, as always, cannot be judged by common sense. Even though she's after money, she's still excessively violent.

"Miss, miss, stop hitting, stop hitting, look, are you the Pangzi I used to know? Look carefully, did the Ye Wei you used to know have this mole on his face?" Pangzi, holding his head and scrambling about, in his panic begged Han Duo for mercy.

My persuasion and Pangzi's explanation were almost spoken at the same time. Han Duo instantly put down the brick, stared blankly at Pangzi for a good while, then exclaimed in surprise: "Ah... you really aren't the former restaurant boss, but besides that mole, why do you look so alike?" Han Duo was a bit confused; even knowing she had hit the wrong person, her first words forgot to apologize, and instead she curiously asked about Pangzi's identity.

"Oh, miss, you know that person is my elder twin brother; I am Ye Liang, his younger twin brother. I've just taken over this small restaurant not long ago." Pangzi wiped the blood from his forehead and explained aggrievedly.

"Then what about this brick... you?" Han Duo, holding the brick she had taken from Ye Liang Pangzi's hand, recalled that she had just used the brick to hit Ye Liang's head, and hastily threw it away.

"This brick, oh, I was using it to hit that dead dog. This wolfdog was left by my elder brother; I originally wanted to keep it to guard the house, but who knew it would be so fierce, chasing anyone it sees." While explaining, Ye Liang also didn't forget to feel the big bump on his head.

According to Ye Liang's explanation, Lele and a few orphans from the orphanage went to his small restaurant to pick up bottles that customers had finished drinking. He originally wanted to take these poor kids for a meal, but who knew the children would run away upon seeing him; then, the guard dog, not tied tightly, went berserk and chased after Lele.

Ye Liang, fearing trouble, hurriedly followed. When he saw Han Duo holding Lele in her arms and noticed the tooth marks on Lele's leg, he flew into a rage, picked up the brick intending to teach that big wolfdog a lesson. Who would have thought... Han Duo directly misunderstood him, without waiting for his explanation, she scolded him thoroughly and then snatched the brick to strike his head hard.

Ye Liang, his head covered in bumps and blood still flowing from his forehead, looked at us aggrievedly and said: "I'm not my elder brother; your orphans' children are so pitiful, how could I possibly let the dog bite them."

"I thought you were the former boss of the Fragrance Commune restaurant. I'm really sorry, sorry." At this moment, Han Duo, knowing the full story, flustered, apologized to Ye Liang.

Ye Liang simply waved his hand, gave a simple and honest smile, and said: "Never mind that for now; first take the child back to my restaurant. Wash with rice water; having been bitten by this mad dog, it needs to be dealt with promptly."

Ye Liang stepped forward, picked up the squatting Lele on the ground, chuckled as he rubbed her head, then led me and Han Duo back into his restaurant.

The restaurant isn't big, it's a medium-sized one. Although Ye Liang's accent sounds like a local from Shenzhen, the experience is that of an out-of-province style restaurant. I think Ye Liang must have paid the franchise fee, so this brand's restaurant allowed him to operate under its name.

As we carried Lele back to the restaurant, a large group of children spotted us through the window from afar, then came running out, surrounding Han Duo, each cheerfully calling: "Rice Sister, Rice Sister."

Their voices were as pure as angels', but I almost couldn't help laughing. "Mili"... even as a nickname, that's so outdated, not just outdated but also hilarious. Hearing that name, I don't know why, but my mind keeps conjuring the image of me as a child eating leftover rice, with a few grains of rice stuck on my face.

Together with this group of children and Han Duo, we walked into the restaurant. As soon as we entered, Han Duo froze. Because the whole restaurant had only one table, full of dirty little faces, and on the table lay steaming hot meat and vegetable dishes.

"Boss Ye... what is this?" Han Duo widened her eyes, looking in surprise at Ye Liang beside her.

Ye Liang waved his hand and answered casually: "Don't fuss over these things; they're not worth much money. My wife's birthday is today, and coincidentally your orphans' children have come, so I simply cooked a full table of dishes for everyone to eat together."

"Ah... these children, just looking at them tugs at the heart; see their small frames, how long has it been since they've had a full meal?" Ye Liang rubbed the head of a child beside him, sighed, and said: "Let's not talk about these useless things for now; quickly let me check this child's injury."

"Hehe, now I'm totally convinced they're not the same person; the previous Pangzi who ran the restaurant was never this generous and kind. Sorry, boss." Han Duo apologetically said.

Just then, a plump woman came out carrying a dish, interrupting Han Duo and Ye Liang's conversation: "Honey, you've finally come back; the landlord just told me to prepare for next quarter's rent, he wants to collect it early... Oh, why is your forehead bleeding?" As soon as she saw Ye Liang's forehead still bleeding, she hurried over.

"Ah, I understand! Don't worry about these; I'll figure out the money situation. If cash flow is tight, I'll go ask my elder brother for a little." Ye Liang waved his hand and explained to his wife, saying the blood on his forehead was from him accidentally bumping into something.

Sister-in-law Ye helped Ye Liang bandage his forehead, then asked doubtfully: "Brother, husband, will your elder brother lend us money? You also know what kind of person he is..."

"Hey, I told you not to worry about it, so don't; can't you see the child's foot is bleeding? Go aside, take good care of the kids eating; you don't need to fret over other things..."

Ye Liang scolded his wife a few times, then crouched down and together with us examined the child's injury.

Rolling up Lele's pant leg. On Lele's calf, there were two rows of very clear tooth marks, also showing a darkish hue.

Upon seeing this, Ye Liang said it was not okay and that they needed to rush to the hospital, but Han Duo insisted that Ye Liang bring her a basin of rice water.

Ye Liang didn't understand, but still had his wife wash the rice and brought over a basin of rice water.

After the rice water was brought over, watching Han Duo take out two coins from her pocket, I began to understand what she was about to do.

This is one of the folk methods in the countryside, called scraping poison; washed rice water combined with coins and red thread can scrape the poison out of the wound.

Speaking of this rice water, its uses are truly great, miraculous to the point of being unbelievable.

I had a classmate whose face was covered in acne during middle school; a year later, when I saw him again, his facial acne had completely disappeared. Since I was also going through puberty at the time and had acne myself, and even after trying some facial cleansers with no effect, I asked him for his acne‑removal method.

His answer to me was simple: every morning, persist in washing the face with rice‑washing water, no skincare products needed. Later, a classmate whose hair turned prematurely white from overusing his brain flexibly applied this method to washing his hair. After a similar period of time, his hair actually regained a soft, moist, lustrous color.

Han Duo's method is commonly used in the countryside for detoxifying. Although it's not very scientific, since childhood, when children get bitten in a fight or by an animal, they never mention getting a rabies shot; they just rely on this method to get through it.

Of course, there are risks involved, but if used together with a talisman for curing canine disease, the harm can certainly be reduced to a minimum.

Han Duo was carefully scraping poison from Lele, while I and Ye Liang went to another table in the restaurant. This was my own request, because I thought Ye Liang was a kind person and I really needed to help him.

Why say that? Because this restaurant is really quite strange. It's now past one in the afternoon, the time when people get off work to eat lunch, yet although there are many furniture factories and workshops around Ye Liang's restaurant, very few people come to eat there.

This situation could be due to either Ye Liang's restaurant having had an integrity problem, or the food simply not being tasty.

However, given Ye Liang's character, I believe the likelihood of an integrity crisis is small; as for the food, I tasted it and found it first‑rate.

In that case, it's highly possible that the feng shui is problematic.

Actually, as soon as I entered Ye Liang's restaurant, I had a feeling—a feeling of a mutually repelling magnetic field. After I carefully examined the layout inside and outside the shop, I finally noticed a clue.

Actually, as soon as I stepped into Ye Liang Restaurant, I felt a mutually repulsive magnetic field; after carefully examining the shop's interior and exterior layout, I finally discovered a clue.

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