I'm crazy, don't mess with me. I just love to pretend to be crazy, remember that.

"puff--"

Ji Mingxuan spat out the mouthful of beer he had just swallowed.

The alcohol even choked him, and he coughed several times.

"Cough cough... cough cough!"

Director Zheng stared in disbelief: "Where did this preservative come from?"

Si Qian thought these people were making a big fuss over nothing: "They took it from the kitchen. Food preservatives are quite common."

It's not like it's a prohibited item; you can buy it anywhere else.

This drink is all about technology and ruthless skill.

Judging from her technique, she's had plenty of experience.

[I've learned my lesson; I'll never drink draft beer again.]

The others quietly sat back down and started eating.

Sheng Chi, still shaken, said, "I won't drink alcohol, but I'll have fish soup, okay?"

Si Qian: "One spoonful of Carnation evaporated milk, sis—"

Sheng Chi put down the fish soup.

Director Zheng shakily took out a tea bag: "Let's make some tea."

Si Qian: "Your plastic tea bags are toxic when heated."

Director Zheng put down the tea bag.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Mu Weiyue finally asked, "Can I at least eat some vegetables?"

Si Qian: "This frozen, thousand-year-old cabbage is the same age as you."

Mu Weiyue put down the vegetables.

Gu Shiyu persisted: "Where's the duck blood?"

Si Qian: "I'll mix it with a spoonful of blood powder—"

After a few words, everyone at the table fell silent, and no one touched their chopsticks.

A little girl who loved duck blood shattered gently.

Actually, frozen vegetables are considered good; it's already a miracle we didn't end up with zombie meat.

"I'm so hard to kill."

Seeing that everyone else had stopped eating, Si Qian picked up some vegetables and duck blood and started eating them herself.

Director Zheng: "Didn't you say this was frozen?"

Gu Shiyu: "Didn't you say it was made from blood powder?"

"A few bites won't kill you."

Si Qian rolled her eyes and started chewing again: "Besides, eating the most poisonous food and taking the strongest medicine at the same time, doesn't that boost consumption?"

Everyone: "..."

That's a really good attitude.

Lu Yao held a sliver of hope: "Actually, there are some good restaurants, right..."

Si Qian nodded: "Yes, but the one we're eating at now isn't."

Li Chuanze: "How did you know?"

Si Qian: "Because I saw it when I first got the preservative."

"..."

After a few words, everyone else lost their appetite.

On the contrary, Si Qian, the person involved, ate with great relish.

The sky is big and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest thing.

Even if tomorrow is the end of the world, she'll still die a full-fledged ghost.

……

After the recording, everyone returned to the villa to rest.

Knowing that he would be paid tonight, Si Qian had been waiting for the money to arrive in his account.

Before the money arrived, Director Zheng and Director Wu, who were vying for the downstairs toilet, appeared first.

"What's going on?"

Director Zheng clutched his stomach, his face contorted in pain: "I didn't eat enough, so I ordered takeout, and it made me have diarrhea."

In the brief pause of their conversation, Director Wu seized the opportunity to grab a spot in the pit.

boom--

The door is closed.

Outside, Director Zheng was frantically banging on the door: "You damned Mei Qian! Let me in right now!"

"I can't hold it in any longer!"

Si Qian's lips twitched as she looked at him: "Isn't there a toilet upstairs?"

Director Zheng, pale and weak, said, "It was taken by other staff members..."

Then, a surge of urge to defecate is about to burst forth from the ground.

Director Zheng's expression changed, and he quickened his pounding on the door—

"Get out here right now! Or I'll drag you to my bed!"

"Right away!"

Soon, Director Wu came out, and Director Zheng immediately rushed into the bathroom, clutching his buttocks.

Si Qian admitted that she was truly disgusted this time.

drip-

At this point, the mobile banking app received the payment from the company.

After tax, I received 1.3 million.

Si Qian breathed a sigh of relief immediately after receiving the money.

I thought the company would delay for a few more days.

At 11 p.m., Si Qian put her phone in her pocket and went downstairs in the dark.

Under the moonlight, the girl's figure stretched long in the soft moonlight, and her originally aggressive features softened considerably. Her long hair was casually tied up with a hair tie.

Just as she was furtively heading to the garage with her car keys, a flashlight beam shone on her from upstairs.

"Mr. Krabs, where are you going so late at night?"

Looking up, Si Qian's eyes met Pei Li's upstairs.

She smiled and joked, "Let's go hide the secret recipe for the Crab Roe Burger."

"Take one with you, we'll steal it another day."

"Go downstairs!"

……

An hour later.

The car stopped in the parking lot of Beijing Municipal Hospital.

What are you doing here?

Si Qian didn't say anything, but just watched the time and headed straight to the cardiology department of the hospital.

Just as Pei Li was about to follow, unaware of what was going on, Si Qian suddenly stopped, turned around, went to the bank next to the hospital, and then went to the supermarket to buy toys and snacks.

When he came out again, Pei Li caught a glimpse of the box that had been opened and then resealed.

After leading the group through a maze of turns, Si Qian saw the man guarding outside and waved and called out softly.

"Uncle Yang!"

The middle-aged man called Uncle Yang stood up and turned around, and Pei Li finally saw his face clearly.

A middle-aged man with a slight limp.

"Mr. Si, what brings you here?"

Uncle Yang came to greet him, seemingly somewhat surprised.

"I just happened to be passing by and wanted to drop by. How did the child's surgery go?"

"The doctor said there's nothing seriously wrong, I'm sorry to have worried you."

He seemed a little reserved.

Si Qian handed the things to Uncle Yang, then turned and patted Pei Li on the shoulder: "Don't you need to renovate your greenhouse and a large apartment? Uncle Yang has a renovation team; they were involved in the Li Group building project before, so you can rest assured about the quality..."

Before Si Qian could say more than a few words, Pei Li readily agreed.

He gave Uncle Yang the contact number for the old house.

Si Qian was in a great mood after securing a deal effortlessly.

After finishing their business, Uncle Yang wanted the two of them to stay for a while, but Si Qian just shook her head and pulled Pei Li aside.

"No, we have things to do tomorrow, so we'll be going now."

"Okay, be careful on the road, it's so late..."

Despite his unsteady gait, Uncle Yang insisted on escorting the two downstairs.

PARKING LOT--

Si Qian sat in the driver's seat for a long time without saying a word.

Pei Li spoke first, "You came all this way tonight just to introduce me to a construction team?"

Si Qian looked out the window in silence: "No, you could say that."

Pei Li became interested: "Is Uncle Yang also from that company of yours?"

"Ah."

"Was his leg injury acquired later in life?"

"Yes, I was interrupted."

Si Qian leaned back in her chair, lost in her memories. "We met three years ago. At that time, I took a design job in S City. He was a small contractor. Later, the project manager ran away without paying our wages. Uncle Yang went to help us get our wages, but that bastard had his leg broken by someone he hired."

"He has a daughter with congenital heart disease who needs money for surgery."

With just a few words, Pei Li understood the whole story.

Did you finally receive the money?

"got it."

"How did you get it?"

“I was furious that I had been following the person in charge for several days. I found an opportunity to kidnap him, stabbed him twice, and threatened to kill him if he didn’t pay me.”

You should know that she's a carefree, neurotic person.

"He didn't retaliate against you?"

"So my sister ran away to Beijing."

She's not stupid enough to just sit around waiting for someone to take revenge.

He was in the wrong from the start, and the person in charge didn't dare to call the police, so he could only suffer in silence.

By the time he remembered to take revenge on her, she had long since disappeared.

“Although the person in charge was reported later, Uncle Yang was unable to do much work due to health reasons after that. In addition, he spent all his savings on his daughter’s medical treatment. The year before last, he brought his daughter to Beijing for medical treatment, so I called people to work with me and paid them wages.”

After Si Qian finished speaking, she looked at Pei Li and asked, "Do you think I'm being nosy?"

Pei Li, however, said firmly, "Have you ever heard a saying?"

"What?"

"Those who carry firewood for others should not be left to freeze to death in the wind and snow."