Sheng Jiu pulled the roller shutter down most of the way, tidied up the bar counter, and then hurried upstairs.
The visitor was Ares again. After they finished eating and drinking, they wanted to tidy themselves up.
Ares, carrying two bottles of Sleep Calming Agents he'd gotten from his teammates, came over to ask Sheng Jiu for a tool to fill up some water to take back.
After listening to his request, Sheng Jiu nodded: "Okay, please wait a moment."
Sheng Jiu went to the storeroom and took out two buckets. These were used to store seasonings. Her grandfather used to clean them very well and kept them in the storeroom for storing things.
Now she takes out two, and she can simply wash them.
Sheng Jiu handed the buckets to Ares: "Are these enough? If not, I have more."
Ares thought for a moment and then asked for two more.
Sheng Jiu gestured for him to go to the bathroom to fill it up himself.
Although the roller shutter downstairs was mostly pulled down, but the door wasn't actually closed. Sheng Jiu was worried, so she pointed downstairs: "I'll go down first. Call me if you need anything."
Having received Ares's response, Sheng Jiu went downstairs again.
In that short time, she had figured it out. She planned to make pan-fried dumplings with the crab meat, keeping some for herself and sending the rest to the hospital.
Her cousin, Sheng Ze Xuan, should be at the hospital with his mother tonight. Sheng Jiu plans to bring them some food and cook some porridge for her eldest aunt.
Having made up her mind, Sheng Jiu went downstairs and was about to enter the kitchen when she heard a knock on the roller shutter door.
She figured that since she was out of eggs and couldn't make anything, she might as well just close the restaurant.
Sheng Jiu quickly arrived at the door, opened the roller shutter and glanced outside: "I'm sorry, we're out of ingredients and closed today. Please come again tomorrow."
Standing in the doorway was a young man, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing the three pieces suit, his hair neatly combed.
Sheng Jiu's first thought upon seeing him was: Isn't he hot?
It's mid September now. It's a bit cool in the mornings and evenings, but it's still quite hot at midday.
However, she was unwilling to meddle in the affairs of strangers. Having finished speaking, Sheng Jiu prepared to pull down the roller shutter.
The man panicked when he saw this: "Hey, wait a minute, how can you be so rude?"
Sheng Jiu: ?
Wasn't her explanation clear?
Besides, which word was rude?
While Sheng Jiu was stunned, the man forcefully pulled the roller shutter up and then casually entered the restaurant.
Sheng Jiu: ? ?
Not only did she not understand, she was also utterly bewildered.
Sheng Jiu, fearing the other person hadn't heard her clearly, had to raise her voice again and say, "Excuse me, we're out of ingredients for today. If you'd like to eat, please come back tomorrow."
Sheng Jiu thought to herself, "Was I polite enough this time?"
The man didn't respond. After entering and looking around the restaurant, he said with a look of disdain, "This place is a bit small."
Seeing the man's informal manner, Sheng Jiu remembered what Sister Si Yu had told her that morning.
Little Aunt Sheng introduced her to a guy who was coming over at noon.
Sheng Jiu had already blocked Little Aunt Sheng and the others, so she knew nothing about them.
Now this guy…
He might just be the blind date arranged by Little Aunt Sheng.
Seeing the man still trying to go upstairs, Sheng Jiu called out loudly, "The second floor is a private area. Please stop here, guest."
The man didn't stop, smiling as he said, "We're not strangers, no need to be so polite."
Sheng Jiu's anger flared up, and she grabbed her phone, ready to call the police: "If you go any further up, I'll call the police and say you're trespassing."
The man finally turned around, dressed smartly, but his smile was greasy and disgusting: "I heard from your little aunt that you've never had a boyfriend. At your age, you must be very thirsty, right?"
Sheng Jiu didn't indulge him at all. She made a call directly, and after the call connected, she turned the phone around and showed it to him.
When the man saw that Sheng Jiu had actually called the police, he panicked and rushed over to try and snatch Sheng Jiu's phone.
Sheng Jiu nimbly dodged, calmly explaining her situation to the other end.
The man cursed under his breath, "You b**ch, you've got some nerve!"
As she spoke, the man pulled a fruit knife from his pocket and came over, cursing.
Sheng Jiu kept her eyes glued to him, not daring to be distracted.
Seeing the other man draw his knife, she shouted, "Police Sister, he attacked me with a knife, can I fight back? Is that considered self-defense?"
The man didn't hear what the other person said.
However, when he heard Sheng Jiu say she would fight back, he smiled disdainfully: "You little b**ch, you've got quite a few tricks up your sleeve. Trying to play hard to get with me? Is that your friend over there? Is that the number you saved for your friend? I've seen plenty of your little tricks."
The man wanted to say something more, but Ares heard the commotion and came downstairs and realizing something was wrong, smacked him on the back of the head.
Bang!
Sheng Jiu watched helplessly as the man flew out.
He was standing at the top of the stairs, and a second later, he successfully lay down at the restaurant entrance.
Sheng Jiu gasped in shock. The police were still asking her about the situation with concern. She tried her best to remain calm: "I fought back."
Ares's strength is enough to dismantle a mech with his bare hands!
She couldn't even break the Frosty Water Magical Crab's claws with a hammer, but he pried them open with his bare hands!
Will this punch kill him?
Ares possessed high mental strength and keen senses. He went downstairs as soon as he heard something amiss.
Upon discovering someone was wielding a knife against the Little Boss, he didn't hesitate and threw a punch.
Seeing the Little Boss's terrified face, Ares wanted to say something.
Sheng Jiu was faster than him. After hanging up the phone, she rushed over, grabbed his arm, and asked anxiously, "...He's not dead, is he?"
Self-defense and excessive self-defense are two different things!
Ares might even be an undocumented immigrant in this world.
This matter...
She couldn't possibly explain this clearly!
In her nervousness, Sheng Jiu gripped Ares's arm slightly tighter.
However, for Ares, the pressure was still very gentle.
As soon as Sheng Jiu grabbed his arm, Ares's muscles tensed up instinctively because he wasn't used to it.
He tried to shift his attention elsewhere, but the sensation on his arm kept drawing his mind.
Through the combat uniform, he couldn't feel any temperature, but as his eyes lowered, he saw Sheng Jiu's fair and soft hand, and Ares suddenly felt his arm burning.
Seeing Sheng Jiu's panicked face, Ares tried to regain his composure: "Don't worry, I just pushed him."
Sheng Jiu: ...
Your push is different from ours!
Sheng Jiu nervously took two steps forward. She didn't want to disgust herself by checking the other person's breathing, so she could only check if there was any movement in the other person's body.
After staring for a while, she realized the other person was still breathing, and Sheng Jiu breathed a long sigh of relief.
Soon, another question popped into her head, and she asked the system in her mind, "When the police come, they'll definitely ask about what happened. Won't he get arrested?"
This "he" naturally refers to Ares.