Chapter 21

“Are you done talking? It’s getting late, we should go back.” Li Yao stood beside Ning Jia and asked in a deep voice.

Seeing Li Yao’s unfriendly expression, Chu Songbai smiled politely and said, “We’re done chatting, you can go now. Ning Jia, see you the day after tomorrow evening.”

Ning Jia nodded repeatedly: “See you then.”

Chu Songbai turned and left. Ning Jia followed Li Yao back, fiddling with the Parker pen in his hand as he walked.

“Did he give it to you?” Li Yao glanced at him.

“No, how could he be willing to give me such a valuable thing? This is a deposit. I have agreed with him that I will sell all the fish to him the day after tomorrow night!” Ning Jia said happily.

Li Yao frowned: “Why does he want so many fish? Could he be a liar? Ning Jia, we have to be careful!”

“No way? He’s so handsome and his eyes are so sincere, he can’t be lying! Besides, he’s already paid a deposit for this Parker pen!”

How many fish is this pen worth?

To put it bluntly, the person who should be worried now should be Chu Songbai.

If she rolled up the pen and left without ever coming back, he would have to pay him hundreds of dollars!

“Could it be that she saw that my sister-in-law is pretty and found this way to chat her up?” Li Xu said jokingly.

“Hmm?” Ning Jia instantly caught the essence of this sentence, “Beautiful? Fifth brother, am I beautiful?”

“She’s beautiful, but a little thin. If she were to gain some weight, she would definitely be a great beauty!” Li Xu gave full affirmation.

“Compared to her?” Ning Jia asked, pointing at An Ye.

An Ye stared at Li Xu with a stern face.

“Of course my wife is beautiful! My wife is the most beautiful in the world!” Li Xu’s mouth seemed to be smeared with honey, and he only said nice things.

An Ye: “You are not blind!”

Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief. This sixth brother’s wife was really something. She gave him a fatal question right away.

Fortunately, he is smart and shameless, otherwise, he would not be able to tell such a lie.

No, how can I give him an answer to such a life-threatening question slowly by himself?

I also have to ask Lao Liu.

“Li Yao, who do you think is prettier, your sister-in-law or your wife?”

Li Yao glanced at him: “Childish.”

“Hey? What’s childish? Answer the question now!”

Li Yao pursed his lips: “Go back.”

“Let’s go, let’s go!” Ning Jia also urged.

It was late autumn and the temperature had dropped a lot. She was wearing thin clothes and couldn’t stand the cold.

The four were just about to get on their bikes and ride away when suddenly, a whistle was heard in the woods, followed by a loud noise.

“Quick! Arrest them! These people are illegally reselling supplies, arrest them all!”

“Fuck!” Li Xu screamed, “Quick! Run! If they catch us, we’re doomed!”

“Get in the car!” Li Yao said quickly.

Ning Jia quickly jumped onto the back seat: “I’m ready, ride!”

“Look, there are four people over there, on bicycles, don’t let them get away!”

Multiple beams of flashlight shone towards them, blinding Ning Jia.

At this time, two majestic yellow dogs, with bright red tongues hanging out, came running towards them, barking wildly as they ran.

“Bite them, don’t let them get away!”

Ning Jia saw that the dog was large and fierce-looking, and was afraid that she would be bitten by the dog, so she anxiously urged Li Yao: “Hurry up, hurry up!”

“Hold my waist, I’m going to speed up!” As soon as Li Yao finished speaking, he kicked hard.

The road in the forest was bumpy and uneven, and the car made a loud thump when it passed a mound of earth.

Ning Jia did not hold Li Yao’s waist tightly, and as soon as his hands loosened, he fell out of the back seat of the car.

“Ah——” she screamed.

Li Yao felt the car become lighter, and when he turned around he saw Ning Jia falling to the ground.

Two big yellow dogs bared their teeth and pounced at her, scaring Ning Jia so much that she screamed, “Li Yao, dogs, dogs…”

Li Yao dropped the car, bent down, picked up a wooden stick from the ground, held it tightly in his hand, and swung it at the yellow dog that was rushing towards him.

The dog was hit, let out a scream, and bit the wooden stick in Li Yao’s hand tightly.

Li Yao threw away the stick, picked up a longer one and waved it at the dog.

His eyes were sharp and he exuded murderous aura, which successfully frightened the two dogs.

The two dogs barked at him, but did not dare to come forward again.

“Get out!” Li Yao stomped his feet and shouted.

The two dogs were frightened and backed away with their tails between their legs.

“Let’s go! Get in the car!” he ordered Ning Jia.

Ning Jiayi stood up and felt a sharp pain in his ankle.

“Hiss~” She gasped and limped towards the car.

Seeing that the two dogs were no longer willing to move forward, Li Yao threw away the stick and lifted the car up.

He glanced at Ning Jia’s feet: “Are you injured?”

“It doesn’t matter, let’s go back first! Don’t let anyone catch you!”

“Okay.” Li Yao got on the bike and repeatedly reminded her, “Hold tight and don’t let go.”

This time, Ning Jia hugged his waist tightly, fearing that he would fall down again.

The shouting and noise behind them were getting farther and farther away from them. Finally, those people could not catch up with them. Ning Jia breathed a sigh of relief. It was really a close call!

When the two returned home, Li Xu and An Ye had already returned.

“Are you okay?” Li Xu saw that they were taking a long time to arrive and was afraid that they had been caught.

“It was a minor accident, but it’s not a big deal. It’s getting late, go to bed early.”

“You too.”

Li Yao parked the car in the yard, and Ning Jia was about to jump down from the back seat on one leg.

“Don’t move.” Li Yao stopped her and directly carried her down from the back seat.

After entering the house, he put Ning Jia on the kang, squatted down and carefully took off her shoes and socks.

I saw that her ankle was covered with purple bruises, as high as a steamed bun.

“So serious?” He frowned.

“When I fell, I accidentally sat on my ankle, so it’s swollen.”

Li Yao blamed himself: “I shouldn’t have ridden so fast.”

“It’s not your fault, I’m just unlucky.” Ning Jia deeply suspected that the original owner had an unlucky constitution, as he injured his foot just two days after fainting.

“I’ll give you a cold compress.”

Li Yao got up and went to the kitchen to get a basin of cold water, wet a towel, wrung it out and placed it on her ankles.

“You have difficulty moving these days, so you don’t have to go to work. Just lie down at home for a few days and get out of bed when you’re well.”

Ning Jia became happy again when he thought that he wouldn’t have to work for the next few days.

Great, now I have a legitimate reason not to go!

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Li Yao nodded and continued: “If there is anything, just tell me and I will do it.”

“Woo woo.” Ning Jia was embarrassed when he heard this. “How can I be so embarrassed?”

“What’s there to be embarrassed about? If there’s anything you can’t do, just tell me directly.”

Ning Jia immediately said: “There is one thing I can’t do right now.”

Li Yao: “Go ahead.”

Ning Jia said embarrassedly: “I have to pee and want to go pee now, what should I do?”

When Li Yao heard this, his ears turned red instantly.

After a moment, he said, “I’ll help you.”