Chapter 276 - Act Separately

Chapter 276 Act Separately

This audition cost a lot. Couldn't let him make a fuss about it.

"I will go back with you." Xia Yu wanted to find Wen Xiaoqian. If it didn't work out on Liu Sijie's side, they would still have another option, wouldn't they? At least, she didn't have other activity recently.

"Let the three of us all go back. Xiao Qiang will keep an eye on here. Besides, it's almost done. There should be no problem." Shen Qiang wasn't very old. But he was the third master after all. He had certain power.

Liu Sijie agreed. Things at home were more important after all.

They drove overnight when they arrived it was morning. After arriving at home, Shen Yan changed his clothes. He felt something wrong in his mouth. He looked at the mirror and found a pox on his lip that was caused by deficiency fire.

It was the result of eating too many oranges. It looked like he couldn't eat oranges for a short time.

Shen Yan didn't let Xia Yu go back to the company. Her foot didn't recover. And she was short tempered. If she was at the office, seeing others were busy, she would join them too. It would be bad for her foot.

Xia Yu didn't insist. She came back for Wen Xiaoqian. After they left, she didn't eat breakfast at home. She went out to the neighborhood of her old residential area.

She remembered when she had breakfast here, she saw Wen Xiaoqian talking to Breakfast Lady a few times. They were talking and laughing. It looked like they were familiar. Xia Yu wanted to ask her about Wen Xiaoqian.

She walked slowly because of her injured foot. When she arrived at the breakfast shop it was past nine. Xia Yu remembered when she lived here this shop opened very early. It was unusual today.

Did they have something else to do which made them close the shop today? Xia Yu sighed in heart that she had no luck. She hesitated for a moment and walked a few steps forward.

She was here anyway. It wouldn't take long to go and see. She arrived at the door and it was closed. But the scolding voice of Breakfast Lady and the crying noise of a kid came through from inside. Xia Yu was surprised and called out worriedly at once.

"We are closed. F**k off!" A man's roaring voice came out of the shop.

Xia Yu felt wrong hearing the voice. She was worried about Breakfast Lady. Plus, the crying noise of a kid, she pushed the door and went in. It was lucky the door wasn't locked. It got pushed open.

After she went in, she saw Breakfast Lady was pushing down on the floor by a tall slim man. Xia Yu knew the tall slim man. She saw him several times when she had breakfast before. He was her husband. He raised his foot and was about to kick the Breakfast Lady. Xia Yu's heart was at her throat. She yelled, "What are you doing?"

Because of Xia Yu's sudden yell, the man's body was stiff for a moment. He didn't kick. He looked back and stared at her fiercely. His eyes were full of cruelty, "Who are you? It's my family business. You mind your own business."

Looking at Breakfast Lady with a bloody nose and a swollen face on the floor and the crying kid at the side, Xia Yu was angry. Was this man even a human? Were his wife and kid his punching bag? He beat them like this.

She approached immediately and helped Breakfast Lady up. The tall slim man stretched out his hand and pushed Xia Yu at the very moment. Due to her injured foot Xia Yu staggered a bit and bumped at the corner of the table on her waist. She felt a heart-aching pain immediately and could barely stand up. There were tears in the corner of her eyes, just physically.

"Miss Xia, are you OK?" Breakfast Lady recognized Xia Yu. She helped Xia Yu despite her own pain. She frowned because of her pain and looked at Xia Yu with worry and guilt.

"She deserved it. Who asked her to meddle?" The man didn't restrain himself. Instead, he grabbed Breakfast Lady's hair and kept tearing at it, "Stupid bitch, give me the money."

Breakfast Lady screamed out of pain. She had to let go of Xia Yu.

This was over the line. Xia Yu stared at the man in front of her fiercely. Her face became cold. She said fiercely, "If you dare make another move against me or your wife and kid, I will call the police right now."

Xia Yu took out her phone from her pocket while saying.

Hearing what Xia Yu said, the expression on the man's face changed. There was slight panic in his eyes. He snorted and went to the checkout counter. He opened the counter and grabbed some money stuffing in his pocket with his hands. Then he left the shop.

After the man left, Xia Yu and Breakfast Lady were both relieved.

Breakfast Lady held up the crying kid and comforted him gently. Seeing the kid's swollen eyes and the frightened expression on her immature face, Xia Yu was really distressed.

"Xiaoxiao good girl, don't cry. You will become a dirty little cat if you keep crying." Breakfast Lady held the kid and was about to cry.

"Mom are you in pain? I will blow the pain away." The kid approached her mom while saying. She pouted her lips and blew some air to her mom's face. It looked more distressed. Xia Yu's heart ached.

"Mom isn't in pain. Good girl, go play in your room. Mom will make you something delicious later." There were tears in Breakfast Lady's eyes. But she refrained herself from crying in front of her daughter. She touched her head and put her down.

The kid was well behaved. She nodded and went into the room.

"Miss Xia, thank you." After the kid was gone, Breakfast Lady couldn't refrain herself from crying anymore. But she wiped her tears immediately and thanked Xia Yu. Then she bent down and put the chairs lying on the floor back to where they belonged. Xia Yu also took a broom and swept the broken glasses together.

Then she bent down and put the chairs lying on the floor back to where they belonged. Xia Yu also took a broom and swept the broken glasses together.

"Let me, let me." Breakfast Lady took the broom from Xia Yu's hand while saying.

"Breakfast Lady, do you need to go to the hospital to take a look at the injuries on your face?" There were injuries on her forehead, face and lips. Her hair was messy. It was terrified to look at.

Breakfast Lady touched her hair. There was no light in her eyes. She shook her head and said, "It's OK. I will be fine after a few days. I have medicine at home. I will use some."

This breakfast shop closed from time to time before. Xia Yu used to wonder why. She thought they had something else to do. Now she knew that Breakfast Lady was abused by his husband.

Seeing how careless she was about her injuries, Xia Yu was very sad. Obviously, she was abused not once or twice but frequently.

Xia Yu couldn't help herself saying, "Breakfast Lady, your husband treats you like this. Why don't you divorce him?"

Breakfast Lady smiled bitterly. She sighed and said, "It's not easy to get a divorce. Besides when we divorce my daughter will grow up in a single-parent family. If he doesn't let me have the kid, I will go mad. I have to endure him for my daughter."

Speaking of this she stopped. There was a light in her eyes. It looked like she thought of something nice. She said, "Actually, my husband is nice sometimes. He helps me with the business and adores our daughter."

Xia Yu was really confused. Wasn't that the basic responsibility of a husband? She felt sad looking at Breakfast Lady in front of her.

"Miss Xia, I haven't seen you for a while. I thought you moved away." Breakfast Lady took a chair for Xia Yu and let her sit down. Then she poured some water for Xia Yu.

"I moved to a place near my new company when I changed my job. I'm taking a day off to see this neighborhood again." Xia Yu pulled Breakfast Lady to sit down.

"That's why I haven't seen you for a while. You often eat breakfast at my shop before." Breakfast Lady wanted to smile to Xia Yu. But it affected her injure on the lips that made her in pain.

"Your breakfast is delicious. Others can't be this good. Why don't you rent a bigger place?" Xia Yu didn't compliment her. Her breakfast was actually good.

"My aunt also persuaded my mom like this." The little girl said, leaning against the door frame.

Breakfast Lady sighed and said, "I also want to. But I don't have enough money."

"Dad took all the money my aunt gave to my mom. My aunt was furious and quarreled with my dad." The little girl continued.

"You kid, go inside and do your homework." Breakfast Lady smiled with embarrassment and said, "The kid's father has a bad temper."

Xia Yu said in her heart his temper wasn't just bad. Like how he was Xia Yu would also quarrel with him.

But it was Breakfast Lady’s family business after all. Although Xia Yu saw that man beating her, Xia Yu didn't know the reason. Besides Breakfast Lady didn't want to talk about it. Xia Yu had no position to ask about it.

Xia Yu planned to ask about Wen Xiaoqian. But she couldn't ask in this situation. She had to find another chance. Xia Yu didn't stay long. After she made sure Breakfast Lady was OK, she left.

It was getting cold. When she went out of the shop, a gust of wind blowing made Xia Yu feel a chill.

Xia Yu wondered on the street alone thinking about Wen Xiaoqian. Even Liu Sijie and Shen Yan excluded her. There was a small chance of finding her and persuading her to come back.

What about Miaoke? Was Liu Sijie sure?

"Xia Yu, how leisure you are!" Yang Ke'er stopped her while she was thinking.

"Xia Yu looked up after she heard the voice, "It's you?"

"Surprised?" Yang Ke'er looked at her coldly, "Xia Yu, are you rooting for your cousin to join the competition? Now she bailed, why don't you talk to her?"

First Madame talked back to Second Madame like this at home. Xia Yu was against Zeng Mina joining the competition strongly. She said that Zeng Mina had connections with the authority. Her cousin had real ability. Her ability was bailing.

It made Second Madame furious and couldn't talk back. Although she knew Wu Shiyu left Tengfei because of First Madame. She didn't have proof. Wu Shiyu said nothing after all.

"She has compensated for it following the right procedure." Xia Yu didn't want to talk to Yang Ke'er and was about to leave.

"Do you think it's over with that little compensation? Do you know what First Madame and Shen Mo said at Headquarters?" Yang Ke'er stared at Xia Yu, "They said my brother Yan let Wu Shiyu win to impress you. The aim was to improve her visibility. Wu Shiyu was using Tengfei's money to promote herself. She kicked Tengfei away when she was popular."

Xia Yu couldn't let her win under all those watching eyes even if she wanted to.

She knew they would keep sabotaging. She didn't think they would be so terrible. They made Yang Ke'er mad enough to call them First Madame and Shen Mo instead of Fist Aunt and brother Shen Mo. It seemed that they did more than this behind their backs.