Chapter 26: The Robber

  When he returned to the factory, it was already late at night. Zheng Tian Sheng let Du Huahua and Ning Qingmin get off the car before turning the car around. He lived not far from the factory.

  The factory was quiet, with only a little light coming from the night shift workshop. Ning Qing let out a sigh of relief, as long as no one saw her getting off the general manager's car with Tofu Hua, it would be fine. According to Ah Fang, there was once a girl who had a crush on Tofu Hua and ended up being beaten by other angry female workers until she looked like a pig head. Although this rumor wasn't very reliable, it was enough to prove the bad consequences of getting close to Tofu Hua. She was only here to work for money, not seeking romance for now.

  I don't know if it's psychological or not, but I always feel like there's someone peeking from the dark window. Ning Qing quickly slipped to the corner of the wall and hurried forward along the base of the wall.

  "Xiao Ning, on a night like this, if you walk along the wall corner like that and get seen by the security guard, they'll definitely think you're here to steal something. When the time comes, one stick will come down and you'll become a pig head." Du Huahua stuck closely to Ning Qingmian as she slipped to the wall corner, speaking in a extremely ambiguous tone.

  "Go away." Ning Qingmi slightly squeezed open Du Huahua, and saw the staircase of the dormitory. As long as she went up the stairs, everything would be fine.

  "Who's there?" A security guard on patrol, holding a flashlight to look around, happened to hear the sound of footsteps at the corner of the stairs. Two figures were sneaking away, and he couldn't help but shout loudly, pulling out the short stick from his waist. His voice attracted two other security guards.

  "It's us!" Du Huahua had to speak up.

  "It's Assistant Du!" The security guards heard the voice and recognized it as Du Huahua, because Ning Qingmin had changed his glasses and coat. The security guard didn't recognize Ning Qingmin at first, thinking he was a girl brought back by Du Huahua to spend the night, and they all showed an expression of "oh, Assistant Du is bringing a girl back for the night".

  Just as we were talking, there was a sound at the factory gate, and the security guard opened the gate and let in a car.

  The car stopped near the corner of the stairs. The door opened and a person got out.

  With the security guard's flashlight casting a faint glow, Ning Qing saw that the person walking towards them had sharp facial features and an intimidating aura, exuding an air of authority without even being angry.

  Someone saw Du Huahua and said with a hint of anger, "Huahua, why isn't your phone on?" Because Ning Qingmin was backlit, he couldn't see clearly at first, and his anger intensified. "What were you doing sneaking out in the middle of the night?"

  "Second Brother!" Du Huahua called out, seemingly a bit afraid of the newcomer, muttering: "I'm just accompanying Xiao Ning to get her glasses fitted."

  Ning Qing suddenly remembered that Ah Fang had mentioned that Du Huahua had two elder male cousins, one of whom was a second elder male cousin named Du Hujia. Could it be him?

  The Du family is an import and export company. Before entering their own company, the Du family members will go to other factories to manage personnel matters as a form of training. Among the younger generation, 25-year-old Du Huo Jia is the most capable, but he is serious and rarely speaks or smiles, so even Du Huo Hua is a little afraid of him.

  "Is the glasses store open so late?" Du Hu's family raised an eyebrow, disbelieving what Du Hua said.

  "This is a bit complicated," Du Huahua rubbed his hands together, wanting to explain.

  "Grandpa's heart disease has relapsed, he just entered the hospital!" Du Hu's family waved his hand to stop Du Hua's words, "Don't talk nonsense. I called and said you weren't there, and your cell phone was turned off, so I had to drive here to pick you up."

  "Ah!" Du Huahua was shocked and lost color.

  "Haven't you gotten on the car yet?" Du said with an impatient tone, turning his head to say to Ning Qingmian, "Since you're Huahua's girlfriend, come along too."

  "I am not!"

  Ning Qing hurriedly distinguished herself and stepped onto the corner of the stairs. The light at the corner of the stairs shone on her face.

  "Little aunt..." Du Huo's eyes widened at Ning Qingmian, swallowing his words, and said to Du Hua: "Take her with you!"

  "This..."

  "What's wrong, can't you hear me clearly?"

  "Neurosis!" Ning Qingmin muttered under his breath and said to Du Huahua, "You explain it yourself, I'm going up!" He then stepped on the stairs and went upstairs.

  "Wait!" Du Hujia took a swift step forward, reached the stairs and stretched out his hand to grab Ning Qingming's hand. Ning Qingming lost her balance and fell backwards. Before she could cry out, she felt a tightness around her waist and was swept up in Du Hujia's arms.

  "Ah!" Ning Qing let out a sharp cry, but her mouth was quickly covered by Du Huo's hand. He said in a low voice, "Grandfather just mentioned Little Aunt, you look a bit like Little Aunt, I can only apologize for this!"

  "What does it mean?" Ning Qingmin wanted to struggle down, but the other party held her tightly and threw her into the passenger seat of the car with a few steps. He was physically strong and had obviously learned martial arts, ordinary people couldn't resist.

  Several security guards stared blankly and said to Du Huahua: "This..."

  "I'll explain it to the higher-ups myself, you can rest assured!" Du Huahua didn't bother with much else and hastily got on the car.

  "What's wrong with you? What are you doing?" Ning Qingming was confused and wanted to open the car door to get out.

  "Sit tight!" Du Huajia leaned over and pressed down on Ning Qingming's hand, casually pulling the safety belt strap to help him buckle up.

  "What's going on?" Ning Qingmin punched the other person with her hand and found that the other person's muscles were very solid, and her hand hurt from punching.

  "Xiao Ning, my second brother didn't mean any harm, you don't have to be afraid!" Du Huahua exclaimed from the back seat, "My grandfather's heart disease has relapsed, he must have been thinking of my little aunt again and got emotional. That's why he had a relapse. You look like my little aunt, so I wanted to ask you to meet my grandfather."

  "That also requires me to be willing, how can you force me onto the car like this?" Ning Qing heard Du Huahua's explanation and her anger had not dissipated. She turned her head and glared at Du's family, "Like a bandit!"

  Du Huajia didn't respond, stepped on the accelerator and sped away quickly.

  All the way, Du Hu's family detailed the process of his grandfather's illness. It was almost New Year's Eve, and the family was cleaning up the house, sorting out miscellaneous items, and flipping through a photo album of their younger aunt. Grandpa saw the object and thought of people, holding the album until late at night. Just as everyone was about to persuade him to go to sleep, he stood up and fainted.

  The car arrived at the hospital they had just visited, Du Huahua was a bit dazed, "We've been here before!"

  "Have you been here before?" Du Huo stopped the car, looked at Ning Qing and saw that she was asleep, her head nodding down slightly. Without thinking about anything else, he released her seatbelt and carried her out in his arms.

  In an instant, Ning Qingming woke up, feeling himself in a warm embrace. He opened his eyes to meet Du Huo's gaze and remembered what had just happened. He struggled free and jumped down, his face flushed with anger. "Why were you holding me?"

  "See Grandpa!" Du Hu replied briefly, pulling Ning Qingming's hand and rushing forward.

  Ning Qingmin was pulled stumbling forward, fiercely, wanting to shake off Du Hujia's hand, "I'll go myself!"

  Du Huajia saw Ning Qingmin using force to pull his own hand back and forth, frowning, suddenly letting go of his hand, Ning Qingmin was unable to react in time, and fell out a great distance.

  "Ah!" The hospital corridor on a quiet night, with mournful cries echoing.

  Ning Qingmin was thrown into a daze, lamenting her bad luck. Just as she was about to get up, a shadow loomed over her. Du Hujia grabbed her hand and pulled her up, then swept her into his arms with a smooth motion, striding forward with large steps.