Chapter 46: Guardian

  Looking at the unexpected 1 million yuan in his hand, Cong Ye hesitated. The reason he told Yan Qingcheng that the kidnapper of Zhi Xiao Hui would not come again for the time being was because he considered that since the other party's blackmail had failed this time and had alarmed the police, they would definitely avoid trouble for a while. But now that person had left a bank card with 1 million yuan here, Cong Ye couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't take risks for money.

  To prevent the other party from canceling the bank card, Cong Ye immediately transferred all the money on the card to his own card. Cong Ye was not a greedy person, but the other party's actions were too despicable, and they had come to find trouble with him twice, using the same method of threatening him with the women around him. So, when Cong Ye transferred the money to his own card, he felt no guilt in his heart.

  After finishing the bank card business, Cong Ye returned to the trash can where he had thrown away his clothes earlier and picked up the discarded jacket again. Along with his luggage, he brought it back to the medical institution.

  Congye had just arrived at the clinic and put down his luggage when he heard the sound of screeching brakes coming from downstairs, followed by the sound of high heels clicking on the stairs. Before anyone appeared, Congye already heard Ba Wei's voice:

  "Brother Congye, breakfast is here."

  Cong Ye hastily took two steps forward and saw Bai Wei holding a lunch box, step by step climbing up the stairs.

  "Brother Congye, mom just made it, eat it while it's hot."

  This made Cong Ye even more embarrassed. Originally, she didn't go to Bai Wei's house because she didn't want to disturb them, and if she had to trouble the whole family to send her three meals a day, wouldn't that be even more troublesome? At the time, she agreed with Bai Chen and Bai Wei just as a temporary measure, but she didn't expect the father-daughter duo to actually do it.

  "Xiao Wei, this won't do, why are you always troubling Auntie and Xiao Wei?"

  "What did Brother Cong Ye say? When you helped me with my illness, I didn't think it was a bother to you. Besides, it's just three meals a day, if we don't send them to you, we have to make them ourselves. Alright, let's just send them until the restaurant on the street opens for business, there are only a few days left."

  It's been a few days since I arrived in Guangzhou, although Congye is visiting the city for the first time. However, restaurants usually don't open until after the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, which is a common custom everywhere.

  "Hurry up and eat, brother Congye, I'll head back first, Dad is still waiting downstairs."

  Just heard the sound of a car, Cong Ye thought that it might be Bai Can bringing Bai Wei over. Just as she was about to go down and greet Bai Can, she was stopped by Bai Wei.

  "Don't go down anymore, or else the meal will get cold. Dad is coming at noon, and if Brother Congye wants to thank him, they can do it together then."

  Bai Wei playfully winked at Cong Ye and then turned around and went downstairs.

  Looking at the cyan-colored thin woolen coat on Bai Wei, wearing a pair of brown high-tube, half-high-heeled shoes, her feet moved lightly and rhythmically, shaking the hem, which was in harmony with the flying hair on her back, slightly longer than her shoulders. Cong Ye stood at the stairs, stunned for a long time.

  It wasn't until the footsteps came from downstairs again that Cong Ye reacted. Soon, Yan Qingcheng walked up from downstairs with a thick quilt in her arms. Because it blocked her view of the front, Yan Qingcheng had to force her head to one side, looking at the steps under her feet, and walking up step by step.

  "Sister-in-law, give it to me."

  Cong Ye hastily walked over and took the quilt from Yan Qing Cheng's arms.

  "Sorry, Congye."

  Arriving upstairs, after a slight pause, Yan Qingcheng spoke up.

  "What's good about being wronged? Living here is pretty good. At night, I can study traditional Chinese medicine knowledge."

  Wei Ting saw the lunchbox on the table and knew it was sent by Bai Wei.

  "Haven't you eaten yet? Hurry up and eat, or it'll get cold."

  Yan Qingcheng walked over to the small bed and helped Cong Ye tidy up the bedding, urging Cong Ye to go have breakfast first.

  Cong Ye opened the food box on the table and found that there were four layers inside. One layer was six steamed eggs, one layer was a plate of dumplings, one layer was a seafood soup, and one layer was a cold dish of pickled vegetables. The aroma of the food also attracted Yan Qingcheng's attention as she was making her bed.

  The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he looked at Cong Ye with an unnatural expression.

  "Mrs. Bai is treating you as a honored guest."

  "Sister-in-law, this is too embarrassing."

  Cong Ye, you don't have to be so polite. To be honest, if it weren't for you, the outcome of Xiao Wei's illness would be hard to predict. It's not an exaggeration to say that you're Xiao Wei's lifesaver. And as Xiao Wei is the treasured daughter of her family, their treatment of you is also reasonable.

  "But this..."

  "Don't be polite, eat quickly, or it will get cold, and you'll disappoint Xiaowei's kindness to you."

  Cong Ye was just about to pick up his chopsticks to eat when he suddenly heard Yan Qingcheng's words, and couldn't help but look up. However, Cong Ye only saw Yan Qingcheng's back as she had already turned around and continued to tidy up the small bed.

  Yuan Ying Cheng finished making the bed and casually threw the upper garment that was tied to Cong Ye's body onto the back of the chair behind him, asking:

  "Is this piece of clothing still useful?"

  Cong Ye raised his head and looked at Yan Qing Cheng, saying:

  "It still looks quite new, so I didn't bear to throw it away."

  Actually, Cong Ye kept this piece of clothing for another purpose.

  After dinner, Cong Ye read books in the clinic for more than two hours. When it was almost 9 o'clock at night, approaching 10 o'clock, he picked up his jacket, locked the door of the clinic, and walked slowly along the street towards Rizhao Lane.

  When I arrived at Rizhao Lane, it was not yet half past ten. Cong Ye strolled around in a circle and then wandered around the nearby area. When he returned to Yan Qingcheng's residence again, he saw through the gap of the gate that there was no more light in the house. He quietly opened the door of the old clinic facing the street and slipped inside. Borrowing the light from the street lamps, Cong Ye moved a chair over and placed it in front of the window, draping his jacket over the backrest. Then, he sat cross-legged on the small bed that had been smashed by Yu Fu's gang but later repaired, quietly beginning to meditate.

  Cong Ye had been worried that the man would come back to Guanhai City's Rizhao Lane after discovering the bank card with a large sum of money, so he decided to secretly protect Yan Qingcheng and Zhi Xiaohui. He kept the jacket to attract the man, not wanting him to sneak into the yard again when he was unprepared and harass Yan Qingcheng and her sister-in-law.

  Although the season has entered spring, because it's just after the beginning of spring, people say that spring is cold and sharp, which is not false at all. Even with the warmth from the meridians in my body, every time I sit for about two hours, I have to get up and move around, as my limbs are frozen stiff.

  In order not to disturb the aunt and sister-in-law who were resting in the north house of the hospital, Cong Ye always came to the street, according to what he had accidentally discovered when saving Xiao Hui that day, concentrating the hot flow on his legs and sprinting along the street for a while. With each practice, Cong Ye's running became more and more natural, which couldn't be said to be an unexpected gain for Cong Ye.

  Like this, one day, two days, in the dark secretly guarding Yan Qingcheng and Zhi Xiaohui for three nights, that person still had no news. Cong Ye began to suspect his own judgment:

  "Did I guess wrong?"

  Although she had her doubts, Cong Ye didn't plan on giving up immediately. On the evening of the fifth day of the first month, Cong Ye once again came to Ri Zhaohui, sneaking into the old medical clinic and continuing to secretly guard it.