Her Rescuer in the Family

Chapter 2: Escape

That afternoon, Shuya booked a flight ticket to Melbourne for Alice.

Alice didn't even have time to pack her luggage before she was taken to the airport by a car booked by Shuya.

Alice did not show at the dinner table in the evening, so Qing asked about her.

Shuya said with a smile, ‘She made an appointment with her friend to go to Melbourne. There is some kind of music show there. That is popular among children nowadays. Her classmates insisted and dragging her watch it.’

Qing did not say anything.

After he finished eating and left the table, Shuya suppressed the smile on her lips and looked a little coldly in her eyes.

Early the next morning, Qing took a car to the company. As soon as he left, Shuya also drove out.

Qing didn't come back at noon, and dinner was just in time when he got home in the evening.

Shuya came to the door to greet him in person, ‘You're back? Today, the Chef made sea bass. The fish was just delivered from the water farm.’

Qing has a tricky taste. He loves fish and only eats steamed fish, but he can't stand the fishy smell.

Therefore, the fish that enters his mouth must be fresh and weigh about one and a half kilograms. Bass of this size are the most active and the meat is firm and delicious.

Today, Shuya wore a long black dress with a V-neckline, a string of pearl necklaces on her exposed neck, her hair was all pulled up, and her ears were adorned with two pearl earrings.

Intellectual and elegant.

Qing didn't take a second glance. He vaguely heard the sound of the piano in the piano room and was in a good mood. He asked casually, ‘Alice is back?’

Shuya's smile remained unchanged, ‘No, she will play outside for two days.’

Qing walked into the living room and glanced at the sports coat draped on the back of the sofa, ‘Are there guests?’

‘My niece is here to play with Alice.’ Shuya explained, and then shouted to the piano room, ‘Annie, the dinner is ready, come out to eat.’

The sound of the piano stopped, and soon the door opened and a young girl walked out.

The young girl’s hair is slightly long and slightly curly, with well-groomed layers. Her face is small, her eyes are somewhat similar to Alice's, round, and her nose is straight and pretty.

Annie's face was filled with youth, and she acted coquettishly with Shuya, ‘Aunt Shuya, Alice's piano is so good, I really want to have one too.’

Shuya smiled and said, ‘If you like, stay and play for two more days. You didn't call in advance before coming, Alice went to Melbourne with her classmates.’

Annie said obediently: ‘It's okay, I'll wait here for her to come back.’

While they were talking, Qing had already gone upstairs.

Looking at his stern back, Shuya's eyes flashed.

Annie slowly fell silent and asked Shuya with her eyes.

Shuya shook her head at her, then walked upstairs and invited Qing down for dinner.

During the dinner, Annie sat on Alice's dining chair, which was on Shuya's left hand side, while Qing sat opposite Shuya.

Shuya put the shrimp into Annie's bowl, ‘I know you like to eat it, so I cooked it specially for you. Eat more.’

The corners of Annue's eyes curved down. When she smiled, there was a small pear dimple on her cheeks, which looked very sweet. ‘Thank you, Aunt Shuya. When will Alice come back?’

Shuya said, ‘If she know you're here, she should be back soon.’

Annie chatted with Shuya for a while, then suddenly turned to look at Qing, who had been silent, ‘I think Uncle Qing looks familiar. Has he been on TV?’

Shuya smiled and took over, ‘He’s been on the financial channel.’

Annie looked at Qing with even more admiration, ‘That's amazing. I plan to study finance in the future.’

She picked up the juice at hand and said to Qing a little shyly, ‘Uncle Qing, could I learn from you in the future.’

Qing didn't seem to hear, and he slowly picked up a piece of fish without even raising his eyelids.

Annie looked embarrassed and silently put down the glass of juice.

Shuya hurriedly spoke out to break the silent atmosphere, "Annie, you might stay here tonight in Alice's room."

As soon as she finished speaking, Qing suddenly became angry.

He took out the tablecloth, spit out the fish in his mouth, and said coldly to Shuya, "Tell the chef not to come tomorrow. What kind of rotten fish did you pick? It smells fishy. Do you think I will eat everything?"

The smile on Shuya's mouth froze, and her whole body felt cold.

Annie was so frightened that she didn't dare to breathe.

Qing threw the tablecloth on the table, stood up and left.

After he left, Annie was able to breathe, and the innocence in her eyes completely faded away, leaving only fear, "Shuya, I can't take this business, I'm leaving now."

Shuya didn't stop her and sat there for a long time before her heartbeat slowed down.

Chef Lin has been working here for seven or eight years. He talks little and speaks tightly, and the dishes he cooks are very Qing's taste.

But in order to beat her up, Qing fired the person without hesitation, which shows his ruthless acting style.

Shuya gave Chef Lin three months' salary, and after firing him, she called Alice and asked her to come back.

Before Alice left, Shuya asked her to stay in Melbourne for a while, but now Shuya had to asked her to come back quickly within two days.

Alice was accustomed to Shuya's fickleness and booked the nearest flight ticket.

It was already eleven o'clock in the night when she arrived at Sydney Airport, and the driver, Uncle Wu, personally came to pick up Alice.

Alice sat in the car, apologetically, ‘I can take a taxi back by myself.’

Uncle Wu swallowed a yawn, turned around and smiled, ‘Take a taxi so late, let alone Mr. and Mrs., even I don't feel at ease.’

Alice looked through the car window at the airport entrance, which was as bright as daytime. The yellow and green taxis intertwined with each other to form a flowing ribbon.

She didn't know what they were worried about, but she didn't ask. She sat in the corner of the car and closed her eyes.

The next morning, Qing's expression softened a lot when he saw Alice appearing on the dining table.

Alice came back late yesterday and went to bed late. She was somewhat in a bad mood. With her long eyelashes hanging down, she was quietly drinking soft rice porridge.

Qing glanced at her twice, and then said, ‘Don't practice piano this morning.’

Alice was stunned for a moment, then raised her head and looked over blankly. Those beautiful almond-shaped eyes were crystal clear in the morning light.

Qing's tone was rare and gentle, "I found a piano shop and asked them to come to your house in the morning to clean and repair your piano."

Alice rarely raised questions about other people's words, but today she couldn't hold it back, "Didn't you just buy it?"

Qing's expression turned calm, "There are cockroaches at home, and they crawled across your piano."

Knowing that these words were meant for her, Shuya's lips turned white.

Qing not only found someone to clean the piano room and the piano, but also replaced all the sofas and dining chairs where Annie was sitting. It seemed that he particularly disliked her for being dirty, and he might have deliberately embarrassed Shuya.