Pregnant After Healing the Alpha-Chapter 406 - 395 Kneel Down and Kowtow
Chapter 406: Chapter 395 Kneel Down and Kowtow
Chapter 406: Chapter 395 Kneel Down and Kowtow
Xu Hongzu opened his mouth and said, “If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as you have no intention of arguing with me.”
Zhan Nanqing took a deep breath, forbear!
“No more talking…”
She had never thought that one day she, Zhan Nanqing, would have to be a ninja…
No, even ninjas couldn’t endure as much as she could.
She might as well be a Ninja Turtle now.
Actually, all of this was mainly out of respect for Qiao Jing.
If she continued to argue with Xu Hongzu, it would put Qiao Jing in a difficult position being caught in the middle.
When Qiao Jing saw Zhan Nanqing’s extremely frustrated expression, he couldn’t help but chuckle, interrupting the conversation between the two.
“Alright, back to work,” he said.
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Zhan Nanqing felt relieved as if a burden had been lifted and ran towards the direction of Qiao Jing’s lab.
If she stayed any longer and heard Professor Xu talk about wanting to poach people again, she might not be able to resist speaking up.
Qiao Jing also returned to his own lab and put on his lab coat.
By the time he had completed this small research project, it was already evening.
During this period, Zhan Nanqing had wanted to stay and work overtime with him, but he eventually sent her away.
He wouldn’t exploit his employees; once it was time to leave, everyone could go home directly—he wouldn’t request anyone to work overtime.
After tidying up the things on the desk, he took off his lab coat.
Qiao Jing walked out of the research institute and looked at the somewhat grey sky, ready to catch a cab home.
Zhan Qipei had called her half an hour earlier, saying he would come to pick her up after work.
But she didn’t know when she would be able to finish her work, so she didn’t specify a time.
Just as she was about to cross the street opposite the research institute, she suddenly heard the screeching sound of tires rubbing against the pavement.
The noise made Qiao Jing think of the last time the dump truck had nearly hit her, and she immediately became more alert, quickly retreating several steps.
Shortly after, there came a loud “bang” from not far away!
Qiao Jing stopped in her tracks and looked towards the source of the sound.
Before her eyes, there appeared a very old bicycle with two kids on it, a boy and a girl.
The children were dressed in ragged clothes, and the girl sitting at the back was holding a bag of plastic bottles.
The front of the bicycle had collided with a sports car parked by the roadside.
The little boy, realizing he had done something wrong, quickly got off the bicycle and stabilized it.
“Sister, just sit tight,” he said.
The little girl blinked her large eyes, nodded, and timidly looked at the sports car.
A young man got out of the sports car.
Upon seeing that it was these two little beggars who had hit his car, he spit on the bicycle.
“You two little beggars hit my car? Can you afford to pay for it?” he shouted as he moved to kick the little boy.
The little boy immediately knelt on the ground, knocked his head three times against the pavement before the man, lay flat on the ground and didn’t dare to get up, and he also dodged the man’s attempt to kick him.
His voice was mixed with endless fear and horror; his small body trembled continuously as he spoke in an extremely humble and pleading tone to beg for mercy.
“Uncle, I’m sorry, because my bicycle is too old, my brakes failed and I accidentally hit your car.”
The man had no intention of letting the siblings off the hook, and viciously kicked the little boy lying on the ground.
The little boy’s forehead was still tightly pressed against the ground. Even after being kicked by the man, he didn’t move, just clenched his fists tightly and endured the pain.
The small body couldn’t withstand such kicks from an adult. The boy grimaced in pain, his face turned purplish, and large beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Seeing this, the man not only lacked any sympathy, but seemed to vent his frustration by kicking the little boy several more times. Unsatisfied, he raised his foot to kick the worn-out bicycle as well.
“What’s the use of apologizing, huh? Do you have any idea how expensive my car is for you to dare hit it? What will you compensate with?”
The little girl sitting in the car immediately started crying, her dirty little hands tightly clutching the bottle in her hand.
“Brother…”
The little boy immediately rushed forward, grabbed the man’s leg that was about to kick the bicycle, and began to plead.
“Uncle, please don’t kick my bike. I can kneel down and kowtow to you again. I’ve made a little money by collecting bottles, I’ll give it all to you. If it’s not enough, I can continue to collect bottles, save up enough money, and pay you back. Is that okay?”
As he spoke, he took out a crumpled five yuan note and several one yuan notes from his jeans pocket that was torn in several places.
The man snatched the money from the little boy’s hand, flung it in the air, and cursed angrily.
“Who the hell wants your lousy money? I’m going to dismantle your broken bicycle today, what about it? Move out of the way or I’ll kick you to death!”
As he spoke, he harshly pushed the little boy.
The frail body of the little boy couldn’t withstand the man’s shove, and he fell hard onto the concrete, his hands immediately scraped and bleeding.
Seeing the man approaching the bicycle, where his sister was still seated, he bit his lip, enduring the pain, and crawled over to the man, humbly grabbing his pant leg.
“Uncle, I’m begging you, please don’t kick my bicycle. My sister is still on it. I have given you all my money. Please, I promise to save enough money to pay for the repairs.”
The bicycle was their means of traveling to various places to collect bottles, a find they had luckily discovered in a pile of garbage.
If it was damaged, he and his sister would have to walk a long distance every day to collect more bottles. But they could only walk a short distance before it got dark, and they had to sleep under the bridge. Going out at night to collect bottles was far too dangerous.
Without the bicycle, they would also lose many opportunities to collect bottles, and then they would have no money to buy steamed buns. He couldn’t let his sister get hurt, nor could he allow the bicycle to be wrecked.
The man, impatient, kicked the little boy away and violently dragged him up from the ground, delivering a heavy slap.”
“Get lost! You see if I don’t beat you all to death today. That bit of stinking money, who needs it? It’s not even enough to plug the gaps between my teeth!”
The little boy’s cheeks swelled up quickly, blood appeared in his mouth, and his eyes welled with tears, but he still stubbornly spoke.
“Uncle, it’s enough if you hit me, but please don’t hit my sister…”
Across the street, Qiao Jing witnessed the entire scene. At this moment, she was extremely anxious, but it was a red light, and the road was busy with traffic. She couldn’t find a chance to cross.
She looked up at the red light, calculating the time.
On the other side, the little girl saw her brother being beaten and bleeding, and from her initial soft sobs, she now opened her mouth and started to bawl loudly.
She flailed her little legs, trying to get off the bicycle, but the little boy, worrying she might not sit steady and fall, had secured her to the seat with a rope, making it impossible for her to get down.
She took a plastic bottle out of a plastic bag, ready to throw it at the man.
The little boy immediately spoke up to stop her.
“You mustn’t throw bottles at people!”
The little girl then withdrew her dirty little hands, sniffling as she spoke.
“Brother… wuwu… don’t, don’t hit my brother, you monster!”
The man, aggravated by the little girl’s crying, pushed the little boy aside again and raised his foot to kick the bicycle.
The little boy’s eyes immediately widened.
“Don’t!!”
