Chapter 099 – A meal's grace
Chapter 099 – A meal's grace
Just as he stepped onto the street, not having gone far, Li Changqing saw a crowd gathering in the distance, making a ruckus. Curious about the commotion, he made his way through the crowd, only to see a shop assistant from a bun shop across the street cursing loudly.
"Do children eat for free?"
"And, you knocked a whole tray of buns onto the ground. You think saying you have no money will solve it? I tell you, if you don't pay today, don't even think about leaving. You think you can dine and dash here? Do you know whose business this is?"
Several shop assistants were aggressively surrounding two people.
One of them was a thin man, oddly dressed in a fur coat. Behind him, a little girl was hugging his waist, her face showing fear.
The man was of very ordinary appearance, with traces of hardship etched on his face. The shop assistants were poking his chest with rolling pins, but he didn't dodge.
"I can work off the debt," the man finally said after a long silence.
"Work?" The shop assistants sneered. "Do we need your help?"
"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't pay, leave your knife here. It looks valuable," one of the shop assistants said, his eyes greedily fixed on the short knife with a beautiful blue sheath at the man's waist.
"That's not possible," the man firmly refused.
"Either give the knife or the money. It's not that complicated," another shop assistant chimed in.
Many onlookers were enjoying the spectacle. From their conversations, Li Changqing learned that the little girl behind the man was so hungry that she had tried to steal buns from the shop. When the shop assistants discovered her, they tried to catch her. In her panic, she knocked a whole tray of buns onto the ground.
"I'll pay for the buns."
Upon learning what had happened, Li Changqing stepped forward. He didn't know who these two were, but seeing the man protecting his daughter touched him.
Another father struggling to make ends meet.
It was just a basket of buns. Since Li Changqing had witnessed it, he decided to lend a hand.
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