SWG Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Ruan Shengyi chuckled.

Daring to look at her with such eyes, it seemed Xie Yu didn’t want her salary this month.

Once the cars had mostly passed, she lifted her foot and walked over. Xie Yu hurried to meet her, utterly speechless, “Are you growing on the opposite side of the street? Your house is practically on fire!”

Seeing that her reason was sufficient and she really seemed exceptionally anxious, Ruan Shengyi temporarily spared her job, tilting her head to ask, “Went to Auntie Ming’s, what happened?”

“Some thorny, unruly kid, Ye Min found her, almost beat Ye Min up.”

Hearing this, Ruan Shengyi slowed her pace.

Her bar strictly enforced the rule of prohibiting minors from entering, but she couldn’t prevent some kids in the neighborhood from sneaking in from time to time. Each time, her excellent employees had to politely ask them to leave. Conflicts were rare, and even if there were, they wouldn’t escalate to violence.

Let alone hitting her employees.

Ruan Shengyi wasn’t particularly good or bad, just an ordinary, mediocre person, but her biggest flaw was her protectiveness of her own. She was protectively violent.

Her gaze instantly turned cold, “Any knives?”

“No, not that. Just looks like a rebellious little brat, wearing heavy makeup, it’s just…”

The boss raised her hand to roll up her sleeves, a dark smile playing on her lips, “Without knives, you guys are still this cowardly?”

She undid the cuffs of her shirt, slowly rolling them up a couple of folds, revealing a section of her white wrist, then lightly pushed her glasses in the middle of the bridge of her nose, spitting out two words from her lips.

“So weak.”

Xie Yu immediately realized she had made a big mistake, but the woman had already strode into the bar. By the time she reacted, the bar door slammed shut with a bang. Xie Yu hurried to rush over and pull the door open, “Boss! You can’t hit a minor, Boss!”

“Boss!!”

Inside the bar, Ruan Shengyi looked around, her anger growing in her heart.

No knife, no one, but they had trashed her bar like this. Glass shards scattered all over the floor wrote of a brilliant past, and Ye Min, supported by several employees, still looked shocked, clutching her forearm.

The boss casually dragged over a folding stool, the sharp, grating sound of the metal legs screeching on the floor, but the person dragging the stool still slowly and methodically walked from the shadows into the blue ocean.

Dark Tea Long Hair fell diagonally, obscuring half of her face.

The person sitting in the bar twisted around to look over, a childish face full of sarcasm, “You’re the owner here? I’m drinking here today, is ten thousand yuan enough?”

Ruan Shengyi tilted her head slightly, seeing the scattered banknotes thrown on the ground behind the girl, red and glaring.

She turned her gaze back, looking once more at this extremely non-mainstream kid—

Not very old, looking only fifteen or sixteen, with a wolf-tail hairstyle that stood on end, wearing the kind of “dark makeup” currently popular among students, a black leather choker around her neck, and a leather jacket that didn’t quite fit.

It wasn’t hard to tell she was a student; only students would mix and match like that, still thinking they looked great, the air of ignorance and arrogance on her face was simply laughable.

Ruan Shengyi stopped two steps away from her, silently gripping the armrest of the chair, “Apologize.”

As if it were some great joke, the girl yelled, “What did you say?”

“Add another ten thousand, is that enough?”

Ruan Shengyi pulled the stool in front of her, “Apologize.”

That one small action was enough to frighten the person in front of her. Ruan Shengyi couldn’t help but find it even more amusing.

With this little courage, trying to emulate the adults in her family and mix in society?

The girl pretended to be calm, “If you scare me again, I’ll smash myself with a bottle.”

“Smash.” Ruan Shengyi was too lazy to humor her, not even giving her a glance, “There are surveillance cameras everywhere, you’re welcome.”

“…”

“Not smashing?” She slowly and methodically straightened the other sleeve of her shirt, “Three, two…”

“Don’t force me!”

A small brat, strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Ruan Shengyi’s hand had only just been raised when the little brat closed her eyes in fright, shouting, “I’ll make sure you regret this!”

But the expected “one” wasn’t said, and the anticipated pain didn’t fall on her head. Instead, her neck suddenly felt an undeniable pulling force, dragging the girl back step by step.

Suddenly, it was cool, and suddenly her butt hurt.

The girl opened her eyes again, already thrown outside the door, tossed onto the ground like garbage, without even the strength to struggle.

The woman in the black shirt squatted down in front of her, her cold gaze through the reflective lenses still freezing her, making her tremble. Before she could speak, the woman said in a stern voice—

“Do what you’re supposed to do at your age, don’t waste the years for learning. Don’t even think about mixing in society like your family until your feathers have fully grown, and…”

The woman stood up and stepped back half a step. The red banknotes had been collected by the employees and thrown back, hitting the girl all over the head.

Ruan Shengyi: “The real coward is the one who smashes a bottle over their own head. If you have any backbone, you’d rather smash the bottle on the ground than smash yourself.”

The fierce ghost standing in the shadows raised her red lips, “Understand?”

As if to confirm her own words, she actually took out a bottle of wine from behind her, carefully playing with it in her hand for a moment.

Swoosh, crash.

The glass shards scattered like a pile of crystals, reflecting the gloomy sky, reflecting the gloomy person.

The girl was still in shock when she heard a gentle voice with a hint of urgency from behind, “Ruan Shengyi, no fighting!”

The boss looked at the person who had come in surprise, “Why are you here?”

Wasn’t this fairy in a milk-coffee colored shawl and hair the owner of the photo studio across the street?

Xiao Wenyu was rarely angry, “If I hadn’t come, you would have hit her! I know the people who run bars are more or less unruly, but you’re so old, can’t you be a little more mature?”

Without even looking at the person thrown on the ground, she deftly sidestepped the shards of glass and stood in front of the person who happened to be wearing all black today, raising her eyebrows slightly, “Are you planning to invite me to dinner in the detention center later?”

Ruan Shengyi: …

She hadn’t planned to hit her, just used these little tricks that had been played out centuries ago to help this lost girl return to the right path.

She knew best what these little brats were like; every single one of them was more timid than a rabbit after cheating on a test and being caught by the teacher, where would they really have the courage to fight her and smash a bottle?

If she really smashed it, she would praise her for being brave.

Besides!! Who said everyone who runs a bar is unruly??

That’s slander!

But at this moment, looking at this gentle woman who was rarely angry, seeing her warm winter look in a milk-coffee-colored knit sweater and a milk-white long skirt, her heart softened a lot.

Ruan Shengyi silently took her hand out of her pocket, lowering her head and actively admitting her mistake.

Xiao Wenyu was even more exasperated, “You!!”

But there was always a less peaceful voice to break the tranquility.

Behind Xiao Wenyu, the ignored person said tremulously, “Sister-in… Sister-in-law?”

Ruan Shengyi’s eyes suddenly widened, while Xiao Wenyu turned around in disbelief, looking at the almost unrecognizable punk she just threw out.

There was only one child who would call her that…

“Lin Siyu?!”

*

The impending conflict was called to a halt, but Tonight Intoxicated was in such a state that it couldn’t possibly open its doors tonight.

Ruan Shengyi gave instructions for the cleanup work, telling them that they could go home after they finished cleaning, and then she was dragged by the sleeve into the photo studio.

Lin Siyu was ordered not to come out until she washed herself clean, and was currently desperately scrubbing herself in the washroom.

Ruan Shengyi turned her head to look at the washroom, saying without any discernible emotion, “She listens to you.”

“Feels chilly.” The person organizing the medicine kit didn’t even look up, saying casually.

Ruan Shengyi: “Hmm? The door isn’t closed, or the window isn’t closed? I’ll close it.”

The woman pressed down on the scratch on her wrist, using some force, the slight pain still making Ruan Shengyi hiss.

Feeling extremely wronged.

Xiao Wenyu looked at her with a sneer, “I thought Boss Ruan was an iron man, impervious to pain.”

“I was just going to close the window, it hurts!”

“I wasn’t talking about the temperature, I was talking about your words.”

“Oh, so…”

Xiao Wenyu took out iodine and cotton swabs, saying softly, “Let’s not talk about her.”

No particular emotion, but full of sad words.

Ruan Shengyi looked at the flat pretense after her attempt to conceal, immediately falling silent, even forgetting what she herself wanted to say.

Xiao Wenyu…

What kind of painful past did that person leave you, making you try so hard to hide it, yet still unable to conceal the layers upon layers of sadness?

She subconsciously raised her other hand, placing it on the back of Xiao Wenyu’s hand, stopping her movement.

Xiao Wenyu looked at her in surprise.

Ruan Shengyi: “A small scratch, it’s not necessary.”

Xiao Wenyu: “…Take it away.”

She slapped her hand away with a smack, the force causing Ruan Shengyi to yelp.

Forgot, forgot, forgot, even though she was a gentle rose that shouldn’t have appeared in the Northwestern Desert, she was still a rose from the Northwestern Desert, not a graceful beauty from the misty rain of Jiangnan.

Ruan Shengyi stared at her reddened hand in grievance, her eyes gleaming, “It’s swollen.”

“Grow some memory, will you still show off next time?”

“I’m saying you hit it.”

“…Serves you right.”

The woman said something Ruan Shengyi couldn’t refute in a flat tone, making her so angry that her breathing became three in and one out, almost puffing up into a pufferfish.

But the soft laughter that spilled from her lips in a flat tone instantly smoothed over the boss’s anger, leaving her only humming and grumbling, finally simply lying down and staring at Xiao Wenyu’s medicine kit.

“Hey? What’s this?”

She reached out and picked up one of the more unusual boxes of medicine.

Xiao Wenyu glanced at it, “Oh, it was given out after the wedding.”

“When you get married in the future, they’ll give you one too.”

“…” Ruan Shengyi threw it back, annoyed, “I’m not getting married.”

She didn’t even notice that the medicine box had actually been opened.

Ruan Shengyi: “My genes are defective, I’m not getting married.”

Xiao Wenyu chuckled, “It’s good not to get married, be happy. But there’s definitely nothing wrong with your genes, don’t talk nonsense.”

Ruan Shengyi mumbled an “okay,” neither affirming nor refuting.

Lin Siyu, who had been ordered to wash her face, came out, tightly clutching the corners of her clothes, “Sister-in-law, I’m done washing.”

Xiao Wenyu continued what she was doing, not even raising her eyes, only saying coldly, “Your sister and I are already divorced, don’t call me that, and you can get lost.”

“…Sis…”

“Oh right.” Xiao Wenyu raised her hand and flicked the person lying down, “How much did she smash up, approximately?”

“It won’t come down with a small few thousand, and she hasn’t even apologized to our Ye Min.”

Xiao Wenyu: “Pay up, apologize.”

“Sis…”

“I said, don’t call me that, it disgusts me.”

“…”

Lin Siyu took a deep breath, walking in front of Ruan Shengyi, “Are you seducing my sister-in-law? Are you after my family’s money? You…”

Ruan Shengyi was too lazy to even look at her, but there was always someone who would deal with her.

Xiao Wenyu raised her hand and threw her out by the collar, saying coldly, “You Lin family sisters are truly disgustingly identical, get out.”

Lin Siyu looked at her in disbelief, saying softly, “Sis…”

Xiao Wenyu was amused by her apparent inability to understand human speech, her chest heaving violently. After a long time, her voice was extremely cold, “Get out!”

Having said that, she seemed to suddenly feel a little nauseous, covering her mouth and hurriedly walking into the back room, not leaving a single glance behind.

Ruan Shengyi gently propped up her chin, staring at the very flustered and uneasy little girl with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, saying, “How similar are you to your sister?”

“She’s feeling nauseous at the sight of you, aren’t you leaving?”