Chapter 540 - 540 540 Big Business (6)_1

Chapter 540: Chapter 540 Big Business (6)_1 Chapter 540: Chapter 540 Big Business (6)_1 Master Zhong sighed heavily.

Ruan Jiaojiao glanced at him and went over to help clean up. Just as she was about to bend down to pick up the broken bowls, Master Zhong scooped her up.

“Jiaojiao, you don’t need to clean this up. Go sit over there, or you might cut your hand,” Master Zhong said. Seeing such a delicate child, his heart ached at the thought of her picking up the broken bowls. If she got hurt, when the head of the Ruan Family came back, he would never hear the end of it.

He then placed her gently on a chair.

But at that moment, Ruan Jiaojiao couldn’t sit still. She looked over at Xiu Xi, who was still moving tables, and pleaded softly, “Uncle Zhong, I won’t cut myself if I don’t pick up the bowls. Can I just help by holding onto the chairs?”

Looking at the little one’s red-rimmed eyes, Master Zhong couldn’t bring himself to refuse and could only nod helplessly in agreement.

Ruan Jiaojiao hopped off the stool and helped with the chairs. But the chairs were truly heavy, and Ruan Jiaojiao needed to exert a lot of effort to hold one up. It didn’t take two minutes before her little hands turned red from the strain.

“Let me, go sit outside,” Xiu Xi said, appearing at her side without her noticing. He frowned as he took her reddened small hand and led her outside.

After speaking, he went back into the restaurant and moved with greater speed than before, probably wanting to finish up quickly so he could keep Ruan Jiaojiao company outside.

Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t insist any further, for she realized she really was of little use—even moving a chair took a long time.

People from a few neighboring shops occasionally peered over, but none dared to come over and help; after all, the midday brawl had been frightening, with several people getting their heads split open.

Ruan Jiaojiao sat on the steps outside, looking at the interior of the shop and then at the street bustling with people. Even though she tried hard not to cry, she couldn’t hold back her tears and covered her little face with her hands, burying it in her knees, crying quietly.

She was scared.

She suddenly felt that she had made a mistake; she shouldn’t have given the Ruan Family this disastrous idea from the start because she remembered that the Ruan Family hadn’t made their fortune by running a restaurant.

She felt that it was her reckless guidance that had led to the Ruan Family’s disaster today.

The more Ruan Jiaojiao thought about it, the more sorrowful she felt, and she couldn’t help but weep aloud.

“Little girl, what’s wrong? Why are you sitting here crying? Did you lose your parents?” Ruan Jiaojiao was crying her heart out when she suddenly heard a kind voice by her ear.

Ruan Jiaojiao looked up, tilting her head back, trying to see through her tear-filled eyes, but the figure before her was blurry.

“What a child, crying so sadly. Did you get lost?” A woman slowly crouched down, pulling a handkerchief from her bosom, and bent over to wipe Ruan Jiaojiao’s tears.

Ruan Jiaojiao gazed at her, bewildered.

Xiu Xi, who had just set a table upright inside, saw someone talking to Ruan Jiaojiao outside and rushed out in one quick stride. He pulled her up, glaring at the woman in front of them with uncontained fury.

“Brother Xi…” Ruan Jiaojiao tugged at Xiu Xi’s clothes from behind, wiped the tears from her face, and explained, “It’s not her fault; I couldn’t help but want to cry.”

After speaking, she turned to apologize to the woman, “Granny, I’m sorry. Brother Xi didn’t mean it. Please don’t be angry. Thank you for wiping my tears. I’m not lost, I’m just a little sad,” she said, pursing her small lips.