"Gu Zi!" "Gu Zi!"
Qi Huan looked towards the sound and saw a middle-aged man in the lobby of the restaurant, hugging a boy of about two or three years old while prying open his mouth, shouting as he pried, "Gu Zi, spit it out quickly!"
It looked like he was choking on something.
Not only did the little boy not spit out the foreign object, he went limp instead, his eyes rolling back as he suffocated.
Qi Huan didn't have time to think. She ran over, took the child from him, held him up with one hand pinching his cheekbones while her other arm pressed against his chest. Her other hand supported the back of his neck as she flipped him upside down over her knee, then lowered his head and used her fingers to deliver sharp blows to his back.
One, two, three, four, five, six times...
Finally, the little boy spat out a peanut and began crying loudly.
Putting the child down, Qi Huan's taut body collapsed as she sat down on the ground.
Thunderous applause sounded around them.
"Thanks to this young lady, otherwise I think this child's life would've been hanging by a thread."
"Hey, isn't this Doctor Qi's daughter?"
"It really is!"
"As the saying goes, the dragon begets dragons and the phoenix begets phoenixes. A rat's child will dig holes, and this daughter of Doctor Qi doesn't lack life-saving skills either!"
Seeing his son was fine after the close call, the terrified Zhong Hu both laughed and cried. "You little rascal, you scared your dad to death!"
"Miss Qi, I really can't thank you enough. My family has been single child for four generations. I didn't have this son until I was thirty-five. If it wasn't for you, if something had happened to Gu Zi, how could I face my ancestors..."
Qi Huan stood up and hurried to reassure this worried old father, "He spit it out so he'll be fine, don't worry about it."
Looking at the tearful little boy, she added, "You can't give such small children peanuts anymore."
"Yes, yes, yes," Zhong Hu agreed.
As if taking out his frustration on them, he pushed the peanuts on the table further in and took out a piece of broken silver to give Qi Huan.
"Miss Qi, I have no way to repay your great kindness. Please take this little money as a token of my appreciation."
Afraid that Qi Huan would decline, after throwing the silver on the table he grabbed his son and fled.
After using his silver to pay for their meal, there was still 156.67 wen left.
Qi Huan didn't expect that just lending a helping hand could bring such a big reward.
In the end, it was all thanks to Daddy TikTok.
In her previous life, she'd liked watching handsome boys on TikTok after getting off work. By chance she came across a very handsome doctor explaining the Heimlich maneuver.
She was very interested, mainly in the handsome doctor.
So much so that she had even obediently simulated it on a rag doll.
Who would've thought it would come in handy today.
Clutching the huge sum in her purse, she decided to go to the clothing store first to buy a change of clothes.
After asking a nearby auntie watching the commotion where the cheapest clothing store was, she set off.
She had just turned into the shortcut the auntie had pointed out when Qi Huan was shouted at.
"Hey! You stinky girl up ahead, stop! Hand over all the silver you just took!"
She looked back to see a brazen young punk.
Only an idiot would listen to him and stand there waiting for him to come rob her.
Qi Huan turned and ran.
As she ran she also shouted, "Catch the thief!"
However, she was quickly caught up.
The young punk grabbed the back of her collar and gave it a shake. "Still running?"
"Good sir, spare my life. I'll give you all my money." Qi Huan promptly surrendered.
Money was precious but life was priceless.
She made the choice without any hesitation.
"Too late!" The young punk took her silver coins, dissatisfied. "I gave you a chance but you didn't cherish it. Looks like you need to be taught a lesson."
As he spoke, he swung out a big slap towards Qi Huan's face.
In the critical moment, Qi Huan also recalled the women's self defense she had seen on TikTok. She stomped on the top of his foot with one leg while the other knee smashed towards his special area.
The young punk let out a miserable shriek and actually coughed up blood.
"Am I that fierce?"
Qi Huan couldn't quite believe it as she glanced down at her own legs.
"Idiot."
Hearing the familiar voice, she looked over to see Li Shuchen.
So it turned out he had also made a move, that's why the young punk was so severely injured.
No time to bicker with him, Qi Huan hurriedly went to the young punk writhing in pain on the ground and pried her silver coins from his hand.
"Let this be a lesson to you for committing robbery. I'm telling you, if I see you robbing people again, I'll...I'll have him beat you to death! A big man like you could earn money washing dishes or hauling sacks, why do shady business instead? "
After self-righteously lecturing the young punk, she dragged him off to report him to the authorities.
"Sis, please don't. My old mother is still at home waiting for me to support her. If I get thrown in jail she'll starve to death alone. I swear to you I'll never rob anyone again. I'll go wash dishes at a restaurant, I'll carry bags for a trade caravan. I really know I was wrong."
"Now you remember your ma? Why didn't you think of her earlier? Let me tell you, if you dare rob people again you'll end up in jail sooner or later..."
Qi Huan nagged on relentlessly.
Until she heard the system say, "Do good deed +1, +1 point."
She figured she had successfully persuaded the young punk to mend his ways.
Satisfied, she let the young punk she had annoyed to death go free.
"Geez, so naggy."
It was Li Shuchen's first time seeing such a talkative girl.
"I haven't even asked yet, what are you doing here?" Qi Huan asked, then had a sudden realization. "You followed me!"
Li Shuchen didn't deny it. "You're very suspicious."
Qi Huan knew it was somewhat unexplainable that she still had congee, eggs and other things after her collapsed house.
But she had to eat to earn points, she couldn't keep hiding things away indefinitely.
She was determined to come clean. She believed the youth before her who had taken her in and given up his room to her was not a bad person.
"Are you very puzzled about where I got the congee and eggs?"
Hearing this, Li Shuchen's cold piercing gaze held a hint of inquiry as he lightly nodded.
"Li Shuchen, I'm a little fairy sent down by the Jade Emperor. I have come for your (points). "
Qi Huan started making things up. "You are the future Son of Heaven, the child of fate. So the Jade Emperor can't bear to watch you suffer and kicked me down here to help you, spare you worry and hardship, spare you from lacking clothes to wear and meals to eat."
"Look how well you've been eating and dressing ever since I came! Once I make money, I'll buy you warm clothes too. I'm here to help you, you don't need to doubt me. I conjured the congee and eggs. Look, I can conjure them again!"
Saying so, she summoned the system in her thoughts to repurchase postpartum congee and free range eggs.
Whoosh—
The delivery boxes appeared, she only allowed Li Shuchen to see them.
