Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 636 Questioning

"Huh?" Wu Huimin covered her mouth in surprise upon hearing this.

"Brother Yao, you didn't know either? I thought you had sent Lingling and Yuanyuan to work elsewhere."

Don't say anything!

He Lingling's temples bulged with veins, and she suppressed her trembling teeth as she said:

“Mr. Yao, this afternoon we were mopping and cleaning the guest area. Among the guests there was a short-haired female guest and a seemingly friendly male guest... They asked us to clean their room.”

"……Yeah?"

Mr. Yao's gaze fell on her face, and after looking at her for a while, his scrutinizing gaze fell on Shi Yuan.

"Is what she said true?"

Mr. Yao asked Shi Yuan.

"it is true."

Shi Yuan lowered his head, his shoulders and legs trembling to varying degrees.

Mr. Yao frowned, about to say something, when Wu Huimin interjected again:

"I know the short-haired female customer that Lingling mentioned. She has a very good personality and is quite nice to us employees... But that male customer, I remember he seemed to have a bit of a temper?"

As Wu Huimin spoke, she bit her lower lip, "Did that male guest really just ask you to clean the house?"

"..."

The "malice" implied in this sentence is quite obvious.

He Lingling unconsciously clenched her hands at her sides. Just as she was about to speak, Shi Yuan suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Mr. Yao's hand!

He Lingling's pupils trembled suddenly.

Wu Huimin was also stunned, clearly shocked by Shi Yuan's actions.

“Mr. Yao.”

Shi Yuan lowered her head. The hand that belonged to Mr. Yao was cold and stiff, so cold that her fingers trembled.

"Originally, I didn't want to say it..."

Shi Yuan sniffled, his voice trembling with tears: "That, that guest, he, he, he did to me, to me..."

After that, Shi Yuan seemed to lose her voice out of fear, and the only visible traces were on her arm below the trembling sleeve she was pulling down.

—There were some bluish-purple bruises, but what was even more shocking was the bluish ligature mark on Shi Yuan's wrist that had begun to swell.

It's obvious that he was strangled with violence.

He Lingling's breath hitched as she looked at the marks on Shi Yuan's arms and wrists.

She truly hadn't expected Shi Yuan's hand injury to be so severe.

At the same time, He Lingling also noticed that Wu Huimin's voice stopped abruptly after Shi Yuan revealed the scars on his arm.

He Lingling quietly looked up at Wu Huimin and saw a fleeting look of pain and mockery in the other woman's eyes.

"..."

He Lingling paused, then quickly looked at Mr. Yao, who hadn't said a word. She then saw Mr. Yao, who had reacted, grab Shi Yuan's wrist and forcefully pull up Shi Yuan's sleeve.

After carefully covering the scars on Shi Yuan's arms and wrists with his sleeve, Mr. Yao showed a "heartache" smile on his otherwise handsome face.

Did you accidentally offend the guest?

Shi Yuan looked up in a panic, about to shake her head, when Mr. Yao suddenly raised his other hand and gripped half of her face tightly.

"..."

Shi Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and after smelling the strange, putrid odor emanating from the other person, he dared not move.

"obedient."

Mr. Yao stroked her cheek and comforted her, "The wages on the ship are so high, yet you still angered the guests without showing any gratitude. No wonder the guests were so unhappy that they pushed you a few times."

Pushing and shoving?

He Lingling and Shi Yuan both frowned.

Mr. Yao was still saying, "Be good, does your arm still hurt?"

Shi Yuan wanted to say that she was in pain, but discretion is the better part of valor. She lowered her eyelashes and said tremblingly:

"It hurts, it still hurts a little... a little."

"Good girl."

Mr. Yao gently pinched her cheek with a tender expression and whispered:

“You don’t play the piano like Huimin and Qinqin, otherwise that guest wouldn’t have been willing to hit your hand… It still hurts, doesn’t it? Come to my place tonight, I’ll find some ointment to put on it.”

Shi Yuanzao's eyelids twitched, and a rather ominous suspicion surfaced in his mind.

"It will be better in a few days after applying the ointment."

Mr. Yao continued, "Oh, by the way, you probably don't know this, but employees who anger customers are punished. However, since this is your first offense, we won't punish you this time."

Mr. Yao: "Remember, come to my room tonight, and I'll apply the medicine for you."

"..."

Shi Yuan felt the increasing pressure on his cheek and nodded through the pain:

"Yes, I understand... Mr. Yao."

Mr. Yao was satisfied and let go of his hand.

He looked quite pleased and gently patted Shi Yuan on the shoulder. "Go ahead and clean up the dirty parts of the dance floor with Lingling. Don't worry, I see how hard you work, and you'll get a bonus."

"...Thank you, thank you Mr. Yao."

Shi Yuan nodded his thanks, suppressing his nausea. Only when he saw Mr. Yao walk away with his hands behind his back and disappear around the corner of the corridor did the panic and fear on his face slowly disappear.

Wu Huimin was still standing there watching them, otherwise Shi Yuan would have stopped pretending altogether.

He Lingling glanced in the direction of Mr. Yao's departing figure, feeling somewhat uneasy.

That direction... Yu Shijiu and Xu Han are both "hiding there"... They shouldn't be so unlucky as to run into Mr. Yao face to face, right?

“...Yuan Yuan”.

Wu Huimin looked a little worried. Her eyes were fixed on Shi Yuan's arm, and she whispered:

"Does it still hurt a lot? If it does, then don't bother cleaning. Lingling and I will do it."

"..." He Lingling and Shi Yuan exchanged a quick glance, and the former hesitated before saying:

"But Shi Yuan, she can't just not work, can she? What if Mr. Yao punishes her later?"

"..." Wu Huimin was silent for a few seconds before saying what He Lingling and Shi Yuan had been hoping for—"Let Yuanyuan stay with Qinqin."

Wu Huimin said, "Qinqin will be playing the piano later. Yuanyuan, you just need to stand next to her and listen. You don't need to do anything."

“…This,” Shi Yuan exhaled softly, “is this alright?”

"Nothing bad."

Wu Huimin pushed her onto the stage, urging, "Hurry up, hurry up, Qinqin will have to play the piano soon."

"Okay, okay."

Shi Yuan was half-heartedly pushed onto the stage by Wu Huimin, and winked at He Lingling without making a sound.

"..." He Lingling pursed her lips and nodded almost imperceptibly.

When Shi Yuan was successfully pushed onto the stage to find Sun Qin, Wu Huimin stood below the stage, glanced at them a few times, then turned around and pulled He Lingling toward the dance floor dining table.

He Lingling followed her lead and walked forward, casually saying:

"Huimin, why did you suddenly say those things to Mr. Yao just now?"

He Lingling, adhering to her persona, feigned anger and added:

"Do you know that the things you said to Mr. Yao might lead to punishment for Shi Yuan and me?"