As soon as the hot pot base was served, the red chili peppers rolling with the boiling bubbles were extremely eye - catching. The spicy and numbing smell made Xu Qingqing sneeze.
Xu Qingqing's mouth involuntarily started to salivate, and she stared longingly at the hot pot.
She hadn't eaten hot pot for a long time. Having such a meal in winter was definitely a treat.
Xu Qingqing ordered a full spread of ingredients for each table, especially popular dishes like tripe, duck intestines, and shrimp dumplings.
She asked the waiter to bring five plates of each, aiming to make sure everyone was well - fed.
Xu Qingqing was enjoying her hot pot, singing in her heart, feeling extremely comfortable.
But Xiao He wasn't so lucky. Since it was an emergency call - out, Xiao He only brought one assistant to escort Gu Anrou and the others into the police car and take them to the police station.
However, Gu Anrou didn't want to go back to prison at all and was looking for a chance to escape.
And her chance came. When crossing the road, there was a red - light - running collision in the middle of the crossroads.
Since there was no traffic police at the crossroads, the crashed cars blocked the middle of the road, causing all the following cars to have to detour.
Xiao He couldn't stand it anymore. She warned Gu Anrou and the others to stay in the car obediently, then closed the car door and took her assistant to mediate.
How could Gu Anrou miss such a great chance to escape!
Gu Anrou directly grabbed the safety hammer on the glass door and smashed the window hard. Then she leaped out of the broken window.
Xiao He and her assistant, who were walking towards the car accident scene, never expected Gu Anrou to be so bold. They didn't even look back and didn't notice at all.
Huang Tonghai and the uncle were stunned by Gu Anrou's bold move, but they also felt unwilling in their hearts.
They deliberately pretended not to see and let Gu Anrou escape.
Gu Anrou rolled once and quickly ran away. She hid in a secluded alley, used a stone to break one side of the handcuffs on her hand, and then went to seek revenge on Xu Qingqing.
Before being arrested, Gu Anrou heard that Xu Qingqing and the others were going to Daliang Hot Pot Restaurant, so she headed straight for the nearest one.
Gu Anrou indeed found Xu Qingqing's business car. She hid her hands behind her back and sneaked into the hot pot restaurant.
The fishy smell on her made the waiter who received her wrinkle her nose.
"Miss, what would you like to eat?" The waiter endured the fishy stench and forced a smile on her face.
"I'm here to meet a friend." Gu Anrou was worried that the handcuffs on her hands would be discovered, so she coldly sent the waiter away.
The waiter was only too happy to get away and quickly dodged.
It was the peak dining time in the hot pot restaurant, and it was bustling. No one noticed the handcuffs on Gu Anrou's hands.
Gu Anrou spotted Xu Qingqing, the most eye - catching one in the crowd, at a glance. A flash of hatred crossed her eyes. She rushed forward without caring about the heat, directly grabbed the copper pot with the boiling spicy soup on the table and threw it at Xu Qingqing.
Xu Qingqing was startled by Gu Anrou, who suddenly rushed out. She didn't react at all and subconsciously raised her hands to block.
But how could hands block the scalding hot pot? Xu Qingqing had already prepared herself to be burned.
However, sitting at the table opposite Xu Qingqing were four top - notch bodyguards and a national sanda champion.
The moment Gu Anrou walked in, Uncle Meng sensed something was wrong with her. He took off his coat and put it on his shoulder, ready to respond at any time.
The moment Gu Anrou rushed over, Uncle Meng quickly reacted.
He directly took off the casual coat on his body and used it to block the hot pot base that was being thrown at Xu Qingqing.
The scalding and spicy soup was completely blocked by Uncle Meng's coat. Except for a few drops of soup that splashed on Xu Qingqing's hands, she was fine.
Gu Anrou dared to bully Xu Qingqing right under Uncle Meng's nose. How could Uncle Meng let her off?
Uncle Meng pressed the remaining hot pot soup in the pot onto Gu Anrou's own body through the casual coat.
Gu Anrou failed to harm others but ended up being drenched in the scalding hot pot soup all over her body. The pain made her scream immediately. Every part of her body was in excruciating pain.
The spicy hot pot soup flowed into her mouth along her nose. Her whole throat felt like it was on fire, burning, painful, and hoarse.
"Help!"
"What's going on!"
Such a malicious incident of throwing soup suddenly happened in the hot pot restaurant. The diners were so scared that they screamed and ran far away.
Some brave people even took out their phones to record videos.
Gu Anrou's face was burning with pain from the scald, but no one dared to go up to help her because they saw the handcuffs on her hands.
Considering what Gu Anrou had just done, the diners were afraid that she might be a murderer.
Xu Qingqing nervously pushed away the coat that Uncle Meng had used to block for her and looked at Gu Anrou, who was getting her just deserts, with lingering fear.
She didn't expect that Gu Anrou would still not behave herself after being sent to prison and even ran out to harm her.
If it weren't for Uncle Meng's timely action, she might have been disfigured.
Xu Qingqing didn't even dare to think about the scalding hot pot soup being poured on her body.
Uncle Meng looked at Xu Qingqing with concern. "Are you okay?"
Xu Qingqing shook her head and looked at Uncle Meng with gratitude in her eyes. "Thanks to Uncle Meng's help, I wasn't hurt at all!"
"That's good." Uncle Meng's eyes were sharp. He asked the bodyguards to step forward and control Gu Anrou, who was squatting on the ground.
The manager of the hot pot restaurant, who was sitting in the office, almost died of fright when he heard about the soup - throwing incident in the dining hall.
He rushed out of the backstage in a hurry. When he saw Gu Anrou, whose face was scalded red and who still had dried chili peppers on her head, his mind started to work fast.
This clearly looked like a severe scald, and the medical expenses would probably be quite a lot. If the other party was reasonable, it would be okay, but if she made excessive demands, it would be really bad luck...
Uncle Meng saw the middle - aged man with gold - rimmed glasses appearing with cold sweat on his forehead. He calmly comforted him.
"Sorry for the trouble we've brought you."
"This is purely a personal conflict between us and has nothing to do with your hot pot restaurant. We'll also pay for the cleaning fee of the spilled hot pot."
Uncle Meng looked up at the diners and said loudly, "We'll compensate everyone for the disruption to your meal."
The manager didn't expect Uncle Meng to be so reasonable. He wiped the cold sweat off his head and gave an embarrassed smile.
"You don't need to pay for the cleaning fee..."
"No, we should."
Xu Qingqing stepped forward. After all, this was because of the private feud between her and Gu Anrou that affected the hot pot restaurant. She couldn't let the restaurant suffer.
Xu Qingqing coldly looked at Gu Anrou, who was screaming in agony. Blisters were growing on her face at a visible speed.
Her face must be almost cooked from the scald.
Even though Xu Qingqing hated Gu Anrou in her heart, she still had to call 120.
Xiao He finished mediating the car accident scene that was blocking the middle of the road and only then found that Gu Anrou had broken the car window and escaped.
"Where's Gu Anrou!"
Xiao He looked at the safety hammer thrown outside the window and looked up at Huang Tonghai and the uncle in the car in disbelief.