Mr. Zhou was also frightened and stood up immediately. “Did you burn yourself?”
While Han Muzi looked at the slight redness on her palm, her heart was pounding furiously in her chest. She had an ominous premonition. Because she was sitting in a corner, her view was cut off from the staircase leading up to the second floor, so she did not know what had happened. “What happened on the second floor?”
The noise earlier also caught Mr. Zhou’s attention, but he was distracted by Han Muzi spilling the hot tea over her hand at the same time and focused all his attention on her. The person sitting in front of him was Mrs. President Ye. What would they do if she got hurt at his daughter’s shop?
Mr. Zhou shook his head. “I’m not too sure either. Do you think something happened? I’ll go take a look later. But your hand… Do you want to go and rinse it with some water? I can ask Yan to go buy you some medicine.”
“I’m fine.”
Han Muzi felt her heart beating furiously. Ye Moxuan did not look any different earlier, but she was still very worried. Mr. Zhou was sitting there with her, clueless about the situation as well. When she could not stop worrying and was unable to tend to her burned hand, she just stood up. “Uncle Zhou, I’m going to take a look at the situation. Sit here for a while.”
Mr. Zhou saw that she did not look good and also stood up. “T-Then, I’ll go with you.”
“Sure.”
But as soon as they got up and headed toward the staircase, they heard a girl scream, “Help! Someone help us. A man has passed out here!“
The words hit Han Muzi like a ton of bricks. She jumped up in shock and quickly walked over. When she saw the scene in front of her, she immediately froze in her spot.
“P-President Ye? What happened?” Mr. Zhou was in such a panic that he started stammering and his face also turned pale.
Just then, Yan came out to serve some food and heard the noise. “What happened?”
Upon seeing the scene, her face also turned pale white. She quickly ran over to see Han Muzi while fiddling with her phone. “Muzi. Don’t panic, okay? I’m calling an ambulance right now.”
Han Muzi grabbed Yan’s hand and looked at her. “An ambulance will arrive too late. Get Xiao Su to take us to the hospital now.”
“Okay. I’ll go get him.” Once Han Muzi gave the instructions to Yan, she quickly went up the stairs to help Ye Moxuan.
When the girl who was helping Ye Moxuan saw Han Muzi, she looked at her with a perplexed and hesitant gaze.
“Thank you for looking after him. Let me.” Han Muzi moved forward then bent down and held Ye Moxuan up. His face was pale, and he was sweating all over. He had a deep frown and looked like he was in great pain. Han Muzi silently wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead and waited patiently, though she was in so much shock that her heart was about to pound out of her chest.
The girl who tried to strike up a conversation with Ye Moxuan earlier watched Han Muzi’s behavior quietly and came to a realization.
A moment later, Xiao Su rushed up the stairs. “Young Lady Ye. How is Young Master Ye?”
Han Muzi raised her head and her voice was calm. “Help me bring him to the car. We’ll go to the hospital now.”
“Got it.”
Several people helped to bring Ye Moxuan down the stairs. At that moment, Little Bean ran out of the kitchen. When he saw his father being carried out to the car by Xiao Su, his short legs paced quickly. “Mommy!”
Han Muzi heard Little Bean’s voice and turned around to look at him. She gently instructed, “Little Bean, I have to take Daddy to the hospital right now. Wait here in Aunt Yan’s restaurant for now and be good. I’ll call you later tonight, okay?”
Still, Little Bean was very worried. He thought of telling her that he also wanted to tag along, but he knew that if he went, she would be all over the place trying to take care of him too. In the end, Little Bean nodded his head obediently and said, “Okay. Stay safe, Mommy. I’ll wait for your call.”
Everyone was caught off guard by that short incident at the restaurant. Luo Huimei only found out later about what had happened. When she came out, they were already gone. She saw her daughter looking low-spirited and walked over to her. “What happened, Yan?” Luo Huimei held her and asked.
Yan felt her heart ache as she told her what happened. “I wanted to go with them, but Muzi didn’t agree with it. She wanted me to stay here and resume business. But she didn’t consider that after something like that happened, I wouldn’t be able to work anymore. What should I do, Mom?”
Luo Huimei pondered as she looked at the few customers left in the restaurant. Blinking her eyes, she said, “If today wasn’t the first day you opened, then closing the shop now wouldn’t matter. But you still need to keep your business running going forward. If you close it now, then—”
Mr. Zhou cut in, “Why do you care about that now? President Ye was just sent to the hospital, and he even helped out so much today. It would be fine if we closed the ramen restaurant now. If they like our food, waiting a day or two won’t be a big deal.”
Yan nodded in agreement. “That’s what I think too, Mom. I won’t be able to stand it if we just stayed here.”
“No. There are still so many people here. Do you want to just chase them out? Zhou, can you look at the bigger picture? Do you think you’re the only one worried about President Ye going to the hospital? We’re all in the same boat. My heart is not made out of steel. My point is, what can you do even if you go to the hospital now? Muzi left Little Bean in our care. What do you think that means?”
“It doesn’t matter what we can or can’t do at the hospital. It’s the thought that counts.”
“Really? If you can’t help then don’t bother about being thoughtful. There are doctors at the hospital. His wife and assistant are by his side. We should just focus on looking after Little Bean. We can put up the sign in our shop. It doesn’t matter if we stopped business now, but we still can’t chase people out.”
Yan was already frustrated. Yet, her parents were arguing in front of her, which made her head hurt. She cut them off, “Okay. Let’s stop accepting customers now and just deal with the people who are still here. Then, we can bring Little Bean along to the hospital.” If I go now, there is really nothing I can do. However, not going at all was not an option for her. She decided to deal with her shop first then go to the hospital afterward.
Once Yan saw the last customer off, she took her apron off and said to Little Bean, “Little Bean, it’s a bit late now. How about you don’t go to the hospital with me?”
Little Bean shook his head. “I’m not tired at all, Aunt Yan.”
Well, his daddy is in the hospital, and Little Bean is a smart child. How can he fall asleep now? I’ll just take him to the hospital with me.
Mr. Zhou wanted to go with them but got held back by Luo Huimei. “You were just discharged from the hospital today and you can’t move about freely yet. Why do you want to go with them? Your daughter will still have to take care of you there. Won’t you just be giving her more trouble?”
