Ming Lingyi and her companions were, to put it mildly, a frail bunch.
Compared to those sword-wielding guards, not a single one of them could fight.
The only one who could possibly fight was currently being supported by Xiao Chun.
Shi Mingyue hadn't expected to run into a situation like this on her very first day back at the shop with her boss.
On the way, the maidservant named Xiao Chun had given her an earful about Ming's Restaurant. She'd learned that her boss had originally gone to the slave market to buy a skilled guard—the kind who could protect the household—but had ended up buying her instead.
Shi Mingyue considered herself the guard of Ming's Restaurant. Even though she was severely injured, she stepped forward and shielded Ming Lingyi and Xiao Chun.
'I know a bit of martial arts. I can't just let my boss and Xiao Chun, who knows nothing, stand in front of me, can I?'
