"Shen Kuo, wait a minute, this girl... looks familiar."
After Wu Qiang finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards them.
Lu Yan looked sideways, and noticed that Shen Kuo's hand on her shoulder was slightly tightened, and subconsciously embraced her sideways.
Wu Qiang, Zhao Zhen and the others led people over, looked at the girl behind Shen Kuo, and said with a smile, "You look familiar, she was also at the scene of the fire that day, she seemed to be standing with that brat Lu Zhen, could it be His girlfriend?"
Seeing that Lu Yan had been recognized, Shen Kuo immediately brought her in front of her, pulled the hair from her ears with one hand, and held the back of her head with the other hand, pretending to look at her.
The action was a bit rough, and Lu Yan felt that the scalp on the side of her ear was being pulled and hurt.
He looked at Lu Yan's face for a few seconds, then turned around and said, "Oh, I know this girl."
Wu Qiang looked at Shen Kuo with deep meaning in his eyes: "Xiao Shen, do you know her?"
"Lu Zhen's younger sister is mentally handicapped. She was kidnapped and sold before, but she was found recently."
Lu Yan understood Shen Kuo's meaning, and quickly hid behind him, hugged his arm and pretended to be afraid, trembling.
"Fool? Doesn't it look like it?"
Zhao Chen came over and took a closer look at Lu Yan. Unexpectedly, Lu Yan picked up the wine glass beside him and splashed wine all over his face.
"Hahaha!" She clapped her hands and laughed loudly: "It's so fun!"
Even Shen Kuo was taken aback.
This girl's fiery personality is exactly the same as Lu Zhen's, and she suddenly attacked, obviously out of revenge. But... her acting skills are actually quite online, and she pretends to be mentally handicapped perfectly.
"Damn, this idiot..."
Zhao Zhen was very upset after being splashed with wine, stepped forward and grabbed Lu Yan: "I'm tired of working!"
Lu Yan hid behind Shen Kuo, revealing a big black eye, staring at him defensively, really like a child.
Wu Qiang is not as simple-minded as Zhao Zhen, he has been observing Lu Yan's demeanor.
"There aren't many fools who come to the dance hall." He sneered and said, "Shen Kuo, are you sure she's out of her mind? She heard everything we just said."
Shen Kuo asked him back, "What did we just talk about?"
Wu Qiang grinned.
He knew that Shen Kuo was a very smart guy, and he had to be very careful when dealing with him.
"Since this silly little girl has come to our dance hall, we must do our best to treat her as a landlord."
After Wu Qiang finished speaking, he winked at his subordinates and wanted to take Lu Yan away.
Lu Yan tightly hugged Shen Kuo's arm, and called out in a low voice, "Uncle Shen..."
Shen Kuo heard that this girl was really scared.
"He's still called Uncle, it seems like he's really a fool." Zhao Chen laughed, and looked at Shen Kuo: "Shen Kuo, we have so many people here, you can see that she just hugs you and doesn't let go."
Wu Qiang half-jokingly said: "Don't be jealous, who made us Xiao Shen look beautiful, look at the little girls around me, when they saw him coming, all of them stared straight in the eye, like a hungry jackal It's like seeing fat."
Shen Kuo smiled lightly, put his hand on Lu Yan's face, and pinched her cheek like a villain: "Otherwise, how can I say I'm a fool, who doesn't know the incompatible relationship between my father and his brother."
Wu Qiang said to his subordinates: "Take her to the private room, anyway, she is a fool, and I am not afraid of her going out and talking nonsense."
"It's not necessary, Brother Qiang."
Shen Kuo squinted at him, and said in a low voice, "Her father, Lu Jian, is not easy to mess with. Let's do business and make money with peace. There is no need to make enemies with Lu's just for a moment of happiness."
Wu Qiang played with an empty porcelain cup in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and judged the intention in his words: "It's okay to let her go, but to be on the safe side, it must be tested to see if she really doesn't understand anything."
Shen Kuo's eyes froze: "How to test?"
Wu Qiang lit a cigarette, then brought the end of the cigarette closer to Lu Yan's face: "Since I'm a fool, I'm not afraid of losing my appearance."
Lu Yan could feel the scorching heat of the cigarette butt approaching, her big dark eyes blinked, her face was innocent and calm, as if "I don't know what they are doing".
God knows, her heart is about to collapse.
It would definitely disfigure her face if the cigarette butt burned her... But the current situation is that if she doesn't hold on, she probably won't be able to save her life.
These guys are not good at stubble, they can do terrible things like arson, killing people is nothing to them, right
In Lu Yan's heart, there is a determination of "the wind is rustling, the water is cold", who let her today... be in the hands of the prisoner.
As long as these guys can be brought to justice, the disfigurement will be disfigured, the worst case... the worst case is to do micro-surgery later, let Lu Zhen pay for it, and arrange the best medical treatment for her!
At the critical moment, Shen Kuo took away the cigarette butt from Wu Qiang's hand, and pressed the cigarette butt on the back of his hand with his backhand.
With a sound of "Zi", the skin and flesh were scorched.
Wu Qiang was caught off guard by the high temperature and scorched, holding hands and screaming.
Shen Kuo grabbed Lu Yan's wrist, grabbed her and ran all the way, rushing into the chaotic crowd in the dance hall.
Wu Qiang reacted and shouted at the men at the door: "Stop them!"
Several men rushed in front of Shen Kuo, blocking his way, and some even took out knives.
Shen Kuo's skills were excellent, he protected Lu Yan, and "greeted" the group of people in two or three times.
Lu Yan was flustered and frightened, unable to see anything in the chaos, and staggered to follow him out.
Passing through the narrow stair passage, the two ran out of the chaotic dance hall, and the turbid atmosphere mixed with the smell of tobacco and alcohol was instantly replaced by the fresh air after the rain.
Shen Kuo pulled Lu Yan's wrist forcefully and ran wildly towards the end of Entertainment Street.
Wu Qiang's subordinates also chased them out. Judging by their posture, they did not intend to let them go.
Of course they can't let it go, the two of them hold Wu Qiang's handle in their hands now, and they are bound to die tonight.
Lu Yan's physical strength is not good enough, she ran almost a kilometer, panting while leaning on the wall: "I can't do it, Uncle Shen, I... I can't run anymore, just leave me alone."
Shen Kuo glanced back, dragged her to hide in the dark alley next to her.
This alley was extremely narrow and could only accommodate one person. Chen Kuo pressed Lu Yan firmly against the wall, pressed her hot body against the wall, and submerged her entire petite body in his arms.
The group of people chased them all the way, looking around, looking for the figures of the two, but they didn't notice the narrow alley.
Lu Yan's back was pressed against the uneven wall, and Shen Kuo's hard chest was in front of her. She felt that she was about to be squeezed into a meat sandwich.
Shen Kuo held the back of her head with his hands, pressed her face against his chest, and carefully looked sideways at the entrance of the alley.
Those mindless men who chased him seemed to have run away, but Shen Kuo did not let go of Lu Yan.
She turned her face away with difficulty, looked at the alley, and asked in a low voice, "Are they gone?"
Shen Kuo looked gloomy and did not answer.
Lu Yan felt the low air pressure hovering around him, and looked up at him in surprise: "Shen..."
Before she finished speaking, Shen Kuo suddenly grabbed her collar and pressed her hard against the wall.
Lu Yan's back was hit hard against the uneven wall, and she yelled "Aww"—
"It hurts! What are you doing!"
There was slight anger in Shen Kuo's dark coffee-colored eyes, and he clutched her collar tightly with his hands, and said harshly, "Who the hell made you go to that kind of place!"
"I... I'm here to find you."
"Who told you to come to me!"
Lu Yan didn't understand why Shen Kuo was so angry all of a sudden, and hurriedly argued: "I want to return the one hundred to you, I..."
The words got stuck in her throat and she couldn't continue, because she felt... Shen Kuo's body was trembling slightly, and all the muscles in his body were trembling.
He seemed terrified.
Lu Yan has never seen Shen Kuo so frightened. He is Shen Kuo, that man with ruthless thoughts and vicious methods, that man who never believes in fate or heaven, would he ever be afraid
Thinking about it, it was really dangerous just now, almost dead, normal people would be afraid.
Lu Yan stretched her arms around his waist and patted his back: "Uncle Shen, don't be afraid, it's okay."
Shen Kuo's whole body was stiff, but his heart softened.
God knows how scared he was when he saw Wu Qiang treat her like that just now.
He once dug a hole in the soil of his heart, and buried all his sincerity, love, desire... all.
He speaks human words when he sees people, talks nonsense when he sees ghosts, he is slick, long-sleeved and good at dancing, but just now, all his disguises were blown up on the spot.
Can't care about anything, Wu Qiang burned her face with a cigarette butt, Shen Kuo wanted his life...
At this moment, Lu Yan had no idea that Shen Kuo was worried about herself. She thought he was just scared by those people, so she patted him on the back lightly and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid."
"Lu Yan, let me go."
His voice is low and mellow.
Lu Yan obediently let him go, the alley was narrow, and the two of them stood together a bit awkwardly.
Lu Yan's line of sight was Shen Kuo's chest. Even though she was wearing clothes, she could still see through the thin fabric...the undulating muscle lines underneath.
Lu Yan turned her face to the side and buried it in his neck.
In the breath, there is the smell of the damp moss and stone walls in the alley, the faint smell of tobacco emanating from the man, and the smell of Chinese medicine on his clothes... mixed together, it is slightly raw, but not unpleasant.
With two people standing together at such a close distance, the atmosphere gradually began to become delicate. Inexplicably, Lu Yan's cheeks and even earlobes started to burn.
The air is humid and hot.
Shen Kuo swallowed, rolled his Adam's apple, and made a slight swallowing sound, which was very clear in the quiet alley, with a bit of ambiguity.
The man couldn't stand the stimulation, so he walked away.
Lu Yan caught up with him: "Uncle Shen, where are you going?"
"go home."
"No, I still have something to do with you."
He didn't stop, and walked far away alone. Lu Yan had no choice but to catch up quickly.
"Shen Kuo!"
"Don't follow me."
As night fell, Shen Kuo turned around, passed through several tube buildings, and returned to the front of his house. He took the key from his bag with one hand and opened the door.
Lu Yan followed him all the way to the door of the house.
Shen Kuo seemed not to see her, and shut her out of the door with a "bang".
Lu Yan was startled by the sound of closing the door, and shrank back.
It's already miserable to be shut down, but at this time, it's raining again.
The heavy rain was accompanied by lightning and thunder, menacing.
Lu Yan quickly hid under the eaves, stood on tiptoes, and stood as close to the wall as possible to prevent the raindrops falling from the eaves from getting wet on her clothes.
bad luck...
The sky was gloomy, the surrounding tube buildings were lit up, and the smell of food wafted over.
Lu Yan swallowed her saliva and covered her flat stomach, which was already growling.
In the room, Shen Kuo clutched his arms, took the medicine box from the shelf, and walked to the table.
Looking up, I saw a girl standing awkwardly under the eaves outside the window. The eaves are very narrow, and her trousers have been soaked by rain.
Shen Kuo was silent for a moment, finally couldn't bear it, and opened the door.
The door opened a crack, and after waiting for a few minutes, Lu Yan did not come in. Shen Kuo couldn't help but went out to have a look, and saw that the girl pulled out a broken umbrella from some corner.
The skeleton of the umbrella was rusted and cracked, and half of the umbrella cloth was still drooping after it was opened, so she didn't care about it so much, and rushed directly into the heavy rain.
"you come back."
Lu Yan turned her head and saw Shen Kuo standing by the door helplessly.
The foot she stepped out tremblingly drew back again.
"Go into the house."
Shen Kuo's voice was concise and powerful, and he turned and went back to the room after speaking.
Lu Yan hesitated for a moment, then dawdled into the room. There was only one bare hanging light bulb hanging in the room. Because it was a cloudy and rainy day, it was not dark yet, but the light was very dim.
The room is small, and the furniture and items are placed close together, making it very cramped.
There was a faint smell of traditional Chinese medicine in the humid air. No wonder Lu Yan always smelled the bitter smell of medicine on Shen Kuo's body and thought it was an illusion.
There are also some drug capsules on the cabinet. It can be seen that there are patients in this family.
At this time, there was a heavy coughing sound from the inner room, and a thin man walked out tremblingly, and asked with a hoarse voice, "Xiao Kuo, who's here?"
"classmate."
"Oh, entertain your classmates to sit down."
Lu Yan called out politely: "Hi Uncle, excuse me."
"Okay...students stay for dinner."
After Shen Jianxun finished speaking, he suddenly saw the medicine box on the table and asked in surprise, "Xiao Kuo, what are you doing with the medicine box?"
"It's raining, take some cold medicine."
Shen Kuo took the medicine box, pushed Lu Yan back to his room, and closed the door.
"Stay indoors."
"okay."
Lu Yan nodded obediently, looking around Shen Kuo's room—
His room is relatively narrow and there are not many things. Outside the sliding window is a black wall covered with moss and mildew, which makes the whole room look very depressing.
There was a desk by the window that looked like it was made of handmade wood. It looked old, so the edges were worn smooth and smooth.
There are no bookshelves, and the table is full of books. There are not many books, but they are all teaching materials. The only teaching supplementary material is "Comprehensive Analysis of Mathematics for the College Entrance Examination" secretly given to him by Lu Yan.
Unlike other textbooks, the book was well protected by him, without curling or folding, and it looked like new, but on the opened page, many notes were densely written.
The eyes of the two fell on the book at the same time, and then they looked at each other tacitly.
There was another coughing sound outside the door, and Lu Yan asked him, "Papa Shen is not in good health?"
"Um."
"Then I'll leave when the rain stops. Don't disturb his rest."
Shen Kuo saw that the girl's bangs were sticking together because of the rain, and she stood awkwardly by the table, looking very cute.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and it seems that it will not stop in a short time.
He turned around, ready to pour her a glass of water.
At this moment, Lu Yan suddenly noticed that the sleeve of Shen Kuo's right arm had become much darker. She walked over to touch it in surprise, and found that it was wet.
There was blood on her palm.
Lu Yan whispered: "You are bleeding!"
Shen Kuo opened his sleeves, and in the confusion just now, his right arm was cut, and a piece of flesh and blood emerged.
Lu Yan said eagerly, "I'll take you to the hospital!"
"Need not."
"Why!"
"I don't want to go."
Since he was a child, he hadn't been to the hospital a few times. He had a headache and brain fever and slept with the quilt on himself, and he could survive it by gritting his teeth. It costs a lot of money to go to the hospital to register for X-rays and get medicines.
Shen Kuo turned his back, took off his clothes and threw them aside, preparing to treat the knife wound on his arm by himself.
Lu Yan couldn't help much, and couldn't persuade him, so she could only stand on the sidelines and watch.
He turned around, leaving only his back for her.
The solid and firm muscles on Shen Kuo's back are completely different from those reckless muscular men Lu Yan has seen in the gym. His muscles are accumulated over many years of labor and are full of strength.
The way he treated the wound was very rough. He directly poured alcohol on the wound. Although the wound was not too deep, but at least he saw blood. Just pouring alcohol directly like this would be painful!
Lu Yan didn't even have time to stop him, his body visibly trembled slightly due to the severe pain, and fine beads of sweat leaked from his forehead.
"are you crazy!"
Lu Yan ran over, wiped the alcohol and blood on his arm with a clean gauze, and said eagerly, "It must be so painful..."
How could it not hurt, Shen Kuo's lips were pale.
"Sterilize," he hissed.
"I've never seen disinfection directly sprinkle alcohol on the wound! If you don't know how to deal with it, go to the hospital!"
"I don't want to go." Shen Kuo opened his eyes and said weakly, "Just take it easy."
While scolding him for being stingy, Lu Yan wiped the area around his wound, then rummaged through the medicine box for the Yunnan Bai ointment to stop bleeding, and applied it to the wound bit by bit with her fingertips.
Because she was afraid of hurting him, she would get closer when applying the ointment, and gently blow the wound.
Shen Kuo felt the cool breeze caressing the skin of his arms, thin and itchy.
Lu Yan bandaged his arm. Although she is not professional, but fortunately the wound is not too deep, so it should be fine.
"If you get sick or injured in the future, you still have to go to the hospital."
Shen Kuo didn't respond, he stared at her for a long time.
Although she looks similar to Lu Zhen, she has a natural dullness in her eyebrows and eyes, and she is serious no matter what she says or does.
It seems that she is so kind to everyone.
Shen Kuo never knew that it would be such a soft feeling to be taken care of by a girl.
Since the only woman in the family left, Shen Kuo's life has been cold and hard for more than ten years, and he has never felt the slightest softness.
And Lu Yan was cared for and loved since she was a child, and she didn't know how to take care of others. She has a carefree temper, let alone a considerate and delicate girl, but unintentionally, she gave him all the tenderness she had.
Shen Kuo is like a child who tasted candy for the first time, very greedy, wanting to occupy her only one.
This girl is really innocent, if he uses some tricks, he might not be able to take her as his own...
But this crazy idea is only fleeting.
She was as beautiful as the dewdrops on the grass after the rain, and he was reluctant to defile her in the slightest.
After all... not good enough.
Shen Kuo was immersed in his emotions, but Lu Yan remembered what happened just now, and asked him: "Did you know that it was Wu Qiang and the others who set the fire?"
Shen Kuo was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. He has always had doubts in his heart, but he has just been confirmed.
"Then... you still drink with them."
Shen Kuo looked at the little girl's righteous indignation, and smiled lightly: "Finally remember to Xingshi to ask the crime?"
Lu Yan grabbed his sleeve and pulled it out: "You have to go to the police station with me to report the case and testify for me. I heard they said it was set on fire."
Shen Kuo said casually, "I don't want to go."
"why?"
"I only promised Lu Zhen to find out the real culprit. Now that the real culprit has been found out, how to deal with it is Lu Zhen's business and has nothing to do with me."
"But... if you don't help testify, the police won't believe me."
Who would believe what a fool said.
Lu Yan thought that Lu Zhen had almost lost her underwear during this time, and finally caught the culprit, and she must not let those guys get away with it.
Aggrieved and resentful, she sat cross-legged on Shen Kuo's bed, and said shamelessly, "I... I'm not leaving!"
Shen Kuo fell on the bed and lay beside her: "I don't want to leave, you can sleep with me tonight."
"You!" Lu Yan was really going to be pissed off by him: "Who wants to sleep with you, you old bastard!"
Shen Kuo swung his left arm over, and his rough fingertips pinched her jaw, making her mouth pouted.
"It's Uncle Shen and an old man, so what's wrong with my age?"
Sometimes he really thinks this girl is a fool, but sometimes she looks very clever and unpredictable.
Lu Yan muttered, "It was."
Counting from the 28th, he is almost a round older than her, okay
"It's fine if you don't help, I'll call the police myself."
After speaking, Lu Yan got up and pushed open the bedroom door. Shen Jian found Lu Yan coming out, and said repeatedly: "Student, stay for dinner, I just called the restaurant to deliver food."
"Ah, don't bother uncle!"
"No trouble, no trouble, just sit down, dinner will be served soon."
Shen Jianxun's mental state has not been very good, and it is rare to have guests at home, so he is very happy.
Shen Kuo came out and asked to stay: "Sit down, and leave after eating."
Shen's father ordered "takeaway", so Lu Yan couldn't refuse, so she had to stay.
…
The rain stopped at eight o'clock.
Lu Yan felt very embarrassed, so it's fine to come here uninvited, and let Shen's father treat her so expensively, so she ate as much as possible, so as not to disappoint others' enthusiasm.
Shen's father seemed to be an honest man, he spoke frankly and was very easy to get along with, but his complexion was not good, it could be seen that he had been ill for a long time.
"Xiao Kuo doesn't have many friends, and no female classmates have ever come to our house, cough cough cough..."
Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently again.
Shen Kuo hurried out, poured water for his father, and patted him on the back to comfort him.
"Dad, go to bed and lie down."
"OK, then I'll go into the room to rest for a while, so I won't disturb your chat."
Shen Jianxun hunched over and went back to the room to lie down. Lu Yan and Chen Kuo stood in the living room, looking at each other.
"What's wrong with Uncle Shen?" She asked curiously.
"pneumoconiosis."
Lu Yan knew about this disease. After being exposed to polluted environment for many years, her lungs absorbed too much dust, and she would contract this disease.
"Uncle's previous job was..."
"Cement factory worker."
"Oh."
No wonder.
This kind of disease is very difficult to treat, and there is basically no possibility of recovery.
This home exudes a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and even Shen Kuo's body is contaminated with a little bit of the bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine. Presumably, it is also because of years of boiling medicine.
At this time, Lu Yan's cell phone rang, and it was Lu Zhen who called, asking her why she hadn't come home so late.
Lu Yan didn't dare to say that she was at Chen Kuo's house, but only perfunctorily said that she was having dinner at a classmate's house, telling him not to worry, so she returned.
Lu Jian has been away on business trips for many years, and the cynical Young Master Lu in the past almost took on all the responsibility of taking care of Lu Yan.
An older brother is like a father.
Sometimes Shen Kuo has to admit that Lu Zhen is not a bad guy, he is especially affectionate, he is so nice to his family, friends, and lovers.
but... …
The grievances and grievances between him and him are by no means easy to turn over.
When Lu Yan was about to leave, she stood dawdling by the door, holding the last sliver of hope, and raised her head to ask him: "Really... can't you help testify?"
Shen Kuo pressed her rough fingertips against her forehead, pushed her out, and said word by word: "Never expect me to do anything for Lu Zhen."
Lu Yan turned around in disappointment, watching Chen Kuo close the door.
In fact, she could understand that it was Lu Zhen's fault first, and because of his wealth and power, he bullied Shen Kuo a lot.
It is human nature for people not to be willing to help.
Beside the screen window, Shen Kuo watched the little girl gradually disappear into the alley surrounded by street lights.
After a moment of silence, he took out a repeater with recording function from his schoolbag, and slowly put it on the table...
Silly girl, there is no evidence to sue.