The closed door blocked the sunlight inside the ward, leaving only the cold artificial light in the quiet corridor.
Xu Shiyue followed Lu Shize out of the room. The faint smell of disinfectant floated in the silent atmosphere.
Lu Shize stood beside a chair opposite the ward, his hand wearing a watch casually resting on the back of the chair.
He just looked at the person standing opposite him, his voice even lower than it was in the ward, full of tones that chilled one's fingertips: "I need an explanation for what happened today."
Xu Shiyue knew that after such an incident, Lu Shize would definitely come looking for her. She was prepared, and there was no fear or trembling in her voice as she apologized: "I'm sorry, it was because of me, Lu Shizhen, that I fell into the water. Lu Shizhen became the one who replaced me."
Lu Shize raised his eyes and asked, "Xu Shiyue, what did you promise me?"
As if he was afraid of disturbing the person who was still sleeping in the room, he deliberately lowered his voice: "Your second uncle wants you to die, what do you think of me?"
The thin lenses could not hide the anger in Lu Shize's eyes, and his voice was full of threats.
The bodyguards standing on both sides of the ward tensed up a bit, and couldn't help but worry about the girl who looked so vulnerable.
Lu Shize loved his sister, so he assigned those people who had always been by his side to Lu Shizhen.
But even after following him for all these years, they had never seen Lu Shize as angry as he was today.
The man's tall figure cast a black shadow in the corridor, making the atmosphere around him darker.
Xu Shiyue was standing opposite him. The loose sweatshirt made her look exceptionally thin. Not only was her height a disadvantage, but the difference in body shape also made people feel that Xu Shiyue would be torn to pieces by Lu Shize in the next second.
Li Du was already prepared for Lu Shize to go and protect Xu Shiyue in a rage, but he heard the seemingly vulnerable little girl calmly say: "What Mr. Lu wants most is the death of the culprit."
Maybe it was because she couldn't see, but Xu Shiyue had no fear of the man with the ferocious eyes in front of her, and her calm voice hadn't changed at all from when she was at home.
It was clearly a one-sided suppression situation where the person being held accountable was the one being held accountable, but at this moment it was delicately balanced.
The storm that was about to rise subsided in an instant, and Xu Shiyue just looked up at Lu Shize with her empty and silent eyes.
Lu Shize paused for a moment, and his eyes behind the lenses narrowed slightly, as if he was examining the person in front of him.
Then, he chuckled in an unpredictable mood: "Ha."
Xu Shiyue's answer was certainly not what Lu Shize expected, but it was consistent with her usual calm and unperturbed demeanor.
Lu Shize raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was not very satisfied with Xu Shiyue's cunning answer, and further refined the question he had just asked: "I have already taken those people back, including your and Zhenzhen's classmate. The batch of goods that your second uncle shipped from the south will also be in trouble. Don't you think you should also pay a price?"
cost…
They all thought she had escaped without paying any price, but she would rather have been the one who fell into the water.
Xu Shouxian had already taken away the two most important people in her life, and almost took Lu Shizhen away as well.
Disgust and hatred were like vines growing without order, climbing all over Xu Shiyue's heart, and the thorns pierced into her skin with her breathing.
She couldn't accept what almost happened, and her calm voice was full of undercurrents: "Mr. Lu, I know Lu Shizhen is not a commodity for you to gamble with. My promise to give you shares in the future is a humiliation to Lu Shizhen. I can only assure you that I will bring Xu Shouxian down as soon as possible and make him pay the price for affecting Lu Shizhen."
Lu Shize felt that he shouldn't believe Xu Shiyue's words. She couldn't see, and she looked weak and pale, and she didn't look like she could accomplish anything.
But he knew that she could do it.
Lu Shize was angry. When he heard the whole story of Lu Shizhen's accident, he was furious.
Although he knew who he should target, he couldn't help but want to hold accountable everyone who almost caused his sister to lose her life, even if it was another victim.
Lu Shize was not so confident about Xu Shiyue. He could smell the scent of his own kind and he knew that Xu Shiyue was the same type as him.
They will make use of those they can as much as possible, and they will kill those who deserve revenge.
Lu Shize never felt that such a person was safe around Lu Shizhen. He was worried that Lu Shizhen was also within her range of revenge.
But later he listened to Li's accident report and couldn't believe it but had to confirm it with the surveillance footage in front of him.
It was this girl, so thin that she looked like she would break at any moment, who saved his sister from the water.
She did what Li couldn't do.
The water surged over Xu Shiyue's body, covering her head, but was broken by her.
The biting cold penetrated the water and deprived people of their body temperature. The veins in the hands that were tightly holding the person next to them were taut and a strange red.
It was also at this moment that Lu Shize saw Xu Shiyue’s weakness in the distorted image.
"Ah."
A laugh came out of Lu Shize's nose.
So they are the same kind.
"Those useless trash failed. What do you think I would do next if I were your second uncle?" Lu Shize asked.
Xu Shiyue didn't say anything, and Lu Shize didn't give her a chance to speak. He continued, "I will kill Zhenzhen too. She's too much of a nuisance."
Xu Shiyue knew that they almost did this this time.
If Li and his team had not caught the person hiding in the water, she and Lu Shizhen might have been drowned.
Xu Shouxian already had murderous intentions, and it was very dangerous for Lu Shizhen to be around him.
only…
Xu Shiyue frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something that was illogical.
Lu Shize gave her an answer: "Your uncle suddenly fell ill the night before yesterday and was sent to the hospital overnight. It seems that he will not be able to get up."
Xu Shiyue suddenly realized.
If you are going to do something, do it thoroughly. Being indecisive is not Xu Shouxian's style.
He had countless opportunities to die before this, from the fire, from the emergency treatment in the hospital, and even from the drugs injected into your body, but he didn't, because he thought of Xu Shoude.
After what happened last time, Xu Shiyue completely understood that her uncle only wanted family harmony and prosperity for the Xu family.
For him, fairness and truth are things that can be ignored if they will destroy the harmony that he, as the boss, has worked so hard to maintain.
But he didn't expect that the peace he was trying to maintain by "compromising" would also be destroyed.
What Xu Shouxian wants is wealth and power.
He had already made up his mind to kill and didn't care if there was more blood of brothers or relatives on his hands.
Xu Shiyue just found it ridiculous.
Aiding and aiding the evil will only lead to backlash from the evildoers.
“He is now preparing to consolidate funds.”
Xu Shiyue was still thinking when Lu Shize's voice brought her back.
"In order to solve the problem of tight teaching resources for primary, middle and high schools, the government plans to build a large community in the eastern suburbs next year. There will definitely be land purchase and bidding. The land will be determined in the first quarter of next year, and bidding will be held in the second quarter."
Lu Shize raised his head and looked at Xu Shiyue opposite him, saying, "I don't have that much time, and I don't want to see Zhenzhen in any danger again. I wonder what Miss Xu thinks."
Lu Shize seemed to have given himself two options, but in fact there was only one.
Xu Shiyue knew that buying land was a gamble with big risks.
These days she has read a lot of real estate information in City S. The eastern suburbs have not been developed on a large scale, and the development of various community projects supported by the government will be very convenient. However, if capitalists buy land for development on their own, it will be a waste of money.
If you bet right on this matter, you will make a lot of money, but if you bet wrong, you will lose everything.
Worse still, some may go bankrupt and get caught up in even more embarrassing turmoil.
It is more like a game than a "gamble" based on luck.
It depends on who can get more information, who can see more accurately, and who can sit more firmly.
Compared to bidding, which meant no loss to her, this was a risky business where failure would lead to eternal damnation.
so…
"I am the same as Mr. Lu." Xu Shiyue said firmly.
Perhaps it is because the bones have become armor, so when the soft spot appears, the whole person has to experience the pain of having bones broken.
Xu Shiyue didn't want Lu Shizhen to be in danger anymore than Lu Shize did. She needed new bones to protect this weak spot, and also needed to eliminate the spear aimed at her and her weak spot.
Lu Shize's tense face finally showed a satisfied expression at this moment.
"But our current partnership is out in the open. No matter how dumb Xu Shouxian is, he can understand what you are going to do. You need another company to hide so that you can really get involved." Lu Shize reminded.
"I know." Xu Shiyue had just thought of it, "I will use my father's network of connections to find a suitable partner for us."
"You have answered all the questions I assigned to you very well. I hope you won't disappoint me in actual practice." Lu Shize said, like a teacher admonishing his most satisfied student.
But he paused for a moment, and then sounded the alarm in Xu Shiyue's ears: "If you can't even get into the game, I won't return the Xu family's property to its original owner."
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu." Xu Shiyue nodded slightly, she understood.
She and Lu Shize are now just partners with the same goal.
If she is not qualified, then once they get rid of Xu Shouxian, she will have another enemy.
All her things, including Lu Shizhen, were taken away from her world.
.
The empty world was filled with the smell of disinfectant. When Lu Shizhen opened her eyes, she saw a square wall standing in her sight.
The window she painted was quietly hanging on the wall on one side, surrounded by flowers outside the window, which was the only embellishment in this lonely place.
She returned to the small square room.
Lu Shizhen's heart suddenly paused, and she subconsciously wanted to leave.
But as soon as she took a step, she found that her legs could not support her body and she fell to the ground.
The lightweight wheelchair was hit on her and the pain spread from her waist.
Then it stopped abruptly at the base of the thigh.
Lu Shizhen stared blankly at his own hands that had shrunk more than half their size. Only then did he realize that this was the tiny body he had when he was a child. His eyes were filled with sadness for a moment.
She used to accept the fact that she couldn't walk very calmly, but now she finds that she can't go back to the past. She has adapted to life with legs and is eager to stand up and walk.
Loneliness and helplessness attacked Lu Shizhen from the wall that was filled with the smell of disinfectant, as if it wanted to envelop and swallow her.
Lu Shizhen didn't want to be overwhelmed by this feeling, so she struggled and barely stood up with the help of the unfamiliar wheelchair beside her.
"Boom! Boom, Boom..."
It seemed like something had fallen from the table. As soon as Lu Shizhen sat on the wheelchair, he saw a scarlet apple rolling on the ground.
For some reason, the door of the ward was not closed, and the apple rolled back and forth, passing through the door frame and rolling into the corridor.
Lu Shizhen had already forgotten what special meaning this apple had for her when she was a child. She subconsciously pushed her wheelchair to chase after it, her childish voice filled with anxiety: "Apple..."
But just as she reached the door after chasing the apple, she saw a pair of hands in the distance holding up the apple that was rolling farther and farther away.
Those hands were small, and under the dim light of the corridor, the bright red apples made those hands look exceptionally white, like snowballs.
Lu Shizhen paused for a moment and looked up to take a look at the person who was holding the apple for him.
But at this moment, the entire corridor suddenly twisted, along with the pair of hands holding the apple.
The flat incandescent light was stretched and deformed, and it pierced straight into Lu Shizhen's eyes.
"!"
The dazzling light was unbearable, and Lu Shizhen suddenly opened his eyes.
The warm sunlight from the sun rushed towards her, and then a hand holding an apple appeared in her sight.
The crimson apple is round and beautiful, and the hand holding it looks particularly white.
It was just like the scene that just came out of a dream.
Lu Shizhen was still staring at the hand in a daze when she heard a calm question in her ear: "Would you like an apple?"
Lu Shizhen looked up in surprise.
The sunlight, which was a million times brighter than the artificial light in the square room, filled her vision, and the autumn scenery was swaying outside the window.
Xu Shiyue, who asked the question, was currently sitting beside his bed, slowly peeling an apple in his hand.
(End of this chapter)