Chen Jing sat behind the bar. He was wearing a black work suit and was not very conspicuous in the busy club.
No one would disturb him, and no one would talk to him. Chen Jing lit a cigarette.
He seldom smokes, and only lights up a cigarette to relieve his boredom when he feels particularly stressed.
Today he went to the hospital, and Chen's mother's condition had worsened. The cost of a bone marrow transplant was very high. Perhaps because she was no longer young and proud, or perhaps because she had let go of her prejudices, Chen's mother's attitude towards Chen Jing became very good, and she begged him to save her.
In the afternoon, Chen Lianxing called him and said that he needed to buy new paintbrushes.
Chen Lianxing studies fine arts, and the money he spends on painting paper every year is a considerable sum.
When Chen Jierui was still at home, she was actually a lovely and warm little girl. She taught herself to speak together with her adoptive father. Chen Jing remembered that scene in her heart for many years.
Before his adoptive father went to prison, he even expressed his hope that Chen Jing and Chen Lianxing would get married in the future.
As Chen Lianxing grew up, her ambition became higher and higher, so Chen Jing stopped mentioning this matter. He knew his own shortcomings and let Chen Lianxing live her own life.
For Chen Jing, after escaping from the jungle to human society, the only family love he has received in his life is from the Chen family.
He was lost in thought when he heard a commotion at the door of a private room.
A girl was struggling and crying, but was forcibly taken into a private room.
This kind of thing would happen occasionally in the past. After all, it was a club, and some unruly guests would tease the waiters, and the club would ask Chen Jing to take action.
But if they bring boys and girls themselves, the club will turn a blind eye. Sometimes when they are having fun, you may get into trouble if you try to stop them.
Chen Jing had seen this kind of thing so many times that he had long been indifferent to it, but when he saw the girl's back, his face changed.
He put out his cigarette and strode over.
Someone quickly stopped him: "Brother Jing, no, that's Mr. Liu San, and that girl was brought in by Mr. Liu San, they might know her."
Chen Jing's face turned terribly dark. He pushed the person away and walked inside. The girl was Chen Lianxing!
Chen Jing kicked the door open. Liu Dingcheng, who was holding someone down and preparing to do something, cursed: "Which blind dog..."
Chen Jing pulled him up from Chen Lianxing and was about to punch him.
The girl raised her face crying, and the moment Chen Jing saw her face clearly, his eyes darkened.
He paused what he was doing. It wasn't Chen Lianxing, but the back looked similar.
The strange girl wiped away her tears and quickly hugged Liu Dingcheng's arm: "Third Master, are you okay?"
Liu Dingcheng spat: "I'm here to play, who the hell are you?"
Seeing the staff badge on Chen Jing, Liu Dingcheng was furious: "Call the manager over!"
The manager knew something was wrong immediately. The whole Fengming City knew that Boss Liu was the most petty person and would never give up. Chen Jing came in rashly, not only interrupting his fun, but also almost hitting someone.
Just for the sake of face, Liu Dingcheng wanted to kill him.
The manager smiled apologetically: "He is a young man who drank too much tonight and accidentally offended you. You are a generous person. Can you let him go for free with the drinks tonight?"
Liu Dingcheng's eyes were grim, and he said grimly, "Let him go and teach him a lesson, isn't that too much?"
"Of course, it's up to you, whatever you want."
Chen Jing clenched his fists and then unclenched them.
Daning sat on the second floor of the opposite balcony, with her chin propped up, watching the man being beaten in the alley.
The four or five people surrounding him punched and kicked him, but he protected his vital parts and said nothing.
Daning watched them for as long as they fought.
She praised in an innocent tone: "It's really pleasing to the eyes, but it's a pity that his sister Lianxing doesn't feel sorry for her brother."
Qingtuan covered his eyes and quietly opened them a little.
The moon is out.
The waning moon hung in the sky, and the group of people dispersed after getting tired of fighting. In the distance, neon lights flickered, and Chen Jing on the ground was motionless. Dai Ning watched him for a long time, and then he got up from the ground.
Blood flowed from the corners of his mouth and nose.
Chen Jing sat against the wall, his hands on his knees, breathing heavily.
The moonlight is pale white, and so is the color of Chen Jing's life. When he was a child, all the wolves in the wolf pack rejected him except the mother wolf who raised him.
He had no thick fur, so he could only curl up in the arms of a she-wolf to keep warm in winter. Every powerful beast could kill him, and the scar on his neck was proof of his "weakness" as a human being. Chen Jing was almost dead several times, but he was lucky enough to survive.
Later, when he arrived in human society, he thought he had finally found his own tribe.
But in their eyes, he who came out of the jungle, naked and eating raw meat, is still that alien, and a powerful alien at that.
Human children don't have the sharp claws of wolves, but they will treat him in a more cruel way.
The Chen family was his salvation, but also the starting point of hardship. He put aside the pride he learned from the wolf pack and took on another kind of responsibility.
He was a stutterer, and his voice was hoarse, like rough sandpaper rubbing against a knife blade. Whenever Chen Jing opened his mouth, people would look at him strangely, and over time, he rarely spoke to people.
Chen Jing closed his eyes, wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb, took out a cigarette from his trouser pocket and lit it.
Sometimes he didn't know why he had to live so hard. Living in such a strange, lonely and cold way, what was the meaning of happiness
A petite figure ran towards him in the smoke. The little boy was wearing baggy clothes and trousers, and a tattered brown hat that he got from somewhere.
Dai Ning ran over, saw Chen Jing's appearance, and suddenly her eyes were filled with tears.
She sobbed very sadly: "Wuwuwu brother, what's wrong with you."
Seeing that he was motionless, she held his face and tried to smell his breath.
Chen Jing: …
He opened his eyes and met a pair of clear eyes like glass. The little girl sniffed: "Brother, you are not dead."
Chen Jing was speechless. He took a puff of his cigarette, held it between his fingers, and looked at her coldly.
Miraculously, the girl understood what he meant and explained why she hadn't left yet.
"I want to say goodbye to you. My brother said he would work until twelve o'clock. Now it's one o'clock. I'm afraid something has happened to you. I asked Li Ming, and he said you might be here." Dai Ning took out a tissue from her pocket and carefully wiped the blood off his face. She sobbed and said, "Brother, don't be afraid. I'll take you to the hospital."
As she said this, she opened her soft arms and tried hard to hug him.
Chen Jing lowered his eyes and looked at her.
The little girl had long black eyelashes and her face turned red, but she couldn't move him at all. Her little mouth pouted and she was about to cry again.
Chen Jing couldn't bear to see girls crying, so he propped himself up.
She quickly supported him: "Brother, let's go to the hospital."
Chen Jing shook his head, put out his cigarette, and staggered towards home.
Daning quickly supported him.
Knowing that she was a weak and delicate girl, a little waste, Chen Jing was afraid of hurting her, so he leaned against her weakly and did not dare to let her hold him.
Even so, her cheeks were still rosy.
The street lights were warm, lighting their way back to the dark alley.
"Brother, if you feel pain, tell me."
Chen Jing didn't answer, sweat oozing out of his forehead.
"We will call the police tomorrow and ask them to beat up these bad guys too."
Chen Jing didn't bother to pay attention to her naive thoughts.
She thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Brother, you are injured, I am worried, can I leave tomorrow during the day?"
Chen Jing glanced at her. The little girl was afraid that he would be angry, so she quickly said, "Brother, I'm just kidding. I'll just send you home and leave."
Seeing her timid look, Chen Jing finally realized that he seemed too cold towards this little girl he had picked up.
If it were Chen Lianxing, he would definitely be tolerant and patient. After all, so many years have passed, and he still takes good care of Chen Lianxing.
As for Daning, he was just afraid that she would become a new burden to him.
Chen Jing nodded and said that it should be fine if he kept him for one more night.
Dai Ning's eyes were suddenly filled with stars and she smiled.
Chen Jing discovered that she really loved to cry. If you said something harsh to her, tears would roll down. But she also loved to laugh. She would be so happy that she would forget all the previous unhappiness before her tears had even dried.
"Brother, what's that noise on the roadside?"
Cricket, he thought.
“Will they jump out?”
No, that's a stupid question.
"Why is Alley No. 18 called No. 18 instead of No. 19?"
God knows.
“Is Li Ming your good friend?”
…
Chen Jing's world had never been so lively in his life. She kept chattering along the way, always asking a lot of strange questions. He had problems with his ability to express himself, so he enjoyed listening to her talk alone.
Even if he didn't speak, she wouldn't be impatient, but would become more excited instead.
Chen Jing didn't know that the club was so close to the dark alley.
Although he was still in pain, he could walk on his own without her support. At 1:30 in the morning, everything else was quiet, but the bustle of No. 18 Alley was just beginning.
Chen Jing rolled up his bloodstained cuffs, his face turned cold again. He pushed down the hat of the girl beside him to cover her delicate little face.
Countless pairs of eyes were looking at him in the dark, but after seeing his terrifying and fierce gaze, they withdrew their gazes, and even dared not look at the little girl next to him who was dressed inappropriately.
The two of them got home safely.
Dai Ning thought that Chen Jing's physical condition was indeed frighteningly good. If she had been beaten like that, she would have been paralyzed on one side of her body and would have had to stay in the hospital for several months at least. Chen Jing took an hour to recover and looked like nothing had happened.
How can such a son of heaven die? He can't die at all!
Fortunately, I didn't let my own people go, otherwise those idiots would probably have to lie in a row in the hospital.
After closing the door, Chen Jing couldn't help coughing twice. Dai Ning hurriedly said, "Do you have any medicine at home? I'll go get it."
Chen Jing tapped the coffee table.
Dai Ning took out a medical kit, which contained a complete set of tools for treating external injuries. After all, Chen Jing made a living by punching his fists, so he must have been injured many times.
She hesitantly picked up the bandage and scissors and looked at him.
Chen Jing guessed that she wouldn't, so he took the potion and dealt with it himself.
Considering that she was there, Chen Jing just applied medicine and bandaged the wound on his arm.
The little girl next to him looked at him with her dark eyes and rubbed her neck with the back of her hand from time to time.
Chen Jing looked over and saw a large red patch on her neck, which looked shocking.
He had guessed that she was of noble status, but he had not expected her to be so delicate. She was wearing ordinary clothes, and when she supported him, her shoulders and neck were rubbed red.
Chen Jing looked at her for a long time, then lowered his head and sent a text message to Li Ming: "Ask Sister Hong to buy a set of girls' clothes."
Dai Ning looked at him eagerly. Chen Jing looked away and added to Li Ming: "Be gentle."
Just think of it as giving her another set of clothes. She still has to leave in two days.
Li Ming has an older sister, and everyone calls her Sister Hong.
Li Ming was still hanging around outside at this hour in the morning. He guessed that Brother Jing was buying new clothes for his "sister" and agreed readily: "I'll tell my sister."
After hearing her brother's request, Li Hong thought Chen Lianxing had returned. After all, everyone knew that Chen Jing was reluctant to spend money, but he was very thoughtful in preparing things for Chen Lianxing.
The quilt that Dai Ning sleeps on now was also bought by Li Hong.
When it came to treating Chen Lianxing, Chen Jing was very generous in giving money.
Li Hong sneered disdainfully. Chen Lianxing probably wanted something again, so she thought of her brother. She hadn't been home for so many years, and now she came back to ask for this and that.
Although she didn't like Chen Lianxing, Li Hong prepared things very attentively. Chen Jing only asked for softness, so she picked a purple skirt with malicious intentions.
Not every girl can handle such a gorgeous color.
The price is not cheap either, more than 800 yuan.
Chen Lianxing's family has fallen into poverty. She is unwilling to wear cheap clothes and even ignores the fact that her mother is still in the hospital and keeps comparing herself with others.
It was just that she was lucky to have a brother like Chen Jing who was willing to support her, otherwise, there was no telling what kind of depravity she would have become.