"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 tightened slightly, and he subconsciously pulled her to his side.

Wu Qiang and Zhao Shen led the people over, looked at the girl behind Shen Kuo, and said with a smile: "She looks very familiar. She was also at the fire scene 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 lifted her in front of him, pulled the hair from her ear with one hand, and held the back of her head with the other hand, pretending to look her up.

The action was a bit rough, and Lu Yan felt that the scalp next to her ears 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 a hint of deep meaning in his eyes: "Xiao Shen, do you know her?"

"Lu Zhen's sister is a mentally retarded child. She was abducted and trafficked before, but she was recently found."

Lu Yan understood Shen Kuo's meaning and hurriedly hid behind him, holding his arm and pretending to be scared, trembling.

"Idiot? Doesn't it look like that?"

Zhao Shen came over and looked at Lu Yan closely. Unexpectedly, Lu Yan picked up the wine glass next to her and threw the wine in his face.

"Hahaha!" She clapped her hands and laughed: "It's so fun!"

Even Shen Kuo was surprised.

This girl's fiery personality is exactly the same as Lu Zhen's, and she suddenly gets angry, obviously for revenge. However... her acting skills are actually quite good, and she pretends to be mentally retarded very well.

"Damn, this fool..."

Zhao Shen was very upset when he had wine poured on his face. He stepped forward and grabbed Lu Yan: "I'm tired of living!"

Lu Yan hid behind Shen Kuo, revealing a big dark eye, staring at him defensively, like a child.

Wu Qiang is not as simple-minded as Zhao Shen. He has been observing Lu Yan's behavior.

"There are not many fools who come to the dance hall." He sneered and said, "Shen Kuo, are you sure there is something wrong with her mind? She heard everything we just said."

Shen Kuo asked him: "What did we just talk about?"

Wu Qiang grinned.

He knew that Shen Kuo was a very smart guy and he had to be extremely careful when dealing with him.

"Since this silly little girl has come to our dance hall, we must do our best to entertain her as landlords."

After Wu Qiang finished speaking, he winked at the men around him and wanted to take Lu Yan away.

Lu Yan hugged Shen Kuo's arm tightly and whispered: "Uncle Shen..."

Shen Kuo heard that this girl was really scared.

"You still call me uncle, you seem to be a fool." Zhao Shen laughed and looked at Shen Kuo: "Shen Kuo, there are so many people here, you see, she just hugs you and never lets go."

Wu Qiang said half-jokingly: "Don't be jealous. Who makes our little Shen look so pretty? Look at the little girls around me. When they see him, they all have their eyes fixed, like those of hungry jackals."

It looks like fat."

Shen Kuo smiled lightly, put his hand on Lu Yan's face, and pinched her cheek in a bad way: "Otherwise, how can I say he is a fool? Who doesn't know that I have an incompatible relationship with his brother?"

Wu Qiang said to his subordinates: "Take her to the private room. She is a fool anyway, so we are not afraid of her going out and talking nonsense."

"It's not necessary, Brother Qiang."

Shen Kuo looked at him and said softly: "Her father, Lu Jian, is not someone to be trifled with. We do business and make money by being friendly. There is no need to become enemies with the Lu family for the sake of temporary happiness."

Wu Qiang played with an empty porcelain cup in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and judged the intention behind his words: "It's okay to let her go, but to be on the safe side, we have to test her to see if she really doesn't understand anything."

Shen Kuo's eyes flashed: "How to detect it?"

Wu Qiang lit a cigarette and then put the cigarette butt close to Lu Yan's face: "Since you are a fool, naturally you are not afraid of losing your appearance."

Lu Yan could feel the burning heat of the cigarette butt approaching a little bit, her big dark eyes blinked, her face was innocent and calm, as if she "didn't know what they were doing".

God knows, she was about to collapse inside.

If the cigarette butt burns her face, she will definitely lose her appearance... But the current situation is that if she doesn't hold on, her life may not be saved.

These guys are not good people. They can do terrible things like setting fires. Killing people is nothing to them!

Lu Yan's heart was full of determination. "The wind is rustling and the water is cold." Who told her to... be in the hands of others today?

As long as these guys can be brought to justice, the appearance will be disfigured. The worst case... The worst case scenario is that she will have minor plastic surgery later and let Lu Zhen pay for the best cosmetic surgery for her!

At the critical moment, Shen Kuo took the cigarette butt from Wu Qiang's hand and put it out on the back of his hand.

There was a "sizzling" sound, and the skin and flesh were burnt.

Wu Qiang was caught off guard and was burned by the high temperature. He held his hands and screamed.

Shen Kuo grabbed Lu Yan's wrist, held her and ran all the way into the chaotic crowd in the ballroom.

Wu Qiang reacted and shouted to his men at the door: "Stop them!"

Several men rushed in front of Shen Kuo and blocked his way. Some even took out knives.

Shen Kuo was extremely skilled, protecting Lu Yan and "greeting" the group of people in a few moments.

Lu Yan was panicked and frightened. She couldn't see anything in the chaos and followed him outside with stumbling steps.

Passing through the narrow staircase, the two people ran out of the chaotic dance hall. The turbid smell 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 hard and ran towards the end of the entertainment street.

Wu Qiang's men also chased them out. Looking at their posture, they were not going to let them go.

Of course they can't let it go. The two of them now hold Wu Qiang's handle, and they are bound to die tonight.

Lu Yan was not very strong. She ran for almost a kilometer, holding on to the wall and panting: "I can't do it anymore, Uncle Shen, I... I can't run anymore, please leave me alone."

Shen Kuo looked back and took her to hide in a dark alley next to her.

This alley was extremely narrow and could only accommodate one person. Shen Kuo pressed Lu Yan against the wall, pressing his hot body against it, engulfing her entire petite body in his arms.

The group of people chased them all the way, looking around for the two of them, but did not 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 like she was about to be squeezed into a meat bun.

Shen Kuo pressed his hand on the back of her head, pressed her face on his chest, and carefully looked sideways at the entrance of the alley.

The group of men who were mindlessly chasing and slashing 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 entrance of the alley, and asked in a low voice: "Have they left?"

Shen Kuo looked downcast and did not answer.

Lu Yan felt the low 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 screamed -

"It hurts so much! What are you doing!"

There was a slight anger in Shen Kuo's dark brown eyes, and he tightly grasped her collar with his hand, and said harshly: "Who the hell put you in that place!"

"I...I'm here to find you."

"Who asked you to come to me!"

Lu Yan didn't understand why Shen Kuo was suddenly so angry, and hurriedly defended: "I just want to return the hundred to you, I..."

The words were stuck in her throat and she could no longer speak, because she felt... Shen Kuo's body was trembling slightly, and all the muscles in his body were trembling.

He seemed very scared.

Lu Yan had never seen Shen Kuo look so frightened. He was Shen Kuo, that man with ruthless thoughts and cruel methods, that man who never believed in fate or heaven. How could he ever be afraid?

Thinking about it, it was really dangerous just now, and I almost died. Normal people would be afraid.

Lu Yan put her arms around his waist and patted his back: "Uncle Shen, don't be afraid, it's okay."

Shen Kuo's whole body was hardened, but his heart softened.

God knows how scared he was when he just saw Wu Qiang treat her like that.

He once dug a hole in the soil in his heart and buried all his sincerity, love, and desire...

He speaks human words when seeing people and lies when seeing ghosts, and he is graceful and good at dancing. But just now, all his disguises were blown away.

Unable to care about anything, Wu Qiang burned her face with a cigarette butt, and Shen Kuo wanted to kill him...

At this moment, Lu Yan had no idea that Shen Kuo was worried about her. She thought he was just frightened by the group of people, so she gently patted his back and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid."

"Lu Yan, let me go."

His voice is low.

Lu Yan obediently let him go. The alley was narrow and it felt a little awkward for the two of them to stand together.

The place Lu Yan looked at was Shen Kuo's chest. Even though he was wearing clothes, he could see the undulating muscle lines underneath through the thin fabric.

Lu Yan turned her face to the side and buried it in his neck.

In my nose, there was the smell of 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 was slightly astringent, but not unpleasant.

With the two people standing together at such a close distance, the atmosphere gradually began to become more subtle. Inexplicably, Lu Yan's cheeks and even her earlobes began to burn.

The air is humid and hot.

Shen Kuo swallowed, his Adam's apple rolled up, and he made a slight swallowing sound, which was particularly clear in the quiet alley, with a bit of ambiguity.

The man couldn't stand the stimulation and walked away.

Lu Yan caught up with him: "Uncle Shen, where are you going?"

"go home."

"No, I have something else to do with you."

He did not stop and walked away alone. Lu Yan had no choice but to catch up.

"Shen Kuo!"

"Don't follow me."

As night fell, Shen Kuo turned around and walked through several tube buildings before returning to his door. 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 his house.

As if Shen Kuo didn't see her, he shut the door behind her with a bang.

Lu Yan was startled by the sound of the door closing and shrank back.

It was already miserable to be rejected, but at this moment, it started raining again.

The heavy rain was accompanied by lightning and thunder, and it came fiercely.

Lu Yan hurriedly hid under the eaves, standing on tiptoes as close to the wall as possible to prevent the raindrops falling from the eaves from getting her clothes wet.

So unlucky...

The sky was gloomy, lights were on in the surrounding towers, and the aroma of food wafted over.

Lu Yan swallowed and covered her flat belly, which was already growling.

In the room, Shen Kuo covered his arms, took down the medical kit from the shelf, and walked to the table.

Looking up, he saw the girl outside the window standing awkwardly under the eaves. The eaves were very narrow, and her trousers had already been soaked by the rain.

Shen Kuo was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and opened the door.

The door was opened a crack, and after waiting for a few minutes, Lu Yan did not come in. Shen Kuo couldn't help but go out and take a look, and saw this girl pulling out a broken umbrella from somewhere.

The frame of the umbrella was already rusty and cracked. After it was opened, half of the umbrella cloth was still hanging down. She couldn't care less and rushed straight into the heavy rain.

"you come back."

Lu Yan turned around and saw Shen Kuo standing by the door with a helpless expression.

She stepped out cautiously and withdrew her foot again.

"Come in."

Shen Kuo's voice was concise and powerful. After speaking, he turned around and returned to the house.

Lu Yan hesitated for a moment, then slowly entered the house. There was only one white chandelier hanging in the house. Because it was a rainy day, it was not dark yet, but the light was very dim.

The room is very small, and the furniture and items are placed relatively close together, making it appear very cramped.

The humid air was filled with a faint smell of Chinese medicine. No wonder Lu Yan always smelled the bitter smell of medicine on Shen Kuo and thought it was an illusion.

There are also some medicine capsules placed on the cabinet. It can be seen that there are patients in this home.

At this time, a heavy coughing sound came from the inner room, and a thin man walked out shakily and asked in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Kuo, who is here?"

"classmate."

"Oh, let's invite our classmates to sit down."

Lu Yan called out politely: "Hello, uncle, sorry to bother you."

"Okay...students, let's stay for dinner."

After Shen Jianxun said this, he suddenly saw the medicine box on the table and asked in surprise: "Xiao Kuo, what are you doing with the medicine box?"

"If you get caught in the rain, take some cold medicine."

Shen Kuo took the medical kit, pushed Lu Yan back to his room, and closed the door.

"Stay inside."

"okay."

Lu Yan nodded obediently and looked around Shen Kuo's room——

His room was relatively narrow, with not many things. Outside the sliding window was a black wall covered with moss and mildew, making the whole room look very depressing.

There is a desk by the window that looks like it is made of handmade wood. It looks very old, so the edges have been polished smooth and smooth.

There were no bookshelves, and the table was filled with books. There were not many books, they were all textbooks. The only teaching aid was "Comprehensive Analysis of College Entrance Examination Mathematics" that Lu Yan secretly gave him.

Unlike other textbooks, the book was well protected by him. It was not curled or folded. It still looked like new, but the open page had many dense notes written on it.

The two people's eyes 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: "Is Father Shen not in good health?"

"Um."

"I'll leave when the rain stops. Don't disturb his rest."

Shen Kuo saw that the girl's bangs were wet and stuck together due to the rain, and she stood awkwardly at the table, looking very well-behaved.

The rain outside is getting heavier and it doesn't seem like it will stop anytime soon.

He turned around and prepared 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 in color. She walked over and touched it in surprise, and found that it was actually wet.

There was blood on her palms.

Lu Yan whispered: "You are bleeding!"

Shen Kuo opened his sleeves. In the confusion just now, his right arm was slashed and a line of flesh and blood was revealed.

Lu Yan said eagerly: "I'll take you to the hospital!"

"Need not."

"Why!"

"I don't want to go."

He had not been to the hospital a few times since he was a child. He had a headache and a fever, so he could hold on to the quilt and sleep, gritting his teeth to survive. It cost a lot of money to register for a visit to the hospital to take X-rays and medicines.

Shen Kuo turned his back, took off his clothes and threw them aside, preparing to treat the stab wound on his arm himself.

Lu Yan couldn't do much to help, and she couldn't persuade him, so she could only stand on the sidelines and watch.

He turned around, leaving only his back to her.

The solid and tight muscles on Shen Kuo's back were completely different from the reckless muscular men Lu Yan had seen in the gym. His muscles were accumulated through years of hard work and were full of strength.

The way he treated the wound was very rough. He poured alcohol directly on the wound. Although the wound was not too deep, there was still blood. If he just poured alcohol on it, it would be extremely painful!

Lu Yan didn't even have time to stop him. His body was obviously trembling slightly due to severe pain, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"are you crazy!"

Lu Yan ran over, wiped the alcohol and blood on his arm with clean gauze, and said urgently: "It must hurt so much..."

How could it not hurt? Shen Kuo's lips turned pale.

"Disinfection," he hissed.

"You just poured alcohol on the wound without seeing it disinfected! Why don't you go to the hospital if you don't know how to deal with it?"

"I don't want to go." Shen Kuo opened his eyes and said feebly: "Just take it slow."

While scolding him for being stingy, Lu Yan wiped the area around his wound, then rummaged through the medicine box for Yunnan white ointment to stop bleeding, applied it to him with her fingertips, and applied it little by little on the wound.

Because she was afraid of hurting him, she would come closer and gently blow on the wound when applying the ointment.

Shen Kuo felt the cool breeze caressing the skin of his arms, thin and itchy.

Lu Yan bandaged his arm. Although she was not professional, fortunately the wound was not deep and it should be fine.

"If you get sick or injured in the future, you will 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 between her eyebrows and eyes. She is serious in everything she says and does.

It seems that she is so kind to everyone.

Shen Kuo never knew that being carefully taken care of by a girl would be such a soft feeling.

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 bit of softness.

Lu Yan, on the other hand, had been cared for and pampered since she was a child. She didn't know how to take care of others. She had a carefree temper and was not a considerate and delicate girl. However, she inadvertently gave him all her tenderness...

Shen Kuo is like a child who has tasted candy for the first time. He is very greedy and wants to take advantage of her unique good.

This girl is really innocent. If he uses some tricks, he might not be able to take her as his own...

But this crazy thought was only fleeting.

She was as beautiful as the dewdrops on the grass after the rain, and he couldn't bear to tarnish her in the slightest.

After all...not worthy.

Shen Kuo was lost in his own emotions, but Lu Yan remembered what happened just now and asked him: "Did you already know that it was Wu Qiang and the others who set the fire?"

Shen Kuo was stunned for a moment and nodded. He had always had suspicions in his heart, but he had just been confirmed.

"Then...you still drink with them."

Shen Kuo looked at the little girl's indignant look and smiled lightly: "Finally, you remembered to raise an army to investigate?"

Lu Yan grabbed his sleeve and pulled it out: "You have to follow me to the police station to report the crime and help me testify. I heard they said it was arson."

Shen Kuo said casually: "I don't want to go."

"Why?"

"I only promised Lu Zhen to find the real culprit. Now that the real culprit has been found, what to do 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 what I say."

Who would believe what a fool says.

Lu Yan thought about how Lu Zhen had only lost his underwear during this period, and finally caught the culprit. She must not let those guys go unpunished again.

Frustrated and angry, she crossed her legs and sat down on Shen Kuo's bed, saying shamelessly: "I...I won't leave!"

Shen Kuo fell on the bed and lay next to her: "If you don't want to leave, you can sleep with me tonight."

"You!" Lu Yan was really pissed off by him: "Who wants to sleep with you, you old thing!"

Shen Kuo's left arm swung over, and his rough fingertips clamped down on her lower jaw, causing her mouth to pout.

"He's Uncle Shen and he's an old man, so what misunderstanding does he have about my age?"

Sometimes he really thought this girl was a fool, but sometimes she looked very clever and unpredictable.

Lu Yan muttered: "It is."

After all, he is almost two rounds older than her, okay!

"Forget it if you don't help, I'll go call the police myself."

After Lu Yan finished speaking, she stood up and opened the bedroom door. Shen Jian saw Lu Yan coming out and said repeatedly: "Classmate, please stay for dinner. I just called the restaurant to bring food over."

"Ah, don't bother uncle!"

"No trouble, no trouble. Just sit down and dinner will be served soon."

Shen Jianxun's mental state has not been very good, and it is rare for him to have guests at home, so he is very happy.

Shen Kuo came out and said, "Sit down and leave after eating."

Father Shen already ordered "takeout", so Lu Yan couldn't refuse, so she had no choice but to stay.

…

The rain stopped at eight o'clock.

Lu Yan felt very embarrassed, even though she came uninvited, and let Shen's father spend so much money to entertain her, so she tried her best to eat as much as possible, so as not to live up to their enthusiasm.

Father Shen seems to be an honest man, he speaks cheerfully and is very easy to get along with, but his face is not good, and he can tell that he has been ill for many years.

"Xiao Kuo doesn't have many friends. No female classmate has ever come to our house. Ahem..."

Before he could finish speaking, he started coughing violently again.

Shen Kuo went out quickly, poured water for his father, and patted his back to cheer him up.

"Dad, go lie down on the bed."

"Okay, then I'll go in and rest for a while, so I won't disturb your chat."

Shen Jianxun went back to the house to lie down with his rickets, while Lu Yan and Shen 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. She would contract it if she was exposed to a polluted environment for many years and her lungs absorbed too much dust.

"Uncle's previous job was..."

"Cement plant worker."

"oh."

No wonder.

This disease is very difficult to treat, and there is basically no possibility of recovery. It can only be said that one is hanging on to one's life and living one day at a time.

This home exudes a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and even Shen Kuo's body is tainted with a bit of the bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine. I think it is because of the long years of boiling medicine.

At this time, Lu Yan's cell phone rang, and the caller was Lu Zhen, asking her why she hadn't come home so late.

Lu Yan did not dare to say that she was at Shen Kuo's house. She only said perfunctorily that she was having dinner at a classmate's house and told him not to worry, and then returned.

Lu Jian has been away on business trips for many years, and the cynical young master Lu in the past has almost taken on all the responsibilities for taking care of Lu Yan.

An elder brother is like a father.

Sometimes Shen Kuo had to admit that Lu Zhen was actually not a bad guy. He was very affectionate and was extremely kind to his family, friends and lovers.

but...…

The grievances between him and him are by no means easily overturned.

Before Lu Yan left, she stood by the door, holding on to her last glimmer of hope. She raised her head and asked him: "Really...can't you help testify?"

Shen Kuo's rough fingertips pressed 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 and watched Shen Kuo close the door.

She could actually understand that it was Lu Zhen who was at fault in the first place. He bullied Shen Kuo a lot because of his wealth and power.

It is human nature for people not to be willing to help.

Beside the screen window, Shen Kuo watched the little girl's figure gradually disappear into the alley shrouded in the shadow of the street lights.

He was silent for a moment, took out a repeater with a recording function from his schoolbag, and slowly placed it on the table...

Silly girl, there is no evidence to accuse you.

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