"I'm so scared." An Lan murmured softly in the darkness.
It must be a lie to say that she is not afraid. This is definitely the first time she has encountered this kind of thing.
Even though she was calm before, she also knew that if we didn't succeed in saving ourselves, maybe we would all suffer now.
In fact, I'm scared too.
I comforted and said, "Don't be afraid, they are all gone."
We were face to face, so close that I could feel her breath on my face.
Of course, she will feel me too.
I said: "Let's go, it's safe now."
Her shining eyes looked directly at me in the darkness and said, "I can't move."
"Injured?" I asked in surprise.
"I sprained my foot just now. It hurts a lot. Now I can't move at all."
I knew she had sprained her ankle, but she had run so far with me just now. She must have gritted her teeth.
"I'll carry you." I said to her after hesitating for a moment.
With that said, I turned around and carried her soft body behind me.
The night was completely shrouded, and the surroundings were very quiet, so quiet that the only sound left was our breathing.
In the darkness, I walked back step by step with her on my back.
After returning to the village entrance, I finally felt relieved, because now I was truly safe.
I carried her back to my apartment, put her on a chair, squatted down in front of her, and asked her, "Which foot is sprained?"
"Right foot." She said with a painful look on her face.
So I carefully helped her take off her right shoe and rolled up her trousers.
I saw that her ankle was already red and swollen. If it was not treated in time, she might not be able to get out of bed tomorrow.
But it’s a two-hour drive from our place to the county seat, and it’s not even possible.
I thought about it and remembered that there was still some medicinal wine in the house that Cheng Xiaohu had brewed for drinking, which should come in handy.
I immediately poured out a small bowl of soaking wine, then returned to An Lan and said to her: "Be patient, I'll apply some medicinal wine on you."
She nodded, and I dipped my hand in the medicinal wine, and then gently applied it on her hands and ankles.
I knew it hurt, but An Lan didn't scream.
I raised my head and glanced at her, obviously seeing the forbearance on her expression.
But I continued to rub it for her. After I finished, I brought a stool and fixed her foot on the stool.
I said to her: "Don't move around and wipe it like this after a while."
She still nodded to me, as if she trusted me unconditionally.
In fact, I knew she must be in great pain, as her ankles were swollen.
"I'm sorry!" I said after sitting down next to her.
"What are you sorry for?" She turned to look at me with confusion on her face and said, "This is not your fault."
I sighed and said, "Those people just came for me, and you almost suffered as well."
"It's okay. I can't blame you. There are many things we can't predict."
As she spoke, she paused and then said with a smile: "And being able to experience these things with you, I am actually not afraid at all. As long as you are here, I am not afraid."
I lowered my head, I'm not stupid, I could hear her full love for me in every word she said.
But I just can't accept all this, after all, it's too nonsense for me.
I smiled and joked: "I said I'm not afraid. I don't know who's nails were almost embedded in my flesh just now. I don't know who said pitifully that I'm so scared."
Hearing my sinister tone, An Lan rolled his eyes at me and said, "You are just as disappointed as before. I just said I was afraid because I wanted you to protect me. Now I say I am not afraid because you successfully protected me."
Do I understand?"
"Yes, really?" I said a little embarrassed.
She snorted softly and stopped paying attention to me.
After a while, she asked me again: "But why did those people do this to you just now? Is there any history between you?"
I sighed again: "It's a long story."
I told everything about what happened with Liu Jian that time. After hearing this, An Lan was very angry and said: "How can there be such a person in the world! Why wasn't he sent to prison last time?"
I still sighed and said: "Cheng Xiaohu cut off one of his ears. The police said that this could not be regarded as self-defense, so the other party also had the right to sue us. Finally, we discussed it and decided to handle it peacefully."
"I am really angry after hearing this. I must send him in this time. I will tell Chen Min about this matter tomorrow and let her handle it directly."
"Who is Chen Min?"
An Lan paused and replied: "A good friend of mine is now also the head of the company's legal department. She is an excellent lawyer. With her here, it will be useless no matter how strong the other party's backend is."
"But we have no evidence!"
"Who said there is no more?" An Lan said, suddenly taking out his mobile phone.
Then I clicked on a video and played it.
I never expected that she would actually take a picture of the scene where Liu Jian and others threatened us just now, and the picture was very clear, and all the faces of those people were filmed.
I was shocked and said, "When did you take the photo? Why didn't I know?"
She said coldly: "I can't leave myself any options! That's why I deliberately hid behind you at that time, just to keep the evidence."
At that moment, I really admired An Lan's courage and was impressed by her calmness.
Because at that moment, I didn't even think of taking a photo with my phone, and I had no chance.
But she kept the evidence at such a critical time. I don't know how she did it.
But from this point of view, I can see that she is not a woman who only knows how to be afraid when things happen.
She is a brave, resourceful and calm woman.
After experiencing this frightening scene, I was still on tenterhooks that night, fearing that Liu Jian would bring someone with him to cause trouble again in the middle of the night.
So I didn't dare to sleep, and I locked all the doors and windows tightly, and hid a woodcutter under my pillow.
If there is any movement outside, I will definitely pull out the woodcutter from under the pillow and go out to fight with him.
Fortunately, it was relatively safe that night. It wasn't until three or four o'clock in the morning that I fell asleep.
Early the next morning I heard the sound of the door opening outside and woke up. I am very sensitive and will wake up if there is any sound.
I hurriedly got out of bed and ran outside to take a look. It turned out that An Lan had come out of the room. She had slept in Cheng Lu's room last night.
She was standing at the door of the room and smiled at me when she saw me.
I smiled back at her and said, "Why are you up so early?"
"It's getting late, it's already half past eight. Normally I would be on my way to the company at this time."
I looked at her feet and asked, "Are your feet healed?"
As if she hadn't reacted yet, she said in surprise: "Hey! It's true, I didn't even notice it. It just came out naturally. It doesn't seem to hurt anymore."
Seeing the happy smile on her face, I smiled with peace of mind and said, "The medicinal wine will still work."
"Yes, but it still hurts a little bit. It should be no big problem." She took two more steps back and forth and said.
"Then don't move around, sit down and rest for a while, I'll make breakfast."
"Aren't you going to Chengdu with me today?"
I was stunned and said, "Go ahead! But we agreed to do it in the afternoon."
"Well, I'll wait for you."
As soon as An Lan finished speaking, my cell phone rang.
I took out my phone and saw it was Jiang Tao calling.