In the corridor outside the room, the lights were dim and the burly men in suits needed to hold a flashlight.
Under the light, several people were haphazardly lying on the ground, constantly howling and whimpering in pain as they painfully held their sides.
The boss whom he had previously heard of from their constant visits was currently standing in front of them, carefully protected behind several of his men. At the moment, he was cautiously watching Ye Shen’s party and looking out for what they were intending to do.
As he was advancing forward, Ye Shen was being tightly protected by the crowd of bodyguards without giving him the opportunity to object or speak at all.
When he looked back, the young girl was carelessly standing in the middle of the dim and gloomy corridor. With her cold expression unchanged, she was fearlessly facing this group of criminals as if it was any other regular visit.
Leaving the two opposed sites behind, Ye Shen was safely sent to the car parked outside. However, from the moment he sat inside, his stare didn’t move from the exit he just left from, not even for a second.
Half an hour later, Chu Zheng finally came out from the dilapidated building. The beautiful young girl in school uniform calmly exited the place while casually carrying her school bag on her shoulder. Her sleeves slightly pulled up thus revealing her beautiful and slender jade wrists. This beautiful and delicate image was simply too discordant with the run-down building in the background, and the crowd of intimidating bodyguards obediently following her behind.
This scene seemed like it came out straight of a mafia movie were the domineering big sister would lead out the men under her command in the underground community.
Once in front of the car, the closest bodyguard silently opened the door for her, and the cool air instantly invaded the warm interior of the car.
Only when the car smoothly left that nightmarish place di Ye Shen’s tense body slowly start to relax.
“How did you …… know I was here?”
“Asked someone.” A short and straightforward answer, the same as usual.
“Did you …… come here specifically for me?”
“Hmm.”
Ye Shen felt like the silent lake in his heart had slowly started rippling until it finally developed into turbulent and indominable waves that couldn’t be controlled anymore.
Silently clenching his fists, Ye Shen looked at Chu Zheng’s beautiful profile illuminated by the warm lights inside the car. The girl’s eyebrows are slightly downcast, and her slender fingers quietly rested on her delicate wrist while occasionally tapping it every now and then. (TN: this is kind of a tic of the protagonist’s as she does this throughout the novel and you’ll understand why as the story goes.)
The car quietly drove away from the outskirts, but the road was so bumpy and uneven that Ye Shen abruptly fell over to her side from the sudden impact.
His position was unsteady and he was easily propelled by the car movement ending up directly against Chu Zheng’s body.
When he suddenly fell over, he initially wanted to get up, however, he suddenly stopped his action and slowly leaned back against her shoulder in a cautious and probing manner.
Feeling the sudden weight on her body, Chu Zheng simply tried to avoid it by moving away to the side, however, Wang Zhe’s prompt stopped her right in time.
[Xiao Jiejie, we want to be a good person! How can you do something like pushing him when he’s in a weak state right after such a traumatic experience! You just saved him from a den of beasts, you have to give him tender and loving care, and remember to be a good person!]
Afterwards, the car peacefully drove for half an hour before parking outside an unfamiliar neighborhood.
“Miss Ji, we have arrived.”
The bodyguard calmly stopped the car and notified Chu Zheng they had reached their destination. It was the familiar neighborhood they had come to before and where Chu Zheng lived after leaving the Ji house.
Chu Zheng expressionlessly took out a bag from her backpack and silently handed it to the person in the driver seat.
The other party immediately inspected the contents and his solemn and ferocious expression finally showed a smile that looked just as scary on his scared face: “Thank you for your patronage, Miss Ji, “The Invincible Bodyguards” Company bodyguard was happy to offer its services. Please don’t hesitate to call us again if need be. Oh, and please don’t forget to give us good reviews.”
Ye Shen: “???”
Is this from some kind of advertising?
The several cars full of bodyguards left one after the other, and Chu Zheng silently pulled Ye Shen inside the neighborhood.
“Hiss ……” (TN: Pain sfx, sucking in cold air in pain)
Chu Zheng turned back to look at him.
Ye Shen gritted his teeth and endured the pain on his wrist: “It’s nothing.”
Weak to death!
Chu Zheng let go of his hand and simply crouched down to directly carry him upstairs.
After placing Ye Shen on the sofa, Chu Zheng rummaged through the cupboards for a long while before finally standing in the middle of the living room silently looking into the emptiness.
“Thank you for coming to rescue me today.” Before she came, he was already expecting to end up in a deadly fight with that group of people and perish. However, contrary to expectations, someone actually came to save him.
And the person who came …… was someone he didn’t even dare to think of before.
“You’re welcome.” Chu Zheng casually returned his thanks while holding her chin and pensively looking at the window.
“What’s the matter?” When Ye Shen saw her behaving like that, he couldn’t help but worry, “Will those people find you trouble alter? I ……”
Chu Zheng turned around and interrupted him with a serious expression, “Can you go out to buy medicine?”
It’s so troublesome to go out in the middle of the night.