“Qiaoqiao, why are you here?” Third Brother Yan subconsciously tidied up his messy short hair and came to Qiaoqiao.
Qiaoqiao was only seventeen years old. Although her life was miserable, she was well-nourished by Suozi. Especially her eyes, they were big and bright, athough her body looked a bit too thin.
“I came with my Brother to buy things,” Qiaoqiao said cheerfully. When she saw Third Btother Yan, her big eyes curved into crescents, and she took two steps forward.
But Suozi pulled her behind him and then looked guardedly at Third Brother Yan.
Third Brother Yan met Suozi’s gaze and felt a little startled inside.
Hmm… This guarding-against-wolf-like gaze seems oddly familiar.
Wan Tong couldn’t help but laugh at the scene. “Third Brother, oh Third Brother, I can’t believe you have a day like today, too.”
“What do you want to buy?” Third Brother Yan restrained his enthusiasm and suddenly felt a bit awkward, as if he was meeting future parents-in-law.
Wan Tong sat on a high stool without getting involved in the interaction between the three.
Suozi glanced at her figure, then glanced at Zhong Youqian and Liu Zi, who were watching from a few steps away, and pulled Qiaoqiao to the shelf of daily necessities.
Third Brother Yan followed behind them, occasionally glancing at Qiaoqiao.
Qiaoqiao felt a little shy being looked at by him and quickly held Suozi’s hand.
Suozi’s eyes narrowed, seeming to want to scold Third Brother Yan, but Qiaoqiao shook his arm, “Brother, don’t be so fierce…”
Suozi’s expression froze : “…”
Third Brother Yan cleared his throat, turned around, and returned to Wan Tong’s side, but he still couldn’t control his gaze.
“Third Brother, how did you meet Qiaoqiao?” Wan Tong asked in a low voice.
Third Brother Yan thought for a moment and said, “It started a while ago. I met her several times near home, and once it was late at night, I talked to her… and then we got to know each other.”
Wan Tong nodded. It should be that Suozi was monitoring Yan Wan’ying, and then Qiaoqiao, who was worried, followed over?
But looking at the lovesick appearance of Third Brother Yan, Wan Tong also found it quite amusing.
Suozi and Qiaoqiao bought some throat lozenges and toothpaste and left calmly under the gaze of Zhong Youqian and Liu Zi.
Wan Tong looked at their departing figures and asked, “Did your Brother Lu finally accept him?”
Zhong Youqian nodded, a little annoyed, “He did.”
Liu Zi glanced at Wan Tong, then at Suozi, and took a bite of corn, chewing loudly. Their Brother Lu and Sister Wantong were the same, they liked to pick up people.
Now they even picked up Suozi.
In the evening, Wan Tong returned home with her three brothers and found Yan Zheng turning over the flowers in the garden, seemingly quite angry.
Seeing the four of them back, he dropped the hammer, threw off his gloves, and walked over.
“Dad, who are you angry with?” Wan Tong pulled his arm, asking with concern.
Yan Zheng looked at her, and the anger in his heart seemed to dissipate a bit. “Isn’t it your Youngest Sister? She mentioned a few things about you at lunch, then she slammed the bowl and ran out!”
Wan Tong nodded, “It’s okay, she’ll come back after she calms down.”
“Calm down? Why should she be angry? I’m her Father! She’s angry at me?” Yan Zheng’s voice grew more stern, “The bowls she smashed were the ones I just bought! The most expensive set of bowls!”
Wan Tong : “…” Why did she feel like what he was angriest about was Yan Wan’ying breaking the expensive bowls?
“Dad, Youngest Sister is like this, she’s just sulking with us, she’ll be fine in a while.” The brothers also chimed in.
It didn’t take long for Yan Zheng to be calmed down.
“Youngest Sister was followed before, and now she’s alone, I don’t know if anything will happen to her.” Eldest Brother Yan still seemed worried.
“Who has the time to follow someone every day? She can’t just stay at home all the time, it’s troublesome for you all, everyone’s busy with work, and she’s the only one…” Yan Zheng was getting fired up again.
Eldest Brother Yan tactfully changed the subject, “Dad, the convenience store’s revenue is not bad, Tongtong and I have selected a few branch addresses, we plan to go take a look another day.”
Sure enough, Yan Zheng’s attention shifted immediately, “Good, good, you guys handle it, I’m just a rough person, I don’t understand these things.”
Wan Tong followed her father and brothers into the house, but in her heart, she was thinking, since Suozi was already following Yan Qinglu, he shouldn’t kill Yan Wan’ying again, right?
In fact, she didn’t want Yan Wan’ying to die.
In the past world, she could see herself as an outsider, but now she realized that she was Yan Wantong herself, so it was even harder to sever this blood relationship.
But that night, Shishi reminded Wan Tong that the Raider frequently used system skills to escape.
To Wan Tong, it was like a massive escape.
With the moon dark and the wind high Iin an abandoned factory, only dim incandescent lights emitted faint light. Despite a sharp dagger still embedded in Suozi’s calf, and blood was flowing profusely, Suozi kicked Yan Wan’ying who had fainted to confirm she wasn’t faking it, then slumped to the ground.
Not long after, Yan Qinglu brought Chen Hou in through the wide-open gate.
Suozi quickly got up, his clothes already covered in mud despite having just cleaned up.
“Brother Lu…” The two men beside Suozi also struggled to get up.
Yan Qinglu glanced at them, noticing the knife wounds on their bodies.
“What’s going on?” He furrowed his brow.
Chen Hou immediately checked their wounds.
They were alright, Suozi’s injuries were just more severe.
“We tied her up, but when she woke up just now, somehow she had a knife in her hand, and it seems like we were drugged by her, powerless to fight back, and then Suozi suddenly came in.”
Yan Qinglu’s gaze fell on Suozi, his eyes deep and inscrutable, “I told you to go back home and take care of your own business, not to get involved.”
Suozi lowered his eyes, “I delayed going back for a day.”
Yan Qinglu looked at the knife inserted in Suozi’s calf and Suozi said again, “She’s very strong, unusually so.”
Everyone called him a mad dog, but just now, he felt that Yan Wanying was the real mad dog.
Although Yan Qinglu hadn’t seen it, he could imagine the scene from the mess at the scene and the injuries on their bodies.
“Let’s take her back first, and then you can go to the hospital.”
Lockzi hesitated for a moment upon hearing his words, but still asked, “Who’s paying?”
Before, he had worked for Hei Long, who would never care about his life. Even if he had to go to the hospital, he had to pay for it himself.
Everyone fell silent for a moment. Yan Qinglu rubbed his forehead before saying, “I’ll pay.”
Upon hearing this, Suozi breathed a sigh of relief.
When Yan Qinglu returned home, it was already dawn.
The living room light was still on, Lin Cui was still drinking red wine. Seeing him return safely, she raised her glass and stood up, “Xiao Lu, what couldn’t wait until daytime? Why go out so late?”
“Things that can’t see the light of day.” Yan Qinglu didn’t hide anything, took the glass from her hand, and said, “Don’t drink too much.”
“Alright, this can’t even be considered wine, it won’t get me drunk.” Lin Cui said, glanced at her empty ring finger, sighed, “I won’t drink anymore, I’m going to bed.”
As she turned to leave, after a few steps, she looked back at him, with a hint of a smile on her lips, “By the way, Xiao Lu, how about giving me a grandson to play with next year?”
Yan Qinglu : “…I’ll try my best.”
It was unusual for his mother to bring up such a topic with him.
“Well, you better think about how to explain tonight’s events.” After saying this, Lin Cui went upstairs directly.
Yan Qinglu didn’t quite understand the meaning behind her words, but he was also feeling a bit exhausted, so he sat on the sofa for a while before returning to his room.
Turning on the light, he went to the window and looked in the direction opposite.
Wan Tong’s room had already turned off its lights; she should be asleep.
He pressed his temple, sat on the edge of the bed, leaned back, and lay down.
But soon, he noticed something unusual.
His arm seemed to touch something.
“Um… Don’t squash me.” A muffled and tender voice came from under the blanket.
He paused for a moment, quickly pulled back the blanket, and saw a disheveled girl with a flushed face.
She wasn’t quite used to the light in the room yet, so she covered her eyes with the back of her hand, not sure if she was awake or not.
Yan Qinglu’s mood suddenly improved, reaching out to embrace her, rubbing against her, “Little Fourth Yan, what are you doing here? Trying to surprise me?”
As he asked, he lightly kissed her cheeks and forehead.
Wan Tong rubbed her eyes, gradually waking up, “What time is it? Why are you just coming back?”
In fact, she had come to his house very early, chatting with Lin Cui in the living room for a while. Later, when Lin Cui saw her dozing off, Lin Cui let her rest in his room first.
She thought she would have to wait for him to come back anyway, so she obediently came up.
Then, she fell asleep waiting.
“It’s almost dawn, go back to sleep, don’t go back tonight.” Yan Qinglu replied as he continued to press her down onto the bed.
Wan Tong felt like she was being embraced by a large dog, and the dog kept rubbing against her.
rokumi’s note : so Third Brother Yan received his karma…