Chapter 55

Chapter

The symposium ended at noon.

The association provided lunch in the restaurant outside the first floor of the exhibition hall, and almost all the participants followed the staff out.

Except Shu Yao.

She confirmed the amusement park reservation on her phone and walked briskly to the gate. However, when she saw the construction work in full swing outside, she remembered that the road was under construction for several hundred meters nearby, making parking inconvenient.

A man passing by stopped and asked with a gentle smile, "Teacher Jiang, are you waiting for someone to pick you up?"

Although he didn't know him, because he was wearing the association's work clothes and seemed to have seen him pouring water for the attendees at the symposium, Shu Yao smiled politely and said, "Yes."

"It's a long way to park." He pointed to the elevator outside the gate. "But it goes directly to the underground parking lot. You can wait there."

"Okay~ Thank you." This is indeed the most labor-saving method. Shu Yao looked at the map on his phone and sent a message to Chen Ye asking him to enter from Exit A.

Thinking that it would take him at least twenty minutes to drive over, Shu Yao walked around the exhibition hall for a while before taking the elevator downstairs.

Entering the elevator with her were two young men and an aunt, who looked like mother and son.

Shu Yao thought it was a visitor and didn't pay much attention.

This was Shu Yao's first time in this parking lot, and she was a little surprised by how empty it was. Although it was daytime, the parking lot was dark.

There are so many people in the exhibition hall, and there's a symposium today. How can there only be so many cars? Is there another parking lot?

Having already agreed on a seat with Chen Ye, Shu Yao didn't look back and walked towards Exit A while checking her phone. But what was strange was that in such a large parking lot, the three people behind her seemed to be moving in the same direction as her.

Moreover, the footsteps tend to get faster and faster.

Shu Yao clenched her phone tightly, feeling something was wrong. Although she was not sure of their purpose, it seemed that they were targeting her.

Thinking of some news on the Internet, Shu Yao was shocked. Could it be... human traffickers?

She looked around calmly, and there was not even a single camera. It seemed that they had obviously come here before.

Not to mention that her ankle was fine and she was wearing high heels. Even if she was in her normal condition, she couldn't even pass the school's 800-meter physical test. How could she possibly outrun three people?

So she immediately called Chen Ye and asked in a natural way: "Is your car parked in area A3? I'm getting off now. How many brothers do you have? Is there enough space?"

The footsteps behind him paused in tacit understanding.

Shu Yao knew that his words had temporarily had a deterrent effect.

Thinking that Chen Ye probably couldn't understand what she meant, Shu Yao maintained her pace and continued to move forward, widening the distance between them.

She wanted to lower her voice and explain to him, but Chen Ye answered her previous question first: "Yes, did you bring your friends? If you did, there might not be enough seats."

He actually understood, and Shu Yao also realized that he was testing whether she was being followed.

"Tiantian brought two of her best friends with her, so I'll have them take a taxi." Shu Yao said casually, "By the way, is there a friend of yours who can fix cell phones? Mine seems to be broken, and I can't get it to work on speakerphone."

This should have made Shen Ye understand that the other party couldn't hear his answer, so he whispered to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, I'll be there in five minutes."

"Um."

Fearing that the other party would become suspicious, Shu Yao hung up the phone, turned on the recording, and put the phone back in her bag.

She just had to delay a little longer.

Shu Yao told himself in his heart.

But, God didn't seem to help her.

Area A3 is just ahead, but it is empty, without a single car.

The person behind him obviously realized that he had been deceived, and his footsteps instantly quickened.

There was another elevator just ahead, parked at the -1 floor. Shu Yao changed direction and ran towards it. As long as she could close the elevator door before them, she would be safe.

But in the end, it was still too late.

Before her hand touched the up button, two men stood in front of her. One had blond hair, the other a crew cut, both had shifty and ferocious looks.

Shu Yao instinctively took a step back, turned around, and saw the middle-aged woman in the elevator who was wearing exquisite makeup and all branded clothes.

"What do you want to do?" she asked calmly.

"You almost fooled me." The woman stepped forward and grabbed her hair, cursing angrily, "What do you want? I just can't stand your pretentiousness. You'll never have a good death if you ruin someone's fortune, you know? I'll teach you a lesson today! I wonder if you dare to sue me!"

Shu Yao suddenly realized that this person should be the owner of the Ruyu Jewelry flagship store.

Two fists cannot beat six hands. What she needs to do now is to delay time. Resisting or angering them is not the best option for her.

If they had a knife or something, it would only put her in danger.

So she endured the stinging pain in her scalp in silence.

I don't know when the elevator had gone up, but now it was slowly going down again.

2, 1, -1...

With a "ding" sound, hope ignited in Shu Yao's heart.

The door opened and a middle-aged man walked out. Seeing this scene, he stopped in his tracks.

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman suddenly changed her words and yelled, "I told you not to seduce my husband! I told you not to seduce my husband!!"

Shu Yao finally understood. Even though they had checked the area in advance and knew that there were few cars and people in the underground parking lot and no surveillance, it was still the middle of the day. Why were they still so unscrupulous?

Now that I think about it, they had already made preparations. If they met someone, they would portray the scene as "the original wife and others beating up the mistress". In this way, most passers-by would either think it was a family matter and be too lazy to get involved, or think that only by not intervening could they be the righteous party. In short, there were very few people who were willing to help.

But even though there was little hope, Shu Yao still roared with hope.

"I don't know them!"

The middle-aged man stared at them for a while, and as expected, a hint of contempt appeared in his eyes. Then he walked past them without looking at them and returned to his car.

The car sped away.

Shu Yao's heart sank.

The woman continued to pull her hair and raised her right hand, just as she was about to hit her in the face, but before she could do so, a strong light from not far away made them squint their eyes at the same time.

A black Maybach drove in from Exit A at a very fast speed.

Shu Yao's heart immediately calmed down.

They probably thought this was just a passerby. Based on their previous experience, the middle-aged woman paid no attention to the car that suddenly stopped beside her and continued to curse: "You damn mistress! I'll teach you how to seduce my husband!"

But this time they didn't get what they wanted.

Shen Ye pushed the door open, grabbed the woman's hair without saying a word, and pulled it back.

Shu Yao's sight was filled with a woman's flat shoes, with her instep exposed. She suddenly felt fortunate that she was wearing high heels today. She rolled the thin heels against her instep, squeezing them hard.

"ah--"

Under the double attack, the woman screamed in pain and fell backwards. Her hands instinctively loosened, but she continued to threaten loudly: "This woman is a mistress! She seduced my husband! If you know what's good for you, don't get involved! Otherwise, I'll beat you up too!"

Shen Ye ignored it and took the opportunity to open the car door.

Before Shu Yao could react, he pushed her into the driver's seat.

"Don't be afraid, call the police." As soon as he finished speaking, the yellow-haired man behind him spat and rushed over.

Chen Ye closed the car door, turned around and took the initiative to grab the yellow-haired man's raised hand and put it behind his back. At the same time, with a "click", the car door was locked.

Shu Yao instinctively wanted to knock on the car door, but was afraid that she would distract him. With trembling hands, she took out her cell phone from her bag, pointed it out the window, and turned on the camera mode.

The yellow-haired man showed a ferocious expression in pain. Seeing this, the other man with a crew cut tried to attack from the side. Shu Yao shouted, "Right!"

Glass is not completely soundproof, especially in a quiet underground parking lot.

When Shen Ye heard her words, he kicked to the right and kicked directly on the man's beer belly.

It was obvious that he had used all his strength. The man fell to the ground, holding his stomach, with his facial features tightly wrinkled.

Chen Ye threw the yellow-haired guy over as if he was throwing away a piece of trash.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the middle-aged woman turned around and tried to run, but was grabbed by Shen Ye by her long hair.

He said something expressionlessly, but Shu Yao couldn't hear clearly. He only saw the woman grimacing and grabbing the back of his hand with both hands, screaming in pain.

However, Shen Ye turned a deaf ear to him and instead put in a little more strength.

Shu Yao's gaze shifted to the entrance, wanting to see if the police had arrived.

But I noticed a flash of cold light in my peripheral vision.

When she looked back, it was too late. The woman took out a fruit knife from somewhere and stabbed back without any regard.

Even though Chen Ye had dodged quickly, the knife still stabbed into his loose jacket pocket.

When the knife was pulled out, there was a little red on the tip.

Shu Yao felt like his heart was about to jump out.

His left hand tried to open the door again and again, but to no avail.

The woman's wrist was bent down by Chen Ye, and the knife fell to the ground. As she was thrown away, a police car drove into Exit A, and the three people lying on the ground, including Chen Ye, were quickly controlled.

The car door was finally opened, and Shu Yao quickly got out of the car, supported him, and without saying a word, she lightly lifted his clothes with her fingertips.

Fortunately, the weather was cold and he was wearing a T-shirt underneath. With two layers of clothing protecting him, and his coat was loose, the other party's stab was not accurate. The tip of the knife only scratched his waist, leaving a thin blood mark.

Shu Yao breathed a sigh of relief and used his clothes to press the wound, but her face was still as pale as snow.

"Who called the police?" asked a man in police uniform.

Shen Ye raised his right hand: "I."

Shu Yao looked up and explained to the police: "Brother police, they surrounded me and tried to retaliate. My husband was just defending himself."

Chen Ye raised his hand and held her in his arms, carefully combing her messy hair, his deep voice carrying a soothing power: "Don't worry."

*

After treating the waist wound, the group went to the Public Security Bureau to take a statement. When Shen Ye's father heard about this, he immediately sent a lawyer.

Shu Yao also submitted audio and video recordings as evidence.

At the end of the transcript, the police asked her if there was anything she had missed.

Shu Yao grabbed Chen Ye's hand, thought for a moment and said, "In addition to the recordings and videos, there is another witness, a middle-aged man, whose license plate number is Sichuan A·4A37R."

The police nodded and lowered his head to record it.

There was too much information, and Shu Yao's mind was a little confused. However, Shen Ye beside him analyzed calmly: "They should have at least one more person."

The police officer looked up and said, "There's no surveillance in the parking lot. We checked the surveillance in the exhibition hall, and there are indeed only three people in this group."

Meeting Chen Ye's gaze, Shu Yao also understood: "Yes, they came for Jiang An, but very few people outside know that I am Jiang An. After the symposium, a man in the association's work clothes directed me to the underground parking lot. I suspect he was the one who passed the message to them."

Police said they would immediately launch an investigation.

It was already night when we walked out of the police station.

The cold wind in early winter makes people shiver unconsciously.

When the incident happened, she was only thinking about how to solve it. It was not until the dust settled that some fear came over her belatedly.

Shu Yao felt a warmth on her shoulders, looked up and found that he had put his coat on her.

Shu Yao wanted to tear it off: "I'm not cold, you wear it."

Shen Ye's strong palm pressed on her shoulder, stopping her from pushing away.

In the cold wind, his eyes were as dark as ink, which inexplicably made people feel at ease, but also made them feel aggrieved.

Shu Yao felt a sour taste in his nose, and the next second, he was suddenly embraced in a warm embrace.

Shen Ye leaned over, buried his head in her shoulder, and said nothing.

Shu Yao felt someone trembling slightly, and couldn't tell whether it was him or herself. Her hands, which had been hanging at her sides, now slowly rested on his waist. She wanted to tighten her grip, but was afraid of touching his wound, so she slowly loosened her grip.

"Does your wound hurt?" Shu Yao asked.

Shen Ye then raised his head and gently kneaded the back of her neck with his right hand: “This is not even one tenth of the severity of my previous fights.”

He still had the mind to joke, so Shu Yao glared at him.

Shen Ye chuckled and hugged her into his arms again, resting his chin on the top of her head. When he spoke again, his tone was a little more pleading.

"It's self-defense, so it doesn't count as fighting, right?"

*

Shu Yao was amused by Shen Ye's worry.

On the way back, the soothing music in the car slowly calmed her mind and her mood improved a lot. The only regret was that the trip to the amusement park she had originally planned was canceled.

Not only did I lose the romance, I also lost hundreds of dollars.

Shu Yao felt melancholy and even forgot to change his shoes. He walked straight in, but was held by Chen Ye's hand.

He squatted down, knelt on one knee, and gently took off her high heels. She was not someone who wore high heels often, and she wore them occasionally and ran around like this. At this moment, her heels were rubbed and red, but she didn't say a word on the way back, and there was nothing unusual about her walking posture.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Shen Ye frowned and helped her put on slippers.

"It's okay, it's just a little red, it will fade away soon." She reached out and pulled him up, "Don't squat anymore, be careful of your injuries."

The two returned to the room. Shu Yao dug out their pajamas from the closet and turned around and said, "Your wound has just been bandaged. You can't touch water. Don't take a shower today."

Shen Ye joked, “If I can’t wash, I’ll have to stay away from you when I sleep?”

"Wipe it off with a towel."

Shen Ye seemed a little troubled: "It will affect the wound."

Shu Yao pursed her lips, looking a little hesitant, but finally said firmly: "Then I'll help you."

Her tone was serious, not like a joke at all.

Shen Ye's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he sneered: "Don't just talk big and then back down in the middle of a battle."

"I don't talk nonsense." Shu Yao said, grabbing Chen Ye's wrist and pulling him into the bathroom.

She grabbed the hem of his T-shirt with both hands and pulled it up, revealing a large area of ​​fair skin. She took a towel, wet it in warm water and wrung it dry, then carefully wiped his chest and then his arms.

Under normal circumstances, Shu Yao might have had some romantic thoughts, but at this moment, her heart and eyes were filled with his pain, and she behaved like Liu Xiahui, completely unmoved.

Shen Ye lowered his eyes and watched her skillful movements: "Have you wiped it for others?"

"Huh?" Shu Yao walked around behind him and wiped his back while saying, "Little Biscuit wipes himself like this after taking a bath."

Shen Ye: "..."

After wiping his upper body, Shu Yao's gaze fell on the edge of his casual pants.

Shen Ye's eyes were burning, he didn't urge or refuse, just looked at her hesitant face.

Shu Yao comforted herself, thinking that it was no big deal, she could just treat it as taking care of a patient. She reached out and touched the edge of her pants waistband.

Chen Ye suddenly snatched the towel from her hand, lowered his head and wiped his abdomen, which had obviously been wiped: "Go out first, I will do it myself."

"Oh." Shu Yao looked up, his eyes lit up instantly as if he had suddenly discovered a new world.

"Shen Ye."

"how?"

"Your ears are red."