Chapter 23 Weaknesses and Handles

Lu Qian sat awkwardly on the sofa in the middle hall, her eyes rolling around, staring at Jiang Luan who was surrounding her and staring at her.

Luo Chuan, who was sitting nearby, was annoyed by the shaking. He put down his computer and walked over, slapping Jiang Luan on the head with a spoon. "Can you please stop shaking?"

Jiang Luan's glasses fell to the ground due to the slap.

"I'm seeing a doctor!" Jiang Luan covered his head and jumped three feet high in anger.

Luo Chuan's ears ached from his howling. He narrowed his eyes unnaturally and teased, "The blood test results are right in front of you, why are you still staring at them?"

"Tests are tests, but I also need to carefully examine the patient's physical characteristics..."

Jiang Luan bent down to pick up his glasses and blew the dust off them.

He took out a small notebook from his white coat, quickly made a few notes, rolled his eyes at Luo Chuan, hid back in the corner, curled up, and began to prepare medicine for Lu Qian.

Lu Qian is very confused now.

She didn't even know how she got back to Hengxiang Pavilion. When she woke up, the sun had already set.

When Ma Fei saw Lu Qian wake up, she immediately informed Jiang Luan, and Jiang Luan took her to have her blood drawn.

She had just finished the meal prepared for her by Ma Fei, and was dragged here to be treated like a monkey by Jiang Luan.

Jiang Luan picked up the syringe with the medicine, walked straight to Lu Qian, pulled her arm, and quickly inserted the needle.

The ice-cold liquid was injected into the vein so quickly that Lu Qian didn't even react to the pain.

Jiang Luan pulled out the needle, adjusted his glasses, and said, "Exercise less and get more sleep recently."

"Thank you……"

Lu Qian covered his arm, which only started to hurt after a while, and thanked Jiang Luan.

"I'm not saying anything bad about you, idiot, but why don't you just find two nurses to assist you?"

Luo Chuan collapsed on the sofa, peeled the candy in his hand, threw it upwards, and the candy grains drew a perfect parabola and fell accurately into his mouth.

"Look at you every day, you have to do this little thing yourself."

Jiang Luan lowered his head and buried his eyes in his messy hair. "No need."

Sui Tang came downstairs with brisk steps and immediately saw Lu Qian lying in the middle of the sofa. "Sister Qianqian, how are you feeling? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Tang," Lu Qian shook his head. "I don't feel uncomfortable anymore, but I'm still a little dizzy."

"Rest here with peace of mind," Sui Tang said with an elegant smile, "I'll take you back when you feel better in a few days."

"..." Lu Qian opened her mouth to refuse. She should have left yesterday.

Sui Tang looked at Lu Qian and walked forward with his hands in his pockets.

"We all heard what Qu Le said. If you leave now, you'll have nowhere to go, right?" Sui Tang raised his hand and poured a glass of water, handing it to Lu Qian, smiling gently. "Besides, you still need to continue taking the medicine. What if you leave now and get into danger?"

"The Sui family is so big, but it doesn't need someone like you."

“…”

Lu Qianchen sighed and took the cup of water helplessly.

"Thank you, Brother Tang."

She is now so unsteady that she even walks down the stairs, let alone a long distance dragging a suitcase.

"That's right." Sui Tang responded with a smile.

Sui Tang glanced sideways and gave Luochuan a wink. Luochuan immediately understood and picked up Jiang Luan who was shrinking on the side.

"Come on, idiot, I'll go get your data."

Jiang Luan looked up at Luo Chuan, feeling a little unhappy, but he couldn't refuse this math genius to help him with the experiment.

Jiang Luan raised his hand and pointed at Luo Chuan angrily, "Then you are not allowed to steal my medicine."

"Oh, am I that kind of person?"

"If you're not the thief leader, who are you?"

"No, no, no, let's go."

Luo Chuan smiled brightly, pushed Jiang Luan and walked out the door.

Sui Tang just stood in front of Lu Qian without saying a word. The sudden silence made her feel a little scared, and she hurriedly searched for a topic in her mind.

"By the way, where's Cheng Yi? I fell asleep yesterday and didn't have time to thank him."

As if he had expected Lu Qian to ask Cheng Yi, Sui Tang narrowed his eyes and smiled easily, "I don't know. I haven't seen him all day."

"Oh... okay."

A sense of loss flashed through Lu Qian's heart.

Sui Tang caught this expression and sat down next to Lu Qian, staring at her sideways. "Don't you want to ask something else?"

“…” There was a moment of silence.

You think so, right? Of course not, but where do you even begin?

Sui Tang looked at Lu Qian in silence and asked hesitantly, "Are you scared?"

Lu Qian thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then shook his head frantically.

"Heh," Sui Tang chuckled, "What does this mean?"

"I am afraid," Lu Qian lowered his head and rubbed the water cup in his hand, "but I'm not afraid of him."

"If he hadn't saved me, the best outcome for me would have been rape, and the worst outcome would have been death."

"Though it's still hard to be calm when I think about how many people died in front of me."

Lu Qian pursed his lips, pondered for a moment, and continued, "But if Cheng Yi doesn't kill them, he and I will definitely die."

"I may be saved, but Cheng Yi..." Lu Qian raised his hand to tuck the hair behind his ear, a slight smile on his lips, "He was born to compete with others, he shouldn't have been."

After hearing Lu Qian's words, Sui Tang couldn't help but glance sideways at the delicate girl in front of him, wondering, "I didn't expect you to be so receptive?"

"Maybe this is one of my few advantages?" Lu Qian raised his head and gave Sui Tang a bright smile.

Sui Tang casually played with his long hair tied behind his head, stretched his hands behind his back, and slumped back on the sofa, "Aren't you curious about who Cheng Yi is?"

"Curious," Lu Qian nodded as a matter of course. "Anyone would be curious about such a mysterious person, right?"

"Then why don't you ask?"

Lu Qian pursed her lips, half-closed her eyes, and shook her head gently, "I don't have the right to ask those questions."

Sui Tang was puzzled: "Position?"

"Well, regarding my position," Lu Qian looked at Sui Tang, feeling lost. "I don't know how to ask, and I don't know how to ask."

Lu Qian pondered for a moment and laughed to himself, "No one wants to reveal too much to someone who doesn't care about them, right?"

As a child who has been unpopular since childhood, not asking, not looking, and not asking is probably the best thing Lu Qian has learned over the years.

Sui Tang was standing behind Lu Qian, his eyes fixed on her slender and delicate back with some admiration.

The little girl didn't seem as fragile as he had imagined.

Sui Tang hesitated and said, "Actually, you..." are very important to him.

Lu Qian turned around and tilted his head to ask, "What?"

Sui Tang took back what he wanted to say, chuckled and shook his head, "Nothing."

As he was speaking, Ma Fei suddenly poked her head out from upstairs and greeted Lu Qian.

"Ms. Lu, Miss Qu is looking for you."

"Oh, I'll be right there!" Lu Qian put down the cup in his hand and said goodbye to Sui Tang, "Brother Tang, I'll be over first."

Sui Tang Chao Lu Qian raised his chin and motioned her to go quickly.

Lu Qian trotted all the way up the stairs and disappeared around the corner.

Cheng Yi held a cigarette between his fingers and slowly walked down the stairs on the other side.

"Did you hear everything?"

Sui Tang glanced sideways at Cheng Yi with a frivolous tone.

Cheng Yi hummed lightly and did not answer.

He walked leisurely to the sofa and sat down.

"Brother, if you like it, just stay." Sui Tang put his hands in his pockets, walked to Cheng Yi, leaned on the armrest of Cheng Yi's sofa, put his arm around his shoulders, and chuckled playfully, "I won't touch you."

Cheng Yi stretched out his long legs, swept them across the table in front of him, and placed them steadily. He raised his charming eyes slightly and looked coldly at the teasing Sui Tang.

"unnecessary."

Cheng Yi's tone was certainly casual, and his indifferent attitude made him hate Sui and Tang to death.

"Okay, you're awesome."

Sui Tang raised his thumb and gestured to Cheng Yi.

Sui Tang understood that this man did not need any weaknesses or handles. Anything that had the risk of becoming his shackles would either be destroyed or seized and then destroyed.

It would be better to let her go before this risk arises.

His world is too dark. If Lu Qian sets foot in it, neither of them will have a good ending.