The next day, Lei Laohu sent someone to deliver the key to the new residence.
The place is nice, an independent small villa with a yard on the edge of Area A. The villa has two floors and comes with a small garden. Although the flowers and plants inside have long withered, it is quiet and the walls are thick, so it looks much safer than before.
When Su Wan entered the room, she was stunned for a moment, and then she unceremoniously chose the largest room on the second floor facing the sun. She was sleepy and inexplicably afraid of the cold, so a room with good sunlight was the most comfortable.
She directed Li Kui to move in her miscellaneous "belongings", which mainly included some soft blankets and a few sets of clothes, as well as various snacks she had collected.
"Tsk, this Lei Lao Hu is quite good at dealing with people." Xiao Han walked around downstairs, touched the smooth handrail, and kicked the thick wall. "Young Master Lu is really a popular person now, and the treatment is different."
Li Kui laughed and helped Su Wan make the bed skillfully, not forgetting to flatter her: "That's right, Brother Lu is now the top person in front of Lei Lao Hu! Miss Su, do you think this bed is soft enough? How about adding a mattress? I see that you seem to have lost some weight recently, so you need to rest more."
Su Wan's heart skipped a beat when he said "you've lost some weight", but she didn't show it on her face. She waved her hand and said, "Alright, alright, stop working, I'll do it myself. Go see what's in the kitchen, I'm hungry." She felt lazy all over and just wanted to lie down.
Li Kui ran downstairs excitedly. Soon, he heard the sounds of pots and pans, as well as his excited shouting: "Oh my god! This kitchen is bigger than the place we lived in before! The pots are brand new! Miss Su, we can have a feast tonight!"
Lu Shiyan ignored them and went straight up to the second floor. He quickly checked the entire villa, from windows to vents, to make sure there were no eavesdropping devices or safety hazards.
"Li Xinhu, guard the perimeter. Xiao Han, check the reinforcement of the courtyard walls and doors and windows."
Xiao Han complained from downstairs: "No way, my arm hasn't even recovered yet, and you're ordering me to work?"
"Then you can let Li Kui do it for you."
"Forget it, forget it. I'll do it myself."
The room soon became lively. Su Wan lay on the new bed, smelling the scent of bedding dried in the sun. She temporarily put all her worries behind her and fell into a drowsy sleep.
The good days didn't last for more than two days. On the evening of the third day, A'mo came back with a heavy face and brought bad news - Mo Lei's mother... was gone.
The atmosphere in the small villa suddenly became heavy. Xiao Han was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then he pounded the table heavily.
Su Wan also felt bad because the child was so young.
The next morning, Xiao Han took Xiao Lei to the back mountain of the base. Lu Shiyan didn't go, and neither did Su Wan. She was not feeling well now, and didn't want to go to such an unlucky place.
She just asked Amodo to bring some clean cloth, some food and water, and took out a few candies from the space and stuffed them into the hands of Xiaolei with red eyes.
"Auntie will miss you." She stroked the child's hair.
Xiao Lei nodded, clutching the candies tightly, and followed Xiao Han out the door.
Xiao Han had chosen the plot of land in the back of the mountain specially. It was sheltered from the wind and facing the sun, and it was quite secluded. There was no coffin, so he just used the cloth he brought to carefully wrap the woman's thin body, dug a deep pit, and erected a temporary wooden sign. Xiao Han used a dagger to carve the woman's name crookedly.
Xiao Lei didn't cry, but bit his lips tightly. His small figure looked particularly thin in the cold wind, and his fists were clenched tightly. Xiao Han squatted beside him, pressing his shoulders with his big hands, unable to say any words of comfort, but just silently accompanied him and helped him fill the soil.
Until the last handful of soil covered him, Xiao Lei burst into tears and cried heart-wrenchingly.
Xiao Han hugged him tightly in his arms, letting the child's tears and snot rub all over him. His own eyes were red, and he patted the child's back heavily, his voice hoarse: "Cry, it will be fine after crying... Xiaolei, don't be afraid, from now on... Brother Xiao is here."
When they came back, it was already dark. Xiaolei's eyes were swollen, and he kept his head down all the way, saying nothing, looking completely listless.
Su Wan looked at the child's distraught look, and her heart was also upset. She squatted down, gently embraced Xiao Lei, whose face was pale from the cold, and said softly: "Xiao Lei, don't be afraid, your mother has just gone to a very far place, she will be watching you in heaven."
Xiao Lei trembled in her arms, and his suppressed sobs gradually turned into heart-wrenching cries.
Su Wan patted his back lightly, feeling a sore nose.
Thinking of how helpless I felt when I came here, and thinking of the baby in my belly, complex emotions surged in my heart.
Lu Shiyan stood in the shadow of the stairs not far away. His eyes lingered on Su Wan's frowning brows and the sadness in her eyes for a moment, and his eyes darkened slightly. This woman is too soft-hearted, which is not good for her and the child.
In the next month, the atmosphere in the base became extremely strange. On the streets, the patrol team under Lei Lao Hu almost doubled, and the inspections were much stricter than before. Even the trading points in Area A were more oppressive and silent, and the occasional transactions were hurried away.
Privately, various versions of rumors spread quickly, some said Scorpion was desperate and wanted to do something desperate, some said Lei Lao Hu wanted to completely unify the base, and more were about that man - Lu Shiyan.
"Have you heard? Scorpion's other secret outpost in the west of the city was taken down the night before last!"
"That Lu Shiyan did it again? My goodness, is this guy made of iron? Those desperate criminals under Scorpion are like paper in front of him."
"That's right. It is said that not a single person was left alive at the scene. The ground was covered with blood. Tsk tsk."
Lei Lao Hu's power had indeed grown greatly during this month. Not only had he annexed many of Scorpion's peripheral territories, but several other small forces that were still on the sidelines had also taken the initiative to show goodwill and sent a lot of "tributes".
Lu Shiyan's name, along with one bloody and efficient action after another, quickly spread among the top brass of the base and became a nightmare for many people when they woke up at night.
With his lightning-fast methods and extraordinary strength, he successively handled several thorny problems for Lei Lao Hu. The most talked-about one was when Scorpion secretly contacted a small leader in Area B and tried to instigate a team under Lei Lao Hu that was responsible for transporting supplies.
As soon as the news leaked out, Lu Shiyan took Xiao Han into the enemy's stronghold.
Overnight, all the dozen people involved in the conspiracy disappeared.
The next morning, the little leader's head was placed in an exquisite box and delivered to the Scorpion contact point along with a note saying "The price of betrayal".
The neat and beautiful handwriting, combined with the bloody content, creates a horrifying contrast.
Scorpion's subordinates were so weak in the knees when they received the "gift".
Every action was clean and neat, and the means were so ruthless that even the old hands felt a chill in their hearts.
The remaining scorpion forces were being eroded step by step, and their space for activities was getting smaller and smaller.
In this tense atmosphere of impending storm, Su Wan's belly grew bigger day by day, and even her loose clothes began to look a little tight.
That night, she was lying on the windowsill in a daze when the little guy in her belly suddenly kicked her, causing her to gasp in pain.
"This little thing is quite strong." She touched her belly with a complicated expression on her face.
Lu Shiyan stood behind her at some point and said in a low voice, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
His eyes fell on her bulging belly, his eyes were deep and unfathomable.
Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside the door.
Li Xinhu pushed the door open and walked in, his face pale.
"Boss! Something big happened!"
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