He has short legs, can't run fast, and has slow reactions.

An hour ago.

In the VIP box on the fourth floor of Ye Weiyang, there are no messy wine bottles or waiters coming and going. In the quiet room, it seems that all the furnishings and displays are in accordance with the owner's preferences, simple and spotless.

"So the next step is the development and management of Jinshan Wharf--"

Chen Jinli from the Jiangcheng Marine Biology Research Institute shook the wine in his hand. The amber liquid swirled and the ice cubes hit the glass, making a crisp sound.

He stopped talking abruptly, looked at the man sitting next to him who did not show any reaction to his sudden interruption, and laughed out loud in surprise.

Hearing his laughter, the man, who was supporting his chin with one hand and looking at a corner in the box, finally turned his head slowly and glanced at him lightly.

"What?"

"Ajin, you seem a little absent-minded today. This is not like you." Chen Jinli is the same age as He Jinxing. They met when they were studying abroad and are familiar with each other. At this time, he smiled and said gently, "You rarely get distracted when talking about serious matters."

He Jinxing did not refute. Surprisingly, he just looked at him again. After a while, he said "hmm" without comment.

"What happened?"

"fine."

Decisive denial.

Chen Jinli couldn't help but look at him a few more times, but he saw that the man's jawline was tense and he looked very defensive.

He Jinxing was always quiet unless necessary, so most of the time people around him didn't know what he was thinking when he was silent. When he was in college, everyone thought that this genius was just thinking non-stop...

When he reaches a certain age, this silent character brings him a calm and unshakable image of absolute authority.

No one could have guessed that the man was distracted with a serious face just now, just because the waiter was asked to come in to serve wine and open the door, and he accidentally heard the noise coming from the ordinary VIP box on the third floor in the corridor...

He Ran booked the whole place for his birthday.

The little girl from the Gou family is here too. I just met her on the stairs. The thing she was holding in her hand should be a birthday present.

She is quite good at choosing gifts, a safety helmet, tsk.

He Ran, who is confused, will probably like it.

Thoughts interrupted.

Without any warning, his mind flashed by the image of the little girl from the Gou family facing him sideways with a respectful look on her face.

Putting aside the inexplicable feeling of fear, when she spoke or breathed, the black bow on the back of her dress trembled softly, making her look lifelike.

“…”

In addition to being good at choosing gifts, he also has good taste in clothes, which suits her very well.

"Ajin, if you keep getting distracted I'm going home."

Chen Jinli's speechless voice sounded in my ears again——

"You'd better have some manners. After being caught being absent-minded, instead of apologizing, you openly started daydreaming. Isn't that outrageous?"

He Jinxing's eyes flickered, and his pupils gradually regained focus, stopping the sudden fragments of memories. He turned his head and smiled at his friend. He said in a tone without sincerity: "Oh, sorry."

Chen Jinli: “…”

He Jinxing: "Where were we talking about just now?"

Chen Jinli sighed.

He Jinxing took out several stacks of documents from the information bag he brought with him. These did not need to be personally reviewed by He Jinxing. Chen Jinli did not want to waste time with this man who seemed to have taken the wrong medicine today, so he took the initiative to ask He Jinxing to call Secretary Liu up...

The man who was replaced by the secretary did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, after Secretary Liu arrived, he stood up with his hands in his pockets and walked out.

"Hey, where are you going?" Chen Jinli asked.

"My nephew is having a birthday party downstairs," He Jinxing said, "Let's go downstairs to check on the young people. I'm afraid they might mess around."

After saying that, he really left without looking back.

Leaving behind the bewildered partner and the bewildered Secretary Liu, the two looked at each other, neither of them had expected that He Jinxing was actually a...

Is this a qualified elder who cares for his juniors? In fact, He Jinxing didn't know what he was doing downstairs.

The things that young people play with nowadays are all leftovers from when they were in school, and they are already bored of them.

Just as he was acting as a guardian for his brother, he came to the corridor on the second floor and heard people screaming and laughing from afar... The noise made the man frown and he had the urge to turn around and leave.

He did so, and coming downstairs was just a strange and unintentional act.

Even beyond his own expectations.

However, the moment he turned around, he heard a soft and cautious voice behind him -

"Mr. He?"

He Jinxing paused, and subconsciously thought that the only person who could recognize him on this floor and have the courage (or perhaps out of helplessness) to call him was the little girl from the Gou family... But he quickly realized that she would not call him "Mr. He". Now when she saw him, she could only call him "Uncle" obediently -

This is the result of his personal training.

He Jinxing slowly turned his head and saw Lu Wan.

Raising his eyebrows, he saw that the "benefactor" of the He family looked somewhat disheveled at the moment, with half of his body covered in cream, his hair in wisps, and his eyes red, probably because he was crying.

She rubbed her hands awkwardly, her fingertips turning white, and pinched the edge of the skirt that belonged to Ye Weiyang, a waitress. Her pretty face was full of fragile emotions, and at first glance, she looked as if she had just been severely bullied.

He Jinxing had no idea what kind of people were around He Ran, but he could probably guess.

If there is any fatal flaw in these second-generation rich people who have received elite education and have no worries about food and clothing since childhood, it is probably that they can never empathize with ordinary people (not to mention those in the downtown area).

This can easily lead to disaster.

"It's you."

He Jinxing felt nothing inside, but he still had a sense of responsibility to clean up the mess for his junior. He sighed tiredly, "It seems like you cry every time I see you."

He was in a strange mood tonight, which made his words sound less cold than usual.

Then one could see the little girl in front of him with tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, washing away the milky white cream on her face, leaving a gully...

It is indeed pitiful enough to make people feel pity for it.

No wonder He Ran always wavers in front of her.

He Jinxing stood still, but the girl in front of him, who was the same age as the eldest daughter of the Gou family, seemed to have gathered up courage in an instant because of his stopping.

She rushed forward with her head down, and unexpectedly fell into the man's arms.

"Mr. He, please take me away."

Her fragile voice was like the cry of a deer, with a tremor of supplication.

She asked him to take her away.

He Jinxing pursed his lips silently, his face looked amiable, but in fact the gentle atmosphere did not reach his eyes——

At this moment he even felt it was ridiculous and thought that the development of the situation was interesting enough to make him laugh.

After all, he didn't know where the girl in his arms got the courage to make such a request.

The man was reflecting on whether he had meddled too much in other people's affairs, leading everyone to believe that he was kind and generous and willing to take care of stray cats and dogs...

There is a gap of about ten seconds.

It was enough for Lu Wan to grab his shirt and cry for a while.

She cried pitifully, her thin shoulders were shaking. The waitress's black and white formal uniform had butterfly sleeves on her shoulders. At this moment, the waves of the white sleeve patterns on her back were moving along with the vibration of her chest.

However, He Jinxing's gaze only stayed for a second, then moved away without any ripple.

Someone might be arriving in the corridor at any moment.

Then his broad hand fell on the left shoulder of the crying girl, just touched it lightly, and then moved away, "I will arrange for someone to take you upstairs to rest."

The man's voice was flat, and he unnoticeably distanced himself from the strange breath in his arms, and at the same time looked down at his shirt.

It's dirty.

He took out his cell phone and called Secretary Liu, and sent a female assistant down to take Lu Wan to wash up.

After Lu Wan walked away, looking back every few steps, he stood there for a few seconds, and then, feeling deeply that he was being punished for his series of abnormal behaviors, He Jinxing turned around and returned to the fourth floor without hesitation.

Tonight was too unnatural.

Now he would rather go back and face the chattering Chen Jinli.

It was about half an hour later that I received the news that Ye Weiyang was in trouble.

At that time, He Jinxing had just changed his dirty shirt into a light blue shirt.

If possible, he wanted to take a shower, although Ye Weiyang could obviously provide a place that met his requirements, but he held back. In the end, he still held back.

Secretary Liu offered a suit jacket of the same color with both hands. He Jinxing raised his eyebrows silently. Secretary Liu stammered, "The spare jacket is black, but I have already given it to Miss Gou..."

He Jinxing's eyebrows returned to their original position.

After a few seconds of silence, he said nothing, took the old coat that obviously didn't match the color of the new shirt and threw it on the sofa...

He ignored Secretary Liu's silly look as he breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after they sat down, Ye Weiyang's manager broke into the box without permission. When He Jinxing began to consider whether he should renew his membership fee for next year given the poor service and problems in this entertainment venue, he received news about the incident downstairs.

People from Hui'an Road came looking for trouble and smashed the entire underground dance hall and the first floor lobby of Ye Weiyang. They are now heading up to the second floor.

The man raised his hand and rubbed his brows, his eyes darkening. He was helpless about this sudden situation, without any fear or panic.

You will never see a stray dog ​​that once ruled the land panicking at a fight between local dogs fighting for territory on the streets...even if it is now well-dressed and well-fed, and packaged as if it had never fallen into a damp alley.

In the restless atmosphere outside, Secretary Liu's face was filled with anxiety.

He Jinxing calmly turned his head to look at Chen Jinli, who looked like a scholar, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and whose face said "Of course I can't fight and I can't protect myself."

He Jinxing: “…”

Chen Jinli: “?”

Chen Jinli: "Should I remind you that the look you have now is quite rude."

Chen Jinli: "I'm going to hit someone."

He Jinxing sighed again and snapped his fingertips: "That's all for tonight. We'll meet again sometime."

Secretary Liu was then arranged to bring up a few bodyguards and lead Chen Jinli to evacuate safely through the back passage.

A dozen bodyguards came up soon, and He Jinxing randomly picked one to stay, and the rest were used to escort his friends. After Chen Jinli was escorted away by a large crowd of people, he stood up from the sofa slowly.

He didn't look anxious or afraid at all.

He casually picked up the suit jacket that he had thrown on the sofa, walked two steps out, lowered his head and inadvertently glanced at the suit jacket in his hand. He suddenly seemed to remember something and stopped.

The bodyguard following behind him looked puzzled.

"When you came up, were all the little devils on the third floor evacuated?"

"...right?" the bodyguard asked blankly, "Are you talking about Young Master He Ran?"

"And his—"

He Jinxing stopped talking suddenly.

After a few seconds, he swallowed back the adjective that was about to come out with a little stiffness.

"And the little girl from the Gou family."

There are good reasons for asking this question.

Those are in-laws.

Of course we can't just ignore it.

"When we came up, we happened to see the young master ordering people to search everywhere for someone. They were looking for a little girl. I guess she is the one you mentioned... I heard that she has been found and evacuated safely."

"Um."

He Jinxing nodded coldly.

"Let's go."

So it goes.

Until now.

Only then did He Jinxing realize that the person that the bodyguard had mentioned that Young Master He Ran was looking for was not Gou An, but Lu Wan, whom he had casually placed in the lounge on the fourth floor.

Looking at the young man whose eyes were covered with panic and only revealed a pair of eyes that were completely exposed under the safety helmet, He Jinxing just wanted to ask him to stand upside down and walk a few steps to see if his brain was full of water.

"Uncle..."

His voice was shaking.

It was really panic.

He immediately took out his cell phone and called Gou An, but as if what he was afraid of had come true, the phone was turned off.

The cold mechanical female voice prompt coming from the hands-free speaker is enough to push people into the abyss of despair... Taking off the helmet, the boy's face gradually turned pale under his messy hair.

After standing there for a few seconds, he threw off his helmet and rushed back.

Sitting in the white luxury car, the man frowned silently, as if he was impatient with the young man's impulsive behavior, or he was simply dissatisfied with something else.

His voice was cold: "Stop him."

A large group of bodyguards immediately appeared outside the car and held He Ran.

He Ran was caught off guard and was blocked from rushing back to Ye Weiyang. He struggled constantly and pushed the bodyguards like a madman, "Let me go! Let me go back and take a look! There are still many people locked up in there! I have to go and confirm Gou An——"

When the name came to his lips, it was like a knife cutting his throat, blocking his larynx and causing his Adam's apple to roll up and down heavily, and then his eyes turned red.

He himself fell silent.

Behind him, a tall man had bent over and got out of the car.

He Jinxing held the phone between his shoulder and ear, and walked towards Ye Weiyang, slowly rolling up his shirt sleeves.

"Hello, Jiang San?"

"I'm He Jinxing."

"Tell your people to stop for ten minutes, open the door, and let me in - I'll ask Chen Jinli to bother you less for two days about the land at Jinshan Wharf."

The man passed the boy without looking back.

A gust of early autumn evening wind blew by, and when He Ran was staring blankly at He Jinxing's tall back, he heard his low voice that was almost blown away by the wind—

"The little girl has short legs and slow reflexes, so she was accidentally locked in."

"Uh-huh."

"It's mine."

"Tsk, what are you laughing at... I'm not a monk."

(End of this chapter)