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You still haven't answered whether I'm single or not.
Lu Jiao: "So stupid."
"I'm asking you again very seriously, and you have to answer seriously too. Remember, this is not a casual fling."
Is it just a fleeting romance?
Lu Jiao tapped Jian Yu's forehead with his chopsticks. "If I had a girlfriend, I would have used this to ward off unwanted suitors long ago."
"oh."
"I don't have a girlfriend for long-term relationships, and I don't even have casual flings. I'm very chaste."
"oh."
"What? Don't you even know what I look like? Those women are no match for me!"
"......"
Is being single due to being too narcissistic?
Jian Yu had no choice but to change the subject, "How long are you planning to stay here?"
"Leaving tomorrow afternoon."
"OK."
Not long after dinner, Jian Yu felt a slight pain in her abdomen, so she went to Xiao Xi for help.
Xiao Xi gave Jian Yu some spare sanitary napkins.
I even made her some brown sugar water.
Perhaps due to the two falls into the water in a short period of time, Jian Yu's abdominal pain worsened, and by around 10 o'clock, she was unable to sit or lie down comfortably.
His face was deathly pale.
Fearing something might happen to her, Lu Jiao had no choice but to get up and drive her to the hospital.
Xiaoxi was worried and insisted on going along.
The hospital in the city center is more than an hour away each way, and Aunt Liu's cervical spine has been uncomfortable for the past few days, but she hasn't had time to go to the hospital.
After obtaining Lu Jiao's consent, he hitched a ride with him.
To express his gratitude, Mr. Liu accompanied Aunt Liu to see a doctor alone, leaving Xiao Xi to stay with Jian Yu.
Jian Yu did not have any identification on him; he registered using Xiao Xi's information.
Xiaoxi knew something was wrong, but she didn't ask any further questions.
"Mr. Lu, how long will Jian Yu's current state last?"
Lu Jiao looked at Jian Yu, "How long do you need?"
Jian Yu herself wasn't sure, "I don't know."
"What about before?"
"Two days!"
Two days?
I won't be able to walk tomorrow.
Lu Jiao clicked his tongue. "Troublesome."
Xiao Xi nervously gripped Jian Yu's hand, afraid that she would be unhappy.
Jian Yu's thoughts drifted to Huo Qizhen, whom he would never call a nuisance.
Even if she really caused trouble, he never said a bad word about her.
The painkillers took effect quickly, and with the oral medication she took, Jian Yu regained color in her face after about half an hour.
"We can go back in a little while."
Lu Jiao handed the newly bought hand warmers to Jian Yu, saying, "Wait a little longer, until the pain is completely gone, then go back."
I don't want to say another word.
His head was bowed low, like a bean sprout.
He was listless.
The three of them sat on the chairs for a long time before Mr. Liu and Aunt Liu finally returned.
Lu Jiao nudged Jian Yu, "Can you walk? If you can't, I'll carry you."
"You can walk."
Jian Yu, holding the hand warmer, stood up. "Let's go!"
It was almost 1 a.m. when I left the hospital.
Except for Lu Jiao, the rest of the group kept yawning.
Jian Yu was also drowsy.
Jian Yu didn't know how long she had been asleep when she heard the sound of screeching brakes. Luckily, she was wearing her seatbelt, so she wasn't thrown out.
"What's wrong?"
Before Lu Jiao could answer, he heard Liu's father and aunt shouting in the back seat, "Fire...Quick, get out and put out the fire!"
Lu Jiao did not stop the car. Instead, he turned the steering wheel, accelerated, and drove in another direction.
"Why did you turn? Our house is up ahead."
Lu Jiao's face was serious, his eyes fixed on both sides of the dark road. "Someone set fire."
"ah?"
Jian Yu: "How did you know?"
Lu Jiao said, "The reason I braked suddenly was because someone came out from the side with a flashlight. When that person saw our car, he suddenly changed direction and walked this way. A normal person would call for help when they see such a big fire in front of them, but when he saw us, he just wanted to run away. Something was obviously wrong."
Mr. Liu said, "Then you go after him, I'll go back to put out the fire."
Lu Jiao said, "I wonder if he has any accomplices? What if they attack you if you get out of the car to put out the fire? Just to be safe, you should stay with us. As for the fire at your house, I'll call the factory and have them bring fire extinguishers to put it out."
Beep beep beep---
For a long time, no one answered the call from the duty room.
Lu Jiao squinted, recalling the familiar figure from just now. "Never mind, Aunt Liu, you call the police first! We'll go back and put out the fire with the hose."
"Oh, okay."
Aunt Liu first dialed the fire department, and then dialed 110.
There were many flammable materials in the farmhouse, especially in the kitchen where there was a lot of oil and flour.
Judging from the intensity of the fire, it's clear that the kitchen had already exploded once.
Part of the roof collapsed.
The fire burned for at least one or two hours.
Because it's a farmhouse and a bit far from the village and its neighbors, no one has noticed the fire yet.
Lu Jiao held Jian Yu in his arms as they stood in a safe spot. "Luckily we weren't home tonight, otherwise we would have been sound asleep when the fire started and definitely wouldn't have been able to escape."
Jian Yu stared at the charred ruins. "Did you get a good look at that person's face just now?"
Lu Jiao nodded.
"Who is it?" Jian Yu asked. "Do you know them? Are they related to us? Or are they an enemy of the Liu family?"
Lu Jiao: "It must be related to me."
Jian Yu, "Is he your stepfather?"
"Like his father."
"Didn't you say he was very ill and couldn't get out of bed?"
"It must be an act."
"So you mean they were all involved?"
Jian Yu immediately thought of the plum wine and brown sugar pastries that the old lady had brought over at dinner. "The brown sugar pastries taste a bit strange. I wonder if there's anything mixed in with them?"
"Even if there were anything mixed in, it should have burned away by now."
Lu Jiao thought for a moment, "Did Xiao Xi's blind date take a few pastries with her?"
Jian Yu's vision was quite good at the time, so he could see it clearly. "It should be six pieces."
"It's best if his family didn't eat it, but even if they did, they can still have their blood tested."
"What if there's no poison in the pastry?"
Lu Jiao was also worried about this. "If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have given him a bottle of plum wine as well."
"Besides your office phone, you should have the factory managers' cell phone numbers, right? Why didn't you call them just now? Did you not want them to know?"
“My stepfather has long lost the guts to oppose me. Today’s sudden arson must have been instigated by someone.”
Whom do you suspect?
Lu Jiao showed Jian Yu his phone screen; Guo Eryun had just been on the phone with Li Bali for five seconds.
"Guo Eryun is my current factory manager, and he has been with me for several years; Li Bali is my stepfather's name."
"Guo Eryun wants to take over your factory?"
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