Xi Shaoyuan opened his arms towards Zhou Xiu.
Just as Zhou Xiu was about to shake his head, his body suddenly became lighter and he was picked up into a warm embrace. She felt Xi Shaoyuan's slightly trembling arms, and they were holding her tightly.
Xi Shaoyuan held down the dark head and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't move."
Zhou Xiu smelled a faint fragrance in the air, as cool and clear as an empty mountain after snow. It was the fragrance of Xi Shaoyuan. So different from the blazing heat of his skin beneath his shirt.
Zhou Xiu sat in Xi Shaoyuan's car and raised her hand to block the sunlight.
In the sunlight, the watch on her wrist reflected a dazzling light.
Xi Shaoyuan's eyes also fell on the watch. In an instant, Zhou Xiu understood.
Her eyes fell on the watch, which was the "collateral" that Xi Shaoyuan put on her hand before he left.
A few days ago, Xi Shaoyuan came to Xiushui Village and booked a room at the Four Seasons Inn. Zhou Xiu ran into him and advised him to leave. Xi Shaoyuan expressed the purpose of his visit to Qingshan County to decide whether the "Guanghuan Foundation" should provide poverty alleviation for Xiushui Village.
Although Zhou Xiu thought that Xi Shaoyuan was just making up an excuse, he remembered that Xi's Enterprise Foundation was a formal foundation. Zhou Xiu thought about it for a long time that night, and finally decided to take out some money from his account to ask Xi Shaoyuan to buy a batch of books.
Before leaving, Xi Shaoyuan took off the watch from his wrist and put it on Zhou Xiu's hand, and told Zhou Xiu not to take it off.
The dial is simple and elegant, and looks ordinary and inconspicuous. Zhou Xiu kept it for a long time.
Xi Shaoyuan pointed at the dial and said, "It has a positioning function."
Zhou Xiu took off her watch and returned it to Xi Shaoyuan, "Thank you."
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At the same time, two followers got out of Xi Shaoyuan's car, got into the van, detained all the people in the car, started the engine and prepared to drive away from the scene.
Zhou Xiu put his hands on the window and watched Zhou Shu beat Zhou Yi. "Wait, don't leave so quickly."
Two minutes later, the sound of the police car's sirens became clearer and clearer. The police car stopped near the van, and a smile appeared on Zhou Xiu's lips.
Xi Shaoyuan and the housekeeper looked at each other. The housekeeper showed helplessness in his eyes and mouthed to Xi Shaoyuan: "I don't have it."
No one called the police, and Xi Shaoyuan's eyes fell on Zhou Xiu.
He said, "Let's go, drive."
The Xi family's housekeeper got out of the car and cooperated with the police's questioning.
Zhou Laidie was shocked when she saw the eldest son of the Xi family actually got into the car holding a girl. When she saw the person clearly, she felt that he looked more and more familiar. She shouted, "You are Zhou Xiu!"
Zhou Lai's shocked look turned into jealousy, and he wished he could turn into a knife and fall on Zhou Xiu.
Zhou Laidie's fellow villager immediately covered her mouth.
Zhou Lai Di struggled with unclear words: "Um, um... why are you covering my mouth, I... didn't get in the car... don't drive, wait for him!"
She watched helplessly as her cousin was handcuffed by the police and a group of people were taken into a police car. Uncle Zhou Er rushed over and squeezed into the Xi family's car before it drove away.
The fellow villagers patted Zhou Laidi on the head and asked, "Are you stupid, huh?"
They looked at the frighteningly handsome boy with complicated eyes. He took out a candy from his pocket, held it in his palm, and coaxed Zhou Xiu to eat it.
That cautious look clearly told others that he was Zhou Xiu's backer.
The Xi family's car quickly returned to the village.
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The car stopped near the Four Seasons Inn. Zhou Xiu had just gotten out of the car and was hugged by a group of people before he could even walk into the inn.
A group of fellow villagers, including Zhou Laidie and Zhou Ershu, got off the car in shame, and said goodbye in a hurry without even daring to look at each other.
Yu Qingyan hugged Zhou Xiu, her eyes were as red as a rabbit's, "Xiu Xiu, where have you been? You scared us."
Lan Xin said in shock: "We almost turned the whole village upside down. Many students are looking for you..."
Xu Qing looked Zhou Xiu up and down, and found that she was fine, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "Xiu Xiu is not injured, right?"
Huatui looked at Xi Shaoyuan in surprise. He didn't expect that he brought Zhou Xiu back safely.
Yu Qingyan let go of Zhou Xiu, only to find that Xi Shaoyuan was there too. She asked in surprise, "Was it Shaoyuan who brought Xiuxiu back?"
Du Feiyang and Tan Ming were so anxious about Zhou Xiu's calm appearance that they asked a series of questions.
Zhou Xiu glanced at the nervous crowd, her heart warmed slightly, and she said, "I'm sorry to have made you worry. There are too many questions, and I can't answer them all at once. Can I go in and talk to you in detail?"
Zhou Xiu walked into the inn and briefly told the story of how Zhou Yi drugged her, abducted her, and was finally rescued by Xi Shaoyuan.
Tan Ming clenched his fists and looked angry when he heard this.
The girls listened to Zhou Xiu's description carefully, and when they looked up, their eyes were filled with tears. They looked at Xi Shaoyuan with admiration.
Xi Shaoyuan sat down next to the table, coughed lightly and said, "It's not like that... I just happened to be passing by."
He raised his head and looked at Zhou Xiu, and was silent for a moment.
What had just happened flashed through Xi Shaoyuan's mind. On the way back, he communicated with the police and found out that Zhou Xiu had successfully called the police on her own before he arrived.
When he picked up Zhou Xiu, he found that she was not as weak as she looked.
Xu Qing adjusted his glasses and said, "I'm glad you're back. Xiuxiu is tired too, go take a nap. Leave the rest to us."
All the poor students clenched their fists and said, "The monitor is right!"
Such a bad person should not be let off.
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When Uncle Zhou returned home, he saw that everyone in the Zhou family was lying leisurely and peacefully in their beds, sleeping soundly, enjoying the cool under trees, or hiding in their rooms watching TV and eating melon seeds. Knowing exactly what happened.
He asked angrily, "You two still have the heart to play?"
Uncle Zhou Er was so angry that he started to curse: "You still don't know your mistakes even when you are about to die!"
"I went to the city to look for Zhou Xiu, just to take her back to the countryside. Her classmate, that Master Xi, locked us all up, not letting us sleep for days and nights, and we only had food when he told us to. If he didn't let us go, we couldn't leave!"
Uncle Zhou Er told them his sad story in the city and advised them to report to the police and turn themselves in.
Zhou Feng's mother disagreed, as did Zhou Feng's father. Even Grandma Zhou was too lazy to pay attention to him. When the villagers saw these people's reactions, they shook their heads and quickly distanced themselves from the Zhou family. In the late afternoon, several policemen came to Zhou's house and there was a knock on the door.
They asked, "Is this Zhou Yi's home? Zhou De, Shi Yunxiang, and He Qijin, come with us."
The three people named were Zhou Feng’s parents and Grandma Zhou. They opened their eyes wide and started cursing as if they were poked in the back.
Grandma Zhou never thought that she would suffer such humiliation at such an old age. She leaned on her cane and said with a thick neck: "You police officers can't wrongly accuse people!"
“I didn’t do anything wrong!”
The police took the man to the police car in a tough manner. When the villagers in the surrounding neighborhood saw the Zhou family members being arrested by the police, they were surprised and looked at them with contempt, pointing and talking:
"What's going on with the Zhou family?"
The three most powerful people in the family were taken away by the police, and the Zhou family was thrown into chaos.
The girls of Zhou family hid in the corner timidly and watched. Zhou Feng didn't understand what was going on yet, so he started to cry miserably, and the whole Zhou family was in chaos.
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When Zhou Xiu woke up after a good sleep, she found that the books purchased by Xi Shaoyuan had been delivered to the village.
Yu Qingyan and a few others stood outside the window of the inn, watching the village chief happily instructing people to transport packages of brand new books to the primary school at the foot of the mountain. Many villagers from Xiushui Village came to help move the books.
Huaxu looked at the lively scene at the foot of the mountain and couldn't help but sigh: "A lot of books, were they bought by Young Master Yuan?"
Yu Qingyan held her face in her hands and said, "Oh my god, Master Yuan has reached a new level of handsomeness! He is so thoughtful!"
There are so many new books that they could not even fill several large trucks, and they are enough to keep these mountain children reading for a long time. It is like precious and rare food, nourishing the dry soul of this land.
Erhua was cleaning the inn silently. When she passed by the crowd, she protested, "No, these were bought by Xiuxiu!"
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