Chapter 10
Jiang Rong subconsciously clenched the backpack straps in front of her, not daring to raise her head. She could only observe quietly from the corner of her eyes, watching them knocking hard on her door with their hands and feet, shouting, "Little bitch, I know you're home, open the door quickly!!"
Jiang Rong bit her lower lip. Now she and they were in the same corridor, and she didn't know if they would recognize her.
The girl's eyes were in a panic for a moment, and she subconsciously prepared to escape, so she silently took a step back. She didn't know if her behavior was a little strange, but the two people looked at her instantly, and the voices that had been shouting stopped. Jiang Rong had to pause her plan to retreat and escape. She was afraid that the two people would notice something strange, so she lowered her head even more.
This back and forth made the girl even more nervous. Just when she was thinking about what to do, the fat and thin figures completely stopped knocking on the door.
This discovery undoubtedly made Jiang Rong swallow her saliva anxiously. She knew that her home was on the fourth floor, and if she jumped down, she would be scattered all over the place. But if she stepped back, the two people would definitely notice something was wrong and would come over to grab her. If they got closer, they would definitely be able to tell her identity.
Just as he was struggling with this, the thin guy also noticed the problem and asked the stronger guy next to him: "Brother, after all these years, do you still remember what that little girl looked like?"
He probably was afraid that I might hear something wrong, so he seemed to lower his voice on purpose, but in the corridor, this little bit of sound insulation was better than nothing.
Jiang Rong shrank her neck and stared at the tip of her shoes, afraid that the two people would notice something. Fortunately, her new hairstyle gave her two bangs on both sides of her cheeks, and her face was not big, so when she lowered her head, it just covered half of her face.
So the two of them looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. The eldest brother frowned and flipped through his phone, not knowing whether he had found the photo. He compared it for a while, and his face gradually became irritated.
I thought the two of us would just observe and that would be the end of it, but the older man cleared his throat and asked directly, "Little girl, where are you from?"
Just listening to the question, it seems quite gentle.
But the tone of his voice was so eerie that Jiang Rong broke out in a cold sweat. For a moment, she didn't know how to answer, for fear that he would notice any problems in her words.
Regarding his question...
The deer's house was downstairs, and it was unrealistic for him to run back over there. Saying that he had taken the wrong path would only make the two people suspicious.
So now, I have to either take a few steps forward, walk past the two people, and go to Lin Yao's floor, but this will give them a chance to observe me closely, and there is a chance that they will follow me upstairs. In other words, I can only go to Lin Yao's house at that time, and the high school students haven't finished their evening self-study at this time, and his mother doesn't welcome me very much.
But apart from that one place...
Jiang Rong cast her gaze towards the window next door that was emitting warm light. She was debating whether to take a gamble.
As far as I can remember, no one has ever lived in this house, and all the houses around me have moved away because they know that I am unlucky.
This was the first time I knew that the neighbor’s living room was equipped with warm lights.
It's just that I don't know the person next door, so he may not help me...
The two people over there spoke again, this time it was the thin one who said: "Brother, she looks like a beautiful woman. She must have been scared by the noise we made just now."
The eldest brother rolled his eyes at him, couldn't help but knocked him on the head, and said with gritted teeth: "Why do you always speak for outsiders?"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards Jiang Rong, asking, "It's okay, little girl. Can you tell us if you know this family?"
Jiang Rong was shaking her head so hard that it was almost like a rattle. Seeing two people coming over, she knocked on the door of the house next to hers without thinking.
The two men looked more and more uneasy, and Da Zhuang couldn't help but quicken his pace: "Little girl, that's your home, right? Why are you knocking on the door?"
His words weren't even a question; he just scolded him directly.
The two men quickly quickened their pace and were about to reach out and grab her arm, but at the critical moment, the door of the next room that she had knocked on opened.
The man in the room opened the door impatiently and asked in a tone full of impatience: "Who is it? What are you doing?"
"Do you know that this is disturbing the public?"
Jiang Rong looked at the man in front of her, a man she had never seen before, and was a little dazed. She even subconsciously suspected that she had recognized the wrong person.
But when she saw the fat and thin people standing aside and not taking any action but starting to observe, she pursed her lips, smiled awkwardly, and explained, "Because I forgot to bring my keys, but you got off work so early today."
Shen Jianye opened the door completely, and looked at the appearance of the girl in front of him with a flash of surprise in his eyes. When she raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes were full of help and hope. Relying on the fact that the two people next to her couldn't see, she subconsciously bowed with both hands. The two bangs on her cheeks also formed neat lines with her actions, forming a wonderful contrast with the long hair behind her.
When I met her at the door of the coffee shop, she was still acting like a good girl. She didn't dare to say anything out loud when people ridiculed her. But now her new hairstyle obviously blends a sense of coolness and rebellion. I don't know what happened to her eyes, they became so bright and moving, full of expectation and relief.
Shen Jianye couldn't help laughing. He and this little girl had only met once, how could she be so assured.
But he did see and hear clearly that the girl must be the one who lived next door and was being chased for debt.
Jiang Rong saw the flash of mockery in the man's eyes and thought she had seen it wrong. After all, she had always remembered him as so gentle and kind...
I guess it’s because he was woken up and is in a bad mood.
Compared to the two stunned people, Da Zhuang asked bluntly: "Handsome guy, what is your relationship with this beautiful woman?"
After saying that, he added a threat: "Handsome guy, you must think carefully, otherwise it will be bad if you bring trouble upon yourself."
Shen Jianye originally wanted to stay out of it, and paused in his movement to close the door. He curled the corners of his mouth coldly, crossed his arms over his chest and retorted rudely: "You are still more powerful. This is the first time I know that there are people like you rushing to other people's doorsteps now that the sun is still hanging in the sky."
After he finished speaking harshly, he looked down at Jiang Rong and said, "Come in quickly. You are so cowardly and yet you insist on going home by yourself."
It can be considered as fulfilling his original attitude.
Da Zhuang silently stretched out his foot, blocking the two people, and asked again: "So, what is your relationship?"
Being asked as if he were checking the household registration, Shen Jianye obviously didn't want to pay attention. He turned sideways to signal the girl to go into the house first, but the two people had a feeling that they would not give up until they could get the answer. They were afraid that asking more would reveal the truth. So Jiang Rong licked her dry lower lip and shouted to Shen Jianye with a firm look in her eyes: "Brother!"
Shen Jianye stared at Jiang Rong's appearance for a moment, but soon turned into a helpless look: "Kid, don't you usually don't like to call me brother? You were scared by them, right?"
He took advantage of his height to let Jiang Rong into the house first. Then he looked down at the two of them and snorted coldly: "Oh, why don't you leave before I call the police?"
The thin man and the strong man looked at each other. The elder brother smiled awkwardly and put his hands together. "Sorry to bother you. Do you know the girl who lives next door?"
Shen Jianye sneered unceremoniously: “I dare not be an accomplice. Let me remind you again that this is an illegal act.”
The thin man wanted to say something, but Dazhuang stepped forward to stop him: "Then we won't bother you anymore."
Shen Jianye closed the door, and Jiang Rong breathed a sigh of relief visibly. She opened her mouth to say "thank you", but Shen Jianye quickly covered her mouth, put his other hand on his lips with a finger, and shook his head gently.
Then he put his hand down, and a fleeting aroma of coffee rushed into Jiang Rong's heart. For a moment, Jiang Rong felt that her face was so hot that she could cook an egg on it. She quickly mouthed "thank you" and then stood nervously opposite Shen Jianye waiting together.
It was a minute later that Jiang Rong heard the voices of the two men coming from the door of Shen Jianye's house: "Brother, it seems like we are really a family."
"Tsk, she's lucky. I told you to keep watch these past few days, but you didn't see anything!"
"Brother, is the address wrong?"
"Impossible. She's the only one left in the family. Where else can she go?"
"Let's go, let's go, don't embarrass ourselves."
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Jiang Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling the heat on her face, and quickly bowed to Shen Jianye: “Thank you for helping me, if I need anything in the future, no, if you need anything, you can tell me!”
Her words became more and more rambling, and Jiang Rong could hardly react to what she was saying. She could only feel her face and head getting hotter and hotter, and she subconsciously wanted to escape from here.
She didn't want to admit at all that this was the first time they were alone together and she was so embarrassed in front of Shen Jianye.
Jiang Rong wanted to open the door and leave without thinking, but Shen Jianye raised his eyebrows and did not reach out to stop her. He just crossed his arms, leaned against the wall and asked, "Are you sure you want to leave now?"
Jiang Rong looked innocent and asked doubtfully, "Can't we leave now?"
Shen Jianye clicked on the camera of his fingerprint lock and pointed at the two heads poking out from the stairs not far away: “Do you think you can leave?”
Jiang Rong looked at the door lock in shock, then looked at Shen Jianye's leisurely and contented appearance. She didn't understand the meaning of Shen Jianye's words at all, and just stared at him with wide eyes and said, "Amazing!"
This was probably the first time Shen Jianye met a girl like this. He turned around and sat on the sofa. The strands of hair on his temples fluttered with his movements, revealing his earlobes, which he had not noticed but had turned slightly red.
Looking at Jiang Rong's restrained appearance, Shen Jianye said calmly:
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in kids who are much younger than me."
Jiang Rong met his gaze and then noticed that she was still wearing her blue and white school uniform. She blushed and curled her lips: "I'm not that young anymore. I'm almost an adult."
Shen Jianye didn't care: "Then we are very different." Then he took out a few bags of snacks from the drawer: "I don't like these either, you can eat some to calm your mood."
Jiang Rong held the potato chips in her arms with a bewildered look on her face. She had no idea where he had gotten them from since he said he didn't like them. These were the popular flavors of the season, and she was at a loss for a moment.
But she knew that Shen Jianye was a good person!
Shen Jianye, whom she called a good man, was full of evil thoughts that were about to overflow. He looked at Jiang Rong, who was like an ostrich, burying her head and not saying a word, and asked directly: "Now that you have implicated me, tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"
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