Chapter 118 Injury
As soon as Lu Yan and Tang Rufeng left the door of the bar, the other person struggled out of his arms. Because of his great strength, he even staggered back several steps, looking a bit wolfish.
Lu Yan's car just stopped at the door. The smooth black sports car was always shiny and spotless, more mysterious than a ghost in the night. He saw Tang Rufeng struggling from his arms, smiled, and didn't mind. The evening breeze messed up his hair and covered his lazy eyes:
"What a coincidence, we meet again."
In fact, it was not a coincidence. One of them was a regular customer of the bar, and the other was a bar waiter. It was normal for them to meet, but it was already destined.
Tang Rufeng's face was as pale as paper, making his eyes look particularly dark. He stared at Lu Yan motionlessly and said sarcastically in a hoarse voice, "Did you save me so that I can thank you?"
Lu Yan was simply free and had nothing to do.
In the ending the system told him, Tang Rufeng died together with him almost as if they were committing suicide for love.
Lu Yan had never met such a person before. After all, in his opinion, feelings are dispensable. How can they be as important as life?
He looked at Tang Rufeng unconsciously, and felt that he was like a wild bamboo, seemingly thin and slender, but actually tough. His brows were full of stubbornness, and he didn't look like the kind of person who would risk his life for love.
Other people's frivolity was only superficial, but Lu Yan's frivolity seemed to penetrate deep into his bones. He raised his eyelids and said with a half-smile, "How much is gratitude worth? Don't you have to give me your body?"
But strictly speaking, they have already slept together, which can be considered as "committing oneself to each other" in another sense.
Tang Rufeng didn't think the joke was funny at all. His gaze fell on Lu Yan, which was as disturbing as a poisonous snake slowly crawling across the skin. He whispered word by word, "Then you should be careful. You might be the next person to be hit on the head by a wine bottle."
He stopped talking, glanced at Lu Yan coldly, turned and left. Darkness swept in from all directions, and the thin figure was soon swallowed up.
Lu Yan thought that was pretty hot, he opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, driving at a moderate pace to catch up with Tang Rufeng who was walking on two legs in no time.
Lu Yan rolled down the window and drove at the same speed as Tang Rufeng. His handsome profile became more and more distinct in the light and shadow. He asked lazily, "How about I take you home? I'll just take you home to the end of the world."
Tang Rufeng didn't want to have anything to do with Lu Yan anymore, and didn't want to delve into his thoughts, so he frowned and refused: "No need."
He finished speaking and quickly walked across the street, running towards the bus stop on the other side of the road. Lu Yan's car couldn't turn, so it could only continue along the lane, driving in the opposite direction of Tang Rufeng, and gradually disappeared from sight.
Lu Yan drove aimlessly on the road, summoned the system and asked, "Is my crisis resolved?"
The system's black body floated up and down in the air, thinking that Lu Yan was dreaming: [Do you think it's that easy? ]
Lu Yan thought it was easy, and he listed reliable evidence: "Tang Rufeng doesn't even want to look at me now, so he won't drag me to commit suicide for love, right?"
The system said coldly: [It's not just suicide for love that will drag you to death, I can also drag you to death for the people to eliminate harm. 】
Lu Yan: “…”
She has a pretty vicious mouth.
Lu Yan slumped back in his chair, looking like he had given up and said, "Then tell me, how can I resolve this crisis?"
[Sorry, this task is determined by the program and the system cannot inform you. ]
The system disappeared after it finished speaking. The missions in this world were a bit strange, and there were no hard and fast rules on how long one had to survive. It really didn't know how to resolve the crisis. At most, it could use points to resurrect Lu Yan when he accidentally got his kidneys cut or was accidentally stabbed to death.
“…”
Lu Yan let out a breath slowly, wondering what he was trying to do with a black-hearted monster. He turned around and drove towards his residence, ready to go home and sleep. However, things in the world are so ingenious, the road under his feet was like a huge vicious circle, and after going around in circles, he finally returned to where he started.
When Lu Yan was driving past the bus stop, his eyes inadvertently swept out of the window and suddenly he found a group of dark shadows gathered at the corner. He didn't know what they were doing. His car had already slid several meters away and finally slowly backed up.
"Fuck you, why don't you open your eyes and ask, is Brother Long someone you can mess with?"
"You little brat, I have to teach you a lesson today. You dare to mess with me!"
"What's the point of talking? Just destroy his hand!"
Tang Rufeng had just walked to the bus stop when he was blocked by Long Ge's men who were following him. He stood alone in the circle, facing three hoodlums with vicious eyes, approaching him step by step.
Tang Rufeng was obviously not someone who would sit there and wait for death. Seeing this, he retreated calmly, picked up a palm-sized piece of gravel from the shadows and hid it behind him. When the three thugs rushed over, he kicked the man in the middle who said he wanted to kill him, and then he clenched the stone in his hand and smashed it at the other man.
"Bang--!"
Blood splattered everywhere, directly splashing on his chin.
Tang Rufeng did not hit the fatal parts, but focused on the fingers and shoulder bones. He hit them with full force each time, and his eyes were cruel and cold. He stared at the thug in front of him, and no matter how the other two kicked, hit and cursed, they could not pull him away. In the end, the opponent's hand was smashed into a bloody mess, and his screams became weaker and weaker. Tang Rufeng was also beaten to a bloody mess.
"Fuck! What a lunatic!"
Seeing that Tang Rufeng refused to let go of their leader, one of the thugs gritted his teeth and picked up a piece of rubble mixed with steel bars from the pile of buildings nearby and smashed it hard on his head. However, at this moment, he was suddenly hit by a strong wind from behind, and his lower back hurt, and he flew two meters away in an instant.
"Bang--!"
Lu Yan's sudden appearance disrupted the situation. The thug struggled to get up from the ground, holding his waist, and cursed: "Where did this little idiot come from to meddle in other people's business?!"
Lu Yan stood under the street light, slowly rolling up his sleeves. He lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the terrifying emotions in his eyes: "Aren't we going to fight? You two come together."
This nonchalant attitude obviously angered the thugs. They immediately rushed towards Lu Yan, but they didn't expect that he would grab their shoulders. Then there was a cracking sound from their shoulders, and their arms were broken.
“Ah ...
Lu Yan's attack was even more ruthless than Tang Rufeng's, and because he was not afraid of causing trouble, he did not show any scruples at all. There were three thugs in total, except for the one who was smashed to pieces by Tang Rufeng, the remaining two had their arms broken by him, and they fell to the ground in excruciating pain.
Lu Yan walked up to one of the thugs and squatted down. He pulled out a stack of cash from his wallet, patted his face expressionlessly, and threw it directly on his chest. The red bills scattered all over the floor: "Take it to the hospital for treatment, and then ask the guy named Long to reimburse you. Ask him to come to my house in two days to return it to me. Do you understand?"
The gangster looked at him awkwardly. He had never seen such a shameless person before. He asked fearfully, "Who... who are you? Leave your name if you can!"
Lu Yan curled his lips slightly: "My last name is Duan, Duan Jiyang, if you want revenge, come here, I'm always waiting!"
He stood up from the ground after he finished speaking, kicked the thug again, signaling the three of them to get out of here quickly, and then turned to look at Tang Rufeng——
No matter how cruel the opponent was, he was just a college student who had not yet entered society. He fought without regard for his life. At this moment, he was curled up on the ground, his back was covered with dirty footprints and bloodstains, and his chin was splattered with blood, making his skin paler and his eyes darker, burning with hatred that was enough to devour everything, making him look like a ghost born in mud and shadows.
His body was shaking slightly from the pain.
His fingertips were clenched tightly with hatred.
But in the end, when the man slowly leaned over and squatted, she lowered her head in a wolfish and embarrassed manner.
Lu Yan said nothing. He stared at Tang Rufeng for a moment, then finally reached out and pulled him up from the ground. He held him horizontally in his arms and walked straight towards the car parked on the side of the road. The fight just now was too loud, and it would be bad if the police were called. The young man in his arms froze for a moment, and for the first time in his life he did not struggle. He lowered his eyes and was unspeakably quiet.
There was little traffic on the streets late at night. The car windows were half-down, and the night wind blew in my face, and the bloody smell finally dissipated a lot.
Lu Yan looked up at the rearview mirror, tapped the steering wheel with his slender fingertips, and asked, "Do you want to go to the hospital or go home directly?"
Tang Rufeng said nothing. He sat in silence at the back, and after a moment he uttered a word in a hoarse voice: "No need to go to the hospital."
Lu Yan originally wanted to take him to the hospital, but there might not be a doctor on duty at this time, so he turned the steering wheel and simply changed the route: "Then let's go home."
“…”
At that moment, Tang Rufeng moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he said nothing. Silence flowed in the air, so quiet that it made people feel a little uncomfortable.
The old residential building was located at the edge of the city. The walls were faded and faded, silently revealing the poverty. Lu Yan drove through the narrow alleys and finally stopped at Tang Rufeng's house: "We're here. Do you want me to take you upstairs?"
Tang Rufeng refused as expected: "No need."
He suddenly realized that these two words sounded a bit awkward, and after a pause, he added, "My house is on the second floor, very close, no need to send me."
Lu Yan only heard the muffled sound of a car door closing from behind. Tang Rufeng had already gotten out of the car and walked towards home. He lowered the window a little, watched him walk to the stairs, and then slowly backed away.
There is a 24-hour pharmacy nearby, and when Lu Yan passed by, he went in and bought some common medicines for bruises and injuries, intending to send them to Tang Rufeng. After all, it would be troublesome if the wound was not treated.
Lu Yan parked his car on the side of the road and went straight upstairs carrying a bag of medicine. This old house didn't even have an elevator. The walls of the corridor were covered with dirt as if they had been smoked, and were covered with densely packed small, very old advertisements.
Lu Yan was thinking whether he should leave the medicine at the door and leave, or knock on the door and hand it to Tang Rufeng. He glanced around inadvertently and suddenly found a familiar figure at the corner of the stairs. He stopped unconsciously.
Tang Rufeng did not go home, but sat on a step at the entrance of the stairs. He looked extremely sleepy, hugged his knees with his hands, and buried his face in them. The dim light bulb above his head fell on him, illuminating the bloodstains and footprints on his clothes. The slim-fitting shirt in the bar looked a little empty on him.
He couldn't explain to Tang's mother how he got the injuries on his body, and he didn't dare to go home. He could only hide at the stairs to spend this somewhat difficult night. The chill of the early morning quietly invaded his whole body, and even the pain from the wounds became numbed.
Lu Yan watched quietly, and after a little thought, he figured out the reason. He had lived a life of poverty since he was born, so he couldn't understand why Tang Rufeng didn't dare to go home. Shouldn't he let his parents see if he was injured? After all, the crying child gets the candy.
This kind of "why not eat meat" thinking inadvertently exposed Lu Yan's inherent bad nature, but no matter how evil his heart was, he looked like a good man, at least to Tang Rufeng.
"Why don't you go home?"
A low voice suddenly rang out, breaking the silence of the night.
The voice-activated lights in the corridor glowed slowly. Lu Yan stood under the only light source. The dim color tone like that in old movies made him look falsely gentle. His dark eyes were always distracted and he looked indescribably lazy.
Tang Rufeng didn't expect Lu Yan to come back. When he looked up, he was stunned for a moment: "...Why are you here?"
His throat was dry and astringent, like a dried-up spring.
Lu Yan shook the medicine bag in his hand and said, "I'll give you some medicine."
“…”
Tang Rufeng didn't say anything. A long time later, when he recalled that night, he didn't understand why he didn't refuse Lu Yan, but let him take him to the car parked on the side of the road, take off his clothes in the dim light and apply medicine to the wound.
Tang Rufeng's body was very thin, and it was obvious that he had suffered from malnutrition for many years. Wounds all over his pale and bony back made him look like he was about to break apart.
Lu Yan disinfected, applied medicine, and bandaged Tang Rufeng with extremely skilled movements. It was not difficult to tell that he was also a veteran in fighting. Finally, he gently wiped the dried blood off the opponent's face with a wet towel, and his lips were close to Tang Rufeng's ear, whispering teasingly: "You are quite fierce in fighting..."
Some people are afraid of this kind of cruelty, while others love it.
Lu Yan happens to be the latter.
Tang Rufeng was lying on the back seat, his waiter shirt and uniform had been stripped off, leaving only wounds. He closed his eyes when he heard Lu Yan's words, and he couldn't tell whether he was panicked or angry.
He was probably more panicked. After all, he didn't have the strength to fight a second time. If Lu Yan wanted to do something, he would be powerless to fight.
But after Lu Yan applied the medicine to Tang Rufeng, he simply took off his coat and covered his back with it: "You can sleep in the car today."
He did not mention words like "hotel" or "booking a room" to avoid the other party from thinking too much. He simply went around to the passenger seat and lay down, intending to have a good night's sleep.
Hearing this, Tang Rufeng slowly opened his eyes in the darkness and looked in the direction of Lu Yan. Unfortunately, he could only see a black chair back. He had never met anyone like Lu Yan in his life. He was like dark chocolate wrapped with a candy core, bitter and sweet, making it difficult to tell good from bad.
But his tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and Tang Rufeng felt a sense of security. He curled up in his large coat, and in his drowsiness, he heard Lu Yan ask, "Are you still in college?"
Tang Rufeng hummed.
Lu Yan: "Why do you want to be a waiter in a bar?"
Everyone knows that kind of place is too messy.
Tang Rufeng closed his eyes, frowned, and uttered two words: "A lot of money."
There is no labor force in their family. Tang Rufeng has to earn all his tuition and living expenses from childhood to adulthood. Unfortunately, Tang's mother has cirrhosis of the liver and has to go to the hospital every few days to drain abdominal fluid and hang albumin. The medicine costs seven or eight hundred yuan a bottle, which is a sky-high price. Add to that the rent and food, and ordinary jobs cannot afford such expenses.
Lu Yan asked casually, "You've been working in the bar for so long, isn't there anyone who wants to keep you?"
This kind of careless joke was particularly heartbreaking. Tang Rufeng narrowed his eyes when he heard it, and under his calm appearance, there was suppressed anger: "What do you mean?"
Lu Yan adjusted the back of the chair so that he could lie down more comfortably. "It's nothing serious. I just want to remind you that places like that are very chaotic. If you get forced to drink once, there will be a second and third time."
His words were cold but realistic. Without any background or power, it would be like a fool's dream for Tang Rufeng to protect himself in such a place. If he didn't want to encounter the same thing as last time again, he should get out of there as soon as possible.
“…”
There was a dead silence in the air.
Lu Yan pulled out a gold-stamped business card from his pocket and handed it to Tang Rufeng. His fingertips were slender and his joints were distinct, revealing his dignity. "I still say the same thing. If you need anything, you can always come to me."
Tang Rufeng didn't move. Just when Lu Yan was getting tired of maintaining that posture, his fingertips suddenly felt empty and the thin business card was taken away.
"knew."
Tang Rufeng said.
Since that night, Lu Yan never saw Tang Rufeng again, because not long after, the gossip news on the Internet suddenly broke out the explosive words #Duan Jiyang's fiancé cheated on bar waiter#, and also accompanied it with a photo of Lu Yan's back as he left with Tang Rufeng in his arms, revealing half of his profile.
As you can imagine, the Duan family was shocked, the Lu family was panicked, but the most angry one was Duan Jiyang, after all, he now had a green hat on his head.
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