Chapter 41: Heartbeat
"Brother, it's this little girl who's howling like a ghost in there."
Yang Xiaoxi was pushed to the ground. She looked up at the man sitting beside her who was obviously the one in charge, but she didn't say a word.
Sure enough, the other party couldn't help it first.
"What's the trick?" he asked.
"Don't you guys do a thorough investigation before hiring someone?" Yang Xiaoxi sat up. "Chen Caisheng was forced to marry Yuan Lingling. She alone would not have been able to make Shen Caisheng take the risk."
The man smiled contemptuously, "So, you mean she can't do it, but you can?"
"Of course, do you know who I am?" Yang Xiaoxi stood up silently with a cold expression, and curled her lips under the malicious smiles of several men, "I live in the west of the city, my last name is Yang, and my father's name is Yang Hu."
After hearing this, several men showed some surprise expressions.
"Are you Hu Ziyang's daughter?"
Yang Xiaoxi nodded, "Yes."
"Why should I believe you?" the man asked coldly.
"My dad said that they have some good stuff with Brother Long. As long as Brother Long is not arrested, then everyone's work will not be in vain."
After hearing this, the man who was called Big Brother finally stood up and walked to Yang Xiaoxi.
He grabbed Yang Xiaoxi by the collar and said, "If you, a bitch, dared to play tricks on me, Brother Long would have been arrested long ago."
Yang Xiaoxi stared at him intently, "Although Brother Long has been arrested, he hasn't confessed yet. I know how to find that thing."
"How to find it?" The man looked at her coldly, not as if he was looking at a woman, but as if he was looking at a prey.
"I want to see Brother Long. Only by seeing him can I get the things."
The man laughed, "What you're talking about is bullshit. Can you still see him?"
"Of course, this still requires your cooperation. We can take her and exchange her for Brother Long." Yang Xiaoxi glanced at the location of the granary, "But now we have to leave here first. Shen Caisheng will definitely find someone to surround us."
"So what do you say we should do?"
Yang Xiaoxi swallowed and said, "Let two people guard here, and we will go to the road to block Shen Caisheng."
The man paused for a moment, then sneered.
"Want to try to lure the tiger away from the mountain? You're still a little naive." After saying that, he raised his foot and was about to kick Yang Xiaoxi.
However, at this critical moment, there was a bang and the man fell to the ground.
"There's a gun!" Someone shouted, and several men looked at each other and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. In that instant, a shadow passed by them, and then there was another bang, and someone broke open the door of the granary.
The man squatting in the corner wanted to stand up but heard a stern shout, "Don't move!" The man immediately squatted down again.
Yang Xiaoxi looked up and found Zheng Changqing hiding outside the wall.
She moved carefully towards the gate of the courtyard, and finally ran out of the yard and came to Zheng Changqing's side, only to find that Zheng Changqing was standing on a pile of firewood with great difficulty.
He was the only one outside.
"Why did you come just now? You really scared me to death."
Zheng Changqing frowned when she spoke, but he didn't move. He just held his gun and stared at the people in the yard.
In the yard, the man who had just wanted to attack Yang Xiaoxi was now lying on the ground like a dead dog, and blood was still flowing from his body, staining the ground red.
"Shh, don't talk." Yang Xiaoxi changed his voice and said another sentence.
Hearing this, Zheng Changqing's mouth twitched, but his posture remained unchanged, guarding against those people making any rash moves.
Inside the granary, Shen Caisheng kicked open the door and saw Yuan Lingling huddled in the corner with her hands and feet tied.
"Lingling!" He rushed forward, "Are you okay, Lingling?" While helping Yuan Lingling untie the rope, he spoke to comfort her.
But Yuan Lingling just huddled there and let him do what he wanted, without showing any joy at all.
"What's wrong? Are you okay? Did they bully you?" The room was dimly lit, and Yuan Lingling couldn't see Shen Caisheng's expression clearly. She didn't notice his pale face at this moment, but she could clearly feel the coldness in his tone. Only then did she come to her senses slightly.
"No..." Yuan Lingling suddenly opened her arms and hugged him tightly in her arms, "I...Chen Caisheng...I was really scared to death." After saying this, she could no longer hold back her sobs.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'll take you out."
Shen Caisheng gently pushed her away, then took her hand and walked out.
When he reached the door, he let go and said, "Wait for me here."
Yuan Lingling felt nervous instinctively.
"Be careful, don't be too impulsive."
She gradually came to her senses and could feel that Shen Caisheng was on the verge of a rage, his whole body shaking uncontrollably. He was very worried about her, and she was afraid that he would do something irreparable.
Shen Caisheng nodded slightly, "Don't worry."
After saying that, he picked up the hemp ropes on the ground and walked out.
Just when Yuan Lingling was still hesitating whether to peek over or not, she heard a scream, followed by the sound of fists and feet colliding.
Yuan Lingling didn't care about anything else. She leaned forward and saw several men lying on the ground. Shen Caisheng was stepping on one of them. His murderous look was exactly the same as the image of the villain in Yuan Lingling's mind.
The man under his feet was the one he met at the vegetable market that day. At this moment, his veins were bulging and he looked like he was about to die of lack of oxygen at any time, but Shen Caisheng still looked at him indifferently.
Yuan Lingling was extremely nervous, fearing that Shen Caisheng would suddenly lose his mind and trample someone to death, but she quickly denied her suspicion.
Shen Caisheng is not such a tactless person. When he mentioned his work, his eyes were so bright. He knew what he was doing.
Sure enough, just when everyone thought that the person under his feet was about to die, he suddenly let go of the other person.
"What did you want to do last time outside the market?"
The coldness in his tone seemed to drive away the only warmth in early spring, causing several people on the ground to shiver.
"I...I just bumped into you accidentally. I didn't mean anything else."
Shen Caisheng sneered, "We have been dealing with each other for so long, and you still don't know who I am?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of those people all changed, but Yuan Lingling didn't understand what these words meant.
Shen Caisheng turned around, and the man behind him immediately shrank back, looking extremely scared.
He acted as if he saw nothing and walked towards Yuan Lingling.
“Shen Caisheng!”
A man on the ground weakly propped himself up, as if the words he just said had exhausted all his strength.
"Aren't you afraid of retribution? We trusted you so much, can you be worthy of those people who treated you as a brother but were killed by you? Cough cough cough..."
What a powerful rebuke, but it was ruined by the final cough.
Shen Caisheng pulled Yuan Lingling over and protected her to his side. Then he said calmly, "I never treat demons as brothers."
"Heh, ahem... Chen Caisheng, it was us... we were blind and misjudged you!"
Shen Caisheng didn't stop and pulled Yuan Lingling out of the yard. Several men in old clothes hurried over outside the door.
"Are you okay?"
"They are all inside. I will send my wife back first."
After Chen Caisheng finished speaking, he pulled Yuan Lingling to the side of the road without stopping. Only then did Yuan Lingling see clearly where they were.
The snow had melted at some point, and the green wheat seedlings and the distant green mountains were shining brightly. Two railways meandered through the mountains, looking a little shabby, indicating that they were abandoned.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Lingling suddenly remembered a description in the book. The villain Shen Caisheng was already very rich, but he had a yard on the outskirts of the city. Behind the yard were large farmlands and the Beijing suburbs railway.
Trains pass by here several times every day. People around here have almost moved away due to the annoyance, but Shen Caisheng still lives here from time to time. Whenever a train passes by, he closes his eyes, and no one knows what he is thinking.
Nothing happened to the people who appeared here today in the book. It can't be that they are sad for those bad guys, right?
"Don't take his words to heart. He must have said those things on purpose to make you feel uncomfortable." Yuan Lingling couldn't understand other things, but she was very sure of this one.
Shen Caisheng hummed, "I know what's going on."
He was indifferent, so Yuan Lingling shut up. Then she looked at Yang Xiaoxi and the other person next to them. They cared about each other and their relationship must have made great progress.
They were silent all the way. Yuan Lingling knew that Shen Caisheng might not be very happy, but she didn't know why he was unhappy. She was not a very sensitive person, so she couldn't figure it out and was too lazy to coax him.
After returning home, Yuan Lingling went back to her room by herself without even saying hello to Shen Caisheng.
If he had anything to say, he would come to her himself once he had finished his business.
Yuan Lingling still remembers the feeling in the darkness just now. She almost died.
Thinking of this, Yuan Lingling felt a little pain in her stomach and couldn't help but rub it gently.
Now that things have come to this, it’s better to have some sleep.
Everything will be fine after you get some sleep.
Yuan Lingling lay down on the kang and closed her eyes. Suddenly, everything that had just happened came to her mind.
Suddenly, she sat up abruptly. Yes, she said that she had forgotten something and couldn't find Ma Lili.
Just as she was about to get off the kang, she saw Shen Caisheng walk in carrying a wooden basin that was still steaming.
"Where's Ma Lili? I didn't see Ma Lili just now."
Shen Caisheng was not in a hurry. He put the basin on the stool next to her and said, "They will find the person. You don't have to worry." Then he wrung out the towel to wipe Yuan Lingling's face. His cold and distant yet gentle look made Yuan Lingling confused.
"I'll do it myself, you go and do your own thing." Yuan Lingling tried to take the towel from his hand, but the other party didn't let go. However, he didn't say anything, he just helped Yuan Lingling wipe her face.
After a while, Yuan Lingling grabbed his hand and said unhappily, "Are you okay? What happened?"
Shen Caisheng raised his eyelids and looked at her like this, but he just looked at her without saying anything, which made Yuan Lingling frown.
Suddenly, she reached out and touched Yuan Lingling's face, stroking her eyebrows with her thumb.
"Don't frown, it doesn't look good." His voice became very hoarse as soon as he opened his mouth.
Yuan Lingling looked up in surprise, only to see the other person staring at her with red eyes.
Yuan Lingling's heart skipped a beat. She no longer cared about saving face and immediately dumped out everything that was in her heart.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think things through today. I won't take risks like this next time..."
She said it sincerely; it was the first time she had suffered such a big loss since she came to this place.
Previously, she had always thought of herself as a person from another time and space, but only now did she realize that she truly belonged to this world.
All the people in this world are flesh and blood, and Shen Caisheng in front of her is not just a paper man sketched with a few strokes in a book.
"I'm sorry." Yuan Lingling apologized again.
Shen Caisheng didn't answer. He got up and found a small box from the cabinet, and then took out an old-fashioned desk lamp from it.
"I know you're afraid of the dark, so I wanted to give this to you after we head south..."
Shen Caisheng spent a few minutes to connect the power, and his mood has returned to normal. "If you are afraid, just light it and go to sleep. I'll be out for a while and will be back soon."
As he was about to leave, Yuan Lingling grabbed his large hand.
Their skin touched, and they both felt the coolness of each other's fingertips.
"Thank you." said Yuan Lingling.
Shen Caisheng gently held her hand back.
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