in the car.
Tang Mi sat cross-legged on her seat, holding her phone and eagerly waiting for Jiang Suichu's reply.
Pei Shuo sat behind her and leaned forward on the backrest, "Haven't you replied yet?"
Tang Mi shook her head and said, "No."
When they went rafting in the morning, they stopped by the covered bridge to find Jiang Suichu and wanted to ask her to go back to school with them. But when I arrived, I didn't see anyone. I went rafting later and asked Jiang Minghao, only to find out that she had gone home in the morning.
After hearing that she was still waiting for the bus, a few people took a detour to the town to see if they could meet her.
Lu Zhinian, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, was looking out the window without saying a word, holding his mobile phone in his hand, his lips pursed tightly.
She didn't reply to his messages from last night to this morning. I thought she was just busy and didn't see her. When Tang Mi said that she had replied to the message, he immediately picked up his phone to read it, but the message he sent was lying quietly on the chat interface without receiving any reply.
She did it on purpose.
The streets in the town are very narrow, so cars don’t drive too fast. As he was about to turn the corner, Lu Zhinian's eyes flickered and he saw a small circle of people surrounding the supermarket. It seemed like someone was arguing, and the sound of fighting and scolding could be heard faintly through the glass.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed and he looked straight at the beaten person in the middle.
"parking!"
There was a sudden sudden stop, and the people sitting behind all stumbled forward. Fortunately, they were all wearing seat belts.
By the time the three of them recovered from the impact, Lu Zhinian, who was in the passenger seat, had already slammed the car door and ran to the supermarket on the left front.
Pei Shuo looked in the direction in which Lu Zhinian was running, and his pupils instantly dilated.
"Fuck!" He yelled angrily, unbuckled his seat belt and rushed out of the car.
When Lu Zhinian ran over, Jiang Mingzhu was slapping Jiang Suichu on the face, head and body.
Slapping and scolding
"You bitch, you still dare to hit me, why don't you die like your father."
"That old woman only loves you and favors you..."
Jiang Suichu was held by Jiang Mingjie's hands and had no chance to fight back.
Jiang Mingzhu was almost crazy. She had never been as happy as she was today. Looking at Jiang Suchu's disheveled hair and red and swollen cheeks, she felt the pleasure of finally breaking her pride with her own hands.
Lu Zhinian has been taught to respect and protect girls since he was a child, so even when faced with a confession from a girl he doesn't like, he will refuse as politely as possible so as not to embarrass anyone.
This was the first time in his life that he hated a girl so much that he wanted to strangle her to death. When Jiang Mingzhu raised her hand again, Lu Zhinian reached out to grab her wrist, and then pushed it back hard. Jiang Mingzhu was turned upside down, and her arm was so painful that it almost broke.
Before she could see who it was, she was kicked hard in the abdomen.
Almost instantly.
Jiang Mingzhu fell to the ground and subconsciously pushed back with her palms. The inertia was too great, and the palms of his hands were abraded by the gravel on the ground.
She raised her head in pain and glanced into Lu Zhinian's dark eyes, which showed undisguised anger and disgust.
But in just a second, he looked away and looked at Jiang Mingjie with dark eyes.
Before Jiang Mingjie and a few others could react, they were punched in the face by Pei Shuo, who followed closely with a clenched fist.
Jiang Mingjie was caught off guard and retreated repeatedly, almost stepping on Jiang Mingzhu who fell to the ground and had not yet gotten up. Fortunately, he was caught by the friends behind him and didn't fall to the ground.
Pei Shuo seemed to have discussed it with Lu Zhinian in advance. When he punched Jiang Mingjie, he pulled Jiang Suchu and gave him a hard swing.
"A Nian!"
Lu Zhinian reached out and put his arm around Jiang Suichu's waist, catching her firmly.
Pei Shuo was so strong that Jiang Suchu almost fell into Lu Zhinian's arms.
Her hair was spread over one shoulder, there were clearly visible finger prints on her face, and her clothes were torn in a mess. His fair neck and arms were covered with nail scratches and blood oozed from them.
Shaky.
She raised her head, and when she saw it was Lu Zhinian, her dry eyes surged again. Her hands tightly grasped the hem of Lu Zhinian's clothes, as if grasping a life-saving straw.
"Every year——"
His voice was hoarse and trembling.
At that second, the very second she called him, Lu Zhinian's heart felt like someone was tugging hard.
He reached out and gently brushed the hair from her cheek, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his thumb.
He didn't even dare to use force, for fear of hurting her.
He took a deep breath, held her head in his arms, and said, "I'm here."
I'm here, don't be afraid.
Tang Mi and Tang Zi also came over.
Tang Mi took Jiang Suichu from Lu Zhinian and said, "Suisui."
Jiang Suchu shook his head at her and said hoarsely, "It's okay."
How could it be okay? Tang Mi's eyes suddenly turned red when she saw her swollen cheeks and scratches on her body.
She turned her head away and calmed down her emotions so that the tears did not fall.
Tang Zi glanced at Jiang Suchu, whose cheeks were red and swollen, and secretly clenched his fists.
Jiang Mingjie stood up and spit blood on the ground. He stared at the people who suddenly appeared and pointed at them: "Who the hell are you? Don't meddle in your mother's business. I'll teach my sister to keep you away." What a bullshit."
Pei Shuo took a step back and stood side by side in front of Jiang Suichu with Lu Zhinian.
"Sister?" Pei Shuo looked at him with a sneer, "How do I remember that Suisui was an only child and you jumped out from the crack in the stone in that toilet?"
Both Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo knew that Jiang Suchu was an only child and had no brother at all.
"You!" Jiang Mingjie was choked by him and became a little angry, "I'm her cousin!"
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Jiang Suichu, who was blocked by them behind him, "Jiang Suichu, come here!"
Jiang Suchu didn't see Jiang Mingjie's arrogant look, because Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo had a tacit understanding of standing sideways to block her.
Tang Mi asked her: "Suisui, is he really your cousin?"
Jiang Suchu looked at Jiang Mingjie and Jiang Mingzhu opposite him indifferently, and nodded reluctantly.
The blood relationship was something she couldn't deny.
Seeing her nodding, Jiang Mingjie got angry and said, "It's only right for my brother to teach my sister a lesson. Stop meddling in your mother's business and get out of here."
Lu Zhinian's dark eyes looked at him coldly, "Is this a matter of course?"
His eyes were dark and turbulent, like wild beasts on a stormy night, as if they were about to rush up and tear him to pieces in the next second.
Jiang Mingjie was shocked by his eyes and subconsciously wanted to take his hand back. After realizing that they were unfamiliar faces and probably not from the local area, their aura returned.
He swallowed, straightened his retracted fingers, and pointed at Lu Zhinian. His voice was a little unsteady, "What...what, please stop meddling in other people's business, be careful of me getting killed - ahhh!!"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhinian stepped in front of him with extremely fast movements. I quickly grabbed the finger he extended and folded it down. The index finger was almost broken and stuck to the back of my hand with a 'click' sound, which sounded like a bone breaking. But he didn't care at all, his eyes were as dark as ink, and there was boiling anger in them. When Jiang Mingjie was wailing in pain, he pushed his knee up hard, hitting his lower abdomen. Then when he bent over in pain, Lu Zhinian quickly bent his right elbow, swept it horizontally, and struck him directly in the cheek.
His movements were smooth and smooth, and his strikes were fast and hard, leaving Jiang Mingjie with no room to fight back.
Jiang Mingjie fell to the ground, clutching his stomach, and glanced at the dumbfounded people beside him, "What are you still doing in a daze? Come on!"
Lu Zhinian cracked his fingers, and his knuckles made a crisp sound. He glanced at the few people with cold eyes and said, "Those who are not afraid of death can try it."
After speaking, Pei Shuo and Tang Zi stepped forward and stood side by side with him.
Several people looked at each other in confusion. After looking at Lu Zhinian's gloomy face, no one dared to step forward.
Jiang Mingjie glanced at a few people, struggled to get up from the ground, and looked at them, "Do you know whose territory this is?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bottle of mineral water hit Jiang Mingjie's face quickly and accurately, causing him to retreat and fall to the ground.
The crowd was in an uproar and turned to look back.
Jiang Minghao stood outside the crowd, with one hand in his pocket and a lit cigarette between his fingertips.
"Jiang Minghao." Tang Mi's eyes lit up when she saw it was him.
Jiang Minghao glanced at her, then pushed aside the crowd of onlookers, walked up and squatted in front of Jiang Mingjie, reached out and patted his face.
The force was not light, and Jiang Mingjie's face turned red visibly.
"Tell me--" His voice was not loud, but it was chilling, "-whose territory is this?"
Jiang Mingjie's friends were originally hesitant to step forward to help, but when they saw Jiang Minghao, they stood still and did not dare to move, for fear that he would think they were in a group.
There is no one in Muyang Town who doesn’t know Jiang Minghao. Those who just shouted to come forward to help saw Jiang Minghao with their heads lowered and did not dare to come forward.
He was just a lunatic, and he always hit people with fatal blows. Someone once made trouble for him, and he was sent to the hospital directly, with only half a life left.
Obviously, Jiang Mingjie was also afraid of him. He couldn't say a word for a long time and could only put his hands on the ground and huddle back.
"Huh?" Seeing him retreating timidly, Jiang Minghao's eyes darkened and he grabbed the back of his head, looking straight into his eyes. "Tell me, who has the final say?"
"Hao...Brother Hao, you have the final say, you have the final say." Jiang Mingjie was so frightened that his voice trembled.
"Ha!" Seeing his useless look, Jiang Minghao threw him away in disgust, stood up and took a puff of cigarette, his cheeks sunken.
Just when everyone thought Jiang was letting it go, Jiang Minghao suddenly raised his foot and kicked him in the stomach.
The movements were ruthless, leaving no trace of strength left.
"Ah!" Jiang Mingjie clutched his stomach, his face full of pain.
The onlookers obviously did not expect that he would strike so harshly, and they screamed in horror.
Even Lu Zhinian and others looked at each other and said nothing.
This was the first time Tang Mi saw Jiang Minghao like this, and she couldn't help but flinch while holding Jiang Suichu's arm.
Jiang Suchu felt it and patted her arm, "Don't be afraid."
Tang Mi was silent for a moment and nodded, "...I'm not afraid." She was just a little...shocked...
"Brother!" Jiang Mingzhu reached out to protect Jiang Mingjie and looked at Jiang Minghao with tears in her eyes, "Brother Xiaohao, please let my brother go."
Jiang Minghao lowered his eyes and glanced at her. There was no pity in his eyes, but the same look in Lu Zhinian's eyes just now, full of disgust.
Jiang Mingzhu looked away in embarrassment, not daring to look into his eyes.
Jiang Minghao grabbed Jiang Mingjie and threw him in front of Jiang Suichu, "Old rules."
Others didn't understand what it meant. Pei Shuo and Lu Zhinian looked at each other and then looked at Jiang Suchu.
Jiang Sui didn't even look at Jiang Mingjie at first, but pointed at Jiang Mingzhu behind him and said, "I want her."
Jiang Mingzhu's face suddenly turned pale, and she stepped back subconsciously.
Jiang Minghao nodded, held the cigarette between his fingers in his mouth, narrowed his eyes slightly and pulled Jiang Mingzhu who retreated.
The action was rough and showed no mercy.
Tang Mi looked a little frightened and hid behind Tang Zi.
Jiang Mingzhu screamed and struggled, retreating all the time. However, Jiang Minghao was too strong, and her hands were clasped behind her back, and she was dragged in front of Jiang Suichu like a prisoner.
Jiang Mingzhu looked at her and roared: "Jiang Suichu, my brother has been beaten like this, what else do you want? Just wait, I will tell my mother and grandma when I get home!"
Jiang Suchu glanced at Jiang Mingjie with cold eyes, and then looked at Jiang Mingzhu.
"Jiang Mingzhu." Her tone was calm, but there was a terrifying cold light in her eyes.
She said: "Guess how much I hate you now."
After saying that, she slapped him without any hesitation.
With a 'pop' sound, Jiang Mingzhu was hit to the side of the head.
The four people behind him were also shocked, but they didn't move.
"This slap is because you just said something rude and insulted grandma."
Snap—another slap.
"This slap is for your disrespect for my father. My father was a good policeman who served the country and the people during his lifetime, and he was also a martyr who sacrificed his life for the country after his death. It is not something you can insult at will, let alone..." More Besides, you are still his niece.
When Jiang Suchu thought of this, his heart couldn't stop hurting.
Dad would be so heartbroken if he knew.
Hearing this, Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo both darkened their faces.
Jiang Mingzhu's hand was held behind her back by Jiang Minghao, unable to fight back. His face was slapped twice, and it was already a little red and swollen.
When Jiang Suchu raised her hand again, she resigned and closed her eyes.
Jiang Suchu's hand stopped just one centimeter away from her face. She didn't feel the slap on her face for a long time, and she opened her eyes slowly.
Jiang Suchu looked at her with red and swollen eyes. She was in a daze, thinking about something.
At that moment, many scenes flashed through Jiang Suichu's mind, all of them scenes of Jiang Mingzhu and Jiang Mingjie bullying him over the years. She was resentful, unwilling, and aggrieved, but in the end she thought of her father.
When she was a child, her father took her back to the village and told her: her brothers and sisters in her uncle's family all liked her, and she should get along well with her brothers and sisters when she returned.
At that time, she was a popular figure in the courtyard, her uncles and aunts all liked her, Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo both gave her a thumbs up, and her temper was inevitably arrogant. Her father was afraid that she would have a conflict with Jiang Mingjie and Jiang Mingzhu when she came home, so he had to tell her every time he came home.
Huh - like her?
She knew from the first day she was brought home that they didn't like her. Except for her uncle and grandma, no one in that family likes her.
In order to thank her uncle for taking her back despite her aunt's objections, and to prevent her grandmother from being embarrassed, she had gritted her teeth and endured their bullying for the past ten years.
Today was the only time she resisted.
Because of dad.
She closed her eyes, which were dry and stinging from crying.
Give this last slap hard.
Snapped! !
"I gave you this last slap to repay you for all the years of trouble and bullying. From now on, I will never allow you to bully me again. If you mess with me once, I will give you back."
After three slaps, my palms were numb.
She looked at Jiang Minghao, and the tacit understanding between the two could understand each other's meaning without words. Jiang Minghao let go of her and kicked Jiang Mingjie, who was half-kneeling on the ground and dared not move.
"Get up, take your people and get out of here!"
