Chapter 58.2
Editor: Jodi
“You’re spouting nonsense!” A sharp, shrill voice rang out immediately—it was Jiang Shu.
Everyone turned to her in disbelief, their eyes filled with shock, disdain, and hatred…. And unable to bear it, Jiang Shu hugged her head, curled into a ball, and broke down sobbing.
This wasn’t what she had planned!
She had just wanted to hire someone to kidnap Shen Ci for a bit, then swoop in and save him to leave an impression on Min Shoubei! She’d even specifically instructed him not to hurt anyone……
Who would’ve expected that things would spiral out of control like this!
This damn village thug actually had the nerve to get lustful ideas about Shen Ci, tried to assault him, and even slashed Lu Xiao with a knife. This was simply looking for death! And now she was going to go down with him!
“You f*king btch! You’re still trying to deny it? I’ve got the call recordings right here!” The thug cursed angrily.
Jiang Shu was at a complete loss for words, trembling so much that her legs couldn’t hold her up.
“I— I really didn’t mean to hurt anyone! I clearly told him, not to, not to, not to hurt anyone…… It’s all his fault! It has nothing to do with me! I was wrong, I was really wrong—can’t you just forgive me…?”
Her words were a jumbled mess as tears streamed down her face. And normally, such a beautiful woman crying might have stirred some pity, but now, everyone only felt hatred and disgust.
She had caused such a disaster, yet she was still trying to dodge responsibility!
Slap!
Caught off guard, Jiang Shu was slapped hard and slammed onto the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. She looked up in terror, only to see that it was Lu Xiao…
Lu Xiao’s dark, sinister gaze sent chills through her. Why was he looking at her as if he were looking at a corpse….
No one stepped forward to intervene. They all just watched coldly. This made Jiang Shu even more terrified, and turning, she knelt as she scrambled to crawl away.
With his back to everyone, Lu Xiao waved his hand casually.
Shao Jinhuan released the thug, pulled him to his feet, and gave him a kick, signaling for him to go over.
It was only four to five steps, but the thug nearly fell two to three times. His legs trembled violently, with a trail of urine following behind him the entire way.
Lu Xiao took his phone out, typed a few lines, showed it to the thug then deleted it. Then, he picked the unconscious Shen Ci up gently and strode away without looking back.
The crowd was a bit stunned, however most of them still followed Lu Xiao and left. Only the village chief and a few villagers stayed behind to keep an eye on the thug and Jiang Shu. They had already called the police when Shen Ci went missing, so the police should be arriving any moment now.
The thug, surrounded by the villagers, barely managed to focus his frightened, dazed eyes. However Lu Xiao’s cold and menacing words kept replaying in his ears.
“You hurt my baby, so don’t even think about escaping prison. As for what happens to your family…… figure it out yourself.”
“Take this knife and do something with it that will make me satisfied and I’ll settle the score with just you.”
Images of his young son just starting elementary school, his smiling wife, and his frail, elderly mother flashed through his mind. …… Tears streamed down his face. He had sworn to leave his shady past behind, so how did he let greed cloud his judgment and fall for this setup?
It was all that damned b*tch’s fault! She ruined his life!
Suddenly, he broke free from the villagers who were restraining him, grabbed the sharp knife, and with a furious roar, slashed straight across Jiang Shu’s face—
The crowd was startled by Jiang Shu’s piercing scream behind them, however none of them dared to turn around to look.
Tonight’s events were already terrifying enough. Their nerves couldn’t handle any more.
“They must’ve started fighting.” Wei Shuo said calmly. “Anyways it serves them both right.”
Group emotions were always easy to stir up. Everyone nodded in agreement, and their discussions reignited their disgust and hatred toward someone as rotten as Jiang Shu.
Not long after, the police sirens blared from the town’s 110 unit. They arrived to take both of them away in handcuffs.
However Jiang Shu had been slashed brutally from her forehead to her chin. Her face was bloody and twisted, completely disfigured, and she had nearly bled out and gone into shock. Medical staff had to take her to the town alongside the police….
*
That night, when Shen Ci woke up, Lu Xiao’s eyes opened immediately as well.
The two of them were lying together on a temporary bed that had been set up in the village clinic. Shen Ci had just finished an IV drip.
He stared at Lu Xiao blankly for a long time before gradually remembering what had happened. Then he burst into tears and clung to him tightly.
“Little Uncle, am I dead too?”
“That’s fine. At least I can still be with you…”
“And I won’t have to be forced to learn acting anymore…… That’s great.”
Lu Xiao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Who knew what crazy thoughts were in this child’s head? Maybe it was because when he saw him getting slashed earlier, he hallucinated that his head had been chopped off or something.
Lowering his head, he kissed the tears at the corners of Shen Ci’s red eyes away lovingly, coaxing gently, “Baby is very lucky. You even pulled Little Uncle back with you as well.”
Shen Ci still couldn’t believe it. He leaned in to touch the bandage on Lu Xiao’s neck. Lu Xiao let out a deliberately exaggerated groan of pain, and Shen Ci pulled his hand back hurriedly. “I’m sorry, Little Uncle! Did I hurt you?”
Grabbing his hand, Lu Xiao kissed the back of it. “It’s okay. Baby can do whatever he wants.”
“We’re actually still alive…” Shen Ci’s mood lifted a little. And snuggling into Lu Xiao’s arms, he tilted his head up and planted a smacking kiss on Lu Xiao’s chin. “Little Uncle, you scared me to death.”
“You scared me even more.” His Xiao Ci was back, lively in his arms, causing him to feel a rush of warmth and tingling in his chest. Unable to resist, he cupped Shen Ci’s face and lowering his head, kissed him reverently.
This time, Shen Ci was especially cooperative, parting his lips and letting him do as he pleased.
When the two finally broke apart, Shen Ci’s beautiful, doe-like eyes were misted over again. The tender, lingering kiss had stirred something within him, and he couldn’t help but hold Lu Xiao even tighter.
However—it seems there was something hard pressing against his soft belly?