Zhan Haoze narrowed his eyes slightly. His voice wasn't loud, but the coldness that emanated from it once again explained his current emotions.
"No." Shi Mengwan quickly explained, "I didn't follow you."
"I just happened to pass by."
"Passing by?" Zhan Haoze's gaze became sharper. "Passing by here?"
Shi Mengwan was a little embarrassed. Indeed, he wasn't here to pass by. He was only here to reminisce about the past.
She couldn't help but glance at Zhan Haoze. What about him? He should be considered a successful person now, right? Why did he appear here?
Realizing that she had asked that question out loud, Shi Mengwan's expression became a little more uncomfortable.
Zhan Haoze didn't answer her question. He stared at her face and suddenly approached her.
"Does Miss Shi live nearby?"
"No."
"Then why is Miss Shi here?"
His slender legs took a step forward and successfully fixed Shi Mengwan's body between her and the telephone pole.
Facing such a predicament again, Shi Mengwan felt a little uncomfortable. She leaned back and didn't try to push him away. She knew the difference in strength between the two of them.
"Is this your home?"
This was the second time he had faced such a situation, especially when they had such an unpleasant meeting the last time. Shi Mengwan's tone wasn't very polite.
She had always been a woman with a sharp edge. It was only because he was her big brother that she had been enduring in front of him.
"If this place isn't yours, then what right do you have to question me like this?"
Zhan Haoze narrowed his eyes slightly because of her sharp retort, and his body suddenly moved closer. He lowered his body and confronted Shi Mengwan.
The malice in his eyes made Shi Mengwan's back turn cold, but she refused to admit defeat.
"Since you can come to this place, I can naturally come as well. Mr. Zhan wasn't a police officer. Can you please let go of me now? You want me to leave? "
The alley was dark, and not far behind him, he could still hear the wailing of the group of people.
In front of him was Zhan Haoze's body. No matter how he looked at it, the atmosphere was very strange.
Shi Mengwan didn't want to stay any longer, so she saw that Zhan Haoze didn't plan to move aside. She stooped and tried to escape sideways.
Zhan Haoze did not move. When she retreated, she touched his arm. He heard an extremely soft, muffled groan.
Shi Mengwan, who could have left, suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She looked at Zhan Haoze, who was standing next to her, and her gaze fell on his arm. She saw the faint blood stains on his elbow.
"You, you're hurt?"
Shi Mengwan suddenly lost her cool. Instinctively, she held his arm.
"Are you okay?"
Zhan Haoze frowned slightly. He didn't even notice that he was injured.
"What do you think? Does it hurt? Do you want to go to the hospital? "
Three words of concern in a row made Zhan Haoze's brows furrow even tighter. Shi Mengwan wasn't short, but she was holding his arm, so he could only see the top of her head.
"Shall I take you to the hospital?"
After Shi Mengwan said this, she looked up at him and met his cold expression. Only then did she remember that the man in front of her was no longer her Dear Brother.
Her hand jerked back as if she had been struck by lightning. Annoyed at himself for being a busybody, he turned around to leave.
Zhan Haoze followed beside her at this moment.
After taking a few steps, Shi Mengwan suddenly stopped and looked at him. "You …"
"Didn't you say you were going to take me to the hospital?"
She did say that, but that was what she thought. Shi Mengwan's footsteps became faster and faster.
Zhan Haoze's footsteps didn't need to be fast. His steps were much bigger than hers. Shi Mengwan felt the footsteps behind her, and her emotions were very complicated.
When he walked to her car and opened the door, Zhan Haoze also got into the car.
She sat in the driver's seat and looked at Zhan Haoze.
"Mr. Zhan said that I seduced you yesterday. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to escape if I pester you? "
The night was blurry. The dim streetlights made her facial features look hazy, and her watery eyes were a little provocative.
"Drive."
Zhan Haoze retracted his gaze and didn't look at her again. He leaned back against the back of the chair.
Shi Mengwan gritted her teeth and wanted to chase Zhan Haoze out of the car. She glanced at his side profile and started the car in the end.
"Don't go to the hospital."
Five extremely faint words. If it weren't for the silence in the car, Shi Mengwan wouldn't have heard it.
She couldn't help but look at him again. She found that Zhan Haoze's eyes were half-closed and he was leaning against the car seat as if he was about to fall asleep.
Shi Mengwan retracted her gaze and stepped on the accelerator.
On the way, Shi Mengwan turned around and looked at Zhan Haoze. His arm was still bleeding.
Her heart trembled slightly. She thought of her Dear Brother.
More than ten years ago, Shi Mengwan, who was only twelve years old, got lost from her parents. Although she said she got lost, she actually ran away from home.
She was from Lin City, but she wasn't from Lin City. She was from a small county town under Lin City.
Shi Mengwan's father was the eldest in the family. He had two younger brothers. The small county town where Shi Mengwan lived was very patriarchal.
Shi Mengwan's two uncles both had sons. Only Shi Mengwan didn't. Shi Mengwan's grandmother was very dissatisfied with Shi Mengwan's mother because of this.
Shi Mengwan's mother didn't have a good life in the Shi family. Because she had injured her body when giving birth to Shi Mengwan, it wasn't easy for her to get pregnant again.
Until Shi Mengwan was nine years old, she hadn't had a second child.
Shi Mengwan's father was the eldest of the three brothers of the Shi family, but he didn't have a son. Shi Mengwan's grandmother disliked this eldest daughter-in-law more and more.
It wasn't until Shi Mengwan was eleven years old that her mother finally got pregnant miraculously. Shi Mengwan thought that this mother would definitely give birth to a younger brother. This way, her mother's life should be better.
But who knew? The second child Shi Mengwan's mother gave birth to was still a daughter.
Shi Mengwan's grandmother's expression became even uglier. Even Shi Mengwan's father's heart was heavy. There was clearly a little sister in the family, but no one had a smile on their faces.
Shi Mengwan was already sensible. She didn't like the atmosphere at home. She hated how her grandmother scolded her every day and said that her mother was a hen that didn't lay eggs.
She hated how her father frowned because she was a daughter. She hated her mother even more. It was clearly not her fault for giving birth to a daughter, but she had to bear all the responsibility on herself.
No matter how much she hated that family and the atmosphere at home. She still tried her best to comfort her mother and help her take care of her little sister.
She comforted her mother and told her that giving birth to a boy or a girl wasn't something she could decide alone. She didn't need to blame herself or feel guilty. Even if her mother didn't listen at all, she still had to say it.
She had learned all of this from her textbooks and had seen it on TV. Also, men and women were already equal now. The teacher had already said so, but her mother still thought so. She was backward and ignorant.
Regardless of whether her mother listened or not, she tried her best to maintain the peace and harmony in the family. Until she heard her grandmother persuade her father to send her sister away. She could give birth to another child then.
She said that if her mother didn't agree, she would let her father take the second or third uncle's children and adopt them.
Shi Mengwan was finally angry. Her little sister was so cute. Even if she was a girl, she was still her father's child. Her father actually wanted to give her sister away?
Shi Mengwan, who had been taking care of her sister for a few months and had feelings for her, was furious on the spot.
"What are you giving her away for? If you want to give her away, just send me away. My sister is still so young. Haven't you thought about what will happen to her in the future if you send her away? "
Grandma didn't expect her to hear it. She exploded and started to curse. After scolding Shi Mengwan's mother, she started to curse Shi Mengwan. She said that it was all her fault and that she didn't bring her younger brother.
Shi Mengwan was furious. "If that's the case, then I'll leave this family. I want to see if you can do as you wish without me. "
Shi Mengwan's father and grandmother both thought that she was saying it out of anger. But Shi Mengwan was serious.
She really ran away from home. She took her usual New Year's money and pocket money and directly picked a car from town to the county town. That day, there was still the last bus to Lin City in the county town.
Shi Mengwan was really bold. She got on the bus to Lin City just like that.
But it wasn't until night fell and the car stopped at Lin City Station that she realized what she had done in a moment of impulse.
She, a twelve-year-old girl, had run away from home just like that.
Shi Mengwan, who got out of the car, had a moment of regret. She had never left home in her life.
All her knowledge of the world, other than school, was books and television. Holding the little money she had left, Shi Mengwan didn't know where she could go or what she could do.
Sister Xiuxiu, who lived next door, said how much money she could earn a year working outside. But she was too young now.
At the age of twelve, although she was already close to 1.5 meters tall, she was still a child.
Moreover, she didn't have a degree. She hadn't even finished junior high school. How could she find a job?
She walked along the streets of Lin City Station. The more she walked, the more remote she became. Later, she walked to this area.
This was the famous civilian area of Lin City. At that time, although this place wasn't dirty and messy, it definitely wasn't very clean.
Shi Mengwan got hungry as she walked. She picked a small shop and bought a piece of bread and a bottle of water to fill her stomach.
However, she didn't know that she was being targeted.
Although she was only twelve years old, her mother was a famous beauty in the area. Although Father Shi's personality wasn't strong enough with his grandmother, he was also very good-looking.
Shi Mengwan perfectly inherited all of her parents' traits. She had almond-shaped eyes, willowy eyebrows, delicate skin, and shiny black hair.
The twelve-year-old Shi Mengwan could already foresee what kind of beauty she would be when she grew up.
What would a lonely and beautiful little girl experience?
Shi Mengwan wasn't an idiot. Although she lived in a small county town, the teachers would also give safety education.
When she was eating the bread, she realized that someone was staring at her from not far away.
At that moment, Shi Mengwan was very flustered. Once again, she began to regret her impulse.
But for her to go home now, not only did she have no choice, but she also didn't want to.
Her family wasn't poor, but they weren't rich either. After buying the bus ticket, she didn't have much money left. Even if she wanted to go home now, she didn't have the money to buy a ticket. More importantly, she didn't have a car to go back now.
She looked at the two people who looked like hooligans staring at her from afar. She gritted her teeth and entered the small shop again.
She took the opportunity to buy another piece of bread and made a bet with herself. She told the shop owner that she was being followed. She asked the lady boss if there was a back door in the shop. She wanted to leave through the back door.
Fortunately, the lady boss was a good person. She told Shi Mengwan that there was a small door at the back, beside the bathroom.
However, she also told her that after leaving this place, there would be a small alley, which was intricate. It was easy for people who didn't know to get lost here.
Shi Mengwan wasn't afraid of getting lost now. It was better if it was intricate. That way, if those two people targeted her, she could think of a way to escape.
She had already decided to go to the police station after leaving this place. She would let the police send her home.
Granny Guan's expression would be so ugly, and her curses would be so unpleasant to hear. Anyway, she couldn't really do anything to her. At most, she would just beat her up.
She left by the back door and got lost in the maze of alleys.
It was fine if she got lost, but the most important thing was that any sound would scare her.
She was very afraid that those two people would catch up to her and do something to her.
It was also at this moment that she heard some extremely chaotic sounds.
It was a dark night, the street lights were dim, and the weather was similar to today.
She heard a lot of footsteps, and a few of them were very clear.
"Boss said that it's fine if we don't take his life. Just cripple him. "
"Teach him a good lesson and teach him a lesson."
Shi Mengwan had already forgotten that she was also being watched. She walked around the alley and saw that in the alley, a group of people were surrounding a young man and punching and kicking him.
Under the dim light, she couldn't see the young man's face clearly. However, the moment the young man raised his head, he met a pair of extremely gloomy and sharp eyes, like those of a wolf in the dark.
Shi Mengwan was shocked by that gaze.
She heard the young man speak in an unpleasant voice that was unique to the voice changing period.
"You'd better kill me. Otherwise, I'll definitely return what you did to me today ten times, a hundred times in the future. "
"Yo, this kid is quite arrogant." The voice from before sounded again. "Since that's the case, if I don't show you some power, I'll be letting down my Brother Qiang's reputation."
"Brothers, beat him to death."
The group of people attacked even more fiercely. Shi Mengwan heard a muffled groan and the sound of fists landing on a person's body.
She felt pain just by looking at it. However, the young man refused to beg for mercy. Not only did he refuse to beg for mercy, but he also seized every opportunity to fight back.
His eyes were especially bright in the dark night. Shi Mengwan had never seen such a person before.
He was clearly beaten to such a state, but he could make himself look calmer and calmer than them.
She looked around, but there was no one here. There were too many people, and she was only a little girl.
She still had a headache. She didn't know how she could help the other party.
It wasn't until she saw the man who spoke pick up a steel pipe and was about to hit the young man's hand.
Shi Mengwan didn't even think about it and shouted in a louder voice.
"Uncle Police, it's over here. There are people fighting over here."
As she spoke, she grabbed the stone on the ground and kept hitting it at a trash can beside her.
She stomped her feet on the ground with all her might. It felt like there were many people walking at the same time.
The man called Brother Qiang who was holding the steel pipe froze for a moment and snorted. He threw the steel pipe and kicked the young man.
"Brat, consider yourself lucky."
"Brothers, let's go."
Shi Mengwan kept stomping her feet and kept hitting the trash can with the stone.
The sound became denser and louder. The group of people quickly dispersed. She wasn't in a hurry to go forward. Instead, she waited until the footsteps could no longer be heard and no one appeared.
Only then did she carefully poke her head out to see if everyone had really left.
However, she met the extremely sinister eyes of the young man just now. That wolf-like gaze stared at her in the darkness.
Shi Mengwan was shocked and took a big step back. She, who didn't stand properly, fell to the ground just like that.
The bag that she was holding just now fell to the ground. The loaf of bread also fell out of the bag. She didn't dare to pick it up. She just propped herself up with both hands on the ground and stared at the young man in a daze.
He looked very disheveled, very disheveled. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
His body was covered in blood, and his hands were also covered in blood. There was still blood on his clothes. The blood that flowed from the corner of his mouth was especially frightening on a night like this.
Shi Mengwan had saved him on impulse just now, but now that she had saved him, she started to feel conflicted again.
The person she saved couldn't be a bad person, right? Or —
The young man didn't look at her. He bent down and picked up the bread that had fallen to the ground.
Shi Mengwan became more and more nervous, but the young man tore off the plastic wrap on the outside of the bread and finished it in a few bites.
What kind of operation was this?
Shi Mengwan looked at the young man and swallowed her saliva. She wanted to say that he ate her bread. However, the young man also saw the bottle of water in the bag.
He glanced at her, took the bottle of water, and drank the remaining half of the bottle just like that.
Throwing the bottle on the ground, the young man glanced at Shi Mengwan and turned to leave.
However, Shi Mengwan stopped him. "Hey."
The young man turned around and looked at Shi Mengwan again. Shi Mengwan's lips moved. She wanted to say, "Are you going to leave just like that after eating my food?"
However, the words that came out of her mouth were, "You threw the trash on the ground. That's not right. "
A trace of mockery flashed across the young man's hostile face. He took two steps forward and stood in front of Shi Mengwan.
She was still sitting on the ground, and the young man was standing there. The young man was nearly 1.7 meters tall. Shi Mengwan shrunk her neck. For the first time, she felt afraid.
The young man stared at her face. Just when she thought that he would make a move on her, he finally made a move.
He bent down. Shi Mengwan was shocked and instinctively covered her head with her hand.
The young man picked up the plastic bags and bottles on the ground. Then, after rolling them into a ball, he threw them into the trash can at the side with great accuracy.
After throwing them, he glanced at Shi Mengwan, turned around, and continued to walk forward.
Shi Mengwan stood up and followed behind him for some reason. After taking a few steps, the young man suddenly turned around and looked at her.
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