Zhen Jie saw that Li Rui refused to leave and became anxious. She shouted, "Hurry up and leave!"
Her voice was not soft and Li Rui was shocked. He was afraid that the people outside would hear them. Luckily, Heavenly King Wei started to shout again, "F * ck, since he is so heartless, then don't blame me for being unjust. Isn't the Red Pavilion his property? I'll burn it down tonight. And that female boss … the one who hit me just now, didn't you say that she was Han Shui's woman? Then I'll make her … hehe, I'll make Han Shui wear a big hat …"
At this point, Li Rui felt Zhen Jie's tightly clenched fingers on his arm suddenly weaken. She loosened her grip and no longer tried to pull him away. He understood that she must have felt that her dark identity had been exposed by Heavenly King Wei and that he had overheard it. She was so ashamed and resentful that she had lost her composure. At this moment, he also realized why she had insisted on pulling him away. It turned out that she had already predicted that either Wang Huan or Heavenly King Wei would reveal her identity and was afraid that an outsider like him would overhear it. Sigh, this woman's thoughts run deep. He sighed inwardly, grabbed her small hand, and walked back along the cobblestone path.
The two returned to the north-west corner of the garden where Zhen Jie took off her shoes. Li Rui said softly, "Put on your shoes first." Zhen Jie gently shook off his hand. She did not move or speak. Li Rui thought for a while and said gently, "I'm sorry, I heard something I shouldn't have. But I don't take it to heart and will not have any opinions about you. I still see you as a friend and I hope that you will also see me as a friend, okay?" Zhen Jie still did not say anything. Li Rui pleaded, "I was wrong, okay? Can you punish me?"
Zhen Jie suddenly turned around and walked towards the backyard of the West Tower. Li Rui saw that she was walking without her shoes and was a little surprised. But he still chased after her immediately.
"Ah …"
Zhen Jie hadn't taken more than two steps when she suddenly cried out. She also stopped.
Li Rui caught up to her and asked, "What's wrong?" Zhen Jie sobbed, "Something pricked my foot." Li Rui quickly said, "Stand still, I'll take a look for you." After saying that, he squatted down, took out his phone, turned on the flash, and shone it at her feet. He saw that her right heel was on the ground, her foot was raised, and there was a five to six centimeter long willow branch stuck in the center of her foot.
It turned out that beside the road was a weeping willow as thick as the mouth of a bowl. There were dead branches on the ground that had not been swept away in time. When Zhen Jie walked by barefoot, she happened to step on one of them. The end of the dead branch mercilessly pierced into the delicate skin of her foot. Fortunately, the angle of the tip was not too high, so it only pierced half a centimeter deep.
Li Rui looked at it and said, "It's a dead branch. Don't move it. I'll pull it out for you. You can hold my shoulder." Zhen Jie obediently put her hand on his shoulder and groaned, "It hurts. Is it very deep?" Li Rui said, "It's not deep. Just bear with it for a while." Zhen Jie said, "Oh." Before she was ready, Li Rui had already grabbed the dead branch and pulled it out. Zhen Jie cried out in pain again. Her body trembled and she almost fell.
Li Rui saw the dark red blood gushing out of the wound and said, "Sit down. I'll put a band-aid on you." Zhen Jie was puzzled and asked, "Where did you get the band-aid?" Li Rui said, "I carry it with me." Zhen Jie did not care about the elegance of a beautiful woman. She lowered her body and sat on the ground and said, "Why do you carry a band-aid with you?" Li Rui smiled and said, "Straighten your leg and put your foot up. Give it to me."
Zhen Jie did as she was told and put her right foot in front of him. Li Rui first took out a band-aid from his wallet and placed it on the ground. He held her delicate, snow-white foot with both hands and used his thumbs to squeeze out the blood from the hole on the sole of her foot. This was to squeeze out the dirty things that had been brought in by the dead branch along with the blood. Zhen Jie's foot was very itchy as his thumbs pressed on it. She felt waves of pain coming from the wound. She really wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. She was very depressed. After Li Rui squeezed out the blood, he opened the band-aid and carefully put it on her wound. He said, "You should sit down and don't move. I'll get your shoes for you."
Zhen Jie nodded and looked at him with her big, beautiful eyes.
Li Rui walked back a few meters and used his phone's flashlight to find the pair of high heels she took off. He bent down to pick them up and turned back to Zhen Jie. He crouched down to put on the shoes for her injured right foot.
Zhen Jie was shocked. She retracted her foot and said, "You … you're putting on shoes for me?" Li Rui said, "It's just a convenient thing. It's not convenient for you to sit down." Zhen Jie was stunned and said, "You don't have male chauvinism? Don't you think that serving women is a cheap thing to do? " When Li Rui heard this, he laughed and said, "I think that when a woman is injured or inconvenient, it's cheap not to do something that can be done easily." Zhen Jie sighed and said, "You're a good man. A good man of the highest quality." After saying this, she smiled and said, "Then I'll be thick-skinned and trouble you." She put her foot back.
Li Rui put on the shoes for her and helped her up and said, "Try and see if you can walk." Zhen Jie laughed and said, "Do I look very delicate? I don't care about such a small injury. "Li Rui said," Well, it's already very late. I should go home. Let's part ways here. " Zhen Jie suddenly became bashful. After a while, she asked faintly, "Will you call the police?" Li Rui said, "Call the police? What police? " Zhen Jie looked at him and said, "There's a drug deal in the Red Pavilion. As an official representative, won't you call the police?"
Li Rui laughed and said, "When did I become an official representative? I'm just an official, okay? As for calling the police, I heard it very clearly just now. Wang Huan and Guo Hai are Han Shui's men. They were the ones who organized the drug deal. It's just that they chose to do it in your Red Pavilion. Your Red Pavilion is also a victim, and you are even more of a victim because you didn't know about it. If I call the police, won't I be harming you? "
He said beautiful words, but in his heart, he thought, If I call the police, as Han Shui's woman, won't you turn around and tell Han Shui? Won't Han Shui crazily take revenge on me? Even if I can ask my boss, Song Chaoyang, to help and mobilize the city's Public Security Bureau to arrest Han Shui, as Han Shui's loyal subordinate, Wang Huan will most likely take the blame and let Han Shui get away. Han Shui won't have any more worries. Won't he be more scheming to take revenge on me? I'm not that stupid! Although I have a good impression of you, at this juncture, and you are Han Shui's woman, I won't tell you the truth.
Zhen Jie was a little touched after hearing this. She suddenly became emotional and said, "You already know that I'm Han Shui's woman. Not only do you not look down on me, but you still treat me as a friend? Or do you think of me wholeheartedly? " Li Rui said, "We are friends. As long as we remain friends, I will continue to treat you the same way I treated you in the past. I have always believed that as long as a person's character is pure, kind, and upright, he is worthy of respect. "Zhen Jie was silent for a while, then said with a choked voice," Thank you! "Li Rui smiled and said," You don't have to thank me. I want to thank you for your kindness. "
Zhen Jie squeezed out a smile with difficulty. She looked at the sky and said, "It's a little late today. Let's find a time tomorrow and I'll treat you to a meal." Li Rui hurriedly said, "Don't be so polite. I have something to do tomorrow." Zhen Jie said, "Oh, is that so? Then I'll have to wait until you have time. I'm not being polite with you, nor am I thanking you. I just want to be friends with you. Haha. "
The two talked and laughed as they walked north. Soon, they bypassed the west building and arrived at the north side of the courtyard.
Li Rui said goodbye again. Zhen Jie offered to drive him back. Li Rui declined, but Zhen Jie insisted. He had no choice but to agree.
A few minutes later, the two sat in Zhen Jie's luxurious Lincoln sedan and drove to Li Rui's house on Zhengyang North Street.
On the way, Li Rui took the time to say, "I won't call the police about what happened tonight. On the one hand, I don't want you to be implicated. On the other hand, I don't want to get in Han Shui's way. I met Han Shui's nephew, Han Zhifei, over the weekend. Han Shui gave me a lot of face. In society, people need to respect others. Since Han Shui respects me, I have to respect him too. In addition, he is a local entrepreneur who was born and raised in Qingyang City and has made a lot of contributions to the construction and development of his hometown city over the years. These days, he even wants to invest a lot of money to install night lights on more than a dozen main roads in the city for free. Only a responsible entrepreneur like him can do such a good deed. In short, this person is very worthy of respect. I don't want to cause trouble for him. "
He paused and waited for Zhen Jie to digest the content of his words. After a while, he said, "However, although I won't call the police, it doesn't mean that I agree with his illegal behavior in private. If you see him in the future, persuade him not to do such things anymore. Nowadays, everything makes money, especially real estate. Any project can make tens of millions. Why would he risk breaking the law by selling drugs? It's better for him to do business properly. It's good for himself, his family, his construction group, the whole Qingyang City, and everyone. Haha. "
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