Inferior by Nature

The safe house is in the outskirts of Chonghai, a very remote place, and it takes two hours to drive from the city.

On both sides of the road, there are large golden yellow rapeseed flowers, and two-story white buildings are scattered among them.

A woman was drying clothes in the yard. When she saw our car, she glanced casually, turned her head and shook out a piece of clothing from the basin and continued to hang it on the clothesline; a dirty big yellow dog was rummaging for garbage by the river; men Children hid in the shade of trees with bowls and played chess; children with water guns chased and fought each other.

It does look like a safe place.

"This is Darong Village." After stopping in front of a small building, the special police officer asked us to get out of the car, "You live in this building, and we are in the opposite building. There will be lookout windows on weekdays, and we will rotate in groups of two. There is someone available 24 hours a day, please call if you need anything.”

The safe house is a small two-story building that looks similar to other buildings in the village. The outer wall is gray and white, and half of it is covered with creepers.There is a big iron gate in the yard, which is surrounded by bricks and stones. All the flowers and plants inside are dead except for a maple tree. The off-white granite stone table is covered with dead branches and leaves. Hengsheng looks quite depressed.

After getting out of the car, I went directly to the back of the car, and got my luggage out of the car before the special police brother.

The door was ajar, and I pushed it open with my shoulder, and as soon as I entered, I saw a man standing with his hips akimbo in the living room.

Hearing the movement, the other party turned around, with a round face and round eyes, two dimples on his cheeks when he smiled, and a baby face that didn't show his age.

"...Tao Nian?" I stood at the door in a daze, stunned.

That night was a mess, and finally I went to the hospital with Ran Qingzhuang's ambulance, and I didn't have time to thank him in a hurry. I thought I had no chance to meet him, but unexpectedly we met here again.

"You guys are here." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "I've been cleaning for a long time."

A team of two, a total of four special police officers, Tao Nian is the captain of the four.

"Mao Bin, Zhang Qing, Wei Daji." Tao Nian briefly introduced the team members one by one.

Mao Bin helped Ran Qingzhuang into the only bedroom on the first floor.Zhang Qing pushed the wheelchair behind him, which was full of luggage.Wei Daji was the driver just now, and he gave Tao Nian the car keys as soon as he entered the house.

Tao Nian accepted it, and took out a smaller car key from his pocket and threw it to me, saying: "The car in the garage is for you, and you can drive that one when you go to the city. Lion King Island All your personal belongings have been brought here, see if there is anything missing, I will send someone to look for it later."

There were several large cardboard boxes on the coffee table, and when the lid of one of the cardboard boxes was opened, there were some odds and ends.My phone lay there quietly, dead but still intact.

There was a large flat cardboard box lying on the side of the open space. I had a premonition of what it was, so I dropped my phone and rushed towards it.After frantically unpacking the box, I saw the familiar silver-gray metal piano case. With trembling hands, I opened the case, and the old man lay there quietly. He hadn’t seen anyone for a long time, and he smelled a little woody fragrance.

When I left it, I thought I would never see it again.

After stroking the strings of the piano, I raised my head and thanked Tao Nian with some enthusiasm in my eyes.

"It's a small matter." Tao Nian waved his hand indifferently, "Then let's go first, and you take care of the rest. Every day, the guy at the small restaurant at the head of the village will bring you three meals. If you have nothing to do, you can walk in the village Go, but try not to go far."

I sent them out, watched them go directly into the opposite courtyard, and then closed the courtyard door.

I searched out my own things from the cardboard box, and stored them in two cardboard boxes separately from Ran Qingzhuang. After sorting for half an hour, I finally finished sorting, and I took all my things to the second floor.

There are two rooms on the second floor, a bedroom and a study.The study room is small and sunny. Maybe we are afraid that we will be bored. The bookcases are filled with all kinds of books and equipped with a computer.

Further up, there is a large terrace on the top floor with floor-to-ceiling hangers for drying clothes.

After roughly sorting out his luggage, a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.I rolled up my sleeves, went downstairs quickly, and moved all the things in Ran Qingzhuang into the house for him.

"Leave it alone, I'll clean it up myself later." Ran Qingzhuang sat on the head of the bed, his voice was a little low, sounding tired.

The two hours of long-distance bumping completely dissipated the little complexion that he had managed to condense in the past two days. His brows were tightly raised, his lips were pale, and it was very uncomfortable to watch.

How can we clean up after everything is like this?

I just pretended not to hear, turned my back to him, and took out the things in the box one by one as usual.

The clothes were stuffed into the closet, the IDs were put into the drawer, the phone was plugged in for charging, Lin Sheng's ring...

Lin Sheng's ring...

Squatting in front of the cardboard box, I squeezed the old silver ring, closed my eyes, and let out a light breath. When I opened it again, I had swept away all the complicated, dark, and unnecessary emotions to the corner.

"Where do you put this ring?" I got up and walked towards Ran Qingzhuang, my tone was as natural as possible, even with a smile on my face.

He leaned against the head of the bed, opened his eyes from his doze, and looked at my face, slowly moving down to my fingers.

He stared at the ring for a long time, reached out, and took it from me.

None of us mentioned the one in front of the barrier.He didn't take the initiative to mention it, maybe because he thought it had nothing to do with me. I didn't take the initiative to mention it, simply because I didn't know how to talk about Lin Sheng with him.

Forcing myself to look away, I picked up the cardboard box on the ground and walked towards the door: "It's almost packed, I... I'm going to rest, call me if you need anything." Just scratched a little bit of his affectionate appearance.

After charging the phone, 99+ missed calls popped up after turning on the phone. When I clicked on it, it was all from Nanxian.

I read several news reports on the Internet. There was no sign of the demise of Lion King Island, but it seemed to be expected by everyone. Even in the past week, there were still heated discussions on social media.

[Such a big operation, after planning for so long, can actually make Jin Chenyu escape, is there a traitor in the organization, speechless. 】

【Don't just open your mouth and come upstairs, okay?Do you know how many people died for this operation?The Jin family has strong firepower, and it is not easy to capture Lion King Island.Who can't just bb?You are so awesome, send me a location for Jinchenyu! 】

[Although Lion King Island felt lonely, it is not a loss to catch Jin Feisheng, I hope he can be convicted quickly and locked up to death. 】

[My cousin was on Lion King Island that night, but he is not from the island, but a tourist who went to gamble.According to him, when JC rushed in that night, he almost peed in fright, and squatted by the wall with his head in his arms all night, and almost couldn't stand his legs the next day.I didn't say, can you consider the safety of civilians?Can't the tourists be evacuated before the action?What if you get shot? 】

[Thanks to all the police officers who died and were injured in the Lion King Island operation, thank them for their dedication, without them, there would be no peaceful and stable society [prayer]]

All kinds of gossip and gossip filled the screen, and it seemed that the more I watched, the more irritable I became, so I simply put away my phone and got up and went to the study to look for a book.

Randomly picked a collection of essays, sank into the soft lazy sofa, read for a while, feeling drowsy, folded the book upside down on his chest, and gradually fell asleep.

When I woke up again, the sun was already slanting west outside the window, and I looked at the time, it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

A carp sat up straight, the book hit the ground, and I ran downstairs in a daze.

Ran Qingzhuang was standing in front of the pool with a walking aid supported on his right elbow, and was collecting water from a jug.On the table are the meals in plastic boxes, which have not been touched and are faintly steaming.Apparently someone came to deliver the meal just now, and it was Ran Qingzhuang who opened the door...

"Why...why didn't you call me?" I stepped forward and snatched the kettle from his hand, filled it with water and put it back on the base to heat it up.

"After receiving the water, I planned to go up and call you." He supported the walker and sat down at the table.

"That's not what I mean. I mean... what do you need to call me? It won't be easy for you to move around like this." I followed to the table, broke open the disposable chopsticks for him, and handed them to him .

I know that he is not used to trouble others, but the knife on his hand and the leg was also for me. It is reasonable for me to take care of him.

He didn't speak anymore, took the chopsticks, lowered his head and ate quietly.

After a night of sleep, the lost energy seemed to return to him.I can only eat half of a box of rice per person, but he ate the whole box by himself.After the rice was finished, he seemed to be only [-]% full, and he kept sweeping up the leftover dishes on the table, eating very deliciously.

"Don't you want to eat?" He glanced at my half boxed lunch, and stretched out his hand to ask for it, "Give it to me."

I stared at my rice with vegetable juice, and said, "I've eaten..."

He concentrated on picking up the food, and without looking up, he ticked his fingers and motioned for me to "come", so I had to hand him the leftover half box of lunch.

As if insisting that eating more and sleeping more will make him heal faster. Since he was able to eat, his appetite has become bigger and bigger than before.

After finishing the last bit of soup in a flustered manner, he neatly cleaned up the mess on the table.

I hurriedly asked him to sit down: "I told you to come..."

Put the lunch box into the trash bag and throw it into the trash can outside. When he came back, he saw Ran Qingzhuang walking towards the bathroom with his clothes.

I immediately had a headache and ran towards him.

"what are you doing?"

He looked back at me with "what the fuck are you asking" in his eyes.

"Take a shower." He dropped two words concisely and continued to walk into the bathroom.

"You...you can't get water on your wound." I grabbed him.

He turned around, looked at the arm that was grabbed by me, then at me, and suddenly smiled: "Then what do you say?"

The thin vest was stuck to the flesh, revealing the outline of the pectoral muscles faintly, some blood scabs and bruises remained on the arms, and one eye was still bloody.Although the number of injuries has decreased slightly in the past few days, no one will associate him with being "fragile". On the contrary, because of these injuries, he looks more dangerous.

I swallowed, hesitated for a moment, and said against the pressure: "You lie on the bed, and I will wipe it for you?"

He looked down at me, raised his eyebrows slightly, broke away from my hand, and turned around.

I thought he didn't listen to me, and wanted to grab his clothes again, so I heard him say: "Go get a stool, you don't need to take a shower, but I have to wash my hair."

I let go of my hand, and I froze for a few seconds, then ran to the kitchen and brought a plastic round stool.

There are two bathrooms upstairs and downstairs, the upper one is smaller and the lower one is larger, not only has a shower, but also a large bathtub.

Put a towel on Ran Qingzhuang's shoulders, and let him bend over to face the bathtub.I squeezed some shampoo into the palm of my hand and gently smoothed the ends of his hair.

His hair was thick and hard, and it was a bit thorny after being soaked in water.I seem to have heard that people with stiff hair have bad tempers.

"Does it hurt?" I asked him.

"You can go heavier."

"I'm asking about your injury, does your posture hurt?"

He paused and said, "It doesn't hurt."

Although he said it didn't hurt, but I thought about it, he is the one who can stab himself with a knife without changing his face, and he probably won't admit it when it hurts.

It was inevitable that the wound would be crushed, no matter whether he was in pain or not, I still speeded up the movement of my hands, and washed his hair quickly.

Rubbing his wet hair, Ben wanted to blow dry it, but he said it would be fine to let it dry naturally.The temperature has been very high in the past few days, and his short hair should be able to dry quickly, so I didn't force it.

"Do you want me to wipe your body?" As I said that, I pulled his hem with my hands.

He obediently asked me to take off my vest, turned my back to me, and told me to just wipe his back where he couldn't reach it.

The back covered with even muscles was criss-crossed with new and old injuries, and was bruised and purple.I wiped it carefully, and when I came back to my senses, my fingertips were already trembling on the lower end of the shoulder blade, a large glaring bruise.

Liar, how can this not hurt?

When I got tattoos on my back, I felt pain from such thin needles...

All the muscles I stroked tensed violently, showing clearer outlines.

"Ji Ning..." Ran Qingzhuang couldn't stop being disturbed, turned around with frowning eyebrows, grabbed my wrist, and said in a hoarse voice, "I just want you to wipe your back, don't touch it randomly."