Several minutes later, Lou Cheng jogged slowly to the front gate of Xiu Shan High school along the old way, where he saw many future senior students who were having the class. He found the dumpling cart and spoke like he knew the place very well,
"Three white dumplings, two with spicy sauce and one with sugar."
"Ok!" The vendor was a middle-aged man whose right foot was a little lame. He gave Lou Cheng a very pleasant smile, and it seemed obvious that he could not recognize Lou Cheng anymore.
Lou Cheng used his phone to take some pictures and sent them to Yan Zheke, "I'm on it!"
"I'm looking forward to it!" Yan Zheke replied with a drooling sticker, "I'm waiting for you!"
After reading her reply, Luo Cheng's lip corner lifted up. He paid the vendor and dashed to the Back Water Lake with the dumplings in his hands, without taking any cab.
At that moment, it was the rush hour in Xiushan, so there was inevitably a traffic jam. This was because of the fast economic development in recent years. Many citizens had bought new cars, so the old municipal roads could not meet the demand of this sudden surge of traffic. Like Qin Rui had said before, the views of Xiushan had changed every half a year due to the high speed of the road building there, and urban demolition could be seen at many places in the city.
On the premise of that time and space, Lou Cheng felt like he was even faster than taking the bus No. 11, because he kept sprinting for many miles at the speed dash.
The combination of training and recreation!
Arriving at the outside of villa district, he stopped and sent a message to Yan Zheke without panting,
"Hello, your delivery guy has arrived!"
"Di... " Yan Zheke was afraid that she would miss his message and keep him waiting, so she resisted the urge to take a shower after the morning exercise and waited for his message. At first sight of the notification of his message, she unlocked the phone immediately and looked at the screen.
Suddenly smiling like a blooming flower, she read what he wrote and replied,
"Five-star rating!"
Then she raised her head, looked at Liu Xiaolin who was eating the hot porridge. Pursing her lips, Yan Zheke plucked up her courage and said with determination,
"Aunt Liu, Cheng sent me something here. I need to go out to pick it."
Aunt Liu knows about my stuff, so I've to be honest with her!
——Yan Zheke's dad was on duty last night, and he still wasn't back to home yet. Liu Xiaolin's husband went to work after having the breakfast, and her child was still snoozing on the bed, so there were just two of them in the big empty living room and dining room.
"Cheng?" Liu Xiaolin put down her hot porridge down and asked a question in reply.
All of sudden Yan Zheke blushed, "Yes, it's Lou Cheng, my... my boyfriend."
It was the first time that she referred Lou Cheng as her boyfriend. At first, she had a guilty conscience when she said so but later she felt assured and joyful when she mentioned him more.
Liu Xiaolin slowly realized what Yan Zheke just said and then fixed her eyes at her for several seconds, discovering that she neither evaded nor flinched from her watchful eyes.
"I'll come with you," Liu Xiaolin nodded slightly. "It'll be better some days later."
Ke is very similar to junior master when he was younger. The only difference might be that one looks so stubborn on the outside and the other is an iron fist in a velvet glove.
However, at that time I was just a little kid and didn't understand too much. Now I'm a mother and a wife at the same time, so I grasp a better understanding.
"Ok," Yan Zheke nodded obediently and said, "Thank you, Aunt Liu."
They went outside the gate of the neighborhood and crossed the street. Liu Xiaolin stopped a few steps further, didn't get any closer.
Under the gaze of the older, Lou Cheng and Yan Zheke both felt
so stressed and ill at ease.
Lou Cheng restrained his desire to hug the girl and touched her hands. He passed the dumplings to her, trying to ignoring the presence of Liu Xiaolin, and said, "Little fairy, this is your delivery."
Fairy... Yan Zheke felt so guilty and took a look at Liu Xiaolin. Her fair-complexioned face turned into bright red instantly.
How would Aunt Liu react if she hears this dramatizing appellation? How could I talk to her again?
Liu Xiaolin stood there quietly and looked around to observe, no response on her face.
Phew... Yan Zheke felt relieved. She took the dumplings from Lou Cheng and whispered, "It's so cheesy! What could we do if Aunt Liu heard this!"
"Whatever, I don't care, because what I said was just the pure truth!" Lou Cheng took this chance to be honey-mouthed.
Yan Zheke rolled her eyes on him, and, all of sudden, she felt a bit emotional and a very strong attachment to him. "I should go back... Everything will be better a few days later."
The moment right after she said that, she heard the low and deep thunder reverberating inside Lou Cheng's body.
"You can do the shock force training even like this?" Yan Zheke blurted out. She found Lou Cheng blushing and embarrassed.
Eh... She realized something and she sniggered abruptly, keeling over with laughter.
"Are you hungry?"
Hungry like a wolf!
"Yes," Lou Cheng replied.
All I was thinking about was just how to give her the dumplings as quick as possible, but I forget to buy some for myself...
Yan Zheke pursed her lips to hold back her laughter and asked, "Why you didn't have some first when you bought the dumplings?"
"I forgot... Empty brain." Lou Cheng forced himself to laugh.
"Forgot... " Yan Zheke repeated this word quietly with herself and looked at the dumplings that he gave her, with a tender and soft sentiment arising up in her heart, and a twinkle in her eyes.
She looked back and found that Aunt Liu was observing the surroundings carefully. It seemed that she did not pay any attention to her or Lou Cheng. Therefore she took out the disposable chopsticks and picked a piece of dumpling to Lou Cheng's mouth with some sauce on it and said,
"Here is your reward!"
Meanwhile, she turned her head away and looked at the trees on the sidewalk.
Surprised and joyful, Lou Cheng gobbled it up in one gulp. "Yummy yummy!" said Lou Cheng happily.
"Don't talk! Just eat!" Yan Zheke spoke with her blushed face and kept feeding him quickly.
Luckily Aunt Liu didn't look at this way!
After finished this neat and quick, she pursed her lips and gave a gentle look to Lou Cheng, before walking back to Liu Xiaolin.
Lou Cheng watched her walk back to the neighborhood, holding back his desire to ask her to come back.
But at this moment, Yan Zheke felt so guilty that she did not even dare to look at Aunt Liu in the eyes, and she was just babbling about something irrelevant.
How could I be so audacious just now! Feeding Cheng in broad daylight and everyone was looking!
Liu Xiaolin listened to her quietly with a smile, and answered some words from time to time. It seemed that she really did not pay any attention to what they did.
Hmm... Aunt Liu probably respects more of people's privacy so she ignored us deliberately... Yan Zheke felt relieved in secret and said, "Aunt Liu, I'll go to take a shower now!"
Liu Xiaolin nodded and sat on the chair. Very confused, she asked,
"Since your dad and your mom are not here, why didn't you just invite him to come in the house? It was not very appropriate to behave like that in public... "
Behave like that... behave like that... Yan Zheke covered her face with her hands and dashed into the bathroom.
I'm an ostrich! I'm an ostrich!
When Liu Xiaolin heard the sound of the water in the bathroom, and she showed a faint smile on her face and whispered to herself,
"Fairy... "
"The youngsters nowadays... "
About 8 pm, Lou Cheng was chatting with Yan Zheke on the phone and browsing the forum. Suddenly he received the call from Director Xing.
"Hello? Uncle Xing?" He was wondering about something and an idea came up in his mind.
Is this about the case of Wang Xu yesterday afternoon? Or about Zhan Xuming?
Director Xing, Xing Chengwu, sighed, and talked directly, "Lou, I came here because I need your help."
"What's it about? I'll help you as much as I can." Lou Cheng always kept other people's matters in mind.
"Have you seen that arrest warrant?" Xing asked.
As expected, it's about Zhan Xuming... But how can I help him with this? "I saw it and I also asked others so I know what did he do and what mistake did he make," Lou Cheng replied honestly.
Knowing about the position of Lou Cheng's master, Director Xing felt no surprise, and he chuckled, "Someone was calling the police said they saw Zhan Xuming at the Bar street. After verification by our stuff, it turns out to be true. But the stuff of high-ranked Dan Stage who is in charge of tracking him down and other team members can only arrive in the midnight."
"Uncle Xing, do you mind if I be totally honest? I want to help you but Zhan Xuming is of Seventh Pin. Me, I don't even have a Dan Stage... I can't help you even if I want, and plus, I might drag down your work," Lou Cheng was very shocked.
Zhan Xuming is outside Xiushan now!
In the past, Lou Cheng had not known how to refuse people, but now with more experience and being more mature, Lou Cheng was no longer who he had used to be. Now he helped others as long as he can but when he knew there was something cannot be achieved, he would be brave enough to say that out loud.
"Don't worry, Lou. How could I let you confront Zhan Xuming? If any accident occurs your master wouldn't forgive me."
"So what do you mean?" Lou Cheng calmed down.
"Zhan Xuming is mentally very dangerous right now and we can predict that he would continue to fight against the fighters' family more and more violently. But he is reasonable as well. The moment the task force arrived, he escaped immediately," said Director Xing seriously, "and now we have a list of protection, and I'm in charge of this in person. Lou, you know, a small place like here, there isn't so many high-rank experts. Even if the police system is a bit better than the one of martial arts club, we still aren't strong enough. According to the list, I even invited two seniors, but the number of high-rank experts is still not enough."
"You want me to join in as well? How to protect them?" asked Lou Cheng with doubt.
Xing Chengwu nodded and said, "You'll be divided into some groups and protect these people at their home. You are responsible for one group. Don't worry. I will send you four shooting special Amateurs to coordinate with you and approve the use of large diameter firearms and alert equipment. At that time, if you really encounter Zhan Xuming, as long as you don't show him your weaknesses, he will certainly run away himself. Even if you're entangled with him, he's not in a good situation either."
"I'll be responsible for the support group and wait. If there is any danger happens, I'll rush over to you immediately. Honestly, I can assure you that if the situation gets really dangerous, you don't have to protect other people, and you could just break away. Zhan XuMing will not waste time to chase you."
Four policemen were good shooting Amateurs with large-caliber firearms. These were unfavorable to a professional Seventh Pin. But, of course, the premise is a timely response... Lou Cheng thought about it for a moment and asked, "Uncle Xing, why don't put these people together to provide a better protection? They can live in the auditorium, and you take the lead with other masters to be on patrol. Zhan Xuming simply can not have the opportunity then."
This is the safest and most appropriate way.
"I've thought about it as well, but the thing is that once it gets dark, I'm afraid that when we change shift, Zhan Xuming would take the advantage and make a sneak attack on the halfway. Secondly, we don't want to be seemed like we are scared of him and useless. It's very disgraceful... and the social impact wouldn't be good. They're all important figures in the society," Xing Secretary Chang made a forced smile.
Lou Cheng estimated the degree of danger, took a breath and spoke solemnly,
"I'm ok with that. Which family should I protect?"
There is Aunt Liu on Ke's side, plus the support of the police. If Zhan Xuming really attacks there, they would send me to there.
"You go to Guo Min's. You'll be on duty tonight." Xing Chengwu had already made his plan, "Thank you very much in advance."
Guo Min? Isn't he the big boss of my dad's factory? Lou Cheng was stunned for a moment.