HR Chapter 19

When Zhu Yan reacted, Xiao Qi had already returned. He scratched his head with his big hand, a little confused about what was wrong with Xiao Qi.

Qi Yue teased, “What’s so good about a prisoner’s head? Why not look at your own?”

Min Jia, who was focused on the food, looked at Qi Yue, his gaze landing on Qi Yue’s hand on his leg, his index finger tapping rhythmically, his lips curled, his eyes narrowed, calm and composed.

Min Jia’s heart skipped a beat, and he kicked Qi Yue under the table. Qi Yue turned his head, “Jiajia?”

Seeing the anger in Min Jia’s eyes, Qi Yue gave a sheepish smile and said in a voice only they could hear, “This is a setup.” A setup specifically for Xiao Qi.

Without saying too much, Min Jia raised his eyes and scanned the people at the table, his lowered eyelashes fluttering. A bitter smile escaped his lips. He grabbed the remaining yogurt, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp. He threw away the empty yogurt container and said angrily, “I was really blind!” He kicked open the chair and went upstairs.

Qi Yue smiled and said helplessly, “He knows me too well.” Sometimes knowing each other too well is also a troublesome thing.

Bai Ze instinctively looked at Xiao Qi, only to see Xiao Qi tilt his head and fall into Lu Qinyuan’s arms. Lu Qinyuan naturally reached out and put his arms around him, gently lifting him into his arms, pushing aside a few strands of Xiao Qi’s thick black hair, looking at his delicate eyebrows and eyes, a trace of worry gathering between his brows.

“So sensitive to Estazolam.” Qi Yue got up, and Lu Qinyuan followed him to the medical room next door with Xiao Qi in his arms.

Zhu Yan’s gaze followed Lu Qinyuan’s back until he could no longer see him. The tough face had his brows tightly knitted together, and his eyes concealed a helpless emotion.

Bai Ze suddenly realized that it wasn’t that Zhu Yan didn’t know, he was just protecting Xiao Qi in his own way, even if it meant being suspected by Lu Qinyuan.

But in the end, he couldn’t resist Lu Qinyuan’s order.

Sha Tang sat at the dining table, quietly eating his food, and suddenly said, “Don’t interfere with Xiao Qi’s affairs. Master Lu has his own plans. With Xiao Qi’s position in Master Lu’s heart, would Master Lu harm Xiao Qi?”

Not harm, but hurt.

Bai Ze nodded and continued eating. Zhu Yan withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to continue shoveling the food he had grabbed.

The medical room was fully equipped with various medical devices, more than enough to perform a minor surgery. As long as there were enough people, it was no different from a condensed version of a small hospital.

Lu Qinyuan put Xiao Qi on the bed, and Qi Yue began inserting various tubes into Xiao Qi’s body, and the various instruments began to operate, making a “beep beep” sound.

Qi Yue changed into a white coat, with a stethoscope around his neck. He lifted Xiao Qi’s shirt, pressed it to his heart, listened for a while, took out a notebook and wrote something down, muttering, “I don’t know how long he’ll sleep, do I need to add a little more?”

He took out a thick needle and prepared to stab it into Xiao Qi’s fair and slender arm. Lu Qinyuan spoke up, “Use a thinner one.”

“If you can’t stand it, go out, I’m a doctor.” The long needle slowly disappeared into the skin, drawing out a large tube of fresh blood. It seemed that because of the loss of this tube of blood, Xiao Qi’s face looked a little paler.

Qi Yue carefully injected the extracted blood samples into sample bottles, and said in a good mood, “Lu-ge, you should just go out. I’m worried you’ll regret it if you watch for too long.” Thinking of Min Jia, he revealed a bit of helplessness: “For you, I don’t even want Jiajia anymore.”

“I’ll wait for you in the study.”

But someone was already waiting for him in the study. Min Jia sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, barely keeping his eyes half-open. When he saw him come in, he smiled. He swayed as he stood up and walked to Lu Qinyuan, pursing his lips and carefully looking into his eyes. He patted Lu Qinyuan’s shoulder, his smile with a hint of sadness, “Second Brother, my brother can’t be replaced by any random Tom, Dick, or Harry. I mourn for Xiao Qi.”

Walking to the door, Min Jia turned his head, his voice with a smile, “Have you forgotten what tears taste like?”

How could he forget that taste? It was just that he had hidden it in his heart, and didn’t dare to recall it easily.

Now that Min Jia mentioned it, that face that was always calm and composed suddenly became clear. No matter how urgent things were, he was always unhurried, and his catchphrase was: “Take it slow, no rush.”

He was a slow person, and although he was involved in the underworld, he had the heart of a Bodhisattva.

When fighting, he would sit on the side and watch, and still say: “Let’s go one-on-one, slowly, no rush, I have time to play with you.”

Someone who didn’t know better wanted to sneak attack him, but he kicked their jaw off. The speed of his kick was completely opposite to his catchphrase, so fast that people didn’t know how he moved. They only saw that person cover their jaw and wail.

Lu Qinyuan had just made a name for himself at that time, and Min Chu was already a famous lazy sloth. Everyone would call him Lazy Master when they saw him, and he would always return a particularly sincere smile, making people mistakenly think that this was just a neighbor’s big brother with a sunny smile.

Lu Qinyuan was set up and humiliated in an alley. Min Chu slowly walked in, stood in the shadows and watched for a long time, and dragged out his voice slowly, “This isn’t good, is it? So many people bullying a child, I can’t stand it anymore. I want to beat your guts out.” The tone of his speech was not only slow, but also refined, and even rough words carried a scholarly air.

There were many people on the streets who could speak so politely, but few could speak so calmly. Someone recognized him and bowed and apologized: “Lazy Master, please forgive us, we are all brothers. We can talk this over.”

Min Chu stretched out his finger and paused in mid-air, pointed to Lu Qinyuan, and said with a smile, “He is my brother…”

That person immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: “Lazy Master, please spare me, we were blind. Lazy Master, please be merciful, we will never dare to do it again.”

“Well, okay, you can go, but I’ll beat you every time I see you.” Before Min Chu finished speaking, a group of people scattered in a hurry, not even hearing the last point.

Lu Qinyuan struggled to sit up from the ground, watching Min Chu walk over slowly like an immortal untouched by dust, bend down and say, “You are the boss of my younger brother’s first love?” Shaking his head: “Too weak.” After a closer look, he suddenly realized: “Oh, he’s been drugged. A strong one, it’s not easy to deal with.”

Min Chu lifted one of Lu Qinyuan’s arms and put it on his shoulder, helped Lu Qinyuan stand up, walked out of the alley, turned seven turns and eight turns into a dark door, and threw him into a woman’s arms, rubbing his hands and saying, “I’ll go wash my hands, enjoy yourself.”

Lu Qinyuan pushed away the woman holding him, almost falling himself. He reached out and grabbed the corner of the table, and said coldly, “Get out! Dirty!”

The woman gave a “yo” and poked Lu Qinyuan’s forehead with her finger: “You little brat, I don’t like your kind, you don’t understand any romance. If it weren’t for Lazy Master’s sake, I wouldn’t care about you!”

Min Chu walked back, shaking the water droplets on his hands, pinched Lu Qinyuan’s chin and lifted it up, reached out to the woman: “Ning, a towel, wet one.”

The woman named Ning wrung a towel, folded it, and handed it to Min Chu. Min Chu took the towel and wiped Lu Qinyuan’s face, revealing a handsome face, but it was too sharp, and his eyes were a little scary. But this face suited Min Chu’s taste. He looked at it carefully a few times, and then threw it away: “Let Ning serve you well, otherwise I’ll sacrifice your little brother.”

Lu Qinyuan was already flushed with discomfort, his whole body was trembling, and he could hardly stand. Hearing Min Chu’s words, he gritted his teeth and said, “I’d rather it be you than that woman.”

“You’re so sharp, you’ll cut me and I’ll lose out.” Min Chu said this, but waved for Ning to go out, and walked closer to Lu Qinyuan step by step, pinched his chin and pecked him, and wanted to say something, but was hugged by Lu Qinyuan and stumbled to the bed.

Min Chu was pressed underneath, a little out of breath: “Little brat, you even dare to think about your Lazy Master’s ass, aren’t you afraid of death?”

Lu Qinyuan didn’t hear this, and roughly tore open Min Chu’s clothes, hugging him and kissing him wildly. Min Chu sucked in a breath in pain, muttering: “I’m losing out, no wonder Ning won’t do your business, I’m going to die on you.”

From then on, Min Chu had a little follower, like a tail that couldn’t be shaken off. Min Chu had no choice but to spread out and tell him: “You are Lu Jianwei’s son. Seven years ago, your mother, Su Yan, was killed in her own yard. Your mother, Su Yan,” he pointed at himself: “I killed her. Go out and ask around, I am the enemy who killed your mother, understand?”

“I know.” Lu Qinyuan’s eyes were firm: “But you saved me, I like you.”

“You know? You know a fart.” Min Chu knocked on Lu Qinyuan’s forehead: “What kind of mess is in your little head, are you also doing that? This kid is easy to go astray, I won’t care if he grows crooked.”

Min Chu’s tone was like teasing a child, making Lu Qinyuan blush with shame and anger, and he shouted, “Who is a child? Who are you calling uncle? I am your man!”

“Get lost!” Min Chu kicked Lu Qinyuan far away, pointed at his nose and said, “Get out of here, or I’ll beat you hard, and let you know that I’m not called Lazy Master for nothing.”

Lu Qinyuan stood there with his neck stiff, refusing to leave: “I don’t call you Master anyway.”

Min Chu’s men were amused: “Master, let him stay, we won’t be bored with this kid around.”

Someone else chimed in: “If he dares to hurt Lazy Master, we’ll beat him to death first, and guarantee that Lazy Master will live a long life.”

Lu Qinyuan looked determined and ready to fight to the end, Min Chu waved his hand: “Let it be.” And left him there.

When going out to fight, Min Chu never did anything himself again. He would just sit there, and it would have nothing to do with him. But his eyes were fixed on Lu Qinyuan. Seeing that he was about to beat someone to death, Min Chu had to shout: “Kid, leave him a breath! You’re not Yama, coming to claim a life.”

Lu Qinyuan snorted in his nose: “Leaving him will only cause harm, cutting off his own retreat.” He only stopped after punching the head of the unconscious person a few times.

Min Chu disliked his heavy killing intent and taught him to practice Tai Chi, build blocks, and made him do everything that could temper his temper, and he also had to limit the time. Doing it too fast would be punished, and doing it too slow would also be punished. Gradually, his temper became much gentler, and others always said that he had a bit of Min Chu’s shadow, but it was not enough, and it was still early to reach Min Chu’s level of slow temper.

Lu Qinyuan was both happy and not very convinced in his heart. Why should he be someone else’s shadow? Okay, even if it was Min Chu’s shadow, he didn’t want to. He wanted to stand beside Min Chu openly and honestly, what was a shadow?