Li Chuchu hadn't noticed anything amiss with Shen Yanshan yet.
At the moment, she was fully concentrating on the path under her feet. There were many uneven stone steps on this path, and it was easy to step into thin air. She didn't want to sprain her ankle just because she got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and end up going to the clinic again.
With each step down, Li Chuchu instinctively held tightly onto Shen Yanshan's arm.
Shen Yanshan's whole body went rigid.
He originally came out to take a cold shower, but it seemed it would be useless now.
The fragrance in the room was only faint, yet it had already kept Shen Yanshan awake. Now that Li Chuchu was right in front of him, the fragrance from her body wafted over in waves. It made Shen Yanshan feel dizzy.
It was like the dizziness one felt when standing up from a seat after sitting on a train for more than twenty hours.
It was simply inescapable and unexpected. The whole person felt as if he had been drugged.
But Shen Yanshan didn't dislike this feeling.
Li Chuchu pulled Shen Yanshan forward, and Shen Yanshan followed behind her. His eyes gradually grew darker and more obscure.
The evening wind rustled the treetops.
There wasn't even the chirping of birds around. The woods not far away looked like ghostly figures with claws outstretched.
Li Chuchu felt as if she had stepped on something slippery under her feet.
Suddenly, she missed a step, and her body uncontrollably plunged downward. The hand holding Shen Yanshan's arm tightened abruptly.
The next second,
Without hesitation, Shen Yanshan used his arm to stop her and pulled her into his embrace. His big hand firmly grasped the space between her waist and chest, as if a wolf king had enclosed her in his territory.
"Be careful. There's some moss on the steps."
Li Chuchu's heart was pounding. She steadied herself, calmed her nerves a bit, and whispered, "Thank you."
The woods were abnormally quiet.
With Shen Yanshan beside her, his tall figure, his cold and forbidding face that even ghosts and gods would avoid, and his gloomy aura actually made Li Chuchu feel extremely safe.
Whoever said this villain was bad?
This villain was just amazing!
The public toilet was just ahead.
In this era, the public toilets were still dry toilets, with two wooden boards inside. Li Chuchu walked in slowly and searched for a long time before finding a place where she could barely put her feet. She murmured to herself, "Why did they build the toilet so far away? It would be great if there was a toilet in the compound."
Her voice was very soft, as if it would be carried away by the wind the moment it left her mouth. But this wind happened to reach Shen Yanshan's ears.
When Li Chuchu came out of the toilet,
She happened to see the tall figure standing under the hazy moonlight, looking like a divine being descending to earth.
His eyes were calm, even glinting with a coldness like ice shards. Li Chuchu had long been familiar with this cold and aloof aura that kept people at a distance.
As the big villain in this book, he did have a kind of dark and mysterious aura as if "the gods didn't love the world".
When Shen Yanshan heard the sound and looked in Li Chuchu's direction, his eyes seemed to flicker slightly.
"Let's go."
"Okay."
As they walked, Li Chuchu casually hooked her arm around his.
He looked quite thin, but the muscles on his arm were quite strong. Li Chuchu couldn't help but pinch it twice.
Suddenly, she realized,
Oh no, what had she taken him for?
This was the big villain who might take her life at any time! She didn't know if he would mind.
Li Chuchu was just about to awkwardly pull her hand back.
The next second,
That big palm firmly wrapped around her shoulder.
The scorching body temperature came from his palm. In this summer night, it actually felt a bit hot.
"The road is slippery. I'd better support you."
Li Chuchu felt embarrassed and stammered, but she couldn't refuse his kindness. She could only brace herself and walk home.
When they got home,
Li Chuchu dived into the quilt as if avoiding a plague god. "Good night, good night."
Shen Yanshan stood there. The words Li Chuchu had just said repeated in his mind, and finally turned into a soft chuckle: "Good night, Li Chuchu."
Just as Li Chuchu had forgotten the awkwardness on the way back and was about to fall asleep in a daze, she suddenly heard a voice in her head:
【Ding! The licking - dog value has increased by 5. Achievement unlocked: A night stroll with the big villain! ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞̑̑】
Could it please not cause a ruckus in the middle of the night!
Someone suddenly sat up like a zombie and rummaged around for the switch of the system voice broadcast.
...
Early the next morning, Li Chuchu got up exhausted.
She gargled listlessly. She had had nightmares all night, all about herself being buried alive.
She died over and over again, with all kinds of hideous and terrifying scenes.
It was simply a cruel and inhumane torture! Fortunately, Shen Yanshan had already gone out. Otherwise, if she saw his face today, she would definitely have a stress reaction.
The two bank passbooks given by Wu Li yesterday, along with the one left by the original owner's mother, were carefully placed in the cabinet by her.
In this era, there were no ID cards yet. As long as one got the bank passbook, they could withdraw the money. So this thing must be kept well.
Li Chuchu washed her face, had a simple breakfast, and then went to work.
She had something important to do today.
...
In the factory director's office,
Li Chuchu arrived late, while Li Jianmin was already in the office.
He had been waiting here early in the morning. By now, his face was so gloomy that it seemed to drip water. Just as he was about to scold Li Chuchu, Factory Director Chen warmly greeted Li Chuchu to sit down.
"Chuchu, have you had breakfast?"
"I've already eaten."
"Okay. Li Jianmin brought a letter of severing family ties. You came just in time. Deal with this matter."
Li Jianmin's letter of severing family ties was lying on the table.
Once she signed this, the two of them would have nothing to do with each other.
Li Chuchu glanced at it a few times. After making sure there was no problem, she signed her name neatly.
"Uncle Chen, it's done."
Chen Huicheng picked up the agreement and looked at it for a few moments.
"Okay. Since that's the case, from now on, the matters of the Li family have nothing to do with you. Find some time to visit your grandparents."
Seeing the two of them chatting amicably and completely ignoring him, Li Jianmin felt extremely aggrieved, but he didn't dare to say anything.
Factory Director Chen was still asking Li Chuchu about her recent work. Seeing the two of them chatting happily and completely ignoring him, Li Jianmin couldn't help but say, "Factory Director, I'll go back to my post first."
Chen Huicheng turned to look at him, frowned slightly, as if he had just noticed there was someone there. "You haven't left yet? Okay, go ahead."
With his words, Li Jianmin didn't know what to say.
His face turned green, and he silently backed out.
After he left,
Li Chuchu raised her eyebrows slightly. "Uncle Chen, do you not like my dad very much?"
Chen Huicheng was taken aback for a moment and then laughed. "You little girl are quite perceptive."
He poured a cup of tea for Li Chuchu. "Li Jianmin is quite reliable in his work, but he lacks clear - headed thinking. He's not a person who can be entrusted with important tasks. On one hand, he enjoys the benefits brought by your mother, and on the other hand, he belittles your mother's achievements. To be honest, I don't think much of this person."