FYN Chapter 8 Hiding
Chapter 8 Hiding
Lu Ren originally planned to take Shen Yaoxing to a small hotel to stay in, and then he would go home. He would talk about everything else tomorrow.
But Lu Ren paused in front of a certain alley.
There were people at the front desks of those small hotels, asking about something, I don't know, it seemed like they were investigating a case or looking for someone.
Moreover, their attire was the same as the two people from before; they must be from the Shen family of Linjiang.
He casually grabbed Shen Yaoxing, who was about to leave. Shen Yaoxing looked at him strangely, and was about to ask a question when Lu Ren covered her mouth.
"That person seems to be looking for you."
Hearing him say that, the wisdom in the girl's eyes faded slightly, and she became wary.
Just as they were about to walk around him, the man from the shop left the hotel, and the hotel owner saw him off with a smile all the way.
"Alright, alright, I'll report to the master as soon as I have any news. Those commoners are really audacious, daring to kidnap even the Shen family's daughter..."
"What master? Don't call me that, it's modern society now."
"Ouch! Look at my mouth..."
Lu Ren had no choice but to turn slightly to the side, shielding Shen Yaoxing in front of him, with his back to the outside of the alley.
The alleys in the urban village were pitch black, and you couldn't see anything.
Even so, they still attracted each other's attention.
"Um?"
The man paused, glanced into the alley, and then stopped.
Lu Ren seemed unaware that someone was watching him from outside the alley, and continued to hunch over, blocking Shen Yaoxing's view.
Shen Yaoxing's heart was in her throat.
However, at that moment, the hotel owner exclaimed in surprise, "Eh?"
"Lu Ren? Where have you been gallivanting around in the middle of the night? Your sister's been looking for you all night!"
Lu Ren seemed to only then notice the people outside the alley. He turned his head and glanced at them, looking completely nonchalant: "Let her look for it if she wants."
The boss also noticed the little girl hiding behind Lu Ren, seemingly ashamed to be seen.
He scoffed and said, "You brat, you're even messing with young girls now. Whose girl is this? Listen to me, young lady, this Lu Ren is a little beast..."
"Get out of here, or I'll smash your glass door, you believe me?"
Lu Ren actually did this before; he secretly threw stones at his hotel in the middle of the night... What a dark history.
The hotel owner spat at him but didn't bother to argue.
Lu Ren glanced casually at the man, then met his gaze. A palpable sense of oppression coiled around him like a python.
It's like making eye contact with a tiger in the wild. Even if the tiger doesn't mean you any harm, just feeling the aura of the king of beasts can make you tremble.
Lu Ren's muscles tensed up as if in response to stress.
Is this what a powerful professional is like? They're practically monsters in human skin. Lu Ren wanted to kneel down on the spot and confess all his crimes.
"Running around at night like this, aren't they afraid of encountering virtual beasts?"
The cold-faced man said something indifferently, ignored them, and turned to leave.
Lu Ren has such a fiery temper! Who is he? He's a notorious local thug, okay?
"What's it to you? Who are you talking to? Who do you think you are? Hey! Answer me..."
Lu Ren pretended to go and cause trouble for him, but Shen Yaoxing quickly grabbed him to stop him from leaving.
That's over, that's all! Big brother, you're my real brother!
About a minute later, after confirming that the other party had left, Shen Yaoxing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I was too complacent; the clan even sent out a Fire-level professional!
However, she escaped again.
Including the two times he successfully evaded pursuit on the mountain road just now, although both times it was because of Lu Ren, but as expected... his intuition is terrifyingly strong!
"The world really does revolve around me!" she said, looking as if she had won a victory.
Lu Ren: "..." What's wrong with this guy now?
Shen Yaoxing said to him, "Don't go to the hotel, I'll stay at your place for the night!"
Why?
"They've already tracked me down here. A beautiful young woman like me, from outside the slums, checking into a hotel in such a remote and chaotic place in the middle of the night—it's bound to arouse suspicion!"
"..."
After some negotiation, Lu Ren agreed to let her stay at his house for the night.
The two headed towards Lu Ren's house, which wasn't far, just a few steps away.
"But to be honest, the place I live in now is very small, with only one room, and my sister lives with me too."
"It's okay, it's okay, I just hope your sister won't mind."
"I mean you can give me money so my sister and I can stay out for one night."
"You wouldn't secretly go to that person and report me, would you?"
"What are you saying? How could I possibly do such a thing?"
What a terrifying intuition.
Indeed, there were a few moments when he had this thought.
The main reason was that he was still a little flustered after confronting that person. He felt like a nobody like himself had gotten involved in something that shouldn't have happened to him... But he quickly gave up, because this young lady in front of him could easily crush him.
"This is where I live now, I hope you don't think it's too small..."
At that moment, Lu Youhe, who was busy with his summer homework inside the house, vaguely heard someone's voice, followed by the sound of a key being inserted and turned.
She immediately realized what was happening and rushed to the door: "It's 12:30! Lu Ren, you actually know how to come back!"
She stormed over to confront him, but was startled by Shen Yaoxing standing next to Lu Ren at the door.
My first thought was that she was very beautiful, with delicate and fair skin, clearly a girl from a noble family. My second thought was why she came back with Lu Ren.
She seemed to realize something, her face filled with horror as she looked at Lu Ren with an expression of utter disdain: "You, you, you, she, she..."
Shen Yaoxing put her hands on her hips, nodded at her, and said with a mysterious smile, "It's exactly what you think!"
Lu Ren walked straight in, too lazy to pay attention to the neurotic Lu Youhe and Shen Yaoxing, who looked stupid because of the price of her talent [Ominous Star].
"She's my friend. She ran away from home and is coming to stay with me for the night."
"Your friend?" Lu Youhe asked with some suspicion.
"Is that not allowed?"
Shen Yaoxing squeezed in as well: "I left home in such a hurry that I didn't bring any gifts with me. I'll make it up to you next time!"
"Um, this..."
Although still looking confused, Lu Youhe politely made way for him.
"Do you want to take a shower?" Lu Ren asked Shen Yaoxing.
"Does your tiny place even have a bathroom?"
"This is it."
"Why isn't there a bathtub?"
"Do you think this is your home?"
"I don't have a bathtub at home either. I always take a bath in the bathtub at home."
"..." The evil landlord class.
"Youhe, find her a couple of outfits. She won't take them for free; she'll pay us back later."
Lu Youhe was stunned. She could tell that this older sister came from an extraordinary background, but how could someone like her be hanging out with her brother?
The brother and sister's rented room was small, but Lu Youhe tidied it up every day, so it looked clean and cozy.
Lu Youhe packed two pieces of clothing for Shen Yaoxing and taught her how to use the showerhead. When he came out, he saw his idiot older brother staring at the empty rice cooker with a resentful look on his face.
She said irritably:
"It's 12:30! How could I possibly keep your food warm? Do you know that would burn the inner pot of the rice cooker?"
"Is there absolutely no food left at home?"
"There are leftovers in the fridge..."
"Then let's make fried rice, with two eggs."
"Who wants to cook for you? Go cook it yourself. I haven't finished my summer homework yet."
"Summer homework?"
Lu Ren glanced at the notebook spread out on the table.
When Lu Youhe spoke to him, he always seemed to be sulking: "Summer vacation has been going on for several days now, and I've been busy working these past few days. I haven't done any of my summer homework yet."
"Aren't you going to be a high school freshman next semester? Who's going to check your 'Summer Fun Park' work from your junior high year in high school?"
In this world, it's much harder to get into high school than in Lu Ren's previous life; generally, more than 70% of people can't even get into high school.
Public school places are extremely limited, and tuition and other fees are quite high.
Private schools don't consider grades, but the tuition fees are astronomical for them.
Although Lu Youhe had a somewhat turbulent first half of the year, she still managed to study, took the high school entrance exam, and got into high school. However... it seems that she used the girl's tuition money to pay off gambling debts.
Lu Youhe lay on the table, pouting, her little feet kicking under the table: "What if they check? I'll leave a bad impression on the teacher when school starts."
"Go make me some fried rice, and I'll write it for you."
"What the hell are you writing! Get lost!"
"You really aren't going to do it?" Lu Ren asked threateningly.
Lu Youhe was not one to be threatened; he stubbornly refused to go.
Lu Ren nodded: "Okay, let me see what's in the refrigerator..."
Seeing that he was about to ransack the house, Lu Youhe quickly stopped him and angrily went to make him fried rice.
While cracking eggs in the "kitchen," Lu Youhe suddenly asked, "Hey, are you really not going to study anymore? School's starting soon, right?"
It's worth mentioning that Lu Ren is also in high school. He was supposed to be a junior next semester. Unlike Lu Youhe, Lu Ren attends a private high school.
He was admitted as an outstanding student, and not only was his tuition waived, but he also received a scholarship.
When the family first encountered hardship, they relied on Lu Ren's scholarship to get through it, but it has long since been spent.
"I'm not going," Lu Ren said succinctly.
"snort!"
Lu Youhe had already argued with his brother about this issue several times. He knew his brother was very stubborn, and arguing again would not resolve the issue.
"Twinkle, twinkle... sparkle..."
Suddenly, a woman burst into song from the bathroom. It was the same song that Lu Ren had just hummed. The young lady sang in a loud, unrefined voice, but her presence was quite impressive.
Lu Youhe then asked, "By the way, who exactly is that woman?"
"What woman? Be polite, she's a sugar daddy."
"Sugar daddy?" Lu Youhe didn't understand.
"She's the big boss who gives me tasks and pays me a salary. Just serve her well. Oh, and later we'll make a makeshift bed on the floor. You can sleep on the floor with me and give her the bed. She's a lady from a prestigious family, after all."
"Young Miss?"
He quickly finished writing the last few pages, closed the book, and said, "Starting tomorrow, I probably won't be coming back at night."
"Not coming back? Where are you going again!"
"Go get a job. Didn't I say I'd help you earn back your tuition? Do you still want to go to high school?"
"Clam--?"
Lu Youhe was tiny, wearing an apron, and was flipping the wok to fry rice. Lu Ren thought it was kind of cute.
"Lu Youhe, you won't admit you're an idiot. It's just a thousand yuan. You think it's a month's salary? I can earn a thousand yuan in a day."
As he spoke, he placed his large hand directly on the girl's head, and while her hands were busy working and she couldn't resist, he twisted and twisted her hair until it was messy.
"Get out!"
She swept her foot over, but Lu Ren grabbed her ankle and pulled her upwards.
She was afraid of being grabbed by one foot, so she couldn't stand steadily on one leg. She hurriedly called for Lu Ren to put her foot down, and she hopped around, which was quite comical.
Lu Ren found this silly little sister really funny.
Although he didn't know Shen Yaoxing's situation, he was already on the wrong path and had no choice but to follow her to the end.
When Lu Ren met that cold-faced man's gaze tonight, he suddenly understood what aristocratic families, powerful clans, and powerful professionals really were.
Those were giant ocean liners sailing through the thick fog. The commoners from the slums were nothing more than small rafts. If they didn't see the fog clearly and bumped into it, when the giant ship sailed away, only a few pieces of wood would remain floating on the surface of the sea before quickly sinking to the bottom.
However, we can't involve this silly little sister.
Lu Ren had no plans to return until Shen Yaoxing returned to her clan. He was only coming back tonight to tell Lu Youhe not to secretly shed tears again when she couldn't find him at night.
However, if all goes well, this might also be his ticket to enter that new world.
Whether he has talent or not, he wants to try and experience the feeling of mastering power.