Chapter 52: Sojourn
A Puri imported from Zhongzhou was slowly moving forward on the avenue. There was no automobile industry at all in the colony, and there were only two sources of vehicles, the refurbishment and assembly of abandoned vehicles before the war and the import of complete vehicles from Zhongzhou. This Puri is about 2,200 gold coins in Zhongzhou, and with the shipping fee and tax rate, the price has skyrocketed to 5,000 gold coins.
Yuan Jue put the steering wheel and sat in the driver's seat. From time to time, he secretly looked at Li Mu who was sitting in the co-pilot. Li Mu looked uncomfortable.
"What are you looking at?"
Li Mu said impatiently.
"Nothing, nothing."
He hurriedly withdrew his gaze, almost focusing on the road. But after a while, he looked at Li Mu with curious eyes.
Li Mumu grimaced and glared fiercely at Li Xuan who was sitting in the back seat. Li Xuan saw her brother glaring at her, and immediately shrank into Li Mei's arms on the side.
Only now did he know why Yuan Jue would help them for no reason. But it was Li Xuan who made up a bloody story for him and Li Mei. said that they secretly eloped to Xinlinfen because their families objected to the relationship. Because the family has been looking for them, they cannot be investigated by the sheriff.
Although this kind of thing is bloody, it really happens from time to time in Xinlinfen, so Yuan Jue believed it at the first time.
Most of the Zhuxia immigrants who moved to the Deccan Plateau lived in groups from their hometowns, and the neighboring villages often gathered to fight each other over the water source, and bloodshed occurred from time to time. The accumulated grievances have made some villages feel as deep as the sea. It is not uncommon for children from the village to go out to play and never return.
Li Mu once made a mission to investigate a pair of young men and women who disappeared in Xinlinfen. In the end of the investigation, it was found that the two of them were from two hostile villages, and they both eloped to Xinlinfen. The woman's family contacted them, falsely claiming to have agreed to their marriage, promising not to harm them, and tricking them back to the village.
The girl was imprisoned in her home and beaten for hours, and was beaten to death outside the village in full view of everyone, and her body was burned with firewood. The man was also beheaded and his body was dumped at the entrance of the man's village.
In the Deccan Plateau, nearly 500 people die every year from such "honour killings"
"Don't worry, my house is very spacious, and only me and my sister live together. As long as you live in my house, your family will not find you. ”
"Aren't you afraid we're bad guys?"
Li Mu raised his eyebrows, in Xinlinfen, it was a very dangerous thing to invite strangers to his home as guests.
"How can a person who can act bravely in a shooting incident and save others be a bad person."
Yuan Jue said with certainty.
"Then thank you Dr. Yuan for your help."
Li Mu stubbornly agreed. The current situation in Linfen is not suitable for staying in a hotel. The Du family and the sheriffs will surely search the city's hotels to identify strangers in the new Linfen. They are a mixed bag, and harassment is inevitable. It is inevitable that there will be conflicts between Li Mei and Yang Xiaoye.
There were very few cars on the road, and Yuan Jue quickly drove the car outside the community. The doorman saw the license plate and immediately opened the door.
It is a very secluded residential area, with elaborate pools and rockeries, and tall residential buildings that require more steel and concrete than ordinary bungalows, which is a very luxurious thing in the colony.
Parking the car in the garage, he opened the door with the key and walked inside.
The decoration of the suite, even before the war, can still be considered luxurious, and from the current point of view, it can be called luxurious. Amazing living room with ornate crystal lamps hanging from the ceiling and wood grain wallpaper on the walls. Delicate teak furniture, carved with intricate patterns.
The wood used to make these furniture needs to be imported from the still chaotic Central Nias, and the price is surprisingly high. But even the flooring on the ground is teak.
As the three of Li Xuan, who are local buns in the countryside, when have they ever seen such luxurious furniture, and Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, everything is fresh.
Li Mu didn't understand the expression on his face, but he thought about it in his heart. In the colony, although doctors are a very lucrative profession, it is impossible to afford such a property, and it seems that Yuan Jue's identity is not simple. Borrowing it at his house, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.
"Sister, I'm back."
Yuan Jue shouted into the room, and naturally sat on the huge sofa in the middle of the living room.
"Come in, too."
Li Mei was hesitantly looking at the shiny wooden floor on the ground, hesitating how to step on it. Li Mu pushed her on the back and pushed her in. The teak wood of Central Nias is very hard, and the local Negritos even use it to sharpen warheads against the Zhuxia people.
Not to mention the skinny Li Mei, even if a horse rushes in, it can't step on the floor on the ground.
The cowhide sofa was very soft, and as soon as people sat down, they fell into it deeply, and Li Xuan had never even seen a sofa before. She flicked on the couch and had a lot of fun.
Li Mu pressed his palm on her head to stop this humiliating behavior.
Regardless of his sister, who was desperately resisting his brother's oppression, he thought about it, three days should be enough for them to find a suitable place to stay.
"We will find a suitable place to live in three days, and before that, we will trouble Dr. Yuan."
"If you don't find a suitable place to stay, it's okay to stay longer. There are two rooms here, and there is no one living in them. ”
Li Mu didn't want to stay longer for a moment, he felt uncomfortable here, like a beast in a cage, with a strong sense of restraint. He was more comfortable in a tent in the wilderness than a soft bed filled with duck down.
"Brother, are there any guests here?"
At this moment, a pleasant, slightly magnetic female voice came from the back room. A girl in a tight yoga dress walked out.
This is a woman full of pre-war elegance, with waterfall-like wavy curls and soft and delicate features. A pair of gold-rimmed eyes added a bookish air to her.
With a slender neck and a simple suspender yoga suit, the skin is as white and firm as ivory. She should have just finished her workout, and the drops of sweat were on her skin, and she was amazingly beautiful. Under her foil, Li Mei is like an ugly duckling who has not grown up.
Li Mu's eyes narrowed, but he focused all his attention on the woman walking behind this girl, this woman had an ordinary appearance, but there was a mellow aura between her steps, and she was a rare master.
No wonder Yuan Jue is relieved to bring them home, this person can easily defeat all those with bad intentions.
"Ah Jue, are they here?"
The girl sat down, obviously her yoga clothes were a little too tight, and the smell of her chest quivered.
Li Mu's eyelids also jumped, and a sharp pain suddenly came from his waist, but it was Li Mei who was quietly twisting the soft flesh on it.
"Poof."
The elder sister of Yuan Jue saw Li Mei's small movements, covered her mouth and chuckled. She pulled out a bath towel and wrapped it around her.
"Hello, my name is Yuan Qi, my brother has already told me about you on the phone, please stay in peace." She shook hands with Li Mu, and then looked at Li Mei and Li Xuan, who were sitting next to him: "Your wife and sister are very cute." ”
"Thank you Miss Yuan for the compliment."
The hostility in Li Mei's eyes disappeared suddenly, and she lowered her head embarrassedly and played with the corners of her clothes.
It was already evening, Li Mei and Yuan Qi chatted warmly for a while, and then it was time for dinner. Dinner was prepared by a Negritto maid and was very hearty.
Li Mu hadn't even eaten lunch today, he was already fainting from hunger, and he wiped out most of the food on the table alone. The lobster with thick arms, he bit off most of it in one bite, stuffed it into his stomach in two bites, and ate a roast chicken with only chicken bones in a few bites, ignoring the horrified eyes of Yuan Jue and Yuan Qi, and ate a pot of rice alone before he recovered.
When it was time to sleep, Li Mu found an embarrassing place, and the Yuan family siblings divided him and Li Mei into a room.
ps:This chapter is a foreshadowing for the development of the plot in the future.,But because of the lack of level.,It's not very satisfying to change it a few times.,I can only send it like this.,Book friends understand the clam.。 In addition, this book is not a ** text, please rest assured.
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