Since the beginning of the spring, Shen Yigong has spent more time accompanying Mr. Xu to travel between major factories and schools after helping several cooperative shops solve the problem of cargo transportation.

He is now equivalent to serving as Xu Ruonong's bodyguard. Overall, the work is not heavy, and Mr. Xu keeps a low profile. Occasionally, you will encounter a person who is following you, and you can quickly get rid of it. The only slightly thrilling occasion was a lecture given by Xu at St. John's University at the end of February. At that time, Shen Yigong was walking behind him, and he vaguely felt that someone in the crowd was looking at Xu Ruonong. Before the end of the speech, Shen Yigong sneaked into the crowd to secretly approach the suspect, and quickly subdued the person, and pulled out two small pistols from him.

Shen Yigong tied people up in the school bathroom, and Xu Ruonong listened to him explain the matter after the speech, so he told him that the "red team" would take over the next matter.

Xu Ruonong often holds meetings at home, and most of the people who come and go are plainly dressed, and they can't remember their appearance at first glance, and they quickly can't recognize them when they blend in with the crowd. He only introduced Shen Yigong to a gentleman surnamed Zhou and another surnamed Deng. Other information is inconvenient to disclose, and Shen Yigong can understand it. While they were meeting upstairs, the young man stood at the door and sat with the old woman at the threshold. The mother-in-law made wool when she was fine, and Shen Yigong sat next to her and wiped the knife by herself.

Xu Ruonong was also very strange when he used a knife for the first time, but now guns are more convenient, and cold weapons are becoming more and more rare. Shen Yigong smiled and said that if he used it easily, if he attacked in close quarters, his knife could be faster than a bullet.

Xu Ruonong has also seen this, and there have been a few times when the latent Taibao approached, and Shen Yigong could always use his knife to quietly solve these people. When Xu Ruonong smelled the faint smell of blood on his body, the young man just gave him a reassuring look and pressed his knife into the sheath.

Xu Ruonong commented that he is not a soft-hearted person, and he will not kill innocents indiscriminately, this degree is very good, if a person starts to harm others for his own desires, what is the difference between him and the brutal rulers now.

At the end of March, Xu Ruonong told Shen Yigong that the trip would be over in two months at most. When Shen Yigong came home that day, he heard laughter coming from his house. He hesitated, and was about to open the door to enter, but saw that the door of his house was unlocked.

It's clear who will do it now. Shen Yigong pushed the door in a little unfast, and saw Mu Qiuping sitting at the small table with his face in his hands, staring at the man opposite with bright eyes.

Huo Zuo's expression was elegant, he lightly twisted a thin cigarette in his hand, and his tone when he spoke to Mu Qiuping was not in a hurry and full of gentlemanly demeanor. A mouthful of "Miss", a sentence of praise. The sound made by Shen Yigong when he entered the house interrupted the conversation between the two of them, and the young man took off his top hat and hung it behind the door, frowning and said, "Mr. Huo, isn't it good that you opened the door of my room so without permission, and didn't close the door after entering the house?" ”

Huo Zuo sat there with a shameless face, and said calmly: "I think you should come back soon, so I'll leave the door for you." ”

"Leave the door for me?"

"Besides, it's not a big deal to let such a beautiful young lady wait outside the door, right?"

Mu Qiuping showed a stupid smile on his face: "No, in fact, even if Mr. Huo doesn't have the key, it doesn't hurt if you and I wait at the door." ”

Shen Yigong walked to the table and crossed between the two, blocking Mu Qiuping's gaze at Huo Zuo. He bowed his head and spoke to Mu Qiuping: "What did you do when you came to me today?" ”

Mu Qiuping tried to poke his head out, but he didn't want Shen Yi's bow hand to prop up on the table, so he came over again. Huo Zuo looked at him like this, smiled lightly and was speechless, and didn't turn his head to smoke the cigarette in his hand.

The woman could only purse her lips and meet his gaze: "I haven't seen you for a long time, so let's see how you are." ”

"I'm fine, is there anything else?"

"What are you doing with this attitude, I didn't provoke you to provoke you, it was too much to give me an eviction order as soon as you came." Mu Qiuping was showing an aggrieved look, and Huo Zuo accosted behind Shen Yigong: "Yes, what can you do to Miss Mu?" Do you know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, Xiao Shen. ”

Shen Yigong turned his head and glanced at him with some irritation, turned his head and took Mu Qiuping's hand and walked out: "You come here, I'll tell you." ”

"Oops! Will you let go of me, Shen Yigong, I recruited you to provoke you! ”

He pulled the man out the door before he stood still. Mu Qiuping had a faint dissatisfaction in his eyes, rubbed his wrist and said to him, "What are you doing, Shen Yigong!" Your hands hurt me! ”

Shen Yigong directly suppressed his voice in the next second, held her shoulder and warned seriously: "Mu Qiuping, this guy inside is not something you can touch." This man is too dangerous, I'm thinking about you. ”

Mu Qiuping was frightened by his sudden serious tone, and after reacting, he still raised his head and replied: "Women in the world love heroes, what's wrong with this?" ”

"He's not the right guy for you. You'd better stop thinking now, or you'll be in danger. ”

"Who the hell is he, Shen Yigong, why are you so afraid?"

"I ...... I'm not afraid of him. ”

"And how do you explain your current reaction?"

Shen Yigong took a deep breath, his shoulders fell slightly, and the hand holding Mu Qiuping was temporarily released: "His name is Huo Zuo, the Huo Zuo of the Green Dragon Society and the Red Green Gang." ”

When Mu Qiuping heard this, he was still uplifted, but now he was depressed for a moment.

"You say...... He's the one, Huo Zuo? ”

"Yes."

"That Huo Zuo who has killed countless people and done a lot of evil?"

"Yes."

Mu Qiuping peeked in through the crack in the door behind him, turned his head and wondered: "Then why did such a person come to you?" Shen Yigong, if he is a Shanghai hooligan tycoon who has killed countless people and done many evils, then who are you? ”

Shen Yigong rubbed her head: "In short, I want you to stay away from him." Since you said that you and I are friends, I don't want my friends to be hurt and put in danger. ”

After a pause, without waiting for Mu Qiuping to ask, he had already walked to the door and left a message with her: "You go back first, and I will go upstairs and make it clear to you after I finish talking." ”

Mu Qiuping watched as the man closed the door. She clasped her hands staggered to her chest, feeling nervous inexplicably. But thinking of the other party's solemn assurance, she was still willing to maintain trust in him. The woman took one last look at the closed door in front of her, and turned to walk upstairs.

Inside the house, as soon as Shen Yigong closed the door, Huo Zuo sat at the table and said with a smile: "Miss Mu, who is so nervous about you, are you afraid that I will eat her?" ”

Shen Yigong didn't meet his obviously provocative gaze, but just asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"This is your home, of course I'm here to look for you."

Shen Yigong walked up to him and stretched out his hand: "Since you know that it is my home, please return my key to me." ”

He restrained all the turbulence in his heart, leaving only silence and peace in his eyes. Huo Zuo listened to his request, but it wasn't big, he just sat there and raised his head and stared at the young man's eyes. Shen Yigong was forced to look at his face. The last time we met briefly, I didn't have a chance to take a closer look at his face, but now that I was so close, I noticed that the corners of the other party's eyes had gradually climbed into fine lines, and although the nasolabial folds were not obvious, they had also been revealed. Is he in his thirties? Shen Yigong thought coldly.

Then the palm that stretched out was cold, and Huo Zuo gently put the copper key on it. Shen Yigong turned his head away and stopped looking at him, and only asked officially: "I am protecting Xu Ruonong, what else do you have to come to me?" ”

"If you do things for me, I won't give you any benefits." Huo Zuo took out an envelope from his bosom and slapped it on the table, "Honorarium." ”

Shen Yigong took off the scarf and stood next to the small charcoal basin to put the kettle rack: "I didn't protect Mr. Xu for your money. ”

"It's your business whether to take it or not, and it's my freedom to give it or not."

Yes, Mr. Huo still has a tone of character. Shen Yigong sat on the chair next to the charcoal basin, facing the man sideways, never looked at him, and said politely: "Then don't accept it." I will transfer this money to Mr. Xu for you, and I will treat it as your kind help. ”

They were a distance from a table, Shen Yigong's eyes looked at the dancing charcoals, but Huo Zuo's eyes fell on his slender and straight back from beginning to end. His eyes were deep and forbearing, but they could penetrate a man's skin like a blade and grab the most subtle and fragile throbbing and impulses in his heart.

For a moment, neither of them spoke. When the water boiled and made a "woo" sound, Shen Yigong took a handkerchief, picked up the teapot, made a cup of tea, and brought it to Huo Zuo.

Huo Zuo swept his fingertips and laughed at himself: "It's not easy, after so long, my good apprentice can still serve me another cup of tea." ”

Shen Yigong put the tea down in his hand: "The one who comes is a guest, so I won't give a cup of tea." ”

"Talk about righteousness, serve wine. Talk about business, drink tea. Huo Zuo looked at the tea leaves floating up and down in the glass, and the moisture blurred his face and the sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth, "Between you and me, it's about ...... There is only this friendship of drinking tea. ”

Shen Yigong turned his head sideways to avoid his question.

Huo Zuo followed up and asked: "If I had come to you and told you that the person you wanted to protect was me, would you still agree?" ”

Shen Yigong avoided the weight and said lightly: "Not to mention your own kung fu, none of the people around you are fuel-efficient lamps, so where do you need my protection?" ”

"As far as the matter is concerned, I want you to protect me?" He saw that Shen Yigong was still avoiding his gaze, so he lowered his tone, "Look at me Shen Yigong and answer me." ”

In the past, the ears and temples were grinding, how much love there was, how much pain there was, and how much torture there was at the beginning of how much trust points were placed. It's like having a serious illness, and even if the lesion is cured, I still pay attention to the bottom of my heart.

Huo Zuo didn't relent: "Speak, can't you answer?" Answer me Shen Yigong, if it were me, would you still come to protect me. ”

Shen Yigong finally met his eyes, he pursed his lips and said firmly: "No." ”

"You will."

"Nope. If someone were going to kill you, I wouldn't have done it again. Shen Yigong's hands clenched a little, "I should pay you back, I have already paid it off at the beginning." ”