Wen Sining's eyes widened. Try it? With him?
"Mr. Lu sure knows how to joke." Xiao Zhan sensed Lu Luochen's teasing and retorted with a solemn look.
However, if Lu Luochen was serious, it wasn't entirely out of the question.
Wen Sining put down her chopsticks. The food in front of her suddenly lost its appeal. She reached out and pushed the bowl in front of her forward.
The village head's wife glanced at the village head. The two exchanged a look and then buried their heads in their meals. Unable to understand or get a word in, they simply focused on eating.
The conversation came to a halt. Everyone sat there, looking at the food in their bowls with their own thoughts.
After a while, since Wen Sining didn't pick up her chopsticks again, Xiao Zhan also put down his chopsticks and bowl.
The village head's wife looked up at him curiously.
"Miss Wen, are you full?" Xiao Zhan asked.
The chopsticks had been lying there for a while. Wen Sining looked at the remaining rice and chicken in her bowl. Considering the current situation, she picked up her chopsticks and stuffed the rice into her mouth. Her cheeks puffed up, and she mumbled incoherently, "Yes, I'm good."
Xiao Zhan showed a smile, and Lu Luochen also slowly put down his chopsticks and bowl.
"Mr. Lu, aren't you eating anymore?" The village head quickly put down his utensils as well.
Lu Luochen raised his hand as a signal. "Yes, enjoy your meal. No need to see us off."
The village head's wife also stood up. The couple stood in front of the dining table and watched them leave.
After leaving the village head's house, Wen Sining was forced to be sandwiched between Lu Luochen and Xiao Zhan.
Oh, God! Can anyone save her!
The village roads were very narrow. Moreover, it had rained a few days ago, so the soil had become soft under the wash of the rain, and there were even some small puddles.
To avoid stepping into the water, Wen Sining moved left and right. Every time she got closer to one side, the person on the other side would squeeze towards her.
She tried her best to avoid both the puddles and the people. In her struggle, she didn't notice the puddle under her left foot. Her raised foot suddenly landed, and her heavy body made the water in the puddle splash everywhere.
So cold! Freezing cold!
Wen Sining's shoulders were uneven, and her body tilted. She was on the verge of falling into the puddle in front of her.
"Be careful!" Xiao Zhan reached out and grabbed Wen Sining's arm.
She was tilting in his direction, so naturally, Xiao Zhan's rescue was twice as fast as Lu Luochen's.
Her arm was grabbed by two people at the same time. Wen Sining felt as if her arm was about to be torn off her shoulder. Instead of the pain from falling, she felt the pain from the tight grip on her arm.
Lu Luochen's arm secretly exerted force, trying to pull her into his embrace. His dissatisfied gaze was fixed on Xiao Zhan.
A flash of light streaked across the sky, and the sky instantly turned into the smoke after a war.
"Mr. Lu, why don't you let Miss Wen stand still first?" Xiao Zhan kindly reminded him.
The veins on Lu Luochen's hand bulged high, and the marks of his over - exerted fingers were left on the back of his hand. Compared with Xiao Zhan, Lu Luochen seemed to be treating Wen Sining more like an enemy.
Even after the question was raised, Lu Luochen didn't let go. Instead, he lifted his arm and easily pulled Wen Sining out of the mud pit with a calm expression.
As he moved to the side, he accidentally bumped into Xiao Zhan.
Bang~
The muddy water flew into the air, and the dark drops splashed everywhere, hitting Wen Sining's cheek.
"Mr. Xiao, are you okay?" Lu Luochen stood aside, looking at him indifferently.
Was there any way he could be okay in this state?
Xiao Zhan fell into the muddy water completely. His feet were already invisible in the turbid mud.
Wen Sining steadied herself. After some hesitation, she still kindly reached out her hand to Xiao Zhan.
"Can't Mr. Xiao stand up on his own?" Lu Luochen crossed his arms over his chest and asked provocatively.
The word "can" had a deep meaning. If the other person was a man, there was more to the words than their literal meaning.
Xiao Zhan shifted his gaze from Wen Sining. He forced a smile and replied, "I can. I don't want to pull you down, too."
One leg was already dirty, and his shoe was filled with a lot of muddy water. What did it matter if the other one got dirty, too?
Wen Sining shook her head and still stubbornly held out her hand.
Her excessive enthusiasm annoyed Lu Luochen greatly. He had even pulled her out himself, yet here she was acting like a good - Samaritan!
Ignoring the strange looks from others, Lu Luochen stepped forward and pulled Wen Sining away. "Are you doubting Mr. Xiao's ability?"
"I..." Wen Sining stammered.
She looked at Xiao Zhan struggling in the muddy water worriedly, and her blocked arm still tried to reach forward.
Xiao Zhan only smiled at Wen Sining. He struggled to support himself on the ground, propping his body up with his arms, and dragged himself out of the mud pit.
The mud on his trouser legs seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Xiao Zhan looked down at his trouser legs. Then he looked up at Wen Sining and asked, "Are you okay?"
Wen Sining only got one leg dirty. He looked much worse. "I'm fine, but what about your feet?"
The muddy water had covered the original appearance of his shoes. It was hard to tell if his feet were injured.
The two of them talked back and forth, while Lu Luochen beside them was completely ignored.
"Doctor Li must be getting impatient."
Lu Luochen's angry voice was full of dissatisfaction with them.
Wen Sining glanced at Lu Luochen and then continued to say to Xiao Zhan, "Why don't you roll up your trouser legs and take a look?"
As she spoke, Wen Sining even gestured with her arm.
Xiao Zhan cooperated with her. He bent down, not caring that his hands got dirty with the muddy water, and rolled up his trouser legs to reveal his fair calves.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"No, it's just a bit of muddy water."
Seeing that their conversation was getting more and more lively, Lu Luochen stepped forward rudely and grabbed Wen Sining's arm.
"What are you doing?" Wen Sining shouted and kept stepping back.
She couldn't resist Lu Luochen's tugging at all. After staggering a few times, her foot almost got stuck in the mud pit again.
Xiao Zhan noticed everything that was happening to her feet. He walked over to Wen Sining unhappily and stood in front of Lu Luochen with a determined look, as if he was facing a hundred enemies. "Mr. Lu, please let go of Miss Wen first. You're hurting her."
Lu Luochen seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. He shook off Xiao Zhan's arm and continued to hold Wen Sining's hand. "Hurting her?"
Her arm was red. How could it not hurt?
Wen Sining pretended to be aggrieved and nodded. She tried to pull her arm away. "It hurts."
"Hurts?" This time, there was a hint of punishment in Lu Luochen's tone.
Xiao Zhan wanted to step forward to help. He took a step forward, hesitated for a few seconds, and then stepped back.
What right did he have to stop Lu Luochen?
Watching Wen Sining in pain, he tightened his grip on his trouser legs, waiting for the right moment.
For two consecutive days, Wen Sining had felt Lu Luochen's intimate body temperature. Looking at his gloomy and serious face, she took a deep breath.