"Grandpa, this is!"
"You're not mistaken. It's exactly the person you have in mind."
Grandpa took the pocket watch back and carefully closed the cover. His thumb gently caressed it, as if he were stroking a precious treasure.
Instinctively, he looked out of the window. The open window offered a view of the opposite room with twinkling lights.
"Grandpa, is Miss Wen the person I've been longing for?" Xiao Zhan asked.
Just as women have a sixth sense, men do too.
The moment he saw her at the airport, his heart was deeply attracted to the woman in front of him. So what if she had scars? What he missed was her talent, not just her appearance.
"Yes," the divine doctor nodded. "Her identity must be kept secret."
The night was long, especially in the countryside. The chirping of cicadas surrounded them from late at night until dawn.
Wen Sining hugged her arms the whole time, facing the wall with her back to the outside, deliberately avoiding eye contact with Lu Luochen.
As Xiao Zhan had said at first, the room was very small, so small that two full - grown adults could hardly breathe in it.
She turned over, and the old wooden bed creaked immediately. Wen Sining immediately looked at Lu Luochen, who was sitting on a chair, dressed.
The bed was not big enough for two people to lie on together, unless one was willing to hold the other in their arms.
To stop the creaking of the bed board, Wen Sining tiptoed to put on the old cloth shoes. Her own shoes were covered in mud. After they came to the divine doctor's house, Xiao Zhan had found clothes and shoes for her to wear.
She was so focused on Lu Luochen in front of her that she didn't notice what was under her feet. Wen Sining stepped on a smooth object. It was as if there were wheels on her feet, and her whole body rushed forward quickly.
"Lu... Lu Luochen..."
It was too late to shout. Wen Sining still fell hard into Lu Luochen's arms.
Although she was light, the speed gave her body a certain force. Wen Sining hit Lu Luochen's chest, and he fell backward with her.
By the time she shouted, Lu Luochen had already woken up. Sitting in one position for a long time had made his body numb. As his body tilted backward, he didn't have the strength to stop it.
Bang!
The heavy sound in the room made Xiao Zhan stop outside the door.
"Miss Wen?" He quickly walked to the door, pressed his ear against the door panel, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?"
Their cheeks were pressed against each other, and her palm was in an awkward position on Lu Luochen's abdomen.
"Aren't you going to get up yet?"
A deep voice rang in her ear, and Wen Sining's body immediately tried to get up.
As soon as she lifted her waist, a brute force pulled her back down.
"Um~"
Their cold lips touched, and Wen Sining's pupils dilated to the maximum.
She... They...
Lu Luochen stared into Wen Sining's eyes with his dark ones. A gust of wind seemed to pull Wen Sining away from his body.
Her head was in a daze. Wen Sining was like a stupid girl who had been bullied. She just sat on the ground sadly.
Looking down from a high position, Lu Luochen snorted coldly and walked past Wen Sining angrily.
He opened the door, and Xiao Zhan, who was standing against the door panel, was pulled into the room by a force.
"What just happened to you two?" Xiao Zhan immediately looked into the room.
Wen Sining's hair was in a mess. She was sitting there stupidly, as if she had lost her mind. And Lu Luochen, the imposing man in front of them, was like a wild beast after mating. His powerful body seemed to be releasing his anger because he was not fully satisfied.
Lu Luochen pushed away the arm that was blocking him and left without saying a word, leaving the two of them behind.
The divine doctor just came in from outside. When he met Lu Luochen who was going out, he thought for a while and greeted him, "Going out?"
The only response he got was the wind in his ear.
The grandfather and grandson looked at each other, and their attention quickly turned to Wen Sining.
Xiao Zhan didn't dare to be careless at all. He ran into the room. First, he looked around. All he saw was a stool lying on its side and Wen Sining sitting motionless on the ground.
Could it be...
Xiao Zhan instantly flew into a rage. He excitedly grabbed Wen Sining's arm and asked, "Did he hit you?"
Working in the entertainment industry, he often heard all kinds of strange and scary rumors. One of them was that the upper - class people would torture the women they fancied in cruel ways.
His strong grip made Wen Sining come back to her senses from the shock. She saw that Lu Luochen, who should have been standing there, was replaced by Xiao Zhan with a solemn expression. She looked up at the door outside.
The divine doctor was also looking at her with a nervous expression, as if something serious had happened to her.
"What's wrong with you two?" Wen Sining twisted her wrist to break free from the grip. "Do you have something to say?"
As soon as she said this, Xiao Zhan's heart was suddenly tightened.
"Did he hit you?"
"Him?"
"Yes. Is this the first time? Or has he done it many times?"
Wen Sining was completely confused. She roughly knew that the "he" in Xiao Zhan's mouth was Lu Luochen, but where did this "hitting" come from?
Out of the corner of her eye, she accidentally saw the chair lying on the floor. Suddenly, her mind became clear.
"No, you misunderstood. He didn't hit me," Wen Sining waved her arm and sincerely defended Lu Luochen.
In Xiao Zhan's mind, this scene just made him think that she had been abused many times and was too afraid to ask for help from outsiders.
He lovingly pulled her into his arms, gently stroked Wen Sining's forehead, and wrapped her in his arms.
What is he doing!
Wen Sining struggled, but gradually gave up under Xiao Zhan's strength.
The divine doctor outside the door sighed. Having been young himself, he could understand what Xiao Zhan was thinking and feeling.
Looking back, Lu Luochen, who had left, appeared at the door again.
"Mr. Lu," the divine doctor greeted Lu Luochen actively.
The two looked at each other. Lu Luochen nodded and walked into the yard from outside.
His appearance broke Wen Sining's memories. She was sensitive and suspicious, and pushed the kind - hearted Xiao Zhan away from her body.
The sudden impact made Xiao Zhan fall to the ground, and his back hit the fallen chair.
"You really misunderstood. We just accidentally fell to the ground. He didn't hit me," Wen Sining's efforts to defend Lu Luochen deeply hurt Xiao Zhan's heart.
The girl who was willing to defend others in the past had grown up. Her appearance hadn't changed, and her sense of justice hadn't either. The only thing that had changed was that the person she was defending was no longer him.
Lowering his head and smiling bitterly, Xiao Zhan's expression was a hundred or even a thousand times uglier than crying.
"Are you okay?" Wen Sining observed him suspiciously.
Xiao Zhan grinned, shook his head, and staggered to his feet.