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Although Qiao Wen didn’t blame Lin Zihui for his carelessness, he was really afraid of what happened today.
Based on the previous encounters, Qin Yunfei’s actions all showed that he had taken a fancy to himself-or to be more precise, the skin of the original body. If he really took advantage of his unconsciousness and did something untoward, he could only eat loss, and top of then could also not let Chen Jianan know about it. Because, with this guy’s temper, small things could be tolerated, but such big things would never be swallowed up.
In all likelihood, he would stand out for himself.
And for paying favor, he didn’t worry about Chen Jianan falling into Qin Yunfei’s hands, but now they were still poor boys with no money and no power. If he-the four-ninth boy really did something to Qin Yunfei, then the two of us would really have to run to the end of the lives.
Now life was slightly taking a better turn, and he also successfully prevented Chen Jianan from turning black. So it was necessary for him to avoid getting involved in such matters.
Fortunately, Qin Yunfei hadn’t gone to the point of losing his mind yet.
Of course, it wasn’t because he had a conscience, but because of Hexing’s rules. The most important thing for people in this city was to follow the rules, and Qin Yunfei was no exception.
He also believed that since the other party had taken a fancy to him, he would not let it go.
When coming to think of this, he frowned slightly. If this person was an important character in the original book, he still knew how to deal with him. But the thing was, he was not even cannon fodder in the book, but in reality, he was an unreasonable character who couldn’t afford to mess with.
With a heavy heart, he returned home, and it was past 9 o’clock. Thankfully, Chen Jianan calmed his grandma in advance, saying that he was going to dinner with the boss so she was not too worried. At the time seeing him home, she heated and brought the hot soup to him and asked him to take a good rest, then she went back to the room to rest.
Today’s fainting incident once again gave him a wake-up call. This body really needs proper maintenance, otherwise it couldn’t stand.
After being here for so long, he knew that this body had no major illness, but every part of the body seemed to have minor problems. The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were not good. The combination was similar to a dangerous house. It might have cost him his life.
In the past Qiao Wen’s own physique had always been outstanding among his peers since he was a child, and now it was really miserable to bear this weak skin.
He decided to take a good night’s sleep and wake up tomorrow morning to exercise with Chen Jianan on the rooftop.
The sudden fainting yesterday was nothing more than a sudden exertion, the body has not yet adapted to it. After a good night’s sleep, he almost felt better, even a little refreshed.
Grandma was always early to bed, early to rise. By the time he got up, she had left breakfast for him and went to the stall.
After a simple breakfast, he slowly went to the rooftop of this building.
The rooftop was the only place where you could see the light in this dark Kowloon Walled City.
At this time, there were only two people on the rooftop, Chen Jianan and his cousin Haozi. The two were practicing boxing so attentively that they didn’t notice anyone coming up.
This was Qiao Wen’s first time seeing Chen Jianaan practicing. He was shirtless and his thin body exuded a healthy and vigorous flavor in the morning sun, and every movement was powerful and pleasing to the eye.
An airplane roared past overhead.
With a yell Chen Jianan threw a punch at the sky.
Haozi, who was fishing and messing around was the one who noticed his arrival first, and explained to him loudly amidst the roar of the motor: “Brother Nan is playing with the plane.”
Qiao Wen: “???”
After the plane flew, the rooftop quieted again, and Qiao Wen gave a light cough.
Chen Jianan turned around and saw that it was him, a big smile bloomed on his face and he walked over in three – two steps: “Xiao Qiao, what are you doing here?”
Qiao Wen said: “Didn’t I say that I want to practice boxing with you?”
Chen Jianan waved his hand in disbelief: “I thought you were just talking casually. How can you practice boxing with your body?”
Qiao Wen laughed: “It’s because I’m too weak and need exercise.”
Chen Jianan was a little puzzled by his behavior: “But, haven’t you always been fond of unmoving?”
Qiao Wen said: “Can’t I move now?”
“Of course.” Chen Jianan looked at him up and down, seeing that he was not just talking, and was very happy, he grabbed his hands and pulled back, “Then from today on, you will practice with me.”
Qiao Wen said: “You first show a set of punches, let me see.”
Chen Jianan nodded: “Okay, let me show you the simplest set of Chen’s Baji.”
Qiao Wen had never practiced traditional martial arts and had always thought that traditional martial arts performance was showier than actual combat. But at this moment, seeing Chen Jianan’s Bajiquan, he realized that he had underestimated the treasures of his ancestors.
At least Chen Jianan’s punches were fierce, fast, powerful, and agile, it definitely not fancy.
Wen has Tai Chi to secure the world, and Wu has eight extremes to set the universe.
It seemed the ancients really didn’t deceive me.
No wonder in the original book, Chen Jianan went from a forty-nine-year-old boy to a member of the double flower red stick Hexing Society in just two years after the death of the original Xiao Qiao.
This was all made with fists.
If he had not been so good at hiding, how could he still be a four-nine boy now, and once he was not a four-nine boy, his hands would have been stained with blood.
Qiao Wen looked at his handsome and bright face. He originally thought he was a stubborn and straightforward character, but now he realized that in a place like the Kowloon Walled City, one had to hide his skills and never show too much. At the same time, he had to show his skills a little to protect himself and the surrounding people.
Being able to grasp this degree for so long could be proved that he was much smarter and sleeker than he looks.
Because Qiao Wen had never been interested in his own boxing, he finally took the initiative to watch him punch today. Chen Jianan was very energetic. After finishing a set of punches vigorously, he came to Qiao Wen with a smile to receive the reward: “Xiao Qiao, how is my fist?”
Qiao Wen smiled and nodded: “Very powerful.”
Haozi on the side also rolled up his sleeves and was eager to try: “Brother Awen, I’ll also show you my skills!”
Chen Jianan stretched out an index finger and slightly pushed his forehead: “Don’t embarrass yourself in front of Xiao Qiao with your three-legged cat kung fu.”
Haozi refused to accept it and immediately moved forward with a hollow somersault. But when landing, he slipped under his feet and fell straight on the ground with his buttock and howled in pain.
Seeing this Chen Jianan laughed out loud without sympathy, and after laughing asked Qiao Wen, “Where do you want to start?”
The happiness of the two brothers also infected Qiao Wen, he laughed lightly and said: “Practice something simple first.”
With this body, it was impossible to practice complicated sets.
After a little thought, he first tried to do two push-ups, ‘really two’, then came to the third one, the whole person lay on the ground and gasped for air.
Consider that he once was a runner who had run 50 kilometers of cross-country.
Life is hard!
Chen Jianan watched him lying pitifully on the ground, sitting down beside him, turning him over to lie down, and said with a smile: “Slow down Xiao Qiao.”
At this time, the morning light broke through the clouds and hit down, falling on Qiao Wen’s jade-like white face.
He lay weakly on the ground with his hands spread, his lips half-open gasping for breath, because he had just tried his best, his pale cheeks at this moment were a bit rosy, shrouded in a faint light, and there was a kind of distorted beauty.
As Chen Jianan looked at him, he was stupefied for a moment. Although he still sighs how Qiao Wen was born so beautiful to this day, he was not shocked by his beauty at this moment, but in that familiar face, he saw something a little different from the past.
In the past, Qiao Wen was always timid and sad, but now his face no longer had that sorrow anymore. On the contrary, he had more confidence and calmness than he had ever seen before.
He soon came back to his senses and waved away this inexplicable and subtle emotion. With a smile, he fell down, lying side by side with him.
At that moment, another huge plane roared past from above.
Chen Jianan rested his head on his hands and said, “I wonder what it’s like to fly by plane?”
Qiao Wen laughed: “You want to fly in a plane?”
Chen Jianan nodded: “I want to fly to New York and Paris, and I want to go to Beijing, my dad’s hometown.”
Qiao Wen said: “Then make good money, and we will go together in the future.”
Hearing this Chen Jianan became energetic, turned his head, and smiled: “It’s a deal!”
Qiao Wen nodded with a smile. In fact, he had long passed the age of looking forward to the future, but now he was transformed, and it seemed that he really became a teenager with a dream.
Haozi moved over: “I want to go too!”
Chen Jianan got up, stretched out his hand, and flicked his forehead: “Where are you going? You don’t even know which country Paris is from.”
Haozi covered his forehead and retorted loudly, “I know, it’s France.”
“Hey, I underestimated you.”
Qiao Wen shook his head and laughed, got up from the ground, and stretched his muscles: “It seems that I still have to start with a simple workout to do.”
He jogged on the spot for a while, but after two minutes, he was a little out of breath.
Seeing that he had only moved a few times, and was sweating profusely, Chen Jianan couldn’t help but feel distressed and persuaded him: “Xiao Qiao, don’t force yourself, I can protect you.”
Qiao Wen laughed: “I’m not afraid that you can’t protect me, but I’m afraid that if I get another illness, I have to go to the west.”
Chen Jianan frowned: “Don’t talk nonsense!”
Qiao Wen didn’t say anything but thought to himself, he wasn’t talking nonsense, ‘if it weren’t for him to wear here, your Xiao Qiao would have queued for reincarnation long ago.’
After barely exercising for a while, Qiao Wen went downstairs to rest in sweat.
In fact, this amount of exercise was not considered exercise at all for young people aged 18 or 19 years old. However, it still made his back sore and he lay down for half a day to get over it.
He could only attribute this to the difficulty of the beginning of everything.
As the sky started to darken, Chen Jianan returned home from the Eastern District with a fish ball.
“Yesterday, didn’t I promise to help Brother Fei with work? Tonight I’m going to the dock to pick some goods for him. Maybe I will be back later, so I won’t come to you.”
He said it lightly like the clouds were light and windy, but Qiao Wen was startled, putting the fish ball aside, raised his head, and asked with a frown, “What kind of goods?”
Although the police would not enter the Kowloon Walled City, people in the Walled City would be arrested if they go out to commit crimes. As a result, many transactions of Hexing were carried out in the walled city. And would never set the transaction place outside unless absolutely necessary.
Chen Jianan said: “Sending the smuggled women at Fei Ge’s place. It’s okay, it’s not white powder. Even if I run into the police, they probably won’t care.”
Qin Yunfei was doing things that hurt the world and reason, and even if he was picking up smugglers, he was doing wicked things. But Qiao Wen also knew that in this chaotic era, sometimes there was really no way to be too moral.
And Chen Jianan promised Qin Yunfei to pay back his favor for him, it was impossible to refuse.
After thinking about it, he didn’t stop him just nodded and said: “Take care of yourself, if you come back not too late, tell me that you are safe.”
Chen Jianan smiled: “Don’t worry, I will be fine.”
Although Qiao Wen didn’t think it was a dangerous job, after Chen Jianan left, he was still worried and stayed up all night. Time passed little by little, it was already 11 o’clock, but he still hadn’t seen anyone come back, laying in the bed tossing and turning.
Fortunately, before the old clock’s hand reached twelve o’clock, the familiar big bat finally appeared outside the window.
Chen Jianan pushed open the window and whispered: “Xiao Qiao, are you asleep?”
Qiao Wen sat up after a while: “Brother Nan, you’re back?”
Chen Jianan got in, landed silently, straddled his small plank bed, and said, “I’m afraid you are worried about me. So after coming back and taking a shower, I came to you.”
“How was the work? Did it go well?”
Chen Jianan nodded with his palm resting on his head: “It’s okay.”
Still a little uneasy, he looked at him through a bleak moonlight and made sure that Anan was clean and unharmed, then only he felt relieved. After lying down next to him, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
As usual, Chen Jianan spent the night here, but every day he would inevitably chatter for a while before going to sleep. But now, he stared at the top of the bed with wide eyes. He was neither asleep nor talking. It was clear that he was hiding something in his stomach.
He would never say anything in front of him if the matter was concerned. So this time there might be something serious.
With this thought, Qiao Wen poked him and asked, “Brother Nan, what are you thinking about?”
Chen Jianan turned over to face him, was silent for a moment, and then replied, “My master taught me since I was a child, no matter how poor or hard I am, but as a Man, you should also be worthy of your conscience. But Xiao Qiao, what does it mean to be worthy of your conscience?”
Qiao Wen was taken aback for a moment: “Brother Nan, why are you talking about this all of a sudden?”
Chen Jianan seemed to be annoyed and scratched his tousled hair violently, sat up with his head drooped, and said nothing for a while.
Qiao Wen also sat up with him and held his shoulders: “Brother Nan, what’s the matter?”
Chen Jianan turned his head to meet him, and a pair of misty waters appeared in the dim moonlight.
Qiao Wen was shocked: “Brother Nan, you speak, don’t scare me.”
Chen Jianan grabbed his hand: “Xiao Qiao, you said that I learned skills from the master, but I only know how to make a living, is not at all like a man?”
Qiao Wen guessed that he must have encountered something that shook his heart tonight and deliberately joked: “Brother Nan, you are only 19 years old. It is a bit early to want to be a husband.” After a pause, he added, “But tell me what you have first.”
Chen Jianan mumbled his lips and pulled him to lie down together. The two had lied face-to-face in an intimate position.
“As I said before, tonight I went to help Brother Fei pick up a shipment. It is a dozen or so girls who have smuggled over here. The older one knows what they are here for, but the little sisters are only fourteen years old and they were tricked into boarding the ship. They didn’t know where they were going, it was only when they reached the dock they knew and kept crying. If it weren’t for me, I’m afraid they would have had to be beaten severely.”
Qiao Wen listened attentively and nodded at him to continue: “I know that many of the women in Brother Fei’s places did not come voluntarily, but this time the little girl was only fourteen years old, younger than Baolian. Originally, she was going to South Pacific to join his father, did not expect to be tricked on board by a head of the snake(human smuggler), I really…”
His voice was rarely hoarse, and his expression looked dismal. However, Qiao Wen was very pleased to see him like this.
His sympathy for the abducted young girls shows he was indeed a good person by nature.
Chen Jianan wiped his face and continued: “The two sisters probably saw me helping them, and later they took advantage of people’s inattention to beg me to save them. But how can I save them? What about the next one after saving this one?”
Qiao Wen knew that saving people from Qin Yunfei in the Kowloon Walled City was more difficult than climbing to the sky. He hadn’t forgotten that poor man who failed to save the wind and dust a few days ago and had his lower body ruined. Chen Jianan was a member of society, and if he was caught, he would only end up more miserable.
His hands were good, but two fists were no match for four hands. To offend Qin Yunfei was to offend the entire Hexing Society. He has his father, uncle, aunt, cousin, and even himself and grandma, which were the weaknesses of his inability to perform chivalry.
Qiao Wen thought for a while and asked, “Brother Nan, those two girls, are they in Brother Fei’s place now?”
Chen Jianan nodded: “They were sent to Lido. Some people in Hong Kong are good people. They plan to train for a period of time. The two sisters can get a good price if they are sold together.”
Qiao Wen asked again: “Do you really want to save them?”
Chen Jianan hesitated for a moment, but nodded firmly: “Yes.”
Qiao Wen said: “Then let’s think of a way.”
Chen Jianan was taken aback and looked up at him: “Xiao Qiao—”
He patted his shoulder: “Brother Nan, if you have this heart, it means that you have not let down your master. As for whether we can help the two poor girls, it depends on luck.”
Chen Jianan hugged him with his arm and leg, and grunted: “Xiao Qiao, sometimes I feel aggrieved.”
Qiao Wen patted his back to soothe him: “You did nothing wrong. If they are all acting like Leopard Master Fei and the others, no one should think of living a stable life.”
It was a good thing to hold back. If this guy didn’t succumb and killed other parties. The risk factor was more than that of Zhao Shanhai, Qin Yunfei, and others.
Fortunately, Chen Jianan was indeed broad-minded. The thoughts he had hidden in his stomach but after revealing this his heavy heart was relieved. In addition, he has been so smoothly appeased by Qiao Wen, and in a short while, he was like a comfortable big cat, letting out a soft snort.
On the other hand, Qiao Wen, who had listened to his thoughts, didn’t feel sleepy for a long time and was wide awake.
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