Chapter 673 Lu Xixiao holds the person in his arms
Chapter 673 Lu Xixiao holds the person in his arms
Human and organ traffickers were particularly rampant in this town. Lu Xixiao immediately blocked all entrances and exits, and then launched a large-scale crackdown on these gangs, for fear that Lu Jingyuan would fall into their hands.
No matter how big the mountains are behind these gangs, whether they are powerful dragons or local snakes, they will all be eliminated by Lu Xixiao to prevent future troubles.
Surveillance is scarce here, so Sky Eye is useless.
It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to find a completely disconnected and unable to take care of themselves four-year-old child and a dog in such a mixed place.
The search lasted for more than half a month. The criminal gang was completely wiped out and almost the entire town was turned upside down. Some places were searched repeatedly, but Lu Jingyuan and General Hei were still not found.
Every day, local residents provide clues about Lu Jingyuan, but Lu Xixiao comes up empty-handed again and again. Those people just want to defraud the bounty.
Knowing that nine out of ten clues were false, Lu Xixiao did not dare to miss a single clue. He experienced the process of hope rising and falling every day, and the progress of the search was slowed down a lot.
The search area began to expand to surrounding towns.
Wen Li, who was about to go to another town, received a call from Lu Qi, then she quickly turned around and rushed to a hotel.
Lu Qi, exhausted, waited at the hotel entrance. Upon seeing Wen Li, he immediately went over to greet her, "Miss Wen." Dizzy, he approached, finally taking in Wen Li's appearance. He asked with concern, "Are you all right?"
Wen Li: "I'm fine, how's Lu Xixiao?"
Lu Qi: "Fifth Master caught a cold in the sea and hasn't recovered yet. It's gotten worse several times, and he's been feverish and delirious. Today, his body reached its limit and he passed out completely, so I had the opportunity to send him to this hotel to rest. Please go up and check on him. Fifth Master's physical and mental state are all very poor."
Wen Li didn't say anything, but just quickened his pace.
In the first two days, she and Lu Xixiao were traveling together, but her defense of Qi Yu hurt Lu Xixiao so much that Lu Xixiao hardly ever took the initiative to talk to her during those two days. Whatever she said to him, she mostly got no response. This kind of atmosphere made both of them uncomfortable. She wanted to keep Lu Xixiao out of sight so that he wouldn't be bothered, so even though she was worried about Lu Xixiao, she still chose to look for him with Lu Xixiao.
The town was large and the terrain was complex. They had never met again since they separated, except for one time when she and Lu Xixiao followed clues to the same place. She saw Lu Xixiao from a distance while sitting in the car. Seeing him leave in disappointment, she resisted the urge to go forward.
In the past half month, they were either one in the east and the other in the west or one in the north and the other in the south, and they hadn't seen each other for a full twenty days.
There was no contact on the phone either.
Only Lu Qi exchanged clues with her and told her about Lu Xixiao's situation from time to time. She wanted to call or send messages to Lu Xixiao countless times, but she didn't know what to say or what to send.
Wen Li went upstairs with the room card.
The huge room was quiet. The light in the bedroom was dim with the curtains drawn. Lu Xixiao was lying on the big bed. It was unclear whether he was still unconscious or asleep. He didn't notice her arrival at all.
Wen Li came to the bed and stood still. She saw Lu Xixiao, whom she hadn't seen for more than half a month. Just one glance made her heart tighten.
He had lost a lot of weight, his beard was untidy, his eye sockets and cheeks were sunken, there were dark circles under his eyes, and his hair, which he hadn't had time to take care of, was a mess. He looked more haggard than ever before. The hand that had just received the IV was still covered with medical tape, and his wrist bone was protruding from the thinness. Just looking at his appearance, you could tell how much he had suffered over the past half month.
Wen Li sat down beside the bed and reached out her hand toward his face. Unsure if he was asleep, she gave up trying to wake him. But her inner desire for contact with him made her gently slip her hand into his, holding his. Her soft fingertips rubbed the bulging veins on the back of his hand. His hand was burning, the fever still lingering.
After looking at him for more than ten minutes, Wen Li, whose body was almost at its limit, lay down beside him. In the past half month, she and Lu Xixiao had not slept in a bed, and they all slept in the car while looking for people.
"Jingyuan..."
Lu Xixiao had a nightmare. He dreamed that Lu Jingyuan was running wildly in fear in the dark night in order to escape the clutches of human traffickers. There was nothing around him except pitch black. The darkness seemed to be about to swallow up the small figure at any time. He was dirty all over, with bare bloody feet. He ran while shouting "Little Grandpa" in fear.
He just kept running and running.
No one helped him, no one saved him.
"Little Grandpa..."
"Little Grandpa..."
Lu Jingyuan's terrified shouts continued to defeat Lu Xixiao.
"Jingyuan..."
Lu Jingyuan ultimately failed to escape. He was captured by human traffickers, locked in a dog cage, and tortured beyond repair. The traffickers cruelly gouged out his eyes, chopped off his hands and feet, and left him begging on the street. He sat on the busy street, blood pooling beneath him, staring at himself with hollow eyes...
"Jing Yuan!"
Lu Xixiao was frightened awake, his whole body soaked in cold sweat, his hands and feet weak and limp. He stared at the ceiling and breathed heavily, not daring to recall the scene in his dream. The fear lingered in his heart for a long time.
He was so frightened that his perception became dull. It took him a while to realize that there was someone lying next to him. He turned around and saw Wen Li with her back to him.
One second, two seconds, Lu Xixiao reacted and turned around without thinking, reaching out and hugging her from behind. Feeling that she was woken up by him, Lu Xixiao pretended not to know that she woke up and no longer restrained himself, hugging her tighter, with his forehead resting on the back of Wen Li's head.
Holding her, his rapid heartbeat slowly slowed down.
Wen Li looked ahead quietly, pretending not to wake up.
His chest was pressed against her back, and she could feel his wildly beating heart and the almost solid panic in his eyes. She was sure that he was frightened by a nightmare, and his disordered breathing behind her ears was proof of that.
Neither of them said a word, they just lay there.
Lu Xixiao, who was holding her waist, felt a pang of heartache in his heart.
She lost weight.
She was thin to begin with, and now she's even thinner, a little uncomfortable to the touch.
Lu Qi would tell Wen Li about his situation, but he had no way of knowing Wen Li's situation, and he couldn't take the initiative to contact her.
He knew that she must be having no better time than himself these days.
He regretted treating her coldly and forcing Wen Li, who was originally traveling with her, to leave, resulting in the two not seeing each other for more than half a month. He obviously didn't want to have a cold war with her, but he was really sad that she defended Qi Yu and was sad that her love for him was too shallow.
He had never been a good-tempered person. He was willing to do anything for Wen Li without any bottom line or self-respect. But he was a living person, and even if he loved her, he would still have emotions. But in the past half month, she had not contacted him once...
Wen Li thought the person behind him would remain quiet, but Lu Xixiao suddenly spoke.
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