"Ah... Chen Fan, gently..."
"It hurts!"
Lin Ru's voice trembled slightly, and her slender fingers gripped the edge of the table, making a scratching sound.
Chen Fan lowered his head, his breathing a little rapid.
"Sister, it'll hurt, just bear with it..." Chen Fan's voice was muffled. He gently prodded the wound with tweezers. "The thorn is a bit deep, it'll be out soon."
As Chen Fan worked, the thorn embedded in Lin Ru's ankle was gently extracted.
Twisting her ankle, Lin Ru looked at Chen Fan with eyes full of autumn waves.
"Chen Fan, you're amazing. How do you want your sister to thank you?"
Looking at Lin Ru, Chen Fan raised an eyebrow and said,
"Sister, forget about thanks. How about you offer yourself to me?"
"Hehehe! That's fine, but I'm just afraid your little girlfriend will get jealous."
At the mention of a girlfriend, Chen Fan's usually smiling face suddenly froze.
He and his girlfriend, Zhao Lin, were both hospital employees, earning a good salary and having enviable jobs. He thought this life would continue indefinitely.
Until one day, Chen Fan opened the Vice Dean's office.
Under the Vice Dean's body was someone, and that person was his girlfriend, Zhao Lin.
At that time, being hot-blooded, he didn't waste any words. He grabbed the Vice Dean, Di Zhong Hai, and then fiercely slapped him across the face with a punch.
What followed was full of drama: his girlfriend of six years, for the sake of her future, chose to betray him directly.
And he was directly fired from the hospital for assaulting a hospital leader.
Chen Fan would never forget that when he was leaving, the old man, Di Zhong Hai, said with a condescending and almost mocking tone,
"I can give her anything she wants, and you can't!"
Due to the circumstances, he was completely helpless at the time and could only suppress his immense anger in his heart.
Perhaps startled by Chen Fan's sudden change of expression, Lin Ru said somewhat timidly,
"Chen Fan, you, what's wrong...?"
Lin Ru's voice pulled Chen Fan's thoughts back to reality.
Chen Fan also knew that he had scared Lin Ru.
In his heart, he harbored immense hatred for his ex-girlfriend, Zhao Lin, and Di Zhong Hai.
Taking a deep breath, he temporarily suppressed this overwhelming hatred in his heart.
Chen Fan chuckled and said, "How could I have a girlfriend?"
Hearing Chen Fan say he didn't have a girlfriend, Lin Ru's eyes lit up slightly.
Then, she giggled and leaned closer, saying with eyes full of autumn waves, "You're not lying to your sister, are you?"
Looking at Lin Ru like this, ripples spread through Chen Fan's heart.
At least, the anger caused by his girlfriend's betrayal subtly dissipated a bit.
The ambiguity lingered, and Chen Fan was about to speak.
Then, with a bang, the door of the small Clinic was kicked open.
The deafening sound made the two people in the room involuntarily flinch.
Before Chen Fan could see who had broken into his small Clinic,
A string of curses immediately came in.
"Damn you, you cheap woman, so you're hiding here messing around with a wild man. You really don't put my words in your eyes, do you?"
Following the sound, the door of the small Clinic was kicked directly onto the floor.
At this moment, the Village Chief's son, Zhao Heiniu, walked in, cursing, accompanied by two lackeys.
This guy's gaze was fixed on Lin Ru, as if he wanted to devour her.
Hearing Zhao Heiniu's voice, Lin Ru's expression changed.
She immediately retorted without ceremony, "Zhao Heiniu, what nonsense are you spouting here? I told you, I, your elder sister, don't fancy you."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Heiniu's face instantly turned dark.
He frowned and walked over step by step.
As he walked, he said, "Your father took my betrothal gifts, so you're my woman. Today, alive, you're a person of my Old Zhao family; dead, you're a ghost of my Old Zhao family."
"Ergou, Sha Lü, you two, take this woman away for me."
Ergou and Sha Lü grinned and whistled at Lin Ru.
"Sister-in-law, I advise you not to resist. Marry our Brother Daniucuo obediently, and you'll be guaranteed a good life."
"That's right, sister-in-law, you can't be blind and look at this pretty boy, can you?"
Listening to these foul words, a look of panic appeared on Lin Ru's face.
Then she directly refused, saying, "Whoever received your betrothal gifts should marry you. And I can tell you clearly, I already have a boyfriend. Don't even think about it for this lifetime."
Fearing that Zhao Heiniu wouldn't believe her, Lin Ru turned around and hugged Chen Fan's arm.
Facing Lin Ru's action, especially the slight squeezing sensation on his arm, Chen Fan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Just then, Lin Ru's soft plea reached his ears.
"Chen Fan, help your sister."
Before Chen Fan could speak, Zhao Heiniu's cursing voice rang out again.
"Kid, this is none of your business. If you still want to hang around in Kushui Village, get out of here now."
Zhao Heiniu's words made Chen Fan raise an eyebrow.
Then he directly shielded Lin Ru behind him, having already expressed everything with his actions.
Seeing Chen Fan's blatant disrespect, Zhao Heiniu's face immediately fell.
"Damn it! It seems my Brother Niu has been too benevolent lately. Any stray cat or dog dares to be presumptuous in front of me."
After speaking, he waved his hand and shouted at Ergou and Sha Lü.
"Deal with him!"
As his voice fell, Ergou and Sha Lü had already rushed over.
As for Zhao Heiniu, he wasn't idle either. He quickly glanced around and spotted a wooden stool by the door.
Two fists were no match for four hands. Chen Fan was quickly restrained by Ergou and Sha Lü, one on each side.
At this moment, Zhao Heiniu, holding the wooden stool, said nothing superfluous.
Then, with a bang, he directly slammed it onto Chen Fan's head.
Facing the sudden blow to the head, Chen Fan felt the world spin. Blood streamed down his head and onto his neck.
Seeing the blood and Chen Fan slowly collapsing to the ground, Zhao Heiniu gradually recovered from his anger.
He threw the stool to the ground with a clang and muttered to himself,
"This isn't my fault, it's this kid's fault for provoking me. Let's go."
With that, he ran off in a hurry.
At this moment, Lin Ru was completely stunned.
Especially seeing Chen Fan's face covered in blood, her heart instantly clenched.
"Chen Fan, Chen Fan, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, wake up!"
At this moment, Lin Ru didn't notice that the blood had soaked into a gourd pendant hanging around Chen Fan's neck.
Meanwhile, a dramatic change had already occurred in Chen Fan's mind.
A gigantic phantom of a gourd stood in his mind, like a majestic mountain.
Within this gourd, spiritual spring water gushed out like mist, and the injuries caused by that blow to the head were rapidly healing at a visible speed.
And at this moment, Chen Fan felt Lin Ru holding his head and shaking it vigorously.
Waves of exotic fragrance and a soft, yielding sensation constantly brushed against his cheek.
