Radiant Peach Blossom Fate

Chapter 7: I Will Protect You

However, life is often full of setbacks. Just as Lu Chen carefully entered and was enjoying himself for a while, he was suddenly pushed away roughly by Shangguan Wan.

He was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Shangguan Wan's voice full of fear: "Lu Chen, we can't continue! I... I can feel that he's already coming, and he's very close... You should leave quickly!"

"What about you?" Lu Chen asked anxiously.

Shangguan Wan said sadly, "I... I'll be okay. Anyway, I've already given you the most precious thing I have. He won't dare to hurt me too much! But if he knows that you have the Seven Life Flowers, he will surely kill you! You can't defeat him. Hurry up and leave, don't worry about me..."

Lu Chen's blood rushed to his head: "No way. You've given me everything. I must protect you now!"

Shangguan Wan showed a happy smile and gave Lu Chen a hard kiss on the forehead: "I knew that when I met you at the most critical moment, it was to meet the right person."

After a pause, she added, "Lu Chen, when your supernatural ability is awakened, remember to find me. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to protect me, but you'll also put yourself in danger! Also, you must keep a low profile. Whether we can meet again or not, in this lifetime... I'll always be grateful to have met you. Lu Chen, say you love me!"

Although Lu Chen had been surrounded by countless beautiful women in the past, he was like a little bee rather than the little alien prince who only guarded his own rose. So, he had never said "I love you" to a girl before.

"I love you!" He said without hesitation.

Shangguan Wan burst into tears. She covered her mouth tightly and pushed Lu Chen hard: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Lu Chen gritted his teeth, quickly packed everything up and left the hotel. As soon as he walked out of the main entrance, he saw three or four off-road vehicles parked by the street. The car doors opened quickly, and more than a dozen burly men got out of them.

They had gloomy faces and sharp glints in their eyes. Obviously, they were all tough opponents.

As a martial arts cultivator, although Lu Chen's skills were not high, he could still tell that they were all experts. Maybe he could barely deal with one of them, but if two of them attacked him at the same time, he would be beaten to the ground. He quickly restrained his aura and tried to walk past them calmly.

Those dozen men strode into the hotel. As soon as Lu Chen saw that they had all gone in, he immediately started running as fast as he could...

At this time on the third day, Lu Chen had already appeared in Yunzhou City.

Yunzhou City was in another province and was separated from Jiaying City where Lu Chen was from by the boundaries of three entire provinces. For Lu Chen, this cross-provincial escape was temporarily safe.

The moment he walked out of the station, he excitedly shouted towards the blue sky and the busy traffic: "Aha ha, Yunzhou City will be my home from now on!"

This startled many people around him.

Yunzhou City was a completely unfamiliar city to Lu Chen, but he had a brother here, a brother he had never met before. Five or six years ago, Lu Chen was addicted to the game Warcraft. There was a guy named Gong Jiu in the game, and they were like brothers through thick and thin. Gong Jiu had told him his home address and invited Lu Chen to visit him when he was free.

Since he stopped playing that game, Lu Chen had gradually lost contact with Gong Jiu, but he had always remembered the address.

He casually hailed a taxi and told the driver the address Gong Jiu had given him.

The driver was a bit surprised: "Everything there has been demolished. What are you going there for?"

"Demolished?" Lu Chen was stunned. "How could it be demolished?"

The driver said, "It's part of the old urban area renovation. Which city isn't doing this nowadays? They're changing the old look and giving it a new appearance! Almost all the people there have left. I guess if you're looking for someone, they've probably moved away! Well, that's not entirely right. There are still a few holdouts. Maybe the person you're looking for is exactly one of those holdouts?"

The driver was right. Lu Chen found Gong Jiu, and he was one of the holdouts.

However, Gong Jiu's current situation was rather pitiful. The building where he lived had already been mostly demolished. Looking up from below, the seven or eight-story building with only a small part left looked like a dilapidated pagoda, on the verge of collapse.

Lu Chen had originally wanted to save some money and shamelessly stay at Gong Jiu's place for a few nights until he found a job that provided accommodation and then move out. But looking at this building, his heart sank.

When he was at Gong Jiu's home, Lu Chen completely gave up that idea. In this old, shabby and dilapidated apartment, two elderly people had sad expressions on their faces. And Gong Jiu couldn't even get out of bed.

One of his legs was broken.

Gong Jiu's leg was broken by the thugs working for the real estate development company because he resisted the demolition. Despite having his leg broken, his family still refused to move and held their ground firmly.

"The lowest price for houses in Yunzhou City is seven or eight thousand yuan per square meter. Even for second-hand houses, it's not much cheaper. Those heartless guys only compensated us with 3,200 yuan per square meter. How much money have they swallowed! With such a small amount of money, where can we live? Rent a place? Because of this, my son's leg was broken..."