Tears of Thorns

In the dark back alley at night

"Catch him! Don't let him run away. The boss said that he must be captured. As long as he is not killed, it doesn't matter if he is disabled." The man who took the lead behind him roared loudly.

When a man covered in blood heard this, his heart skipped a beat. The pain and suffocation in his heart made him stop.This just gave the man closest to him a chance, and the man's fist slammed at him.He staggered and nearly fell to the ground, this punch woke him up, he gritted his teeth, wiped the blood on his forehead, accelerated his feet again, and pushed down another object placed in a corner, making the opponent and himself distance.

He turned around and continued to run towards the dark alley ahead, the pain in his body was already numb.He warned himself that if he wanted to survive, he had to escape from the pursuit of this group of people!If caught, life would be worse than death.He thought that if he was really caught, he would definitely commit suicide before he was caught.Thinking of his exhaustion came again, his whole body trembled, and his steps were a little vain.He frowned, looked at the pile of garbage in front of him, and then rushed in desperately.While hiding inside, he also took out the bloody dagger.As long as someone rushed over, the dagger would instantly stab into his throat.

"MD, where is the person! Why did he disappear in the blink of an eye." The leader spat and cursed.

"Boss, there was a fork in the turn just now, did that kid go... that way?" A younger brother timidly ran up to the leader and said.

"MD, why don't you chase after me!" The man once again took a look at the dark alley in front of him, stomped his feet, turned around and led the younger brother to another fork.

Hearing the movement getting farther and farther away, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Climb out of the garbage dump and continue to run forward.Seeing that it was the end, he started to panic again.He couldn't turn his head anymore, and he was also afraid that the other party would turn around and chase him again.He gritted his teeth and shook his heart, stretched out his blood-stained hand, exhausted his last bit of strength, and slapped heavily on the rolling door in front of him.Anyway, it's dead anyway, so let's take a gamble and see...

Suddenly there was a rustling sound from inside, and then a complaining sound from a person, and then the owner of the sound opened the small door next to the rolling shutter door and poked his head out, complaining.

"Who! Knocking on the door in the middle of the night, at night...boss!" Seeing the man lying on the ground, Lord Wei was stunned, and shouted to the top.

"It's so noisy, what are you doing!" After a while, Hu Tienan stuck his head out from the window sill and scolded. When he saw a bloody man poured out at the door, his expression changed.

"Don't talk nonsense! Hurry up and bring people in."

Lord Wei stopped talking, looked around and saw no one, so he turned his head and called Longan, and the two quickly carried the man covered in blood and still smelling bad to ZJD, and Uncle Feilong quickly followed suit. He took out a wet rag and quickly wiped off the blood left by the man.Taking advantage of no one noticing, he quickly closed the door, as if nothing had happened.

"What's wrong?" Li Jinbiao sat up from the bed and asked.

"Someone is injured, you should call Rong Rong quickly and ask her to come with a medicine box." Hu Tienan said while putting on his clothes.

"Okay." Li Jinbiao responded, and immediately took out his mobile phone and started calling.

"Hey, Rongrong, um, there's something wrong. Someone here is injured. Um, I don't know, but you'd better come here quickly, okay." After hanging up the phone, Li Jinbiao quickly put his clothes on his body, and followed Tetsuo went downstairs together.

"Who is the other party? Have you met him?" Hu Tienan walked up to the man and asked after observing him.

Everyone shook their heads, and Li Jinbiao leaned over to take a look.

"The other party is definitely not from our side. I have never seen this person before." He knows all the neighbors here, even if they are newcomers, but this man is very unfamiliar.

"Then we can only ask him when he wakes up. You take him to the toilet and wash him well, and Ogu takes your clothes and changes them for him."

"Why is it my clothes... oh." Ougu complained and shut up under Hu Tienan's glaring gaze, and ran back to the room in desperation to find clothes.

"Uncle Feilong, go to the back door to pick up Rong Rong, and check to see if there is anyone nearby. Also, be careful." Hu Tienan looked at Uncle Feilong and instructed.

"Okay." After Fei Long replied, he immediately walked towards the back door.

After a while, Lord Wei and Longan carried the man back to the sofa again.The blood-stained face has been wiped clean now, but the wound on the forehead seems to be oozing blood again because of the cleaning just now.The man's face looked very handsome, he didn't look like a gangster or someone who would cause trouble. Could it be that he owed usury and was hunted down?

The back door was opened, and Uncle Fei Long walked in with Rong Rong.

"Uncle Feilong, how is it outside?" Hu Tienan asked.

"There is indeed a gang of gangsters looking for someone outside, but they don't look like they are from here. There haven't been any new gang members entering here recently. It is estimated that the group of people are chasing him all the way."

"Yeah." Hu Tienan stopped talking, and watched Rongrong carefully treat the other's wound.

The strange man's body was covered with scars, some of which were strange, but Hu Tienan knew in his heart that they were marks left on his body after being forced by the man.This reminded him of the past, his face changed slightly, but Li Jinbiao who was standing beside him noticed it.He pitifully stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms, and he could feel Tetsuo's slightly trembling body.

"He's fine now, and the small wounds have been treated. It's just that the knife wound on his back is serious. You all pay attention, don't let him turn over and press the wound. Also, the wound should not touch water. If he has a fever, tell him immediately. Me." Rongrong instructed while packing up her things, then looked at the pale Tie Nan and said distressedly.

"Ah Man, you have just recovered, so you can't stay up late, go to rest quickly. Brother Biao, I'm leaving first."

"Well, be careful on the road." Li Jinbiao replied, with his arms around Tie Nan's shoulders.

"Longyan, take Rongrong back." Tie Nan ordered.

"Oh good." Longan nodded and followed Rongrong to the back door.

"I'll leave him to you, and Tie Nan and I went up to rest." Li Jinbiao said, helping Tie Nan back to the room.Watching him remember the most painful experience, he felt very distressed.

"Don't think about it anymore, those things are in the past, I won't let him happen again. It's getting late, go to sleep." Li Jinbiao comforted.

"Hmm..." Hu Tienan nodded, although he lay down, he didn't feel sleepy at all.For the past, it is like a thorn in the heart, which hurts when touched.

Li Jinbiao grabbed Tie Nan who was huddled in the corner, and hugged him in his arms.He can't change the past, but in the future, he is trying his best to change...

I don't know how long it took, they slept together.

In the morning, the man lying on the bed opened his eyes and looked around vigilantly.This appearance gave Ah Nan a feeling of deja vu.

"Don't worry, you are safe here." Hu Tienan said.

"This, where is this place?" The man's tone trembled, and he woke up in this strange room, full of fear of the unknown.

"This is the urgent call from the evil man's house. You fell down in the back alley last night, and I had someone carry you in. Your wounds have been bandaged, and there is no serious problem." Hu Tienan handed the other party a glass of water and explained.

"Thank you, thank you." The man took the water, his tense nerves seemed to relax a little, and he said gratefully.

"You should not be from our side, who are those people chasing you?" Hu Tienan asked.

"I, I think I should go. I'm really sorry for disturbing you." The man stood up with his strength, but the next second he fell back on the sofa as if he couldn't use his strength.It may be that the escape for the past few days has exhausted him...

"Go, where can you go with this body? With your current ability, let alone go out, you may be caught by someone who is looking for you before you go far. If you don't want to talk about your business, we will not force you. We don't force you to stay if you want to leave, but you must take care of your health before leaving." Hu Tienan said.

"...Thank you." The man thanked again, although he really didn't want to bother them, after all, the less people involved in this kind of thing, the better.But the other party was right, it would take some time for my body to recover now, and those people must still be searching around for me.

"My name is Harada Shinichi, from Japan, and my Chinese name is Lin Xin." He thought for a while and said.

"Japanese? Why do you speak Chinese so well!" Ah Nan said in disbelief.

"I am Chinese, but I lived in Japan with my mother since I was a child." Lin Xin explained.

"Then I'll call you Lin Xin. Did you offend someone, or... hide from someone, and escape here." Ah Nan tentatively asked.

"I'll get you some food." Li Jinbiao stood up and said after receiving Ah Nan's gaze.

"There are only two of us here. Some things are hard to hold back. It will make you feel more comfortable if you say it. You don't have to worry so much. If you don't want to say it, I won't force you. But if you want to say it, I'm willing to listen " Ah Nan watched Li Jinbiao leave, then patted Lin Xin on the shoulder and said.

"Really, thank you for taking me in. But, will this really not bother you? If those people come to you..." Lin Xin worried.

"Hmph! They dare to come, and I'm not a vegetarian here." Ah Nan said arrogantly.

Indeed, the power behind ZJD is not small.There is a police station, Sir Li, stationed inside, and there is a gang of evil men outside.Those who come to make trouble basically have no good end.

"It's you, they hurt you like this, it looks more like killing you." Ah Nan said looking at the wound on his body.

"Death, for me who ruined his life, it's too light..." Lin Xin covered his face with his hands, and his voice was desolate.

"Do you regret it?" Ah Nan suddenly said something that seemed strange.

"Regret?" Lin Xin was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile after understanding the meaning of the other party's words.

"No, I don't regret it. I just did what I should have done at that time and completed my task. I have nothing to regret. What's more, I have paid enough for his guilt. Now I don't owe him anything. What's the matter..." There seemed to be a hint of relief in his tone.

"Then what are your plans for the future?" The other party was silent, seeing that he didn't seem to want to mention the past, Ah Nan changed the subject.

The man shook his head and said calmly.

"After my mother... died, I have no real relatives. I will not go back there. This is both strange and familiar to me. Maybe I will go back to my hometown first, and then find a quiet place. I want to open a flower shop, start a small business, and live an ordinary life." Lin Xin said with longing.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No need, you have done me a great favor by taking me in. I can take care of the rest by myself, don't worry." The man smiled.His smile is warm and sunny.

"Well, if you really need something, don't be shy, just ask." Ah Nan thought for a while and added.

"Those people should still be wandering around in the near future, so you should be wronged and don't go out. If there is anything you need to buy or want to do, just tell me, there are always people staying downstairs."

"Thank you." Lin Dao thanked him.

"It's safe here, don't worry, no one will hurt you anymore." Ah Nan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Ah."

Ah Nan walked out of the room and saw that Li Jinbiao hadn't left, but was quietly guarding the door.

"Damn you, eavesdrop!" Ah Nan yelled after pulling Li Jinbiao downstairs.

"Is there? I just happened to pass by..." Li Jinbiao picked out his ears and said, ignoring Ah Nan's roar.

"Tch, eavesdropping and not admitting it. I don't care. Since you heard it, shouldn't you, the policeman, do your part to protect us law-abiding citizens?"

"Don't worry, I will find more people to patrol the area recently, and I will never let them have a chance to make trouble." Li Jinbiao said.

"Ah."

"Then I'll go to work first, you wait for me at home obediently." He stroked Ah Nan's hair with a smile.

"Screw you!" Ah Nan's face was slightly red, and this guy was saying something strange again!