Chapter 41 The Roar of Bones

Chapter 41 The Roar of Bones

Shang Nan didn't know when the pager was cut off. Someone started dancing in the square in front of him, attracting many passers-by to follow the song. It was so lively that Shang Nan's attention was instantly attracted away.

The wind in the square was strong, and their gauze skirts and scarves were blown up. The air was filled with the sweet and spicy smell of beer, mixed with the scent of various seasonal flowers and women's perfume.

The plump lady holding a white poodle dog winked at the person behind her as she passed by the beautiful boy. The man came forward and threw an orange-red flower to Shan Nan.I didn't stay in front of Shannan for too long and wandered elsewhere. Not far away, there would be people who received flowers like Shannan.

"Is this considered casting a wide net?" Shan Nan asked.

After sitting outside for almost half an hour, Shang Nan felt that his drunkenness had been blown away by the wind. He picked up the wine jar and returned to the theater. After missing the performance for so long, Shang Nan didn't know where the scene was going.But when he saw Mrs. Xiang crying so hard that her eye makeup was all smudged, Shannan thought that the Sunset Lovers were probably having an affair.

The stage setting changed from the gorgeous and romantic first scene, with the bustling red and purple colors, to black and white. The hazy mist floated up from the stage. The figures of the two protagonists disappeared and appeared. They were the only ones.The dialogue is always clear.

The heroine is very young. Her long, fluffy black hair is tied with a strip of cloth and hangs down her head. She wears a patched and torn skirt that gives her a sense of elegance. The man standing opposite her, the actual age of the actor should be onlyHe is in his forties, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes cannot be ignored, but the advantage is that his body is tall and straight, which makes people feel very comfortable. Perhaps to increase the age of the character, a few wisps of subtle white have appeared on the male protagonist's temples.

The protagonist of this scene is the actress. She took a few steps towards the actor, covered her chest, then slowly raised her head, looking at the old man in front of her with tears in her eyes.

"How did you know that the ten or so years with you are not worth the hundred years of torture with your boring nephew?"

The man frowned and looked at the girl in front of him, his eyes moved slightly, but the girl suddenly took a few steps back. She looked at the audience. Maybe this look in the script was not used to look at the audience. It should be looking at some prejudice, but the audience just happened toTo be in a position of being seen.

"Look, they want to set up traps and shackles around us. My mother told me that love is free, but they told me that it is not like this. If love is matched, it will be equal to the hair on our heads."

"I will not agree to your nephew's love. He is a boring man. According to the world's definition of a good match, he should find someone who will discuss women's legs and butts with him. But I think, heIt should be impossible to find him, because he is just an arrogant and rude guy."

"I want that person to discuss with me how whales swim in the sea. I want to know how gorgeous the world's grandest fireworks show is. I want to watch the rain in all seasons with him. Dear Mr. Li, I love you, loveYour sentimental, kind and compassionate soul also loves your fifty years, your wrinkles and gray hair..."

14 can also obtain information from the outside world through Shangnan. It is somewhat curious: What is love like??

Shang Nan sank into the leather seat, "It's vast, mountains and oceans, rainstorms and rainbows, fallen leaves in spring, snow in summer..."

[14: Nan Nan, aren’t you right? Mountains and rivers should be lakes. And don’t you humans say that rainbows can only appear after wind and rain?]

"That's why I say that love is vast. There is no right or wrong. If you love, you will love."

[14: The male protagonist is already fifty years old and she is only eighteen. When she is young in the future, the male protagonist will probably lose all his teeth.]

Shannan curled his lips, "If you lose all your teeth, you are not dead, and it will not affect your ability to say I love you."

Mrs. Xiang was almost crying on the seat next to her. Although she was usually a very elegant lady, and although Shang Nan could hear that Mrs. Xiang was trying her best to maintain her elegance, her mood was still a little out of control..

Shang Nan opened the curtain and looked at Mrs. Xiang, "Mrs. Xiang, have you ever been in love?"

Mrs. Xiang's eyes were red, "I don't like men in reality. They advocate money and violence, and like the nephew in the play, they like to discuss women's bodies."

"But don't worry, you and the young master are different." Mrs. Xiang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, choked a few times, and realized later, "When did you come in?"

"It's been a long time since I came back. It's normal that you've been crying and didn't notice me." Shan Nan paused, "Lu Ji will be here soon. He said he would come to take me home."

Mrs. Xiang's expression froze immediately. She stopped crying. She got close to Shannan's face and sniffed. The smell of alcohol was very strong. It didn't disappear after a while as she imagined, but was even stronger than before..

"Why did he come?" In my impression, Lu Ji didn't like this kind of occasion, and Lu Shen didn't like it either. No matter what festival it was or how busy the streets were, Lu Shen would always read and write at home.

"I called him." Shannan said.

Mrs. Xiang: "..."

Looking at Shang Nan's fearless expression, what Mrs. Xiang was thinking was: This little cannonball exploded by itself.

Mrs. Xiang hurriedly took out a bottle of perfume from her bag, grabbed Shannan's shoulders, and sprayed it hard on his neck, behind his ears, wrists, chest, back, and even on his hair.

The smell of roses and vetiver instantly enveloped Shannan. Shannan was already dizzy. Mrs. Xiang's series of operations made her think that she had been soaked in a perfume bottle. His eyes were spinning, "It smells too good."

Mrs. Xiang approached Shannan again and took a sniff. She didn't know if she could get away with it. Anyway, she couldn't smell the alcohol anymore.

"The rules of the Lu family are that minors are not allowed to drink alcohol." Mrs. Xiang even forgot to watch the show. "The rice wine is actually made of wine. No wonder it tastes so good... I digress. I wanted to say that we might be punished."

"So strict?" Shannan looked dumbfounded.

"But the young master cares about you so much that he probably won't punish you. I just can't tell."

"Don't worry, I will tell you that I drank it secretly." Although Shannan was dizzy, his mind was still clear, but his mouth would occasionally lose control. "By the way, are the rules of the Lu family set by my brother?"

Mrs. Xiang felt that there was nothing wrong with this. Not only did Shannan know the biggest secret between her and Lu Shen, but they also became allies in drinking secretly tonight. She replied: "The original version was set by the young master., the most serious consequence was to be kicked out of the Lu family. However, after the young master's death, the subsequent head of the Lu family gradually made many changes to the family rules, many of which were against human nature. For example, at the beginning, women in the family were not eligible to participate.Any job in the family industry, and every woman who marries into the Lu family is required to give birth to at least two children, and so on, and many more."

"Why can Lu Li and Lu Qike participate in the selection of successors now?"

Mrs. Xiang: "Miss Lu Li fought for it from Lu Xiao herself, and the young master gave her a little push from behind."

Lu Li is a very reckless and courageous girl.

"Miss Lu Li said that if she was not allowed to be selected together with Miss Lu Qike, she would give everyone rat poison." Mrs. Xiang's expression was hard to explain, "Lu Xiao wanted to send her abroad, but the young master secretly stopped her.And... I asked someone to add laxatives to everyone’s dinner, and Lu Xiao was so frightened that night that he agreed.”

Shannan was a little curious, "Why doesn't my brother just help Lu Li?"

Mrs. Xiang looked at Shan Nan's face and couldn't help it. She stretched out her hand and pinched it. "You have to fight for your rights. If you rely on others to give you, it's still not unequal."

Shannan thought for a while and said, "If my brother was in charge of the Lu family, the Lu family would develop even better than it does now, right?"

Mrs. Xiang said: "Then the Lu family will be as rich as the country."

Shang Nan didn't pay too much attention to the subsequent scenes, or he didn't pay attention at all. He not only regretted Lu Shen's death, but also felt sad about it.Lu Shen was a very typical example of a man who could achieve great things and benefit the world, but he died quietly because of the selfish desires and greed of those in the Lu family.

In order to maintain the prosperity of the Lu family, they killed Lu Shen, and they would kill him countless times in the future. Lu Shen's bones were the best nutrients and fertilizer for the Lu family in their eyes.

At the end of the opera performance, it was completely dark. The mayor also came on stage and sang an impromptu song for everyone. After listening to it, Shannan felt even more dizzy.

The theater was crowded, and they hugged, kissed, and danced to the mayor's unpleasant singing voice.

Some people were slowly walking towards the door, and the scene was so lively that it got a little out of control.

While walking in the aisle, several children pushed and ran from behind, knocking Shonan directly into the row below. He was originally held by Mrs. Yuxiang's hat, and Mrs. Xiang was afraid that he would get lost.

With such a collision, the person in Mrs. Xiang's hand disappeared.

Mrs. Xiang looked at the row of seats at the bottom. In the gap between people, she could not see Shan Nan's figure. She was pushed forward by the audience behind her, and there was no room to turn around.

Shang Nan was stunned. His fingers were stepped on by someone. He got up with difficulty and felt the pain.The wine jar was not broken, it was just overturned on the seat.

Afraid of Mrs. Xiang's anxiety, Shan Nan quickly stood up and walked out. But as soon as he took a few steps, someone grabbed his shoulder. Through his clothes, the hand almost pinched into his flesh, and he was dragged back.After a few steps, he staggered and almost sat down on the ground. Shang Nan turned his head to look in panic. The person behind him was more than half a head taller than him, with a strong body and a big head, but he was still wearing a mask.

[14: Taking advantage of the chaos to rob.]

Sure enough, after 14 told Shan Nan, the man said in a deep voice, "Take out all the valuable things on you. If you dare to scream, I will stab the knife directly into your back."

Shang Nan thought in a daze, he had so much money. When he arrived at Lu's house, he had never seen any money. He didn't even have a mobile phone. Speaking of mobile phones, Shang Nan suddenly remembered the pager he had on him. He was draggedHe walked back without the other party noticing, so he carefully tried to take out the pager and press any button to save him.

Unfortunately, there were too many people. I don't know who bumped Shan Nan's elbow, and the half-taken out pager fell to the ground. The moment the pager came out of his hand, Shang Nan's eyesight went dark.

Shannan thought desperately, then pray for someone to step on the button, anyone.

The theater was a few years old and was quite large, with many strange little corners. Shannan was dragged to an abandoned warehouse, where there were many performance costumes that had accumulated dust.

The other party was obviously relieved, and his eyes rolled under his mask, glaring at Shannan fiercely, "Give me the money."

Shang Nan: "I have no money."

"You fart!" The strong man's eyes became even more fierce.

The blade of the short knife in his hand reflected cold light. His hands did not shake, and his voice did not shake. Shan Nan thought that robbery must have been his job.

Shannan turned around his pockets and said, "I really don't have any money."

The strong man didn't seem to expect that the young man who looked so rich was actually penniless. His expression and body became obviously stiff.

Until he caught a glimpse of the silver bracelet on Shan Nan's wrist. When Shan Nan didn't react, he directly pinched Shan Nan's wrist and pulled off the bracelet.

After seeing the sapphire on the bracelet, the strong man's eyes showed shock and greed. It seems that today is not an empty-handed return, but a bumper harvest. The bracelet is made of silver and is not valuable, but the gem on it is, it can sell for tens of thousands at least, and I can stop working this year.

The strong man couldn't hide the joy in his eyes. He put the bracelet in his pocket, paused, looked down at the young man in front of him, "Do you have any more? Give them all to me."

"No more." Shannan wanted to resist, but when he looked at the opponent's size, he probably could knock off his head with one punch, so he gave up the idea of resisting.

The bracelet that was snatched away was given to him by Lu Shen. It was the first gift. Shang Nan described the person in front of him carefully, planning to find this person after he was safe.

[14: No need to remember, this is a butcher in the town, his surname is Zhang, his hobby is drinking and gambling.]

The butcher didn't believe the man who rewarded Nan, because he had just said that he had no money, but he had such a good thing in his hand. He wanted to take off the man's clothes and check them carefully. The rich man was more cunning and treacherous than the fox.

Shang Nan frowned when he saw the change in the other person's expression. He was dragged by the collar to the butcher and smelled the smell of animal blood and greasy raw meat on the other person's body.

This smell made Shang Nan's internal organs churn. He couldn't hold it back and vomited directly into the butcher's chest. The vomit dripped down the butcher's clothes.

"You're fucking seeking death!" The butcher was so disgusted that he almost vomited too. He ripped off Shang Nan's cloak and frantically wiped the vomit on his body, then tried to peel off Shang Nan's coat.

Before his hand touched Shannan, the boy who was bent down as docile as a lamb suddenly straightened up, raised a wooden stick and hit him hard on the head.

This is a warehouse. There are many miscellaneous things on the floor. After Shang Nan finished vomiting, while the butcher was wiping his coat, he quietly dug out a stool leg.

The butcher screamed, covered his head and took a few steps back. Taking advantage of the fact that the other party had no chance to fight back, Shannan rushed over and struck him hard several times, and took out the stolen bracelet from the butcher's pocket.

He couldn't tangle with this butcher. No matter how he looked at it, he had no chance of winning.

Shang Nan swallowed his saliva nervously. At this moment, the alcohol was rushing to his head. He ran towards the door unsteadily. Before his hand even touched the doorknob, he was dragged by the back of the collar. The butcher was extremely strong and the collar tightened.He grabbed Shan Nan's neck, almost suffocating him.

"Dare to hit me? Damn it, I won't kill you today!" The butcher raised his knife. He usually slaughtered cows and pigs skillfully, and it was easy to slaughter a person.

The butcher picked up Shang Nan with one hand, and then threw it heavily to the ground. The first time Shang Nan felt that he was falling apart, the butcher bent down and repeated it several times.

In the slaughterhouse, before killing rabbits, cats and dogs, it is best to smash them half to death. This can avoid struggling and make slaughtering easier and faster.

Shang Nan's mask had fallen to the ground, and the butcher realized that this kid was so good-looking. Thinking that he would soon kill him with one knife, he couldn't help but feel a little pity.

The cold blade touched Shan Nan's neck, and the artery beat violently. The butcher gestured for the position, completely ignoring the little boy's struggle. It was like a cat scratching, he could directly break the other person's neck, but compared toAfter breaking the neck, he prefers to bleed first.

[14: You saved 100 million points in the last world, but you need two-thirds of it to exchange for a body that can’t be cut with a knife, and it can only last for two minutes. Can you redeem it?]

Shang Nan had no strength to speak. His breathing was rapid and weak. There was no part of his body that was not in pain. He could not even feel the blade of the knife against his neck.

14 Before waiting for an answer, it was going to redeem the points in its own account first.No matter what, it will protect Shannan. It is a very reliable host. It does not want to lose the other party and hopes that the monster can arrive before its points are reduced to zero.

14 were already retrieving system functions, and when they were about to enter the payment password, the door was suddenly opened from the outside, and the dust on the ground was shaken.

The butcher's movements suddenly stopped, even though the blade was already stained with bright blood.

It was Lu Ji. The lights in the house were dim, but it did not affect the monster's vision. After Lu Ji saw the scene in the house clearly, he frowned slightly. He raised his hand and turned on the switches of several other lights, and the room suddenly became brighter.

Its expression was so natural and its posture was so elegant. It didn't forget to close the door when it came in. The butcher felt that the other person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Until the butcher's eyes fell on the back of the other person's hand that was pushed against the door panel, it was not the back of the hand, but bones, no flesh at all, just five slender finger bones.

The dust slowly fell to the ground like mist. After Lu Ji closed the door, he slowly turned around. He almost didn't look at Shan Nan, but walked towards him and the butcher.

"You, you, you, don't come here." The butcher didn't know what this thing was, but it must have come here to give this little brat an advantage. He raised the knife, "If you take one more step, I will kill him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ji had already walked in front of him. The skull with beautiful bones seemed to be glazed with a layer of warm paint under the lamp. The skeleton raised his hand and pinched the butcher's fat neck.Tighten, keep tightening, and with a "pop" sound, the first joints of several finger bones penetrated the skin and penetrated into the flesh. The blood vessels were close to the hard joints, and the blood seeped into the gaps between the joints.

The butcher's neck was pinched into a thin knot. He stared at the thing in front of him with wide eyes. Fear and pain made him unable to make a sound.

Lu Ji threw the butcher out. The butcher's strong and huge body hit the wall and fell to the ground. Several holes in his neck kept bleeding. The butcher covered his neck with his hands and opened his mouth. His will to survive was at this moment.Reached its peak.

After dealing with the butcher, Lu Jicai knelt down and his face returned to a human one. The pity in his brows could not be hidden. He was about to pick up Shang Nan, but he saw that his fingers were covered with red liquid.

Lu Ji lifted up his clothes and wiped his hands directly with his own clothes. He took out the handkerchief from his pocket and leaned over to wipe the dust from Shannan's face. Those bruises from the fall could only be seen by a doctor, and the incision on his neck was also abnormal.Dazzling.

The delicate white fingers pressing the handkerchief turned into clearly defined phalanges.

At this time, Shang Nan's eyelids trembled. He opened his eyes and felt pain as if his whole body was falling apart. He could feel the pain getting worse with every breath he took. The butcher beat him on the ground like an animal in a slaughterhouse.several times.

"14, wipe away the pain for me. No matter how many points you have, they will be deducted directly."

14 The movement was very fast. Shannan immediately felt that his breathing was much easier and he could speak. However, his body had very little autonomy because he was injured after all.

"elder brother……"

Lu kneeled on the ground, bent down and picked up Shang Nan. He had the refreshing taste of soothing potion, and his tone was full of apologies, "When you invited me to watch the show with you, I should have accompanied you."Came together."

Shang Nan could hardly move, he couldn't even lift his arm, but as long as he didn't feel pain, it was almost the same as usual. Shang Nan looked at the butcher, "The bracelet you gave me..."

"Lu Xiang will get it back."

"Will he die?"

"No, Lu Xiang will call the doctor and the police for him." When he reached the door, Lu Ji didn't forget to turn off the light. "He must have been attacked by an unknown beast."

I don't know why, the gentler Lu Ji is now, the more uneasy Shan Nan is.

As soon as Lu Ji walked out of the back door with Shang Nan in his arms, Mrs. Xiang greeted him. Her face was pale, and she must not have been frozen.

Shang Nan's forehead and cheeks were covered in large bruises, and in the middle of the bruises was scraped skin, revealing blood-red flesh. It hurt like hell just to look at it, but Shang Nan still smiled at her.

"Mrs. Xiang, I was robbed by a pig."

Mrs. Xiang's heart ached, and she opened the door of the back seat of the car. It wasn't until Shang Nan was put in the back seat that she whispered an apology.

Lu Ji stood outside the car, looked at Shannan for a while, and then slowly raised his eyes, "You must remember this lesson, and there will be another time... Lu Xiang, what should I do with you?"

Lu Xiang's tears welled up almost instantly. She knelt down straight. She was kneeling to Lu Shen, the master who pulled her out of the darkness. "It was my dereliction of duty. I will not shirk responsibility. There will be no next time.".”

She knew that Lu Shen was a good master, and she knew even more that Lu Shen would not compare herself with Xiaonan.

She and Xiaonan have different roles, but the less Lu Shen blames her, the more uncomfortable she becomes.

Lu Ji helped Lu Xiang up, "I don't blame you, I am also responsible. We will not get hurt. These people can't cause us harm, so we relax. We forget that Xiaonan will bleed and get injured."

"Wipe your tears and then deal with the pig." Lu Ji said.

Shang Nan had recovered a little now. He raised his hand with difficulty and tugged at the hem of Mrs. Xiang's coat. "Grandma Xiang, the jar of wine is also in the warehouse. Remember to bring it back for me."

Mrs. Xiang's face froze, this was the second time she blew herself up.

Lu Ji was confused, "What kind of wine?"

Shang Nan moved outside. He hooked his fingers towards Lu Ji and signaled Lu Ji to bend down. Lu Ji glanced at Mrs. Xiang and then bent down. Shang Nan raised his face and breathed a sigh of relief at Lu Ji.

After he sighed, he raised the corners of his mouth and showed a proud smile.

When Mrs. Xiang saw this scene, she turned around and ran all the way to the theater warehouse without any pause.

Lu Ji smelled the smell of alcohol, and when he looked at Shan Nan's misty eyes, he realized that it was not that he was in pain and wanted to cry, but that he was drunk.

"Lu Xiang?" Lu Ji straightened up, only to find that Lu Xiang had already disappeared.

"..."

Lu Xiang quickly found the warehouse. She looked down at the butcher, whose breathing was very weak, and kicked him hard several times.

Shang Nan is Lu Ji's beloved child, so naturally he is also her child.

Lu Ji left a car waiting for Mrs. Xiang. He wanted to take Shannan back to see a doctor first.

Shannan was dizzy. This kind of dizziness cannot be erased by points. He was thinking to himself, "Rather than letting you find out that I drank and then go behind my back to settle the score with Mrs. Xiang, why don't I tell you honestly?Don’t blame Mrs. Xiang, we didn’t know this rice wine had such a high concentration~~”

As Shang Nan spoke, he raised his hand until the back of his hand hit the roof of the car.

Lu Ji held Shang Nan's wrist and pressed his hand on his knee, "Doesn't it hurt?"

Shannan frowned as he recalled the location of the pain before, "It hurts in my ribs, shoulders, head, neck, and back."

Lu Ji reached out and wanted to touch the child who was covered with bruises, but he didn't know how to touch it - almost all the exposed skin had scratches and bruises of varying sizes.

He has not been injured in many years, and he cannot feel pain, so much so that anyone who ignores this world can hurt Shannan.

He could no longer understand that he had wanted to abandon Shan Nan in this world not long ago.

In such a dangerous world, how could he bear to let his children crawl around alone, preferably without dust, and let Shan Nan live forever in the fairy tale world he created.

[14: The blackening value is reduced by another 10.]

Shan Nan was a little confused. He really couldn't understand Lu Ji. Could it be because Lu Ji liked to see him get beaten?

If so, Shannan thought, it was quite worth it, but he could only get one beating because he might be beaten to death.

The car drove into the mountain forest. There were no lights on in the car, so it could only rely on the faint light coming from the street lights. Shannan leaned on the car seat and dozed off half-consciously.

Lu Ji looked at him for a while, then leaned forward and buttoned up Shang Nan's loose coat. The young man's chest was thin, rising and falling slowly when breathing, his eyelashes were thin and long, and the injuries on his face made Shang Nan look particularly fragile at the moment.Pitiful.

"Xiaonan?" Lu Ji called him.

"Yes." Shang Nan heard Lu Ji calling him and tried to open his eyes. When he looked at Lu Ji's dark eyes so close to him, he seemed to be looking into two black holes and his mind froze.

"Don't marry and have children, stay with me forever, I will give you everything you want." Lu Ji said softly.

The first half of the sentence was spoken too softly. Shannan only heard the second part, so he didn't think much and said directly, "Okay."

Lu Ji curved his lips and smiled. The young man's smile was as gentle as the moonlight in the sky, but the ambition that had been dormant for hundreds of years suddenly awakened in his heart.

His child can't always be a sick little follower.

He should be the master's favorite young master.