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date="2021-11-22"

title="Chapter 9"

weight="148297"

series = ["Back to the Years When My Father Was in School"]

mode = "manual"

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After school, Qi Yuhuan took Lu Yan on a bicycle to and fro, through the alleys, and detoured to the entertainment street.

"You are not like a person from Beicheng at all, and you are completely unfamiliar with this place."

Lu Yan smiled and said, "Twenty years later, Beicheng is very familiar to me. I will show you a play when the time comes."

"You speak so funny."

Lu Yan looked at the unfamiliar streets around him. Things have changed too much for twenty years. By chance, she returned to more than 20 years ago, and there are too many things she wants to change.

The two riding bicycles came to the entrance of the dance hall on Entertainment Street.

The doors of the two dance halls are opposite to each other, and flower baskets for auspicious opening are placed at the door.

It can be seen that Lu Zhen is a lot more lively here, and the gate is full of young people who come to play; and because the song and dance hall opposite is charged, the gate is cold, and there are a few young men standing in front of the door with very ugly faces.

She looked at them again, but did not see Shen Kuo.

Lu Yan locked the bicycle and walked into Lu Zhen's dance hall with Qi Yuhuan, feeling a little worried.

The basement site is not large, the ground is decorated with black and white circular floor tiles, and the ceiling is decorated with beautiful star lights, which is very atmospheric.

Lu Yan looked around. There were tables and chairs, a bar, and even music equipment. It's hard to imagine how much her father spent on all this.

And all this is just to squeeze out the business of the song and dance hall of Shen Kui, the other side.

Lu Yan asked herself, if she was Shen Kui, she would not only bankrupt the bastard Lu Zhen, she might not help but hack him!

Lu Zhen also invited the band to play. The band was very hard. They sang and danced on the stage. It was too high. The young students in the audience also twisted their bodies to the rhythm of the music, and just danced with the disco. Like

Lu Yan saw Liang Ting talking to a boy and walked over and asked, "Uncle Liang Ting, where is my dad."

Liang Ting looked up and saw Lu Yan coming, with a warm smile on his face. He is now very accustomed to being Lu Yan's "uncle" generation.

"Here, opposite."

Standing on the highest DJ station, Lu Zhen looked around the venue with a satisfied expression, like an emperor patrolling the country.

Lu Yan rolled his eyes.

When Lu Zhen saw Lu Yan, he immediately stepped off the DJ station, walked towards her, and said proudly, "How about it, isn't it good here?"

Lu Yan asked him, "How much did you spend to open this song and dance hall?"

"Not many, the venue and equipment are readily available."

"The rent must be high."

"What do you care about this, no matter how old I am, I can afford it."

"So how long do you plan to rent?"

"When will Shen Kuo's dance hall be destroyed, and when will it end."

Lu Yan's mouth twitched: "You... why do you do such a detrimental thing to yourself."

"It's hard to buy a daughter, I'm happy."

"..."

Lu Zhen twisted to the rhythm of the music, and grabbed Lu Yan to twist together.

"Don't touch me."

Lu Yan is really not in the mood to sing and dance. She is now full of worry, I am afraid that her father will offend Shen Kui again, and it will not end well in the future.

"I'm going out to get some breath."

"Hey, disappointment."

Lu Yan pursed her lips, and just said that she was happy.

Just when Lu Yan turned to leave, she suddenly smelled a burnt smell.

She looked around curiously, and at this moment, someone behind suddenly shouted, "It's on fire!"

Lu Yan turned her head, and as expected, thick black smoke came out of the small door in the background, and the flames had already ignited.

"It's on fire! Run!"

People panicked and flocked to the narrow exit channel, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

Lu Zhen immediately took off his clothes and covered Lu Yan, protecting her and squeezing towards the exit of the basement passage.

Running to the door, he pushed Lu Yan out, and rushed back to the basement without hesitation.

Lu Yan grabbed him and shouted eagerly: "What are you doing!"

"Everyone is squeezing out, we can't squeeze out at all!" Lu Zhen said eagerly: "I have to send them all out, none of them can happen!"

Lu Yan was frightened, her face pale, and she instinctively grabbed the corner of Lu Zhen's clothes: "No, the bottom is burning up, it's too dangerous!"

Finally, when he had the opportunity to return to his father, Lu Yan could not let him risk any danger.

"I won't let you go! If anything happens to you, I...what's the point of my coming back!"

Lu Zhen strongly hugged the girl's trembling body, and said in a deep voice, "They come to my place, I have to be responsible, understand."

After he finished speaking, he threw away Lu Yan, turned and rushed towards the smoky basement, shouting hoarsely: "Liang Ting! Go and open the back door!"

Liang Ting covered his mouth, passed through the billowing smoke, and opened the back door with Qin Hao, organizing the flow of people to evacuate in an orderly manner.

Thick smoke billowed from the basement, and the fire soon ignited. The entire stage was on fire, and the fire spread rapidly.

Lu Zhen took the last boy out of the basement door and asked Liang Ting back, "Is there anyone else?"

Liang Ting gasped, out of breath: "No, the last one."

At the end of the street, the fire truck drove up and down, and the entire basement was burned up. All the equipment was destroyed. Fortunately, the fire was evacuated in time, except for a girl’s elbow. The burns were taken outside the hospital and there were no casualties.

Lu Zhen's entire face was scorched by the thick smoke, standing at the entrance of the wet street, covering his mouth, bowed and coughed violently.

Lu Yan rushed into Lu Zhen's arms, hugged his waist tightly, shuddering, and sobbed slightly... to her, nothing was more important than the safety of her father.

Lu Zhen patted her shoulder gently, gently soothing the frightened girl in his arms, and looked up at the basement.

The fire has been contained, no surrounding shops have been affected, but all their equipment has been destroyed.

Looking at the smoke billowing basement, Liang Ting muttered, "It's over."

The men in the song and dance hall across the street saw that Lu Zhen was on fire, and a trace of pleasure flashed across their eyes, leaning against the door to watch the good show.

Lu Yan wondered how to comfort her father, but turned her head to see Shen Kui who was on the opposite side.

It was late, and he leaned lazily under the neon lights of the dance hall, his left hand buckled the lighter one by one, and his dark eyes were buried in the deep shadow, which was unpredictable.

Lu Zhen also saw Shen Kui, and when his sight fell on the lighter in his left hand, it suddenly exploded!

"Fuck you!"

He rushed over, grabbed Shen Kui by the collar, and slammed him against the wall, with his vigorous elbow against his neck, pressed hard, and asked angrily: "It was you who set the fire! Definitely! It's you!"

Shen Kuo's narrow Danfeng eyes were condensed with a cold mockery, staring at him, and a sneer sneered at the corners of his mouth——

"not me."

"you're lying!"

Unreasonable Lu Zhen waved his fist and was about to beat him, Lu Yan quickly hugged Lu Zhen's hand: "Ask you clearly, don't wrong the good guy."

"What to ask! Who else but him!"

Liang Ting and Qin Hao rushed over and pulled the angry Lu Zhen away: "Brother Lu, calm down."

Shen Kui took care of the messed up shirt collar, with a smile on his face.

Lu Zhen killed Lu Zhen in one bite and set the fire, but Lu Yan felt that even though Shen Kui hated Lu Zhen, he would definitely not hurt people by setting it on fire.

In those years, Shen Kui tried his best to deal with Lu Zhen, but everything he did was reasonable and legal, he acted upright and open, and he did everything on the bright side, and he never hurt anyone secretly.

"Dad, he didn't do it." Lu Yan grabbed Lu Zhen tightly: "If it were him, he would admit it."

Lu Zhen said angrily: "How long have you known him? Why do you believe him!"

"I..."

Lu Yan paused, and said firmly: "For nothing, just believe it!"

At the beginning, she had found Shen Kui and begged him to let Lu Zhen go.

At that time, Shen Kui, who had passed middle age but was still handsome, pinched her jaw and said yes, stay by my side, I will let him go and help you pay off all your debts.

Lu Yan watched her dad be chased by the debtor every day and hide in Tibet. She was embarrassed. At the same time, she finally made up her mind and moved into the Shen's house.

Even she was ready to be bullied to death by this big demon.

But what she did not expect was that Shen Kui guarded the gentleman's style, and she hadn't even touched a single strand of her hair.

He just wanted to use her to make Lu Zhen suffer, but he didn't take advantage of others.

Countless nights, when Lu Yan walked out of the room door, she could see Shen Kui standing in front of the huge French window with half a cigarette in his hand, lonely from behind.

Sometimes, she even moved compassionately towards this big demon, feeling that there must be a huge sadness hidden in his heart.

...

Lu Yan vowed to vouch for Shen Kuo. He said that he didn't do it, so it must not be. If it is, he will admit it.

Lu Zhen obviously didn't believe in Shen Kuo. He only felt that Lu Yan, the little girl, must look at him because he was handsome and turned his elbow away.

"You and him have only known each other for a few days now, why do you believe him!"

Lu Yan didn't know how to explain, she could only grit her teeth without saying a word.

Shen Kui narrowed his eyes and looked at the little girl standing in front of him, feeling dry.

Yes, she has only known him for a few days, so why believe him.

Liang Ting also persuaded Lu Zhen: "I also think that Shen Kui would not do such a thing, so calm down."

Lu Zhen said excitedly: "Even if it wasn't him, it would definitely be his brothers, who made it clear that their business was not as good as ours, so they played this kind of conspiracy!"

Shen Kui tilted his head to look at the gloating brothers behind him, pushed down the lid of the lighter, and said in a deep voice, "If it is really my people, I will pick out the guy who set the fire."

"Why do I believe you!"

"Believe it or not, it's not for you anyway."

"Then for whom are you."

Shen Kui glanced at Lu Yan, the little girl's face was a bit dirty from the smoke, and she looked quite embarrassed.

The corner of his eye was provoked, and he looked at Lu Yan and smiled provocatively at Lu Zhen——

"you guess."