him under the stars

Chapter 42 Crisis
When Xu Xing went downstairs, the delivery guy hadn't arrived yet.The entry and exit inspection of this apartment is strict. In order to hurry, they often call a minute or two in advance, which is not surprising to her.

Just remembering the embarrassment just now, she patted her face and put the back of her hand on her forehead, the cool touch reduced the heat a little.

Xu Xing stood on the steps and leaned slightly to have a look.

The takeaway guy didn't see him, but he saw a child shoveling soil squatting in the garden in front of him.

She was a little familiar with that child, and often saw his mother sending him to school.The strange thing is that his mother always only delivered to the gate of the community, not far away.

When she is free on weekends, she can always meet her occasionally on the gravel road to digest food and take a walk.She was a gentle-looking woman who didn't seem to have a job, and it was difficult to see her husband, but the ring on her ring finger was extremely conspicuous.

A mysterious, contradictory and somewhat introverted woman.

It's just that Xu Xing is hardworking at work, but lazy in life. When she is relaxing, she often least wants to use her brain, let alone caring about other people's affairs.

It was rare to be interested at this moment, and he walked over with his hands behind his back, looked down at the small building made of mud by the little boy, and teased him: "It doesn't seem as good as the one your mother made with you last time!"

The little boy gave her a cold look, and continued to work on the work in his hand seriously: "Of course, my mother is the best, but she can't come out right now."

Xu Xing smiled: "Then it looks like you'll be able to eat the dinner she prepared for you in a while... Actually, I'm also waiting for dinner."

"No." The boy patted down and said, "My father is back, and they are going to quarrel."

Xu Xing was taken aback for a moment, and then he heard him calmly say like a little adult: "But I'm used to it, every time I come back I have a fight, won't I go back to the house with my mother in my arms at night?"

When she heard this, she couldn't help but lowered her head and rubbed the little boy twice.

The boy's hair is short, but it has a fluffy feel, and it feels good to the touch.Xu was used to being rubbed, so he didn't hide, his hands kept moving.

Guessing that the takeaway was coming soon, Xu Xing withdrew his hand and turned to walk down the corridor.As soon as I arrived at the gate, I suddenly heard an unusually shrill female voice: "What do you do outside every day?"

Xu Xing was slightly stunned, and turned to look at the little boy who was still playing with mud.

Immediately afterwards, there were some small voices from inside, but the other party was never heard.

Just as she was thinking, another short scream from a woman came from inside, with a sudden end, as if it was suddenly interrupted.

This posture is much more serious than ordinary quarrels.If it is domestic violence...the nature is different.

Xu Xing looked serious, walked lightly, walked to the door and listened.

There was no sound of throwing things or beating or scolding from inside.

She glanced at the crack of the door, then straightened up and looked at the whole door.

It appears to be... soundproofed.

At this time, there was some noise inside.Xu Xing distinguished for a moment, and vaguely heard a slightly hoarse male voice with impatience being suppressed: "How do you... what do you know?"

In the next second, there was a "bang" from the window on the side of the building, with some shattering sound.

Xu Xing's complexion became serious, and she touched her side pocket, but there was only an access card - she didn't bring her mobile phone.

Just as she was about to go to the security room, the little boy ran over at some point. Before she could react, the boy had already tiptoed and put the access control card on his chest in the sensing area.

"Drip" sound.

The door is opened.

"Don't hit my mother!" He rushed in like a cannonball.

The man restrained him with one hand, and stared straight at Xu Xing who was standing outside the door.

Unable to explain why, Xu Xing suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of panic, like a black hole, getting bigger and bigger.

She couldn't help taking a step back.

The woman inside also looked at Xu Xing in astonishment and embarrassment, pulled the little boy over, wiped his face casually, and forced a smile.

It's just that before the smile fully bloomed, it turned into surprise.

"Hmm." Xu Xing grabbed the door frame with one hand, and with the other he desperately pulled down the man's hand that was covering her mouth.

The man's gaze sharpened, and he slashed down with his palm. Xu Xing only felt a sharp pain in his arm. He was dragged into the room and thrown aside without any resistance, and his head hit the wall in an instant.

Her eyes dimmed for a moment, and she looked between her fingers.

In order to wash the fruit, she took off the ring-shaped signal device given by Han Chen.

The woman froze for a moment, then exclaimed: "What are you doing?" She looked at the man incredulously: "What you did outside is really... that kind of thing?"

The man's hand trembled, but he didn't speak.

The little boy looked up at his mother, trying to break away from her and run towards Xu Xing, but the moment he moved, his shoulders were tightly bound and he couldn't move. The force seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw, and he couldn't help crying out: " Mom, it hurts so much!"

The woman lowered her head, tears suddenly fell on his face.

The little boy was stunned.

Holding his dislocated arm, Xu Xing leaned back against the wall, turned his head to look at the woman, opened his lips slightly, and said silently, "Help me."

She obviously couldn't see the angle behind the man, but he seemed to have eyes behind his back, and before the woman had any reaction, he slapped him back.

In the room where the curtains were drawn tightly, cold light hit his face, forming a sinister arc.

"Be honest, I won't do anything to you." The man said coldly.

Xu Xing bit a few strands of hair that had been knocked out, spat it out with a bah, raised his eyes to look at him, and said slowly: "Liar."

"If you really don't want to do anything to me, you won't do it in front of your wife and children. You have made up your mind a long time ago and need their help to cover it up, so why don't you do it." She sneered: "You don't even think about it , The whole apartment is covered with surveillance cameras, I talked to your son a minute ago, it is impossible for the police not to ask what happened. Do you really think a child can fool the criminal police?"

She took a deep breath and slowed down her voice: "Your house has soundproof facilities, I didn't hear anything, and you don't need to take a life for it. Your child is only so old, do you want him to have a murderer?" guilty father?"

There was an obvious sluggishness on the man's face, but it was only for a moment.

"What you said is really good. I was almost convinced by you. It's a pity...it was a big mistake." He smiled, then quickly retracted it, and said to the woman in a deep voice: "Take the child back to the house."

The woman didn't move, he turned his head with a gloomy face: "You want him to see it?"

"What are you going to do?" She asked, but she unconsciously clasped the boy's eyes and shoulders with her hands, not letting go even when he yelled.

A faint strangeness suddenly flashed across Xu Xing's heart.She thought her words, if not life-saving, would at least touch him, especially if the child was mentioned.But this man... seems to have a natural indifference to human life.

The man misunderstood, turned his head to look at Xu Xing, and said slowly, "Don't be afraid, the police won't come to your door, because this woman... died accidentally."

However, Xu Xing seemed to have been stabbed so hard that the blood in his body began to turn cold.

Accidental Death?
The woman was also completely startled, her lips opened and closed, unable to utter a word.

At this time, there were two knocks on the window suddenly: "Is anyone there? Take out your takeaway, and you won't answer the phone..."

The man quickly grabbed Xu Xing's throat, dragged it to the table and took out the tape to seal it, then took the apron that was on the side, rolled it up, and then turned around and asked the woman with a frown, "Did you order takeaway?" ?”

The woman didn't reply, and her whole body was shaking.

He paused slightly, walked over in silence for a few seconds, and opened a corner of the curtain.

The takeaway boy was wearing a conspicuous yellow uniform, under the direct sun, his cheeks were dripping with sweat: "Brother, can you come out and get the takeaway? I'm in a hurry."

"You will be delivered to the door." The man said, closing the curtains and walking towards the door.

When he put his hand on the doorknob, he paused, and his heartbeat stopped for no reason.Turning around to confirm that Xu Xing's angle cannot be seen from the outside, he slowly opened the door.

Just as the door opened a crack, the man's pupils shrank suddenly, and the muscles in his hands convulsed—this was his instinct for many years.

He was about to close the door very quickly, but it was too late.

An unusually domineering and vicious force came, and the door was thrown open, even rebounding against the wall with a creaking sound.

Han Chen stood outside the door, holding the access card that Xu Xing had dropped outside, with bloodshot eyes in his eyes.

He stepped in, the man took a step back, then stopped abruptly, his expression changed suddenly.

The door closed behind him slowly due to the rebound.

Han Chen looked at Xu Xing. Her hair was disheveled, her side face was red and swollen, her left arm was draped unnaturally, and even her usual white neck was printed with a large red palm print, and her mouth was sealed with tape. The moment she saw him, she burst into tears. Sliding down uncontrollably.

He smiled slowly.

Therefore, the extremely handsome face revealed a deep hostility.

The man quickly came back to his senses after a moment of unconscious panic, and was instantly annoyed, ignoring the presence of the child, and attacked.

Han Chen didn't look away, leaned back, put his hands on his shoulders and ankles, and exerted a little force.

"Crench."

The sound of bones breaking could be heard clearly, but the man didn't hum.

The back of his waist is slightly bulging, whether he has a gun or something else, whether he cares about his family or his voice, Han Chen couldn't tell the difference calmly for a while. Bending his knees and pushing his waist, the strength was so strong that the man could no longer hold back his yelling.

The location of his attack was ingenious, right on the spine, an irresistible tingling came, and the man's lower limbs suddenly lost strength, and he lay on the ground.

Han Chen clasped his throat with one hand without saying a word, and gradually tightened his hand to lift him up, his voice was low and cold: "Where are you still touching her?"

The man's eyeballs protruded slightly, he was speechless, and glanced at the dull-looking woman in the living room.

"dad……"

The boy struggled to remove the woman's hand covering his eyes, and cried out in panic.

Han Chen glanced sideways at the boy, let go of his hand, and the man fell down.He walked up to Xu Xing and squatted down, his eyes were dark, and he slowly tore off the tape, wrapped his hands around her, and leaned over to untie the wrapped apron.

His breath sprayed on Xu Xing's exposed side neck, warm and rapid.

Xu Xing flinched and said softly, "I'm fine."

So don't be so anxious.

"Are you afraid?" Han Chen asked in a low voice.

Xu Xing shook his head: "I haven't gone up for such a long time, you will definitely come to look for it, I can still do things like delaying time."

"Yeah." Han Chen stopped talking.

At this moment, the voice of the boy crying suddenly stopped.When he turned around, it was the woman who picked up the boy, opened the door and ran out.

"Don't go, you can't go!" The man climbed forward with his arms supported, looked at Han Chen, and begged: "Bring them back quickly, please, they can't leave, it will be dangerous..."

(End of this chapter)