PFC Chapter 512 Liao Zhong's Anxiety
Chapter 512 Liao Zhong's Anxiety
Heiguaner and Lao Meng, who were guarding Chen Duo's door, immediately became alert and exchanged glances.
Xiao Zizai appeared at the other end of the corridor without knowing when.
He still had that gentle smile on his face, but his eyes were sharply cast towards the source of the sound.
Wang Zhenqiu yawned as he staggered up the stairs, muttering:
"Who is it, drifting so early in the morning?"
The car door was suddenly pushed open and a figure staggered down.
The person who came was Liao Zhong. He was wearing yesterday's clothes.
Full of wrinkles, dark blue and bloodshot eyes,
It was obvious that he had not slept all night and drove here overnight.
"Old Liao!"
The clarinet walked over quickly, his voice low.
Lao Meng also followed nervously, rubbing his hands.
Liao Zhong's eyes scanned everyone present eagerly.
Finally, the sound fell on the clarinet, hoarse and rapid:
"Clarinet, what's the situation? Where's Chen Duo? Where is she?"
"in the room."
Clarinet pointed to the door behind him.
"She's in a relatively stable condition. She wants to see you."
Liao Zhong's gaze immediately turned to Su Chen who had just walked out of the room.
He strode up to Su Chen and looked the young man up and down.
The look in his eyes was extremely complicated, with happiness of finding someone and fear of the unknown.
There was also a hint of disbelief.
"Su Chen, you kid!"
Liao Zhong raised his hand and pointed at him, his arm trembling slightly.
In the end, it turned into a heavy sigh and let go.
"You...you really found her."
Su Chen met his anxious gaze with a calm expression:
"Uncle Liao, you are here. Thank you for your hard work."
"Don't tell me that!"
Liao Zhong lowered his voice, but he could not conceal the excitement and anxiety in his tone.
"What's going on? Clarinet said you were going to take her downtown?
Going to the mall? Do you know the orders from headquarters?
Do you know how dangerous this is? "
He glanced around, as if afraid that the walls might have ears.
"I know the order from headquarters." Su Chen's tone remained steady.
“I also know the risks.
But this is Chen Duo's request, and it is also the only way to keep her cooperating and stabilize her temporarily."
"Hold her steady?"
Liao Zhong's voice rose a little, then he forced it down again.
"Staying stable by shopping? Su Chen, this is not a joke!
Once it gets out of control..."
"I promise you, Uncle Liao."
Su Chen interrupted him, his eyes firm.
"Everything will be under control. Trust me."
Liao Zhong stared at Su Chen's eyes.
He tried to find a hint of wavering or recklessness in that calm, but he only saw calmness and determination.
There seems to be a kind of magic in this young man.
This made his anxious heart involuntarily calm down a little.
He recalled that Mr. Bi's decision to let Su Chen go last night seemed to have a deeper meaning, and he became even more certain that Su Chen must have done something.
"Control? How do you control it?"
Liao Zhong asked again, but his tone was not as excited as before.
"I have my own way." Su Chen did not explain in detail.
"The most important thing now is to meet Chen Duo's request and let her see you."
Liao Zhong was silent.
He glanced at the closed door.
It was as if he could see through the door and see the girl inside who had been worrying about him for many years.
He took a deep breath, fatigue and worry intertwined on his face, and finally turned into a heavy determination.
"I want to see her."
His voice was filled with indescribable complex emotions, including love and guilt.
There is also the heaviness of having to face certain consequences.
Su Chen nodded and stepped aside to make way for the corridor leading to Chen Duo's room:
"Of course. She's waiting for you, too."
Liao Zhong said no more.
He straightened his messy collar, as if this could give himself some strength.
He took steps, one step at a time.
He walked towards the door calmly but with a little trembling.
Every step feels like stepping on my heart, so heavy.
Clarinet silently stepped aside, and Lao Meng clenched his fists nervously.
Xiao Zizai pushed his glasses and watched all this with interest.
Wang Zhenqiu stopped humming and showed a rare serious expression.
Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao, who had just come out of the room, also came over and watched from a distance with worried expressions.
The atmosphere in the entire corridor became more solemn and complicated because of Liao Zhong's arrival.
Liao Zhong stood in front of the door, his raised hand hanging in the air, not falling for a long time.
He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and then knocked on the door gently.
"Dong dong."
There was no immediate response from inside the door, only dead silence.
Liao Zhong's heart was lifted again. He looked at Su Chen with questioning eyes.
Su Chen signaled him to stay calm.
After a few seconds, there were extremely light footsteps coming from inside the door.
then,
The door lock clicked and was opened from the inside.
The door slowly opened a crack, revealing Chen Duo's familiar and slightly pale face.
Her eyes first fell on the place where the knock was, then slowly raised,
When he saw Liao Zhong standing outside the door, his originally empty and calm eyes suddenly shrank.
It was like a stone was thrown into a calm lake, creating tiny ripples.
Liao Zhong looked at the girl through the crack in the door.
My heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and breathing became difficult.
His Adam's apple rolled and he wanted to say something, but found his throat was very dry.
"Chen Duo..."
He finally found his voice, which was extremely hoarse.
Chen Duo looked at him and moved her lips slightly.
She seemed to want to call him, but in the end she just opened the door a little further.
He moved aside without saying anything, but his eyes never left Liao Zhong.
Liao Zhong immediately flashed into the room.
He closed the door gently, blocking out all sight from outside.
The room was dimly lit and the curtains were drawn.
Liao Zhong turned around and his eyes immediately fell on Chen Duo.
He looked her over carefully from head to toe.
As if to confirm whether she was missing a hair.
His eyes were filled with tenderness, worry and an indescribable excitement.
"Are you...are you okay?"
Liao Zhong took a step forward and stretched out his hand to touch her.
Then he suddenly stopped in mid-air, afraid that his movements would disturb her.
"They... they didn't do anything to you, did they?"
Chen Duo looked at Liao Zhong's bloodshot and anxious eyes.
Feeling the undisguised concern in his tone,
The mask of calm that he had been forcibly maintaining seemed to have a crack.
She shook her head slowly, her voice was very soft, with a barely perceptible tremor:
"I'm fine, Uncle Liao."
The word "Uncle Liao" made Liao Zhong's eyes red instantly.
He took a deep breath, forcing down his surging emotions, but his voice was still choked:
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay..."
He looked at Chen Duo's thin figure and her slightly pale face.
The guilt and self-blame in my heart surged like a tide.
"When they found you, you..."
Liao Zhong wanted to ask her if she resisted or if she was injured.
But he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
He just reached out and gently grasped her wrist, feeling the coolness of her skin.
"Thin."
Chen Duo's body stiffened slightly, but she did not struggle.
She looked down at Liao Zhong's rough hand that was holding her wrist.
There were calluses on it from years of holding guns, and it was very warm.
"Uncle Liao, you are here."
She asked softly, looking up at Liao Zhong's tired face.
"I……"
Liao Zhong opened his mouth, but didn't know how to explain.
"I'm worried, I..."
He looked at Chen Duo's clear yet slightly gray eyes.
Thousands of words stuck in my chest, finally turned into just one sentence:
"Let me see you."