The thick smoke was billowing, making Shen Ruoyan unable to open her eyes.

She subconsciously covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, but the acrid smoke continued to pour into her nasal cavity, choking her and causing pain in her lungs.

Shen Ruoyan looked around and finally saw a tall, vague figure.

Tang Xiuyuan was also choked by the thick smoke and couldn't breathe. It was unbearable. He straightened up and tried to raise his head, trying to breathe fresh air.

Shen Ruoyan's heart tightened, and she quickly walked over and pressed him down with all her strength.

"Ayuan, don't be afraid, squat down quickly." Shen Ruoyan spit out a warning with difficulty, and at the same time, she couldn't help coughing violently because of the smoke inhalation.

It felt like my throat had been cut open one after another with a knife. Every time I swallowed saliva, it brought a burst of pain that stabbed my lungs.

Afraid that Tang Xiuyuan would run away, Shen Ruoyan grabbed his hand tightly and did not dare to let go for a moment.

The smoke around her became thicker and thicker, and she kept bending down, until finally, she knelt down and pressed her face as close to the ground as possible. The smell of moist earth made her feel better.

Wait, wait, wait.

As long as a little more time passes, Lu Yan will be able to eliminate the killers lurking in the dark one by one.

Shen Ruoyan kept encouraging herself, but her head became dizzy, and the hand holding Tang Xiuyuan gradually relaxed.

Just before she lost consciousness completely, she felt her body light up and someone picked her up.

The fresh air flowed into the chest again, allowing Shen Ruoyan to regain some clarity.

She opened her eyes drowsily and found that the person holding her was Tang Xiuyuan.

He held his back, used his body to protect Shen Ruoyan tightly, and ran forward quickly.

Tang Xiuyuan was a tall man and stepped onto the field ridge again. He couldn't tell the direction. He only knew that if he didn't bring Shen Ruoyan out, his sister would be smoked to death in the rice field. He opened his legs and moved forward desperately. Head running.

Shen Ruoyan's eyes widened, she clutched his sleeves tightly, and spoke in a hoarse voice with difficulty, "Ayuan, put me down quickly!"

The big man who was always obedient did not listen to her this time. He only repeated one sentence:

"Ayuan protects sister!"

"Ayuan wants to protect my sister!"

Shen Ruoyan's heart and hair were astringent, and the smell of rust in her throat made her unable to say a word.

He was using his body to shield her from the arrow.

fool!

What a big fool!

The archer hiding in the dark spotted them moving quickly, and shot an arrow towards Tang Xiuyuan.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhh~"

Ayuan, Ayuan, get down quickly!

Shen Ruoyan opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't make a sound and could only nervously hold on to Tang Xiuyuan's clothes.

Maybe stupid people are blessed with stupid things. Just when the arrow was about to hit his back, Tang Xiuyuan's foot slipped and he fell heavily to the ground.

The two fell to the ground, but Tang Xiuyuan still did not forget to protect Shen Ruoyan, covering Shen Ruoyan like a hill.

Shen Ruoyan tried to push the person away, but was held firmly by Tang Xiuyuan. She could only lie on the ground and observe the surrounding situation through the gap.

Seeing another sharp blade shooting towards them, Shen Ruoyan used all her strength to push Tang Xiuyuan out. Just as she was preparing to face the pain of being pierced by the sharp weapon, she saw the arrow one step away from them. It broke into two halves and fell to the dirt at his feet.

A long figure walked towards them in the thick smoke. As he approached, the hazy feeling receded layer by layer, gradually revealing his cold and delicate eyebrows, until Lu Yan stood clearly in front of her, Shen Ruoyan tensed His mood relaxed instantly.

It turns out that Lu Yan saved them just now.

Shen Ruoyan's throat was so hoarse that she couldn't pronounce a single syllable. She could only lie on the ground, raise her head hard, and smile at him.

Lu Yan held the sword in his left hand and knelt on the ground on one knee. He rubbed his warm palm back and forth on the girl's muddy face, "Don't be afraid, it's safe."

Everything went very smoothly after that. Lu Yan led them to escape from the thick smoke. The fire in the fields attracted farmers living nearby. Everyone came to put out the fire with various water basins in their hands.

Lu Yan carried Shen Ruoyan into the carriage, but he had no intention of getting up.

Shen Ruoyan was speechless, clutching his sleeves tightly and looking at him with worried eyes.

"I still want to stay to deal with the aftermath. I'll send you and A Yuan back first." Even though he didn't speak, Lu Yan understood what she meant and took the initiative to explain.

Shen Ruoyan shook her head, still refusing to let go.

Lu Yan comforted: "It's okay, you see there are so many people here, I will be careful myself. Don't we, A Yan, like to be clean the most? Look, you are as dirty as a little cat now. Go back and wash yourself." Take a shower, I’ll be back after I finish taking care of things.”

With that said, she opened Shen Ruoyan's hand, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and let the driver set off.

Tang Xiuyuan seemed to be extremely tired, lying down in the carriage and falling asleep.

Sometimes being heartless is also an extremely enviable thing.

Having just experienced a life and death disaster, Shen Ruoyan was exhausted, but she could not fall asleep like Tang Xiuyuan.

I wonder if today’s group is the same group as those who assassinated Lu Yan last time?

What was their purpose in assassinating Lu Yan?

Soon the carriage entered the city.

The man in black sitting outside the car asked: "Miss Shen, do you want to send Master Tang back?"

He glanced at Tang Xiuyuan, who was covered in mud.

If we send him back now, I don’t know if we will care about him.

Shen Ruoyan thought for a while and said, "Send someone to report to the Tang family that their young master has been found. He will stay with Mr. Lu today and send him back tomorrow."

When they arrived at the door of the government office, Tang Xiuyuan was sleeping so deeply that no matter how hard he shook, she could not wake him up. Shen Ruoyan could only let two people carry him one by one and put him in the guest room.

Cleaning, rectifying, and inviting the doctor to come over to check. After all the work was done, the sky was gradually turning white.

When Lu Yan opened the door, he was surprised to find Shen Ruoyan asleep on the table.

Hearing the sound, she opened her eyes and found Lu Yan back, and said "huh" in surprise.

"You're back!" Shen Ruoyan stood up and found that Lu Yan had changed into clean clothes. She awkwardly pointed to the tub beside her, "I thought you didn't clean it up and asked someone to boil hot water for you."

Lu Yan walked to her side and looked down at her.

After working all night, both of them were extremely tired, but now standing in front of each other, they felt that all the fatigue was nothing.

Clearing his throat, Lu Yan said, "I just cleaned it outside."

Seeing the disappointment in the little girl's eyes, Lu Yan said again, "But my hands are still a little dirty. Can you bring me a basin of water so I can wash them?"

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