I am a dragon

I pushed open the door and glanced around the living room. The living room was littered with sunflower seed shells and peanut shells, and there were several stains on the walls.

The man with the buzz cut leaned back casually on the sofa, his legs propped up on the coffee table, which was covered in cigarette ash.

Long-haired man stood to the side with his arms crossed, his cunning eyes gleaming strangely as he looked Jiang Ruxue up and down, as if he wanted to strip her clothes off.

Jiang Ruxue was pale and leaning against the wall. When she saw me come in, her eyes lit up and she walked towards me.

I shielded Jiang Ruxue behind me, keeping my eyes fixed on the crew-cut man. I knew his words carried weight.

"This is a private residence. Please leave now. Go find whoever owes the debt. If you cause any more trouble, don't blame me for calling the police. You probably know better than I do what the police will think of this loan shark."

The man with the buzz cut curled his lips and said disdainfully, "The company sent us here to collect debts. You can call the police. They might put us in administrative detention. Once we're in, the company will send others, and they won't be as easy to talk to as we are."

I clenched my fists and stared intently at the crew cut.

Lin Fang has disappeared without a trace. Jiang Ruxue is my only family in this city. For the sake of this family bond, I will absolutely not allow anyone to hurt her.

"You can try it. I've served five years in prison, and I wouldn't mind serving another five!"

I knew these people were very well-connected and must have found out everything before they came, so I didn't hide my past prison experience, hoping to intimidate these two gangsters.

The man with the buzz cut turned to the man with long hair and asked, "Have you been inside?"

Long Hair grinned: "Twice. The first time I crippled someone and got three years in prison. The second time I got into a group fight and accidentally crippled another person, so I got three years in prison again. As for the detention center, I can't remember."

I could feel Jiang Ruxue's body trembling, but I was also forcing myself to stay upright.

If it were a fight, I wouldn't be afraid of either of them, but these kinds of people are like leeches; once they're stuck on, it's hard to get rid of them.

"Before Lin Fang disappeared, we had never heard of him having any debts. Even if the money did exist, the interest rate was too high for us to accept..."

"Who do you think you are, spouting nonsense? Believe me or not, I'll kill you right now!" Longhair became agitated.

The man with the buzz cut patted his arm, signaling him to calm down, and then turned to me and said, "I'm a man with an ID card, after all. I should do less fighting and killing. My brother and I don't have a place to live right now, so we think this house is pretty good."

In this way, we'll rent two rooms, and the rent will be deducted from the loan. Once the loan is paid off, we'll leave without hesitation.

Jiang Ruxue couldn't help but angrily retort, "You might as well just occupy the house!"

"No, no, no!" The man with the buzz cut stuck out his finger and waved it at me. "We might break the law, but we'll never commit a crime."

I knew that the two of them wouldn't give up until they saw the money today, so I took a deep breath and slammed the check for 200,000 yuan onto the coffee table.

"Here's two hundred thousand, all the money we can muster. Either take the money and leave, or we'll fight to the bitter end!"

A look of surprise flashed in Longhair's eyes. He picked up the check, examined it closely, and then asked me, "Two hundred thousand? It's not a bounced check, is it?"

I demanded sharply, "Take it or not?"

The crew-cut man took the check and said, "Don't try to play me, or I won't hesitate to commit a crime."

Two hundred thousand? Okay, I'll take it. The rest, you'll have to gather it within three days, or don't blame us for taking force.

After saying that, he stood up and said to the long-haired man, "Let's go."

Long Hair stared at Jiang Ruxue's chest for a moment, looking like he hadn't had enough, and then followed Short Hair out.

The moment the door closed, Jiang Ruxue lost her balance, cried out, and fell backward.

I quickly reached out to support Jiang Ruxue, and she fell into my arms. Our eyes met, and we were so close that I could feel the hot breath coming from her nose and her cold skin.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down."

I didn't dare look at her, and looked away.

Jiang Ruxue blushed, stood up, and sat on the sofa.

Perhaps annoyed that the man with the buzz cut had sat there, she moved to sit at the other end.

Seeing that she looked unwell, I quickly poured her a glass of water and then took her pulse with two fingers.

She was physically fine, just shaken. After a moment, she said, "I'm alright, Xiaofeng. Where did you find 200,000 yuan? You wouldn't do anything foolish for your brother and me, would you?"

"This money is clean. Sister-in-law, do you remember what I told you before, that I saved someone? That person was a big boss. I happened to run into him at the hospital today, and he insisted on giving me 200,000 yuan as a thank-you gift."

Sister-in-law, didn't you notice anything unusual about my cousin before?

Jiang Ruxue's eyes reddened: "You don't know your cousin. He's rarely home, and when he does come back, he's drunk. He never talks to me about his business. At first, I thought his phone was dead when it was off."

Jiang Ruxue is right. I lived at Lin Fang's house for three months and got to know Lin Fang's life.

Since Ning Meng was able to conceive Lin Fang's child, and Jiang Ruxue's health was fine, it means that the two of them were not very harmonious in that aspect of their lives.

Jiang Ruxue wanted me to help Lin Fang with his health, but even the best medicine couldn't keep a heart that wanted to leave.

Seeing Jiang Ruxue's resentful and miserable appearance, I felt a pang of sympathy. I really couldn't understand why Lin Fang would have such a wonderful woman at home, yet still go out and have affairs. Didn't he find Jiang Ruxue appealing?

This reminds me of Zhou Mingyuan's words. Zhou Mingyuan told An Hong that Xu Lanya was like a dead fish in bed.

Could Jiang Ruxue be the same?

I glanced at Jiang Ruxue, pulling myself back to reality, and asked, "Have you asked my cousin's friends? Maybe someone knows."

Jiang Ruxue shook her head: "He never introduces me to his circle. I only know a few people, and they are all casual acquaintances. I've called them before, and they all said they didn't know me."

I sighed and said, "I don't think this can go on. To put it bluntly, Lin Fang is nowhere to be found. Who knows if he's alive or dead?"

I think we should call the police and tell my aunt. Who knows what might happen if this continues?

"My mind is a mess right now." Jiang Ruxue grabbed her hair, her face tired and pained.

I comforted her, saying, "You need to rest. I've taken leave and have been staying home these past few days. If anything happens, I'll be there for you."

Jiang Ruxue looked at me gratefully: "Thank you. I didn't expect you to be able to help me at this time. Consider the 200,000 yuan a loan, and I will definitely pay you back in the future."

"We're all family, no need for formalities. Let's skip the pleasantries and think about how to pay back the remaining 600,000 in three days..."

Jiang Ruxue seemed to have made up her mind: "You can see it too, we can't even live here peacefully anymore, so why not sell the house? It will solve our immediate problem."

"No, even if we were to sell, it wouldn't be now. The price definitely won't go up in such a short time," I said anxiously.

Just as Jiang Ruxue was about to speak, the doorbell rang. Through the peephole, I saw that the person who came in was wearing a court uniform, and my heart skipped a beat...