Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 164

“Definitely not here to find you.”

Lu Shuangshuang discovered that teasing He Bin was especially fun. She clasped her hands behind her back, deliberately leaning in close to him: “Little Xiang, do you know there’s a phrase called ‘No silver three hundred taels here’?”

“I never said you were here to find me, so why are you so anxious?”

He Bin held his breath, yet he could still catch the faint fragrance from Lu Shuangshuang—a delicate scent of jasmine.

Lu Shuangshuang’s face was right there, close. Her big eyes blinked, her long, upturned eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings against his heart.

His heartbeat lost control, pounding like a big drum in his chest, thump, thump, thump. He Bin couldn’t help the blush that crept to the tips of his ears.

“What nonsense are you talking? I’m not anxious at all!”

He Bin deliberately raised his voice to scold Lu Shuangshuang: “Lu Shuangshuang, I’m telling you, don’t flatter yourself.”

“Stinky kid, why are you shouting so loud?”

Lu Shuangshuang took out a handkerchief and wiped her face: “You even sprayed saliva all over my face. So gross.”

“Forget it, forget it. Can’t take a joke. Not playing with you anymore.”

Lu Shuangshuang turned around, kicked up her bike’s kickstand, and waved to Dong Xiaomei: “Xiaomei, take it slow on the road. I’m off now.”

Ye Jiawu asked He Bin: “Are you coming with me?”

“No.”

He Bin glanced at Lu Shuangshuang’s retreating figure: “I’m going home. Come find me at my place when you get back, okay?”

“Alright.”

Watching Ye Jiawu and Dong Xiaomei leave, He Bin turned his bike around and sped off after Lu Shuangshuang.

“What a beautiful jasmine flower, what a beautiful jasmine flower, fragrant and lovely all over the branches, so fragrant, so white, praised by everyone…”

Lu Shuangshuang was humming Jasmine Flower, in high spirits, when suddenly a motorcycle shot out from a side path and headed straight for her.

“Hey!”

He Bin let out a sharp shout. Momentarily distracted, the motorcyclist swerved, and He Bin maneuvered his bike in front of the motorcycle’s path.

He jumped off, yanked the motorcyclist off his seat, pinned him to the ground, and delivered a solid punch straight to his face.

“Do you know this guy?” He Bin grabbed the motorcyclist by the collar, turning his head to ask Lu Shuangshuang, who was frozen in shock.

“N…no, I don’t.” Lu Shuangshuang’s face was deathly pale.

It was truly a split-second difference. If not for He Bin, that motorcycle would have hit her.

“Why did you try to hit her?” He Bin threw another punch: “Talk!”

In that one second, his heart had stopped.

He didn’t know why, but he had felt utterly panicked.

“Someone paid me a hundred bucks to bump into her. Just a little bump was all they wanted.”

Every punch from He Bin was powerful, and both blows were aimed at the nose, completely breaking the motorcyclist’s resolve.

He wasn’t like Ye Jiawu, who fought by the book. Back in the alleyway fights, there were no rules—it was all about being brutal, underhanded, using whatever move worked when you were desperate. He’d even kicked guys in the crotch before.

“Who hired you?”

“I… I don’t know the person.”

“Man or woman?”

“Woman.”

“Did she have a mole here?” Lu Shuangshuang, having snapped back to reality, urgently cut in, pointing just below her own eye.

“Yeah, yeah, she did.” The motorcyclist nodded repeatedly. “I’ve told you everything. Please, let me go. I was just doing a job for money.”

After letting the motorcyclist go, He Bin asked Lu Shuangshuang: “You know who it is?”

“Yeah.”

Lu Shuangshuang clenched her fists. Along with the lingering fear, a wave of hatred rose in her heart.

She never thought Kang Zhixin could be so vicious as to do something like this.

When she heard it was a woman who hired him, the first person that flashed into her mind was Kang Zhixin.

Kang Zhixin had a tear mole right below her eye. It was very noticeable.

“Are you okay?” Seeing Lu Shuangshuang’s face still looked awful, He Bin frowned slightly, his eyes tinged with concern.

“I should be asking you that.” Lu Shuangshuang stepped forward and grabbed He Bin’s hand: “Is your hand okay?”

“It’s fine.”

He Bin tried to pull his hand back, but Lu Shuangshuang held on tight: “Stinky kid, what are you hiding from? Let me see.”

“Come on!”

Lu Shuangshuang pulled He Bin to a nearby clinic, applied some mercurochrome to his knuckles, and even bandaged them with gauze.

He Bin kept saying it wasn’t necessary, but seeing Lu Shuangshuang’s eyes welling up, he didn’t dare say another word.

Leaving the clinic, He Bin and Lu Shuangshuang rode their bikes side by side back. He stayed on the outside, keeping Lu Shuangshuang on the inside.

The whole way, He Bin was on high alert, afraid another vehicle might suddenly shoot out from a side road.

“So… how about from now on I pick you up and drop you off? Look at you, how can you make so many enemies.” He Bin turned his head to the other side and mumbled quietly.

“Stinky kid, can’t you talk properly?” Lu Shuangshuang punched He Bin’s arm: “Fine then, if you want to pick me up, then pick me up. Come on, let’s discuss the price.”

“Price? You want to pay me?”

“Can’t have you doing it for free. We’re not related. Besides, isn’t making money from me exactly what you want?”

Lu Shuangshuang held up a hand, fingers spread: “Five bucks a trip, how’s that?”

“No way. Ten. This job is dangerous.”

“Little profiteer.” Lu Shuangshuang reached out and pinched He Bin’s cheek: “If you ever go into business, you’ll be a shady merchant.”

“Ten bucks. Just say yes or no.” He Bin, feeling stubborn, pulled Lu Shuangshuang’s hand down.

It was so soft, so smooth… he was startled and let go immediately.

“Eight. Not a cent more. Go ask around, apprentice workers only get fifteen bucks a month. Two trips from you would earn more than that.”

“If you don’t agree, I’ll find someone else.”

He Bin got anxious: “Who are you going to find?”

“What’s it to you who I find?” Lu Shuangshuang grinned mischievously: “Right, I can go ask Xiao Wu.”

“Xiao Wu doesn’t have time. Xiao Wu has to pick up Xiaomei.”

“Xiaomei doesn’t go home as often as I do. We can just stagger the times.” Lu Shuangshuang looked triumphant: “Pretty smart, huh?”

“Then go find Xiao Wu.” He Bin felt strangely agitated and sped up.

Lu Shuangshuang caught up to him: “If it’s eight bucks, I’ll hire you. How about that?”

“Ouch!”

Lu Shuangshuang’s foot slipped off the pedal, scraping a large patch of skin off her fair ankle.

“Does it hurt?” He Bin carefully reached out a hand but didn’t dare touch it.

He felt both guilty and a pang of heartache.

“It’s all your fault. Why were you riding so fast?” Lu Shuangshuang sat on the back of her bike frame and smacked He Bin’s shoulder.

“You’re the one who made me angry.”

“How did I make you angry? We were just negotiating. Who knew what was wrong with you, acting all donkey-stubborn. Hmph, don’t want to talk to you.”

Lu Shuangshuang lifted her leg, bending over to look at the wound.

Her hair slid off her shoulder, the ends brushing against He Bin’s face and eyes.

It was fragrant too, the scent of green apples.

“It really hurts. I’m so scared of pain.” Lu Shuangshuang sniffled: “I don’t want to put mercurochrome on it. It looks bad.”

He Bin didn’t know what came over him, but he found himself gently blowing on her wound. Looking up, his eyes met Lu Shuangshuang’s gaze. He swallowed uncomfortably.

“Stinky kid, never thought you could be so considerate.”

“Alright then, since you’re being so considerate and understanding, I won’t hold it against you.”

“Ten bucks it is. Sis isn’t short on cash.”