The Hidden Paths of Archer Chapter 7

As the two of them ate and talked, Yan Ke was surprised to find that the "other people's child" with whom he had been compared since childhood was very different from the stereotyped image he had in mind. It seems that people still need to abandon prejudices and have contacts with many aspects.

"I feel relieved now that the shares of Dongyan are in your hands. I have not let down my father's trust before his death." Yan Ke poured a glass of wine to toast him. "I won't say much. If you need any help in the future, just let me know."

Archer Lu raised his glass in greeting and they both drank it down in one gulp.

"Speaking of entrustments, we both share the same fate. My father died early, and your father was not much better. I still have a daughter, but you..." Yan Ke was a little drunk and started to fight. He burped from the wine and glanced at Li Sui, who was holding back the wine for Archer Lu, "Your father knows better than to die of anger... No, he must be angry enough to live."

What he said was inappropriate, but he did not mean any harm. Archer Lu seemed very calm. He poured himself a cup of hot tea and drank it without answering.

After dinner, they all wanted to go to a hot spring. Li Sui drank too much and walked around in a daze. He almost walked into the women's hot spring by mistake, and was laughed at by Yan Ke's friends. Although Yan Ke was not a bad person, his level of making friends was indeed a bit poor. True art relies on connotation, while fake art relies on money. Unfortunately, Yan Ke's friends were the latter. Many of them looked down on the poor, and people like Li Sui played into their desire for a sense of superiority.

There was no smile on Archer Lu's face this time. He knelt down personally, helped Li Su pull up his clothes for the hot spring, and asked, "Have you never been here before?"

Li Sui lowered his head and shook it.

Archer Lu then patiently told him where the lockers and changing rooms were, how to use them, what the procedures were, and what precautions to take, just like he was explaining things to parents of primary school students during a spring outing.

"You are a guest here. If you need anything, you can ask any waiter for help. If someone refuses your reasonable request, you can complain," said Archer Lu. "If a guest makes you feel uncomfortable, you can also complain."

He was too serious, and the people around him gradually felt embarrassed from watching the joke, and finally they all kept their tails between their legs. No one dared to make fun of him until they left.

Archer Lu has always kept a low profile. Except for Yan Ke and Finn Sun, most people here don't know him. Before coming here, they only knew that Mr. Yan wanted to invite a boring man like an old monk to dinner, but they didn't know who this man was. After listening to Finn Sun's words, everyone felt regretful and beat their chests and felt very upset. Of course, this is something to say later.

The hot spring water can raise blood pressure, so Archer Lu did not go into the water. He sat on the shore and looked at Li Sui. He waited until he had had enough of playing alone in the hot spring pool before he fished him out and took him home.

When they left, Yan Ke heard about it and came over to apologize. Archer Lu didn't express his opinion, but Li Sui smiled, waved his hand and said it was okay despite his face being red from the hot spring water.

Archer Lu has his own stubbornness in this regard, which may be related to his experience. He can tolerate a person from a lowly background and poverty, but he cannot tolerate a person without enterprising spirit. Just like people who always laugh at other people's low quotient, usually their own quotient is not much higher. People who rely on belittling the weak to gain a sense of superiority are not even as good as the weak themselves, because you can't imagine what a humble heart they have. , will need a false superiority to cover up. That's why, even though he knew he didn't have much time, he still thought about Li Sui. This child is like a little whale that has been in drought for a long time. He really wants to know what kind of waves he will stir up if he pours this ladle of water.

When passing by a supermarket on the way home, there was a huge closure notice posted on the glass door. Archer Lu planned to go in and buy something before it closed, so he let the driver go back by himself.

It was the first time that Li Sui came in. He was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods as he pushed the cart. Archer Lu asked him twice what he wanted to eat but he didn’t hear.

"Chocolate? Potato chips? Carbonated drinks?"

Li Sui showed a familiar confused look, and Archer Lu simply didn't ask any more questions. He put the food directly in the stroller according to the taste of ordinary children. One stroller couldn't hold all the food, so he asked Li Sui to bring a frame.

While paying the bill, Li Sui kept staring at the merchandise shelf next to the cash register.

"Take whichever one you want." Archer Lu reminded.

Li Sui hesitated for a while and took a plate of dry milk tablets.

This was the first time he put his desire into practice. Archer Lu couldn't help but stare at him for a while, then turned to the cashier and said, "I want this whole box."

"Do you like this?" Archer Lu put the bags in the cart into the trunk one by one and asked as he closed the car door.

Li Sui pinched the milk tablet and nodded, then shook his head. Finally, he himself was confused, as if he was lost in some memories.

Archer Lu did not ask any further questions and turned around to concentrate on driving. When the car was about to arrive, Li Sui suddenly spoke.

"I have been living in an orphanage as long as I can remember. The orphanage was very poor and it was difficult to provide three meals a day. Sometimes when I was very hungry, I would steal milk powder with a few children. That kind of dry milk powder, just grab a handful and stuff it into your mouth. When I was a child, I never had any snacks. I always thought that milk powder was the most delicious thing in the world. Later, I realized that what we stole was from the abandoned ones in the orphanage. "Baby rations."

Li Sui lowered his head and picked the nipple on his hand with his fingers, and slowly smiled: "You brought me here today, and I realized that there are so many snacks in the world."

Hearing this, Archer Lu looked at him, feeling a little touched. He held the steering wheel, continued to look forward, and asked, "How have you been these years?"

The tone didn't sound like he was asking him, but rather like he was asking an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time. Li Sui paused and asked, "Are you asking me?"

Archer Lu stared at the road: "Yeah."

Li Sui turned around and seemed to have chosen a word: "Compared to now, it should be considered bad. After I got lost from the welfare home, I fell into the hands of human traffickers. After many twists and turns, I was finally detained in Mason's bar. I stayed there for three years until you brought me back."

"Do you still remember what happened before you went to the orphanage?"

Li Sui was startled for a moment and then asked: "Before the orphanage?"

Archer Lu quickly interrupted the conversation: "Nothing, we're here."

After the New Year, Archer Lu obviously became busy and often saw no one for the whole day. Li Sui took advantage of this time to study hard. His level in all aspects improved by leaps and bounds, and his teachers changed very quickly.

In addition to written courses, Archer Lu also found a coach to guide him in exercising. Li Sui didn't understand at first: "Why do you need to exercise?"

"Strengthen your body to avoid becoming a sick man like me." This is Archer Lu's answer.

Li Sui looked at Archer Lu's eager eyes as he stared at his body, and he always felt that something was wrong. His eyes were more like those of a gardener who was growing flowers, as if he was looking forward to something growing.

After training for two months, Li Sui found that the content of his training was different from others. One day he finally couldn't help but asked the coach: "Why am I different from them? They all started to push shoulders and chest. I spent the whole class doing it." Are you doing crunches and planks? "

"The purpose of training is different, and the content will of course be different," the coach said.

"Different purposes?"

"You're training your abdominal muscles, so this will make them more visible."

Li Sui: "What? Isn't it for physical fitness?"

"Huh? Boss Lu told you this?" The coach looked embarrassed.

Li Sui: ...

At first, Archer Lu would go to watch his training every now and then, but later he was too busy to take care of it, and the coach arranged everything for him. Li Sui was also self-conscious, and even without Archer Lu's urging, he did not fall behind, and gradually achieved considerable results.

While observing Li Sui, Archer Lu gradually realized that this kid knew much more than he thought, and the reason was not difficult to understand. Li Sui had been working at the bottom for many years, and he was well versed in the trick of "playing dumb to gain advantage". He hid his edge very well, and he looked stupid on the surface, but he was actually very clear-headed. This caution and low-keyness that was almost engraved in his bones was actually trained for survival in the cracks, and the focus of Archer Lu's training of him was to release this tenacity in his body and turn it into a sharp sword in his hand.

Spring goes and autumn comes, and in the blink of an eye, another cycle has begun. Just after the Spring Festival this year, the days began to get longer. It seems that there is no such thing as spring in this city. It has gone straight from winter to summer. The snow melted a few days ago and it was freezing cold. Then the sun rose high in the sky as the wind blew. The hot-selling autumn johns in the stores were replaced by the main spring clothes.

On Qingming Festival, fashionable women on the street were already wearing stockings and short skirts. Ellis Liang ran back from the United States on this sunny day. As soon as he entered the door, he began to lament the enthusiasm of his motherland to welcome him, while shouting for Drink water. After staying abroad for more than a year, he had gained weight all over, and his cheeks were so rosy that they wanted to shine. Archer Lu joked that he choked after eating Jin Kao, saying that Li Sui had changed more obviously than him, like a full-blooded boy. As if out of breath.

"Compared with children, he is really promising." Archer Lu handed him a glass of lemonade.

Ellis Liang immediately cried out: "Oh, you're still a kid." He turned around and winked at Archer Lu, meaning to ask if anything had happened in the past year. Archer Lu blocked his mouth with a piece of durian: "Eat yours."

Ellis Liang curled his lips and said it was boring.

"Thank you for your concern, Dr. Liang. I will be the first to tell you when Boss Lu and I make substantial progress." Li Sui came down the stairs with an earphone cord in one ear, a calm look on his face.

Ellis Liang was stunned for a moment, thinking in his heart that something was going to happen. This kid had secretly rebelled against him while he wasn't paying attention, and had joined forces with Archer Lu. Then I couldn't help but sigh, children in the growing stage should not be underestimated. It has only been more than a year, and from appearance to conversation, he seems to be a completely different person.

"Oh, it seems that I have been reduced to the bottom of the food chain." Ellis Liang was half a head taller than Li Sui, and suddenly became extremely depressed. The shocked doctor announced bitterly on the spot that both of them would go to Ruige Hospital for examination tomorrow morning.

"Should I go too?" Li Sui was practicing his listening skills recently and wore headphones wherever he went. He couldn't help but raise his head when he heard this.

Over the past year or so, he had been eating hard and exercising, and had been nourished by Archer Lu. He had become much stronger. The malnourished depression on his face was no longer visible. Because Archer Lu urged him to apply moisturizer every night, his skin was supple and tender. Yes, it looks good to knead.

Ellis Liang walked over and ruffled his hair, grinning wickedly, "Go, check how you've grown."

Chinese people have two abilities that foreigners cannot match. One is that they can turn any festival into Valentine's Day, and the other is that they can turn any festival into a shopping carnival. When they went out on Qingming Festival, the streets were still jammed. Now people don't go to the graves, but go to the streets instead. Uncle Yuan honked his horn all the way but it didn't help. A business on the roadside gave out free lottery tickets, and Li Sui opened the car window to take one.

He is becoming more courageous now, and he seems to be showing off his talents. Archer Lu is very tolerant to him and barely controls him. He only explains the principled matters and lets him develop the rest. After Ellis Liang performed auscultation on him, he couldn't help but remind him: "Be careful of raising tigers."

Archer Lu smiled slightly, telling him not to worry. He did want to raise a tiger, and Li Sui was also a good seedling, but he knew the kind of people he would teach. As long as Li Sui was in his hands, he would never become a problem.

Li Sui's examination items were simpler than Archer Lu's. After drawing blood, Archer Lu asked him to go downstairs to have breakfast. Regal Hospital was next to the largest hospital in the city. Li Sui walked through the corridor and met an unexpected person - Mason.

He was dressed in black and wearing a pair of S3xy sunglasses. He was leaning in the corridor. The young woman talking to him next to him looked like she had a well-maintained figure. She had no makeup and was wearing big sunglasses and a mask. In fact, this kind of dress In a place like this, it looks dazzling.

Li Sui deliberately turned his head to avoid him, but unexpectedly he was recognized first.

"Isn't this Archer Lu's little lover?" Mason put his hands in his pockets and said in a cynical tone, "Why are you running, are you afraid that I will eat you?"

Li Sui turned around, and Mason looked at him, with an inexplicably hostile tone: "Why, he's not tired of you yet?"

After not seeing each other for a while, Li Sui's changes were amazing. Mason saw it, but he felt more and more unhappy. Li Sui was a timid little boy in the bar, but when he was with Archer Lu, he turned into this energetic person. It was like giving away a useless broken stone from his home, but the other person took it back and found out that there was a rough jade inside after polishing the outer layer. It would be strange if he was not depressed.

Li Sui had learned a lot from following Archer Lu these days. He was more or less aware of Mason's mentality, but he couldn't help but think that this man was extremely childish. So he adjusted his tone, polite yet distant: "What's the matter?"

"Tsk, what a tone. I am your former boss after all." Mason took the number paper from the woman next to him, "Do me a favor and get the test results for your sister-in-law."

Li Sui raised his head and glanced at the "sister-in-law" next to him, but the latter lowered her head and did not look at him.

He didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling, so Li Sui had to help him go to the automatic machine and swipe the barcode. A list came out. Li Sui glanced at it and was stunned for a moment.

He walked over and asked, "What is this for?"

"Abortion." Mason didn't shy away from it at all.

Then he teased, "Come to think of it, why are you here in the hospital? Aren't you bringing someone here for an abortion?"