Chapter 424: Have You Got Any Brains
Chapter 424: Have You Got Any Brains
When Nathan reached the spot where he had dropped Crystal off, he lowered the window, but he didn’t see Crystal. And the contents of her bag spilled all over the ground.
Nathan pressed hard on the brake, and the car sounded an alarm. Nathan didn’t have time to check what was wrong and yanked the door open.
The rain began to fall more and more heavily. He took out the umbrella from the trunk, but did not open it, followed the faint footsteps on the ground to chase.
It was dirt, so there were footprints where Crystal had walked. Nathan could still make out the dog’s footprints.
But the footprints were so similar to a wolf’s that he could not tell them apart for a moment.
Crystal was now sheltered under a big tree, with the big dog that had just chased her crouched within five meters.
She motioned to the wild dog with a stick in her hand. The dog did not dare to rush at her weapon. It was just spinning around in place, barking.
Nathan stopped in the shadow of the trees and turned toward the barking dog.
The rain beat down on his long body, and his eyes were dark and bloodthirsty.
Under the big tree, Crystal's thin figure was shivering.
A middle-aged man gave her a hand, and Crystal almost fell. And the man held her shoulder again.
A hurricane passed by.
Nathan quickly rushed up, grabbed the man’s arm, and twisted his hand. He threw him down on the ground.
His feet were heavily trampled upon the middle-aged man’s back.
When Crystal came back to her senses, the man’s hair had been grabbed, and his face had been punched in many punches.
“Nathan, stop it!”
But Nathan didn’t stop.
“Nathan, I told you to stop!” Crystal had rushed to Nathan and put her arms around him.
Nathan stopped cold, afraid of hitting Crystal.
“Are you out of your mind? Why did you hit him?”
“He’s trying to bully you. He deserves it! “Nathan gave him another good kick.
The man’s bones cracked, and the kick almost killed him.
“When did he bully me?” Crystal asked him, her eyes wide with wonder.
“I saw what he did to you just now.” He couldn’t imagine what would happen if he came a moment later.
“You misunderstand him.” Crystal sighed.
“He was just trying to help me up. I was dizzy, so he came and helped me up.”
“And you’ll beat him half to death because of that? Take your feet away!”
Nathan, still furious, moved his feet unwillingly, took off his coat and draped it over her shoulders, then picked up the umbrella and handed it to her.
That dog barked. After looking at Nathan’s malicious eyes, the dog immediately stopped.
“Was it just trying to bite you?”
“Yeah.”
“Where did you hurt?”
“Well, it didn’t bite me. I held a stick in my hand, and it dared not come over.” Crystal stared at him. “Why did you leave me here? I almost had something wrong!”
Nathan didn’t answer her. Nathan’s eyes dimmed.
“Why did you come back?”
It was raining harder and harder, and even the leafy trees couldn’t stop the rain.
Nathan frowned at the rain. “Let’s go.”
“What about him?” Crystal looked at the man with his wrinkled face. “You’re not going to leave him like that.”
“His dog wants to bully you. He deserved it. What do you expect of me?” With that said, Nathan coolly pulled her into his arms.
“How do you know he’s the owner of the dog?” Crystal stopped and refused to go.
Nathan turned cold and met Crystal's reproachful look. He finally bent down and lifted the man onto his shoulder.
Crystal was relieved. That he could turn back meant that he had not the heart to abandon her.
Deep and shallow footprints were washed away by the rain.
At last, they reached the main road. Nathan shoved the man he knocked out into the back of the car. Then he started the engine, and there was an alarm.
Crystal fastened her seat belt and prepared a tissue to wipe the moisture off Nathan’s face. He had just given her the umbrella, and he would not let her hold it for them so that his head and his clothes were wet and his long eyelashes and his hair were dripping with rain.
“The car broke down.”
“What do we do? Can you still drive?”
Nathan took out his phone.
“There’s no signal here. I have just tried it.” Crystal reminded him, “aren’t you trying to throw me into this isolated place and then let me fail to catch you?”
Nathan frowned and said nothing.
“Wipe your face first.” Crystal pulled off some more tissues and wiped his face.
He felt her cold fingers in his palm, and his eyes deepened.
At this point, in the eerie atmosphere, Crystal's stomach grumbled violently.
Crystal got up in the morning and made Sodding soup and noodles for Nathan, but she didn’t eat anything herself.
Nathan looked at her, but he had no food for her.
Crystal looked down in embarrassment.
“When are we going back? The man looks badly hurt. Let’s go to the hospital as soon as possible.”
“We can’t go for a while.” He looked out of the window again at the rain, which was getting heavier and heavier with no intention of stopping, and the car broke down at this particular hour.
Crystal glanced at the man in the back of the car and said, “The fact that he’s so far off means he must have the means of transportation downtown. Maybe a car will come by, and we can certainly go back.”
She paused. “The most important thing is to treat him first.”
Nathan fretfully took out his cigarette and lighter and was about to light it when Crystal grabbed it, “You’re sick, and you can’t smoke.”
Nathan kicked the car irritably again and accidentally turned off the alarm.
Crystal looked around and saw the humble farm not far away. She pointed in the direction and said, “Shall we get some shelter over there? It looks like this man’s house.”
Crystal's stomach grumbled awkwardly again.
Nathan followed Crystal's directions and finally landed on the wild dog squatting beside the car in the rain. He looked at it with a bloodthirsty eye, and the dog ran away. He pushed the door open and got out of the car. He picked up Crystal's scattered belongings and stuffed them into her bag at random.
He went to the passenger seat, pulled open the door, handed Crystal the umbrella, and said, “Take the umbrella.”
Then he took her out of the car.
Crystal held the umbrella in one hand and put her arm around his neck. “I can walk on my own. You carry him.”
“Keep still! It’s raining, and the ground is slippery.”
“But what about him?”
“I’ll take you there first, and then I’ll come back. At this time, you should look after yourself first. You can’t take care of yourself now, so save your sympathy and stop caring about others.”
Nathan snapped at her, “It’s a thunderstorm, you run under a tree for shelter? Have you got any brains?”
“This is the only tree nearby to shelter from the rain.”
“So?” He said unpleasantly, “If you were struck by lightning, you...”
“Am I not fine now?” Crystal thought about this, then said, “Aren’t you afraid I can’t take care of myself? Could you not go away without me next time?”
“Not long after you left, the dog came out and tried to bite me. I saw there were branches under the tree, so I had to go that way. If you had come any later, I really would have had an accident. Won’t you be too late then?”
