12dz Chapter 290 Fine
Chapter 290 Fine
The assistant didn't think much of it, turned around, took out a set of car keys, and happily got on her pink electric scooter.
Seeing this, Ruan Huai's eyes even held a hint of envy. "How much did your car cost?"
The assistant looked up at Ruan Huai, adjusted his glasses, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's not expensive, just over three thousand."
Ruan Huai smacked his lips, secretly thinking to himself that his brother only paid him 500 yuan a month.
If he didn't spend a single penny, it would take him more than half a year to save up. Hearing this, he sighed heavily and replied with some regret, "Hmm, that's quite cute."
"Oh dear, Mr. Ruan, your status is not suitable for driving this kind of car."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Huai gripped his phone tightly in his pocket, feeling extremely sad.
The assistant hopped on his electric scooter and waved to Ruan Huai, "See you tomorrow, Mr. Ruan."
"See you tomorrow." Ruan Huai waved to the other person, his face a mixture of laughter and tears.
He eventually scanned a shared bike; a cool breeze was blowing, and he needed to hurry back to get something to eat.
But what I didn't expect was...
"Please give me your ID number," the traffic policeman said sternly.
Ruan Huai was still pushing a shared bicycle when he gave his ID number.
She turned her head to look at her assistant, who was being manipulated, her eyes full of embarrassment.
At that moment, he wished he could disappear into the ground and wiped his face with his hand.
The assistant also saw Ruan Huai and glanced at the shared bicycle he was pushing.
"Mr. Ruan...Mr. Ruan, you're here too! What brings you here?"
Ruan Huai almost lost his temper, and made up a random excuse, "I...I want to exercise a bit recently."
Upon hearing his answer, the assistant immediately nodded, thinking to himself that rich people are different; they still have to work out even when they're working overtime so late.
The traffic police officer looked at Ruan Huai and then at the assistant, and asked, "Oh, you two know each other?"
The assistant nodded quickly: "He is a shareholder of our company."
The traffic police officer frowned and said to the assistant, "Your electric bike doesn't have a license plate, you illegally installed a sunshade, and you're not wearing a helmet. It needs to be dealt with according to the law."
The assistant looked at Ruan Huai with a bitter face and a pitiful expression, while Ruan Huai was in a precarious situation himself.
"You can't ride your bicycle in the motor vehicle lane. It's very easy to cause an accident, and you'll have to be punished," the traffic police officer continued.
Ruan Huai was on the verge of tears, filled with regret. He wished he hadn't scanned the shared bike and had just walked back.
With drooping eyebrows and eyes, she turned her back and carefully wiped away her tears, feeling that her life was really too bitter.
"You'll be fined for this. Let me scan your face first." The traffic police officer picked up his phone and asked Ruan Huai to fill in some information.
"How much is the fine?" Ruan Huai asked in a low voice, barely suppressing his emotions.
"Not much, just fifty," the traffic policeman said expressionlessly.
When Ruan Huai heard this, he almost fainted. His monthly salary was only five hundred.
It's already the end of the month, and there's only thirty left. I was planning to buy a small cake tomorrow.
He looked at the traffic police officer with a pitiful expression, "Could you please not issue a ticket?"
The traffic police officer remained unmoved, saying, "This is the rule; you must pay."
Helpless, Ruan Huai took out his phone and secretly glanced at his assistant.
The assistant noticed Ruan Huai's unusual behavior, looked a little embarrassed, paid the traffic police a fine, and the car was towed away on the spot.
"Mr. Ruan, I'll be going now." The assistant quickly slipped away.
"Are you scanning a QR code or paying cash?" the traffic police officer asked Ruan Huai.
Ruan Huai avoided eye contact and turned his back, saying, "Wait a moment."
He immediately started making phone calls to call for help, and the first person he thought of was Lu Yan, but no one answered the phone for a long time.
Ruan Huai was so anxious that tears welled up in his eyes, and he felt like he was on the verge of collapse.
Having no other option, I called Shen Ruoyun, and thankfully she answered quickly.
"Hello, what's wrong, Xiao Huai?" Shen Ruoyun's voice came through the receiver.
"Hey, Brother Yun..." Before she could even speak, she had already started crying.
"Why are you crying? Don't cry, tell me slowly." Shen Ruoyun's voice was soothing.
Ruan Huai sobbed as he recounted how he had been fined by the traffic police and didn't have enough money.
After hearing this, Shen Ruoyun was also a little confused about Lu Yan's actions: "Send me your address, and I'll come find you now."
Ruan Huai sniffled, her voice trembling with tears, and said, "Okay, you have to come quickly..."
"Okay, don't be afraid, I'll be there soon."
Hearing this, Ruan Huai finally calmed down. Just then, his phone rang. It was Lu Yan calling.
I was going to hang up, but then I thought I didn't have the guts. "Hey, bro."
"Hey, why aren't you home yet?" Lu Yan's voice was flat.
Ruan Huai suddenly burst into tears, loudly accusing, "You still dare to talk back! My shared bike was impounded by the traffic police, and now I have to pay a fine! I have no money left!"
Lu Yan remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking, "Subway Line 2 just happens to go to our home."
Ruan Huai was clearly stunned when he heard this. "I haven't even sat on it, how would I know! You did this on purpose, you're not a good brother!"
Hearing the shout, Lu Yan raised his hand and rubbed his temples. "Where are you? I'll come pick you up from the company now."
"No need, someone's here to pick me up, I don't want to see you right now," Ruan Huai immediately refused.
"Don't talk nonsense."
In the end, under Lu Yan's tyranny, Ruan Huai obediently confessed.
When Shen Ruojun arrived, Ruan Huai was squatting by the roadside with his bag in his arms, with a traffic policeman on duty standing next to him.
"Xiao Huai." Shen Ruoyun called out to him and quickly went over.
Hearing the familiar voice, Ruan Huai raised his head with red eyes, hugged Shen Ruoyun tightly, and buried his face in his chest.
"Brother Yun, please take me away quickly."
Shen Ruoyun turned her head to look at the traffic police officer and patted Ruan Huai on the back, "How much is the fine?"
"He rode his bike in the motor vehicle lane, he'll be fined fifty yuan." The traffic policeman responded when he saw that this shareholder, who couldn't even afford fifty yuan, had finally found a savior.
Shen Ruoyun examined Ruan Huai and found that he was fine, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll pay it for him." She took out her phone, scanned the code to pay the fine, and turned to Ruan Huai, "Want something to eat? Or should we go back first?"
Ruan Huai wrapped his arms around Shen Ruojun's waist, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Brother Jun's waist is so slender."
"Hmm... Ah? I want to eat something."
Just as Shen Ruoyun was about to speak, she heard Lu Yan's voice, "Ruan Huai."
Ruan Huai was so frightened that his body trembled, and he hugged her even tighter, "Brother Yun..."
Seeing him like this, Lu Yan found it particularly irritating. "Get in the car and come back with me."
Ruan Huai muttered sullenly, "No way, you're always torturing me."
Lu Yan's patience ran out. With a dark face, he stepped forward, grabbed Ruan Huai's arm, and tried to pull him away forcefully.
Seeing his expression, Ruan Huai thought he would probably get a beating when they got back, so he clung tightly to Shen Ruoyun, "Brother Yun, save me."
"Ah Yan, he is your younger brother." Shen Ruoyun gently slapped Lu Yan's hand away, speaking in a very tactful manner.
Lu Yan withdrew his hand and looked at Ruan Huai, "Are you going back or not?"
Ruan Huai buried his face in Shen Ruojun's arms and said in a muffled voice, "I'm not going back. I want to go eat with Brother Jun."
Lu Yan's face grew increasingly gloomy, his gaze fixed on Ruan Huai.
Seeing this, Shen Ruoyun couldn't help but advise, "Ayan, you are the older brother, don't be so harsh on your younger brother."
Lu Yan remained silent for a moment, looked at Shen Ruoyun, and then turned and left without saying anything.
Watching Lu Yan's departing figure, Ruan Huai panicked and immediately ran after him.
“Brother!” In the past, when he was disobedient, Lu Yan would discipline him and even hit him with things, but this had never happened before.
The two were practically inseparable, and no matter what, Lu Yan never said he would abandon him.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Ruan Huai ran forward quickly and grabbed Lu Yan's arm.
Lu Yan subconsciously shook off his hand, his eyes showing a hint of restraint.
“You’re all grown up now, you don’t need me to control you. Do whatever you want, I’m not your biological brother.”
Upon hearing this, Ruan Huai's eyes instantly reddened. "Brother, what are you saying? Why are you saying these things?"
Lu Yan's lips were still a little pale. The scene just now was like a red-hot iron, piercing straight into his heart.
"Ruan Huai, you are an adult, you can't live in an ivory tower forever."
What if one day no one is there to support you? How will you survive?
Do you think you have the current abilities to deal with those covetous relatives of the Ruan family?
Ruan Huai was stunned by Lu Yan's words and stood there in a daze, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.
He never expected Lu Yan to say that; in his heart, Lu Yan was his only family.
Faced with Lu Yan's questioning, Ruan Huai panicked. He really didn't have any skills, and he learned things very slowly.
But he never panicked, because he knew that even if the sky fell, Lu Yan would be there to hold it up.
However, it seems that Lu Yan no longer wants to care about him. Perhaps, like his parents, he will leave him completely at some point and never come back.
Thinking of all this, Ruan Huai burst into tears, "Brother, I promise I will study hard from now on and listen to you in everything."
Besides, you've raised it for so long, it wouldn't be appropriate to abandon it now.
Shen Ruojun hadn't expected things to develop this way, and was somewhat embarrassed, unsure of what to do.
Reflecting on what he had just said, he wondered if he had hurt Lu Yan's feelings.
After all, this is their own business, and he shouldn't comment too much.
She stepped forward and gently tugged at Lu Yan's sleeve, whispering, "Ah Yan."
Lu Yan took a deep breath, looked at Ruan Huai who was crying her eyes out, and then met Shen Ruojun's eyes. In the end, he softened.
"Alright, stop crying." Upon hearing this, Ruan Huai immediately stopped crying, wiping away his tears and obediently nodding.
Seeing this, Shen Ruojun breathed a sigh of relief. "Ayan, I didn't think things through just now. Don't take it to heart."
Lu Yan glanced at him and said calmly, "It's nothing, I'm not angry with you."
"Brother, I promise I'll never say you have kidney deficiency again," Ruan Huai whispered, making his promise.
Lu Yan: "..."
Shen Ruoyun and Lu Yan exchanged a glance. To be honest, Ruan Huai didn't know about Lu Yan's kidney deficiency.
This was all thanks to Shen Ruoyun, who invited Lu Yan to drink Chinese medicine together every day.
But even though she was drinking, Shen Ruoyun couldn't resist her habitual shout, "Let's do it for the great cause of kidney tonification!"
Unfortunately, Ruan Huai, who was looking for Lu Yan, happened to witness this, making the scene extremely tense.
Shen Ruoyun looked at Lu Yan and felt a pang of sympathy for him, thinking it must be tough for him to live with Ruan Huai. She patted Ruan Huai on the shoulder and said, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not true."
"Xiao Huai, A Yan, would you like something to eat? It's on me." The first thing to do to resolve the conflict is to have a meal.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Huai subconsciously looked at Lu Yan. As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Lu Yan sighed helplessly, "Well, it saves me the trouble of troubling the housekeeper when I get home."
Ruan Huai's eyes lit up, and he immediately wiped away his worthless tears. "Brother Yun, what shall we eat?"
Shen Ruoyun thought for a moment and suggested, "There's a seafood congee place up ahead that looks good, why don't we go there?"
The three of them arrived at the seafood congee restaurant and found a seat by the window.
Ruan Huai looked at the menu excitedly, his eyes sparkling. "Brother Yun, I want shrimp and crab congee, and also jujube cake, shumai, crystal shrimp dumplings..."
Ruan Huai ordered a bunch of dishes, and Shen Ruoyun nodded with a smile, "Okay, order everything."
She looked down and ordered a few dishes for herself, then looked up at Lu Yan and asked, "What about you? How about scallop and ginkgo porridge? It's nourishing."
Lu Yan didn't refuse, subtly turning his head to the side, "Mm."
Soon, steaming hot porridge and snacks were served.
Ruan Huai couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful of shrimp and crab porridge into his mouth, his eyes instantly lighting up. "Wow, so delicious!" he exclaimed, praising it indistinctly as he ate.
Shen Ruoyun couldn't help but smile when she saw him like this, thinking that it wouldn't be a bad idea for him to become a food vlogger after losing his job.
Lu Yan quietly drank his porridge, after all, he knew Ruan Huai well.
After all, someone who can drink three bottles of milk at once from infancy can appreciate the flavor of anything they eat.
"This is alright, you should try it." Shen Ruoyun pushed the coconut milk mille-feuille pastry toward Lu Yan.
Lu Yan looked up at the mille-feuille pastry, nodded slightly, picked up a piece and took a bite.
Just then, a familiar voice came from next door, "This place is so low-class, I don't go to restaurants that aren't five-star."
Upon hearing this voice, Ruan Huai immediately stopped eating, his face full of disgust. "How come I always run into this shameless jerk wherever I go? What bad luck!"
In Ruan Huai's eyes, the term "shameless scoundrel" specifically refers to Shen Ruoyang.
This shop is doing brisk business, and its decor and cleanliness are both excellent.
Shen Ruoyun is a regular here, which is why she and her group arrived late; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to get a table.
However, the private rooms were all booked up long ago, and we could only book a small cubicle. While it wasn't exactly high-end, it wasn't low-class either.
As for people like Ruan Huai and Lu Yan, they come from very good families, and they don't insist on going to only five-star restaurants. They're not that fussy or picky.
"Hehe, you should try it, this place is really good." A rough voice with a slight accent rang out, his laughter carrying a hint of flattery.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Shen Ruoyang’s sharp and sarcastic voice rang out again, “A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. A wild boar has never eaten fine chaff.”