Shen Jin, who usually had little to say, lectured him at length, desperately wishing his clueless older brother would raise his guard and stay away from Ji Cიცen immediately.
Shen Yu grew dazed listening to him. With the muggy evening weather on top of that, he tripped over his own feet and took a tumble on perfectly flat ground.
Luckily, his twin brothers caught him on either side, saving their unlucky older brother from landing face-first.
The sudden fall startled Shen Yu. Once he recovered, the lingering fright left his legs weak. Then he glanced at his younger brother's even colder expression, abandoned his original intention of discussing things with someone, and wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.
The cars waiting to take them home sat quietly outside the school gates. In front of the otherwise empty entrance, the Shen Family bodyguard stood out conspicuously.
Even a simple T-shirt could not hide the lines of his powerful muscles. As a retired serviceman highly skilled in both combat and concealment, anyone Shen Changgeng chose to protect his children was naturally no slouch.
Looking at the older man, whose expression remained unchanged even under the sun, Shen Yu felt an inexplicable ache swell in his chest.
He was just about to tell his dad there was no need to go to so much trouble when the scene of Han Qiao's ambush surfaced in his mind. Besides, the man depended on this job for his livelihood, so Shen Yu could only silently swallow the words on his lips.
Walking with somewhat heavy steps, Shen Yu suddenly stopped when he reached the bodyguard, bringing Shen Jun and Shen Jin to a halt as well.
The bodyguard looked at the smiling Shen Yu and was just thinking the young master had instructions for him