Chapter 6: Misfortunes never come singly (Thanks to the alliance leader of Night with Moonlight)

In the silence, only the sound of rain falling.

Ji Jue stared blankly at all this, and for a long time, slumped on the threshold.

Exhausted to death.

"What the hell is all this!"

He pried open his stiff fingers, threw the railing he had been clutching tightly to the ground, and looked around—the desolate courtyard was still silent. Fortunately, Ji Jue's house was relatively remote, and the two houses on the left and right had long since moved away. Otherwise, it would be hard to say how much chaos this would have caused.

He held the phone in his hand, and several times, he wanted to call the police, but the moment the number was dialed, he hung up again.

Call the police?

How to report? What to say? An old man broke into my house, ate my white-cut chicken, smashed my door and refrigerator door, and wanted to eat me? Corpse? Oh, burned to ashes, it's in the mud, you take a look, I am absolutely innocent, I am self-defense.

Is it useful?

For more than ten years, Yacheng's security budget has been getting smaller and smaller, public security has been getting more chaotic, and the police have been becoming more human-like. It is said that the new Viceroy couldn't stand it, and when he first took office, he planned to outsource all police station business.

Moreover... it turned into ashes.

Ash.

Ji Jue looked at the two tattered clothes and sighed helplessly.

What are you trying to do?

It's fine that you came to hit me with a tricycle yesterday, and today you came over to gnaw on people... Finally, you suddenly turned into ash and disappeared!

Why!

Just to come and say "Brother, you smell so good" to me? And then leave a permanent psychological shadow on an unlucky kid?

Are you crazy?!

No, that appearance can't be called sober at all. From beginning to end, it was full of madness, and... the scarlet spiritual quality that ordinary people absolutely don't have, like a living thing, no, more like a parasite hidden in his shell.

What kind of ghost thing is that?

Just in the bewilderment and panic, he felt his phone vibrate, and the cracked screen lit up, showing a familiar name, which made him pause, and then his heart settled.

Lu Feng!

Brother Feng served in the Middle Earth for four years, rolling in that mud pit as a paratrooper and living back in one piece. Although he never mentioned those past things to others, judging from the dense tattoos and the medals he threw to his younger brothers and sisters as toys, he must have experience with this kind of thing.

"Hello? Brother Feng!"

Ji Jue answered the phone and gathered his courage: "Listen to me, I..."

"Little Ji, are you free now?"

Lu Feng's voice on the phone was hoarse: "Come to Jici Hospital."

He said: "Mom had an accident."

Ji Jue shivered.

Struck by lightning.

Half an hour later, unable to take care of his head and face, Ji Jue, who had hurriedly changed into clothes, rode his eight-hand small motorcycle, waded through the accumulated water, and rushed to the hospital.

In the hospital, which was almost full of people, temporary beds were set up everywhere in the corridor, and the air was filled with a musty smell. Although the musty smell was not obvious after repeated washing, it still couldn't be ignored.

People who couldn't afford private hospitals and couldn't pay the bill of thousands of yuan for a single registration and consultation could only rely on a few public hospitals that were queued until the end of next year, and the charity hospitals sponsored by the Chongguang Church.

Amidst the busy running of nurses and doctors, Ji Jue finally stumbled and found Lu Ma in the corridor outside the clinic.

"Oh, it's no big deal, just a bump, it doesn't matter. Little Dog, that child, just likes to make a fuss."

Lu Ma, whose face was still wrapped in bandages and whose short hair was shaved off by more than half, waved her hand and squeezed out an indifferent smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm fine."

Didn't see the third and youngest, they should be honestly doing homework at home.

Lu Feng lowered his head and didn't speak, squatting at the door outside the corridor smoking, holding a slip of paper waiting for the test report.

"What happened?"

Ji Jue looked at the bandages on her arms and the scars on her face, dumbfounded. The second girl, Lu Ling, who was accompanying her, had clearly red eyes and kept blaming herself: "I should have stayed with Mom to watch the shop last night, it's all my fault, it's all my fault."

Lu Ma slapped her on the back of the head: "You? If there was one more of you, would you be sending food to the robbers? Maybe the robbery of money would turn into robbery of color!"

Last night, near midnight, a thief pried open the door and entered the car repair shop, rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

Lu Feng went out to drink with his comrades and didn't come back. The second girl was studying at home and taking care of the two children. Only Lu Ma was watching the shop. After being awakened, Lu Ma stared and roared, holding a wrench longer than Ji Jue's arm, wanting to fight the thief, but two fists were no match for four hands. In the dark, she was hit on the back of the head, fell into a coma, and was almost kidnapped.

If it weren't for good luck, and the old lady who was closing the stall recognized them when the thief was moving people, she might not have been seen at all.

Who knows where she would have been sold.

Thinking of the consequences, Ji Jue felt a chill all over.

"Oh, it's fine, small problem."

Lu Ma patted her chest and raised her arm, which was thicker than Ji Jue's thigh, and shook it: "I'm in good health, aren't I still alive and kicking?"

"It's fine, it's fine."

Ji Jue didn't know what to say, slumped next to Lu Ma, and several times wanted to say something but stopped, feeling even more fearful and powerless than his own near-death experience.

For so many years, how difficult it is for an orphan without parents to survive alone in Yacheng, it is not enough for outsiders to know, but if it weren't for Lu Ma's care and shelter, Ji Jue would definitely have become a dead Ji by now.

Not to mention the unreserved teaching of car repair skills... Tianmen University is one of the top institutions in Haizhou, one of the five-school alliances in the Federation. How difficult it is to get in and change one's life is almost enough to make every student feel suffocated. If it weren't for Lu Ma's all-out support, could he be a promising Tianmen student now?

Dream on, kid!

Go pick pockets at the South Station train station and the pier!

Now that he saw Lu Ma was fine, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when he leaned next to Lu Ma, a chilling prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Detected abnormal spiritual quality, do you want to absorb it?】

Ji Jue's smile stiffened on his face.

He looked at Lu Ma, who was pale but still forcing a smile, with difficulty, and swallowed.

On Lu Ma's body... at this moment, when he activated the watch with spiritual quality, he could faintly see scarlet light spots under the bandage, like mold.

"Lu Ma, there seems to be some dust on the bandage." Ji Jue raised his hand and gently landed on the bandage, "I'll help you pick it off."

The metal matrix-like pattern reappeared from his palm. With a momentary contact, it swept past, all the scarlet disappeared, and then, the matrix faded.

"Ouch, you child, clumsy..."

Lu Ma cried out in pain, and soon, she smiled: "Eh, don't say, it's much fresher now, and my chest isn't stuffy anymore. Just now when Little Dog was applying medicine, it was like killing his own mother. I have to say, he still needs to practice more. What is taught in the army..."

"Mom." The second girl pushed Lu Ma, signaling her not to say anything.

Lu Feng, who had taken the test report, came back, and a slight smile hung on his gloomy face.

"It's fine, Mom, the wound is just a little infected, just get two shots of anti-inflammatory medicine and tetanus." He handed over the report: "But there is a slight concussion on the head. The doctor said to rest. These few days, you stay at home and rest well. Brother and I will take care of the shop."

Lu Ma naturally refused. She was still thinking about going back to tidy up the car repair shop. Lu Feng and Lu Ling tried to persuade her for a long time, and Ji Jue also persuaded her for a long time, and finally, she gave up the idea.

In fact, including Lu Feng, the four brothers and sisters were not Lu Ma's biological children.

Lu Ma had a serious illness early on, and excessive hormones ruined her body, so she never got married in her life.

The four children in the shop, including Lu Feng, were all picked up by Lu Ma from the street. For so many years, she raised them through hardships, and the family's feelings were better than biological ones.

Unfortunately, except for the second child who just got into university, none of them were good at studying...

No wonder Lu Ma treasured Ji Jue, who came to work. Since he came, she hadn't had high blood pressure because of the youngest's math and foreign language.

After so many years, she had long regarded him as a family member and had never seen him as an outsider.

Now that Lu Ma agreed to rest for a few days, Ji Jue also breathed a sigh of relief.

After persuading her, Lu Ling went to get the medicine with the slip, Lu Feng winked at Ji Jue, and the two of them went outside the door to smoke, standing under the eaves watching the rain pouring down.

Ji Jue didn't smoke or drink, but Lu Feng was an old smoker, a bad habit brought back from the army.

"Thank you for running." Lu Feng thanked him: "I was panicked in the morning and have been busy until now, my brain is empty."

"Who are you being polite to?" Ji Jue glanced at him, didn't say anything, just asked: "Any clues from the police?"

"No."

Lu Feng shook his head, "Counting on that bunch of people who mess things up, hey... let us go home and wait. The license plate number is also fake. White cargo vans are everywhere in Beishan District, and they can't be found at all."

"Any surveillance?"

"There is in the shop, but it didn't capture the face, and the surveillance outside... it has been a decoration for many years, and it has long been broken."

"..."

In the silence, Ji Jue looked at his watch, and for a long time, suddenly said: "I'll go back to the shop and see, maybe I can find some clues."

"By the way, tidy up, otherwise Mom will definitely be unable to sit still. If things are broken, repair them if you can. If you can't, don't tell her, throw them away quietly, otherwise she will feel distressed again." Lu Feng patted his shoulder and hugged him hard: "Thank you for your hard work, I'll buy you a new computer later."

Ji Jue rolled his eyes and didn't eat this pie at all: "You just want to change to a computer to play games, right?"

"Hahaha, you guessed it."

Lu Feng grinned, threw away the cigarette butt, and threw the car key to the second girl: "You drive Mom back later, the family depends on you these two days."

"Ah?" Lu Ling was dumbfounded, staring: "What about you?"

Lu Feng lowered his head and just waved his hand, "I'll go out and ask a few friends to see if there is any situation, I won't be back tonight."

"..."

"Little Feng!"

Watching him turn to leave, Lu Ma suddenly raised her voice, wanting to say something, but after seeing him turn back, her lips opened and closed, but she didn't know what to say.

It's just that this time she didn't call his nickname.

Lu Feng laughed, waved his hand.

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll just ask."

He turned and left, disappearing into the rain curtain.

Half an hour later, Ji Jue raised his hand and lifted the rolling shutter of the car repair shop.

Seeing the mess.

It was not as light as Lu Ma said at all, it was completely a life-and-death struggle with all her strength!

Ji Jue pulled down the shutter and walked towards the counter.

The old man who harmed people, the strange blood color, the inexplicable attack.

There are too many things he doesn't understand.

Always, there must be some clues left. ===== CHAPTER 7 =====