Chapter 1775: Li Shangfeng's Persistence

"Slurp——"

"Refreshing!!"

At the open-air tables and chairs by the roadside, Li Shangfeng fiercely slurped the last mouthful of beef noodles into his mouth. His whole person tilted his head back, letting out a comfortable groan from his soul.

Last night Li Shangfeng experienced too much: terror, despair, desperate life-and-death struggle, a sudden glimmer of hope... His body and mind were long exhausted. When the sunlight of the second day sprinkled warmly onto his body again, and when a mouthful of fragrant and rich beef noodles entered his stomach, his whole person seemed to have completely walked out from last night's nightmare, embracing a new life.

Li Wanhua at the side also fiercely placed the empty bowl on the table with a thud, tilting her head back and following suit, shouting:

"Truly refreshing!!"

Li Wanhua truly felt the beef noodles were delicious.

"Is it my illusion? I always feel these beef noodles are much more delicious than those abalone and seafood."

"I also think so. After eating those things, you forget what they tasted like, just like not eating at all... It's still the beef noodles that are fragrant!"

He turned his head and saw those expectant eyes of Li Wanhua, immediately changing his words: "Two more bowls!"

Li Wanhua instantly smiled like a flower.

Looking at the siblings before him who were still full of vitality after experiencing a life-and-death tribulation, Chen Ling gently took a bite of a meat bun, a faint smile rippling at the corners of his eyes.

Looking at it now, the tribulation of these siblings had already passed. Li Wanhua didn't die, only broke her leg, and could recover as long as she rested for a period of time... Li Shangfeng didn't harbor hatred and despair, leaving his hometown either. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be able to pass through a very long period of peaceful time.

The bright sunlight reflected on the busy street. In the reflection of the breakfast shop's Glass, figures were surrounding the tables and chairs, chirping and talking about something.

"Heart 9 looks pretty good when he's not going crazy..."

"From where can you tell he's not going crazy? He's just somewhat normal right now... The crazy energy is still in his bones, it just hasn't reached the time to show it yet."

"Tch, looking at it, it's quite heartwarming..."

"Very good! Heart 9's regrets have already been made up for! Whose turn is it next?"

"Don't know how the me in this world is living... But calculating the time, I'm still a child right now, haven't reached the time when regrets need to be made up for."

"Come come come, everyone arrange a schedule according to your respective times, we'll take turns one by one when the time comes!"

"??? What's the meaning of this? Is everyone going to make up for everyone's regrets together?"

"What difference is that from a public execution?!!"

"Oh yo, getting scared?"

"...Who's afraid of who, bring it on then, one by one, let's see whose embarrassing deeds from the past are more numerous!"

"..."

Li Laide expressionlessly took a sip of soy milk. On the surface, there were no ripples, but in reality, his peripheral vision was constantly staring at Chen Ling... A touch of doubt surfaced in his eyes.

There was clearly nothing around them, what was Chen Ling looking at?

Li Laide's gaze constantly lingered between Chen Ling's eyes and the surrounding void. Right at this moment, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of the Glass reflection at the side...

In the next second, his entire person froze in place!

Those are...

What the hell??

"Hey, cousin, why are you spacing out?" Li Shangfeng saw the soy milk in Li Laide's hand was almost spilling, and spoke doubtfully.

Li Laide snapped back to his senses abruptly. He subconsciously cast another glance at Chen Ling with his peripheral vision, pretending nothing had happened and lowering his head to drink soy milk:

"No... nothing."

Li Wanhua suddenly remembered something:

"Right, Boss Chen, where did you guys go last night?"

Li Shangfeng and Li Laide's figures trembled simultaneously. Chen Ling, however, smiled slightly and didn't answer.

"Boss Chen has his own things to be busy with, why are you caring about so much?" Li Shangfeng glared at her, placing the just-handed beef noodles in front of her. "Hurry up and eat your noodles, block your mouth."

"What's wrong with asking a question..." Li Wanhua pursed her lips aggrievedly, lowering her head to eat noodles without saying a word.

Li Shangfeng smiled somewhat awkwardly at Chen Ling.

After the events of last night, Li Shangfeng also didn't know how to face Chen Ling anymore... He had some speculations about many things, but couldn't verify them. The most crucial point lay in that he didn't know why an existence like this specifically came to protect their siblings...

Were they, somewhat special?

"Boss Chen..." After struggling for a long time, Li Shangfeng still proactively opened his mouth, "Is it convenient to chat?"

Chen Ling's eyebrow raised:

"Of course."

Li Shangfeng and Chen Ling stood up, walking toward the factory ruins separated by a street.

In this instant, countless thoughts flashed through Li Laide's mind... He only hesitated for half a second before immediately standing up, thick-skinnedly following silently behind Chen Ling, walking toward the ruins together.

He was truly very curious about what they would say.

Although the two seemed to want to chat privately, they didn't say he couldn't tag along, right? If they were displeased, he could just come back...

Right now, there was an even bolder conjecture in Li Laide's mind that needed to be verified.

Li Wanhua hugged the beef noodles, sitting alone in place. She froze for quite a while before reacting, muttering furiously:

"So you all are just isolating me alone, right... Annoying!"

The speed at which she lowered her head to eat noodles became increasingly faster.

...

Li Shangfeng found an unoccupied place and stood firm. Just as he was about to say something to Chen Ling, his peripheral vision caught his "cousin" following along quite naturally, and he froze for a moment...

But seeing that Chen Ling didn't open his mouth to tell Li Laide to go back, he hesitated for a moment and still accepted Li Laide being together with them.

He could tell that this "cousin" wasn't some Ordinary Person either.

"Boss Chen, I will just ask directly..." Li Shangfeng took a deep breath. "Last night at the Power Plant, was it you who took action to save me and Wanhua?"

"I indeed exerted effort." Chen Ling responded, "But the ones who saved you... wasn't just me."

"Then... who are they?"

Last night at the Power Plant, Li Shangfeng saw those figures in the electric arcs. He knew these people were definitely related to Chen Ling, but he didn't understand why they wanted to help him.

Li Laide at the side also silently perked up his ears.

Chen Ling didn't answer immediately, but asked in return:

"Do you really want to know?"

Li Shangfeng froze. "I do..."

"Sometimes, knowing the truth will instead bring you immense pressure." Chen Ling shook his head. "You and Wanhua have finally stabilized with great difficulty. Knowing this matter now will do you no good..."

"...What do you mean?" Li Shangfeng couldn't understand what Chen Ling was saying, continuing urgently,

"But you guys helped me, how can I not even know who you are..."

"I know, you guys might look down on a little repairman like me, but... but I'm actually quite useful. Even though I'm relatively weak now, perhaps I can help you guys in the future?"

"My, Li Shangfeng's character has always been to repay kindness. To just let me accept your help with peace of mind like this... I can't do it."