Chapter Ninety-Six: An Unpredictable Life
Lost his soul and walked in the wilderness for several hours, relying on the severe physical pain that hit him from time to time, offsetting the incomparably huge pathos of his soul due to the loss of his parents, Zhang Muzi's mechanical footsteps continued, and he survived the whole process of his second evolution.
After the 'brood' was condensed and re-hardened in the center of his eyebrows, it happened to come to the side of a four-lane intercity highway.
At this time, the sky was already bright, Zhang Muzi stood on the curb stone, his mind seemed a little dull and looked at the sparse traffic on the road for a long time before he could identify the direction, and he tore off the 'mother nest' stuck to his forehead, stuck it to his chest, ran to the opposite side of the road, and walked in the direction of Yuannan City.
After walking for more than ten minutes, a brand-new bus stop on the side of the road that looked like it had just been built came into his eyes.
From a physiological point of view, Zhang Muzi's body has just completed its evolution, and his energy has reached an unprecedented peak, but his spirit has long been exhausted, and under the domination of a kind of tiredness that penetrates into the bone marrow in his heart, he leaned on the billboard weakly for only a few seconds, and then fell into a deep sleep.
During this period, there were many ordinary people who planned to take public transportation into the city at the bus stop, and almost all of them looked at Zhang Muzi who was sleeping at the station, but no one tried to wake him up.
It wasn't until an old woman wearing plain floral clothes with a very kind face entered the bus stop, saw Zhang Muzi sleeping in the open air, and after approaching, asked with concern: "Young man, young man, why are you sleeping here, is it uncomfortable?", he finally woke up.
After opening his eyes and looking around blankly, under the concerned gaze of the old woman, Zhang Muzi, who had realized where he was for a long time, regained his senses, smiled reluctantly, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Grandma, I'm fine, but I was too excited last night and accidentally fell asleep." β
"Tut-tut... How can you be so tired as to sleep at the bus stop on the street, but you can't spoil your body so much?" the old woman breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this answer, and asked kindly and with many words.
I don't know why after listening to her words, Zhang Muzi felt a sadness inexplicably, and tears fell in his eyes unconsciously, seeing this scene, the old woman couldn't help but ask again in surprise: "Young man, are you like this, is there anything sad?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that I'm blinded by the wind..."Zhang Muzi lowered his head and whispered hoarsely, at this time, just as the bus stopped at the stop, he hurriedly stood up and rushed into the bus.
There were not many empty seats in the carriage, but it was in line with Zhang Muzi's mind, he found a window seat with someone to sit down, avoiding the fragile concern of the old woman who followed the car, looked at the changing scenery outside the car, came to the urban area of Yuannan in a daze, and randomly found a street that looked very prosperous and got off the bus.
It's lunchtime, and the commercial office buildings on both sides of the market are pouring out, busy all morning, eager to use the short one-hour lunch break to fill their stomachs, take a little breath and rest, and then continue to struggle for their future and salary.
Zhang Muzi, who had a chaotic mind and couldn't think about the future at all, was mixed among them, and he didn't know how long he had been walking, and suddenly heard the mobile phone ringing in his pocket.
No matter who he was with at the moment, he was not in the mood to talk at all, so he took out the phone and Zhang Muzi wanted to directly swipe to the 'refuse' option, but when his eyes subconsciously swept across the screen, his whole body suddenly froze.
After that, he looked at the number displayed on his mobile phone and was stunned, he was like a river fish that had been caught on the shore, his mouth was wide open, he was breathing rapidly, but he still felt that his chest was stuffy and he couldn't breathe at all, and he couldn't move until the last second when the phone was about to hang up automatically.
Immediately afterwards, I heard a female voice from the receiver of the mobile phone that I thought I would never hear again in my life, "Muzi, you called me and your father so many times last night, what's the matter?"
This voice was hoarse with a hint of tiredness, but to Zhang Muzi's ears, it was a thousand times more pleasant than the most beautiful natural sound in the world, ten thousand times, he was stunned for a while, as if he couldn't believe it, he twisted his thighs with all his might, felt the pain and was sure that it was not a dream, and staggered and sat on the 'green pool' on the side of the road.
opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, pounded his chest hard for a long time, and finally felt that he had the ability to breathe again, Zhang Muzi opened his mouth at this time, and replied hoarsely in a cautious tone as if he was afraid of the shattering of his dreams: "Mom, is it you?"
"Of course it's me, Muzi, what's wrong with you, are you sick, why can't you even hear your mother's voice?" asked the female voice on the phone anxiously.
"It's nothing, ha, I'm fine, I'm fine, haha, I, I, hahahaha..."
While bursting into tears, convulsions were speechless, hearing his son's crazy expression, Li Xiangzhi on the other end of the phone couldn't help but become frightened, and said incoherently: "Muzi, Muzi, how are you, don't scare Mom, no matter what happens, Mom and Dad can help you solve it, you just have to say it."
What's the matter, is it because you have been 'blocked' for skipping school too much, it's okay, son, it's okay..."
"No, Mom, I'm fine, that's it, that's it..."Zhang Muzi, who had to hide a lot of secrets in front of his mother, tried to calm down his feelings, and after thinking about it, he thought about it and said: "I was a little uncomfortable yesterday morning, and I didn't care too much about it when I thought it was a cold."
As a result, I started to have a low-grade fever at noon, I didn't go to class in the afternoon, and I took leave to sleep until night, and I had a terrible nightmare, dreaming that you and your father were kidnapped.
That dream was really real, very real, completely vivid, I was scared to wake up and hurriedly started calling you, but I couldn't get through, I didn't sleep all night worrying..."
Before he could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted by a terrifying voice coming from the microphone, "Muzi, you, you said that you had a dream yesterday and dreamed that me and your father were kidnapped?"
"Yes, Mom, and everything in the dream seems to be real, I'm scared, scared so much that my soul has fallen," Zhang Muzi half-truthfully cried, and took the opportunity to ask: "This must be telepathy, is there really something wrong with you and Dad?"
"No, nothing," Li Xiangzhi replied on the phone with a somewhat fluttering voice: "What's more, the 'round platform' is a legal society, even if an accident really happens, the police have enough strength to protect the safety of the citizens, so don't think nonsense." β
Hearing these words, Zhang Muzi's heart flashed with inspiration, and he said affirmatively: "Mom, you and Dad had an accident yesterday, and the police rescued you when they were on patrol or when they felt that those gangsters were suspicious, or other coincidences, right?"
On the other end of the phone, Li Xiangzhi was silent for a while, and said softly: "Don't guess Muzi, it's okay, your father and I are fine..."
"If you say that, something really happened, ha, this time it was a fluke that no big disaster came, so what about next time," Zhang Muzi was afraid that his voice trembled and interrupted his mother's words, and blurted out: "What you want to do if there is an accident, what should I do."
Mom, why don't you and your father move to Shenluo Island to live, where the permanent residents are all believers of the 'Tianxing Palace', it is absolutely safe, the environment is good, and you don't have to continue to run the 'tutoring center' so hard, isn't it the best of both worlds." β
The son's words were naΓ―ve but full of filial piety, Li Xiangzhi listened to it, and said with amusement and emotion: "My son also knows filial piety, and my mother really raised you in vain for more than ten years of hard work."
But Muzi, your father and I are just fifty years old this year, and we still have decades left in the second half of our lives, and we gave up our careers in 'Yuantai' because of an accident.
Don't worry, you grew up in 'Yuanbei', and you don't know how good the security here is, even if any accidents happen, it's just accidental..."
"Then you have to promise me to ask bodyguards to protect your safety," Zhang Muzi had already expected that his mother would never agree to his request to move lightly, but fortunately, the great enemy Li Linyan had been eliminated, and his minions had almost died, so he didn't have to worry too much about the kidnapping incident again, he thought about it and said: "I was worried all night yesterday, and my heart was as sad as being burned.
Mom, my grandfather's legacy of Shenluo Island to me is both a great wealth and a heavy burden.
The security of Yuanbei City is good, but how many families on the 'round platform' are worth much worse than ours, and the example of being kidnapped by **, this kind of thing really happened, bankruptcy is a trivial matter, if, if... In short, you and Dad must have bodyguards. β
Zhang Muzi's words were very mature, and Li Xiangzhi said softly with relief: "Muzi, you have really grown up, in fact, I have already discussed with your father about the bodyguard you said."
Our 'Tutoring Center' has already cooperated with the largest security company of 'Yuantai', 'Quan'antai', so you don't have to worry about hiring bodyguards.
Now that you're still in college, as long as you take care of your own life, it's the greatest filial piety to your parents, understand?"
"I see. Zhang Muzi nodded meekly, and then chatted with his mother for a while, and then said a few words to his father before reluctantly hanging up the phone.
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