Bai Chen got home that evening, chatted briefly about dinner with his parents, and went back to his room. He showered and got changed.
After that, the young man came back down to the table to have dinner with his mum and dad.
“Little Chen, you might need to wait for a bit. Your mother is cooking and I’m to drop by Uncle Chuan’s store. Do you need anything?”
Bai Chang who had just walked out of the kitchen asked this of his son.
Bai Chen smiled at him and shook his head. “You go ahead, dad. I don’t want anything.”
When he heard that, Bai Chang asked nothing further and left for the store.
Uncle Chuan’s store was a convenience store located in the Xing Seng Business District. Even though it was no match for other big supermarkets, there was still a plethora of goods for the people in the district and neighbouring ones to pick from.
Bai Chen sat and waited happily. He had completed his mission with ease; how could he not be in a good mood?
In his mind, right now he had 30 points, he was only 70 points short of reaching Level 5 and Mission 22 would yield the big amount of 50 points.
If he succeeded, he would level up within a matter of days.
But Bai Chen did not plan to do it now. He would wait until after Li Lin’s parents’ anniversary party to do it, so he could be free to do the mission as he pleased.
He did not want to look at the new missions now either, so he decided to wait until after Mission 22 to look at them all together.
And of course, he planned to wait to use the roulette bonus he had just gotten yesterday, too. It would be better if he used it together at one time.
How was that better? Easy. He would get two chances for acquiring new skills or items consecutively. Just like how he had gotten the thousand-face and stargazing walker skills before.
While waiting for his mother to make food, Bai Chen took out his phone and checked his contacts.
His contact list now contained six numbers, which were belonged to Long Xu In, Xu Xue Ning, Qian Bei, Li Lin, his father; the last one was Xu Xin Tong’s, which he had just gotten.
When Bai Chen took a good look at the business card she had put in his hand before he had run into the back alley, he was quite shaken.
He had not thought the pretty lady was a cop, let alone a police lieutenant general!
With that information, he could now understand why she had had a killer like Hei Chang after her.
She was a lieutenant police general. She must have arrested numerous criminals. Maybe those people associated with them had been enraged with her so they had hired a skilled assassin like Hei Chang to kill her.
This was what he thought. And Bai Chen’s thought was quite close to the truth.
“If I ever run into problems with the police, I might need her help,” Bai Chen murmured to himself. He had helped Xu Xin Tong after all. It was only proper for her to repay the debt.
Surely, he could only ask for her help after using the thousand-face skill to change into his 30-year-old face.
If he went to her as his current self, an 18-year-old boy, Xu Xin Tong would not recognize him. Other than not helping him, she might even get angry.
From the coldness she had displayed, Bai Chen could already see that her usual self was a cold person who did not care about anything nor anyone.
Even more than that, she was not a regular cold person—she was extremely cold.
“Little Chen, come help me carry the food to the table.”
While Bai Chen was staring at a list of phone numbers on the phone screen, his mother’s voice sounded from the kitchen.
He quickly put his phone into his pocket before replying, “Yes, mum.” Then he walked in to help his mother carry the food out from the kitchen.
His mother had cooked fancier food than usual today. There was Peking duck with a sauce, red roasted pork, fried rice, and a few other stir-fried vegetable dishes.
“What’s going on today, mum? Why are did you buy and cook a whole duck?” Bai Chen could not help but ask his mother. A duck was quite extravagant for his household.
Bai Yu smiled kindly at her son. “Nothing special. I just want you to eat nice, tasty things.”
Bai Chen almost cried at his mother’s response.
He could tell how loved by his parents he was just from what his mum had said to him.
Bai Chen wanted to hand them all the money he had so that they did not have to struggle so much. But since he could not explain the origin of this wealth, that was out of the question.
He was afraid they were going to think he had stolen it. That was why he did not give the money he won from San Hai Casino to his parents.
“Thank you, mum. I will study hard and make a lot of money. I will not let you down!” Bai Chen said with earnestness in his eyes.
Bai Yu nodded at her son happily. “That’s good. Just hearing that makes me happy.”
Bai Chen said nothing more. He sat down at the dinner table to wait for his father to come back so they could eat together.
But while he was waiting, he could not help but think. His expression turned solemn.
‘My warm family—I will not let you wretches destroy it a second time, Wang Chengye, the Wang family!’
Bai Chen was clearly thinking about what he had experienced in the future before he returned to his past once more. His two hands under the table clenched into tight fists. They were shaking uncontrollably.
“Oh, little Chen. Don’t forget to ask Li Lin to eat with us sometime.”
Amid his emotions which had been stirred up by thoughts of the past, Bai Yu’s voice calmed him down instantly. His serious expression disappeared; the two hands relaxed. Bai Chen lifted his face to his mother.
“Yes, mum.” He said yes with no hesitation.
“Now, do not hurt her, understood?” Bai Yu said, her voice getting a little sterner.
Bai Chen could not help but give a big smile. It seemed his mother liked Li Lin a lot. She was not even anything to him yet. She had just visited his house once and his mother was already on her side.
If she became his girlfriend and married him, he was afraid there would no longer be a place for him in this household!
Only a few minutes had passed when Bai Chang came back with a few types of beverages.
The family sat down to dinner merrily. The sound of happy chatter rang out occasionally.
After dinner, Bai Chen excused himself to rest up in his room.
End of Chapter 133
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