Chapter 1182: Chapter 352: The "Female Ghost" at Home (Part 3)
Accompanying Hu Shangke to the hospital was the delivery guy who hit him. He wasn’t a bad person, seemed responsible, didn’t evade responsibility, but his face didn’t look too good.
I estimate this collision caused him quite a loss, not only ruining some orders but also incurring fines and costs.
Adding the medical expenses, he worked for free for quite a few days.
Moreover, he wasn’t feeling too well himself, having fallen and bruised badly.
The delivery guy’s face looked bad, though not directed at Hu Shangke, he was just angry with himself, annoyed. But when speaking to Hu Shangke, he suppressed the helplessness in his heart, offering sincere apologies and compensation.
For the medical expenses Hu Shangke had him pay, but for the lost wages and such, Hu Shangke waved it off: "Forget it, brother, we’re all working hard to make a living, it’s not easy for you either."
He paused, and seriously added a sentence: "But you really need to pay attention, be careful when cycling, even when in a hurry, don’t ride like that, or you’ll harm yourself and others."
The delivery guy thanked him profusely, exchanged phone numbers with Hu Shangke, and left.
"You really have a kind heart." Chen Yan had been watching silently from the side, and spoke with a smile after the delivery guy left, then assisted Hu Shangke to slowly walk to the parking lot.
"It’s not that I have a kind heart, it’s just... ah, I’m not usually very busy anyway, a few days off from the store won’t result in any deductions.
Besides..."
Hu Shangke shook his head, whispered, "If it weren’t for you helping me, I might be just like him, having to do this."
It must be said, Hu Shangke really is a bit of a clingy person, but he’s actually quite kind-hearted.
Chen Yan drove over, assisted Hu Shangke into his car: "Let’s go, I’ll take you home."
"Ah, sorry to trouble you."
Once they were in the car, Hu Shangke didn’t continue with the pretense of being overly polite, he straightforwardly gave the address where he lived.
He lived not far from the University City, only two streets away from the store he worked at—considered a hidden benefit of doing this job, he could always see some of the best high-quality rental listings first. The house he rented now, was a good listing he saw on the company’s platform, he rented it for himself before it was publicly available.
Chen Yan looked at the place where Hu Shangke lived, saw indeed it was a good house.
An old and small community, although there was no property management, it was said to be converted from the original school’s faculty building, residents were of good quality, so the community was clean and orderly.
The building was a bit old but the house layout was pretty decent.
There was no elevator, but Chen Yan could support Hu Shangke upstairs with one hand.
Lao Hu lived on the second floor, a small one-bedroom unit, complete with kitchen and bathroom, with the room and the balcony facing south.
The decoration was a bit old, but the furniture and everything were complete.
The key point was, the house actually had heating—because it was previously transformed from the faculty dormitory of the school.
Jinling Prefecture, located slightly south in Dragon Country, this place by rights should not have heating facilities.
But some institutions or enterprise family areas, due to special historical factors, have such equipment and conditions, making it extremely rare.
The rent, well, two thousand five a month!
With these conditions, this price, if spread, could make a bunch of hardworking people in the big cities cry out "wow" immediately!
Entering Hu Shangke’s home, after helping him sit down, Chen Yan casually chatted with him, while pretending to look around, he carefully scanned inside and outside of Hu Shangke’s house, even using Divine Sense.
After checking, he didn’t find any unusual things—like any bad decorations at home.
This kind of matter is common, normal people don’t understand, and very easily make some mistakes attracting troubles, like some people go traveling abroad without knowing much, bring back some Divine Sense Amulets and Buddha Amulets.
But this practice is not good, because different countries have different customs, beliefs are different.
Some things are evil, can’t be indiscriminately invited.
Luckily, Hu Shangke’s house was clean, without these things, Chen Yan’s Divine Sense scan also didn’t find anything unclean.
However, seeing that wisp of Calamity Qi above Lao Hu’s heavenly spirit cover, Chen Yan frowned.
"Lao Hu, have you stirred up any troubles recently?" Chen Yan asked.
Lao Hu was startled but replied: "How could I stir up any troubles? I always greet people with a smile and cautiously, don’t offend anyone or provoke anything."
Hu Shangke spoke, casually said: "There’re drinks in the fridge, help yourself."
Chen Yan thought for a moment, went to the kitchen and got two cans of cola from the fridge, handed one to Hu Shangke.
The two sat and chatted, mostly Chen Yan trying to probe, after a while, he still didn’t detect Hu Shangke encountering any suspicious people or events recently.
Chen Yan thought it over, simply decided to set the matter aside for now. Taking advantage of Hu Shangke’s inattention, he slapped a "Fortune-Telling Talisman" on him, then got up to bid farewell.
After stepping out, as Lao Hu was about to close the door, Chen Yan turned back again, glanced at the doormat outside Lao Hu’s door, he pondered for a moment and took out a "Six Yang Righteous Qi Talisman", placing it under the doormat.
After finishing these, Chen Yan left for home.
On the way, he received a call from Lu Sisi.
Once connected, by the first sentence, Chen Yan discerned, the girl was indeed sulking.
