Chapter 493: Chapter 492: I Cannot Accept
Hearing Li Xiaolu’s words, Liu Zheng sighed with some disappointment. However, he quickly smiled at her again and said, "Little girl, but since that’s the case, I’ll give you a hundred yuan for compensation, how about that?"
After finishing his sentence, he took out a stack of banknotes from his wallet and handed them to Li Xiaolu, his face eagerly watching her.
"Uncle, I’m sorry, I can’t take it."
Looking at the thick stack of banknotes in her hand, Li Xiaolu resolutely refused, "Although I don’t have money for food right now, I will still support myself with my own hands. Thank you for your concern, Uncle. I think I haven’t fallen to the point of begging."
"Really? Then how much money do you have right now? A thousand or two thousand?"
Liu Zheng looked at Li Xiaolu, smiled disdainfully, and then asked.
Upon hearing Liu Zheng’s words, Li Xiaolu didn’t answer, but just lowered her head.
She didn’t want to say it, but she knew in her heart that she only had eighteen yuan on her, and it was all spent.
Moreover, even the tuition for boarding school was almost gone; she simply couldn’t afford to continue her studies.
Seeing this, Liu Zheng became furious.
"You little brat, refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."
As he spoke, Liu Zheng stood up and walked over to Li Xiaolu, then raised his hand to slap her hard.
Seeing his raised hand, Li Xiaolu’s face immediately changed, and she instinctively closed her eyes.
However, the anticipated pain did not come.
The instant she opened her eyes, Li Xiaolu saw a strange man standing in front of her; his face was ashen, his gaze icy, and his body exuded a strong killing intent.
"Who hit you?"
Lin Tianyu asked in a cold voice.
Seeing the man in front of her stepping in to defend her, Li Xiaolu was immediately deeply moved. She looked up at the man, her eyes glistening with tears, and choked up, "Thank you, Big Brother."
"What’s your name, which class are you from?"
Lin Tianyu asked again.
"My name is... Li Xiaolu."
"Wait here; I’ll take you to the hospital right away."
"There’s no need; I’m fine!"
Li Xiaolu said.
"No!"
Lin Tianyu decisively vetoed, saying, "Your injuries are too severe; you must go to the hospital immediately, otherwise, it’ll be too late."
Hearing Lin Tianyu’s words, Li Xiaolu didn’t argue, but she felt very touched.
They didn’t wait to go to the hospital.
Liu Zheng came over; Liu Zhengzheng was the Divine Doctor.
He was young but already famous everywhere.
Liu Zheng’s family lived in the county town, and he had two younger brothers. Liu Zheng’s grandparents had passed away from illness fifteen years earlier. Liu Zheng grew up in the countryside and later went to school, staying in the town’s school to become a teacher.
This time, Liu Zheng returned home and saw the only heirloom left by his parents—it was a wooden box.
The wooden box was wrapped in black cloth, and the lid was opened.
The moment it was opened, a crisp and pleasant bell sound came from the wooden box.
"Ding!"
"Dong Dang!"
Each sound was louder than the last.
Liu Zheng saw a round, smooth bead in the wooden box, glowing green like an emerald, casting a gentle green light in the sunshine.
"What is this?"
Liu Zheng was filled with doubt and curiosity.
He picked up the bead from the wooden box and found it was a string of Buddhist beads.
The beads were fine, about as thick as a finger.
But Liu Zheng felt the bead was incredibly heavy.
"What is this thing?"
He played with the beads, looking at them in his hand, full of confusion.
He took out his phone to take a picture, planning to post on social media, but his phone suddenly turned off.
"Damn, why did my phone turn off?"
Liu Zheng glanced at the bead in his hand and a strong doubt rose in his mind, thinking, "Could this bead be unusual? I don’t believe in superstitions, let’s try again, maybe it will actually turn on?"
With that thought, Liu Zheng took out his phone again and tapped the bead with it.
But the phone still did not respond.
"Damn it!"
Liu Zheng looked at the bead in his hand with some annoyance.
"This thing is too weird, what kind of ghost is it?"
"Damn it, I have to open it today no matter what."
"I don’t believe I can’t open it."
Liu Zheng looked at the bead in his hand, his eyes showing a fierce light.
His face contorted, he clenched his teeth, and applied force bit by bit, trying to pull the bead out of the wooden box.
But at that moment, a severe pain suddenly shot through his hand.
Liu Zheng cried out in agony.
"Ah, the wound on my hand has healed itself, what the f..."
Liu Zheng felt a sharp pain in his arm and quickly raised his hand.
He saw that the place he had been holding had recovered, and it didn’t hurt at all anymore. What was going on?
"What exactly is happening?"
Liu Zheng’s eyes widened as he stared at the scene on his hand.
He didn’t know why he had become like this.
Could this be the legendary ’cheating’?
But what he didn’t know was that even ’cheating’ shouldn’t be able to heal an entire hand.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Liu Zheng’s heart was filled with horror.
He looked at the bead in his hand, a sense of fear rising within him; he threw the bead back into the wooden box and turned to flee the place.
He feared that if he stayed any longer, he would go mad.
Liu Zheng fled the village and ran outside, where he saw a car.
It was a BMW X5.
Hope surged in Liu Zheng’s heart, and he immediately hailed a car and got in.
"Where do you want to go?" The driver, seeing Liu Zheng’s pale face, couldn’t help but feel curious.
"Take me to the county seat, hurry."
"Okay!"
The driver stepped on the gas, and the BMW X5 sped towards the county seat.
Liu Zheng didn’t speak on the way.
The driver observed him a few times in the rearview mirror, thinking, "Has he gone crazy?"
But the driver didn’t ponder further. After all, he was just a driver; his job was to take the customer to their destination.
.....
The county seat.
Sitting inside the taxi, Liu Zheng was overwhelmed with unease; he didn’t know why he had encountered such strange events.
"Master, please take me to Renhe Hospital, thank you!" Liu Zheng said to the driver in front.
"Renhe Hospital? Sure thing!"
Liu Zheng felt a sense of relief as he heard the driver agree.
"Damn it, what kind of ghost thing is this? How did I suddenly become so powerful?" Liu Zheng was filled with shock and confusion.
He looked at his hands and murmured to himself, "My hands, how could they heal by themselves? Am I dreaming? Am I having a nightmare?"
"Right, it must be so; it has to be this way!" The more Liu Zheng thought about it, the more he was convinced.
"I must have encountered a ghost or deity; otherwise, I couldn’t have suddenly become so powerful."
"I definitely need to call the police to catch this ghost."
"But are the police nowadays just slacking off? They let a ghost haunt me like this; what kind of police are they, that’s so damn frustrating."
....
"My hand, what on earth is going on?"
"Why did my left hand become so big? How could I become this big? Why did my left hand grow so much?"
.....
Liu Zheng’s heart was filled with panic, feeling like a fool being led around in circles.
Liu Zheng thought of his daughter and couldn’t help but remember that girl.
That girl, he had found her in a rubbish heap, and she would cry upon seeing him.
Her name was Su Xiaoxiao, Su Ming’s sister.
When Liu Zheng thought of that girl, a trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes.
Liu Zheng didn’t know why he had suddenly turned into what he was, and he was even more puzzled about what was happening in the world.
All he could remember was a scene flashing in his mind where he had suddenly grown bigger, and his body was filled with strange energy fluctuations.
That eerie image was of a female ghost, a woman, and he was standing right in front of her, his face terribly fierce.
The appearance of the female ghost was extremely ugly, with a ghastly purplish face, and her mouth wide open as if chewing on food, sending shivers down one’s spine.
That image kept playing over and over in his mind and kept on repeating in a cycle.
The feeling was like that of a looping videotape, shocking him immensely.
Liu Zheng’s heart was filled with fear and anxiousness, feeling like he was watching a movie. Was he watching a movie?
Liu Zheng shook his head, trying to rid himself of the chaotic thoughts.
"Forget it, forget all that, I need to go see my little daughter first."
Thinking of his daughter, Liu Zheng’s heart was filled with urgency.
"Master, drive faster, drive!"
"Master, please hurry and drive."
The taxi sped down the road.
....
"Why has my right hand become so big?"
"My left hand has grown again, is my left arm already useless?"
"What on earth is going on?"
