Jing City, Li Family.

The main house of an antique mansion close to the city.

It was clearly daytime but the doors and windows were closed, the curtains were drawn, and it was dark inside. A woman in cheongsam was sleeping on the bed with a rosewood moon-shaped door in the room.

If Han Lenian were here, he would be able to recognize that the little boy he met today looked 70% similar to this woman. I'm afraid no one would believe it even if he said they were not related by blood.

There was a faint blue shadow under the woman's eyes, and it seemed that she had not slept well for a long time. Even when she was asleep, her slender eyebrows were tightly furrowed several times, and she looked very uneasily sleeping, as if she was trapped in a nightmare.

The facts are indeed not far off.

In the dream, a girl who was younger and more immature than she is now was walking on a dark road that seemed to have no end. The shield supported by spiritual power was crumbling and finally shattered into stars. The girl subconsciously closed her eyes, preparing to face the pain that was to come.

But, no...no...

The cold negative energy and the bloody resentment that surged around her mixed together, but strangely, they did not hurt her at all.

The girl was stunned for a moment, then reached out her hand.

The negative energy and resentment seemed to be avoiding her.

This scene was really strange, but she seemed to understand something.

The most appropriate thing to do at this time would be to leave quickly, but the girl's eyes were red, but she still walked forward stubbornly.

…

The closer they got to the center, the heavier the chilling aura became, so heavy that even the girl who was trying to avoid it had her teeth chattering and her limbs stiff, but she still struggled to move toward the center.

Further in, the sticky dark color had almost turned into fluid, pushing her out, but the girl stubbornly ignored it.

And at the very center, lying quietly was a boy.

Her guess was confirmed, and the girl could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes, which fell heavily.

This is Li Shengru's talent. She can enter the inner world of every ghost.

Ignore defense, ignore shield...

It was an extremely useful ability, and she had used it to kill many ghosts.

But this time it's different.

Whether it is the owner of this area or the environment inside.

The world she entered was so cold and so silent, as if everything was dead. She had to listen very carefully to hear the barely perceptible cry for help.

——Her brother is calling for help!

The little brother who should be the same age as her but has always been stuck in childhood is calling for help!!

It seemed like it had been repeated too many times, and even the voice that should have been anxious had a mechanical stiffness.

Li Shengru stretched out her hand with difficulty. The resentment here was too dense, and she couldn't avoid it completely even if she wanted to. Her arms were invaded by the resentment, and her expression was distorted with pain, but she still stretched forward firmly.

And when the boy was wrapped in the deepest resentment, his eyelashes trembled, as if he finally woke up from his sleep.

His blood-red eyes fell on her. Although the color was different from before, the tenderness in them was the same as always.

Li Shengru vaguely realized something, and she screamed, "No——!!"

At the same time as the sound came, her whole body leaped forward, trying to pounce on him, but her hand, which she stretched forward with all her strength, only brushed the back of the boy's hand.

The moment she was kicked out of this area, a tear flowed from the corner of the eye of the woman who was still in her dream.

——Obviously she is the elder sister.

Incompetent...sister.

…

…………

Chu Lu was taken home by Han Lenian.

It was a small two-bedroom house, and it seemed that Han Lenian was the only one living there.

After confirming that Chu Lu could also see that thing, Han Lenian didn't know what was going on in his mind, and his face was heavy. After Chu Lu tentatively suggested that he had nowhere to go, he was taken in by this kind-hearted man.

Chu Lu: "..."

Although he roughly guessed the result, this child has no sense of security anyway, right?

…

Early the next morning, Han Lenian woke up to the aroma of food.

His nose twitched, and he drowsily followed the smell to the kitchen. When he saw the little kid standing on a stool and holding a spatula, he suspected that he was still asleep.

Han Lenian:?!

He was stunned for half a minute. Just when he was about to say something, the little kid had already turned around and said without any hesitation, "Brother, are you awake? Help me bring the plate to the table."

[Le Le, help mom carry the plate over. ]

This voice overlapped with a female voice in his memory. Han Lenian agreed in a daze, brought the plate to the table in a daze, and stared at the plate of celery and tomatoes for a long time.

In fact, before going to bed last night, Han Lenian felt a little regretful for keeping the child because of his impulse. After all, the child was just a child, not a cat or a dog. He couldn't just take him in.

But now...

I also vaguely felt that having one more person at home might not be a bad thing.

…

Waiting for the little kid to bring two bowls of noodles, one large and one small, to the table, Han Lenian took the first bite and said:?!

——It’s more than good! It’s just so blissful!

Compared to this bowl of noodles, what were the sufferings of the world that he had eaten before?!

After Han Lenian finished the bowl of noodles in no time, he finally remembered that there was a child sitting opposite him and resisted the urge to lick the bottom of the bowl.

Remembering that the meal was made by children, he couldn't help but feel guilty for employing child labor.

He offered: “I’ll wash the dishes!”

When Mother Han was still alive, this was the division of labor in the family.

Chu Lu didn't think much of it. After all, he was not a real child. Although he was taken in temporarily, it was not like he had to eat and live in someone else's home for free.

As for Han Lenian's suggestion to wash the dishes, Chu Lu hesitantly looked at the wall clock. Although he didn't know what time the high school classes in this world started, but this time.

"Brother, are you going to be late?"

Han·Looks like a delinquent·Actually, he even zips up his school uniform to the top·He asked for leave yesterday·Le Nian:!!!

He looked up at the clock stiffly, stood up suddenly, and when he turned around, his calf hit the corner of the chair, and it sounded quite hard. But in the blink of an eye, he ran to the room in three or two steps, pulled out his schoolbag, and changed his clothes while quickly explaining: "Put the dishes in the sink and wait for me to come back to wash them. Do you know how to use the remote control? You can watch TV at home during the day. There are instant noodles and milk in the cabinet next to the refrigerator. You can eat them when you are hungry. You can use things at home freely, and pay attention to the safety of electrical appliances. I will ask for leave from Lao Xu and be back in the evening-"

“Bang—”

There was the sound of a door being closed, followed by the sound of someone hurriedly going down the stairs.

Chu Lu: "..."

This kid is so careless that he just threw a five-year-old kid whom he had just known for one day into his home.

…

…………

Han Lenian, who said he had asked for leave to come back early, didn't come back until late at night, so Chu Lu took the system that had been charged for a day and went out to find it. (The latter had finally seen the consequences of spending money on two worlds of krypton gold to play games. His salary was exhausted and the energy blocks were insufficient. When running the traversal, it crashed directly. After Han Lenian left, Chu Lu sat on the balcony in the sun for a whole day before it successfully restarted.)

Relying on this meager amount of energy, the system managed to help the host locate Han Lenian's position.

The latter fell in a corner with wounds all over his body and was dying. If Chu Lu hadn't come to find him, who knows what would have happened to him by tomorrow morning.

After an emergency check, Chu Lu found that these were just external injuries. Han Lenian was probably very experienced in this situation. He had a lot of wounds on his body, but they were all away from fatal areas. He lost a lot of blood, but not enough to require a blood transfusion.

In general, it’s okay to go home without going to the hospital.

And for Han Lenian, who can see those things, the hospital is not a good place.

That's right...

He looked at his own small body and then at Han Lenian's big body.

Chu Lu: "..."

Although this place is not far from Han Lenian's home, he estimated that it would be difficult for him to move even one step given their poor physical condition. But if he really left him here, in this weather, he would probably end up in trouble even if he was fine.

Never mind, the hospital is the hospital...

Chu Lu thought for a moment, and then dipped his index finger into the blood that had not yet dried on Han Lenian's arm, recalling the familiar protective aura he had felt at the other party's house last night. He tried to simulate a similar energy structure, and at the same time, his finger seemed to have its own consciousness, and it automatically drew a symbol on Han Lenian's arm. With the last stroke, the blood that constructed the symbol completely disappeared into the boy's body.

That's no problem.

The system was surprised: [Host, you remembered?! ]

Chu Lu shook his head. Skills are forgotten more slowly than memories. The symbol he just drew is more like the instinct of this body. He just wanted to try it out, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

...Anyway, I don’t have to worry about going to the hospital for the time being.

He searched Han Lenian's body for a while and finally found the cell phone in his pocket.

Although the screen was broken, the call function was still usable. When he pulled up the boy's bloody hand, wiped it clean and pressed the screen, he remembered that the emergency phone did not need to be unlocked specifically.

——As expected, it is due to the influence of the child’s body that even his thinking has become slow.

After all the trouble, they successfully sent the person to the hospital.

Although it looks scary, most of them are external injuries. After debridement and bandaging, there is almost no problem. The most serious one is the swelling on the back of the head. After a CT scan, no intracranial mass was found.

The doctor said that the patient might have mild concussion symptoms after waking up, but it was probably the first time he had encountered such a young family member accompanying him. After giving instructions, he paused and said, "Little boy, where are your parents?"

Regarding this question…

Whether it was Chu Lu himself or his observation of Han Lenian's situation, the answer was -

“Not anymore.”

doctor:"……"

Nurses: “…”

So when Han Lenian, who was wrapped like a mummy, woke up the next day, he found himself being looked at with loving and tolerant eyes by a room full of young ladies.

Han Lenian: ???!