Chapter 1 Qin Ren has been having a lot of bad luck lately…

Qin Ren has been having a lot of bad luck lately. First, he spent all his savings on his grandfather's medical treatment, but he still couldn't save his only remaining relative. Then, because of the funeral arrangements, he didn't get enough rest for several days and had a car accident while driving at night.

Qin Ren felt that this couldn't go on; he needed to rest properly, otherwise, he would be ruined.

Since he was going back to his hometown, Qin Ren thought he might as well stay there for a few more days.

He sold his house in the city and it's no longer suitable for him to continue working.

Staying in his hometown is not only quieter, but the cost of living there is also lower, which can ease his burden.

Qin Ren is 28 years old this year, and he is from the countryside.

His parents died when he was young, and he grew up with his grandfather.

My grandfather is quite old, so I can't offer him much help in life.

After graduating from university, he relied on his own hard work to achieve everything he had.

Six years after graduating from university, he went from being a penniless rural youth to owning a house and two cars on his own, making him one of the more capable young people.

Unfortunately, Grandpa fell ill after a fall last year.

Grandpa's condition has been fluctuating since last year.

Qin Ren's grandfather was his only relative. To take care of him, he quit his promising job and eventually sold the new house he had just bought at a low price.

But in the end, Grandpa still couldn't stay.

He was penniless again, and even his only grandfather was gone.

Qin Ren didn't really care about being poor.

Anyway, he's still young. He can earn money again if he loses it. What he fears most is losing himself, because then he's really gone.

Not long after Qin Ren was discharged from the hospital, he took the meager compensation money and returned to his hometown.

Qin Ren's hometown is in the mountains, and it would take many detours to get there by car. Fortunately, he still has a car, so he doesn't have to squeeze onto a bus to go back while injured.

The car that Qin Ren was in the accident has already been sold by him.

He always felt that a car that had been in an accident was unlucky.

Going back to my hometown by car takes seven or eight hours.

Driving is much faster because you don't need to transfer or wait for a bus; it only takes a little over five hours.

Qin Ren set off at seven o'clock that morning and arrived home around one o'clock in the afternoon.

He had returned home a little over a month ago to arrange his grandfather's funeral.

The old man loved the village and wanted to return to his roots when he died, so Qin Ren held his funeral in the village.

Since he had just returned from his trip, there was no need to tidy up his old home. He only needed to clean the bedroom and kitchen before he could settle in comfortably.

The house in my hometown is quite old; it's the kind of old-fashioned house with a high threshold.

When Qin Ren was a teenager, his grandfather had it renovated once, and it's been almost ten years since then.

The threshold of their courtyard gate was originally quite high.

Later, when the family's financial situation improved, Qin Ren bought a car for the family and also got a car himself. So the old man removed the threshold of the courtyard gate.

Qin Ren drove the car into the yard, closed the gate, and planned to go inside for a good rest.

He hadn't fully recovered when he drove for four or five hours, and now he felt a little dizzy.

But before he could even rest, someone in the village noticed that he had returned.

An elderly woman living nearby peeked into Qin Ren's yard from outside the gate. After confirming that the car in the yard belonged to Qin Ren, she stood outside the gate and called out.

"Little Blade, is that you back?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ren quickly called out, "Auntie, it's me back. The gate isn't locked."

When the old lady heard him say that, she didn't stand on ceremony and actually pushed the door open and came in.

This old lady, named Yang Dan'e, is related to Qin Ren's family.

Qin Ren had to address Yang Dan'e's husband as "Uncle".

This uncle is not a blood uncle; the other party's father is Qin Ren's grandfather's brother.

In rural parlance, they are considered to be from the same school.

Qin is the most common surname in their village, and most people in the village are related to Qin Ren in some complicated way.

Yang Dan'e's house is less than 100 meters away from Qin Ren's house. When they were children, Qin Ren had a good relationship with her children and even ate at her house a few times.

As Yang Dan'e walked inside, she asked, "Xiao Ren, why are you back? Haven't the funeral arrangements been completed?"

The funeral has already been held, and logically, Qin Ren has no relatives left here. Compared to before, Qin Ren should be returning even less often.

That's how it is in rural areas nowadays; the villages are mostly populated by elderly people and children, and it's rare to see young people anymore.

Just like her two children, her daughter married and moved to the city, and her son also settled down in the city. The two of them only come back once a year during holidays.

Qin Ren rubbed his aching head as he walked outside.

Upon seeing the person, he replied, "I was in a car accident not long ago and suffered some minor injuries, so I wanted to come back and rest."

Yang Dan'e saw his face at this moment and was immediately startled.

Qin Ren's injuries weren't particularly serious; they just looked rather intimidating.

The most serious injuries were to the left half of his face and his left eye.

Yang Dan'e exclaimed, "Oh my god, you were in a car accident! Such a big thing, why didn't you tell anyone? Aren't you close to Xiao Zhou? Why didn't you tell him?"

Xiao Zhou is the nickname of the old lady's son, and Qin Ren and the old lady were elementary school classmates. In addition, they were also from the same school, so the two of them kept in touch.

Qin Ren: "There were nurses and caregivers in the hospital. I didn't think my injuries were serious, so I didn't tell the villagers."

"You've always been a good child... you always like to shoulder things on your own. By the way, you just got back from the city, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? Let me see if you have anything to eat..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ren quickly replied, "I've eaten. I had some bread on the way. I'll rest at home for a bit, and then I'll go to town this afternoon to buy some rice and flour."

Yang Dan'e was a fiery and impulsive person, and upon hearing Qin Ren's words, she knew that his family had nothing.

As Yang Dan'e walked out, she said to him, "Now that your grandfather is gone, you're all alone in your family. You're not getting any younger, and if you ask me, you should hurry up and find a wife. Only when there's a wife in the house will it feel like a home. You're a grown man who can't cook or do laundry; how are you going to manage in the future?"

Qin Ren wanted to say something in rebuttal when he heard what the old woman said.

First, he can do laundry and cook, so he can live without a wife; second, he's not looking for a wife to be a maid, he can't expect her to do chores.

Also, he has no money now, only a car and this old house.

If he looks for a wife at this time, isn't he obviously ruining the girl's life?

Even if a girl is attracted to his looks and doesn't care that his family is poor, he would be too embarrassed to let her suffer with him.

But then he thought about it, and realized that Yang Dan'e was probably in her fifties or sixties. The way people think in their generation is different from how young people think today. Besides, the old lady was just concerned about him and didn't mean him any harm, so he didn't need to argue with her.

Anyway, his life wasn't something his grandfather could decide when he was alive. The other party was just talking, and if he disagreed, Yang Dan'e couldn't do anything about it.

Afterwards, Yang Dan'e went back and brought Qin Ren a dozen eggs and a bowl of dumplings.

Seeing this, Qin Ren thanked the old lady and wanted to give her a bag of milk he had brought back from the car.

At other times, Yang Dan'e would definitely try to gain some small advantage.

She's not a bad person, but sometimes she likes to take advantage of others.

But things are different now. She knows that Qin Ren sold his house in the city to pay for his grandfather's medical treatment.

Now that Qin Ren has been in a car accident, his family must be having a tough time.

If she were to take advantage of him at this point, and the villagers found out, they would definitely gossip about her behind her back.

So when she saw Qin Ren was about to give her something, she unusually suppressed her restless hand, waved her hand decisively, and left.

After watching Yang Dan'e leave, Qin Ren finished the bowl of dumplings and went inside to rest.

He was really tired; he had no energy left.

To be able to sleep peacefully, he locked the front door.

Then Qin Ren slept from noon until late at night.

Qin Ren originally wanted to continue sleeping, but because he hadn't had any water for a long time, he decided to get up and boil some water to drink.

It's early winter now, and the mountain village is still a bit chilly at night.

After getting up, Qin Ren put on a light coat and walked out of the bedroom wearing slippers.

He walked very slowly and was still a little dizzy, which was probably a lingering effect of the car accident.

Before the car accident, Qin Ren was a very energetic person, but after the accident, his health deteriorated significantly.

Because at this time of year, he never felt cold at all, but today, for some reason, he felt a chill outside.

Qin Ren used his uninjured hand to wrap his coat around himself, then walked towards the kitchen.

Then, at that moment, Qin Ren vaguely heard a very faint sound.

The countryside is different from the city; it gets very quiet after nine o'clock at night.

Unlike the city, where some places are bustling with activity at one or two o'clock.

When Qin Ren woke up, he checked his phone; it was just past 11 p.m.

It was already quite late in the countryside at this time, and with the sparse population there now, the nights were even quieter.

Qin Ren was very sensitive to sound, and he felt the sound was coming from the kitchen. He deliberately lowered his footsteps, intending to see if a thief or a stray cat had broken into the kitchen.

As he approached the kitchen window, he saw a slender figure inside.

Qin Ren sneered when he saw this. This little thief is quite bold. Of all times to come to the door, he had to choose the moment when Qin Ren was coming back. What a fool.

With that thought in mind, he grabbed a small knife from the iron frame by the window for self-defense and silently moved toward the figure in the kitchen.

Qin Ren, who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, almost bumped his head on the kitchen doorway when he entered the kitchen.

Compared to the exceptionally tall Qin Ren, the figure inside the room was incredibly slender and petite.

Qin Ren suspected the other person was a child, so he didn't use much force when grabbing the person from behind.

With a light kick, he struck the thief in the buttocks.

Caught off guard, the thief cried out and lunged forward.

The two eggs he was holding shattered when he lunged forward.

Qin Ren, who originally wanted to give the thief a couple more kicks to prevent him from escaping, couldn't help but twitch his ears slightly.

Just now... did he hear that right?

The thief's voice was crisp and clear, sounding a little like a girl's and a little like a boy's.

Her voice is quite pleasant.

A pleasant voice doesn't change the fact that the other person is a thief.

The thief is currently in his house and may even pose a threat to his life, so he'd better not let his guard down.

As Qin Ren was thinking this, he saw the thief about to get up, so he stepped forward and grabbed one of the thief's hands.

The thief was terrified and managed to utter a sentence, but Qin Ren couldn't understand it at all.

Qin Ren found it really strange; he could speak English, French, and many dialects.

But he couldn't understand what the other person was saying, and also... the other person seemed to have long hair.

Could it be... that it really is a girl?

He had seen many boys steal because they were immature, but very few girls stole.

Qin Ren grabbed the other person's hand that was trying to scratch his face, using one large hand to hold both of the other person's hands, and then used the other hand to turn on the light switch.

As the bright lights illuminated the entire kitchen, Qin Ren was finally able to see the thief's appearance clearly.

The thief must have been a boy, a handsome boy with long hair and a bright red birthmark between his eyebrows.

This was the first time Qin Ren had ever seen a boy so handsome.

If he didn't know that there were no fairies in this world, he would have suspected that the person in front of him was a male fox spirit.

The boy looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slender and thin build. With his long, ink-black hair and strange ancient costume, he really looked like a girl at first glance.

The reason Qin Ren didn't mistake the gender wasn't because Qin Ren was particularly capable, but mainly because... the boy's clothes were very thin.

In order to catch him and prevent him from escaping easily, Qin Ren accidentally tore open the other man's clothes. Underneath the loosened clothes, there was indeed a boy's body.

At this moment, the boy was being held up by one hand, and he was thrashing around like a little rabbit.

When Qin Ren tried to lift his chin to check if he had an Adam's apple, he looked fierce and tried to bite him.

Qin Ren was amused by his fierce expression and the tears welling up in his eyes.

This kid... is strangely cute.

Qin Ren: "Whose child are you? What are you doing at my house so late at night?"

Judging from his cosplay outfit, he doesn't seem to be poor. Could it be that he's looking for excitement?

After the light was turned on, the boy could clearly see Qin Ren's appearance.

Perhaps frightened by Qin Ren's appearance, and being in an unfamiliar environment, he gradually became afraid.

Upon hearing this, the boy mumbled something in English, and Qin Ren reached up and picked at his ear.

That's it, we really can't communicate.

Qin Ren tried to communicate with him twice more, and after confirming that the two of them really couldn't communicate, he wanted to drag the person to the police station.

Never mind, whether the other party is seeking thrills by stealing or for some other special reason, it's none of his business as an outsider.

Let's have the police try to contact his family.

The boy didn't know what he was going to do, and when he realized that the man was dragging him away, he was filled with terror.

He started crying and screaming, and struggled violently, looking as pitiful as could be.

For a moment, Qin Ren even felt like he was some kind of heinous villain.

That doesn't make sense either, this is his home.

This child appeared out of nowhere. If he doesn't send him away, is he supposed to keep him around?

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