Humans have Three Souls and Seven Spirits, ghosts have Nine Netherworld Obsessions and Five Aggregates of Fire. But from the time I was born, I was missing an Earth Soul.
From a young age, I ...
"Sigh, I'll go back to the orphanage and take a look. Now that I have money, I can go and see those kids."
Li Huai sighed. A large part of his previous greed and stinginess was for the children in the orphanage.
However, after discovering the director's actions, he stopped sending money to the orphanage for a long time.
"I don't know if those children miss me, but at least they are innocent."
Hearing Li Huai say this, Luo Tianhe and I exchanged a glance, but didn't say anything more.
I took out a bulging human skin sachet and poked Luo Tianhe.
"Hehe, this resentment is full, we can rescue Old Knife now."
Luo Tianhe couldn't hide the excitement on his face either. He had traveled all over the country with me for so many days...
Why face all sorts of extremely dangerous situations?
It's all for the sake of rescuing my good brother Lao Dao as soon as possible!
"But after we rescue Old Knife, will you still be doing this?"
Luo Tianhe suddenly asked.
Faced with this question, I hesitated for a moment.
In my line of work, there's a constant risk of death.
In each of these operations, wasn't it a matter of risking one's life?
Especially today, I don't know how much blood I've drawn from my fingertips and tongue.
I looked at the scab on my middle finger and fell silent for a moment.
After thinking for a long time, I turned to Luo Tianhe with a wry smile and said:
"I... this is all I'm good at. If I don't do this, I don't know what the point of my life is."
Luo Tianhe, however, smiled smugly and patted my shoulder:
"I knew you would say that. After rescuing Lao Dao, I will continue to stay with you."
"Oh, right, don't forget me. I'm a funeral home employee, so naturally I have to stay with the boss, since the salary is so high."
Li Huai, who was standing nearby, chimed in with a smile.
We soon arrived at the village chief's house, and the village chief, being thoughtful, left the door open for us.
We pushed open the door and went into the room he had prepared for us. After chatting for a few minutes, we all fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, after declining the village chief's offer to host a banquet in gratitude, we got into a Wuling Hongguang van and began our journey away.
Along the way, almost all the villagers came to the village entrance to see us off.
Luo Tianhe and I were in a hurry to save Lao Dao, while Li Huai also wanted to go back to the orphanage to take a look.
So we didn't linger and started our return journey.
After a bumpy ride on the mountain road, we finally saw the outline of the city again.
Once again, we drove from morning till afternoon, Luo Tianhe and I taking turns driving, and we were both so tired that our backs ached.
Li Huai, on the other hand, slept like a log the whole way because he couldn't drive.
When we arrived at Luo Tianhe's house, I slapped Li Huai awake and said fiercely:
"You fucking go learn to drive right now! If you don't get your driver's license and your two bosses become your drivers, you might as well pack your bags and leave."
Li Huai was woken up by my slap, but he wasn't angry; he just gave an embarrassed smile.
"Brother Yan, I've been trying really hard. I'm already learning how to drive, but the theory test is too difficult. I've failed it seven or eight times."
"You piece of trash."
I pointed at Li Huai, my voice trembling slightly, "The theory test is so easy, you just need to memorize the questions."
This kid actually failed the test seven or eight times! He's incredibly stupid!
Luo Tianhe, standing to the side, also looked over in surprise. He glanced at Li Huai's foolish expression and curled his lip.
"You shouldn't expect this kid to get a driver's license. Even if he passes the first part, there's still the fourth part. I'll find an open space to teach him to drive when I have time. Driving without a license is fine, I know the traffic police all too well."
"That's all we can do."
I sighed helplessly. Actually, I can't blame Li Huai. This kid only has an elementary school education. He can't even recognize some of the words in those questions. It's really going to be difficult for him to pass the theory test and the driving test.
"What do you mean? Let's go rescue Lao Dao tomorrow. Let's get ready, I'm too tired today."
I said wearily, "I've been losing too much blood lately, and I always feel weak."
Seeing my pale face, Luo Tianhe didn't press the matter and nodded, saying:
"Alright, let's go tomorrow then. Anyway, so many days have passed, one more day won't make a difference. Let Old Dao stay in the grave for one more day."
"Brother Yan, Brother Luo, I'm not tired. I'm planning to go to the orphanage to check on things. I'll go with you to rescue Lao Dao tomorrow."
Li Huai waved his hand, opened the door and walked towards the road, intending to hail a taxi to the orphanage.
I nodded and casually asked,
Which orphanage is it?
"It's called Ping An Orphanage. It's very famous and takes in a lot of orphans."
Li Huai gave a casual reply, then hailed a taxi and got in.
"Ping'an Orphanage, I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before, but that name must be pretty common."
I muttered something to myself, then headed towards Luo Tianhe's house, went straight to his bedroom, tidied up a bit, and lay down.
"Hey, aren't you a bit of a cuckoo in my nest? Go sleep in Li Huai's room."
Luo Tianhe looked at me and said with a displeased expression.
I was too lazy to move anymore, so I said to him:
"Didn't you say you prepared a room for me? Go sleep there, I'm fucking exhausted, I really don't want to move at all."
Luo Tianhe's lips twitched, but he still turned and left.
When I woke up, it was already dark outside.
I looked around and found that Luo Tianhe and that kid hadn't even cleaned up my room.
There was only one bed in the room, without even blankets or anything, so he went to sleep on Li Huai's bed.
I woke him up, intending to ask him to go out for a meal. He hadn't eaten all day, and his stomach was rumbling.
Luo Tianhe picked up his phone, still a little dazed, glanced at it, and said:
"Damn, it's already 9 p.m. We need to hurry up and get some food. Oh, and let's invite Li Huai too."
"Are you out of your mind from sleeping? Li Huai went to the orphanage."
I rolled my eyes and said irritably.
Luo Tianhe looked at me with an expression as if I were an idiot, which immediately annoyed me.
"I think you're the one who's just sleeping it off. Li Huai went to the orphanage around 2 or 3 pm, and it's been 6 or 7 hours now. He's planning to stay there for the night to reminisce about the past. He should be back by now."
At this point, Luo Tianhe scratched his head in confusion, then took out his phone and called Li Huai.
Soon, the phone went unanswered. Luo Tianhe put down his phone and shrugged.
"What's going on? No one's answering?"
"Damn it, has that kid gone to your bar again? Call the bar and ask if he's there."
I cursed and said.