Ye Jiu and Lin Jin'an's revolutionary friendship began with an event that happened when they were eight years old, and it was this event that changed their entire world.
The two, who were already eight years old at the time, were sent by the headmistress to buy groceries.
Neither Ye Jiu nor Lin Jin'an expected that this grocery shopping trip would become a turning point in their lives, leading them into another world.
"Ye Jiu, how about you and Jin An go grocery shopping today?" The headmistress handed Ye Jiu some money. "We're short two heads of garlic for cooking, could you help run the errand?"
Of course, Ye Jiu couldn't be happier to have such an opportunity to go out and explore on her own.
So she took Lin Jin'an's hand and left the orphanage with him, walking along the main road. At the end of the road was a department store.
The shop owner is a very kind uncle who often donates rice, flour, and cooking oil to the orphanage.
"Uncle, where is the garlic?" Ye Jiu asked him, standing on tiptoe and peeking over the counter.
The uncle knew Ye Jiu. As one of the few eloquent children in the orphanage, Ye Jiu left a deep impression on everyone who visited the orphanage.
Before the uncle could reply, Lin Jin'an tugged at Ye Jiu's sleeve and pointed, "Over there, I see it."
Ye Jiu tilted her head and followed the direction of his finger, and sure enough, she found garlic in the white basket.
Ye Jiu immediately said, "Sorry to bother you, Uncle, we found it, hehe."
"Okay, good, as long as we find them." The uncle kept a close eye on the two children's steps, and the more he looked at them, the better they seemed. They were two good children, but it was a pity that they lost their parents at such a young age.
Ye Jiu didn't know much about picking garlic. She looked around and picked out two garlic cloves that didn't look dirty, then put them in a plastic bag.
"Lin Jin'an, do you know how to choose garlic?"
Lin Jin'an clenched his fists, not wanting to touch the smell of garlic, and shook his head.
Ye Jiu chuckled, "What a coincidence, I didn't know either, but it should be fine to buy whatever you want."
The uncle weighed it, saying, "Two yuan and eighty cents, just give me two yuan."
Ye Jiu grabbed the plastic bag containing the garlic, took out three yuan in cash, threw it down, and dragged Lin Jin'an out the door.
Lin Jin'an didn't understand Ye Jiu's behavior, but she still obediently followed her.
When she felt she had had enough, Ye Jiu slowed down and took a few breaths, saying between breaths, "We can't keep taking advantage of the older man."
This can be considered an explanation for Lin Jin'an.
It was lunchtime, and there weren't many people or cars on the road.
Before such surveillance became widespread, criminals roamed everywhere.
Ye Jiu never imagined in her life that she would be targeted by human traffickers.
Ye Jiu and Lin Jin'an were walking along the road when a van suddenly stopped beside them. Ye Jiu assumed they were blocking the car and about to turn, so she grabbed Lin Jin'an's hand and quickened her pace to leave the alleyway.
A shifty-eyed middle-aged man got out of the car, darted forward, grabbed Ye Jiu and Lin Jin'an, tucked one under each arm, and quickly covered their mouths, dragging them back into the car.
Children are small and weak, and with their mouths covered, struggling against such a tall and strong adult is futile.
Ye Jiu kicked wildly and accidentally kicked the man in the groin. The man loosened his grip, and just when Ye Jiu thought he was about to escape, his accomplice came out and covered Ye Jiu's mouth and nose with a cloth.
Then Ye Jiu felt dizzy.
Damn... it's a sleeping potion, isn't it...?
Lin Jin'an panicked when he saw Ye Jiu faint. He glared resentfully at the person who had drugged Ye Jiu.
All I could think about was that I wish he were dead.
He didn't care about his own situation, but he cared about Ye Jiu's situation.
The traffickers found it amusing that he was only emotionally affected by Ye Jiu, so they grabbed Ye Jiu by the hair and lifted her up, causing her to wake up in excruciating pain after she had just fainted.
"Ah—" she couldn't help but scream.
This is fucking torture!
Ye Jiu's mind was filled with the thought, "I want him to die right now."
She only regretted that she wasn't strong enough, otherwise she would have pinned the two of them to the ground and beaten them up long ago.
This action completely enraged Lin Jin'an, and a voice suddenly popped into his mind, "Die, die, die, let him die."
He couldn't help but mutter, "Die..." As he uttered those two words, everything around Lin Jin'an began to crumble, like something out of an animated film. Everything around him turned into tiny particles and then disappeared.
Including these two middle-aged men, including this van...
Before long, Ye Jiu stood in the middle of the road with a bewildered look on her face, while Lin Jin'an still had an empty look in her eyes. The road beneath their feet seemed to be disappearing.
Ye Jiu immediately ran over and grabbed Lin Jin'an's hand, "Lin Jin'an? Lin Jin'an! Wake up, wake up, look at me."
Although she didn't know what it was, the fact that she hadn't died with those two men probably meant that it had no effect on her.
Lin Jin'an snapped out of his daze. The crisis was over, and the road was frozen in time again. He looked at Ye Jiu and smiled brightly, "You're alright!"
Then her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
Ye Jiu squatted by the roadside, at a loss. Ah? Dizzy... dizzy, I'm dizzy!
However, the story took an even more outrageous turn when, just as Ye Jiu was figuring out how to take him back, four or five armed police cars surrounded the two of them.
Then a dozen or so armed police officers, fully equipped and seemingly carrying real guns, came down.
Ye Jiu immediately squatted down and raised her hands, asking, "What is that? What's going on?"
She's a law-abiding citizen; even if she did something wrong, it shouldn't warrant this kind of treatment...
As for the one on the ground, Lin Jin'an shouldn't have done anything wrong, right...? Oh no, he just killed two people.
Ye Jiu was on the verge of tears. Was it because of what he had done? But less than three minutes had passed; how could the police have responded so quickly...?
Finally, three young men in civilian clothes and an old man got out of the police car. The old man was clearly the leader; he walked in front, and the three young men followed behind him.
The old man, though quite old, was in good health and walked briskly to Ye Jiu. "Little girl, were you frightened?"
Ye Jiu nodded. "Nonsense."
"The matter is a bit complicated. In short, the child next to you has awakened a superpower, and we are from the Special Affairs Bureau. We will gather and protect people with superpowers, and then handle some special events for the country."
Fang Tianxiong, the old man, didn't know if the little girl in front of him could understand what he was saying, but since there were no adults with them, he had no other way but to explain to her.
Ye Jiu blinked and looked down at Lin Jin'an, "Then... is he going to be taken away by you?"
Fang Tianxiong nodded, "Yes, his newly awakened superpower has gone berserk. We will teach him how to use this power and guide him back on the right track."
"Can I come with you?" Ye Jiu looked at Fang Tianxiong expectantly. "He might get into trouble if you take him away alone."
Hmm... Lin Jin'an couldn't see Ye Jiu engaging in self-harm... Ye Jiu discovered this unintentionally, but she really didn't understand how she became such an important figure in his life.
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