Chapter 28
"Are you there?"
"Boss!!!"
Unexpectedly, it was already past eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and "Sword to Emei" was still awake. It seemed that she replied the moment Pei Muyang typed, as if she was afraid that he would lose contact again.
"Boss, you're finally online! You didn't even know I've been worried sick about you these past three days!"
"Boss, are you okay? Don't take it personally. You know what those idiots are like. It's not worth it to get pissed off by them. Don't worry, just create a small account and leave the rest to us. We'll definitely get you to level 130 as soon as possible, allowing you to return to your peak and crush the scum with all your might. I just hope you don't quit the game out of anger!!"
Pei Muyang looked at the phone screen and smiled.
Perhaps this is the sincere friendship that I unexpectedly gained after three years of gaming. Even though we are separated by the Internet, the sincerity between hearts is hard to change.
"I wasn't angry, and I didn't argue with them. I'm sorry for leaving without saying goodbye that day. I had an urgent matter in real life, so I lost the PK and logged off without a word."
"I've been busy these past few days and just found some time to reply to messages today."
"Ah? Are you okay, boss? What happened? Do you need any help?"
"It's nothing, it's just that someone at home is sick and needs care, so I don't have time to play games." He hesitated and didn't tell the real situation.
It's not that he is hypocritical or guilty, but he is used to handling all the difficult tasks by himself, so there is really no need to implicate others.
"Then... Boss, will you come back?"
"Sword Picks Emei" asked cautiously, and one could feel his strong and undisguised reluctance between the lines.
Pei Muyang thought about it seriously and said, "I can't say for sure. If possible, I should be able to come back soon."
If Lao Pei's surgery goes smoothly and he recovers soon, it is not impossible for him to return to his previous life, but all this is based on Lao Pei's physical condition and whether this matter can be properly resolved.
"Okay, boss, we'll wait for you to come back."
"Okay, I'll leave the gang's affairs to you from now on. If you have the chance, please help me explain it to everyone. I hope they can understand me."
"Don't worry, boss. Remember, we will wait for you to come back."
"Jian Tiao Emei" sent an emoji of a determined baby, and added, "Wait till death!"
Pei Muyang laughed from the bottom of his heart. These rebellious sons were the only ones who could make him happy at this time.
It really paid off.
After replying to Jian Tiao, Pei Muyang continued to read and found that in addition to the messages left by a few guys he often chatted with, there was also a friend request prompted by the system.
"Si Qing?"
Pei Muyang stared at the applicant's ID, obviously a little surprised.
He remembered that he had only done a few missions with "Si Qing" and they didn't have much interaction. But then he remembered that he had personally admitted that the two of them were friends. Since they were friends, it was not surprising that she cared about him as much as she cared about them.
"Isn't that probably asking if I'm planning to quit the game?" Pei Muyang curled his lips and gave a helpless laugh. "Good news never travels far, but bad news travels a thousand miles."
He remembered that "Si Qing" was not online on the day of the PK. He must have heard about what happened later, so he tried to add him as a friend to show his concern.
Since the girl cared about him so much, there was no reason for him to reject her, so he slid his finger down and was about to accept the friend request, but he saw that the phone interface was forcibly switched to incoming call mode.
It’s Ye Shan.
"Hello?"
Pei Muyang picked up the phone without hesitation. Just as he was about to ask if she missed him out of habit, he heard Ye Shan's terrified cry from the other end of the phone.
"Help, Yangyang! There's so much blood in front of our house!"
Pei Muyang was unable to react to what Ye Shan said next. He instinctively wanted to run home to take care of Ye Shan, but the ICU behind him was a place he had no choice but to leave.
Just when he was in a dilemma, he suddenly remembered what Wang Yu had said during the day, so he turned around and ran towards the doctor's office...
Pei Muyang ran all the way out of the hospital gate and took a taxi home as fast as he could.
It was already past the rush hour, and the taxi driver was very capable and completed the five-kilometer journey in less than five minutes.
When I rushed downstairs, I saw Ye Shan sitting alone on the viewing balcony in a daze. Her already haggard face looked even more fragile and vulnerable.
He took a few steps forward and held Ye Shan's hand, trying to use his warmth to wake her up.
"Mom, I'm back."
After Pei Muyang comforted Ye Shan, he immediately called the police. Even though it was almost midnight, the police still arrived quickly.
The two police comrades asked about what happened and asked Pei Muyang to wait downstairs while they went upstairs to check the situation.
After a while, the police returned the same way, and the expressions on both of their faces were not very good.
"It's indeed blood. We've called our colleagues from the Identification Department over. Please wait here for a moment. If it's human blood, I'm afraid we'll need your assistance to solve the case."
"Okay, police officer, we will fully cooperate. However, my mother must have been frightened just now. Can you allow me to go to the community supermarket over there to buy her a bottle of water? It's right there." Pei Muyang pointed to the side. There happened to be a convenience store about thirty or forty meters away.
The policeman looked up and down at the young man in front of him, who had clear eyes and a calm expression, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, go quickly and come back soon."
Pei Muyang did come back quickly, and he also brought some hot milk for Ye Shan. His mother had not eaten properly before she was frightened, and if she didn't eat, her stomach would be hurt.
Another police car quickly arrived at the scene. Two staff members in white coats got out of the car. They carried the box upstairs amid the chatter of the onlookers. After a long time, they returned downstairs.
"It is indeed blood, but preliminary identification suggests it's animal blood, not human. The sample has been sent for identification. Also, we found this courier box at the door. Is it yours?"
"No." Pei Muyang glanced at the seemingly ordinary delivery box and shook his head. "We have a Cainiao Express Station here. All deliveries are placed there and can be picked up with a pickup code. Besides, someone in our family is sick and hospitalized recently, so online shopping is impossible."
The police became suspicious upon hearing this. The one holding the express box took a few steps back, adjusted the law enforcement recorder to aim at the box, and then carefully opened the package with his gloved hands.
"Who is so wicked?" The police officer couldn't help but frown, accompanied by a voice of disgust. "If this is a prank, it's too much, isn't it?"
Pei Muyang listened and looked inside. Inside the express box he had just opened were two dead rats lying on the ground with their limbs spread out, and there was a faint smell of stench.
He quickly covered Ye Shan's eyes, and combined with the animal blood splashed at the door, a bad thought came to his mind.
"Comrade police officer, I have an idea. I wonder if it will be of any help to the case."
"Could you please tell me?"
Pei Muyang recounted the key parts of what had happened recently, and by the way, he helped Pei Yu report the case as a direct relative.
"That's the situation. I believe my father would never do such a thing. The Dean of Academic Affairs stopped him at the time, and we had no way to call the police, which led to what happened later."
The police officer listened to the story and took key notes. "Thank you for the clues you provided. We will notify you if there are any progress in the case. We suggest that you do not go home tonight. It is best to stay with relatives for one night."
"Okay, comrade police officer."
Pei Muyang nodded. He had originally planned to take Ye Shan to stay in a hotel tonight. There were safety risks in this house, and he would never let Ye Shan live alone.
On the third day after the operation, Pei Yu still did not wake up.
However, there was a breakthrough in the case that night.
The police said that the blood was indeed animal blood, and it was very common chicken blood. According to the surveillance footage and eyewitnesses, it was done by two young men wearing hats and masks.
The surveillance footage clearly showed that the two men had been sneaking around Pei Muyang's house for a whole day. They took the opportunity to get close to the security guard at the door and lied to the security guard that they were visiting distant relatives, so that they could open the gate and enter the community.
Pei Muyang's home is not a high-end villa area, but just an ordinary improved property. It is normal for security guards to make occasional mistakes in their work.
After the two men came in, they sneaked into the building where Pei Muyang's home was located, and poured the animal blood in their backpacks at the door of the house. When they were ready to leave, they took out the express box containing the dead mouse from their backpacks and placed it in a conspicuous place outside the door.
This is what happened. The security guard who neglected his duties was dismissed by the property management, and the two perpetrators are still being pursued.
Pei Muyang was not surprised to learn the truth. From the information he had obtained from the Internet in the past two days, he had learned that Pei Yu and he himself had been subjected to cyberbullying by a large number of netizens who were unaware of the truth. This kind of low-level revenge method seemed to be quite common in novels and TV dramas.
It must be an act of revenge by some young man with a super masculine physique who thinks he is "full of justice".
Pei Muyang couldn't help but curse the brainless netizen's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, and then called a cleaning staff to clean up the mess at the door.
The matter probably ended here. Old Pei's physical condition still did not improve, so he could only continue to stay in the ICU for observation and treatment. However, what bothered Pei Muyang was that the vacation specially approved by the department head had ended and he was about to return to school to attend classes.
After all, he hasn't graduated yet, so he can't miss any classes or exams.
So he had to return to school overnight, but from the moment he stepped through the school gate, he keenly felt that this was no longer the place he was familiar with...
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