Luo Chen took a taxi back. Cui Hao, meanwhile, took out his phone to call people. For him, calling fifty or sixty people posed no problem. White bandages were wrapped around his head. He had been in the underworld for so long, but this was the first time he had been beaten like this. The doctor examined him and said it was already a concussion. So the first thing upon waking, he planned to kill Luo Chen.
“Later, kick open the door of 304 directly. Whoever you see, hack them with a knife. Do not ask anything!” Cui Hao called people one by one and gave instructions. Even if he had to kill the other person’s entire family tonight, he would do it.
Luo Chen returned to the ancestral house. The essence of Li Fire had made his temper somewhat irritable. It seemed he must resolve this matter as soon as possible, otherwise it would ultimately be trouble. Still, as long as that group dared to come tonight, no matter how many came, Luo Chen truly planned to kill them all.
After adjusting his state, Luo Chen began to sit cross-legged in meditation. Two hours passed. It was already very late, but there was still no movement. Instead, Luo Chen’s phone rang. Luo Chen looked. It was an unfamiliar number. Could it be the nurse from the hospital?
Luo Chen answered the call. The other side said hello. “Who are you?” Luo Chen asked. “Big brother, I am the girl you saved today. My name is Tian Qiqi.” A gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Big brother, I want to properly thank you. Thank you for being willing to help me today, and for taking me to the hospital, so that before I leave this world, I can still feel the warmth of the world.” From the other end of the phone came Tian Qiqi’s sobbing.
“Wait, what do you mean by that?” Luo Chen frowned. This Tian Qiqi’s state seemed somewhat wrong. Today at the restaurant, she had already seemed somewhat distracted. “Big brother, I do not want to live anymore.” Tian Qiqi instantly broke down, and sounds of choking and crying came through.
“I have nothing left. My mother ran away with someone else. My father does not want me either. My boyfriend broke up with me today too.” Tian Qiqi seemed to have found someone to pour her heart out to, and in an instant she told everything. But clearly she was already desperate.
Luo Chen did not know exactly what was going on, but if these things were true, any girl would probably be unable to bear this blow. After all, Luo Chen was an old monster of tens of thousands of years. While coaxing information out of Tian Qiqi, he prepared to go out.
If it were someone else, Luo Chen might really not care, but Tian Qiqi’s experience made Luo Chen feel sympathetic. In his previous life, his situation was different from Tian Qiqi’s, but the circumstances were the same. He had no parents at that time, not to mention a girlfriend. He was a lonely person, and he understood that feeling very well.
So, he planned to go save Tian Qiqi. Luo Chen had already pushed open the main door, and with a tap of his toes, he prepared to fly out. Just before leaving, Luo Chen suddenly glanced at his house number. It seemed wrong. After all, he had just arrived and had not paid much attention, so the house number he reported seemed somewhat wrong. He lived in 305, but reported 304 to Cui Hao and the others.
This seemed like shifting trouble onto someone else. But Luo Chen could not be bothered to care. Firstly, saving people was much more important to him than killing people. Secondly, his neighbour was not someone easy to deal with either. If that group really went to cause trouble for the neighbour, they would probably kick an iron plate today. So Luo Chen directly flew into the night sky, then disappeared into the darkness.
Luo Chen’s ability to coax information out of people was indeed formidable. After all, the other party was a young girl. How could she be a match for Luo Chen? Luo Chen not only got her location out of her, but also got the whole story out of her. This Tian Qiqi was not a waitress at that Jinxiu Shanhe restaurant at all. She was the daughter of the Jinxiu Shanhe restaurant’s owner.
But that restaurant was actually about to close down. The reason was, her father had borrowed a lot of high-interest loans to open this restaurant, and had been unable to repay them. Even raising the prices of the restaurant’s dishes was still useless. And her mother, seeing that her father could not even protect himself, finally hooked up with a wealthy man and ran abroad.
Her father said he was going to find her mother, but actually last night, when she was packing things, she discovered her father had run away too. And he ran away with all the money. For the past half month, the restaurant had been supported by her, a young girl. But a week ago, when it was time to pay wages, her father had taken all the money and refused to answer her calls. How could she pay out wages? So many of the waiters and chefs in the restaurant had left. She had to personally come out to serve dishes, working as a waitress.
It was also this morning that she told her boyfriend about this matter. The result was predictable. Her boyfriend had already somewhat disliked her strange rule of not marrying, not even being allowed to kiss. Once this matter came out, her boyfriend proposed breaking up this morning and directly left Bocheng.
The bad news did not stop there. In the afternoon she received a call. If she could not repay the debt tonight, they would take the restaurant away, and even threatened her life. Under a series of blows, Tian Qiqi instantly broke down. At this moment she sat on the rooftop, looking at the flickering neon lights below.
“Big brother, thank you, but I really cannot live anymore. I will repay you in the next life!” Tian Qiqi hung up the phone, then closed her eyes. She spread her hands, and her body leaned forward.
But right at this moment, Luo Chen grabbed Tian Qiqi, then directly pulled her up with one hand. Then Luo Chen directly threw Tian Qiqi onto the ground. In Tian Qiqi’s astonished gaze, Luo Chen lit a cigarette and handed it to Tian Qiqi. “So, I saved a dead person back then?” Luo Chen sneered coldly.
“Regarding your parents’ matter, I cannot advise you much, but they have already raised you until you can support yourself. Do you still want them to continue caring for you by your side, to keep paying for you?” “Whether they ran away or left, that is their choice, their life. They do not want you, that is their matter. But if you cannot leave them, that is your matter. You are already so grown up. Can you still not take care of yourself?” Luo Chen sneered coldly again.
“A boyfriend is gone, you can find another. There are plenty of men in the world.” “The restaurant matter is equally easy to solve!” Luo Chen lit a cigarette for himself. “But…”
“Slap!” Luo Chen swung his hand and delivered a slap. “Awake yet?” Luo Chen spoke coldly.
“Your life is yours. If you cannot even take responsibility for yourself, what right do you have to demand how your parents should act?” “And what qualification do you have to demand that others do not abandon you?” Tian Qiqi instantly understood Luo Chen’s meaning, then nodded.
Luo Chen understood. How could he not understand? That road, he had walked it. Very hard, very hard. He crawled along it.
“Once awake, call those debt collectors. I will pay the debt. I will take over the restaurant. From now on, you will manage this restaurant!” Luo Chen directly took out a bank card.
And on the other side, dozens of vans charged towards Bocun! “Remember, after entering, no need to speak. Hack whoever you see!”