When Wei Yuan's uncle set up a table and plugged in the induction cooker, he suddenly realized he couldn't find any pot to hold the food for hot pot, which left him in a dilemma.
"Yuan, where did the pots you usually use for meals go?" Xie Ge asked.
As soon as this topic came up, Wei Yuan felt a bit ashamed. Last month, when the first batch of creditors came to collect their debts, Wei Yuan had stated, unable to persuade them to leave: "Take whatever you think is valuable from the house!"
As a result, everything in the house was quickly taken away, including all the cooking utensils. At that moment, Wei Yuan could only awkwardly pull out the only remaining old electric kettle and said, "I've been using this lately; it's just for boiling some noodles to get by..."
Clearly, when Wei Yuan brought out such a postmodern hot pot tool, it immediately shocked Xie Ge: "Using this for hot pot? That's a first for me!"
Wei Yuan's mother laughed upon hearing their conversation, though there was undoubtedly a hint of self-mockery in her smile.
"Brother Wei, where should I put my backpack?" Yufei sweetly asked.
After Wei Yuan took his cousin to toss her backpack into his room, he saw Xie Yufei walk over and pull out a bottle of glue and a torn textbook from her bag. She looked at Wei Yuan and said, "Brother, this is yours. I'll call you when it's time to eat!"
Then she ran off to wait by the dining table while Wei Yuan was left puzzled. How could he fix a textbook that was in such bad shape? It needed to look brand new!
Carefully, Wei Yuan poured a little glue onto the cover and pressed it down with his hand. However, the visible creases were still very apparent. Just as he was feeling extremely troubled, his brain seemed to start working due to his contemplation. Wei Yuan noticed that he could vaguely sense a dark gray mist swirling in his mind!
It was like moisture seeping through a sponge, gradually moving toward his arm. However, when those dark gray misty substances were exposed to the air, they immediately turned into White Mist, gradually fading in color until even careful observation with the naked eye couldn't make it clear. Wei Yuan even began to doubt whether he was experiencing an Illusion.
Yet his consciousness clearly perceived that the mist with fading color in the air actually existed. He had been hit by an extremely speeding BMW Sports Car without any injury at all. Coupled with the strange feeling at Luoxia Lake, Wei Yuan could only find an explanation from what he had seen online: it seemed that his body had undergone some kind of mutation?
When Wei Yuan felt that although those misty substances were invisible to the naked eye, they seemed to be truly under his control, he tried extending his hands toward Yufei's torn textbook. To his surprise, he found that the dried glue he had applied began to naturally peel off!
As those dried glues fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace, Wei Yuan discovered something even more astonishing: the textbook he had touched was visibly starting to restore itself. After just a few seconds, the previously torn cover looked as good as new...
How could this be? For a moment, Wei Yuan's mind went blank. What was wrong with his body? What kind of strange ability was this?
Wei Yuan fell into deep thought. On one hand, he felt fortunate about this change; it seemed like characters from martial arts stories who had adventures eventually became great heroes.
But on the other hand, he couldn't help but worry. From a scientific perspective, sudden changes in one's body seemed like an ominous sign?
"Wei Yuan Brother, it's time to eat!"
As Wei Yuan opened his eyes from deep thought, he saw the adorable face making a funny expression at him. Suddenly, Xie Yufei noticed that the book in Wei Yuan's hand had actually returned to its original state: "That's amazing! You're so awesome, brother!"
"Thank you, brother. I knew you were great!" Xie Yufei then pecked Wei Yuan on the forehead like a dragonfly touching water.
Once Wei Yuan came to his senses, he placed his hands on his cousin's rosy cheeks and rubbed them a bit, saying, "Letting you kiss boys so casually..."
"You're different, brother. I just like Wei Ge!" Xie Yufei sweetly replied.
"Little rascal, let's eat."
Although the hot pot utensils weren't very authentic, everyone was quite satisfied with the meal. After eating, Wei Yuan helped his uncle move his mother, Wu Shuzhen, along with her wheelchair into the car. A few years ago, after his mother broke her leg, the doctor declared that she would have to spend her life in a wheelchair. Of course, she could get prosthetics, but the cost of several tens of thousands was something Wei Yuan couldn't afford at the moment.
After settling his mother in the car, Wei Yuan decisively got out and closed the door. Xie Ge thought that this nephew had forgotten something and hurriedly got out to help. Sitting in the car, Wu Shuzhen looked back at her son's figure and immediately understood his intentions; she didn't plan to stop him!
"Uncle, why aren't you driving yet?" Wei Yuan asked, leaving Xie Ge confused.
"Aren't you coming with us?" Xie Ge asked in bewilderment.
Upon hearing this, Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "No need. It's already enough trouble for you all to take care of my mom alone."
Xie Ge was displeased upon hearing this: "What do you mean by that? We're all family!"
Looking at him gratefully, Wei Yuan replied, "Thank you, Uncle. But we have other plans!"
When Xie Ge then asked if Wei Yuan planned to give up on studying, Wei Yuan could only helplessly express that he would temporarily give it up. Although he knew that if he prepared for university, his uncle might cover his tuition fees, he wasn't willing to rely too much on others right now.
"Alright then, I respect your choice! Here’s some money for you; a man should always carry some cash when going out."
As he spoke, Wei Yuan's uncle took out his wallet and handed over all the cash inside—about several thousand yuan. Wei Yuan didn't refuse too much; after taking one thousand yuan from it, he returned the rest to Xie Ge, saying, "Uncle, this amount is enough for me!"
After his uncle's Jinbei Van left with his mother Wu Shuzhen, Wei Yuan put the money into his pocket and packed a few personal items before completely leaving home.
Carrying his belongings, Wei Yuan aimlessly walked to the bus stop. He didn't even bother to check the bus schedule when a bus suddenly pulled up, and he just got on.
It was as if he didn't know where this bus would take him; at that moment, Wei Yuan felt very lost about his future!
Some people in this world like to use random probabilities to predict their luck. For example, some toss a coin after getting out of bed to gauge their fortune for the day. Others have a stranger habit: they conduct an experiment where if they get on a bus and there are no seats available, it means they won't have good luck.
However, Wei Yuan thought this practice was unscientific. At least he didn't want to believe that not having a seat on the bus meant bad luck, mainly because he had taken the bus for so many years and had never once gotten a seat as soon as he boarded!
So, facing the booming public transportation industry, while the unfortunate Wei Yuan stood preparing to buy a ticket, the driver made a sharp turn, causing him to stumble forward. At that moment, he happened to see a familiar figure in a school uniform behind him!
It was her! This girl was Lan Xue, Wei Yuan's classmate for three years in high school, known as the most beautiful girl at Jinghai No. 1 High School. Of course, she was also the girl who appeared most frequently in Wei Yuan's mind and dreams over those three years; in other words, she was the girl he had secretly admired.
At that moment, Wei Yuan didn't know whether it was because he couldn't react quickly enough after the sudden turn and ended up leaning against a soft wall of flesh with his head down or if he was just afraid that his disheveled appearance would be seen by the girl he liked. However, that wasn't the most important thing because when he looked down, he realized what lay before him was an unfathomable chasm...
It was only then that Wei Yuan fully realized: it seemed that after being thrown forward by that sharp turn, he wasn't pressed against someone else's back but rather in front of someone—seemingly a girl...
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