Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Jiang Lan followed the alley that Jiang Chi had turned into before and found Jiang Chi without much effort. He was injured and walking slowly, so he hadn’t walked far at all. At this time, he was huddled in a relatively hidden corner, holding a half-bottle of water that he had gotten from somewhere, from which he had drunk two sips, and then taking off his torn shirt, he dipped a clean place in water, and was carefully wiping the wounds on his body.
He was really thin, with his ribs sticking out on his chest and the butterfly valley on his back particularly prominent. At first glance, it looked like a thin layer of skin covering a few bones.
His body was covered with scars, new and old, with abrasions and large bruises, purple and blue, looking extremely scary. But Jiang Chi didn’t seem to care at all. He even roughly wiped the wounds with his clothes, wiping off the coagulated blood stains and dust and gravel. He stopped only when fresh blood flowed out of the wounds. Then he wiped his face with the wet clothes, wrung them dry, and put them on.
He didn’t make a sound from beginning to end, and his tolerance for pain was not even like that of an eleven-year-old child.
After doing all this, he picked up the bottle on the ground and continued walking forward.
Jiang Lan followed him quietly and saw him rummaging through trash cans as he walked, putting cans and mineral water bottles together in plastic bags.
After walking for more than half an hour, he finally turned into a narrow alley. After walking for a while, he stopped in front of a small shed. The shed was supported by a few pieces of wood and some bricks, and the top and sides were covered with broken iron sheets and plastic sheets. It was backed by an abandoned garbage recycling station. If Jiang Lan hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t even know that there were people who really lived in such a place.
Jiang Chi skillfully pulled out a plastic bag from a pile of garbage, put the bottles in the plastic bag into the sack, and hid it in the garbage pile.
Then he opened the door of the shed and went in. Because it was too dark, he did not close the door. From Jiang Lan’s position, he could just see a figure lying inside the shed.
Jiang Chi shook the person lying down, and the figure moved and turned over, revealing half of her withered and aged face. The old woman mumbled a few words incoherently, and Jiang Chi responded muffledly, then took out half a piece of bread that had been carefully packed in a packaging bag from his pocket in the dim light outside, washed his hands, tore the bread into small pieces, soaked it in water to soften it, and then fed it to the old woman bit by bit.
The old woman only ate three or four bites and stopped, then seemed to fall asleep again.
Jiang Chi resealed the remaining bread and hid it in the shed. He sat there for a while, took out the cloth bag from his waistband and touched it, then went out of the shed, closed the door and prepared to go out.
Jiang Lan had almost guessed what he was going to do. He came out from his hiding corner and looked at Jiang Chi.
“Are you going to steal again? How many people do you have to steal from to save enough money for medical expenses?”
Not to mention his skills as a pickpocket, electronic payment was everywhere nowadays, so even if he could steal something, it would probably only be small change.
Jiang Chi’s body froze, and then he fiercely went to defend the front of the shed like a small animal whose territory was invaded.
Jiang Lan did not approach him rashly. He stood not too far away and analyzed the pros and cons with him: “I can lend you money, and you can take her to the hospital.”
He remembered what the police officer at the police station had said and guessed that the old woman in the shed should be the crazy woman Li who had raised Jiang Chi.
Jiang Chi glared at him fiercely, and finally uttered a hoarse, low roar: “Get out of here.” His voice did not have the crisp and childish sound of a child at all.
“She is very ill. Maybe by the time you save enough money, it will be too late.”
There was a hint of hesitation in Jiang Chi’s eyes. It was obvious that he understood his situation, but he didn’t trust Jiang Lan, so he would rather rely on himself.
But the possibility mentioned by Jiang Lan still wavered his persistence.
“I have two younger brothers at home, and I just need a playmate for them.” Jiang Lan slowly dispelled his guard: “I will help you pay for the medical expenses, and you will be responsible for playing with my brothers. You will also be responsible for doing the housework at home. Food and accommodation will be provided, but there will be no salary. When the medical expenses are paid off, you can leave. How about it?”
Jiang Chi stared at him for a long while, and finally made a difficult decision: “Really?”
Jiang Lan lied to the child very skillfully: “If you don’t believe me, we can sign a contract. The contract has legal effect.”
“Okay.” Jiang Chi made the decision without thinking too long this time.
Jiang Lan breathed a sigh of relief, took out his cell phone and called 120, saying, “Let’s send her to the hospital first.”
He looked at Jiang Chi who was covered in wounds and said, “You should go get checked too.”
He could endure it since he was young. He used to walk with a limp, but now he was used to it. If Jiang Lan had not seen the wounds on his body with his own eyes, he would have thought that he was not injured at all.
Jiang Chi tensed his back in alertness but said nothing. He just opened the door of the shed and sat quietly beside the old woman.
Ying Qiao, who had turned back, arrived before the ambulance.
The road inside was too narrow for cars to drive in. So, he walked in. The area was being demolished and rebuilt, so there was garbage thrown everywhere, making it dirty and messy. As he walked in, his face became more and more gloomy.
Only when he saw Jiang Lan did he relax a little, and nodded in the direction of Jiang Chi: “What’s going on?”
Jiang Lan whispered to him, and then added: “I don’t know why, but seeing him like this always makes me feel a little uncomfortable.”
Although he was soft-hearted, it depended on who he was dealing with.
He had only met Jiang Chi twice, but he cared so much about him, which was actually beyond Jiang Lan’s expectations.
Ying Qiao rubbed his head and held his hand in his palm: “Maybe this is your fate.”
The intuition of the monster race had always been very accurate. There may be some origins that Jiang Lan himself had not yet noticed, but his intuition was already giving him warnings.
He did not interfere with Jiang Lan’s actions, but only said: “Do whatever you want to do, just follow your heart.”
Jiang Lan shook his hand and nodded.
As they were talking, the ambulance arrived. The medical staff came in with a stretcher and loaded the old woman into the ambulance. Jiang Lan accompanied Jiang Chi in the ambulance, while Ying Qiao asked the waiting driver to turn around and catch up with the ambulance and go to the hospital together.
The author has something to say:
Jiang Lan: I am a professional at lying to children (hands on hips)
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Sorry for the long wait, let’s draw 100 red envelopes.
I seem to have been taking leave late recently, I feel a little embarrassed. I still have to explain to everyone. Because I have used up all the manuscripts I have saved, I am writing now, and my writing speed is slow, so I often can’t finish writing orz
I originally wanted to change the fixed update time of the copywriting, but after changing it, I would probably turn into a wild dog and update every day at midnight. If there is a fixed time, I can at least try my best orz
I will try to update earlier in the future, but if you can’t wait, don’t keep waiting. You can watch it in the evening or the next day. Anyway, there will definitely be 6,000 updates every day.
See you at the second watch.
Then a little spoiler, it seems that the comments are all wrong, Jiang Chi is not a dragon~
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