Chapter 31: What Was He Doing? Trying To Kill His Dad?!
Editor: Larbre Studio
Hong Xiaofu fell asleep for more than two hours, and he woke himself up forcefully—thanks to the alarm clock on his phone. It kept him from wrongfully practicing his Awakening power.
"It is already past ten?" Hong Xiaofu looked at the time on his phone and sighed, "How did I fall asleep so easily? Oh god, is this manual a hypnotising book?"
Hong Xaiofu got out of bed and stretched a little, before he turned to look around the house.
Shen Xiaoling had already gone to bed and the table was kept clean.
In the dustbin was an empty crab shell, with not a single bit of flesh left on it. The other dishes that they packed were already stored away in the refrigerator.
In Shen Xiaoling's area, there was an installation that she had recently set up. It was hard to tell what that was, but it was pretty huge. It was filled with many random and messy things, including a toy that he had previously picked up for Shen Xiaoling.
It seemed that his precious sister had been playing around with her mechanical innovations after she had completed her homework. Who knows what strange things she would come up with in the future, but since she enjoyed it and it did not cause harm, she could go ahead and do it. It was her hobby, after all—and she did not spend much on it.
What mattered the most to Hong Xiaofu was his rank. For every rank that he could rise up to, the bursary amount that he would be getting each month would double. It meant that, once he reached LV2, he could get six thousand dollars a month! That was the equivalent of the monthly income of an average household. With that kind of money, he and Shen Xiaoling would definitely be able to lead a better life.
He covered Shen Xiaoling with a blanket and sat down on his bed again. He originally wanted to practice the second image, but after thinking about it for a while, he decided to pick up his phone first.
<Is everyone still there?>
Su Ying's reply came through: <Yes, I'm here. How did your practice go Xiaofu? Did you feel anything? I have been sitting here for more than two hours but I only felt the inner peace for about ten minutes. Now I don't feel anything anymore.>
Zhang Yang: <Same here. I even took sleeping pills but it didn't work. After being Awakened, my immunity toward medicine has increased quite a bit…>
Hong Xiaofu replied, <Erm… Just now I… had fallen asleep…>
<Are you serious? You could fall asleep? The posture I had to maintain was so uncomfortable, my legs are sore!> said Sun Ying.
Zhang Yang agreed, <Hey, you are cheating! We agreed to practice together, yet you fell asleep on your own. But could you really sleep?>
<Yes, I'm not sure why either. I fell asleep faster than any other time that I have tried falling asleep,> said Hong Xiaofu.
<You are something else,> Zhang Yang replied. He was curious, <Oh right—Xiaofu, if you raise your rank to LV 2, how would your power improve? Your power does not have much space for evolution.>
He was actually right about that. Hong Xiaofu's weird power was indeed troubling. It would be hard to imagine what it would be like after moving up the rank...
He could make people kneel. If his rank increased, he would not make people even exaggerate their bow, right? Or throw a worship ceremony?
Just thinking about that made them shiver in fear.
Hong Xiaofu replied, <Who knows what would happen. Let's talk about it when it happens, it would be good if I could discover new powers. The most important thing is the money. At LV2 the bursary amount would be doubled, that is important.>
Su Ying and Zhang Yang agreed, <It would be an advantage, indeed. Alright then, good luck, let's work hard together and carry on!>
After turning off his phone, Hong Xiaofu tried out the second image. He followed the posture shown on the image and closed his eyes. Keeping his mind clear...
...he fell asleep again.
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Driver Li Wei finally got home after a long day at work. The moment he opened his door, he saw his son Li Tianqi seated on the sofa playing Honor of Kings: he was venting his anger while playing.
"Do you actually know how to play?! Primary school students please get out?!"
"What the hell are you doing? Exploring the jungle?!"
"Arthur can you stop that? Huh? Can you?!"
Li Wei was fuming. Look at Hong Xiaofu. Although he was an orphan, he had a positive attitude toward life. Despite having to take care of a younger sister day and night and even having to be a replacement gamer for the young master, he could still do well enough in his studies to be in the top one hundred!
Then there was Li Tianqi. He did nothing except play games, it was of no surprise that his results had placed him at the very bottom of the ranks. Everytime Li Wei nagged at him, he would talk nonsense about following his own path.
How could there be such a huge difference between people?!
"You brat…" Li Wei was so furious that his face had turned black. He dashed into the toilet and grabbed the mop as he shouted, "You only know how to play games everyday! Go ahead and play! Go ahead!"
Li Tianqi instantly felt threatened. He was in shock as he saw his dad grab the mop. He threw his phone down and ran through the house shouting, "Mom! Mom! Dad is crazy! He is going to hit me!"
His mother rushed out immediately and lectured Li Wei, "Did you take the wrong medicine today, stupid old man? Are you trying to rebel now?! Why are you hitting your child right after you come home in the middle of the night? Hit him if you dare, let's see who will be the one taking the blow!"
Li Wei used to be very afraid of his wife, but he had somehow mustered the courage to go against her today. He pushed up his sleeves and shouted, "Get lost! You get lost! Look at how you have spoiled him! He does everything except the things he should be doing! He hits the dogs outside, flirts with girls in school and games as soon as he gets home! If you carry on spoiling him this way he will get used to it! I must teach him a lesson today!"
Li Wei rarely threw such a tantrum before his wife. His wife instantly felt intimidated.
She observed Li Wei's expressions carefully and noticed that he was not joking. She immediately tried to calm him down, "Look at you, what are you so fierce about? We can talk after you put down the mop!"
"Get out of my way!" Li Wei shouted, "You brat! If you don't come out now, you can forget about going to bed today!"
Watching his dad's sudden and insane rage, Li Tianqi was so scared that he started sobbing, "What did I do? I didn't do anything today!"
Li Wei screamed in anger, "You better get out now! I can't calm down if I don't hit you today! Are you coming out? Yes or no?!"
He started rushing into the house as he spoke. His wife could not take it further, so she said softly, "Old man, it would be enough to just scare him a little. Don't you dare hit him for real!"
He was, after all, his own son. How could Li Wei bear to hit him? After dashing into the house, he spanked Li Tianqi with the mop twice and kept yelling, "Look at you! So ignorant and incompetent! Look at Hong Xiaofu, how promising! How did I raise a brat like you?!"
Hong Xiaofu?! Li Tianqi was dumbfounded. Who the hell was Hong Xiaofu, what did he have to do with him? Why did he have to get scolded because of him?!
Although Li Tianqi had been lazy and undisciplined, his dad had never hit him. That day, he suddenly turned to punishing him out of nowhere. He was filled with shock and rage in an instant.
A thin layer of sweat dripped down his body as he stared at the floor in a daze, unmoving.
Within a second, he had Awakened.
Li Wei had only hit him twice, yet he had suddenly frozen. He thought his son might have been hurt badly from the beating and asked softly, "Boy what's wrong with you? Why are you pretending?"
As he watched his son drag himself lifelessly into the kitchen, Li Wei and his wife followed him curiously. Then they saw Li Tianqi picking up a kitchen knife...
Shit.
What was he doing? Trying to kill his dad?!
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