Chapter 84 : Contradictory Daily Life
Contradictory Daily Life
In the end, even after the three of them searched themselves inside out and pooled money from both WeChat and Alipay, they could only scrape together a little over 200 yuan. After taking a cab to the hospital, they probably wouldn't have much left.
Seeing how miserable these three were, in the end, Cecilia didn't ask them for medical expenses.
She slowly stood up, looking down at the three men from above, and said coldly, "The three of you can go to the hospital now. If you ever want revenge in the future, I'll always be ready to accompany you."
"But let me tell you in advance, what I did counts as self-defense. There are no surveillance cameras on this street, so even if you report it to the police, the verdict will most likely be in my favor. I believe the reporters and media nowadays would love a story about a young girl taking down three thugs with bad intentions."
Recently, there had been a widely circulated news story online about a girl in her teens who, after realizing she had been kidnapped, sold her female kidnapper for 500 yuan, escaped safely, and was found not guilty in court.
This time, the reason Cecilia went so hard on them was precisely because she was in a vulnerable position—only then did she dare to act so unrestrained.
At night, on a dimly lit, deserted street, it was one side with more people and greater strength—the criminals—and on the other, a delicate, powerless girl. In today's climate of both "cracking down on crime" and "feminist" activism, where public opinion would side was obvious without saying more.
Brother Dao, having lived on the streets for so long, naturally understood this logic. No matter how unwilling he felt inside, he could only grit his teeth and swallow his pride. Clutching the wound on his abdomen, he nodded vigorously and said through gritted teeth, "I understand, don't worry, we won't call the police."
Cecilia let out a light "hmph," and didn't make things any harder for these three small fry. She stepped back two paces, put away her folding knife, and then walked toward the other end of the street.
Although she appeared nonchalant on the surface, in truth, to guard against them having second thoughts and attacking her from behind as she left, Cecilia kept her right hand tightly gripped around 'Malfeasance' in her pocket. All five senses were fully alert, closely monitoring every movement behind her.
"Damn it! She knocked out my tooth, I'm definitely going to kill her!"
As soon as Cecilia was gone, remembering the humiliation just now, yellow Hair's face flushed red with anger. He scrambled up, wanting to chase after her for revenge, only to be yanked back by Brother Dao, who gave him a harsh slap.
"Useless! What's the point of mouthing off after the fact? Where were you when it mattered just now?"
The tiger-headed youth groaned in pain, "Call Brother Hu quickly and get him to send someone to take us to the hospital. My finger might not make it..."
Yellow Hair's mind was torn between rage and reason, his face contorting with a grotesque expression. After hesitating for several seconds, he finally took his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.
"Hello, brother Hu? The three of us got beaten up, you have to get revenge for us..."
A few minutes later, the sound of engines grew louder, sending out a deafening noise.
Several "Ghostfire" motorcycles approached from afar, stopped by the roadside, and picked the three men up, taking them to the nearest hospital.
The street returned to tranquility, leaving only a few dark red pools of blood on the ground, silently testifying to the crime that had recently occurred here.
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In Xijiang City, on Friendship West Road, there was a small pharmacy with a "Sildenafil" poster taped up at the front door, and the lights inside were bright and clear.
It was pitch dark outside, but the store was bright as day inside.
The air was always filled with the scent of Western medicine. Even though it was mid-summer, after staying there for a while, one could still feel a chill all over.
This was a night without customers—quiet and lifeless, as if one was in a morgue.
A young boy dressed in a cheap white lab coat sat alone in the store, bored out of his mind as he leaned across the counter. Even though comedy montage videos were playing on his phone, nothing could spark his interest.
Like Chen Zixuan in the past, this boy was also a student working a summer job during the school holidays to earn some extra pocket money.
He didn't know why, but tonight he felt especially anxious, his eyes constantly darting toward the door, as if something were about to happen.
Back in his cringiest, most adolescent days, he called this feeling—the "Encounter of Destiny".
The male protagonists in harem anime always seem to meet a beautiful girl who falls from the sky on some unusual day, disrupting their monotonous lives, right?
Just like how Tomoki Sakurai met Ikaros, and Shido Itsuka met Tohka Yatogami...
Even though he hadn't watched any harem anime in a long time, it still didn't stop his mind from wandering.
After all, aside from a couple who'd come to buy emergency contraception, there hadn't been any other customers tonight, leaving him plenty of time to daydream behind the counter.
But deep down, he knew these things only happened in his imagination.
Reality was just reality—there wouldn't be any author-orchestrated plot, nor would there ever be an anime-like beautiful girl in real life.
Anime worlds were nothing but illusions—a beautiful dream in a cruel world.
Thinking back to how naively he'd acted before, the boy felt a flush of embarrassment, chuckled self-mockingly, and switched off the video playing on his phone.
A shadow flickered past the door—it seemed a customer was about to enter.
Creak——
Pushed by an external force, the old glass door let out a long, painful groan before slowly opening.
A petite figure walked in.
The shop clerk had just lifted his head when he felt as if struck by lightning, his gaze freezing as he looked at the customer.
Tonight's seventh customer was a girl in a black long hoodie and a gray short skirt.
As the glass door opened a crack, the hot air outside found an outlet and rushed in like a rising tide, pouring into the cold pharmacy.
Even at night, it was hot in Xijiang City.
However, contrary to the outside heat, the girl who walked in with the warm wind radiated an icy, chilling aura.
She stood straight and proud, a cold expression on her face. No matter how unsmiling she was, it couldn't hide her stunning features.
Without a doubt, she was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, her delicate appearance so flawless that it seemed anime itself had produced her.
What took the shop clerk's breath away was the ponytail peeking from both sides of the girl's black hoodie—a pure silver, almost platinum, gleaming with a metallic shine under the pharmacy's harsh white lights.
Swallowing hard, for some reason, seeing the silver-haired girl stride toward him, a dangerous thought suddenly rose in the boy's mind.
Kami-sama... Have I crossed over into an anime world?
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(To be continued...)