Chapter 26: A Wrench In the Plans
Seeing the poster, Han Yu felt like his heart had just dropped.
"No, no, no, no, no!" the boy panicked. "This can't be happening! It's too early!"
He had a complete and utter breakdown in the middle of the crowd, arms flailing, face contorted in despair, looking as if he had just seen a ghost—no, worse, a debt collector.
"What's up with the kid?" someone asked, raising a brow.
"Who knows? Probably just another 'special' kid," another person replied with a shrug.
"Should we do something?" the first person asked with a hint of concern.
"Nah, just look at him. What if he's feral?" the other man replied. "He might bite."
"Yeah, who knows what diseases he's got?"
The people looked at Han Yu as if he were some kind of rabid animal. A particularly paranoid woman even clutched her purse tighter, as if he might suddenly leap forward and snatch it.
Normally, Han Yu would have fought back with a witty retort—or at least some dramatic hand gestures—but at this moment, he was far too busy trying to cope with the existential crisis unfolding before him.
'How are they doing it so early? The last notice said it would be happening at least ten months from now!' Han Yu felt like all his carefully laid plans were crumbling like a stale biscuit.