bookcurios Chapter 1343 - 649_3
Chapter 1343 - 649_3
Fang Cheng smiled and then advised:
"If you encounter any unexpected situations here, or if Jiajia’s condition changes, you can call me anytime. You know my phone number."
After chatting for a few more moments, Fang Cheng declined the offer from Old Li and his wife to stay for a meal and turned to say goodbye.
Ning Yue insisted on seeing him off downstairs, walking all the way to the entrance of the residential area.
The scorching summer sun cast a faint heat over the asphalt road.
Ning Yue stood on the curb, watching as Fang Cheng’s Land Rover SUV slowly merged into the traffic.
The car’s silhouette gradually faded away.
Her eyes held a mix of daze and emotion.
Recalling the scene in the bedroom just now, where Fang Cheng subdued the evil like a god, her heart was still beating rapidly.
In three years of high school, she never truly understood this quiet and genteel male classmate.
And now, he seemed to have moved into a world she couldn’t even reach or imagine.
However...
Ning Yue’s eyes flickered slightly, and a hint of a relieved smile unconsciously appeared at her eyes’ corners.
To have the fortune to make such a powerful and reliable old classmate.
Perhaps it’s the luckiest thing in her life.
.........
Summer nights are the peak time of liveliness at Old Factory Street.
The noise from the food stalls downstairs and the clinking of beer bottles kept drifting into the tubular building through the windows.
"Chengcheng, I’ve already lit the mosquito coil for you. If you feel hot at night, just turn on the electric fan."
Li Biyun’s voice of advice echoed in the living room, accompanied by the broadcast sounds from the local news channel on TV.
"Got it, mom, you should sleep early too."
Fang Cheng replied casually.
He had just finished showering, with a towel draped around his neck, and casually wearing a loose white tank top and big shorts.
He raised his hand to brush his still-dripping short hair and walked into the bedroom, closing the door behind him.
The door panel blocked the sounds from the living room.
Fang Cheng sat on the bed, threw the towel from his neck over the back of a chair.
After leaving Ning Yue’s home in the afternoon, he went to a nearby agricultural market to buy some ribs and vegetables.
When he reached downstairs with plastic bags in hand, he happened to run into his mother returning from Wanghu Town.
The two climbed the stairs together, with his mother habitually complaining about the rising meat prices, while he echoed her with a smile.
As for the plan to buy a car, Fang Cheng didn’t mention a word.
His mother had been thrifty all her life, and if she knew he was planning to spend over a million on a luxury car for her commuting, she definitely wouldn’t be able to sleep from distress tonight.
It’d be better to wait until Ning Yue’s side completes the new car procedures and then drive the car downstairs directly.
By then, with it already being a done deal, he could just find an excuse to go along with it. Although his mother would be distressed, she would have to accept it.
Thinking of Ning Yue, Fang Cheng’s thoughts returned to the encounter this afternoon.
The shadow that emerged from Li Jiajia’s mouth resurfaced in his mind.
The explosion at West Mountain, the emergence of ancient civilization relics, the arrival of black rain, and those crazed mutants.
Two originally parallel lines were intersecting in a way he couldn’t foresee.
And the dangers hidden within had already appeared in reality.
Today, this thing sought out Li Jiajia, and tomorrow it could affect the bustling Old Factory Street, or even involve his own family.
So, he must be prepared and vigilant.
Fang Cheng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing these complicated thoughts.
Thinking any further was futile; improving his strength was the only truth to cope with any unexpected changes.
He tucked his legs, kicked off his flip-flops, and sat cross-legged on the bed.
His hands naturally rested on his knees, his spine straightened, slightly tucking in his chin.
Fang Cheng’s eyelids gently closed, slowing down the rhythm of his breathing.
The noise from outside the window quickly became distant.
As his mind sank, he acutely noticed that it seemed as though some new change was happening in the Inner World.