July in the Windy City is unusually hot, and the high temperature bakes and distorts the air.
Because of the urgent orange high temperature warning, there were a lot fewer pedestrians on the street than usual, and most of them rushed indoors in a hurry.
Chen Lu also quickened his pace, and galloped down the street under his umbrella, sweating profusely after a while.
Holding a fruit basket and gifts in his hand, he walked towards a community.
But before he entered the community, he was stopped by security guards.
"Foreigners, please register."
"Where are you going?"
The security guard looked at Chen Lu carrying big and small bags, and knew that he must be simply visiting a friend, and asking questions was just a routine.
"Hi brother, I'm going to my classmate's house, No. 7 Building 802."
"Oh...it's that kid Wang Gang, I haven't seen him come out of the door for several days, is he sick?"
Chen Lu nodded, "That's right, he hasn't gone to school for several days, so I just came to see him."
"Okay, let's go in."
The security guard waved his hand and refused to let Chen Lu register. Chen Lu thanked him and walked towards Qidong.
At the same time, his cell phone rang.
It was a message from a super check-in system. Chen Lu clicked on the dialog box:
"Players, please go to Room 802 Wang Gang in Building 7 of Yaxin Residence to sign in."
"Got it, hurry up..."
Chen Lu muttered, in fact, he went to Wang Gang's house because of the trend of the sign-in system.
All this was because of a small program that popped up on his phone two days ago, called the Super Check-in System, as long as he completed the check-in, he would get corresponding rewards.
As a young man of the new generation, he immediately judged that this was a small scam program.
But it just so happened that the first sign-in system was in his toilet.
Although he didn't believe it, he still had to go to the toilet or brush his teeth and wash his face, and when he walked into the toilet, he received two messages.
One is the "sign in successful" reminder sent by the super sign-in system, and the second is "Alipay transfer, 1,000 yuan."
This scared Chen Lu into a fool. Could it be that the sign-in system is real
So the next day, the sign-in system sent a new location, the rooftop of his house.
After going up with the mentality of giving it a try, he actually received a cheat book called "Shocking Tiger Fighting Technique"!
Before Chen Lu could react, a whole set of "Tiger Fighting Technique" content appeared in his mind like a download, and there was no gap, as if he had been immersed in it for many years.
Immediately afterwards, he punched casually and smashed through the wooden table at home. If Chen Lu didn't have a mother, he would have been beaten to death by his mother.
At this moment, Chen Lu had begun to believe in the sign-in system. After all, how could there be such an uncommon sense thing in the world
At that time, Chen Lu received the third message.
After the novice player completes the third novice sign-in, he can officially become a player and start to officially sign-in, and the rewards for the official sign-in are more abundant.
And the third check-in is Wang Gang's house.
Chen Lu got ready, the elevator had reached the eighth floor, and there was 802 in front of him.
"so cold... "
Chen Lu looked around, the windows in this corridor were strangely open, the wind would always rush into the corridor, making goosebumps all over your body.
Chen Lu rang the doorbell.
"Ding dong."
As the doorbell rang, Chen Lu could hear hurried footsteps coming from inside, and then the door made a "click" sound, and Chen Lu saw a somewhat haggard mother.
"Excuse me, are you..."
"I'm Wang Gang's classmate, Chen Lu." Chen Lu raised the fruit basket in his hand, showing a good boy's smile.
"I'm here to visit classmate Wang."
"I'm sorry to trouble you, please come in."
Wang Gang's mother opened the door, and Chen Lu took off his shoes at the door, looking left and right.
There was no sign of Wang Gang.
Looking at the closed door, Chen Lu felt that Wang Gang should be in the bedroom.
"Wang Gang, are you awake?"
Mama Wang yelled towards the door, but she didn't respond for a long time.
Seeing that Wang Gang has not responded, his mother's face is also very sad.
Chen Lu looked at his mobile phone, but there was no prompt to complete the sign-in. After careful inspection, he found that he was about to enter Wang Gang's room.
Chen Lu put away his phone, he still had to act as a good classmate and ask about Wang Gang's situation.
"I'm making you laugh. Wang Gang is usually not like this, but recently he is in a bad state, so he asked for leave from school." Mother Wang looked worried, and Chen Lu saw the opportunity and raised a question.
"Auntie, what happened to Wang Gang recently? How is he usually in good health?"
"What's wrong with him?"
Mother Wang filled a glass of water for Chen Lu, her eyes were full of worry.
"I don't know. It's been like this since he went shopping two days ago and came back."
"Oh..." Chen Lu took a sip of water from the glass, took a sip and continued,
"Auntie, can I go in and see Wang Gang?"
"Oh." Mama Wang sighed again.
"It's not that I won't let you in. Every time he falls asleep, he will lock the door to prevent others from entering. He can't enter until he wakes up."
"Why don't you wait here?"
Chen Lu nodded.
"Wait a little longer, let's have a meal here, he will come out during the meal."
Mama Wang stood up, "There are some snacks here, take whatever you want."
"Okay auntie." Chen Lu nodded obediently. Normally, he would have left knowingly, but this time he stayed with a stern face, after all, he hadn't signed in yet.
Chen Lu swept around and suddenly saw a black box.
The black box was about the size of a fist, and it didn't fit in with the quaint Chinese decoration around it. Chen Lu looked at it curiously, which caught Wang Mama's attention.
"This is what Wang Gang bought when he went shopping that day. He said it was a blind box, but there was nothing in it."
Mama Wang's voice came from the kitchen. After Chen Lu heard it, he approached some blind boxes again.
He has heard of the blind box, which has become very popular among young people recently, and can give out all kinds of gifts.
But this blind box...
Chen Lu found some white powder inside, but it was very light, like marks printed by something, not like there was nothing inside.
Did Wang Gang not tell his mother
is there any other reason
"Why isn't Wang Gang awake yet..." Chen Lu shook his legs, feeling a little impatient.
In fact, he didn't really want to care about Wang Gang. The two of them just had a class in the class and didn't talk for a while, so they should sign up quickly and leave.
Chen Lu saw that Mama Wang was still cooking in the kitchen, and there was the sound of oily smoke frying in the kitchen, so she quietly stood on tiptoe and approached the room.
"Boom boom boom."
"Wang Gang, are you awake?"
Chen Lu had no hope at first, after all, the sound of his knocking on the door was very low, and his shouting was also very low.
Chen Lu couldn't explain his guilty conscience, but suddenly wanted to be more cautious. He felt that Wang's mother didn't want him to disturb Wang Gang.
There was a rustling sound in the room, and Chen Lu was shocked. It was the sound of someone approaching the door from the bed.
Wang just woke up
"You... who are you?"
"I'm Chen Lu, your classmate!"
"Are you... the real Chen Lu?"
"Yes, the teacher asked me to come and see you and ask when you will be able to take care of your health!"
As Chen Lu said so, there was a suppressed cry from behind the door, and then the door opened a small crack, and Chen Lu saw Wang Gang's eyes through the small crack.
"Chen Lu, it's really you... Chen Lu!"
"Come in... come in!"
"Don't be discovered by that woman."
Chen Lu looked at Wang Gang's strange expression, it was an expression intertwined with disbelief, fear and hope.
"What's the matter, isn't that your mother?"
Chen Lu couldn't figure it out, but the fear in Wang Gang's eyes grew stronger, and his face was revealed again, with panic written all over his face.
"No, my mother just went abroad a few days ago, and the people outside are not my mother at all!"