On a midsummer night, there were lightning, thunder and heavy rain.
The raindrops hit the window, crackling, bringing a cool breath.
"I always feel like something is staring at me in the night..."
Sang Yu stood in front of the window and murmured something, pushing up the glasses on the bridge of her nose. She was wearing a milk tea-colored suit jacket, a white base, and suit pants of the same color. Her shoulder-length hair was casually tied into a low ponytail, simple and capable.
After closing the windows and drawing the curtains, Sang Yu turned around and saw that the small living room, although decorated and furnished with old furniture, was kept clean and tidy, giving people a warm feeling of home.
In the open space in front of the TV, Sang Que, who was only seven or eight years old, was wearing a vest and shorts. He was half a head taller than other children of the same age. He had been doing horse stance with an expressionless face for half an hour.
Sang Yu walked over and tried Sang Que's chassis and found that her chassis was very stable. She nodded with satisfaction and took a few novels from the table and placed them on Sang Que's head and shoulders.
Sangque frowned, Sangyu smiled.
"Raise your arms and clamp them together, and tighten your core. These are the basic skills of martial arts training, and you must practice them thoroughly."
"Oh~" Sang Que took a breath, tightened his arms, and clamped the two books handed over by Sang Yu.
"I often have to stay in school and help the tutors. I can't come back to see you often, so this family depends on you."
"If someone bullies your mom, fight back hard while protecting yourself. Don't be afraid of getting into trouble. As long as you don't suffer any loss, your aunt will cover everything for you, understand?"
"I understand, Auntie."
After pinching Sang Que's face, Sang Yu walked through the living room and leaned against the door frame of the master bedroom. She looked at her sister Sang Wan sitting in a wheelchair, her eyes fixed on the screen, her hands clacking on the keyboard.
"Have you decided to go back home?" Sang Yu asked. "I have already received an offer from that research institute. I will start work on the first of next month. If we hold on for a while longer, we will be able to buy our own house in this capital."
The sound of typing slowed down a bit. Sang Wan, who looked gentle and peaceful, said without turning her head, "That won't work. Xiao Que's household registration is in her hometown, so it's better for her to go back to school. I brought Xiao Que here because you didn't have a job. Now that you have a job, I have to take care of Xiao Que wholeheartedly."
Sang Yu's eyes were filled with reluctance, but although her sister looked weak, she was more opinionated and stubborn than her.
Thinking back to the time when the two of them escaped from the mountains, helpless and homeless, when the younger sister had a car accident and lost one leg, he could still smile and tell her that he could earn some compensation to support her through high school.
After turning 18, at the request of his younger sister, he changed his original rustic name, abandoning his alcoholic father's surname and taking his mother's surname as a symbol of completely breaking away from the past.
It is never too late to do anything you want to do.
Her name is Sang Yu, her sister is Sang Wan, and as for the little guy they picked up...
Sang Yu still remembers that day, because the sparrows kept chirping, they found the little guy in an alley deep in the garbage station. The little guy didn't cry or make a fuss, but giggled when he saw them.
So the little guy was called Mulberry Bird.
In order to register Sangque, they spent money, asked people for help, and went through a lot of effort to get an adoption certificate and settle it in their hometown.
Fortunately, Sang Wan was more ambitious than her. During the three years when she was in high school, Sang Wan was unable to go out alone, so she read various novels on a second-hand computer in the rental house and also tried to write novels online.
Sang Wan is talented, willing to work hard, and eager to learn. He has achieved good results within two years of entering the industry.
Also because online literature is on the rise, Sang Wan was lucky enough to sell the copyright of a book with an unbearable title.
That income allowed them to live a good life in the imperial capital. They hired part-time workers to clean, cook, and help take care of Xiaoque.
It also allows her to concentrate on her studies. In addition, in the past two years, she has worked on projects and written papers with her supervisor and achieved certain achievements. She has a letter of recommendation from her supervisor and received an offer from a research institute that requires her to sign a confidentiality agreement, with high salary and benefits.
It is not impossible for them to take root in this imperial capital in the future.
But my sister likes a slow-paced life and says that the capital is too aggressive and not very friendly to Sangque.
Sang Wan has always wanted a house of her own, with a small yard to grow flowers and vegetables, and raise a cat so that she can continue writing her novels.
The current landlord does not allow people to keep cats, so Sang Wan can only wait for Sang Que to finish school and push her out to feed the stray cats.
Sang Yu pushed his glasses and thought about the mysterious research institute. The workplace might not be in the imperial capital.
According to information revealed by my tutor, the research institute is studying some things that are difficult to explain scientifically. The headquarters should be deep in the mountains, and they have a six-month break.
It would be a good idea for my younger sister to take Sang Que back to her hometown. It just so happened that Grandpa Ma, who taught her kung fu since she was a child, had an apprentice who opened a martial arts school there. Sang Que could continue to learn after she returned, and she could also ask Grandpa Ma's apprentice to take care of her and her daughter.
Sang Yu always remembered the night before she escaped from the mountains. If she had not learned martial arts from Grandpa Ma since she was a child, she and her sister would have been bullied by the village hooligans.
So she had to let Sang Que learn martial arts, not only to protect her sister, but also to protect herself in the future.
Although Sangque is young, he has grown into a man that everyone praises.
"There's still 230,000 yuan in here. It's what I saved over the past few years. You can buy the house first and then move back."
Sang Wan looked at the bank card and didn't refuse. She even teased, "Sister, you are so poor! I have already bought the house, but I haven't paid the balance for the renovation yet. It's just right."
Sang Yu's cheeks blushed slightly. "Wait for me to start working. My income will immediately surpass yours. I will support you then."
"Okay, we'll wait. By the way, after returning home, I plan to find a piano teacher for Xiao Que and enroll her in a painting class. It's not good to practice martial arts all day long. She should have some artistic hobbies."
"No, I want to learn martial arts!"
Sang Que protested outside, and Sang Yu and Sang Wan smiled at each other.
"This girl is being taken care of by your aunt. She can't do anything except practicing martial arts. It's so worrying! We should work hard and buy a few more houses and shops for this girl. She will be able to support herself in the future."
Sang Yu's eyes fell on Sang Wan's legs, his smile froze, and a feeling of guilt surged in his heart again.
"Sang Wan, wait for me. I will definitely make you stand up again and walk like a normal person."
"Hasn't this been a long wait? Prostheses are really uncomfortable to wear."
Sang Wan turned her attention back to the computer. "Oh, by the way, sister, I've been looking for inspiration for my new book and found that many forums are discussing supernatural events. Do you think there are really ghosts in this world?"
Sang Yu's eyes flickered. "You believe these things that have no scientific basis? They are all feudal superstitions, written to attract attention and traffic. Just watch the excitement."
Sang Yu's phone vibrated. She took it out and saw that it was an email from her tutor.
"It's time to go back to school. Don't worry about moving. I'll borrow a car when I have time to take you back."
"Got it. Be careful on your way back, Xiao Que. Send your aunt off."
"well!"
*
Sang Yu rushed back to his dormitory at school. His roommate was not there. He turned on the computer and read the email again.
Her mentor said that this is an AI chat software that has been very popular on the Internet recently, but according to statistics, many of the deceased in the recent surge in suicide cases had downloaded this chat software.
Their initial analysis found anomalies in the software code and asked her to analyze the anomalies and write a report.
"Strange, shouldn't this kind of thing be analyzed by the instructors in the research institute? Why would it be sent to me? Although I have a degree in computer science, this is not my major and research direction."
Seeing the words "This is a test" at the end of the email, Sang Yu frowned, "Could it be an additional assessment from that research institute?"
Sang Yu's curiosity was aroused, and she also wanted to know whether there were really ghosts in this world, or mysterious forces that were beyond human cognition.
While thinking, Sang Yu had somehow clicked on 'Download Attachment' and the download was completed in just one second.
Then, her computer went black as if it had been infected with a virus, with only a jumping cursor typing out a line of words quickly.
[Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly live? Yes, no]
"ha?"
Sang Yu laughed and for a moment thought it was someone's prank. After thinking for a moment, she did not dare to touch the keyboard directly, but reached out to pull out the plug to turn off the power.
The moment her palm touched the power cord, the electric current hit her heart directly. Sang Yu trembled all over and fell heavily to the ground. The world was spinning and darkness swallowed everything in front of her.
She didn't see it, but her phone lit up again with a text message.
[Don’t open the email, don’t ever!!!]
The feeling of numbness, dizziness and falling lasted for a long time. Sang Yu suddenly struggled out of the water like a drowning person, took a deep breath and sat up suddenly.
The damp and peeling walls, the rotten carved wooden windows, the tattered tables and chairs, and the coarse clothes she wore all indicated that this was not modern times, and this was not the place she was familiar with.
Sang Yu opened his eyes wide, stumbled out of bed, picked up the bronze mirror on the table and looked at himself.
“Oh my god!!”
The Lu Xingyun extra chapter is here!
(End of this chapter)