The Luckiest Man

Chapter 43: “Brother, The Candied Gourd Is Dirty…”

Li He had been having a great time lately.

Apart from his Awakening, what was more important was the news his dad had managed to get. The municipal party committee of Shencheng wanted to open a training class for Awakeners, to gather everyone together and educate them on their ideology.

The authorities had planned this for a simple reason—as though they were saying, “All of you young Awakeners are under our record. Even though the times are changing, you are to live your life without creating trouble and give everyone a peace of mind.”

Li He thought that such events were truly necessary. He enjoyed acting arrogant compared to rising in ranks to fight. After all, everyone only had one life, and nobody would think that they were living for too long, right?

Especially after receiving the good news that day, all the pharmacies in the market stocked up on the performance-enhancing drug for Awakeners that had been developed by the bigger companies in the medical industry. The drugs were said to have a great influence on increasing an Awakener’s score by about 0.03%.

Wow. How could they miss out on such good stuff?

Li He had immediately asked his family for 50 thousand dollars and had come out to get the drugs. Then he had seen Hong Xiaofu—it had played psychological tricks on him.

Was that why they said that enemies often crossed paths?

Regardless, Li He still decided to go forward and greet Hong Xiaofu, since they had shared a meal.

“What’s up. Are you eating candied gourd?” Li He giggled as he walked over. He looked at Hong Xiaofu, then looked at Shen Xiaoling and said, “Out for a walk?”

“Brother Li He.” Shen Xiaoling took a glance at Hong Xiaofu before she turned to look at Li He. She looked at the candied gourd that she was holding and hesitated for a moment. She still decided to give one of it to Li He and she said, “Brother Li He, my brother says that I should share treats with others, I’ll give one to you!”

“Huh?” Li He was dumbfounded for a while as he accepted the candied gourd instinctively and asked, “There are three of us here though. What are you going to eat if you give this to me?”

“I…” Shen Xiaoling looked at the candied gourd that Li He was holding and secretly gulped. She quickly let out a big smile and said, “I’m a girl, I can’t eat a lot. I can break this into two and share it with my brother.”

She turned her head and looked at Hong Xiaofu happily and said, “Am I right, brother?”

“Yup, you can have it first, I can’t eat a lot either.” Hong Xiaofu smiled as he handed his to Shen Xiaoling. Usually, the top of the candied gourd was the largest part.

“Thank you brother.” Shen Xiaoling took it and licked it excitedly.

Li He didn’t know what kind of situation the siblings were in, so he did not think much about it. Since they had offered it to him, he took it and wanted to put it into his mouth at once.

However, just as he was about to eat it, someone behind him shouted, “A thief!”

Then Li He felt someone knock into his arm fiercely. He lost his grip of the candied gourd and it fell onto the ground!

Hong Xiaofu was stunned. So was Li He.

Shen Xiaoling was initially shocked. Then she stared at the candied gourd on the floor blankly, feeling extremely wronged. She pursed her lips and said, with teary eyes, “Brother, the candied gourd is dirty…”

A stick that cost five dollars may mean nothing to others. They would just forget about it if it got dirty. That, however, was not the case for Shen Xiaoling. In order to buy a stick of candied gourd, she had to pick fifty bottles. Even so, she was willing to share something she valued so greatly with others, choosing not to keep everything for herself—even though that person was not even a close friend. She still believed that people took time to become good friends, and that no one was born close; she was well aware that she had to be kind to others, so that they would accept it and return her the favor. She had a simple mindset—in all honesty, it may have been the best one, too.

After Hong Xiaofu recovered from his daze, he immediately shouted, “You thief, don’t run!”

Li He had a slightly different reaction from Hong Xiaofu. Someone had knocked into him? They couldn’t just run and get away with it.

Regardless of how they thought, they shared the same feeling as they shouted, “Don’t run!”

They started chasing the thief. Hong Xiaofu shouted as he ran, “Xiaoling, don’t wander off. Wait for me to be back!”

“Yup!” Shen Xiaoling nodded her head firmly. She looked to her left and right, then she quickly squatted down to pick up the candied gourd when no one was looking. She asked the elder lady who was selling the candied gourd, “Ma’am, could you give me a plastic bag?”

“Huh? Kid, it is already dirty.” The elder lady shook her head and said, “I don’t think it can be eaten anymore?” Nonetheless, she handed her a plastic bag.

Shen Xiaoling wiped the corner of her eyes. She then shook her head and said, while smiling brightly, “I can eat it after I cut away the dirty parts when I get home, hehe.”

The elder lady felt sorry for her and replied, “What a poor girl…”

She looked into the distance where the thief had fled and shouted angrily, “You deserve to be punished, I hope you get sent to the police!”

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Hong Xiaofu and Li He were chasing the thief insanely. While running, they shouted, “You thief, don’t run!”

The thief had always used his fast speed to his advantage and he would succeed in stealing. Today was no different. As he dashed forward, he also constantly turned to look back. Then, he realised that the two people behind him were incredibly fast!

“What the hell! What are they!” The thief was rather shocked, and he ran even faster, as if he was in a 100 meters race.

The three people ran, one at the front and two chasing at the back. Li He was even throwing his fireballs while running as he shouted, “Stand right there!”

After running tens of meters, a few people patrolling in civilian clothes had also joined in the chase and dashed forward while shouting, “You thief, don’t run!”

“Oh, shit!” The thief was terrified. He was using all the strength he had to continue running for his life.

Although Hong Xiaofu and Li He were both Awakeners, they were not from the Strengthening System. Their physical stamina might have been slightly better than that of ordinary people, but there was a limit to their ability, too. They really couldn’t catch up with him in such a short time.

After running for more tens of meters, they saw a man filming a video by the roadside, saying “Thank you to all the people who have stayed for a long time and supported me, I’ll perform something for all of you in a short while…” Just as he said that, he heard someone shout, “Thief, don’t run!” from behind him. He turned to take a look, and started chasing without thinking twice as he shouted, “Friends, there is an impromptu show for you today. Watch me chase after a thief, double click and let the hearts flood the broadcast!”

There were already people watching him from the side. The moment he started running, the crowd also followed along and joined in the chase. Seeing that there were more and more people, the thief, who was at the front, was about to break down.

“What the hell is going on?! I only stole a wallet today. Why are there so many people chasing after me!” The thief was so afraid that he had almost peed his pants—he really was in deep trouble. He shouted loudly as he ran, “Ahhhhhhh!”

His voice was compared to those people in Douyin who used the BGM, where people were chasing after Luban VII!

It did not end there. After running a few more steps, there was a group of soldiers who were lined up uniformly, coming his way. In light of the recovery of supernatural influence, times were gradually changing and all the major cities had soldiers in charge of the security of the place. After all, Awakeners had abilities which were far more superior than those of ordinary people. An ordinary policeman may not have been helpful either.

Then it all became a great joke. The group of soldiers saw a man running madly at the front with a huge group of people chasing him and shouting, “catch the thief!”. They saw that he was holding on to a purse—would they not have gotten it?

“Chase!”

Once the head gave his order, all thirty soldiers also started to chase.

The thief, “…”

“Ahhhhhhhh!” The thief was screaming his lungs out as he ran. The people behind were running insanely, too. Those in the industrial buildings were facing the streets and they even played a song —”So exciting!”

“Feeling like I’m at the peak of my life!”

“Feeling like this is the highlight of my life!”