Chapter 5: Death is only a matter of time
After the small storm passed, Shen Lu’s business gradually improved.
This time there is no such vicious customer as Xue Can.
After all, people with super powers are a minority, and most citizens are ordinary people who cannot detect the wonderful benefits of peppermint water.
Everyone is very satisfied with the taste of the mint water, but there are always people who feel pity and lament that it is not easy for her.
At first Shen Lu didn’t take it seriously, but later someone pointed at Fucheng and said, “I can tell at a glance that your brother was injured on the front line, and the follow-up treatment will be very expensive.”
Her brother?
Shen Lu realized later, so the customers thought Fucheng was her brother?
That’s not impossible. Brothers and sisters are better than husband and wife.
Shen Lu naturally acquiesced in the relationship between the two, and said with a tenacious face: "No matter how much money it costs, I will cure my brother!"
Some people were moved by Shen Lu's determination to never abandon Fucheng. After all, in this indifferent society, not many people can do this. Even close relatives would give up for one reason or another, which would bring trouble and burden family.
So the man said to buy another glass of mint water to support Shen Lu.
Shen Lu reluctantly refused.
She also wants to sell it, but it’s not cost-effective.
The sun was setting, and Shen Lu’s mint water was finally sold out. She put away the empty buckets and signs, and pushed Fucheng back to the 17th Street Block.
[Ding dong, the sale of mint water 10/10 was detected, the task has been completed, and a lottery ticket will be awarded. 】
While pushing the cart with great effort, Shen Lu silently recited the lottery.
[Congratulations to the host for winning the blind box prize No. 118: a sweet egg waffle machine. 】
【Sweet Egg Waffle Maker: There is no need to worry about burning the food, this egg waffle machine is 100% successful, even a novice in the kitchen can make perfect egg waffles! 】
Shen Lu: ...It's not bad. I can sell one more snack tomorrow.
She just needs to pick up trash to get the raw materials for making egg waffles, which makes her feel tired just thinking about it.
Shen Lu spent 100 star coins to rent a small house on the first floor in the 17th block, ten square meters, with some simple furniture. The biggest advantage was that it was very close to Jinjin Street, which made it convenient for her to run a stall.
There was a strange smell accumulated over time in the house, which was very unpleasant. Shen Lu opened the only window and tried his best to dissipate the smell.
Using all his strength, he dragged Fucheng to the small single bed. He sat on the old, severely dented sofa and rested for a while before he recovered.
So tired, Shen Lu didn't care how uncomfortable the old sofa was and just fell asleep.
The sun has completely set, and the room without the lights is dark, with only a few blurry lights coming in from the window.
Fucheng quietly opened his right eye and slowly turned his eyes to look around.
It was actually in a house, and he thought he would be thrown to the side of the road.
When he saw Shen Lu sleeping on the sofa, his mood became complicated.
He knew that it was Shen Lu who fed him the mint water, and also changed the gauze and saline solution in the folding medical box like a gangster, and then rescued him from being bitten by mice and took him to When I set up a stall on the street, the first customer I met was a ruthless mercenary, and I almost lost my life.
Or he risked aggravating the injury and used his superpower to intimidate the mercenaries.
The second he used his superpower, his body seemed to be torn apart by something, and his spiritual sea was in an uproar.
Using supernatural powers is taboo for him now, which is why he didn't react at all when being eaten by rats.
The rats can at most eat his flesh and not kill him, but once the supernatural power is used, it will accelerate the flow of mental toxins and he will die immediately.
But Fucheng still used it. No matter that his relationship with Shen Lu was just average before, when he was abandoned by everyone, she was the only one who didn't.
For this alone, Shen Lu was worth the risk.
And Shen Lu got the mint water from somewhere, which had a miraculous effect on his injuries. Fortunately, she fed him another glass of mint water, which managed to save his energy from exploding. Saved a life.
Fucheng's eyes were heavy, remembering the truth he overheard before he was sent away by the Fu family.
He has always known that he is not his parents' biological son. His biological parents died unfortunately fifteen years ago.
The brother-in-law's family not only took over his father's position as head of the family, but also promised everyone that he would be raised as his own son.
My uncle and aunt have been really good to him over the years, they have never been harsh on him, and they are even better to him than his younger brothers and sisters.
But it’s all fake, everything is just an act.
It turns out that the death of his biological parents was planned by his uncle, and his serious injury on the front line was also secretly planned by his uncle.
The purpose is to truly control the Fu family.
"Now that Fucheng is ruined, no one will ask him to take over my position."
"From now on, the position of the head of the Fu family will belong to Xiaoqi. Husband, we will Throw him away from Fucheng. I don’t like him staying at home. The air is no longer fresh.”
“That’s right, Dad, throw him out. Every time I see him, I can think of my classmates. He always praises him in front of me and doesn’t call me by my name. He always calls Fucheng his brother. Do I have no name?”
“Me too, they are the same. They all call me Fucheng’s sister. It’s really annoying!”
“Okay, okay, this won’t happen again. It’s a bit disrespectful to just throw people out. In this way, I’ll give him Send it to Shen’s house, doesn’t he still have a fiancée? Let his fiancée take care of him.”
"Huh, you don't know yet, right? Shen Lu is a fake daughter, and the real daughter of the Shen family has returned. No wonder I said Shen Lu has such an arrogant temper. He turns out to be a low-class bastard."
" However, I also saw that she was not a good person, so I took the initiative to marry the Shen family. It would be best to leave Fucheng to her. With Shen Lu's temper, he would definitely be impatient to take care of Fucheng. Fucheng will be able to take care of her in less than a month. Being 'taken care of to death' by her. "
......
Thinking of this, Fucheng took a breath, and a strong hatred surged into his heart.
He used to really regard his uncle and aunt as his biological parents, as well as his cousins. As long as it was their request, he would basically satisfy them and never doubted them in the slightest.
I even thought about waiting to join the military headquarters to bring them supreme glory and bring the Fu family to a higher level in the imperial capital.
It turned out that this was all his wishful thinking, a conspiracy and a scam.
If only he could have noticed it earlier, he would not have ended up like this. Let alone revenge, it would be difficult to just survive.
Fucheng's eyelids became heavy.
He couldn't stay clear for a long time. He became sleepy the moment he opened his eyes and had to enter a semi-sleep state.
Shen Lu, who was pampered in the Shen family, was kicked out together with him. He could hold on on the first day, but what about the second, third, and fourth days?
Fucheng slowly closed his eyes and sighed in his heart.
If...if Shen Lu chooses to abandon him because she can't afford him, it doesn't matter, he won't blame her.
But deep down in his heart, Fucheng still hopes that Shen Lu will not do this. No one wants to be given up and abandoned by others.
Even if he knows that he is a waste now and will only bring trouble to others.
And he was too seriously injured. Even the military’s most advanced medical technology could not cure him. Death was only a matter of time.
But rather than dying alone, wouldn’t it be better to have someone around?
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(End of this chapter)