Chapter 1: Parents are busy, have a sister and a room
"Ahem..."
In the dark and wet alley, Xu Cheng sat up with his chest and looked down. He saw that his white shirt was stained with dark blood.
Looking back, there was a large pool of blood on the ground that had solidified and turned black.
Xu Cheng was a little confused and couldn't tell whether it was reality or dreaming in front of him.
He traveled through time.
Then he was stabbed to death with a knife.
The murderer's technique was very sophisticated. He approached quietly from behind, and quickly escaped after a single knife, without even leaving a figure behind.
When he was dying, when Xu Cheng sighed that he had traveled in vain, his wound mysteriously disappeared and he came back to life.
Dead, but not completely dead.
After sitting for a while, Xu Cheng picked up the briefcase that fell beside him and walked out with the wall.
The night is like water, and the bright moon hangs high in the sky, sprinkling pale moonlight.
What appears in Xu Cheng's vision is a steel city. The towering buildings are like rolling hills, with cold and hard black, revealing a depressing tone.
Countless steel pipes, water pipes and wires crisscross the lines, cutting the already limited space in the city into a large number of fragments.
Xu Cheng took out his cell phone from his briefcase and planned to call the police, but he, who inherited the original owner's memory, quickly dispelled this move.
York City, a sin capital comparable to Gotham, has endless vibrant social groups, the security environment is booming, and the folk customs are extremely simple - referring to the use of violence to solve problems.
If a person like him is fine, the murderer runs away. Once he chooses to call the police, he is very likely to be issued a fine for "waste police resources" by the sheriff, and he will lose weight for his already unfulfilled wallet.
Before putting away the phone, Xu Cheng took a selfie for himself by chance.
The photo shows a young face, with a slightly messy hair and a distinctive angular facial features.
It's okay, it's simply that Daniel Wu's ancestors are divided into different worlds. The woman couldn't close her legs when she saw it, and the man couldn't hold back the gun when she saw it.
No wonder I was stabbed when I walked on the night road. Maybe the murderer was jealous of his appearance.
When you go out in the future, you have to protect yourself well.
Putting away his phone, Xu Cheng identified the direction, walked into this sinful city with a briefcase in one hand, and started his second life.
York City has distinct classes, with high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen living in the upper city, and workers and poor people living in the lower city, not far from the slums, making it a paradise for criminals.
Xu Cheng's home is in Xiacheng District. He usually travels to the night shift to the subway home. Today, he is in a bad mood and drinks some wine after get off work. He accidentally missed the time and had to walk on two legs.
The environment in Xiacheng District is poor, with pits on the ground and sewage and garbage everywhere.
Wanderers of all skin colors were lying on the street, their skinny and dirty bodies attracted flies. They stared at everyone passing by with their wolves-like green eyes.
Xu Cheng looked calm and took steady steps under the gaze of many malicious eyes.
If he dares to show a timid and nervous look, it will become the target of these wanderers, and the number of people missing in the lower city and slums every year cannot be calculated at all.
Half an hour later, Xu Cheng walked up to an old building without an elevator.
The lamp tubes in the corridor were disrepaired and emitted extremely faint light. Xu Cheng carefully passed through the accumulated debris and finally came to his door.
He took out the key from his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole but did not unscrew it. Instead, he looked at the mottled door and hesitated.
The original owner's parents were not around, and they depended on each other for life and had a very good relationship. They had never quarreled since childhood.
But after Xu Cheng traveled over and after reading the memory, he found that there was something wrong with the family, especially his sister.
"elder brother?"
A chilly, almost without any emotional ups and downs suddenly sounded behind him, causing Xu Cheng to shudder all over and turn around and look back.
A girl stood quietly behind her back, her dark eyes staring at him.
She has a slender figure, delicate and beautiful appearance, and has soft long shawl hair, as if she is a beautiful girl coming out of the second dimension.
But his eyes were empty, his skin was pale, and his complexion was not like a living person. Standing in the dark corridor, he looked even more like a female ghost than a female ghost.
This is Xu Cheng’s sister, Xu Yao.
Xu Cheng's scalp was numb and he forced himself to calm down: "Why did you come back?"
Xu Yao's tone was slow and powerless, and her faint voice was like a gust of cold wind: "I went out to play with my friend, and she came to our house as a guest."
Only then did Xu Cheng realize that behind Xu Yao was a girl of similar age as her.
This girl has a tall figure and looks that has nothing to do with the female orangutan. She can only be said to be exactly the same, with a fat face and a rebellious expression. She doesn't look like a good temper to get along with.
Standing with Xu Yao perfectly interprets what beauty and beasts are.
"Have you arrived at your house? What's the point of this broken place..."
The female orangutan was complaining impatiently, and one hand was still pressing her nostrils.
When she saw Xu Cheng's face, her rebellious expression quickly retreated, and her eyes seemed to be emitting light: "So... handsome!"
For the first time, Xu Cheng hated why he was so handsome, isn't it good to be ordinary?
You see, this has attracted the female monster.
The female orangutan had already squeezed away Xu Yao and rushed to Xu Cheng almost with a drooling sound.
"You are Xu Yao's brother. I am Xu Yao's good friend He Peiyu. I have wanted to know you for a long time."
"Uh...hello!"
Xu Cheng avoided He Peiyu's move to try to grab his palm, for fear of being touched by her pounced hand, which felt even more disgusting than being stabbed by someone.
Xu Yao stood behind expressionlessly, watching her brother and her friend interact "intimately" with her friends, and her eyes fell on Xu Cheng's shirt stained with large black stains.
She didn't say a word, and she felt like she had merged into the darkness, as if she had disappeared.
"Brother Xu Yao, do you have a girlfriend?"
“Not yet.”
"Then what do you think of me?"
“Not very good.”
He Peiyu was immediately unhappy. She was the eldest sister on the street. No boy dared to resist her and said dissatisfiedly: "Do you think I'm ugly?"
Xu Cheng shook his head: "I have to ask your boyfriend."
He Peiyu smiled "shyly" and reached out to pat Xu Cheng: "I don't have a boyfriend yet."
Xu Cheng hurriedly avoided and thought to himself, "You've found the answer now?" Didn't you look in a mirror before you were so old?"
It’s not Xu Chengyan Gou, okay, it’s really a bit. He Peiyu’s appearance is too fauna, and it’s not the same style as him. Standing together will make people misunderstand that he is an animal manager.
Taking advantage of the door opening, Xu Cheng quickly slipped into the house, and He Peiyu followed closely behind with saliva, like a pervert who followed the girl home.
The three of them entered the home. Xu Cheng put down his briefcase and turned on the lights in the living room. The soft lights dispel some of the haze in his heart - it would be even better if there was no female orangutan beside him who was greedy for him.
The home is a bit deserted, with simple decoration, but the furniture is complete and clean. Xu Cheng is a hardworking person who takes good care of both the nest and his sister.
He Peiyu looked around with curious eyes and asked, "Your parents are gone? It's great."
Her father ate, drank, gambled, and always wanted her to work and make money, but she broke her head with a stick before shutting up.
But as soon as he finished speaking, He Peiyu noticed Xu Cheng and Xu Yao staring at her silently.
Your mouth is so smelly, have you eaten shit?
The atmosphere was a little frozen for a moment. He Peiyu finally realized that he might have said the wrong thing and smiled indifferently: "Did I say something too much? Haha, I'm teasing you."
It's not just an excessive, it's simply that Europe has lost Germany - an unethical thing.
Xu Cheng looked at his sister, where did you find such a precious thing? It was a miracle that he could live so old that he was not beaten to death.
Xu Yao ignored Xu Cheng's eyes and slowly walked towards her room and opened the door.
The temperature in the living room dropped a lot in an instant, and cold air seemed to blow out from the room, and it was pitch black inside, like a bottomless nest.
Xu Yao walked into the room and was instantly swallowed by the darkness and disappeared. After a few seconds, a goosebumps came from inside.
"Come in!"
He Peiyu, who was about to continue to pester Xu Cheng, had a look of confusion after hearing these two words.
She turned around silently and walked towards the dark room.
Although Xu Cheng hated the female gorilla's unrestrained mouth, he didn't want to watch her step into the strange place, and subconsciously wanted to stop her.
But when he opened his mouth, a strong sense of palpitations suddenly appeared, just like the moment he was stabbed to death by a murderer, causing his heart to almost stop.
In the dark room, a line of sight locked Xu Cheng through the darkness, as if a bloodthirsty beast was staring at the prey.
That sight was sending a strong warning - don't meddle in other people's business.
Xu Cheng opened his mouth, and then retracted his words from his throat. He watched He Peiyu enter the room, slowly closing the door, and also blocking the dark vision.
Chapter completed!