Light Barrier - Chapter 32: Escaping From Danger
“Big Sister, you’re so pretty!” San Pao, the shortest, looked up at Nan Jin with starry eyes. “What’s your relationship with Brother Gu Shen?”
Nan Jin smiled and smoothed her hair, trying her best to portray the image of a gentle and understanding elder sister. She smiled softly and said, “Little friend, I’m Gu Shen’s senior sister.”
San Pao shook his head like a rattle drum. This was the first time he saw such a beautiful woman.
But his intuition told him…
This beautiful big sister and Brother Gu Shen had an extraordinary relationship!
He said earnestly, “Big Sister, I’m already eight years old and know everything! Do you have any other relationship?”
Black lines appeared on Nan Jin’s forehead. This brat isn’t even ten years old. What is he thinking about all day?
“My relationship with Gu Shen is indeed not that simple.” She smiled. “But this is a secret. I can tell you, but you’re not allowed to tell anyone else.”
San Pao’s eyes lit up. “Okay!
Nan Jin squatted down and motioned for San Pao to come closer.
San Pao trotted over eagerly, his ears perking up as he leaned forward.
Nan Jin smiled. “I am Gu Shen’s long-lost biological father.”
San Pao was shocked.
He looked at the intellectual and gentle elder sister in front of him in disbelief. “Real-really?”
“What do you think?” Nan Jin pressed a hand on San Pao’s head and asked with a smile, “Do you think I’m lying to you?”
Danger, danger, danger.
“How… is that possible?!” San Pao nodded like a chicken pecking at food. At the same time, he bootlicked agilely. “Big Sister, you’re beautiful, so everything you say must be right.”
Nan Jin moved her hand away in satisfaction and watched the little brat run away hugging his toy. She leaned against the railing, looked at the distant mountains veiled in mist, and sighed softly. Seriously, apart from his biological father, who else would send him to such a faraway place?
There was the sound of a car starting up at the gate.
Nan Jin frowned and saw the black car leaving in the rain.
She had been paying attention to this car for a while now. Why would anyone come to such a remote orphanage? While chatting with the child just now, she had learned that it was a ‘charitable gentleman’ who had come to Morning Light Orphanage to inspect and provide sponsorship.
With the matter of the pardon order yet to subside and the impeachment proceedings against her teacher still ongoing, she couldn’t rule out the possibility that someone would use Gu Shen as a ‘breakthrough’… After all, some people lurking in the shadows were unimaginably sinister, and she had to be vigilant.
Nan Jin watched the car driving away in the rain and called a number. “Senior Brother Zhong, I saw a suspicious car at Gu Shen’s orphanage. The license plate is…”
Escaping from danger, Gu Shen and the orange cat looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief.
“I’ve already informed your senior sister and senior brother of Han Dang’s destination in an email.” The orange cat spoke in human language. “I hope he likes this gift.”
“Phew… That was way too dangerous…”
Gu Shen didn’t know if he should rejoice or feel scared. In the True Words Dream, he did not suffer any damage because Chu Ling had substituted his consciousness.
But this feeling wasn’t good.
In the world of transcendents, it was the law of the jungle. As a member of the Adjudication Bureau, Han Dang actually didn’t care about ethics and directly targeted a newcomer like him!
He felt like a fish on a chopping block.
And he could only let his flesh be carved up.
This encounter had come too suddenly, completely catching him off guard.
I wonder if I could have escaped using the Ruler of Truth if I had known Han Dang was here in advance.
“At this moment, your chances of escaping from Han Dang are very low.” Chu Ling seemed to be able to read his mind as a glint flashed in her eyes, and she immediately guessed his thoughts. “If you risk your life to use the Ruler of Truth, there’s a maximum one percent chance of you escaping.”
“… So low?” Gu Shen was already used to Chu Ling’s mind-reading ability. Instead, it was the calculated probability that made him smile bitterly.
One percent.
And this was the highest chance.
But the next moment, Gu Shen felt relieved. He recalled the records in the files. Han Dang was a super expert at the same level as Senior Sister Luo, a young leader capable of holding his own in the Adjudication Bureau.
I haven’t even awakened as a transcendent… It’s still too early to think about fighting him. Gu Shen used Jingzhe, adjusted his mentality, and silently calmed down. He really didn’t want to experience that oppressive feeling in the True Words Dream a second time.
He suddenly understood why Nan Jin was working so hard.
Confrontations with transcendental power were exceptionally dangerous, and the weak were like fish on a chopping board.
He’d rather collapse from grueling training every day than experience the feeling of being manipulated at will in the True Words Dream again.
“Little Gu, Mr. Han is really a good person.” The matron waved the check and couldn’t help smiling. “A rich and generous young man like him should be rare in Oto City, Earlier, I kept praising you, and it seemed to be quite effective. Mr. Han said that he hit it off with you at first sight. Perhaps you two can become friends.”
Friends… Gu Shen found it funny.
When it was time to remove the dream, Han Dang didn’t even forget to implant hypnosis in him. If it were another scenario, would he have been directly killed by the True Words Dream?
He couldn’t be friends with someone like this.
“Mr. Han is indeed a good person.” Since Han Dang had put on this act, Gu Shen could only play along. “But he’s just an outsider after all.”
He didn’t want the matron to continue maintaining contact with Han Dang.
“We can’t rely on him. If there are any difficulties in the future, let me handle them.” Gu Shen smiled. “I forgot to tell you that I got a scholarship of five hundred thousand.”
“How… how much?” The matron was stunned. “Five hundred thousand?”
“Five hundred thousand.” Gu Shen chuckled. He had the same reaction when he saw the balance of this account.
“Granny, haven’t you always said I’d make something of myself?” He handed the bank card to the matron. “Well, now I have. When I said I’d take care of all the expenses here, I wasn’t just talking. I meant it!”
The matron’s eyes were a little moist.
She never imagined that the large sum of money Gu Shen had mentioned would be this large. “No, I can’t accept this money. You keep it.”
As soon as she spoke…
“I’m doing very well!” Gu Shen quickly held the matron’s hands. “Don’t worry about it and just keep this money. I have something urgent to do. Bye!”
He carried the cat and nimbly made his way through the rain. On the way, he grabbed Nan Jin, and they both hurried back to the car.