Online Game: Crazy Skeleton
Chapter 121 - 121 121 Despair Hope

121: Chapter 121: Despair, Hope 121: Chapter 121: Despair, Hope “Phew, good to know.

I was worried I’d cause trouble for you.” Lin Yuqing patted her chest in relief.

“You two go on and chat.

I’ll go and serve up the meal!” Su’s mother left the room with a beaming smile.

“What time is it now?” Su Ran froze as the words “serve the food” reached his ears.

“It’s half past twelve already.

You’ve been playing that game so much you’re forgetting to sleep or eat!” Lin Yuqing said, pretending to be mad at him.

“By the way, I wanted to ask you something,” Su Ran glanced outside cautiously and spoke softly.

“Have your parents not returned from their business trip yet?”

“They came back quite some time ago.

Why?” Lin Yuqing was a smart girl, and she immediately understood what was going on.

She smiled bitterly.

“You don’t know yet.

Auntie resigned from her job voluntarily.”

“Resigned?” Su Ran finally understood.

His mom had quit her job just to take better care of him.

From hereon, he had to stop worrying and focus on earning a living for his family!

“There you go.

These are the study notes from the past few days.

Take them,” Lin Yuqing handed Su Ran a neat notebook.

“You’ve come to steal lunch again, huh?” Su Ran placed it on the table and replied, chuckling.

“What?

Is there a problem with that?” Lin Yuqing rolled her eyes and began to look around the room.

“What are you looking for?” Su Ran looked at her, puzzled.

Lin Yuqing began investigating, from examining Su Ran’s clothes pockets to rummaging through the drawers.

Eventually, she found a phone near Su Ran’s bed.

“Hey, Soda Water Su!

You actually bought a phone?” she turned to Su Ran, her face full of surprise.

Su Ran collapsed inwardly.

He’d seen enough.

This girl had come here with the sole intention of getting a new phone!

“Who was the person that called me last night?” The riddle was suddenly solved for Su Ran.

“Well, it definitely wasn’t me!” Lin Yuqing turned on the phone and tossed it back to Su Ran, quickly darting out of the room shouting, “Time to eat!”

“And one last thing.

If you dare to turn your phone off again, consider yourself dead meat!”

Sweating, Su Ran remembered the phone that he’d forgotten about long ago.

He’d hardly used it in weeks, yet the battery was still charged.

After eating lunch and catching up for a bit, Su Ran quickly sent Lin Yuqing on her way and promptly returned to his game.

His only hope now was that the young beggar could somehow survive the ordeal!

A few moments after Su Ran logged into the game, he realized the atmosphere was entirely different.

There wasn’t a single player around, he was standing alone in front of the old beggar’s house.

An ominous feeling made him step forward.

But the sight inside stopped him cold.

The house was a mess, as if it had been ransacked.

A high-grade coffin was overturned on the floor, with its lid nowhere to be found.

The old beggar was sitting on the ground, his expression lifeless and bleak.

“Sir, what happened?

What’s wrong?” Su Ran rushed forward to help, looking into the old man’s hollow eyes.

Something bad had happened, he realized.

His worst fears had come true.

“Benefactor!

Benefactor!” On hearing Su Ran’s voice, the old beggar snapped back to reality as if he’d just found the last straw to cling to.

He shook Su Ran with all his might, spittle flying from his lips.

“Dog-Egg was taken away!

They took Dog-Egg away.

Please, please save him!

Save him!”

Su Ran felt a surge of anger rise within him as he watched the old beggar’s anxious and frantic desperation.

“Don’t worry, don’t panic.” Su Ran tried to console him, calmingly saying, “Sir, please calm down.

Why was he taken?”

Realizing that the team that had taken Dog-Egg away were the damn Imperial Inspection Team, backed by the power of the Royal Capital, the old beggar heavily sighed and sat down, face full of despair.

He began to recount the incidents that had transpired before.

Apparently, the young beggar, after witnessing these robbers and their deeds, harbored hatred and murderous intent.

His wrath led to a decrease in his Qi Blood, and his Demonic Heart once again revived, wrapping him in a thick black fog.

Poor Dog-Egg was unable to suppress his Demonic Heart and passed out.

There was no doubt about it.

Because of the evil aura encircling Dog-Egg, the Inspection Team had used this as a pretext to forcefully remove him from this place and take him to the Royal Capital.

Hearing this, Su Ran was so angry he could gnash his teeth.

What wrongs had Dog-Egg committed exactly?

Why should a boy who merely desired a peaceful life be met with such trials and tribulations?

All lives are equal!

All life is precious!

But what about reality?

Su Ran shook his head helplessly.

Thinking back to the first time he saw Dog-Egg, and the look of hatred for the Human Race in his eyes, a chill ran down Su Ran’s spine.

Who was right, and who was wrong?

Su Ran dared not jump to conclusions.

“Sir, we …” Before Su Ran could finish his sentence, a loud knocking sound was heard from the outside.

The knocking seemed to imbue the old beggar with renewed strength as he quickly ran over to open the door.

“Thud!”

An unkempt child was thrown into the room, and a member of the Imperial Inspection Team arrogantly shouted, “Blessed by the Royal Capital, this little beggar has been granted the divine healing for free.

The Human Race is equal and just.

It shall not abandon any of its citizens!”

“You wretch!

Give me back my child!” The old beggar was heartbroken and bursting into tears.

His feeble hands clung onto the boy, refusing to let go.

“Whatever, he’s just a filthy beggar.

What difference does it make if he lives or dies!” The officer had clearly seen this often enough to be unphased.

He muttered disdainfully and then left.

Su Ran watched this silently.

He knew very well that this was not the time to take matters into his hands.

But one day, the Human’s Royal Capital will have to pay.

If God will not see to it, then I will!

Su Ran, his body trembling with rage, took a deep breath to calm himself.

He walked over, closed the door, and turned his focus to Dog-Egg, who was still unconscious.

Hisss….

Looking at Dog-Egg was difficult.

His hair, once the color of hay, had lost its luster.

His face was pale, devoid of any color.

His eyes were tightly shut, and he wasn’t breathing.

His body looked desiccated, skin wrapped tightly around his bones.

His heart seemed indented, and his bony hand limply hung down.

He looked like…

a mummy.

“Dog-Egg, Dog-Egg!

Wake up.

We’re moving.

We are going to pack up and move to the wilderness.

We don’t need this!

I’ll be with you till the ends of the world, watching the blossoming and the fall, the sunrises and the sunsets…” The old beggar had seemingly lost his mind, alternating between laughing and crying.

The boy who was jumping around just this morning, full of life and excitement for his future, basking in the sunlight, had now ended up like this.

The sight rendered Su Ran speechless.

“Big Brother, come to see Dog-Egg’s new bed!” Those cheerful words from that happy boy still rang in Su Ran’s ears.

But look at him now.

Wait!

Su Ran noticed Dog-Egg’s heart, which had once been indented, move slightly.

“He is still alive!” A glimmer of joy sparked in Su Ran’s eyes as he yelled to the old beggar.

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