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Chapter 953: 772 Good Fortune Comes Our Way~_2

Chapter 953: Chapter 772 Good Fortune Comes Our Way~_2

After the area developed, Dongshan District became an old city.

However, it’s not an ordinary old city, as everyone living in Shengcheng Garden Villa District is either rich or influential.

And it’s precisely because the people there have such significant identities.

That’s why they wanted Luo Kai to step in and assist.

Luo Kai didn’t bother asking who would deal with other places. He raised his hand to check the time.

Then he sighed: “It’s been less than half a day since Judgement left, and already so many threats have emerged. Captain Zheng, I’ll leave it at this—the authorities won’t be able to keep it under wraps for long.”

Before Judgement left, it’s said he also dealt with a number of hidden potential threats that hadn’t been discovered.

But now it seems…

It doesn’t appear to have made much of a difference.

This world is sinking deeper into the Abyss.

…

…

Heiyu District.

The inner-city village of Peach Blossom Street.

A girl on her way home from the night shift stood at the entrance of an alley, staring blankly at the darkness ahead.

The wall-mounted lamp flickered as though losing power, casting its dim yellow glow intermittently; the alley below was sometimes illuminated and sometimes swallowed in complete darkness.

The alley wasn’t particularly narrow.

It was at least ten feet wide, with bicycles parked vertically under the residential buildings on both sides, and streetlights the residents had installed themselves hanging on the walls.

After all, the city rarely puts streetlights in places like this. The residents here pooled their efforts to set up lighting for safer nights.

Whether it’s actually safe is one thing.

But at least it gave a sense of safety.

Unfortunately, this streetlight seemed of poor quality and long neglected.

Occasionally, it would cut out; occasionally, it would flicker.

Right now, it was flickering.

Turning the alley the girl had walked through hundreds of times into something cold and eerily sinister.

A chill seemed to blow in from the opposite end.

Forcing the summer night to cool unnaturally.

The staircase of her rented apartment was only about ten meters ahead.

Yet the girl seemed paralyzed, as though a Binding Spell had been cast on her, her feet rooted firmly in place. She lacked the courage to move forward but also didn’t have the decisiveness to turn and leave.

“Hey, little girl, why are you standing here zoning out?”

The elderly security guard manning the archway booth idly glanced around and spotted a young woman standing motionless at the alley entrance. Curious after watching her for a while, he couldn’t hold back from approaching to ask.

He recognized this girl.

Though she wasn’t very old, she appeared to be working outside.

And her shift seemed to involve alternating schedules, sometimes leaving in the morning and returning in the afternoon, and other times leaving in the afternoon and returning late at night.

People who came in and out of the archway regularly—even if they never spoke—the old man always remembered them!

This girl seemed like a hardworking one.

A good girl.

So why was she just standing there like that?

…

Hearing the voice, Ji Xiaoxia turned around.

Seeing the balding old man looking at her with concern.

She slowly snapped out of her daze.

“Uh… Security Uncle, I wanted to ask—do you remember how many people entered the alley tonight?” Ji Xiaoxia asked cautiously.

“Huh? That I can’t recall exactly. A few dozen at least, coming and going. Sigh, you young folks sure work late hours nowadays!” The old man exclaimed wistfully.

“…Well, that’s a lot.”

Ji Xiaoxia gazed at the pitch-black alley and sighed.

The old man, curious, glanced at the alley.

The light flickered, throwing the alley into mostly darkness but occasionally flashing a brief moment of illumination.

With it being so late.

Even those returning home late had already gone to rest.

So there weren’t any windows radiating light into the alley either.

Seeing the situation, the old man suddenly understood.

He chuckled knowingly: “So that’s what it is, huh! Little girl, if you’re scared to go in, I’ll accompany you! Nothing to be afraid of!”

Ji Xiaoxia offered an awkward yet courteous smile: “No need, Security Uncle, my reason isn’t that.”

“Oh, nonsense! I get it; you young girls are somewhat scared of the dark. No worries, no worries, give me your apartment number, and I’ll walk you there!”

“Really, Uncle—no need for that. I’m not going inside!”

“Then why stand here so long—come on, come on…”

Thinking she was too shy to admit her fear, the old man started forward to enter the alley himself, ready to lead the way. Yet, just as he took his first step, his arm was immediately held back.

Startled, he turned to look.

But the young girl’s expression was stern, her pretty face unnervingly cold and serious, with what seemed like suppressed tension.

Ji Xiaoxia fixed her serious gaze on him, speaking firmly: “Uncle, I’m really not going in, and neither should you.”

The old man: “…”

Suddenly, he was stumped.

He couldn’t articulate why, but for a moment, he felt the young girl was a little frightening. At that instant, he seemed to see the same cold aggression found in a drunken thug smashing beer bottles over heads at the village entrance days ago.

The inner-city village often had late-night stalls and drunken troublemakers who’d pick fights when out-of-hand.

When those men broke bottles over people.

They knew exactly what they were doing.

They just didn’t care about anyone else’s life.

It was an expression of disregard for human life.

Cold, emotionless.

The old man fell silent.

…

After stopping the old guard from risking himself, Ji Xiaoxia softened her expression, furrowing her brow as she looked again at the pitch-black alley.

The old man couldn’t quite stand still or leave.

Regret crept in about meddling unnecessarily.

Then suddenly—

A voice emerged from the alley.

“Wanna play?”

The voice was soft and sweet.

But its abruptness was disconcerting.

Because neither of them could see the source.

“Hehe… Wanna play?”

A voice that could belong to a little girl rang out again.

The old man, about to inch away silently, froze and looked toward the alley in confusion: “Hm? Is someone talking?”

Ji Xiaoxia kept her composure: “No.”

As her response fell.

The voice of the little girl rang again.

“I want a melon to eat…”

“Big sis, give me one, please~”

The sound was vivid.

It seemed to come from within the alley, yet it felt distant and hollow—a ghostly resonance.

In the late hours of the night.

A sudden voice of a five or six-year-old girl calling out for food from a deserted alley.

The old man felt goosebumps spread across his skin!

His face tightened nervously: “L-Little miss, there really was a sound. It sounded like a kid talking… Didn’t you hear it?”

Ji Xiaoxia remained expressionless: “No.”

As she spoke, her phone was already unlocked in her hand.

Her fingers efficiently opened the music app.

She quickly searched a song.

She hit play and cranked up the volume.

Instantly.

A cheerful tune erupted at the alley entrance.

“May good fortune come your way!”

“May joy and love brighten your day!”

“Good fortune for us all!”

“May prosperity thrive far and wide!”

The melody was lively, the lyrics joyous, and the singing wonderfully upbeat—a sudden saturation of happiness filled the alley mouth!

Immediately, silence enveloped the scene.

The old guard beside her: “…”

Shao Dandan, who had just arrived: “…”

The Safety Bureau operatives trailing behind: “…”

…

…

Shao Dandan had been dragged from her dorm at school.

Still bewildered, she was escorted here in the Safety Bureau’s designated vehicle.

She knew another Abyss-related incident must have occurred, likely a challenging one, or else the Safety Bureau wouldn’t contact a Level 3 player like her so urgently.

But Shao Dandan had been in class earlier today.

And now, in the dead of night, she was summoned for overtime.

She felt sleep-deprived.

Yet—

“Fortune arrives—!”

The spirited singing jolted her awake instantly!

Shao Dandan stared blankly at the source of the sound—a young woman in her twenties standing at the alley entrance, alongside an old man in a security uniform.

Then the woman seemed to notice the commotion.

She turned to look over.

The two women exchanged glances.

“Good fortune comes~~”

The cheerful tune played on.

Soon, armed Safety Bureau personnel arrived en masse, stepping out of their vehicles. Instantly catching the song, they all turned their heads in synchronized awe.

“Bringing joy and love~~”

The old man noticed them too and followed with a glance.

And so began a massive silent staring contest.

“Prosperity thrives far and wide!”

…

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