It was a winter afternoon in Sanshan City, Southeast Province.
Sanshan Square in the southern suburbs of the city.
Amidst the bustling crowd, a young man with a slightly pale complexion was walking forward with steady steps.
His name was Xia Ruofei. He was twenty-one years old and had just left the military.
Xia Ruofei was not tall. He was about 1.75 meters tall and slightly thin.
He had short, clean-cut hair and was wearing a brown Type 07 winter camouflage training uniform. On his feet was a pair of standard black combat boots.
However, the old camouflage training uniform did not have any military rank or military insignia. The combat boots were also very damaged. The paint was worn off in several places and looked like a few ugly scars.
Although Xia Ruofei's clothes were old, they were very clean and gave people a refreshing feeling.
However, in any case, this outfit made him look a little out of place in the city. It even attracted some curious and contemptuous gazes.
However, Xia Ruofei turned a blind eye to it. His back was still straight and he walked forward with a standard 75 centimeters per step. He walked with the vigor of a tiger and his whole body exuded a strong military aura.
Xia Ruofei held a remittance receipt in his hand. His slightly pale face had a trace of worry.
"Huzi, this is all I can do. I've even sold the house my grandfather left behind …" Xia Ruofei muttered to himself, "With this money, at least our mother will be able to afford dialysis … As for the kidney transplant, I really can't do anything about it. Sigh, I hope you can understand … In a few days, we'll be able to meet in hell. At that time, I'll apologize to you face to face …"
After that, Xia Ruofei let out a long sigh. His heart was melancholy.
Huzi was Xia Ruofei's best comrade and brother in the army. During a border battle, he was shot and sacrificed in order to protect Xia Ruofei.
Two years after Huzi's sacrifice, Xia Ruofei was found to have motor neurone disease during a routine physical examination. It was also commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The early symptoms of this disease were mild. The patient may only feel a little weak, jittery, and easily tired. However, it would gradually progress to muscle atrophy and difficulty swallowing.
Under current medical conditions, motor neurone disease was still an incurable disease. Most patients would die of respiratory failure within a few months to two or three years.
After Xia Ruofei understood the condition of this disease, he resolutely requested to leave the army. He did not want to cause trouble for the organization.
Of course, more importantly, Xia Ruofei was a proud person. He had always been the backbone of the Lone Wolf Commandos. He did not want his comrades to see him in a sorry state where he could not even move a finger. He could only lie in bed and watch death swallow him up.
After Xia Ruofei retired, the first thing he did was go to Huzi's house to visit his old mother. However, he suddenly learned that Huzi's mother had uremia. Huzi's little martyr's pension had already been spent, but her condition did not improve at all.
Xia Ruofei did not hesitate to sell the small house left behind by his grandfather at the fastest speed and at a low price. Just now, he went to the bank to transfer more than 400,000 yuan from the sale of the house and more than 80,000 yuan for his retirement settlement. A total of more than 500,000 yuan was transferred to Huzi's mother's account.
However, he himself was so poor that he didn't have a single cent on him.
Now, other than the two months' rent in advance, the few hundred yuan in his pocket were all Xia Ruofei's assets.
After bypassing Xinrong Road next to the Sanshan Square, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed. The bustling city was suddenly left behind. What entered his eyes were low-rise bungalows. All kinds of private electric wires were pulled here and there. Illegal buildings were disorderly. The gutters by the roadside emitted waves of stench. All kinds of domestic garbage could be seen everywhere.
This was a shanty town at the intersection of the urban and rural areas. In this era of rapid change, it exuded an old and decaying aura. Fortunately, it was said that this shanty town would be demolished in a year or two.
After Xia Ruofei sold the house, he rented the cheapest single room here as his residence.
He walked quickly through the streets and did not even frown at the stench that entered his nostrils from time to time. In his military career, he had experienced more than one environment that was a hundred times worse than this, so this was nothing.
"Let me go … Help!"
In the distance, a faint voice came. He frowned slightly and walked quickly in the direction of the voice.
Usually, Xia Ruofei was not a person who liked to meddle in other people's business. However, the public security in the shanty town was very poor. There were all kinds of people mixed together. However, the cry for help seemed to be a young woman. There was a strong panic in her voice. If he did not do anything, he was afraid that something big would happen.
Quickly passing through the narrow alley, Xia Ruofei saw three drunken hooligans in front of an abandoned house. They were laughing mischievously as they surrounded a panic-stricken girl.
The girl was wearing a white short down jacket and a pair of washed blue jeans. She had a pair of straight and slender legs. Her slightly bloated winter clothes could not hide her graceful and tall figure.
She had a standard and delicate oval face. Her big eyes, which should be lively, were now full of panic. Her beautiful hair was a bit messy, and her body could not help but tremble, which added a bit of a delicate and pitiful look.
Xia Ruofei thought to himself, "Why did such a beautiful girl come here alone? Aren't you asking for trouble?"
"Help! Big brother … save me … "When the girl saw Xia Ruofei, it was as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw. She quickly begged.
This place was remote, and it was usually rare for people to pass by. It was also because of this that the three punks dared to be so unscrupulous under the influence of alcohol.
They obviously did not expect that someone would come here. Looking at Xia Ruofei standing at the entrance of the alley, they were all stunned.
The leader of the punks, Huang Mao, sized up Xia Ruofei and said with a strange smile:
"Yo! You're still a soldier! Don't tell me you want to be a hero and save the beauty? I'm in a good mood today, so I won't argue with you. If you know what's good for you, get the hell out of here! "
Xia Ruofei calmly looked at Huang Mao.
"I'll give you three seconds to let go of the girl, and I'll pretend that nothing happened."
Huang Mao was stunned. He and his two accomplices looked at each other, and the three burst out laughing at the same time.
Huang Mao pointed at Xia Ruofei's nose and scolded:
"Grandson! Are you f * cking stupid from being a soldier! You dare to talk to your grandfather like this … "
"Time's up!" Xia Ruofei softly spat out a few words.
As soon as his voice fell, Huang Mao felt his vision blur. Xia Ruofei, who was originally two meters away, appeared in front of him in a flash.
Immediately after, Huang Mao felt a strong force in his chest and abdomen. His whole body involuntarily flew out and landed in a puddle. The dirty and smelly water immediately splashed all over his body.
His movements were too fast, so fast that the three punks did not even have time to react.
Xia Ruofei's skills were so powerful that it shocked the three of them. They could not help but reveal a trace of fear in their eyes.
But Xia Ruofei himself slightly frowned, and secretly said in his heart:
"This damn disease, it's getting more and more serious …"
The moment he made his move, he already felt that the weakness in his limbs had worsened. Originally, his kick should have made Huang Mao completely lose his ability to move. But now, although Huang Mao was covered in dirty water and looked extremely miserable, he quickly stood up.
On the other side, the wine boosted one's courage. Huang Mao put his hand on his waist and touched the thing he liked. The fear in his eyes gradually disappeared, and then he stared at Xia Ruofei with an ominous glint in his eyes. He fiercely pulled out a dagger from his waist, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and sinisterly said:
"Brat, you're courting death …"
The other two punks also pulled out their daggers at the same time, abandoned the girl, and the three of them surrounded Xia Ruofei.
The girl was so scared that her face turned pale and she covered her mouth.
Xia Ruofei calmly protected the girl behind him, clenched his teeth, and rushed toward the three people who had formed an encirclement.
The girl looked at Xia Ruofei's slightly thin figure, and her eyes were covered with a layer of mist. His back seemed to have become taller in an instant.
Xia Ruofei's beautiful kick landed on the yellow-haired man's shoulder. With a 'kacha' sound, the yellow-haired man fell to the ground in pain, howling miserably on the ground. Facing the three daggers, Xia Ruofei did not hold back in this kick.
After putting down Huang Mao, Xia Ruofei took advantage of the situation to turn sideways, and narrowly avoided a head-on stab from another punk. The glittering dagger flashed in front of his eyes. The situation was extremely thrilling, and the girl was so scared that she screamed.
The two punks glanced at each other, clenched their teeth, and once again rushed up with their daggers.
Xia Ruofei very calmly stepped forward, and seized the opportunity to rush up. His butterfly steps pierced through the flowers, and from beginning to end, intentionally or unintentionally, stood between the punks and the girl.
Seizing the opportunity, Xia Ruofei leaped forward and accurately grabbed the wrist of a gangster in the shadow of the knife.
If it was in the past, the punks' wrist would have been broken in the next second. But at this time, Xia Ruofei once again felt weak in his limbs.
He secretly cursed in his heart, clenched his teeth, and forcefully pulled, bringing the punks to the side.
However, his movements were still half a beat too slow. A cold light flashed, and with a hissing sound, the other punks' dagger cut through Xia Ruofei's camouflage training uniform, leaving a long gash on his arm, and blood flowed out.
Xia Ruofei, who was accidentally injured, calmly hit the punks' face with his elbow, and directly knocked him unconscious. Then he grabbed the other punks' wrist, turned sideways, and threw him over his shoulder, fiercely slamming him to the ground with a loud bang.
The punks rolled their eyes and directly fainted.
The girl was already stunned. She didn't expect that this thin and weak looking man would be so strong. Facing three punks with knives, it only took him ten to twenty seconds to knock them all down with his bare hands!
Xia Ruofei slightly frowned — if it wasn't for his damn disease, these untrained punks could be knocked down in one move. Now he was actually injured, this was simply a disgrace to the special forces!
He shook his head with a bitter smile, and looked down at his slightly trembling hands. Was there really no other way?
He calmed himself down, turned around and walked to the girl, and said,
"You should go quickly! The security in this place is not very good, a girl like you better not go out alone in the future … "
"Thank you! I know … "The girl said gratefully.
Immediately after, she cried out in surprise.
"Ah! Your arm is bleeding … "
Xia Ruofei looked down at the wound on his arm as if nothing had happened, and waved his hand indifferently,
"It's nothing, just a small injury."
"I … I'll go with you to the hospital to bandage it!" The girl said, "You were injured because you saved me!"
"No need, you should go quickly! I should go back too. "Xia Ruofei shook his head.
"No way! What if it's infected? "The girl pulled Xia Ruofei's sleeve and said," Let's go to the hospital! I'll go with you! "
Xia Ruofei gently shook off the girl's hand and said,
"It's really not necessary, goodbye!"
After that, Xia Ruofei strode forward. The girl wanted to catch up with him, but she sprained her ankle in the scuffle with the three punks just now. She limped and couldn't catch up with Xia Ruofei at all. She could only shout behind him,
"Hey! I still don't know your name … "
Xia Ruofei didn't answer, he just waved his hand without looking back, and soon disappeared around the corner of the house.
The girl looked at the yellow-haired man who was howling miserably and the two thugs who were unconscious. She was very scared and didn't dare to stay here for long. She could only look deeply in the direction where Xia Ruofei disappeared and then hurriedly limped away from the scene.
Xia Ruofei quickly returned to his new residence. It was a small house less than ten square meters. Other than a bed and a table, there was almost no place to stay.
He pulled out a box from under the bed and rummaged through it.
Xia Ruofei had just moved in, he didn't even have time to tidy up his things before he ran to send money to Huzi's mother.
He remembered that when he moved in, he put the first aid kit in this box. The wound on his arm was quite long and deep, so it had to be treated in time.
The box was a little messy. There were military medals he brought back from the army, some trinkets his comrades gave him, and some old things left behind by his grandfather who had passed away. It was obviously difficult to find the first aid kit in such a short time.
Xia Ruofei didn't notice that in the process of rummaging through the box, a drop of blood dripped from the wound on his arm and landed on an unremarkable ancient scroll in the box.
When the blood landed on the scroll, it was like a snowflake falling into boiling water, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
After the scroll absorbed Xia Ruofei's drop of blood, it suddenly bloomed with a faint golden light, immediately attracting Xia Ruofei's attention.
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