The effect of "bone marrow washing" is undoubtedly astonishing, not only making my body lighter but also restoring my somewhat myopic vision.
Of course, there are many more benefits...
However, due to my limited strength, the only things I can directly perceive now are these two points. More benefits will slowly manifest in my future training career, but that's a story for another time.
After changing into clean clothes and just stepping out of the house, I intended to find Old Zhang when suddenly a shrill police siren was heard not far away.
"Beep - beep -"
"Huh? What's going on? Could it be that..."
Hearing the police siren, my first reaction was, could it be that something happened to Old Zhang? After all, that guy did not return home all night!
"Damn!"
Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but pound, without any hesitation, I hurriedly ran in the direction of the police siren.
There were three police cars parked in front of the school's teacher's building. By the time I arrived, a high police cordon had been set up, and the area was crowded with onlookers.
That's not a problem for me, I'm Wang Lin, the school's famous "troublemaker"! I didn't have to wait for people to clear the way, I easily made my way to the front of the police line.
"Hey, man, you're getting by just fine!"
This was said by a tall, skinny young policeman who was maintaining order behind the cordon and saw that the crowd was giving way for me. He looked at me with admiration and said.
It seemed that he mistook me for a big shot at the school.
"Well, it's alright..."
I couldn't be bothered to explain anything to him and just smiled before quickly turning my gaze to the inside of the cordon.
To be honest, I didn't want to talk much to him. After all, being a policeman is a risky profession, and if my bad luck got to him, it could be life-threatening!
However, despite my reluctance to converse, he actively started a conversation. As he spoke, he even handed me a cigarette.
I could clearly feel the sympathetic glances of the crowd around us...
Oh well, if you're the one who initiates the conversation and something happens, I can't be blamed.
Taking the cigarette and lighting it, I then lowered my voice and asked, "Brother, what's going on inside?"
"Hi, why call me brother? If you don't mind, just call me Zhang brother!"
He was still trying to be friendly with me and casually lit my cigarette before saying, "It seems that a teacher from the School of Biology passed away..."
"What! It's the School of Biology again?"
Hearing this, I was suddenly shocked. Who has the School of Biology offended to have two deaths within half a month?
"Yeah, tell me about it! Last time, that girl jumping off the building caused a big sensation in the whole city, this time, our police department is really busy..."
"How did he die?"
Ignoring Zhang brother's complaints, I quickly asked about the cause of the teacher's death.
"I'm not too sure about that, the forensic doctor is still conducting an autopsy! Wait, I'll go upstairs and ask for you?"
"Huh?"
Seeing Zhang brother being so enthusiastic, I felt a little embarrassed and said on impulse, "That's not necessary..."
"Hey, we're all friends here, no need to be polite with me!"
Sure, here's the translation:
So soon after meeting for less than five minutes, he actually started to call me "brother"?
But, I am really curious about the cause of this teacher's death, so I nodded and said, "Thank you, Zhang."
"It's nothing, wait for me!"
Zhang is quite efficient. As soon as he finished speaking, he dropped the cigarette in his hand and rushed into the stairwell.
About five minutes later, Zhang reappeared in front of me and whispered in my ear, "The cause of death is currently unknown! According to the forensic examination, the deceased did not suffer any external force attack before his death, and there were no obvious injuries on his body. The preliminary determination is that he likely died of suffocation!"
"Cause of death unknown?"
Upon hearing this, I immediately furrowed my brow. Just then, several more police officers came out from the stairwell, with two of them carrying a corpse bag, presumably containing the body of the victimized teacher.
"This..."
I suddenly wanted to take a look at the body, but I didn't have a valid reason. Although Zhang was very helpful to me, we had only known each other for a few minutes, so I couldn't ask, and could only watch as the body was put into the police car.
"Hey! Buddy!"
Feeling conflicted, I suddenly wanted to see the body, but had no legitimate reason to do so. Despite Zhang's kindness, it was only a few minutes since we met, so I couldn't ask him. I could only watch as the body was loaded into the police car.
"Wait a minute!"
As Zhang turned around, I quickly grabbed him, while covertly stuffing a yellow talisman into his hand, and said earnestly, "Wear this. Contact me if anything happens!"
"Huh?"
Zhang was clearly taken aback as he was about to open it. The police car nearby suddenly blared its horn, urging Zhang on.
"Okay! Stay in touch!"
Hearing his colleague's urge, Zhang could only shrug apologetically at me and then ran towards the police car.
"I hope he doesn't get his gun stolen..."
As I saw the police car driving away, I couldn't help but contemplate. The yellow talisman I gave him was purposely given to me by old Zhang, intended as a protective talisman to suppress my bad luck and make people around me less unlucky. Since Zhang had been kind to me, I was concerned about my bad luck rubbing off on him, so I gave it to him.
All I could do was hope that Zhang would believe in it. If he were to throw the talisman in the trash, then it wouldn't be my fault.
Once the police car left, most of the crowd dispersed, and I prepared to leave. However, as I turned around, a faint yet familiar voice suddenly reached my ears: "Every crime has a perpetrator, and every debt has an owner. Zhang Yao, you can close your eyes now..."
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, my complexion changed drastically, and I quickly turned and went in the direction where the voice came from!
Sure enough! As I expected, less than ten meters away from me, stood a beautiful woman with a blank expression, muttering something. Wasn't she the one who kicked me yesterday?
It's actually quite unfortunate that even after several encounters, I still didn't know her name.
A practitioner's intuition is so sharp. I just looked at her, and she immediately noticed me. I thought she would glare at me again, but to my surprise, as soon as she saw me, she looked surprised, and then walked over to me.
"Hi, we meet again."
It's a cliché way of starting a conversation, but it's the result of all my courage. Surprisingly, the beautiful woman approached me, which truly astonished me.
The beautiful woman looked puzzled and asked, "Have you already built your foundation?"
"Built my foundation?"
Upon hearing this, I was taken aback and subconsciously said, "Not yet?"
Even though I didn't know what "building foundation" was, Old Zhang said I needed a lot of materials for it, and since he didn't come back last night, it's impossible for anyone to have built it for me.