A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1367 Calling the police? It's me again! (Please subscribe!)

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As darkness faded, Hua Shier suddenly opened his eyes. He was in the balcony of a building. Although the window was open, the air was still quite hot and humid, probably because it was the height of summer, but it didn't bother him much.

There was a cot against the wall on one side of the balcony, and he was lying on it at the moment.

Hua Shier sat up in bed and rubbed his forehead. A sharp pain shot through his brain, which made him feel quite uncomfortable, as he hadn't felt pain in a long time.

He knew that it was probably a side effect of the fusion of the primordial spirits, so he wasn't too worried. He figured that this condition would probably resolve itself after the fusion.

Looking around, it seemed that the person he was replacing in this world was living in very bad circumstances, otherwise he wouldn't be living on the balcony. Moreover, he was wearing a shirt with two holes the size of his fingertips.

Just then, footsteps sounded, and a boy who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old walked in, throwing a pair of sweaty basketball shorts in front of Hua Shier:

"I've been wearing these basketball shorts for three days already. You need to wash them right now, I need to wear them to play basketball tomorrow!"

Before Hua Shier could recover, the young man spoke again:
"Oh, by the way, it's my grandma's birthday today, and a lot of relatives and friends are coming. My mom told me to tell you to stay on the balcony and not come out, so you don't embarrass our family with your tattered clothes!"

After the boy finished speaking, he gave a slightly disgusted look and reminded him again:

"Get me my basketball shorts washed right now!"

After saying that, he turned and left, looking as anxious as if he was afraid of catching a contagious disease if he stayed even a second longer.

Hua Shier was a little confused. What was going on? This identity sounded like that of someone working as a servant.

At this moment, the memories of the person being replaced, transmitted by the system, rushed into Hua Shier's brain, making his already aching brain even worse.

What should have been a quick memory reception took almost an hour to complete this time.

After receiving the memories, Hua Shier was furious. What kind of life had the system assigned him?

The timeline of this world is two thousand years, also known as the millennium.

This time, the system assigned him the identity of Hua Twelve, a member of the Qidian Orphanage, a native of Beijing. His parents died in a car accident five years ago, but they left him a three-bedroom house near Shuang'an Shopping Mall on the Third Ring Road in Beijing, as well as savings of over 100,000 yuan and compensation of 200,000 yuan.

Five years ago, Hua Shier was just 11 years old. Without his parents to take care of him, his only remaining relative was his father's sister, his aunt.

So his aunt became his legal guardian.

My aunt's name is Hua Weihong. She is a textile factory worker. Her husband, Zhao Shengli, used to work in a state-owned factory, but he was laid off when the factory closed down.

The couple has twins, a boy named Zhao Bo and a girl named Zhao Ping, who are one year younger than Hua Shier and are his cousins.

After her uncle was laid off, he could only do odd jobs, and the family lived in extreme poverty. Hua Shier's parents were both college graduates who got jobs in government agencies after graduation. They took good care of her aunt's family.

When Hua Shier's parents had an accident, leaving behind a large three-bedroom house, and since eleven-year-old Hua Shier needed a guardian, his aunt's family simply moved in to live with him.

Because her aunt was the guardian, she rightfully had access to the savings and car accident compensation left by Hua Shier's parents.

At first, my aunt's family took good care of Hua Shier, but as time went on, things changed.

Firstly, a year after his aunt's family moved in, his aunt approached him and said that his younger siblings were getting older and needed personal space, and that as the older brother, he should give way to them.

So the three rooms in the house changed from one for the aunt and uncle, one for Hua Shier and her cousin, and one for her cousin, to one for the aunt and uncle, and one for each of the cousins. Hua Shier had to 'humbly' give way to her younger siblings and live on the balcony.

Twelve-year-old Hua Shier dared not resist and could only passively accept the arrangements. He even overheard his uncle complaining about his aunt:
"Why are you wasting your breath arguing with him? Just let him move in, what's the worst that could happen? He'd be willing to refuse."

Well, back then, Hua Twelve really didn't dare.

Then, as Hua Shier moved into the balcony, his quality of life visibly deteriorated.

Aside from school uniforms, most of the clothes he wears are hand-me-downs from his younger cousin or clothes he doesn't like to wear, even though his cousin is shorter than him.

When it's time to eat, since my younger cousins ​​are growing, there are only two chicken legs available, so there's no room for him. He can't eat more either. After finishing one bowl, he has to wait for his uncle's expression before he can get any more rice.

If you take a few more bites of food, then you can expect your uncle's sarcastic remarks and veiled insults.

Of course, the young man also had a temper and resisted, but all he got in return was a beating from his uncle and even more bullying from his younger cousins.

As I recall, today is my uncle and aunt's birthday. My uncle insisted on bringing my aunt over so he could celebrate her birthday with her.

I guess it's because my uncle's relatives are coming over soon, and they didn't want to upset him, so they specifically asked my cousin to come and give them a heads-up.

After receiving the memories, Hua Shier was so angry he laughed. "Damn it, living in my house, spending my money, and still bullying me? Is there no justice? Is there no law?"

Hua Shier felt fortunate that he had come; otherwise, the person being replaced would have been bullied to death, and probably wouldn't have been able to keep the house.

He disdainfully picked up Zhao Bo's basketball shorts with two fingers, opened the screen window, and threw them directly out of the balcony. "Should I wash them for you? I'll wash a huge bag of them for you, do you want me to?"

Listening to the sounds of frying, stir-frying, and laughing coming from the kitchen, Hua Shier knew that her uncle's relatives must have already arrived.

He wasn't in a hurry; he lay down on his cot and waited for dinner.

And those people seemed to know he lived on the balcony, so no one came to disturb his peace and quiet.

Another half hour or so passed, and the balcony door was pushed open, revealing Uncle Zhao Shengli's big donkey face:

"All you do is lie around all day. Don't you know how to do anything? I've already finished cooking. You go wash all the pots and pans in the kitchen and wait for us to eat before you eat, you hear me!"

Hua Shier suppressed the urge to kill him right then and right then and there, and made a "hmm" sound through his nose!
My uncle didn't think much of it, closed the door, turned around and went inside to chat and laugh with the other people.

In Hua Shier's living room, a dozen people were gathered around a table with a large cake in the center, surrounded by steaming dishes, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, crab, and shrimp—all considered hearty dishes by the standards of that era.

According to the procedure, the old lady was first asked to blow out the candles and make a wish before the formal meal began, and the cake was then cut after the main course.

Right after the old lady blew out the candles, the uncle, as was customary, stood up to offer a glass of wine and say auspicious words.

Just then, Hua Shier walked into the living room carrying a stool; "Come on, make way, we're one person short!"

He squeezed in between his cousin Zhao Bo and cousin Zhao Ping, causing the two ungrateful children to exclaim:

"Hua Shier, what are you doing?!"

"Let's eat! This is the old lady's birthday celebration. I haven't even sat down at the table yet. Why didn't you leave me a place?"

Hua Shier's words made everyone's faces turn ugly. Her uncle's sister spoke up:

"Second brother and sister-in-law, this child needs to be disciplined. How can he have no manners at all!"

The uncle's elder brother just frowned, looking at Hua Twelve with some dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything.

The uncle wanted to lash out, but it was his mother's birthday today, and he didn't want to create an awkward atmosphere, so he gave his wife a wink, telling her to get rid of this unlucky nephew quickly.

But by then Hua Shier had already gotten his hands on it. He didn't mind the heat, grabbed the steaming hot pork knuckle, and took a bite.

The old lady's face changed immediately, because everyone in her uncle's family knew that she loved to eat the tender, mushy skin of the braised pork knuckle. This pork knuckle was specially made for her, and before the birthday girl could even eat it, Hua Twelve had already devoured it. No wonder they looked so happy.

Hua Shier ate very quickly, without stopping to talk: "Grandma, I know you like pork knuckle skin. Don't worry, I'll only eat the lean meat. I've saved the fat and skin for you!"

He started eating, and after a few bites, he was done. Before his aunt could pull him away, he casually threw the remaining skin and fat onto the plate in front of the old lady.

Even the old lady, the birthday girl, couldn't stand it anymore. She slammed her chopsticks on the table and scolded her uncle:
"Your younger generation is so ill-mannered. Is this how you and Wei Hong raise your children?"

Aunt and Uncle's faces were flushed. Uncle Zhao Shengli's face was long and drawn. He suddenly stood up, pointed at Hua Twelve, and cursed:
"You little bastard, get back here right now and stop getting in my way!"

Auntie quickly pulled Hua Twelve along:
"Twelve, hurry back. Today is not the time to fool around. You know your uncle has a bad temper. Why can't you listen to me!"

Hua Shier chuckled: "You talk as if they're all good-tempered!"

He glanced at everyone present, all of whom looked at him with anger and disgust, and then laughed:
"Eat up, why aren't you eating?"

"Oh, I don't want to eat!"

Hua Shier suddenly stood up and slammed the table shut with both hands:

"Then don't eat any of it!"

Sitting opposite him was Old Madam Zhao, with her uncle and elder brother to her left and her uncle Zhao Shengli to her right. Suddenly, all the dishes on the table were spilled on these people, making them a complete mess.

Hua Shier shook off his aunt who was pulling at him:

"You bunch of bastards, you came to my house to celebrate that old hag's birthday without even asking me? This is the house my parents left me!"

Zhao Shengli couldn't stand this: "You little brat, I'll beat you to death!"

As he spoke, he swung his fist and charged forward.

Hua Shier took out a small knife he found in the kitchen and started stabbing people repeatedly. To everyone's astonishment, he stabbed more than twenty people in one go.

"Murder! Quick, take the knife away!"

My uncle's older brother, nephew, and Hua Twelve's cousin all rushed forward.

My uncle and his older brother immediately tried to take the knife away. My uncle's nephew, who is also my uncle's older brother's son and my cousin Zhao Bo's cousin, plus Zhao Bo, well, it sounds like a lot of people, but actually there were only two young people. They picked up stools and started smashing.

When Hua Shier saw his uncle and elder brother come up to take the knife away, he laughed. Who gave you the courage to take the knife away? Have you been watching too many movies?
He stabbed the other man in the stomach with one stroke, then grabbed his arm and, like a puppet on strings, swayed him left and right. With two loud crashes, Zhao Bo and his cousin's stools all smashed onto their uncle and father.

Hua Shier grinned maliciously: "None of you are fit to live!"

The knife is sharp; it doesn't care who it is, it just stabs them repeatedly!

Finally, his aunt and cousin Zhao Ping were both stabbed twice and fell to the ground, pleading in terror.
"Twelve, you can't do that! I'm your aunt, and Xiaobo and Xiaoping are your younger siblings!"

At this moment, his uncle and elder brother lost their temper and appeared particularly kind and gentle.
"Child, you are still young. Don't let a moment of confusion lead you down a path of crime!"

Besides Hua Shier, the only person in the living room who hadn't been cut was today's birthday girl, Old Madam Zhao.

However, the old lady was so frightened that she wet herself and was trembling all over.

Hua Shier picked up the phone in the living room and dialed 110:
"Hello, 110? I need to report a crime. Someone has stabbed people with a knife, more than a dozen times. Um, who did it? It was me. The address is XX neighborhood. By the way, please call an ambulance."

Those people, clutching their wounds, were stunned. No one expected that Hua Shier would choose to call the police himself after committing the crime.

After making the call to the police, Hua Shier sat down and chatted with the old woman with a smile:
"Grandma, it's your 70th birthday! Were you surprised or not?"

The old lady suddenly fainted and was about to fall when Hua Shier caught her and pinched her philtrum so hard that she woke up. When she was awake, her lips were purple from being pressed.

Hua Twelve then smiled at the others and said:

"Look! The old lady is so happy she fainted!"

Those usually filial sons and grandsons didn't dare to say a word at this moment; their smiles were absolutely terrifying!
Upon hearing that more than a dozen people had been stabbed, the police immediately recognized this as a major case and dared not delay. They quickly organized police forces and medical personnel to rush to the scene.

Everyone was stunned when they came in. A boy who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old was sitting there with a smile. Next to him was an old woman leaning against the wall, looking terrified and trembling all over.

The surrounding area was littered with wounded people and blood, but thankfully no one had died. When they saw Uncle Hat arrive, they were still able to call for help.

Hua Shier said, "Uncle Hat, I called the police. Please take me away!"

Two men in hats quickly came up and restrained him, handcuffing him and pressing down on his shoulders from both sides.

Then medical staff entered the scene and carried all the injured people out.

Hua Shier was escorted by two uncles in hats to walk at the very back. His wispy hair fell over his forehead, but it couldn't hide the almost absurd, confident smile on his lips.

Because many men in hats had arrived, and an ambulance had followed, the area outside the building was already crowded with neighbors watching the spectacle. Before stepping out of the building, one of the men in hats asked him if he needed to cover his face.

Hua Twelve smiled and said:
"I haven't done anything shameful. I have a clear conscience. Why should I hide my face? If anyone should be hiding their face, it should be them!"

The two men in hats exchanged a glance, both feeling that there was probably more to the case than met the eye, but they said nothing and led him out of the building.

Among the crowd gathered at the entrance, Hua Shier spotted a familiar face.

She was a girl with fair skin, her face glowing like porcelain in the sunlight. Her light blue dress billowed slightly in the summer breeze, and the pale purple ribbon at the neckline swayed in the wind like a startled butterfly.

At this moment, the girl was staring wide-eyed at Hua Shier, her pupils filled with shock. Perhaps she hadn't expected that the person who had prompted Uncle Hat to make such a fuss was someone her own age.

The reason Hua Shier felt the other person was familiar was because the girl looked a lot like Zhu Suosuo. They were probably different characters played by the same actress, and were likely one of the characters in this world's plot.

"go!"

An uncle wearing a hat noticed that Hua Shier had slowed down, so he shoved him and put him in a police car.

Since no one was killed at the scene, Hua Shier was taken directly to the local police station.

Sitting in the familiar interrogation room, Hua Shier couldn't help but smile. It seemed he really had an extraordinary connection with interrogation rooms, coming here several times in every world.

"Tell me, what is your relationship with the injured person, and why did you hurt them!"

Perhaps because of his young age, or because there were many injured people, although the case was handed over to the police station, he had barely sat down when an officer in a hat came over to interrogate him.

Hua Twelve coughed lightly:
"I'd like to say three things first. First, I'm still a little over a month away from turning sixteen. Second, I turned myself in. Third, I controlled my knife strikes very well, and I didn't damage any of my internal organs!"

The two men in hats who were interrogating him were both taken aback, and the one who asked the question exclaimed "Oh dear!"
"Quite professional, or was this premeditated?"

Hua Twelve laughed:
"It wasn't premeditated, it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. Holding your breath for too long is bad for your health, so I just wanted to let it out and vent my anger on them!"

Uncle Hat realized there was definitely something wrong with this case and immediately asked:
"Then tell me, what grudge or grievance made you stab more than a dozen people in one go?"

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