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Chapter 31 Your hard days are still ahead
The next day, early in the morning.

The school morning is peaceful and quiet.

A-Zu and Clark passed by Honey Cave, an agricultural product kiosk in front of the school.

The brick-red kiosk looks weathered.

The paint is peeling and most of the colors are faded.

The letters on the sign had also faded and disappeared, leaving only the word "夆蜜氵".

Azu drops a dollar into the honey cave's box and takes some honey sticks.

He had grown to love the taste of honey sticks ever since Peter stopped by and bought him one last time.

Clark looked at the honey stick that Zu handed over and asked in surprise, "Where did you get the money?"

"I help my dad weed, and he pays me one dollar a time."

A-Zu said that his money was entirely earned through hard work.

"But Dad recently said he was going to launch a 'wage and labor stimulus package', so I'll be responsible for the lawn mowing at home, seven dollars a week."

A-Zu still doesn't realize that he is being taken advantage of by his "capitalist father" and is still feeling complacent about it.

Clark was a little envious. He also wanted to make money like A-Zu.

"Maybe I can help my godfather clean the barn and earn some pocket money."

Clark also decided to join the Godfather's "wage and labor stimulus package."

"We can make money together, Clark, but..."

A-Zu quickly became frustrated. "I should have ten dollars, but my father said I couldn't take that much money, so he put it in the bank for me and said he would keep it for me first."

Clark thought about it and said, "I think this is great. Can't the bank increase the amount of money deposited?"

At this time, Clark didn't know that one of the most profound tricks in the world is that children's pocket money will be taken away with the excuse that "Mom and Dad will save the money for you and give it to you when you grow up."

The result is without exception: when you grow up, you will find that all the money your parents helped you save has disappeared.

Clark and A-Zu, unaware that they were being tricked, walked toward the school while holding honey sticks in their mouths.

As soon as they reached the school gate, they saw Lana who was parting with her aunt.

"Goodbye, auntie."

After saying goodbye to her aunt, Lana walked towards school with her schoolbag on her back.

As a result, he accidentally tripped over a stone and fell to the ground with a bang.

The backpack he was carrying was also thrown out, and all the books inside scattered out.

Seeing Lana fall, Clark immediately rushed up with a speed that Zu had never seen before.

"Lana, are you okay?"

He helped Lana, who was frowning, up.

"I'm fine, I just fell accidentally, thank you, Clark."

Although Lana's knee was hit and it hurt a lot, she still pursed her lips and endured the pain to thank Clark.

Seeing that Lana was okay, Clark quickly helped her collect the books scattered on the ground.

When I bent down to pick up the book, I suddenly found a green necklace on the ground.

The stone emitting a faint green light was very similar to the stone that the Godfather had shown him before.

Out of curiosity, he picked up the necklace.

As a result, I suddenly felt a sense of weakness, as if all the strength in my body was drained in an instant.

Then his body fell backwards uncontrollably, and the green necklace in his hand fell to the ground with a "pop".

"Oh!"

When his body was about to fall, a broad and strong hand supported his back.

"Kid, are you okay?"

A deep voice came.

Clark regained his balance and looked back.

The school's security guard, an old black man with a pale, wire-brush-like beard, was looking at him with concern. Clark recognized him as the black security guard he had seen when he first came to school.

He remembers everyone calling the security guard "Old Horry."

At that time, I imagined him as a devil guard of an evil castle.

"I just felt dizzy, Mr. Horry. I'm fine now."

Clark rubbed his forehead and thanked old Horry.

Lana bent down to pick up the necklace on the ground and walked over to Clark with a worried look on her face.

The necklace was a relic left to her by her mother, so she always wears it with her.

When she saw Clark almost fall down after holding the necklace, she thought he was scratched by the necklace.

Old Holly put away the clipboard in his hand and narrowed his eyes. "You don't look well, kid. You need to go to the infirmary for a checkup."

As the school security guard, out of responsibility for the students' safety, he wanted to send Clark to the infirmary for examination.

Although Clark was extremely reluctant, he was forced to do it.

Old Holly left the school gate and sent Clark to the infirmary. He glanced at the necklace in Lana's hand and his expression became a little complicated.

Padraic Farm.

Peter received a call from Chandler at the police station.

Chandler told him about Officer Ryan's pursuit of a serial robber last night.

"Smallwell River?"

After hanging up the phone, Peter fell into deep thought.

Could this guy be the mermaid in the story I told A-Zu last night?
Shaking his head, he threw the ridiculous idea of ​​the mermaid out of his mind.

But it can be concluded that this guy is a good swimmer.

And he is familiar with the terrain around the Smallwell River.

As he was considering the composition of the robbers, the telephone on the farm rang.

Peter picked up the phone, and after hearing that Clark was in trouble, he immediately put on his coat and rushed to school.

Driving towards the school, Peter heard the sound of gurgling water when he approached the school.

Two minutes later, the towering trees disappeared, replaced by a rugged river bank covered with green grass.

The water of Smallwell gurgled and rushed forward.

The driveway turned again and Peter soon arrived at the school.

Infirmary.

Peter knocked on the infirmary door and entered.

Martha McConaughey, Clark and A-Zu's assistant teacher, who I saw last time, was waiting in the infirmary. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Peter coming.

Peter pretended to know each other for the first time, greeted the beautiful teacher with a strange expression, and then looked at Clark and A Zu.

"Feeling uncomfortable, Clark?"

He asked Clark, touching his hair.

"I'm fine now, Godfather."

Clark lay on the bed and whispered to Peter: "Godfather, it's that kind of stone."

"What stone?"

"It was Lana's necklace. I picked it up and was about to give it back to her when I felt dizzy. The stone you showed me last time, Godfather, feels the same to me as Lana's necklace."

"Um"

Kryptonite?
After hearing what Clark said, he immediately realized that Lana's necklace was kryptonite.

Since the other party wears the kryptonite as a necklace, it means that he will carry it with him in the future.

Then think of Clark's "coveting" of Lana.
Now he really wants to say to his adopted son: Cherish the present, because your hard days are still ahead.

(End of this chapter)