Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 133 Kick the Cripple's Leg

Chapter 133 Kick the Cripple's Leg
The man's tone was cold, yet contained a hint of provocative mockery.

It's like he's saying - what do you think, kid? It's not easy to be a shady person, right? Now that you're in trouble, why don't you just come to me?

Mo Li subconsciously grabbed the corner of Ran Qing's clothes and secretly glanced at the boy.

But he was surprised to find that Ran Qing had a calm expression and did not react at all to his father's provocation and ridicule.

Ran Qing took a step forward, looked at the man on the bed calmly, and said, "I'm not in trouble. I just wanted to see you and talk to you about something."

Ran Qing's tone was calm, unlike him.

He was completely different from the hot-tempered young man who had last met his father in the Wujiang ghost world.

The man on the hospital bed widened his eyes in surprise and looked the boy up and down as if he had seen a ghost.

After a few seconds, the man nodded suspiciously.

"Just right, I was just planning to go down for a walk."

He threw back the quilt, dragged his plastered foot to the ground with some difficulty, and reached for the crutches beside the bed.

Other patients and their families in the ward looked at this side curiously.

But there was nothing exciting to see.

The man limped out with his crutch in one hand.

Ran Qing, who had a bandage on his knee and was also limping, followed him out.

Mo Li smiled and extended his hand to the little girl: "What's your name?"

The fair and tender little girl in a pretty little skirt ran to Ran Qing first and took the initiative to hold Ran Qing's hand.

"Brother, brother," the little girl looked up at Ran Qing curiously and said, "Why did you come just now? You haven't been here for many days."

The little girl, who was just over two years old, couldn't understand the subtle atmosphere between the adults.

She just looked at the older brother curiously, holding his hand and asking the reason.

Ran Qing hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Faced with this half-girl and her innocent enthusiasm, he felt a little at a loss.

In previous situations like this, the girl’s mother would always step in to resolve the situation.

But today, the girl's mother disappeared.

At this time, Mo Li followed with a smile and held the little girl's hand from the other side.

"Your brother has to go to school every day from morning to night. It's very hard," Mo Li smiled and answered the question for Ran Qing.

The little girl's attention was quickly drawn to the young girl.

She did not break free from Mo Li's hand, but let the young boy and girl hold her on both sides.

She looked at Mo Li curiously: "Sister, who are you? I have never seen you before."

Mo Li smiled until his eyes narrowed into slits and said, "My name is Mo Li, and I'm your brother's friend."

"By the way, you haven't told me your name yet."

"My name is Ran Xiaoya, my father is Ran Jianfei, my mother is Luo Xuefang, and my home is under the overpass in Yuezhao City," the little girl said as she started talking like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

Apparently this was what her mother had trained her to say.

For young children, train them to remember their parents' names and their home address so that if they get lost accidentally, there may be kind people who can bring them back.

——Of course, if a child in this era gets lost, it is basically impossible to find him or her.

But if you can remember your home address and your parents' names from a young age, there will always be a glimmer of hope even if you get lost.

At this time they came to the stairs. There was no elevator in the inpatient department, only stairs.

The man, holding a crutch with one hand, had some difficulty walking down the stairs.

But Ran Qing followed behind him, indifferent, and watched the man walk down the stairs quietly.

Mo Li sighed and stepped forward to help.

The man tutted his words and said, "Mo Li is still the best."

Ran Qing followed behind, still without saying a word. Soon, they arrived downstairs.

Mo Li let go of the man, took the little girl's hand again, and followed behind.

Ran Qingze walked up to the man with an expressionless face, and the two walked downstairs.

In a crowded and busy hospital, people are coming and going, leaving little room for rest and relaxation.

A cement flower bed planted with many wisteria balls divides the courtyard downstairs.

People were constantly coming in and out of the emergency room diagonally across the courtyard.

A man with a bandage wrapped around his head and his face covered in dried, crusted blood sat in a daze in the corner of the stairs, his head tilted against a dirty pillar.

Next to him, an old woman was arguing fiercely with a young woman. The two women were arguing with each other until their faces were red and no one knew what they were arguing about.

The man on crutches looked over there from a distance and said, "Don't you have questions to ask? Why are you silent again?"

The man glanced at Ran Qing and said, "Are you thinking of which angle to hit me from?"

As he spoke, the man lifted his broken leg in plaster and said, "What's there to think about? Just kick the cripple's leg hard."

The sarcastic words were filled with strong resentment.

Obviously, he was still brooding over the beating he received from his son in the Wujiang ghost world last time.

Ran Qing looked at him, his emotions still calm.

Before coming, he had already prepared himself mentally.

This level of provocation and sarcasm is unlikely to shake his emotions.

Ran Qing took out two copper coins and said, "Have you ever seen something like this?"

In the morning light, the strange lines on the two rust-stained copper coins vaguely formed a monster with slender limbs, and the monster was stepping on a person.

And that person is...

"You've been targeted by a monster?" The man frowned and asked, "What kind of monster is this? It looks like a ghost with eyes of the sun... Is there such a thing in Yuezhao?"

This kind of giant monster with long limbs was the first time that Ran Jianfei, who had been wandering around the world for many years, had heard of it.

He didn't know what kind of copper coin this was, but when he saw it, he was immediately attracted by the lines on the coin, and recognized at a glance that these simple lines were Ran Qing.

These two ancient bronze coins are indeed strange.

After Ran Qing placed the newly acquired copper coin under his pillow for one night, the lines on the coin turned into a simplified drawing of a monster stepping on a person.

Ran Qing said: "This monster might be the murderer of Aunt Six."

"Also, Meng Laoqi also died. The exact time of his death is unknown, but it should have been a few days ago."

"It's also possible that he was killed by this monster."

Ran Qing slowly recounted the situation: "I accidentally got such an ancient bronze coin, and then I saw this monster."

"It comes into my room every night and digs something out of my stomach."

"It's extremely strange and weird. I got a copper coin, but I can only see it and can't move it."

Ran Qing paused and said, "And last night, I found the second copper coin."

"Even after I brought this strange ancient copper coin home, that monster still came to harm me."

"But after it left, I actually heard my mother calling me."

When Ran Qing mentioned his mother, his voice trembled slightly.

But he bit his lip and finally remained calm and rational, not showing any weakness in front of the man.

Ran Qing narrated what happened last night in the coldest tone.