I am weak and friendly

Chapter 23 The Strange Things Aunt Zhang Encountered

"Hirako-sensei! Hirako-sensei!"

Before Tang Yiping even arrived at the prestigious villa complex, he saw Aunt Zhang waving to him from afar.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Tang Yiping chatted with Zhang Zitong's mother, politely declined her invitation to dinner, and said goodbye to Zhang Zitong before coming over. He thought it wasn't time to meet Aunt Zhang last time, but he didn't expect her to be waiting here.

"Oh, not at all, I'm just going out for a walk in the evening!" Aunt Zhang said, but she was already fully armed, wearing gloves and a mask, and riding her electric bike.

Then let's stop talking and go!

That night, Tang Yiping's mind was preoccupied with Zhang Zitong, so he was somewhat absent-minded.

He plans to help Zhang Zitong develop a program to translate his performance into a language that others can understand.

In other words, use code to create a ladder to climb over the "wall of errors"!

As soon as the idea popped into Tang Yiping's head, he started to conceive of it and then his mind wandered.

But his ability to eat carrion became increasingly refined, requiring almost no thought and almost instinctive.

In addition, Aunt Zhang joined earlier and was better prepared today, so she gained more.

Wherever Tang Yiping points, Aunt Zhang follows. The two work together seamlessly and efficiently. In their spare time, Aunt Zhang will take a photo or even write it down in her notebook.

The image of her wearing reading glasses and diligently taking notes under the streetlights, projected onto the ground, vaguely resembled that of a determined girl from forty years ago, with two braids, learning a skill from her master craftsman and shouting that she wanted to become a skilled technician.

When the elderly woman and the young man arrived near another residential area, Aunt Zhang hesitated and seemed a little scared.

"Teacher Pingzi, let's not go any further ahead!" Aunt Zhang said.

"What's wrong?" Tang Yiping asked, puzzled.

“There’s something unclean up ahead…” Aunt Zhang said.

Tang Yiping couldn't help but laugh: "Where in this world is there anything unclean?"

If there were anything unclean, he should have already learned the relevant skills by now.

Yes! There really is!

Aunt Zhang, however, was very serious: "I saw it with my own eyes this morning, and it scared me to death!"

Last night, Aunt Zhang, who had been running around with Tang Yiping all night, felt that she had figured out some tricks and had made great progress in her skills. So this morning, after breakfast, she couldn't help but go out on her own and start putting it into practice.

She chose a street she had never been to before and began to walk around, looking at things and picking and choosing, just like Tang Yiping.

Naturally, they didn't gain anything along the way.

She didn't learn a single bit of Tang Yiping's ability to find things with a simple point and even describe what they were.

Aunt Zhang was a little discouraged. She found a place outside to have breakfast, but she couldn't stand it and felt she couldn't go back empty-handed, so she went back to her old job and started picking up trash.

As she walked along, picking things up, she saw a cardboard box lying on the ground near a trash can. She went over to pick it up, but she didn't expect that the box was actually filled with something, and it looked extremely heavy.

"When I opened the box, oh my god!" Aunt Zhang said, her face turning pale with fright: "There was a person inside!"

"Her face was painted like a ghost, and she was just crookedly inside the box. The box was only so big, and her hands and feet were like they weren't even attached to her body. She was just sitting there crookedly, and I was terrified. And guess what? My God, the woman in the box saw me and screamed even louder! I was so scared I almost jumped out of my skin. I turned around and ran away, forgetting to even ride my electric scooter. My son had to come back and find it for me."

“My son said that someone must have been playing a prank, hiding something in the box to scare people, or maybe even filming a short video. But I think it must be something dirty. Who would shrink themselves into such a small box just to scare someone? That’s so pointless!” Aunt Zhang said.

"..." Tang Yiping was speechless. He... roughly knew who Aunt Zhang had seen.

"Think about it again now," Aunt Zhang suddenly said, "Don't you think that might actually be a person hiding inside, scaring people?"

"How can people be so bored these days! If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely take a welding torch and weld her box on, let her scare people! Let her scare people!"

"She might not necessarily be trying to scare people..." Tang Yiping sighed.

She might be even more frightened.

"Auntie, the place you said you saw that person is just ahead?" Tang Yiping pointed ahead.

"Yes, it's just ahead. We...we should go around it." Although Aunt Zhang thought the other person was human, she was still scared.

These strange and peculiar people are more frightening than anything dirty.

Tang Yiping was hesitating whether or not to go over and take a look.

But then I wondered if it was impolite?

Maybe Lola has already seen me on her "People Nearby" list?

Well, since we're only temporary trading partners, let's give each other some respect and keep a proper distance for now.

Thinking this through, Tang Yiping readily agreed and prepared to take a detour with Aunt Zhang.

Just then, he smelled a peculiar odor.

This smell is familiar; it seems like I've smelled it somewhere before.

Then, he felt his Dao heart, no, his [Carrion Eater] tremble.

What is that smell? Where did you first smell it?
Tang Yiping had a strong feeling that the opportunity for his [Carrion Eater] to advance had arrived!

"Oh, right!" Tang Yiping reached into his backpack and pulled out a set of keys.

This was one of the spoils he found on his first night after obtaining the [Carrion].

"The key? Could it be..." Tang Yiping's heart pounded.

"Aunt Zhang, we'll probably be staying here tonight."

"Oh, is that all?" Aunt Zhang was still not satisfied. She had just gotten into the swing of things and was planning to keep going.

Seeing Tang Yiping's serious expression, she asked, "Teacher Pingzi, is something wrong? Do you need my help? I can help with any heavy lifting. My son got off work early today and is home! If you're going anywhere, there's no need to rush. I'll have him take you there!"

"No need, thank you, Auntie. I have some personal matters to attend to."

It's probably not appropriate to take Aunt Zhang along for this.

"Alright then, shall we meet at the same place tomorrow?"

"See you at the usual place!" Tang Yiping watched Aunt Zhang leave, then took a deep breath, turned his wheelchair up to the maximum speed, and sped off.

The wheelchair traveled through two streets and arrived at a semi-new residential area with seven or eight low-rise buildings, each over ten stories high.

Upon arriving here, the feeling of "carrion" became even clearer. The key in Tang Yiping's hand acted like a radar, guiding him in the right direction.

(End of this chapter)