Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 344 Your car is very good

Yan Xun touched the fake beard on his face, while Ai Li was unconscious, his legs wrapped in bandages and plaster, looking like he had been seriously injured.

The man opposite them looked at them with concern in his eyes. According to him, he was a great philanthropist who wanted to help those who were homeless.

The other person was around 30 years old, dressed elegantly, and his eyes lit up when he saw the homeless Yan Xun and Ai Li—of course, that's an exaggeration.

When this person found them, Yan Xun and Ai Li were sitting in a corner, looking pitiful and homeless.

Yan Xun's exposed skin was very rough, and his clothes looked like they hadn't been washed in a long time.

Everyone who passed by wanted to stay as far away from them as possible, and occasionally someone would toss them some coins.

Yan Xun picked up the coins and continued sitting with Ellie on the newspapers they had spread out.

"Are you sure your intelligence is accurate?" Yan Xun asked, sitting on an old newspaper while communicating with the main system in his head.

"Of course," the main system said.

[That's what it says in the copy.]

Three days ago, Yan Xun felt that they could no longer rely on their own two legs to walk. Although they could take public transportation, it was very troublesome to cross cities.

He needs to get himself a car.

But he had no money.

At least they didn't manage to get enough money for a car.

He asked the system to conjure up a car for him, as he didn't want to hike to the south. "I'm not a live-streaming host for hiking," Yan Xun couldn't help but say to the main system. "I'm here to complete a mission, not to participate in a hiking competition."

The main system indicated that it couldn't conjure a car for him, but it could provide a good solution.

"What?" Yan Xun asked.

[There's a...] The main system carefully considered its wording: [A bad guy.]

He liked to lure homeless people to his home under the guise of helping them.

"Then?"

It's exactly what you think.

The other party comes from a wealthy family and can provide the car you want.

So, following the system's instructions, Yan Xun and Ai Li squatted down in the corner where the homeless man often appeared.

On the third day, he finally met his target.

Yan Xun had some recollection of this person. He had frequently passed by here in the past few days. He had initially thought the man lived in the neighborhood, but now it seemed he was probably observing them, trying to determine if they were truly homeless.

Yan Xun looked at him warily, but soon the man brought them clean food and water and explained his purpose.

According to him, his faith led him to help those in need.

If he helps enough people, he can go to heaven after he dies.

"Go to hell," Yan Xun thought, looking at the food in the other person's hand, suspecting that the person had poisoned it.

But Ellie didn't care about any of that. He grabbed the food and started eating, looking like he was starving.

Yan Xun: "..."

Seeing this, the man said with some sympathy, "He looks like he's been hungry for a long time."

"Two days," Yan Xun said. "We can only drink some water during these two days."

Perhaps seeing that the other party meant no harm, Yan Xun finally agreed to tell him about his origins.

According to him, they came from a distant city. They were two brothers who often went out to sea with their younger brother. Unfortunately, after an accident, the younger brother broke his leg and seemed to have some mental problems.

They were already poor, and now they are even more strapped for cash, all to pay for Ellie's medical treatment.

"But we had only been here a short time when all our money was stolen," Yan Xun continued, fabricating a lie.

The man seemed unfamiliar with the place name he mentioned. "I've never heard of that place."

"Cedar Harbor?"

"Of course you haven't heard of it," Yan Xun thought. "It's a very faraway place." He explained to the man.

"Where are your family members?" the man asked again.

“It’s just the two of us,” Yan Xun said. In other words, even if we disappeared, no one would know.

The man's expression showed some sympathy at the family background, but Yan Xun also noticed a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

He then expressed his kindness, saying that he hoped to help Yan Xun and his younger brother, and that he could temporarily take them in until Yan Xun was able to leave with his brother.

Yan Xun was terrified upon hearing this, seemingly not understanding why the other party wanted to help him in this way.

But perhaps the temptation was too great, and he got into the other party's car parked elsewhere with Ellie.

After Yan Xun got into the car, he carefully examined it for a few moments.

The man noticed his gaze. "You like it?"

Yan Xun praised the car without reservation, then thought to himself—

Your car is nice, but it will soon be mine.

After getting into the car, the man, perhaps to show his generosity and talkativeness, or perhaps to try to get more specific information, started chatting with Yan Xun.

They first exchanged information about their family backgrounds. The other person said that he was very lucky to have inherited a fortune from his grandfather. It wasn't particularly rich, but it was enough for him to live comfortably. "If I could," he said, "I would like to be like Conrad."

"Conrad?" Yan Xun was surprised to hear that name again.

Before he left the city, Conrad had already left with his sister, ostensibly for a vacation, but probably to avoid being held accountable later. He was curious about how Conrad would hide his true intentions, but since the other party was much richer than him, he figured it wasn't a problem.

"You haven't heard of this name?" the man asked.

Yan Xun shook his head.

The other party immediately introduced Conrad to Yan Xun, saying that Conrad's way of making money was not honorable and even a bit risky.

The other party probably made their fortune by selling bootlegging, then colluded with some local gangs, and then, as everyone knows, factories and land.

“I heard his hands aren’t clean,” he commented.

Yan Xun feigned surprise, "He's dangerous?"

“Although he’s a businessman now,” the other person said, “no bootlegging dealer has clean hands.”

He then spoke about himself, saying that after inheriting the estate from his grandfather, he wanted to give back to more people. "Too many people are struggling to make a living," he told Yan Xun. "So I want to use my own strength to help more people."

If Yan Xun hadn't known the other party's background, he would have been moved by his words.

"Many strange things have happened in that city," he added to Yan Xun.

Then, the story brought up a man who became pregnant out of nowhere and a person who suddenly grew wings.

Ari must have heard some key words, because he instinctively clutched his stomach. The driver, who had been watching them closely, noticed Ari's action and immediately asked him what was wrong.

“It’s nothing,” Yan Xun said, pressing Ai Li’s head and burying his face in his shoulder.

My brother was just too hungry.

The resurrected Ellie was somewhat slow to react. When Yan Xun pressed him down on his shoulder, he didn't react at all, only clutching his stomach.

The man then remembered that they had been hungry for two days, and he quickly said that they would be able to "go home" soon.

……

The man's house was halfway up the mountain, and there were no other residents in sight.

He parked the car in the garage and, seeing Yan Xun and Ellie getting out of the car somewhat nervously, reassured them, "You can relax a bit."

"I live here all by myself."

"Alone?" Yan Xun asked curiously. "Didn't you help many people like us before..."

“Yes,” the man said with a smile, “but some of them wanted to go back to their hometowns, so I provided them with some money and sent them back.”

He seemed unwilling to discuss this topic further, and led Yan Xun and the other person to his house.

Then they brought them food.

Yan Xun pushed the plate in front of Ai Li, and the two sat at the table, looking at the man sitting opposite them.

He noticed Yan Xun's movements. "Aren't you hungry?"

“My younger brother needs food more,” Yan Xun said.

When Ellie saw the food, he grabbed it with his hands. His hair was a bit long, and he ate in a messy manner. The soup from the food was smeared on his face, and his hair was covered with food scraps.

The man sat opposite them, looking at the scene with a mixture of disgust and contempt in his eyes, but he quickly said to Yan Xun, "Don't worry, there's plenty of food here."

He pushed the water glass in front of Yan Xun.

Yan Xun remained motionless. It didn't matter that Ai Li was dead, but he was a living person and dared not eat or drink the food and water offered by the other party.

To distract the man, he asked about the strange things happening in the city.

"I heard that those people weren't carrying babies, but monsters," he told Yan Xun.

"I heard that those things have spread to other cities."

“Recently, there have been some people here who suddenly became pregnant, and some have even grown wings,” he told Yan Xun.

“I heard that Conrad was the mastermind.”

"The fact that he grew wings is quite bizarre."

Yan Xun listened to his narration, and then suddenly spoke up, "My brother and I are planning to go south."

“Where?” he asked.

"Where the Church of Angels is," Yan Xun said.

"I heard they're doing well."

"That cult that preaches the end of the world?" the man asked.

Yan Xun nodded.

"Have you heard of it?" he asked the man.

“Of course,” he said, glancing at the decoration in the room, which depicted an angel with six wings and countless eyes behind it.

Yan Xun noticed the decoration.

"This is?"

“This is my belief,” he told Yan Xun. “If I can save 200 people before the end of the world, I can go to the Garden of Bones after I die.”

Upon hearing the name "Garden of Bones," Yan Xun couldn't help but look up. "Garden of Bones?"

Thinking that Yan Xun was unaware of this, the man suddenly became interested and said that the Garden of Bones was the abode of that god, and that as long as they did enough good deeds, they could go to the Garden of Bones after they died.

"How many people have you helped so far?" Yan Xun asked.

"There are only 56 so far." He looked at Yan Xun. "If you include you, then there are 58."

“Although 200 is a lot,” he told Yan Xun, “I think I should be able to achieve it before I die.”

"That chance is gone," Yan Xun thought.

The man seemed unwilling to discuss the topic further, perhaps out of fear of arousing suspicion or something else. He then brought up the strange occurrences that frequently happened in the city, saying that in order to prevent these monsters from spreading further, they would eliminate all anomalies as soon as possible.

"Eliminate all anomalies?"

"I think what they mean is to take all of these people..."

"Lock him up?"

Yan Xun knew this was a embellished way of putting it.

Anyway, he guessed that Levi must be wishing he could kill him and Ellie right now.

"Aren't strange things happening in this city too?" he asked the man. "Aren't they taking any action?"

“I think it will be soon,” he said to Yan Xun.

"I've heard rumors that they're coming soon."

By this time, Ellie had finished eating and let out a satisfied burp.

His face was covered in paste and sauce, which Yan Xun and the man found unbearable to look at.

Yan Xun said she would take Ai Li to wash her face first. The man probably couldn't stand how dirty Ai Li was, and he didn't care that Yan Xun hadn't eaten yet. He just nodded, told them the location of the bathroom, and then sat down to wait.

Yan Xun dragged Ellie into the bathroom.

Then they pushed him under the showerhead.

Ellie struggled, like a cat being forcibly held down to take a bath, and in the struggle, she even knocked off the fake mustache that was stuck to Yan Xun's chin.

Yan Xun had no choice but to hold down his fidgeting hands and feet and use the other man's wet shirt to clean his cheeks.

"This is definitely the last time I'll be a kindergarten teacher," Yan Xun muttered as she flushed Ai Li.

Immediately afterwards, he heard footsteps, and then the homeowner knocking on the door.

Do you need clothes?

"You can leave it outside the door," Yan Xun said.

"I put it on the ground by the door."

Yan Xun didn't answer. By the time he had finished washing Ai Li, his own clothes were completely soaked.

He walked to the door and opened the bathroom door.

There were indeed two sets of clothes to change into on the ground. His fake beard had fallen off his face, so Yan Xun simply tore it off and threw it into the trash can.

He bent down to take the clothes back to the bathroom, only to find that Ellie had already fallen into a deep sleep leaning against the bathtub.

Yan Xun: "..."

He struggled to pull Ellie out of the bathtub, just as he had pulled him out of the coffin that night.

The noise from the bathroom was probably too obvious, because the homeowner quickly stood by the half-open door and asked, "What happened?"

"My brother is asleep," Yan Xun said to the door.

"May I come in?"

"of course."

The man pushed open the door and entered, where he saw Ellie lying on the floor and Yan Xun standing by the bathtub.

Yan Xun's hair and clothes were soaked... The man's gaze lingered on Yan Xun's face, "Your...beard?"

Yan Xun had thrown his beard into the trash can a minute ago.

He looked very young now, and his bright blond hair, now a darker color from being wet, clung damply to his cheeks.

Yan Xun noticed the man staring at her and looked flustered, as if she had just realized it.

He touched his chin, looking somewhat bewildered, "...Sorry..."

"I didn't mean to hide it."

“It’s just too much trouble,” he mumbled to the man.

The man stared at Yan Xun for a while, then said, "I understand."

He nodded in understanding, though Yan Xun didn't quite grasp what he had come to understand.