Chapter 38: Quiet Dinner
His father lost his temper again. That was normal.
He was raging almost every single moment. Moreover, he would beat people up if he was furious, including Lu Xin’s mother and sister, but he rarely beat Lu Xin up. That was because whenever he wanted to hit Lu Xin, Lu Xin’s mother would become angry and scare him. However, Lu Xin did not understand why his mother did not stop his father or threaten him more often.
However, Lu Xin was a little confused as his sister talked back this time.
In the past, when she angered her father, she would immediately sneak out or hide.
“Brat, do you want to die?”
Because of Lu Xin’s sister’s reaction, his father became more furious and began to stomp impatiently in circles outside the door. He scolded with a harsh tone and with an expression as though he was about to devour her. “Don’t think you can talk back just because you ate something outside and become a bit stronger. You’re eating those things without my knowledge… If you can, don’t ever come home. If you come back, I will make sure you learn your lesson…”
“I shall not return, then!”
Lu Xin’s sister was hanging on the ceiling with her messy black hair as she talked back, “When I grow up, it’s your turn…”
“Do you think you still have the chance to grow up?”
“When I grow up, I will tear you into pieces and turn you into a doll…”
“Roar…”
“Hiss…”
…
“Sigh…”
Lu Xin gradually walked over as the two of them quarreled.
“You still know that you need to come back?”
His father’s tall built blocked the light from the room. He was like the intense bloody darkness.
When he saw Lu Xin, he became even more frustrated. His eyes stared deadly at Lu Xin.
Lu Xin lowered his head and said, “I came back with food!”
His father was stunned, as though he was unable to let out the built-up anger in him.
Lu Xin raised his left hand and said, “I also bought a bottle of alcohol for you!”
His father’s twisted face froze for a moment.
Lu Xin gradually looked up at his father and said, “Can we have a quiet meal tonight?”
His father immediately fell silent, although the anger within him was still very obvious.
However, he no longer scolded his children.
“Alright, Ms. Chen, you moved here, so we’re considered to be neighbors from now on. The saying goes, ‘better a close neighbor than a distant brother’, we should take care of each other… Nevermind, nevermind, you can take a good rest today, come again next time…”
In the living room, Lu Xin’s mother, dressed up elegantly, was making a call. However, she hung up quickly this time and said gently as she smiled and leaned against the windowsills, “What are you waiting for? Why aren’t you letting the two kids in? Sigh, there’s a huge variety of food today. Quick, come in, the whole family is waiting for you to start eating. I have already embarrassed myself in front of my friends because of you…”
Lu Xin’s father gave way quietly but emotionlessly.
Lu Xin came in with the groceries while his sister still looked at his father cautiously in the corridors.
His mother helped to lay the tablecloth and smiled as she looked at the groceries that Lu Xin got. “You’re in quite a good mood today. You went to the orphanage, right?”
Lu Xin nodded and put down his things.
When they heard the word “orphanage”, Lu Xin’s father and sister suddenly looked over.
Their gaze seemed a little peculiar.
A few moments later, Lu Xin’s mother went to wash and cut the groceries Lu Xin bought. Meanwhile, Lu Xin’s father and sister sat back near the table.
This meal was eaten in silence, but it was a rare silence.
Occasionally, Lu Xin’s father, mother, and sister would quietly exchange gazes, showing strange expressions.
…
After eating, Lu Xin went downstairs and did some exercises.
Last time, with the help of his sister, he managed to solve the 041 special corruption source. However, afterward, he felt very tired and even had back pain the next day. He understood that this was because of a lack of exercise. He felt very tired every time he exercised. From then on, he made it a habit to go downstairs after dinner every day, to improve his physical fitness.
He did some jumping jacks and ran 100 meters. Lu Xin felt that he was working very hard.
He felt that everything was very promising, especially after finding the job of cleaning up corruption sources.
Even the red moon in the sky looked a little more vivid.
After Lu Xin jogged for a while and was considering whether he should do ten more push-ups, the red moon’s light faintly flashed.
Suddenly, a dagger flew over from the corner.
The dagger made no sound at all, but it was surprisingly fast as it flew towards Lu Xin’s leg.
Lu Xin was extremely shocked and only had time to turn around.
Before he even turned around, the dagger already flew to his body.
However, the dagger still did not hurt him.
His sister gently landed from the street lamp beside him and, in a flash of lightning, grabbed the dagger mid-air.
“Who is it?”
At this moment, Lu Xin finally shouted and looked at the shadows cautiously.
“Haha, no wonder you’re in the same style as me. Your reaction is really fast!”
Lu Xin realized that there was nobody in the shadow. However, a voice was heard. Lu Xin hurriedly turned back again and saw someone slowly walk down from the side of the building. He actually walked down as though the building was flat ground, step by step. When he reached about one meter away from the ground, he gently jumped the rest of the way and stood up straight.
It was a young man wearing a trench coat and a pair of large sunglasses. However, he had a big smile on his face.
He raised his hand and smiled. “I was just planning to test and see your reaction!”
Then, he walked towards Lu Xin with an outstretched hand. “Let me introduce myself. My name is Gecko, Major Chen told me to come over!”
“Gecko?”
Lu Xin quickly remembered the name. He knew where Gecko came from after hearing Chen Jing’s name. However, he didn’t shake his hand and instead frowned. “Do you know that this is very dangerous?”
“Dangerous?”
The man named Gecko was a little stunned. “No way, brother. For people like us with the Spider Style, this is dangerous?”
Lu Xin quietly turned and looked around.
His sister was squatting beside him and holding the dagger. She looked at him with malicious intent.
She was staring at Gecko’s neck and seemed as though she was going to give him a bite.
Meanwhile, near the window upstairs, his father and mother appeared and stared down emotionlessly.
It had been a while before his family worked together like that…
“I meant that you’re very dangerous!”
Lu Xin sighed in a low voice and walked towards the other end of the street. “Come with me, it’s faster.”
“…”
“Brother, do you really need to do this…”
The man named Gecko scratched his head. He followed Lu Xin while explaining embarrassedly, “I was simply greeting you. We usually greet each other with guns; it’s meant to train our alertness…
“I came over to look for you after crossing two satellite cities, and instead of inviting me into your house, you became so angry…”
“…”
“He still wants to be invited into my house…”
Lu Xin really didn’t know how to react. He thought about it and said seriously, “Definitely, in the future!”