Lu Chen was about to catch up to Shěn Mèngyáo's car.
"Faster, faster, she's just ahead," Lu Chen muttered cautiously.
However, Shěn Mèngyáo, seeing the countdown on the red light from three, two, one, had already placed her hand on the steering wheel. She glanced at the rearview mirror and frowned upon seeing Lu Chen on his little yellow bike following behind her. Just then, the red light's countdown ended. She stepped on the accelerator and drove forward. Lu Chen, watching this scene behind her, wished he could give chase.
"Damn it, can't this piece of junk go any faster? I was almost there," Lu Chen grumbled, but he had no choice but to continue chasing her on the little yellow bike.
Shěn Mèngyáo, looking at the little yellow bike still following her in the rearview mirror, furrowed her brow and sped up slightly. Lu Chen, pedaling the little yellow bike, watched the distance between him and Shěn Mèngyáo grow wider. He grew a bit anxious but, lacking any other means of transportation, could only continue to follow her on the little yellow bike, far behind.
A few minutes later, Shěn Mèngyáo encountered another red light and had to stop. While waiting for the light, she saw the little yellow bike still following her in the rearview mirror.
"Looks like I need to hire some bodyguards quickly."
Lu Chen, on his little yellow bike, saw Shěn Mèngyáo's car stopped, waiting for the green light, and immediately saw hope.
"Come on, faster."
Lu Chen saw Shěn Mèngyáo's car was very close now, only about twenty meters away, and he became happy.
"Huh? Why is it getting slower and slower?" Lu Chen muttered, watching the little yellow bike slow down. He glanced at his phone and saw a notification indicating that the little yellow bike was out of battery. Lu Chen stared blankly at his phone.
"Seriously? No way, it's that close, and you're out of power."
"Beep, beep."
A car behind Lu Chen honked at him for stopping. Lu Chen glanced back and had no choice but to wheel his little yellow bike to the side of the road.
As soon as he parked the little yellow bike, he turned and saw that Shěn Mèngyáo had already driven away. Lu Chen glanced back at the little yellow bike, then in the direction Shěn Mèngyáo had gone. After a moment of hesitation, he still ran towards where her car had disappeared.
"I waited all day, I have to thank her," Lu Chen thought to himself as he ran with all his might. With his Late Anjin Stage strength and having cultivated the "Yin Yang Fusion Art," his stamina was many levels above that of a normal person. If Lu Chen were to run a thousand meters now, others would be gasping for breath, but it wouldn't even count as a warm-up for him.
A few minutes later, Lu Chen, running at top speed, finally spotted Shěn Mèngyáo's car. Shěn Mèngyáo, not having seen the little yellow bike in her rearview mirror earlier, had breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had given up. But then, when she looked in the rearview mirror again, she saw someone frantically running behind her. As soon as she recognized Lu Chen, she immediately stepped on the accelerator.
They continued this chase, each trying to get ahead, for a full half hour. Shěn Mèngyáo drove into her garage and hurried back into her villa, while Lu Chen was stopped by the security guards of the villa complex outside.
Shěn Mèngyáo, looking out the window of her villa at Lu Chen being held back by the guards outside the complex, breathed a sigh of relief. She considered calling the police but was afraid he might just be going the same way as her. Lu Chen, blocked by the security guards outside the villa complex, looked at the destination so close yet so inaccessible. He could only turn and leave, facing the guards in front of him. The half-hour of running had left Lu Chen somewhat exhausted, and he was breathing heavily.
A few minutes later, Lu Chen arrived at a secluded spot. He was breathing heavily when he suddenly smelled a foul odor, which almost made him vomit.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh."
Lu Chen wiped away the tears that had sprung from almost vomiting and looked around. He found a dog carcass by the side of the road, dead for several days. Seeing the maggots crawling on the dog, he almost vomited again.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh."
He quickly turned away from the dead dog, his mouth agape, his eyes red, tears streaming down his face. A stink bug flew directly towards him.
As if by fate, the stink bug flew into his mouth. Realizing the insect had entered his mouth, Lu Chen instinctively closed his mouth. The stink bug, sensing danger, immediately released its foul-smelling gas, filling Lu Chen's mouth with a terrible odor. He immediately opened his mouth and spat out the bug.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh."
Lu Chen leaned against a tree and vomited. Recalling the gas the stink bug had released in his mouth, he felt increasingly disgusted. He vomited up everything he had eaten the night before.
"Ugh."
Lu Chen wiped away the tears of disgust and looked at the stink bug on the ground, feeling nauseated. His mouth was filled with the smell of the stink bug, making him desperately want to vomit.
"Damn it, I give up. First mosquitoes getting in my mouth this morning, and now a stink bug in my mouth this afternoon. I definitely didn't check the almanac before leaving. I give up."
After muttering to himself, Lu Chen hurried away towards a place not far away.
Ahead of Lu Chen, inside a dilapidated house, two young boys were playing.
"Brother, I need to pee," the younger boy said to the older boy next to him.
"Here, just pee in it. We'll throw it away later," the older boy said, picking up an iced tea bottle from the ground and handing it to his brother.
His brother took it and immediately went to the corner, unzipping his pants...
"Brother, I'm done peeing. Do you want to pee?" the younger boy asked his brother, holding the bottle filled with his urine.
"Now that you mention it, I kind of do too," the older boy said. He took the bottle from his brother and went to the corner, performing a similar action.
"Wow, brother, you peed so much! The bottle is full," the younger boy exclaimed. The older boy felt a sense of pride hearing this. He capped the bottle and set it aside, and the two boys continued playing.
Lu Chen had a strange taste in his mouth. He wanted to rinse it with some water and walked towards the house. As he approached, he saw how dilapidated the house was and felt disheartened. He had thought someone lived there, but it was already in such a state of disrepair. However, thinking there might be a faucet inside, he went in.
The two children stared at him as he entered. Lu Chen looked at the two children and was about to speak when he saw a bottle of drink next to them.
"Little ones, can you let your big brother have a drink from your bottle?" Lu Chen asked the two young boys tentatively.
Upon hearing this, the two little boys looked at each other and giggled.
"Um... this, this might not be good," one of the boys said hesitantly.
Seeing the boy's hesitation, Lu Chen immediately thought of a solution. He took out ten yuan from his pocket and offered it to the boy. "Here, big brother won't drink your water for free. Big brother will buy it with money."