madnovel Chapter 115 Guo Yi
Chapter 115 Guo Yi
Shazhou is located north of Huangqu County.
Inside the slums, the alleyways between dilapidated shacks are twisted and muddy, and the air is filled with the stench of decay.
A damp, musty smell kept seeping out from the cracks in the leaky walls, mingling with the stench of decay outside. This caused the few passersby to frown and chat listlessly.
"Have you heard? The newly opened Bajiquan branch is recruiting. If you're talented, they won't even charge tuition."
"The free options are even more expensive! You have to sign a life-or-death contract; once you sign, your life belongs to someone else!"
"Oh? Never mind then, I was originally thinking of sending my child there..."
The sounds of their conversation traveled back into the room through the cracks in the wall, waking Guo Yi, who was lying on the hard wooden bed.
At the same time, Su Hui awakens, and memories of his past lives flood back like a tide.
Guo Yi felt as if he had been in another world, and the fragmented scenes gradually pieced together.
In his previous life, he was an ordinary, reclusive college student who encountered a scumbag seeking revenge on society while picking up his nephew from school. The scumbag intended to kill the child with a knife to vent his anger.
Seeing that things were not going well, Guo Yi stepped forward to stop him, but his whole body showed no signs of training, he was clumsy and knew nothing about fighting skills.
In desperation, he could only rush forward with all his might, grabbing the scumbag with the knife and falling off the edge of the mountain city's fence together, perishing together.
And so, the impoverished fourteen-year-old boy in this life came to be.
At this moment, Guo Yi struggled to sit up.
But his weak body and groggy mind seemed somewhat unwilling to cooperate.
He swayed, then slumped headfirst onto the bed with a dull thud.
Guo Yi's head spun even more.
The noise startled the older sister who was leaning against the wall at the foot of the bed, sewing clothes.
"Xiao Yi, you're awake?!"
The older sister suddenly stood up, her eyes filled with tension and concern, and the corners of her eyes seemed to be a little red.
"Sis... what's wrong with me?"
Guo Yi was a little confused. He clearly remembered that he was a clever person all his life.
Three years ago, his parents died, and he and his older sister depended on each other for survival. Originally, Guo Yi worked as a handyman at Yan's Trading Company. As an ordinary handyman, he secretly learned a lot of characters and basic arithmetic in the past three years.
Therefore, Guo Yi was promoted recently and is now the youngest accounting apprentice in the business.
Odd jobs, apprentices.
They sound similar, but in reality, there are big differences.
The menial laborers usually chopped wood, fetched water, started fires, and fed the horses. They did all the hard and tiring work, and they were lucky to earn 20 coins a month.
But as an accounting apprentice, you don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun. You can stay in a big red-painted house and learn skills from your teacher. In addition, you get 100 coins a month, which is enough for Guo Yi and his sister to live a decent life.
Of course, this is on the premise that the Blackwater Gang does not accept "peace money".
The situation was going very well, so how did I suddenly get ambushed and injured?
Seeing that Guo Yi seemed to be alright, the older sister began to explain, her voice slightly choked with emotion:
"It was Raymond. He hated you for taking his place and ambushed you... It was Tom Cruise from next door who saw it and saved you."
Later, when the employer questioned him, Lei Ming's father, who was also Lei's bodyguard, beat Lei Ming's leg so badly that he couldn't get out of bed and kept yelling that he would come and beat him up!
The manager of the business also came to inform you not to go there anymore, saying it was for your own good.
Oh dear, what are we going to do now...?
After listening to his older sister's long-winded explanation, Guo Yi finally understood everything.
According to the memories of the previous incarnation, this is a martial arts world where martial artists are revered.
Whether it's Lei the bodyguard or Tom Cruise, they are both martial artists who have cultivated their qi and blood, possessing both strength and status.
So Lei Ming, a second-generation rich kid, relied on his father, Guardian Lei, being a martial artist, and his uncles, one working in the government office and the other in a gang, to do whatever he wanted all day long and act recklessly.
He often hung out with the underlings of the Blackwater Gang and didn't bother to learn properly from the accountant.
The master had previously tolerated Lei's actions for a long time out of consideration for Lei, but he could no longer bear it and thus promoted Guo Yi to replace him.
Unexpectedly, this spoiled brat harbored resentment because of this and seized the opportunity to ambush Guo Yi.
I must say, they were pretty ruthless.
Even his past life memories were revealed.
They came here to kill!
Guo Yi's mind gradually cleared up, and he realized that this matter could not be resolved peacefully.
He could have had the accountant intervene and ask the employer to intervene. But now, the employer has already intervened, and Lei Ming's leg was injured, which was a way of avenging himself and giving him an explanation.
Guo Yi didn't think the other party would settle down so easily; clearly, Lei Ming would only harbor more resentment.
Given his spoiled nature, once his leg injury heals, he'll likely retaliate even more fiercely.
This matter is not over yet.
If it were the old him, he really wouldn't know what to do.
But now, Guo Yi is no longer the timid and hesitant boy he once was.
He gained new insights:
"Sister, there's no other way, I have to learn martial arts!"
Guo Yi had already made up his mind.
Lei Ming only dares to act recklessly because his father and uncles are all martial artists.
Tom Cruise was also a martial artist at the first level of Qi and Blood, which is why he was able to save himself from Lei Ming.
If people from impoverished families in their previous lives could change their fate by going to school and taking the college entrance examination.
That's the only chance to turn things around in this lifetime.
It's about practicing martial arts!
In this slum, only by becoming a martial artist can one live a decent life!
Of course, he didn't expect his uneducated older sister to understand these intricacies.
Just as Guo Yi was about to patiently explain, he saw his sister pause in surprise. Instead of crying and trying to dissuade him like a typical woman, she nodded firmly in agreement.
"Yes, little brother, you can't go back to the Yan family, and with that scoundrel Lei Ming around, you have to fight for it. But I heard that martial arts school tuition is expensive. These past few days, I've been taking you to a doctor to treat your injuries, and we're out of money..."
"this……"
Now it was Guo Yi's turn to feel awkward. He had thought that his family still had some savings, and he could just borrow some from his neighbor, Tom, to scrape together the money and gamble on the future. He never expected things to turn out like this.
Seeing her younger brother's fighting spirit immediately vanish, older sister Guo Xing looked somewhat embarrassed. Her hands, marked with needle marks and frostbite, trembled slightly. She quickly comforted Guo Yi, saying:
"Xiao Yi, don't worry, your older sister... I can still take on more work. You rest well and recover from your injury. I'll send you to the martial arts school once I've saved up enough money."
It's always been like this, it's been like this since I was little.
My older sister doesn't understand many grand principles, but she has always unconditionally supported and taken care of me.
Whether he said he should go to a martial arts school or that he was short of money and wanted to make money, he was always thinking of himself. During the three years his parents were gone, his older sister was practically his second mother.
But now, Guo Yi is no longer willing to hide behind his older sister.
Although he is only fourteen years old, he can already do many things.
"It's okay, sis. I'll go next door to find Tom Cruise. He's a martial artist; maybe he can help."
"Wait a minute."
Sister Guo Xing put down her work and stood up listlessly.
She slowly walked to the corner, her hands trembling, and brought over a bowl of mixed grain porridge. Then she carefully helped her younger brother sit up.
"Xiao Yi, you...you drink this bowl of porridge first, and go when you have the strength."
"……good."
It's clear that the family is really broke; the porridge is so thick you can almost see your face reflected in it.
Guo Yi was so hungry that he drank half a bowl of porridge in one go.
The familiar musty smell of stale rice made him, who had awakened his innate wisdom, feel somewhat uncomfortable for the first time.
But whether it's good or bad, that's the taste of home.
He handed the remaining half bowl back:
"Sis, you should drink too."