chapter 8 Metamorphosis

Outside Wu Zheng Town, within a hundred steps, there is a majestic mansion. Not to mention splendid and decorated with gold bricks and porcelain tiles, it is a quiet and elegant place where no one will disturb it.

The courtyard wall alone is two meters high and is made of uniform bricks. It is extremely solid and its level of luxury is immeasurable. It is the most luxurious house inside and outside the town.

The lofts in the courtyard are several meters high and are all built with bamboo. They are full of elegance. Standing by the window of the top loft, you can see the trestle on the seaside.

Just because the door of the house is always locked, almost no one in the town has seen the owner of the house, and some even think that the owner of the house is a "god" living inside.

More than ten years ago, this place was originally an open space, but a courtyard appeared out of thin air overnight, making people think of an immortal with great supernatural powers.

If you didn't have the ability to move mountains and seas, how could you build such a house? It was just one night.

As time went by, when the town residents became more and more curious about who lived inside, Iker used the key to open the locked door, dispelling their suspicions.

Iker ancestors all lived in small towns for a long time. It was not until his parents forgot about their hometown that he chose to leave the town and go to the outside world. Sometimes he would go out for three to five years and then come back to take a look and clean the courtyard.

That year, Iker returned to the town with his baby in his arms and never left again. Not long after he came back, a house outside the town quietly appeared.

At that time, he just said that he spent a large sum of money on stonework and hired a large number of day laborers overnight to build the house outside the town overnight.

The residents of the town knew that he had been outside for many years and was a man who had seen the world, and he often helped the poor people in the town. They trusted him very much, so they did not delve into the matter further.

Whenever the sun sets, Iker will enter the house with a food box, stay for about an hour, then walk out with an empty food box, and lock the door again.

Phoebe and Damian climbed up the steep slope and came to the other side of the path. They squatted down, just as the weeds were covering their heads. With a little anticipation on their faces, they quietly waited for their "prey" to take the bait.

"Phoebe, are you a very powerful person?"Damian's face was full of doubts.

Phoebe frowned, stared at him with half-closed eyes, and asked, "How do you know?"

"I've been to that house when I was a kid. Half a step away, it seemed like something was blocking it. I didn't even touch the wall."Damian scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Don't say it's you, even I haven't touched it. Every time my husband goes out with a food box, he will lock me in at home and won't let me go with him."Phoebe crossed her arms in front of her chest. He straightened his nose and said slightly angrily.

"Ah?!"Damian opened his mouth and said with confusion: "You haven't even touched me. Aren't you my husband's daughter?"

Phoebe snorted, her nose wrinkled slightly, and she said awkwardly, "I don't know. I have lived with my husband since I was a child, but he never let me call him daddy, otherwise he would kick me out." It’s very fierce when you leave home.”

Seeing Zi Yang's expressionless face and falling into silence, she glanced at the ground and found a green grass that had just sprouted in front of her feet, and gently pulled it out.

Phoebe held the grass in front of her with two fingers, and looked at the white and tender roots as thin as silver needles with a puzzled face, in order to relieve the pain deep in her heart.

Damian didn't know the pain in her heart until now, and he didn't know the same.

He grew up with Charles since childhood, and his parents have been a pain in his life. Whenever he sees his peers holding the hands of their parents to go to the market, he always wonders where his parents are. Are they still alive?

He never asked Charles who his parents were, and he didn't dare to ask anything about his parents. If there was no answer, he could at least keep a good expectation.

He didn't ask for seeing them again in this life, he just wanted for them to be safe.

Not long after Charles left, Iker walked out of the house with the food box, walked out of the town along the streets and alleys he was familiar with, came to the door of the house, opened the locked door, and walked in.

Not long after, candlelight lit up in the bamboo house on the first floor. Two black figures sat down facing each other, and one of them placed the contents of the food box on the table one by one.

The other person sat quietly without any movement.

Damian and Phoebe were lying in the weeds. They could vaguely see through the window paper. The two black figures under the candlelight stretched their arms, as if they were eating.

"There are actually people living in the bamboo house?"Damian asked in disbelief.

Phoebe frowned and guessed: "Looking at the slow movements of the figure, he should be an old man. Could it be that he is an elder in the husband's family?"

"Hey! What are you looking at?"Charles shouted loudly behind the two of them.

The two of them were startled and turned to look at him in a panic, as if they had seen a ghost, their faces full of panic.

Just as Charles spoke and the two of them turned around, a hunchbacked black figure slowly stood up in the bamboo building, leaning on a cane and disappeared into the candlelight.

"I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything..."Damian scratched his head and said with a smile.

Charles glanced at the bamboo building and asked, "What didn't you see? Then what do you two mean by sneaking around in the weeds?"

"Uh..."Damian rolled his eyes slightly and pushed Phoebe, who was standing beside him, with his hand.

Phoebe had an idea, took out the green grass in her hand, and explained: "I'm teaching him to know this plant."

Charles was not a fool, so he walked the two of them down the steps, nodded, turned around and said, "It's getting dark, follow Feng Lan home early."

Damian agreed and left.

Seeing that Charles had gone away, Damian breathed a sigh of relief and gave Phoebe a thumbs up. He could not say this to the brother who had taken care of him and deceived him.

Just when the two of them looked back at the bamboo building again, the departing shadow had already sat back down, and the two of them suddenly lost interest.

Phoebe exchanged a few words with Damian, then turned around and walked towards the town alone. When she was about to enter the town, she did not forget to turn around, look at the dark figure standing high up and wave.

Damian raised his arms high and watched her enter the town.

On the trestle, Adonis put away his fishing rod, put on his bamboo hat, and when he was about to leave, he casually asked with a smile: "Have you found the person the old gentleman is looking for?"

The honest young man was sitting on the ground, his arms drooped, his head tilted, and he was dozing off. After hearing Adonis's words, he immediately opened his eyes, looked at him carefully, and asked, "How can you see it?"

Adonis explained carefully: "First of all, there are some businessmen in the town, but the way you dress, it is obvious that you are not businessmen."

The honest young man said without comment: "What else?"

"Also, you don't seem to be here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, otherwise you wouldn't stay quietly at the beach fishing. Apart from the above two points, the only thing left is to find someone."

The old man with his eyes closed, wearing a hat, was silent for a while, turned his back to him, and said slowly: "Young man, being smart is a good thing, but being too smart may be counterproductive."

"Looks like I found it."Adonis left a message, picked up the fish basket, and before walking off the trestle, she ran into Damian who had just come down the steep slope.

"What are you telling them? What did you find?"Damian asked with confusion.

Adonis laughed and said: "It's nothing, just chat."

Damian walked past him, came to the old man's side, and reminded him: "Grandpa, it's getting dark, and the sea breeze is very cold at night. You'd better go home quickly."

"Oh! Good boy, grandpa knows. Let's go as soon as grandpa catches a fish." The old man opened his eyes, turned to look at him, and said with a smile.

Damian said oh and turned towards Adonis. A bubble suddenly appeared on the sea surface, and the old man's fishing rod shook slightly. Just as the honest young man was about to get up, the old man flicked his finger and there was no sound.

Not long after the two left, the old man said meaningfully: "Which one do you like?"

"Of course he is the youngest." The honest young man said innocently.

The old man suddenly said displeased: "Hey, you still dare to play riddles with me? Huh?!"

The honest young man's face changed, and the smile on his face had long since disappeared. He asked doubtfully: "Is he the smartest one?"

The old man raised his fishing rod as if he was going to hit him.

"Could it be the kid who went into the mountain first?" The honest young man leaned back, covering his face with his hands, and said hurriedly.

The old man took back the fishing rod, stroked his white beard, looked at him with a smile, and said with great appreciation: "You have good vision! You have been following me for so long, and you have finally made some progress."

The honest young man didn't care about the old man's praise, but asked seriously: "Master, what kind of game do you want to have tonight? I will go and catch it for you."

"Game?" The old man's face wrinkled slightly and he said with some disdain.

The honest young man felt that something was wrong and asked in a low voice: "Why, is there something wrong? Ever since you wandered around, haven't you always liked to eat wild game in the mountains? What happened tonight?"

The old man's shoulders swayed slightly, he shook his raincoat, looked sideways and smiled and said, "Of course someone will bring fish soup later, so just take a rest first."

The honest young man looked at the old man's heartfelt smile, his eyes were red, and he was stunned for a long time.

This scene seems to be back ten years ago.

weep! weep! weep!

Somewhere in the town, Angelo Amos was kneeling on the ground, clenching his teeth, his face ferocious, his fingers embedded in his face, and blood slowly flowed out along the cheek cut by his nails. Tears mixed with blood and dripped to the ground.

"Cowardly! Cowardly! I am too cowardly! Too cowardly! I am no longer the same person since I first tasted defeat last time."

"I was physically and mentally frustrated. In order to survive and avoid conflicts with other people, I had no choice but to run away and found this place that was isolated from the world."

"No! This is not what I am pursuing, no!"Angelo Amos hair was disheveled, his fists hit the ground, and tears fell on the back of his hands.

He opened his clenched arms, looked up to the sky, and shouted loudly: "Ah! I want to find my former self."

Angelo Amos eyes were bloodshot. He first glanced at his legs, then placed his eyes on his arms, and his eyes widened suddenly.

Boom!

The white moonlight was obscured by the sudden mist, and a bolt of lightning fell behind Angelo Amos, reflecting a huge figure standing up slowly, followed by deafening thunder and an explosion.