CH 306

Eating the cold and rotten orange, Li Huowang couldn't care less about the peculiar moldy smell, as the fruit was more important to him than any delicacy.

After swallowing the orange, Li Huowang, feeling slightly better, stood up abruptly and shouted anxiously in the pouring rain, "Chief Bai! Don't be afraid, I'm just having an episode, I'm sick, I'm sick!"

A middle-aged man holding an umbrella quickly pulled his wife away in fear upon seeing Li Huowang's disheveled appearance.

Everyone else on the street, already sparse due to the rain, quickly cleared out as well.

Li Huowang ignored the changes around him because he knew the situation in reality was urgent. He felt like a piece of meat on a chopping board, and he had to find a way to save himself.

However, the heavy rain continued to fall without any feedback, making him increasingly anxious. According to the previous pattern, the movements in reality should have distorted into some kind of illusionary change by now.

"Chief Bai! Where are you guys? Can you give me some feedback? I can't see you now!"

Just then, Li Huowang saw several men holding umbrellas walking towards him, and his eyes lit up.

He rushed towards them, stepping in puddles with his worn-out shoes. "Chief Bai!"

The sudden appearance of Li Huowang from the heavy rain startled the men.

"Chief Bai, do you remember it was me who saved you before? Are you really planning to attack your savior?"

As if feeling his words were not strong enough, Li Huowang added, "Also, Bai Lingmiao is already pregnant with my child. Whether you admit it or not, I am now half a member of the Bai family!"

"Where did this crazy person come from? You scared me!" The man holding a black umbrella quickly backed away, trying to circle around him.

But Li Huowang wouldn't let him go and stepped forward, blocking his way with his arms.

"Chief Bai, if you don't believe me, you can let Er Ya talk to you in person!"

Seeing Li Huowang's behavior, the man said helplessly, "Brother, can you spare me? I pity you, but I still have to work and pay the mortgage."

"What did you say? Sorry, Chief Bai, I'm currently experiencing an illusion, and your words may be misinterpreted."

"Well, Chief Bai, I'll just stay here and wait. Please don't go anywhere. I'll be back to normal in a while." Although the man didn't understand what Li Huowang was saying, he was frightened when Li Huowang said he would follow him."Ah, damn it, I've been caught by a lunatic!" The man didn't care about anything else and quickly ran away.

Li Huowang, with an anxious expression, chased after him but stumbled and fell to the ground after a few steps.

The physical sensations that he had ignored during their conversation came back to him.

"It's cold..." Li Huowang's lips turned purple, his teeth chattering uncontrollably. He couldn't even feel his own fingers due to the cold.

Lying in the rain, Li Huowang felt weak and powerless.

He tried to ignore these false sensations, but his survival instinct forced him to struggle to his feet, hunching over and hugging himself as he walked towards the eaves.

"Get lost! You lunatic! I'll beat you up if you don't leave!"

"Hey! Don't step on my store's carpet!"

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"Mom! Come quickly! There's a lunatic at our doorstep!"

With these voices accompanying him, Li Huowang shivered and stumbled forward.

Looking around, his anxious heart eased a bit. "Since I'm not dead now, the lies I just made up should have worked."

But just as one wave subsided, another rose. At this moment, his mind began to feel drowsy, as if he had a high fever from being soaked in the rain.

"I'm... I'm dying in this hallucination, so reality should be fine, right?" Li Huowang's weak voice was uncertain.

Just then, he saw a small bridge in the distance, where he could take shelter from the rain.

Li Huowang gritted his teeth and rushed towards it, narrowly avoiding a yellow school bus. A petite face was pressed against the window, watching his back.

When he arrived under the bridge, the noisy sounds around him suddenly stopped. Li Huowang gasped for air and slowly leaned against the wall.

Although he was no longer getting wet, Li Huowang's body didn't feel any better. "Why is it taking so long this time? Why haven't I gone back yet?"

As Li Huowang was struggling to wait for time to pass, he suddenly saw something on the ground in the distance and quickly moved towards it.

In a corner of the bridge, there were several plastic bottles with straws and some aluminum foil, accompanied by a nearly extinguished lighter.

Li Huowang reached out his almost numb hand and picked up the red transparent lighter.

"Click..." "Click..." Li Huowang shivered as he tried to light the lighter, but he couldn't get it to ignite.

Just as his head became increasingly heavy, a small red flame flickered to life.

"It's lit." Li Huowang's eyes reflected the flame as he smiled, looking like an innocent child.

Looking around, Li Huowang picked up the red plastic bottle with the straw from the ground and carefully placed it under the flame.

The red and white straw was ignited and spread into the bottle.When those bottles were lit, forming a small bonfire emitting black smoke, Li Huowang carefully moved his frozen hands closer to it.

The plastic-burning fire was very smelly, but also warm.

The warmth of the fire gradually spread from Li Huowang's palms, making him feel his body getting warmer. Gradually, his body stopped trembling and his lips turned from black to purple.

"Who!" Li Huowang, whose scalp was tingling, suddenly turned his head and looked towards the entrance of the bridge, where a girl wearing rain boots and holding an umbrella was standing.

She was a very cute little girl who looked only seven or eight years old, with two ponytails on her hair and a red cherry hairpin.

At first, her big eyes showed confusion and curiosity, but when she saw Li Huowang's appearance, they turned completely into fear.

"Layue 18?" Li Huowang, whose mood was unstable, blurted out when he saw the little girl.

This person was the little girl he had kidnapped in kindergarten before.

Judging from the backpack on her back, she had already graduated from kindergarten and was now in the first grade of primary school.

"No, she is not Layue 18 anymore. She should be a projection from the other side of reality, and there should be no one else in the reed marshes except for the Bai family." Li Huowang thought for a moment and walked towards her.

But as soon as he moved, the little girl, like a frightened deer, hurriedly screamed and ran away.

When Li Huowang came to the entrance of the bridge, he found a small piece of Ferrero Rocher chocolate that the little girl had thrown on the ground.

Li Huowang picked it up and put it in his mouth. The chocolate was delicious and sweet, and the special sweet smell reminded him of Yang Na, and the chocolate she had given him on Valentine's Day.

"Why am I abandoned on the street? Have my family given up on me?" A bitter feeling that even the chocolate couldn't dissolve surged in Li Huowang's heart.

Li Huowang sniffed his slightly sour nose and turned around, walking towards the bonfire.

He squatted down again, staring blankly at the flames, murmuring to himself, "Anyway, it's just an illusion, it's okay, it's okay..."