Perspective Medical Genius Young Master

Chapter 963: Chapter 955: Who Exactly Is It

Those days were the most painful days for Liu Rui at the time. While other kids were still having sweet dreams in bed, and by other kids, he meant his twin sister Liu Sisi, he had to reluctantly get up to his father’s stern reprimands. noveldrama

Liu Rui also asked his father why he alone had to wake up early every day to practice kung fu. His father said, "Liu Rui, you must always remember, you are a man, and a man’s responsibility is to protect his family. I’m a man, so I must protect you all. When you grow up, I will be old, and it will be your turn to protect your sister and family."

At that time, Liu Rui didn’t fully understand these words; he just remembered that he had to be a man to protect everyone. Now, it was his turn to protect his father.

Perhaps the act of snatching food from these people also had his father’s contribution in it, Liu Rui thought as he looked at these pitiful people. But there was no way around it—a world of the survival of the fittest. This society is cruel. The only way to prevent such situations is to make oneself stronger, strong enough that others can’t do anything to you. At that time, you would have succeeded.

After that, Liu Rui walked forward again. He now had a general understanding of this prison. He found that within this prison, there were various factions standing in great numbers. This situation was no different from the outside world. Perhaps everyone had been social big shots outside for too long, so when they got in here, they suddenly couldn’t adjust and thus needed some followers to form a faction.

Perhaps Liu Rui’s expression was terrifying enough, so no one dared to step forward and cause trouble. Liu Rui was quite satisfied with the current situation. If someone really came up to him, he’d have to exert effort to subdue them. Although Liu Rui was confident in his kung fu, no one in here should be able to beat him.

Suddenly, he heard someone whispering. He didn’t usually eavesdrop, but he happened to hear the name "Liu Bailong." It seemed like it was the first time he had heard this name from others in so many years. He stood frozen, suddenly unable to recall whose familiar yet unfamiliar name it was.

Outside, because of his father’s affairs, those in the know were tactful not to mention his father. His father’s old friends respectfully called him Big Brother, and "Bai Long" seemed to be a name only his grandfather would call him.

After regaining his senses, Liu Rui pretended not to care while listening to their conversation: "I heard Bai Long and his men are coming to the South District tomorrow. I reckon that Old Bing’s group is going to get it."

Another person asked, "What on earth happened? How did Bai Long get involved with Old Bing’s gang? They usually mind their own business. But if you ask me, Old Bing’s lot indeed needs to be dealt with. Just the other day, they came over and robbed our food, acting all arrogant. Thinking about it makes me angry."

Liu Rui wanted to keep listening, but the two spoke quieter and quieter as if they noticed Liu Rui eavesdropping, deliberately not letting him hear, so Liu Rui stopped listening and left.

He understood now that this place is divided into zones by direction, perhaps his father might appear in the South District tomorrow. He had come from the West Gate before, which should be the West District. Over there, there were not many people, mostly some weak old folks. His father should belong to either the East District or the North District.

He looked up at the sun and realized he was closer to the East District, so he decided to try his luck there. If he were lucky, he might meet his father. The biggest regret now was not getting a map when he came in, which would save a lot of trouble.

Walking along, Liu Rui found this side noticeably different from other areas, with more people, and along the way, they all looked fierce, with many tattoos exposed. If Liu Rui didn’t look similar to them, there would have been a fight already.

Liu Rui estimated that he had probably arrived at the East District, but searching aimlessly like this would not help him find his father.

Over on Xiao Yifei’s side, after daybreak, he planned to set off alone to find Bai Long. But after thinking it over, he decided to take this poor child with him. The child’s condition was actually quite serious, and without timely treatment, he might faint any day.

Xiao Yifei couldn’t bear to leave the child alone here. Even though the child had been on his own for five or six years after his mother left, now that Xiao Yifei had encountered him, he couldn’t just abandon this child; Xiao Yifei had a soft heart.

The two started on their journey. The advantage of having this child was that he was familiar with the place, and the two wouldn’t wander aimlessly. It took them about an hour to walk out of the West District where they lived. The distance itself wasn’t long; it was just that the two of them hadn’t eaten for four meals, and were already too weak.

The kid was at the age where he was growing, so he ate a lot and got hungry quickly. Besides, he had injuries and couldn’t walk fast. They walked a bit and then stopped by the roadside, turning what was a twenty-minute journey into more than an hour.

Xiao Yifei had hoped to find some food on the way, but didn’t even see a single energy bar.

"When do they usually distribute food? I’m starving to death here," Xiao Yifei asked the little boy.

"They usually give it every two days; there will be food tomorrow," the little boy said, looking as if he wasn’t hungry at all.

"What are we supposed to eat today? I haven’t had anything since yesterday," Xiao Yifei said sadly. He felt like crying, but being a man, he was too embarrassed to shed tears. If he were a girl, he might’ve already cried.

"Don’t worry, let’s keep going. We should find something along the way. I’ll take you to a place later; I think there might be food there," the boy said confidently.

A while later, after taking a few turns, the boy led Xiao Yifei to a place, and Xiao Yifei found it was a large pit, the kind shaped like a cauldron. Indeed, there were quite a few fully-packed food items inside. From a distance, Xiao Yifei couldn’t tell what kinds of food were there.

Even with food in sight, Xiao Yifei was in a dilemma. How could he get down to fetch it? Going down was relatively easy; just a slide, but how would he get back up?

Xiao Yifei stood there, perplexed.

"You wait up there, I’ll go down," the boy said.

Then, from somewhere, he took out a rope. Xiao Yifei gave it a tug, feeling that the rope’s quality was okay, not yet deteriorated by the elements.

"I used to often come here with an old man. Every time, he would pull me up, but like my mother, he left a few months ago."