"No!"
Wang Yanli spat out a word, and then, as if sensing something, she turned to look at Wu Gang.
Suddenly, her mouth felt dry.
"I'm tired, get out now," she said with difficulty and turned her body away.
With no other choice, Wu Gang stood up and left.
It was not until Wu Gang had closed the door that Wang Yanli quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, her hands moved downward...
Soon, a suppressed and hurried voice began to rise.
Wu Gang was very sensitive to the sounds from the outside world and instantly heard it in his ears.
He looked intently, and the door slowly disappeared, revealing Wang Yanli's enticing figure.
"Auntie really is something, clearly my massage skills are better, yet she insists on doing it herself..." Wu Gang muttered to himself, rubbed his uncomfortable body, and then simply returned to bed.
The night grew deeper, but the sounds of insects and frogs outside the window, as well as the suppressed voice of Wang Yanli, kept him from falling asleep.
He didn't know how much time had passed before he finally fell into a deep sleep...
In his dream, he saw a car.
He sat in the back seat with his mother, while his father and his uncle were laughing and talking in the front seats.
However, as the car approached an uphill intersection, his heart suddenly palpitated, and he had a bad premonition.
"Bang!"
Before he could come to his senses, he saw a large truck speeding up the hill, sending their car flying into the sky, where it hung for several seconds before crashing heavily to the ground.
The scene of the car wrecked and the passengers dead replayed over and over in front of his eyes like a movie...
The car they were riding in had flipped upside down, and crimson blood was mixed with black petrol on the ground.
His father, Wu Tianxiong, struggled to hand him a pill and said indistinctly, "Take... take it quickly!"
Wu Gang instinctively opened his mouth and swallowed the small, golden pill, tearfully watching his unconscious kin, crying his heart out...
"Ahh!!"
Wu Gang awoke from the nightmare, soaked with sweat.
A sense of having survived a disaster made him gasp for breath.
Hearing the scream, Wang Yanli rushed over in her nightgown.
She embraced Wu Gang, who was drenched in sweat, and soothed him repeatedly, "Xiao Gang, are you alright? Did you have a nightmare again?"
Wang Yanli knew about Wu Gang's nightmares.
Since the accident eight years ago, Wu Gang had been having nightmares almost every few nights.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao Gang, I'll go get you a hot towel right now," Wang Yanli said affectionately, then hurriedly ran out.
After wiping down Wu Gang's whole body, Wang Yanli found that he had calmed down and she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Auntie, I'm fine now, you should go to sleep," Wu Gang said to Wang Yanli, trying to smile.
Wang Yanli couldn't rest assured and said softly, "Xiao Gang, let me keep you company a little longer."
"No need, go to sleep now," Wu Gang said, his voice no longer timid but imposing, giving Wang Yanli an unmistakable impression.
After seeing Wang Yanli out, Wu Gang turned his gaze toward the window.
For eight years, he had been having the same nightmare.
Every time, his father Wu Tianxiong would feed him that small golden pill.
All along, he had simply thought this was a sequel to having survived a disaster.
But his recent experiences had given him an entirely different understanding.
Especially a couple of days ago at Zhao Lamei's house, after he was hit by Wu Fei, his eyes suddenly healed, and he even gained the ability to see through objects.
As soon as this thought occurred to him, Wu Gang suddenly realized that there seemed to be an extra burst of energy within him, urging him to vent it thoroughly.
Not wanting to disturb Wang Yanli's rest, Wu Gang quietly left the house and headed to a small grove at the eastern edge of the village.
He touched his lower abdomen and found the energy there becoming more and more turbulent.
Before he could delve deeper, that energy surged instantaneously throughout his limbs and body.
"What is this..."
Wu Gang was full of shock, as he could clearly feel the energy transforming his muscles, blood vessels, and meridians, causing a complete change in their quality.
"Hey..."
Wu Gang let out a soft cry and punched at a small tree in front of him.
He didn't know why he threw the punch, but the energy inside him was restless.
It felt as if not releasing it forcefully would cause his body to explode.
"Continue!"
Wu Gang shouted, leaped into the air, and threw another punch.
Suddenly, a tree as thick as a bowl was cleanly snapped in half.
"What on earth is going on?"
Wu Gang was stunned, staring at his fist in disbelief.
He could not comprehend how, after suddenly regaining his sight, he not only obtained the Clairvoyant Eye, but now even his physical constitution had become extraordinary.
Could it all be due to the golden pill his father had him take back then?
After muttering to himself, Wu Gang suddenly smelled a foul odor.
He looked down and realized that a sticky, black substance had appeared on his body at some point, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Wu Gang intended to go home and take a shower straight away, but considering the time, he was afraid that taking a shower now might wake up his aunt.
So he waited until dawn before hurriedly taking a bath.
After the bath and breakfast, Zhang Xiaofang arrived on time.
Seeing Wu Gang leaning on the guide cane, Wang Yanli couldn't help but admonish, "Xiaogang, today is your first day working in town, keep your wits about you, listen more, do more, but speak less, understand?"
Wu Gang was about to answer when Zhang Xiaofang interrupted him with a smile, replying, "Auntie, don't worry, Wu Gang was recommended by me. With me around, nothing will go wrong!"
Hearing this, Wang Yanli finally showed a smile and said, "Good, that's good..."
Then, Wu Gang followed Zhang Xiaofang on their way to Gusu Town.
About twenty minutes later, they stopped in front of a massage parlor.
"Wu Gang, did you memorize the route we just took?" Zhang Xiaofang asked.
Usually, she commuted to and from work by electric bike, but today she had specifically walked him there to familiarize him with the way.
"I memorized it." Wu Gang's vision was now restored, so of course, he could remember the route.
Still, he grinned and said, "With Xiaofang leading the way, it doesn't matter whether I know the route or not."
"Who's going to lead the way for you every day!" Zhang Xiaofang glared at Wu Gang, clearly still angry about his indecent behavior the day before.
After a pause, she continued, "From now on, Yunding Massage Store will be the place where you work."
"Yunding Massage Store?"
Wu Gang instinctively looked at the signboard, noticing that besides the five big characters for the store's name, there was also a string of mobile phone numbers.