Chapter 892: Huo Yun’s Ashes

Both of them could tell that this gas station employee was definitely not a native-born Asian.

Because the pronunciation of English differs somewhat from Chinese and other languages, when Asian people grow up here and speak English regularly, their facial development, muscles, and so on create a different facial appearance.

Whether someone is a native-born Asian is far too easy to tell.

The difference in facial features is truly too great.

The person in front of them definitely wasn't.

"Hey, handsome, where are you from in America?"

Zhou Yan walked over and asked the young man in the baseball cap who was filling up the car with gas.

The young man clearly understood.

He looked up and smiled at Zhou Yan.

"Hua Country. You too, right?"

Zhou Yan nodded. "Mm, what a coincidence, we're fellow countrymen."

Li Miguo walked up, and Zhou Yan turned to him with a proud expression. "See, I was right, he's from Hua Country."

Li Miguo smiled. "You're still the sharper one."

Then, he turned to look at the young man.

A little curious, he asked, "Hey, this gas station is in a pretty remote spot. Middle of nowhere, nothing around for miles. Are you the only employee here?"

The young man nodded. "Yeah, just me."

Li Miguo asked, "So, don't you want to find a different job?"

The young man smiled. "Compared to other jobs, the pay here is still relatively decent. I want to save up more money, then buy a house in America, settle down and start a family."

Zhou Yan and Li Miguo nodded.

Indeed, a fellow countryman, fitting their stereotypical impression of hardworking, enduring Hua Country people.

Soon, the fuel tanks of several cars were all filled up.

They waved their hands, bidding farewell to the young man, the gas station employee.

The young man waved back at them.

After the cars had all driven away, the brilliant smile on the young man's face instantly came to an abrupt halt.

It then transformed into a sinister, cold grin.

He pressed down on his cap brim.

His voice was low. "The first kill in America... begins now."

This young man was neither born of flesh and blood parents, nor, like Sun Wukong, born from a stone.

He was given a body by the System.

He was one of the 62 alternate personalities within Jiang Ran's body that had emerged first.

...

After Jiang Ran and the others finished eating at the restaurant.

They parted ways at the restaurant entrance.

Wang Qingzhao took her cousin Wang Xiaodi home.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ran, Gao Jun, and Song Lu each went their separate ways.

After Wang Qingzhao and the others had left, Jiang Ran, who hadn't left yet, overheard Song Lu asking Gao Jun, "Hey, Gao Jun, have you got your eye on Xiaodi's cousin?"

Gao Jun raised an eyebrow. "You could tell?"

Song Lu rolled his eyes. "I'm not an idiot. The way you were so proactive in the car and at the restaurant, that's not like you at all, so you must have taken a liking to her."

Gao Jun said, "Don't you dare try to compete with me! I'm telling you!"

Song Lu was speechless. "I'm not interested in older women. Even one year older is a no-go. Don't worry."

Gao Jun smiled, presumably relieved.

He turned to look at Jiang Ran, but quickly turned back.

Jiang Ran listened to this exchange and didn't think much of it.

He wandered alone through the city.

Soon, he strolled to a familiar place, the Wangchuan Grain Pancakes shop.

He stopped in his tracks, staring at the pancake shop with a dazed look.

This was... where it all began.

It was here that he'd gotten absurdly lucky and drawn the prize for a house at Alice Apartment.

From then on, he'd moved into Alice Apartment.

Grumble...

His stomach was growling.

Seeing that the line wasn't too long, Jiang Ran went over and queued up, planning to buy a pancake.

While he was buying his pancake, he completely failed to notice a figure riding a gray electric scooter brushing past him.

That person was none other than Huang Kaiyu.

Because the people who went to the apartment were all fake cops, despite the reports from Lin Yu and the Silver-Haired Guy.

Huang Kaiyu was just fine.

He had just been to the Nancheng City reservoir.

He had scattered all of Huo Yun's ashes into the water.

That night, many people died, and there were many ways they were disposed of.

Take Huo Yun, for example.

He was directly hauled off to the crematorium.

And on the way to the crematorium, Huang Kaiyu was in the vehicle too.

Huang Kaiyu had done one more despicable thing to the deceased Huo Yun.

That was, he unlocked Huo Yun's phone and transferred all of Huo Yun's money, especially the money he'd earned while staying at Alice Apartment, from 10,000 a day at first, to the later 20,000 a day.

He transferred everything he could to his own phone.

Of course, while doing this despicable thing.

Huang Kaiyu was sobbing his heart out, tears and snot streaming down his face.

Back when they were getting along, Huo Yun had once joked to Huang Kaiyu, saying that all his payment passwords and bank card passwords were Lucas the doctor's birthday.

He said, this secret, only Huang Kaiyu knew, and he must never tell anyone else!

At the time, Huang Kaiyu didn't believe it at all, because he didn't think anyone would tell a friend such an important password.

If it were him, he definitely wouldn't, not even with a friendship like his and Huo Yun's.

But now, it was proven that all of it was true.

Because of this, Huang Kaiyu was deeply ashamed.

Filled with guilt.

Putting himself in Huo Yun's shoes, he realized he had measured a gentleman's heart with a petty man's mind.

After the emotion and guilt subsided, Huang Kaiyu said one thing in front of Huo Yun's corpse: "Don't worry, Huo Yun, this money of yours won't just end up in my phone for nothing. I'll use it to rescue more stray cats and dogs. So, your spirit in heaven should be able to rest in peace now."

These words were less for Huo Yun and more for Huang Kaiyu himself.

If Huo Yun really had a spirit in heaven, he'd probably be so angry he'd die again, a second time.

Even if he couldn't catch a lab rat, as long as he handed over ten cats and dogs, he could have temporarily avoided the danger, but you'd rather not hand over ten cats and dogs, and instead killed him, offering up his life. So his life wasn't even as important as ten cats and dogs?

And yet, you still have the nerve to say something like that?

Using his money to rescue the very cats and dogs that cost him his life?

The second despicable thing Huang Kaiyu did to Huo Yun.

No one knew how much money Huo Yun had before, but since he agreed to sign the contract and enter Alice Apartment, he was probably broke too.

But after so many rounds in Alice Apartment, he had at least a few hundred thousand in his hands.

With a few hundred thousand, forget buying him a luxurious grave.

Even spending a few tens of thousands to buy him a grave.

And burying his ashes in it would have been fine!

After all, you took so much of his money, buying the cheapest grave would have been more than enough!

And what was the result?

Not spending a single cent.

Just scattering his ashes in the reservoir.

So what, even if you didn't want to spend money on a grave.

You couldn't even find a patch of wilderness, dig a hole with your own hands, bury him, and make him an ordinary grave mound? Not willing to lift a single finger. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

What a load of crap.

Huo Yun's mistake was that he never truly saw Huang Kaiyu for the friend he really was.

Which led to him, like so many people in this world.

Being schemed against and utterly screwed over by the close friend he thought he could trust.