My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 46 - 40: Ghostly Shadow

The next day.

Chen Lusi struggled to get up from the sofa, fumbled for his phone, and found that Lin Wan had sent him another dozen emoji and a dozen messages calling him ’traitor’ early in the morning. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Based on past experience.

She would probably keep sending these for at least five days before calming down.

So Chen Lusi simply blocked her temporarily.

"Peace and quiet."

Chen Lusi yawned, put down the phone, and then went to wash up.

And when he came out of the bathroom and picked up his phone again.

As expected.

Seeing that the chat app didn’t work.

Lin Wan started bombarding him with text messages.

Chen Lusi, however, did not put her phone number on the blacklist as well. After all, he was worried about not being able to get in touch in case of an emergency. He just turned his phone to silent for text messages, put it in his pocket, and chose not to look.

Then.

Chen Lusi glanced at the time, found it was almost nine o’clock, and left the apartment rented by Lin Ying.

Today he had an appointment with Wu You and Xia Panqiu to practice some techniques.

...

He wondered if Qinyuan and Mansion was a particularly unusual neighborhood.

Even though it was the morning rush hour.

After Chen Lusi stepped out, he didn’t see a single living person.

Not even an old woman taking a walk...

He walked all the way to the elevator.

Chen Lusi pressed the button, looked around the empty corridor, and frowned slightly, suspecting there were no ordinary people in this neighborhood.

Ding—

The sound of the elevator arriving echoed.

Chen Lusi returned to his senses, just about to step into the elevator cabin when he heard a soft ’ah’.

Inside the elevator.

Xia Panqiu leaned against the wall, slightly tilted her head, looking at Chen Lusi, somewhat surprised.

Chen Lusi paused, equally surprised.

He didn’t expect the first person he would encounter this morning would be Xia Panqiu.

"Morning."

Chen Lusi looked at her and started the greeting.

"Morning..."

Today, Xia Panqiu wore a short white T-shirt, simple and fitting, yet pleasing to the eye, with blue denim jeans as usual. Though not tall, the tight jeans flawlessly complemented the curves of her legs, highlighting her well-toned and radiant pair of legs, quite like the girl next door.

White T-shirt, jeans, white canvas shoes.

Young, clean, beautiful.

Indeed matches all the words of beauty.

Just... not sure if it’s an illusion, but Chen Lusi felt the young woman in front of him had changed quite a bit recently.

At least, compared to when they first met, the change was significant.

But what specifically changed...

Chen Lusi couldn’t figure it out... quite peculiar.

"Do you live here?"

Noticing Xia Panqiu looking at him, Chen Lusi immediately discarded extra thoughts, stepped into the elevator, and asked.

"Yes."

Xia Panqiu nodded lightly: "Do you?"

Chen Lusi shook his head and replied: "No, I’m temporarily staying at Lin Ying’s place."

"I see."

Xia Panqiu softly responded, then quietly moved to the corner, seemingly to make room for Chen Lusi.

Though yesterday Chen Lusi gave her a punch.

The two had an open chat.

But after all, their acquaintance wasn’t long.

Accidentally meeting still carried a sense of distance.

In fact, there was also some distance with Wu You, but the latter would often hook his neck to eliminate the sense of distance, making it less noticeable.

But this approach was clearly not suitable for Xia Panqiu.

So after a brief conversation, they fell silent.

The elevator arrived on the ground floor shortly.

Chen Lusi walked out, intentionally slowed down, waited for Xia Panqiu to also come out, and then walked with her side by side towards the community’s exit.

But they still maintained silence without engaging in much conversation.

Xia Panqiu didn’t know what to say.

Chen Lusi was pondering.

"I see."

As they walked out of the community.

Chen Lusi suddenly spoke, turning to look at Xia Panqiu.

"Hmm?" Xia Panqiu slightly raised her head, somewhat confused.

"Your change... I feel you’ve changed quite a bit these days compared to before."

Chen Lusi explained: "But I couldn’t figure out what exactly had changed, until just now I realized you’re not wearing glasses... round-frame glasses definitely don’t suit you, this looks much better, quite pretty."

"..."

Xia Panqiu subtly paused, then gently lowered her head, brushed her pretty short hair to the side of her face, and softly said: "Thank you."

"Wearing contact lenses?"

"No, I don’t actually have nearsightedness..."

"So it was just for show... but thinking about it, it’s normal. You’re so young, Wu You doesn’t seem like the type to put on a stern face either. Wanting to tame newcomers, and wanting to make oneself look more mature is indeed a normal thought... but actually, there’s no need for it. You just need to show you understand more than the newcomers to tame them."

Chen Lusi laughed: "That’s my advice from experience."

"Hmm..."

Xia Panqiu’s pace began to slow unconsciously, lagging behind Chen Lusi, and responded again.

But before her reply was out, she suddenly bumped into Chen Lusi’s back.

Because Chen Lusi stopped suddenly.

"...You know them?"

Chen Lusi suddenly turned back, looking at her while pointing ahead.

Xia Panqiu looked up.

Not far away.

On the scenic path outside the community, an elderly woman with silver hair was sitting on the ground, throwing a tantrum like a child.

While two children, seemingly only seven or eight years old, were standing beside the elderly woman, each holding the elderly woman’s hand, trying to pull her up.

"I’m not pretty anymore... he doesn’t want me anymore..."

A faint voice reached them.

Xia Panqiu subtly paused, then said: "I don’t know them, this is..."

"Probably dementia."

Chen Lusi replied, then asked: "You’ve never met them?"

"No..." Xia Panqiu shook her head lightly.

"Then let’s go check it out."

Chen Lusi thought for a moment and began walking towards the elderly woman.

Seeing strangers approaching.

The two seven or eight-year-old girls seemed a bit shy, stopped trying to pull the elderly woman up, and stepped aside, appearing to let Chen Lusi and Xia Panqiu come closer.

But Chen Lusi didn’t approach, instead stopped, and asked: "What’s wrong?"

The two little girls exchanged a glance, appearing too embarrassed to speak.

On the contrary, the elderly woman sitting on the ground looked at Chen Lusi, continued muttering: "I’m not pretty anymore... he doesn’t want me anymore... he will not want me..."

Seeing her like this, Chen Lusi confirmed it as dementia.

"Where are your mom and dad?"

He looked at the two little girls again and asked.

The two little girls lowered their heads, remaining silent, seeming quite shy.

Chen Lusi had no choice but to squat down and look at the muttering elderly woman: "You are very pretty."

The elderly woman was stunned for a moment, then stopped muttering, blankly looking at Chen Lusi.

Chen Lusi repeated: "You are very pretty, don’t be afraid, get up first."

"Really?" the elderly woman asked shakily.

"Yes." Chen Lusi nodded.

"Pfft..."

The two little girls seemed amused by Chen Lusi’s words.

The elderly woman sat there in a daze, suddenly motionless.

Chen Lusi glanced at them, stood up, and was about to ask Xia Panqiu to call the police.

But Xia Panqiu suddenly held his hand.

Chen Lusi looked at her, somewhat confused.

Xia Panqiu’s youthful face was full of seriousness, pulling him to retreat, spoke softly: "Not human."

"?"

Chen Lusi paused, immediately turned around.

"I am very pretty..."

The elderly woman sitting on the ground seemed to have finally reacted, stood up, pulled the two giggling little girls, looked at Chen Lusi, whispered softly, smiled, then disappeared directly on the spot.

Chen Lusi: "..."

"A mythical activation in the heart of a big city actually occurred."

Xia Panqiu held Chen Lusi’s hand more firmly, in disbelief: "How is this possible..."