in2ebook Chapter 36 Past Events
Chapter 36 Past Events
Time flies, and it's already the 15th. Half a month has passed since the game was launched.
Despite staying up all night, Jiang Shuzhou eventually learned all the planned spells and even mastered the Alchemy Hand.
It can be said that the harvest was plentiful.
Today, Jiang Shuzhou, who hadn't done it in a long time, turned on his computer and began a period of revenge spending.
Skin that's ridiculously expensive, I'll buy it!
What? The game is on sale? I'll buy it!
Buy all kinds of furniture and interior decorations!
I think this place needs an upgrade! Otherwise, how can it match the style of a millionaire like me?
The whole process cost a total of 700,000 yuan, with the bulk of the expense being various furniture items, such as a massage bed costing 150,000 yuan, and all sorts of strange and unusual things.
Have you ever seen a knife that costs 30,000 yuan? Even though it's for collection, that doesn't mean it's not sharp. As for how it was shipped over...
That's not something Jiang Shuzhou needs to worry about. He's already spent over 30,000 yuan, so he'll leave these matters to the seller.
After taking a bath to relax, Jiang Shuzhou looked at the time on his phone, calculating when the person would arrive, and waited silently.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong."
The doorbell rang, and the person arrived.
"9:20, as punctual as ever."
With a sigh, Jiang Shuzhou rose to greet the guests.
Upon opening the door, a middle-aged man in his thirties came into view. He had a square face, wore a police uniform, and his clothes were wrinkle-free, exuding an air of competence.
It was Wang Guowei. He had visited Jiang Shuzhou's home before, representing the police station to offer his condolences. From that day on, he would come every month on the 15th.
From young Wang to old Wang, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Uncle Wang, come in."
Without any formalities, Jiang Shuzhou directly invited the person in front of him to come inside and sit down.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Wang smiled kindly at Jiang Shuzhou, and without any hesitation, went straight into the house, closed the door behind him, and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
The smile seemed more forced and fake than usual, and Jiang Shuzhou had a feeling that the man in front of him probably wanted something from her.
Sure enough, seeing that Jiang Shuzhou didn't speak, Uncle Wang couldn't sit still any longer and spoke up.
"Xiao Jiang, do you still remember Aunt Song?"
"Aunt Song? I don't know her. Should I know her?"
Jiang Shuzhou searched his memory, but only felt that it was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember it.
"Have you forgotten? She's the one your father saved."
Uncle Wang noticed that Jiang Shuzhou had forgotten and couldn't help but remind him.
"So what?"
Jiang Shuzhou then remembered, but it didn't matter. What a thankless person. His father had saved their lives, and what happened?
For the first few months, they would come to visit from time to time, but after a year they almost stopped coming. Now, Jiang Shuzhou hasn't seen them for eight years.
"Well, there's something I'm not sure if I should say."
Uncle Wang was somewhat embarrassed when he realized that Jiang Shuzhou didn't care at all.
"What's wrong? Those two women are going to die? That's good news," Jiang Shuzhou said.
"No, it's like this, something happened to your Aunt Song's daughter..."
"Stop! What do you mean, 'my Aunt Song'? She's no aunt at all! And the fact that her daughter had an accident is good news! Uncle Wang, what's with that somber look on your face?"
Many people in similar situations to Jiang Shuzhou would believe that the people their parents risked their lives to save are a continuation of their own lives. However, Jiang Shuzhou doesn't think so. On the contrary, he thinks these people are sick.
No matter what, his parents died because of them. If they are grateful and take care of him every day, that's fine. But if they are like that person surnamed Song and forget about him after a year, who will make up for the lack of family affection in Jiang Shuzhou?
Putting aside everything else, Jiang Shuzhou's father was a manager in a company ten years ago, and his monthly salary was quite high. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to buy a house of more than 100 square meters in the city center. Although it was only a second-tier city, the house prices were still quite high. Just because he saved someone, he ended up getting himself into trouble.
Not only that, Jiang Shuzhou's current situation can be described as his family being destroyed and his mother dying just a year after his father fell ill from overwork.
Jiang Shuzhou felt only hatred, not love, for this mother and daughter. If murder hadn't been illegal, the two would have long since returned to the path that fate had laid out for them.
How could you say that? What will your father think if he found out?
"Anyway, he's dead, and he'll never know. Even if he did know, I wouldn't care. It's been ten years. To be honest, I've even forgotten what he looked like," Jiang Shuzhou said nonchalantly.
This is true. They hadn't seen each other for ten years, and Jiang Shuzhou's image of his father had become blurred. They say time heals all wounds, but in reality, time doesn't heal all wounds. It can only make you forget, and when you remember again, the hurt remains.
It's just that time has passed and the past hurts have long been forgotten.
During that period, Jiang Shuzhou was in a very low mood. He was unable to get out of the shadow of his parents' death. However, one day he learned about a certain person in a book.
That person was Nietzsche, and that book was "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".
In the book, Jiang Shuzhou learned about four levels of a person: "Camel," "Lion," "Infant," and "Superman." The book profoundly influenced him. Although he couldn't understand it at the time, Jiang Shuzhou still wanted to become a "Superman," whether in a physical sense or in a spiritual sense.
Because Superman has no weaknesses, and he doesn't care about other people's opinions of him, which is precisely what Jiang Shuzhou cannot do.
He couldn't stand the pitying or mocking looks from his classmates, and he couldn't understand their behavior.
I am the descendant of a hero, why are you treating me like this?
He eventually found the answer in Nietzsche's book: individuals should break free from the shackles of traditional morality and pursue their own "superman" state.
At this point, Jiang Shuzhou realized that they were afraid of him because he was different from others.
Therefore, children should absolutely not be allowed to read Nietzsche's books, or their lives will be ruined.
However, Jiang Shuzhou was lucky. Although his values were somewhat distorted, the emergence of games made up for that.
Jiang Shuzhou would do anything to win. If he didn't believe that cheating was just a false sense of power, he probably wouldn't hesitate to use cheats for victory.
Now he was even less concerned about Uncle Wang's questioning. Others' accusations were nothing but fleeting clouds; as long as you didn't care, they couldn't affect you.
Although humans are social animals, Jiang Shuzhou has always been a marginalized figure in society, which can only be blamed on his father, who left when he should have been with his child the most.
"How dare you speak like that! Your father's sacrifice was in vain!"
Uncle Wang seemed quite indignant at Jiang Shuzhou's response.
"I respect you as Uncle Wang, but you really think you're my elder? Didn't my father die in vain? He saved someone and lost his own life, causing his wife to die young and his son to become an orphan. Most importantly, the people he saved never went to his grave to pay their respects."
"Alright, Officer Wang, thank you for the good news. You can go now. If you're disappointed, don't come back again."
Jiang Shuzhou stood up abruptly, ready to see the guest out. He could tell from the other person's tone that they were probably there because of those two ungrateful wretches and wanted his help.
However, Jiang Shuzhou is not like his father, who foolishly rushed over to save people.
"It's like this, Li Na had an accident, and I was wondering if it would be convenient for you to go and see her."
"Is it really just for a look?"
Jiang Shuzhou didn't believe these two people had anything good to do. They wouldn't visit a temple without a reason.
"..."
Seeing Officer Wang remain silent, Jiang Shuzhou knew that things were definitely not simple, but he was too lazy to ask.
Knowing that they were not doing well made Jiang Shuzhou feel much better.
"Since there's nothing else, let's go. Don't let it interfere with your work."
He gave the order to leave again, but Jiang Shuzhou gestured for him to come.
"Are you going to see them or not?"
Officer Wang finally asked, still unwilling to give up.
"Why are you so concerned about them? I heard Officer Wang, you got a promotion and a raise? After all these years, you've finally become a team leader?"
"Is your salary not enough to live on? Why are you doing pimping? If you really can't take it, I'll give you a job."
As he spoke, Jiang Shuzhou took out his phone, opened his online banking, and showed his balance.
"Look, I still have over a million yuan on me. How about this, Officer Wang, you find a pretext to lock those two up for six months, and I'll give you 500,000 yuan after it's done. How about that?"
"By the way, if you really manage to do it, I'd be happy to visit them every day."
Clearly, unless he was in prison, Jiang Shuzhou had no desire to see those two ungrateful scoundrels.
"You! Sigh, fine... that's it then... I'm leaving."
Shaking his head dejectedly, Officer Wang did not get angry. Instead, he remained silent for a moment before getting up, opening the door, and leaving.
"Looks like my ability to be sarcastic and sarcastic is pretty good."
Although the meeting with Officer Wang ended badly, Jiang Shuzhou was still somewhat happy. After all, evil has its retribution, and with the mother and daughter in trouble, everything was moving in a positive direction, wasn't it?