Gao Bo leaned against the window, quietly smoking a cigarette. He looked at the gloomy weather outside the window in a daze. A shy " Onii-chan " came from the speaker beside the table. The monitor on the table was flashing. It was the half-finished game.
Gao Bo was a fake otaku. Ever since he started watching anime in middle school, he had been exposed to 2D games in high school, and now that he had graduated from university, he had been immersed in it for almost ten years. He had a little understanding of the ACG world.
He was a little introverted, which was why he spent most of his time at home, watching anime and playing games. Although he was a little handsome, he had never held a girl's hand in his life. He didn't even have a good friend. He had friends who shared the same interests, but he couldn't talk to them. Gao Bo had wanted to change, but he had never succeeded.
Hearing the sound of a drip from the water dispenser, Gao Bo was ready to make a cup of tea. He didn't know when he had developed the habit of drinking tea. Although he didn't know anything about tea ceremony, he felt a little uncomfortable if he didn't drink tea every day.
Just as he left the window and was about to get the tea leaves, the red rope hanging around Gao Bo's neck inexplicably broke. A jade pendant slipped from his neck and fell to the ground. The jade pendant was shaped like a piece of Eight Trigrams. From its appearance alone, it looked like a cheap item that could be bought with a few dollars.
Gao Bo squatted down and picked it up to take a look. There was a crack on the jade pendant, but he was very sad. Although this jade was not worth much, Gao Bo had carried it for more than 10 years. It was very sentimental, and it also had a legendary story.
That was 20 years ago. Gao Bo had just been born a few years ago, and his father had to travel a lot because of work. Once, when he was passing by a nearby province, he saw an old fortune-teller on the street. For some reason, Gao Bo's father went to read his fortune on a whim. It was about his career prospects.
Gao Bo didn't know what the fortune-teller said. However, he heard from his father that the old man's calculations were very accurate. His work situation in the next few years was also in line with what the old man had said. Gao Bo's parents were originally people of the information path, but they thought that they had encountered a master. His father had also been there before, but he had not seen the fortune teller.
Perhaps it was fate. Ten years ago, when his father went to the south for a business trip, he met the fortune-teller again by the roadside. These two meetings, one in the north and the other in the south, surprised Gao Bo's father. This time, Gao Bo's father asked about his son's fate. The fortune-teller didn't say anything. He just gave him a jade pendant and asked him to put it on his son when he went back, and he couldn't take it off in the future.
That jade pendant was the one that Gao Bo was wearing now. Ever since his father came back, Gao Bo had never taken off this jade pendant, whether it was sleeping or bathing. But now, it was broken.
Sighing helplessly, Gao Bo pulled off the broken red string on his neck, held the jade pendant, and prepared to continue making tea.
" I'll go out and buy a red string later.'Gao Bo thought to himself.
" Dong-Dong-" At this moment, a knock came from outside the door.
"Wait!" Gao Bo replied. He gave up making tea and turned to open the door.
Pulling open the door lock, Gao Bo was very surprised that the person outside was actually Gao Bo's uncle.
His uncle had cut ties with his family for many years because of the property.
His uncle's name was Gao Sen. When Gao Bo was very young, he had committed a crime and was sent to prison. Fortunately, the crime was not serious and he was released a few years later. At that time, Gao Bo's grandmother was still alive and living with Gao Bo and his parents, which was the house they were living in now.
Gao Sen had been very honest when he first came out. He rented a small shop not far from Gao Bo's house and sold some melon seeds and peanuts to make a living. It was good for Gao Bo when he was young.
However, it didn't take long for Gao Sen to reveal his true nature again. He started to gamble. This time, he lost the money he borrowed from his family to open a shop. At first, he could still borrow money from everywhere. However, when he found that no one from his relatives lent him money after he stopped doing business, he started to have ideas about this house. He would go and bother Gao Bo's grandmother every few days. In the end, he angered the old lady to death. Before the old lady passed away, she gave the house to Gao Bo's family, hoping that Gao Sen would give up on this house.
Gao Bo's parents were honest people. They felt that it was a little unreasonable to get the house, so they wanted to give Gao Sen a sum of money and let him live a good life. At that time, they agreed very well, but soon they lost all the money. He had no choice but to come back and continue making a fuss. He even went to court to sue Gao Bo's family. This matter spread like wildfire among the neighbors. As the saying goes, a clay Buddha still has three parts of fire. Gao Bo's parents, who were honest people, couldn't stand this anger. In addition, they lost face among the neighbors, so they fought this lawsuit with Gao Sen.
Gao Bo's family won the lawsuit, but Gao Sen was not convinced. He started to play dirty tricks, childish tricks, such as pulling out the air core of your bicycle, putting something in the lock and not opening the door. However, the childish methods were annoying. He had no choice but to go to the police station to solve it.
The police called Gao Sen over. Perhaps because he had been in prison before, he was also very afraid of this. Since then, he had not come back. It had been a few years now.
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"Uncle, what's the matter?"
Looking at his uncle, whom he hadn't seen for years, Gao Bo was unhappy, but he couldn't lose his manners, so he still called him uncle.
"Are your parents home?" Gao Sen asked with a smile.
"No, they all went out to visit.”Gao Bo frowned and replied.
"Oh, it's like this. I've let your family down in the past. Now that I think about it, your father is still my younger brother. We're all family.”As he spoke, he lifted the bag in his hand to let Gao Bo have a look. However, because the bag was non-transparent, he couldn't see what was inside." Open the door, I'll go in and talk to you."”
As the saying went, one would not visit a temple without a reason. Gao Bo felt that he was not telling the truth, but people were here to apologize. Moreover, they were not strangers. After all, he was his uncle and they were related by blood. Gao Bo still opened the door reluctantly.
"Are you alone at home? Have you eaten?" Gao Sen asked Gao Bo, who was closing the door, as they walked into the house.
"I've eaten. My mother and the others prepared the food when they left.”Not knowing what he was up to, Gao Bo started chatting with him.
Gao Sen's appearance did not change much from Gao Bo's impression. It was just that he looked a little older than before after so many years. His body was still the same as before, looking very strong. Gao Sen's lifestyle might be problematic, but he had a good habit. He never stopped exercising. He was almost 50 years old, and his body was as strong as a young man.
"By the way, I've been out to many places these past few years and brought back a lot of specialties. I'm here to apologize to your family, so I brought them all.”She placed the bag on the ground and squatted down to rummage through it. "Wait for me to take it out for you to take a look. It's all new stuff.”
Gao Bo didn't comment. He didn't know if Gao Sen was sincere in his apology, so he let him be. Seeing Gao Sen squatting down with his back facing him and opening the bag, he didn't pay attention to it. He opened his hand and looked at the broken jade pendant. Gao Bo was thinking about where to get a red string later.
“!!”All of a sudden, there was the sound of wind. Gao Bo saw something sweeping towards him from the corner of his eye, but his body couldn't react in time. He wanted to retreat, but he couldn't dodge. The next second, Gao Bo felt a sharp pain in his neck, as if something warm had splashed out from his neck. What entered his eyes was Gao Sen's hateful bald head and malevolent expression. The gentle words and smile from before were all gone.
"Little bastard, go die with your father!!”Gao Sen said fiercely.
Ever since he was called to the police station, Gao Sen did not dare to bother Gao Bo's family. He left Province B and went out to make a living. However, as the saying goes, a dog can't change its ways. When he went out to Gao Sen, he still did not do good things. In the end, he owed a lot of debts and was chased by his debt collectors.
In the end, he managed to escape back to Province B with great difficulty, but he had no food or shelter. His life was very poor, and his debts did not give up. They were still looking for him.
Gao Sen thought that if he had a share of that house, none of this would have happened. He hated Gao Bo's family. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. In the end, when he had no other choice, he wanted to kill Gao Bo's family.
After buying the axe, gasoline, and other items, Gao Sen went to Gao Bo's house. However, he didn't expect that Gao Bo's parents were not at home. Since he had already decided to do it, he was afraid that he would not have the courage to go back, so he made up his mind. He thought that killing Gao Bo would make his parents sad and burn down the house. That was why there were these things.
Ignoring Gao Bo's body, Gao Sen took out gasoline from his bag and splashed it all over the floor and the wall. Finally, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, took a puff, and threw the cigarette butt on the ground. Gao Sen turned around, opened the door, and walked out.
After Gao Bo's neck was slashed by the axe, he didn't die on the spot. The pain in his neck attacked him, and his consciousness became more and more blurry. It was as if his vocal cords had been destroyed, and his throat could only make a rustling sound like an old bellow.
However, he did not notice that the blood he had shed flowed down his arm and into the jade pendant in his palm. The crack on the jade pendant grew bigger and bigger, as if something was about to be born.
In Gao Bo's last moment of consciousness, he saw Gao Sen setting the house on fire with gasoline and then leaving. Looking at the raging fire, watching the place where he had lived for more than 20 years being burned down, and feeling his life gradually slipping away, Gao Bo's last thought was: Ah, it's a good thing that my parents bought insurance for this house. The insurance company should be able to compensate me, right?
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