Chapter 15 Reconciliation

Su Ming was dumbfounded by the scene. What was going on? Wasn’t Teacher Tang here to counsel him? How did the counseling turn into him breaking down first?

He helplessly reached out and gently patted Teacher Tang Yan’s back, comforting him.

“Teacher, don’t be sad anymore. You need to learn to make peace with yourself!”

“Ah~”

Tang Yan cried even more sadly when he heard Su Ming’s words.

At this moment, Mink and the other classmates heard the crying and all quieted down. They turned their heads to look at Tang Yan, then exchanged glances and walked over one by one.

“Su Ming, what happened? What’s wrong with Teacher Tang?”

“Why is he crying so sadly?”

Su Ming spread his hands helplessly, not knowing how to explain, and could only say to everyone:

“Maybe he’s reached menopause, and his heart is more sensitive and fragile. It’s nothing, he’ll be fine after a good cry.”

“Wuwu~”

Tang Yan completely broke down and burst into loud sobs.

Su Ming rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly.

“Sigh~”

—

Late night.

Thirteenth District Lower City District · Yuanda Waste Disposal Plant interior.

Scrapped furniture, broken appliances, tattered plastic products, and sticky household waste were sorted and piled into mountains, stretching for several kilometers as far as the eye could see.

The air was filled with a pungent stench, and swarms of flies buzzed above the garbage.

At this moment, two men dressed in gray work uniforms, wearing illuminated helmets, holding metal shovels, and with dark skin, were patrolling the garbage heaps.

“Zhao Yuan, it’s almost four o’clock. Can we take a break?”

“Wu An, you patrol over there, and I’ll go check the other side. The hole in the wall over there was just patched up a few days ago; who knows, those guys might have dug it open again and snuck in to steal things.”

“Sigh, it’s really endless, they even steal garbage. If it weren’t for them, why would we be so tired?”

Wu An sighed and said.

“No choice, it’s all for survival. Actually, I don’t want to make things difficult for them either. But if they steal too much, we’ll lose our jobs, and we also have a family to support.”

Zhao Yuan shook his head and replied with a somewhat low voice.

Don’t look at all the garbage piled up here; people from the Upper City find it very disgusting. But for the residents of the Lower City District, this is a huge treasure trove.

Not to mention that all the broken appliances can be exchanged for food; if they’re lucky, they might even find expired medicine here.

“Alright.”

Wu An replied helplessly, then walked towards a corner ahead.

Soon, Wu An reached the garbage heap near the wall. He turned his head and scanned the area, and after confirming no one was there, he turned to leave.

Just as Wu An had only taken a few steps, he suddenly heard the sound of a metal can rolling behind him.

“Who’s there? Come out!”

Wu An immediately turned around and raised the iron shovel in his hand, shouting.

However, the garbage heap in front of him was silent, with no response.

Wu An did not think it was an illusion because of this; these thieves who stole things were very cunning. He held the iron shovel and walked over cautiously, continuously shouting:

“Come out, I see you.”

As Wu An walked forward step by step, the metal can that had rolled earlier suddenly moved, making a faint sound.

Wu An was startled and looked down at the iron can in front of him.

At this moment, a rat with black flesh spores all over its fur and dark red eyes crawled out, baring its teeth and looking at Wu An.

Squeak, squeak~

Wu An’s heart trembled violently, and he raised the iron shovel in his hand and slammed it down hard.

Thwack~

The rat was instantly flattened. Wu An slightly exhaled a breath of relief and slowly lifted the iron shovel.

As a result, Wu An saw that the flattened rat was not dead and actually got up, its eyes wide open, with an expression of disbelief on its face.

At this moment, the deformed rat suddenly pounced towards Wu An.

“Ah!”

Wu An frantically retreated, raising the iron shovel to strike again, but unfortunately, this time he missed.

The deformed rat suddenly pounced onto Wu An’s right foot. He looked down in horror and then kicked his leg violently, trying to shake it off.

But the rat seemed to be stuck to his foot, and he couldn’t shake it off no matter what.

At this moment, the deformed rat suddenly opened its mouth and bit down.

“Ah~”

Wu An immediately let out a scream and fell to the ground.

Immediately after, a mass of black cells permeated from inside the deformed rat’s mouth, drilling into his body from the wound on his foot.

Zhao Yuan, not far away, heard Wu An’s scream and immediately rushed over.

As he got closer, he saw Wu An lying on the ground from a distance and anxiously shouted:

“Wu An, what’s wrong with you?”

At this moment, Wu An slowly and unsteadily got up from the ground.

Zhao Yuan instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he stopped and looked at Wu An uneasily.

“Wu An, are you alright? Say something.”

At this moment, Wu An also slowly raised his head.

When Zhao Yuan saw Wu An’s face, his pupils instantly widened, and he retreated in horror.

At this moment, Wu An’s entire body’s blood vessels turned black and protruded, black stripes appeared on his face, his fingernails began to become long and sharp, his eyes turned dark red, and he looked like a deformed monster, slowly walking towards Zhao Yuan.

“Don’t come closer, don’t come closer!”

Zhao Yuan shouted in horror while retreating. Seeing that Wu An was still approaching, he steeled his heart and swung the iron shovel, smashing it onto Wu An’s head.

Bang~

Wu An immediately stopped.

Zhao Yuan fearfully moved the iron shovel away, only to see Wu An’s head was twisted.

But then Wu An twisted his head, straightening his crooked head, and at the same time, he reached out and grabbed the iron shovel.

Zhao Yuan was startled. Before he could react, Wu An had already forcefully snatched the iron shovel and directly swung it at Zhao Yuan.

Bang~

Zhao Yuan was sent flying two or three meters, crashing onto the ground, the intense pain making him unable to get up for a moment.

He looked at Wu An, who was walking step by step towards him, with a face full of horror, and then the horror in his eyes turned into despair.

Behind Wu An, pairs of dark red eyes lit up.

Immediately after, swarms of deformed rats rushed over!

A strong will to survive made him scramble directly to his feet from the ground. But at this moment, swarms of deformed rats bypassed Wu An and directly pounced on Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan hadn’t even stood firm when he was instantly tackled to the ground by the swarms of rats.

Then, masses of black cellular matter seeped out from the rats.

“No, no…”

Zhao Yuan let out a final, heartbreaking scream.

Those black cellular substances wriggled like living things, drilling into Zhao Yuan’s mouth.

—

The next morning.

Mient Intermediate Academy · Classroom.

Su Ming and the others were already seated early.

The ringing of the class bell kept sounding.

Everyone’s gaze instinctively looked towards the open door, but when the bell stopped, they did not see Teacher Tang, who should have appeared.

“Teacher Tang is late? Did the sun rise from the west?”

“That’s truly rare!”

The classmates in the class kept discussing.