Stop Them (Two Chapters Combined)

The next morning, the sun rose over the horizon.

Golden sunlight spilled across the earth, and the quiet city gradually grew noisy.

Some vendors who had gone out early to sell breakfast pushed their food carts to their usual spots and waited for customers.

In Ping'an Garden Residential Area, only a little of the golden sunlight from the newly risen sun squeezed through the gaps in the curtains into the dim room.

"Chirp, chirp..."

Some birds flew past the window, leaving behind a string of crisp calls.

Lin Li, who had been sleeping in bed, opened his eyes and yawned.

"Haa~"

He had slept deeply. After showering last night, he had returned to his room and fallen asleep within seconds of lying down, sleeping all the way until dawn.

Bleary-eyed, Lin Li rubbed his eye sockets with the back of his hand, then reached for the phone on the bedside table and checked the time.

It was seven-thirty.

"Grrr..."

The moment he finished checking the time, a raging hunger surged up. As usual, the side effect of eating the Ability Fruit had arrived right on schedule.

"Got it. Stop urging me. I'll wash up and go out to buy breakfast." Lin Li spoke to his growling stomach.

Then he threw off the covers, got out of bed, slipped on his indoor slippers, and quickly left the bedroom for the bathroom to wash up.

"Click."

The door to the neighboring apartment opened. Xia Qing, her hair tied up and wearing a purple dress, walked out carrying a garbage bag.

"Tongtong, it's already seven thirty-five. Hurry up!" Xia Qing turned back and called to her daughter from the doorway.

"Coming, coming." Zhou Tongtong ran out of the bedroom with a cartoon schoolbag on her back and put on her little leather