"The local gangs really have no manners."
Qin Shi ran back to the shack with an umbrella. Because excavators and drills had been working through the night, the road outside Baogong Street was full of potholes and thoroughly churned up.
Rain washed the dirt and gravel into filthy, murky streams, leaving nowhere to set foot.
Even with the boost from his eighteen points of Life Force and his agile Evasion Technique, he couldn't avoid getting his sneakers and pant cuffs dirty.
"Good thing the sewers aren't blocked. Otherwise, how would anyone live here?"
As Qin Shi breathed a sigh of relief, he wondered whether the thugs from the Righteous Fist Society might be rotten enough to damage the drainage pipes and make life even worse for the local residents. They wouldn't put such dirty work past themselves.
"If this keeps up, I'll end up falling into that wicked woman Lin Yunqing's clutches. I'll be forced to move into her mansion, let her take advantage of me, and live a miserable life under someone else's thumb!"
Qin Shi felt sorry for himself.
His youngest sibling, Qin Lan, was staying with a close female classmate, so he didn't need to worry about her.
For now, demolition was limited to Baogong Street, Weigong Street, and Jianshe Road.
The residential area to the west was relatively quiet and hadn't been affected yet.
"I really just want to study hard and live a peaceful life."
Qin Shi quickly stepped over the threshold and rushed inside.
He put away the umbrella and left it upside down outside.
He took the chicken breast and broccoli he'd stocked in the fridge, washed them, then blanched them and skimmed off the foam. Finally, he put them both on a plate.
His muscle-building meal was ready!
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