Soul Patch

Chapter 253 Lower Than Dust (Happy Qixi Festival everyone)
Wenjie briefly recounted the events to Andy.

Finally, looking at Andy's blank expression, he asked, "Do you understand?"

Jia Nan also looked at Andy. The air suddenly became quiet. Andy blinked a few times, nodded hesitantly, and then shook his head.

He was nodding and shaking his head... Wenjie raised an eyebrow at Andy: Do you... understand or not?

Andy bit her lip, looking at Jia Nan with surprise, then her gaze fell on Wen Jie's face, and she said in a panic, "His brother... is a pervert? Then... what am I going to do?"

Jia Nan's expression changed abruptly. She glared at Andy with a gloomy expression and started whimpering again...

Wenjie didn't look at Jia Nan, but just waved his hand dismissively at her and said, "Shut up! She didn't do it on purpose."

"woooooo"

"Ignore him!" Wenjie patted Andy on the shoulder, then urged, "Hurry up and go! Go save the world..."

"Pfft..." Andy almost burst out laughing.

What's going on? Is the target this time a goofball?
"See, you're not nervous anymore! Come on, repeat the time and place with me..." Wenjie shrugged: "If you encounter danger, just quit, understand?"

"Mmm," Andy responded.

With a thought from Andy, two lines of text appeared on the system interface:
[Time setting: Wednesday, June 15, 2007]

[Location setting: On the road leading to the school from the entrance of Zhaozhuang Village, one of the five counties outside M City]

Andy felt a sense of weightlessness wash over him, and the world around him began to spin faster and faster... He was about to use the system's functions to return to 12 years ago.

She has experienced a life trajectory correction, so this feeling is not unfamiliar to her.

——Back to 12 years ago——

As the feeling of weightlessness gradually disappeared, Andy looked around and found himself standing on a not-so-high mound of earth.

On the ground...

My goodness!

Lying on the ground is the simpleton who was poked by Jia Nan.

How did even a simpleton like him end up having his life trajectory corrected?

Andy rolled her eyes at the person lying down, annoyed, and said disdainfully, "Do you really have to push yourself so hard...?"

Tie Hanhan struggled to lift his eyelids and said, "Why would I want to come to this godforsaken place? I was calling for help when that doctor asked me if I needed to use the restroom, and I was about to say yes..."

When I opened my eyes again, I was here!

Andy was even more disgusted upon hearing this. He turned his head and took a few steps away, coldly saying, "Don't expect me to take care of you! I can't even take care of myself!"

She thought about the cross-dressing pervert she was about to face, and her eyes lit up. She thought to herself: It wouldn't be bad if the simpleton could be used as a scapegoat.

After all, if I really encountered such a thing, how would I, a young woman, cope?

The thought of that cross-dressing pervert molesting boys made her feel nauseous.

Tie Hanhan turned to look at Andy, chuckled, and waved his hand, saying, "If you go any further... well, I need to take care of this right here!"

Pooh!
Andy was feeling incredibly frustrated, and quickly said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute..."

She ran a long way in a flash, straight to another mound of earth, and stood on it looking towards the village entrance.

What time is it? Why isn't there a single pedestrian on the street?
Wenjie didn't give a specific time either.

Andy was a little annoyed and reached into his pocket. His heart sank! His pockets were empty.

She then realized that she didn't have a cell phone in 2007.

She looked up at the sky: the sun was just about to rise, probably around five or six in the morning!

I wonder if that simpleton has any money. If the molestation happened at night, he can't go hungry all day.

Just as she was pondering this, Tie Hanhan, clutching his stomach, moved toward her.

She walked down the earthen slope, looked down at her coarse cloth clothes, a small shirt, and a pair of flat peep-toe shoes.

The outfits from ten years ago were really outdated.

Iron-faced doesn't seem to have changed much; he's still dressed in all black.

Actually, she hadn't noticed what Tie Hanhan was wearing before. People who are big and burly seem to prefer wearing black, which makes them look energetic, capable, and slimmer.

When Tie Hanhan saw Andy coming towards him, he gave her a silly smile.

He scratched his head, pulled a wad of cash from his pocket, and handed it to Andy: "I...I found this in my pocket. Are you hungry? Let's go get some breakfast."

Andy was stunned. Looking at the silly smile on Tie Hanhan's face, he thought to himself: This idiot! How could he just give away something as important as money like that?

Tie Hanhan scratched his head and said, "My parents say that when you're with a girl, you should give her the money. But no girl has ever gone out with me, hehe!"

After saying that, he grinned foolishly again and stuffed the wad of money into Andy's hand.

Andy glanced down at the money in his hand, a charming smile spreading across his face, and said, "Your parents are really wise. Do you know why there are so many cheating and breakups? It's because their parents didn't tell them this..."

As she spoke, she waved a wad of cash in her hand.

She quickly stuffed the money into her pocket, glanced at the simple-minded man in front of her, and softened her tone, saying, "How's your injury...? Now that you have money..."

Tie Hanhan hurriedly said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I'm in good physical condition, I've actually recovered almost completely..."

Andy glanced at Tie Hanhan's dark and ugly face; no matter how long he looked at that face, it was impossible to feel good.

Since he said he was fine, then he was fine. Footsteps sounded from the road not far away. Andy looked in that direction and saw several farmers carrying vegetables walking towards them.

They were probably carrying vegetables to sell. Andy said to Tie Hanhan, "Come on, follow them, there's probably a market over there!"

"okay"

The simpleton answered readily.

Andy had already started walking towards the dirt road, while Tie Hanhan, clutching his stomach injury, planned to catch up with Andy.

Suddenly, he stopped and stood still.

Andy didn't hear the footsteps behind him. He turned around and found that the man had stopped. He yelled at him, "What's wrong? Can't you walk?"

Tie Hanhan looked at the path in front of him, then at the weeds beside it, and said hesitantly:

"Should we stay here? In the past, when I participated in correcting my life trajectory, the system would accurately place us at the location of the event."

I don't know when the incident happened, but I feel..."

When he looked at Andy again, a hint of anger appeared on Andy's pretty face.

In a true sense, Andy wasn't a proper patch carrier, and she never completed any system tasks.

In the networked system, she was just a bystander.

Such a delicate young lady, is she supposed to be left squatting here hungry and waiting at mealtime?
She might be able to endure it for half an hour or an hour.

She won't do it after a while!
Besides, it's uncertain when it will happen, and she's not like this simpleton who actually intends to wait here indefinitely.

She said coldly, "You can wait here. It's convenient for you to move around."

Seeing that Tie Hanhan's stomach was wrapped in gauze layer upon layer, with traces of blood visible in the inner layer of gauze... she couldn't bring herself to be fierce after all, and her tone softened: "I'll bring it back to you after I finish eating. What do you want for breakfast?"

Tie Hanhan had never received such treatment before. It was his first time going out with a girl, so how could he dare to hope that a girl would bring him breakfast?
And she's such a beautiful girl!

"I...no need, no need!" Tie Hanhan's mind went blank for a moment, and he was busy shaking his head.

"Oh! Tell me quickly!"

When Andy saw Tiehan's dawdling manner, all the patience he had painstakingly built up vanished instantly.

She coughed twice to suppress her anger and said, "Hey! I'm telling you... don't be so polite with me. If you don't tell me, I'll just buy it for you."

"Yes, yes, yes." Tie Hanhan nodded repeatedly.

Andy swayed away with her supple body.

Even dressed in coarse cloth, Andy's figure was still incredibly alluring.

Her body was light and straight, and her slender waist was so delicate that it could be grasped in one hand.

The old-fashioned trousers were worn on her legs, and the long trousers had become capri trousers, with a section of her fair and jade-like ankles exposed at the bottom.

Andy's consistent exercise routine has given him a youthful and energetic appearance.

The simpleton behind her was stunned, as were several villagers who brushed past her on the road.

It seems that none of the models on the calendars hanging on their walls are as youthful and beautiful as Andy.

Andy hadn't walked far when he saw the market.

The aroma of ground tofu and the smell of boiled corn, along with the wisps of smoke rising from the market, made her feel even hungrier.

She ran excitedly towards the market, feeling her white shirt and ponytail swaying with her movements, like a dancing sprite, creating ripples in the lifeless village.

The elderly women and men who ran stalls pointed and whispered among themselves as they watched him.

"Whose little girl is this?"

"Never seen one before, looks really stylish!"

“My nephew is of marriageable age. He studied away from home for a few years and has high standards, but he’s sure he’ll like this girl. Can you help me find out more?”

"Hey, your nephew might be happy, but the girl might not!"

"Auntie, what are you saying? My nephew is quite good too!"

Andy ran straight to a breakfast stall; the aroma of steamed buns and fried dough sticks made her mouth water.

A boy at the breakfast stall paid, received his change, and was about to leave with his insulated lunchbox in his hand.

They were met head-on by the clumsy and impulsive Andy.

With a "thud," the boy's insulated lunchbox fell to the ground, spilling the steaming hot tofu pudding all over the floor.

The boy looked at the tofu pudding on the ground and glared angrily at Andy.

Upon seeing this, his angry expression vanished instantly.

Staring blankly at Andy, Andy's bright eyes were now trembling with fear.

His face flushed red, and he hurriedly lowered his head, no longer looking into those bright, seemingly watery eyes.

He took a couple of deep breaths and stammered, "You...you knocked over my tofu pudding. I made it especially for my brother."

He was tall and thin, but in front of this radiant girl, he seemed to have lowered himself to the dust.

Without realizing it, he straightened his chest, trying to look more like a man.

At 18, he's already a man, isn't he?
(End of this chapter)