NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31: Bounty
Translator: CinderTL
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Chen Feng remembered that he had muted his high school class group.
At the same time, he also remembered that the original owner had added the class monitor Wang Hanwen on WeChat.
"Something came up, can't make it."
With a blank expression, he quickly typed a reply.
In the four years of university, they hadn't been in contact much, and their relationship had long faded.
Besides, he wasn't the original owner, and it felt even more awkward to go. Why bother?
Buzz!
Two minutes later, the phone vibrated again.
[Wang Hanwen: Wow, this isn't like you, Chen Feng.]
I heard Han Yue is also coming. Are you sure you're not coming?
"Not coming."
Chen Feng replied briefly.
Han Yue?
This was a name familiar to the original owner, or more accurately, the original owner's crush in high school.
But…
I'm not the original owner.
With no expression, seeing that the other person sent two more messages, Chen Feng decisively clicked the settings and chose to mute this person's notifications.
The world became quiet again, and he quickly locked his phone and put it into his pocket.
Time passed quietly, and midnight arrived.
With a clatter, the rolling door was pulled down and locked. Chen Feng waved goodbye to Aunt Zhang.
"Good bye, Aunt Zhang."
"Alright, take care, Xiao Feng."
...
Clack clack!
Footsteps echoed on the quiet street.
The aroma of barbecue wafted in the air, and Chen Feng chewed on an energy bar, savoring it.
The rich protein was continuously absorbed by his body, and the slight fullness made him feel satisfied.
"Just a bit mentally tired..."
Swallowing the last bite of the energy bar, Chen Feng felt a sense of heaviness in his head.
This was a side effect from the right arm fracturing in a dream earlier that morning, causing excessive mental drain.
Now, with the late hour and fatigue from the day, his mind was growing more and more weary.
He quickened his pace, wanting to get home and sleep as soon as possible to recover his energy.
After more than ten minutes, he saw his familiar home in front of him. He pushed the door open, quickly washed up, and lay down on his bed.
Less than a minute later, the sound of snoring filled the room as his consciousness sank.
Chen Feng slept soundly.
Until the next morning, with dawn approaching, his eyelids twitched and he subconsciously opened his eyes.
The familiar ceiling greeted him, and a beam of sunlight poured through the curtains.
In an instant, his consciousness cleared, and Chen Feng noticed something unusual.
"I didn't enter the dream last night?"
He was surprised and quickly reached for his phone under the pillow, checking the time.
It was exactly 8 AM.
It was nearly an hour later than his usual waking time of 7:05 AM after coming out of a dream.
Also, he clearly remembered that he had fallen asleep as soon as he lay down, without having any dreams.
He had slept so soundly that it felt like only a short time had passed.
"Wait a minute…"
Soon, realizing something was off, Chen Feng got up and snapped out of it.
He quickly walked into the bathroom and looked at the square mirror on the wall.
The young man in the mirror was tall, around 1.8 meters.
His physique was strong, with prominent deltoids, trapezius muscles, and well-defined biceps and triceps.
Looking up further...
His rugged, masculine face.
The pale complexion from yesterday was gone, replaced by a healthy, rosy glow, his mind clear and sharp.
"Indeed…"
Chen Feng raised an eyebrow thoughtfully.
Clearly, he had slept deeply, so he recovered very well.
His mind wasn't foggy anymore, and his eyes were bright.
"So, I probably didn't enter the dream last night because my mind needed to recover?"
"Or maybe it was because the mental consumption was too great, so I couldn't enter the dream…"
He made a rough guess, but Chen Feng felt that this hypothesis needed to be tested tonight when he slept again.
His mental state was now the same as usual, and as long as he could enter a dream normally, he would know the result.
He didn't dwell on it any longer.
Chen Feng quickly washed up, got dressed, and had breakfast.
At the same time, he sent a message to the supermarket manager, Liu Fang.
Yesterday, he had briefly mentioned taking the day off today and going to dinner with Chen Yun in the evening.
Buzz!
Liu Fang: OK, no problem, Xiao Feng.
"Thanks, Sister Liu."
Chen Feng replied. Fortunately, there was nothing urgent in the morning, so he stayed home and worked out, practicing judo.
He found that his talent for judo was similar to that of sanda.
After practicing for two hours every day, he had made some progress.
Every little improvement counts; He didn't plan to give up his regular practice.
...
[Progress +1]
[Judo: Mastery (9%)]
"Phew, not bad."
Around noon, Chen Feng, shirtless and drenched in sweat, stood in the living room and nodded to himself.
His chest and abdominal muscles were well defined, as if they were carved by a knife, sharp and clear.
His strong physique made him look like a different person compared to more than ten days ago.
Gurgle!
Gurgle!
Soon, a feeling of thirst hit. Chen Feng grabbed a water cup and took a couple of gulps of water.
During his break, he opened his phone and, on a whim, searched for news about the jewelry store robbery he had encountered yesterday.
[Security Bureau Report: This robbery is linked to the same group of robbers from the jewelry store three days ago. Additional personnel have been dispatched for investigation.]
[The robbers wore masks, but based on analysis and assumptions, the current composite sketch is as follows... A reward of 200,000 yuan is offered for any information leading to their capture...]
"Seems like it's the same group, and the reward has doubled."
After reading the news, Chen Feng held his water cup and looked at the sketch for a while longer.
It was a white sheet of paper with pencil sketches of the robbers, detailed and lifelike.
There were five pictures, showing people of different builds and genders.
One picture was particularly memorable because one of the men had a vertical scar near his left cheekbone, close to his eye.
Seeing this, Chen Feng suddenly thought of Li Hongxia's daughter, Xu Yao.
She was also good at drawing and had some talent.
The painting she gave him that day was still in his drawer, carefully preserved.
"It's a pity that the cost of learning to draw is too high."
"Tuition, paper, paints... I'm afraid Sister Hongxia can't afford it…"
He shook his head in silence, recalling how many of his classmates once wanted to learn to draw but couldn't due to family constraints.
Thinking about this, he put down his phone and water cup, shaking his head.
He was struggling enough himself, with no time to think about others.
Then, his stomach growled.
He took a bag of frozen beef from the fridge, quickly cooked two dishes, and settled for a meal.
He ate three or four bowls of rice, two bags of bread, and an energy bar.
Chen Feng keenly noticed that his appetite had grown.
"The better my physical fitness, the bigger my appetite."
"If this keeps up, I'll really have to find another way to make money."
His eyes flashed as Chen Feng thought of something.
His savings were still enough for now, and the 1,000-yuan Chen Yun transferred to him was left untouched; he didn't send it to his coach but kept it for himself.
Plus, the supermarket had given him a 2,000-yuan bonus and a 30% discount on shopping.
So, he wasn't in a hurry at the moment.
"I'll wait a little longer."
(End of the Chapter)
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