Since The Red Moon Appeared

Chapter 12



Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Be it day or night, the lighting in the house had always been pretty bad.

At night, the environment might look somewhat homely under the dim, orange lamplight. But it was gloomy in the day.

However, Lu Xin was in a good mood.

His mom was a graceful lady. She had finished preparing the breakfast and brought three bowls of porridge to the table. There was a salted egg on the plate, but his mom only took a tiny bit of egg white and left the savory egg yolk to Lu Xin and his sister. However, Lu Xin would often give most of the egg yolk to his sister. Their father didn’t eat with them. He seldom stepped out of the kitchen, anyway. Things would turn messy every time he came out.

“Is your new job starting today?”

Lu Xin’s mom asked him in a gentle voice like she always did, “Are you ready for it?”

Although he hadn’t mentioned it after coming home with his sister the night before, it was as if his mom knew about everything. It had always been like that.

Lu Xin nodded. “Yes, I’m ready.” Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

“My boy is a grown-up man now.”

His mom looked at him with a heartened smile. She picked some egg white and put it in his bowl. “It’s hard to juggle between two jobs. Eat more!”

“Damn it. Useless! You’re a piece of trash! You know you’re being used, yet you’re happy being their dog!”

It was his father cursing from inside the kitchen. But all of them pretended not to hear him.

“You’re the most useless one of you lot! You don’t even know you’ve been scammed...”

His father raised his voice as his anger grew.

But no one responded. They continued to eat breakfast in silence.

“I’d say you should chop them all into pieces!”

The man pulled open the kitchen door and appeared in the living room.

He stared at Lu Xin and shouted, “You almost died yesterday, thanks to them! They don’t even value your life. They won’t even care if you die, and they may even be planning to kill you! Have you not seen that?

“You’d be a corpse now if not for that damn girl!

“Why do you still work for them when they almost killed you?”

“...”

“Alright now. Everything’s okay.”

His mom stood up gracefully and tidied Lu Xin’s shirt. She said gently, “It’s very important to follow your heart and do what you want to do.”

“I know.”

After a moment of silence, Lu Xin said in a low voice, “Thank you!”

“My silly boy. We’re a family. You don’t have to thank me.”

His mom gave him a gentle pat on the shoulder and smiled. “But do remember to be polite and respectful toward other people!” Then, she gently brushed his hair and smiled again. “Of course, we should expect others to treat us with respect too. You’re a good boy, and you don’t want to harm others. But if you’re bullied...”

Lu Xin looked at his mom cautiously.

Her smile was gentle and heart-warming as usual. “Your family will go and find that bully together...”

Lu Xin felt a chill down his spine. But he could only sigh in response.

He had to make sure he didn’t get bullied out of concern for other people’s safety...

...

As usual, Lu Xin arrived in the office forty minutes before the official start time.

That day, he finished all the reports and files assigned to him with great care. Moreover, he intentionally sped up his work and even skipped lunch. When it was time to end work, he had completed all his tasks and was the first to leave the office.

He didn’t volunteer to stay for over-time as he had before because now he had other matters to attend to.

On the night before, he had carefully read through the files from Chen Jing, which gave him some basic understanding of his new job.

The part of the agreement he cared about the most was the salary and subsidies.

He knew that he had to head to the designated location as soon as Chen Jing summoned him. There, he had to follow their instructions and clean up the corruption. However, if there was nothing that needed his attention for the whole month, he would still receive the usual salary.

Most importantly, he would receive some subsidies every time he took care of a corruption incident.

That would be the main source of his income. It ranged from 10,000 to 30,000, and some tasks were even worth 100,000.

Lu Xin felt motivated by the money, so he decided to do his best.

He would actively look for opportunities and treat the work with his best attitude, hoping to get the official contract soon.

With his documents, satellite phone, and a gun in his backpack, Lu Xin arrived at the streets.

He had come to patrol with his sister.


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