Chapter 44 The Lone Star of Calamity

On the way back, Su Ling was in low spirits, walking with her head down, lost in thought.

For a moment, Jiang Feng found it a bit difficult to adjust to.

However, he didn't plan to disturb her, simply following along silently.

A person and a snake walking down the street were exceptionally eye-catching.

An old man who looked like a Taoist priest approached them.

The old man looked at Su Ling with surprise. "Little girl, there is a lingering black aura between your brows. This is an omen of great calamity!"

Then, the old man pinched his fingers to calculate. "So that's how it is. No wonder. You actually have the fate of the Lone Star of Heavenly Slaughter."

"Alas!" The old man shook his head with a sigh and walked away.

What was that?

The Lone Star of Heavenly Slaughter?

Jiang Feng, standing beside her, was left completely dazed. Su Ling was the Lone Star of Heavenly Slaughter?

Could this old man be a charlatan?

Su Ling was in a daze, the old man's words causing her hidden memories to suddenly awaken.

When she was eight, her mother left her. When she was ten, her father left her.

When she was thirteen, her brother also left her.

From then on, her grandfather began to distance himself from her, ignoring her completely.

She had no family and no friends.

She was exceptionally withdrawn and unsociable because she was the Lone Star of Heavenly Slaughter; anyone who stayed with her would meet with misfortune.

Later, she raised a white snake.

That was her only companion.

Even though it was just a snake, a cold-blooded and emotionless creature, it had accompanied her through many long years, dispelling her loneliness.

But in the end, the snake also left her...

Looking at Su Ling, who stood there silently and motionless.

Jiang Feng felt a strange sense of melancholy in his heart. He sensed an extreme feeling of loneliness from Su Ling.

Could what the old man said be true?

Jiang Feng nudged Su Ling with his head, signaling her to move.

It wasn't that he was intentionally rushing her, but because they had been stopped there for so long, a brat was playing with his snake tail.

Su Ling snapped out of it after being nudged. She gave a slight smile and stroked Jiang Feng. "Xiao Bai, come back to the Su Family with me. I promised Grandfather I would bring you back once."

Jiang Feng nodded.

The Su Family sent a truck to pick up Su Ling.

Because Jiang Feng's size was too large, he could only be transported in a truck.

Jiang Feng was speechless. He was actually being transported like cargo.

The truck driver was a middle-aged man in his forties. He got out and walked over to Su Ling.

"Miss, the Family Head sent me to pick up you and Xiao Bai."

"Mm," Su Ling nodded.

"Xiao Bai, you get in first."

Jiang Feng crawled into the truck bed. The compartment was quite large; even with his entire snake body inside, he only occupied a small space.

Seeing Jiang Feng enter the truck, the driver intended to close the door.

Jiang Feng immediately stuck his head out to stop him.

Was he joking? Locking him in a sealed compartment—did he really take him for cargo?

Although his strength was great, he wasn't sure if he could smash through a steel truck compartment.

What if these people wanted to harm him?

"Miss, this..." Seeing that Jiang Feng wasn't cooperating, the driver looked at Su Ling awkwardly.

"Xiao Bai, what's wrong?" Su Ling came over to comfort him. "It will be very dangerous to drive on the road without closing the door."

Jiang Feng didn't appreciate Su Ling's persuasion.

His snake head remained sticking out.

Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he wouldn't let the door be closed.

Seeing this, Su Ling could only sigh helplessly. "Uncle Zhao, then don't close it! Xiao Bai is afraid of the dark."

A snake afraid of the dark?

The driver named Uncle Zhao was stunned. "But Miss, if the truck door isn't closed, it will affect traffic."

"It's fine. If anything happens, I'll take responsibility."

"Alright then, Miss." Uncle Zhao had no choice but to give up on closing the door.

Thus, a large truck drove along the road with its cargo doors open, a massive snake head poking out from within.

When the truck accelerated, the doors swung open to the sides; when it decelerated, the doors swung shut toward the middle.

The two doors kept slapping back and forth against Jiang Feng's head.

Jiang Feng's head was almost slapped silly by the two doors.

Damn, why not just remove these two doors? Is that driver an idiot?

Wait, why am I still sticking my head out?

Jiang Feng felt embarrassed by his own foolish behavior. To think he used to be a web novel writer.

With this IQ, no wonder no one read the novels he wrote.

He didn't know how long they had been driving when, at a red light, the truck was stopped by a traffic policeman.

Generally, large trucks were not allowed on city streets during the day. Jiang Feng didn't know if that was why they were stopped, so he stuck his head out to watch.

Unexpectedly, the traffic policeman went straight to the back of the truck and looked at the open doors.

He immediately scolded the driver, "You're driving on the road without even closing the doors?"

"Officer, I told him not to close them. My pet is afraid of the dark," Su Ling got out of the truck and explained.

"Afraid of the dark? This is the first time I've heard of a pet being afraid of the dark, especially a snake."

"Officer, it's true. This snake won't let us close the door."

"Just because it won't let you, you don't close it? Do you have any sense of safety? What if it hits someone?"

"Officer, I am from the Su Family. Richest Man Su is my grandfather. Please, could you make an exception?"

"No. Forget the Su Family, even if the King of Heaven himself came, it wouldn't work. You must close the doors before you can get back on the road."

The traffic policeman was also stubborn and didn't give Richest Man Su any face at all.

Jiang Feng was amused. This traffic policeman was actually copying him—no, he was going against him.

Jiang Feng's stance was that even if the King of Heaven came, the door couldn't be closed.

The traffic policeman's stance was that even if the King of Heaven came, the door must be closed.

Su Ling and Uncle Zhao, let's see what you two do now!

Oh boy! They were in a pickle.

Uncle Zhao spread his hands.

Su Ling rolled her eyes. She checked the distance; they were still over thirty kilometers away from the Su Family home.

Walking back was obviously impossible.

Seeing the situation at a stalemate, another traffic policeman walked over.

After understanding the situation, he said calmly, "Then just take the doors off and put them inside the truck."

This policeman's words were like a wake-up call.

Uncle Zhao slapped his thigh. "Aiya! Why didn't I think of that?"

He quickly removed the doors, and the two policemen helped him put them inside the truck.

The problem was perfectly solved, and the truck could finally continue its journey.

Only Jiang Feng felt that something was a bit off.

Over an hour later, the truck drove into a manor.

The manor was filled with rockeries and had unique scenery.

The truck stopped in front of a luxury villa, and servants immediately came forward to receive them.

"The young lady is back!"

"Auntie Zhang!" Su Ling called out after getting out of the truck.

"Xiao Bai, we're here. Get out of the truck." Su Ling came to the back of the truck.

Inside the truck, Jiang Feng opened his eyes.

Back at the roast sheep shop, his spirit consumption had been immense, and he urgently needed sleep to recover.

So, he had unknowingly fallen asleep amidst the bumping of the truck.

Jiang Feng crawled down from the truck.

"Ah!" Several timid maids saw Jiang Feng and immediately let out cries of alarm.

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