The afternoon's classes quickly concluded.
"Zhou Hong, where are you staying tonight? If you're going back to the shantytown, we'll walk together. If you're going back to the Qiao family, then see you tomorrow," Liu Hua said to Zhou Hong after class.
Zhou Hong hesitated. It had been a while since he had visited his parents in the shantytown. Although he felt no familial affection for them, they were, after all, the parents of this body. He should at least spend a night there and fulfill his filial duty.
"I'll go back to the shantytown with you," Zhou Hong said with a hint of resignation.
"Alright, I'll ride with you. We'll go back together. It's been so long since we walked home together after school since high school graduation," Liu Hua chuckled, looking nostalgic.
Zhou Hong took out his Porsche key and pressed the unlock button. Just as he was about to get in, his phone rang.
He took it out and saw it was Shen Yanran calling.
"Shen Yanran, what do you want calling me?" Zhou Hong answered.
"Zhou Hong, my brother told my grandpa about you pushing him into the toilet at noon."
"Heh, so what?" Zhou Hong smiled, a flicker of disdain in his eyes.
"My grandpa dotes on my brother. He was very angry. Fortunately, I rushed back and explained everything to him. But now, my grandpa wants to invite you to my house tomorrow noon."
"Why would I go to your house?"
"My grandpa probably has something to say to you. Can you come home with me tomorrow noon? My grandpa won't make things difficult for you if you're sincere, okay?" Shen Yanran pleaded.
"What if I say no?" Zhou Hong snorted lightly.
"Please, if you don't agree, my brother will stir up trouble again, and then my grandpa might take action against you, and then...!" Shen Yanran dared not imagine further.
"Is your grandpa very powerful?"
"Yes, incredibly powerful," Shen Yanran nodded quickly.
"Oh, so is he a Martial King or a Martial Saint?" Zhou Hong asked cautiously. If her grandpa was truly incredibly powerful, reaching the level of Martial King or Martial Saint, then Zhou Hong would indeed have to be careful, as he was only sure his current strength surpassed that of level seventy-five Martial Master.
"Stop joking, be serious." Shen Yanran wiped a bead of cold sweat. She thought Zhou Hong was teasing her. Martial King or Martial Saint, how could Zhou Hong even dare to ask? Those levels were no different from gods.
"Alright, just tell me your grandpa's realm, be direct."
"My grandpa is currently level fifty-five Martial Practitioner. In Jinzhou City, he's quite a notable figure."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Hong felt like cursing. A level fifty-five Martial Practitioner, and she called him incredibly powerful, making Zhou Hong think he might have reached Martial King or Martial Saint. Turns out, it was only level fifty-five Martial Practitioner.
"Zhou Hong, I beg you, I don't want you and my family to have any unpleasantness. Just agree to my request."
"Alright, alright. I'll go back with you tomorrow noon," Zhou Hong said, too lazy to waste more words. He also wanted to see what Shen Yanran's grandpa wanted to say to him.
"Okay, then I'll see you tomorrow noon." Shen Yanran sounded very happy.
"See you tomorrow."
Zhou Hong hung up the phone directly.
"Boom!" He stepped on the gas pedal, and the Porsche sped off.
Soon, Zhou Hong returned to the shantytown.
A Porsche entering the narrow alleyways of the shantytown attracted many curious glances.
"Zhou Hong, you can't drive any further. The alley is too narrow ahead, and there's no place to turn around," Liu Hua reminded Zhou Hong after they had driven a short distance into the shantytown.
"Oh, where should I park then?"
"There's an open space ahead where you can park, and then we can walk home. It's not far."
"Alright."
Zhou Hong had no choice but to park the car on an open patch in the shantytown and walk home.
At a fork in the road, Liu Hua waved to Zhou Hong. "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." Zhou Hong waved back. Zhou Hong's home was over a hundred meters away from Liu Hua's, and they had reached the split.
Soon, Zhou Hong arrived at the home of his current body.
Before he even entered the house, Zhou Hong could hear his parents talking inside.
"Old man, could our son really be a miracle doctor?" Zhou Hong's mother, the mother of this body, said.
"I don't know. How could that be possible? You know what kind of person he's been since he was little. How could he be a miracle doctor?" A man's voice, full of disbelief, belonged to Zhou Hong's father, Zhou Guangsheng.
"But, Mrs. Yang came to our house personally this afternoon and brought us so many eggs, saying our son cured her kidney disease. They have no reason to lie to us."
"But he's been unaccomplished since he was a child, how could he...!"
"Old man, don't forget, Zhou Hong isn't our biological son. We bought him. Who knows what his genes are like."
"Sigh, if it's true, that would be the best. We spent fifty thousand to buy a son back then. If he really turns out to be successful, it'll be worth it."
"By the way, old man, there are so many news reports online about child trafficking and missing children. Could our son's biological parents be looking for him too? What if they find him like in the news one day?"
"We'll deal with the future when it comes. We've raised him for so long, we can't just willingly give him back."
"It was my fault back then, that I couldn't have children. Fortunately, a distant relative of yours had connections, so we bought a son to continue the family line. Who would have thought this son would be so unaccomplished since he was little? If he really is a miracle doctor, that would be wonderful," said Zhou Hong's mother.
"Yes, that's why Mrs. Yang came this afternoon saying her son cured her kidney failure. I truly find it hard to believe. If our son is truly a miracle doctor, then we'll be well off."
"Now we just hope his biological parents don't find him, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain."
Hearing his parents' conversation inside, Zhou Hong was startled. The original owner of this body was not their biological son, but was bought from a human trafficker.
"Heh!" Zhou Hong felt speechless. This was too melodramatic.
However, Zhou Hong didn't feel anything. After all, he wasn't the original owner of this body. Whether they were his biological parents or not was of no consequence to him.
"I'm home." Zhou Hong stopped thinking and immediately walked into the house.
"Zhou Hong, you... why are you back?" Zhou Guangsheng was surprised to see Zhou Hong suddenly return.
"It's nothing, just came back to see you both." Zhou Hong said indifferently. They weren't his biological parents to begin with, and he was only fulfilling his filial duty to this body. Now that he knew this body wasn't their biological child and was bought, Zhou Hong felt even less affection for the couple before him.