Dao of the Bizarre Immortal

Chapter 655 - Gaze

After chasing out his mom, Li Huowang sighed and sat on his chair. He stared at his messy room, then he checked his calendar and noticed that Yang Na’s birthday was coming up.

Li Huowang silently thought about what to do for her birthday. What gift should I prepare other than the fact that I’ve been discharged?

“Wait, how much do I need to score in my final exams to get admitted into her university?”

Li Huowang checked his phone and hissed in surprise when he saw the astronomical number of points he had to achieve to even apply for that university. Still, he quickly recovered and grew resolute.

“I need to fight for this! I promised her that I would do it. I’ve gone through so much. I won’t get intimidated by this!”

Li Huowang decided to study immediately, so he started studying on his phone.

The door of his room creaked, opening slowly.

It was Sun Xiaoqin, already in her pajamas. When she saw Li Huowang was on his phone, Good. Young people like him should play on their phones more often.

Sun Xiaoqin nodded in satisfaction and left.

Time slowly passed, and his neighborhood gradually grew silent. In the darkness of the night, Li Huowang massaged his temples as he stared at the phone.

It was close to one o’clock at night when he closed his eyes in despair and lay down on his bed. His head was buzzing.

“I was wrong. I’m really worried now. Why is it so complicated? I remember learning this in school, so why can’t I understand it now?”

Sometimes things in life couldn’t be done with just hard work. There was nothing he could do if it was too hard to comprehend. It was definitely not something he could learn on his own.

Li Huowang understood that he needed a systematic approach. He would never be able to enter Yang Na’s university if he continued to study by himself in his room.

“What should I do? I need to find a way to keep up with her. Even if I can’t catch up to her in the second year of university, I still need to find a way to catch up to her in the final year so we can graduate together.”

Li Huowang closed his eyes and suddenly felt the money in his pocket. He had a great idea.

“Should I use the money to register for some courses online? The money from my mom and Yi Donglai should be enough.”

Li Huowang perked up and started searching through his phone again. He ignored his fatigue even though it was already late at night.

While he was trying to come up with a plan to enter the university, he felt like someone was staring at him. He frowned at this familiar sensation.

“Seriously? Is Madam Qi still trying to keep an eye on me even though it’s this late? Isn’t she taking her job too seriously?”

Li Huowang lifted a small corner of his curtain and peeked outside, but he saw no one.

Am I too tired?

Li Huowang returned to his bed and lay down. He closed his eyes and tried forcing himself to sleep. He tried to ignore the sensation, but no matter how hard he tried, it was so intense that he couldn’t sleep.

Li Huowang was now certain that someone was still watching him!

Fuck! Let’s see who’s the bastard that keeps looking at me!

He jumped out of his bed in anger. Then, he peeked through his window and slowly looked around outside. However, it was too dark, making it hard for him to find the person who was staring at his room.

After half an hour, Li Huowang finally found them. The person stood motionlessly on the corner of the street, where it was extremely dark.

Li Huowang thought that the person seemed very tall and skinny. It was too dark to make out their face though.

Li Huowang closed his eyes and shook his head. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the person’s appearance had somehow changed a little. He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him due to how dark it was.

“Unless...”

Li Huowang recalled what Qian Fu had told him last time.

“Impossible! Why am I thinking of him? Am I crazy?”

Li Huowang needed to go and confirm who the person was, no matter who it was. Nevertheless, he was certain that the person was not Madam Qi.

Li Huowang quickly placed a pillow on the stool and stacked several things on top of it to make the figure at the window look like him.

He wanted to make sure that his disappearance did not alert the person. Li Huowang got on the floor and slowly crawled out of his room.

To prevent himself from making any sounds, Li Huowang made his way downstairs barefoot. Using the greenery and foliage for cover, he slowly approached the spot where the person was.

Li Huowang got close and could finally see the silhouette of the person.

“Huowang!”

Someone suddenly shouted his name, and Li Huowang raised his head instinctively.

He looked at his room and saw Sun Xiaoqin peeking out of the window and looking around.

Li Huowang looked back at the corner where the person had been and realized they had disappeared. There was nothing in the darkness.

“They are gone? Where are they?”

Li Huowang quickly searched around the place.

“Huowang! Where are you? Don’t scare me!” Sun Xiaoqin yelled, pushing herself halfway out the window and looking around the neighborhood.

When Li Huowang saw how worried his mother was and how the lights of other homes were lighting up in response to her cries, he begrudgingly stood up.“Mom! I’m here! Don’t worry! Something fell, and I came here to pick it up!”

“Why are you picking it at night? You can do it tomorrow! Come up, quick!”

Li Huowang took one last look at the darkness before returning to his room. He couldn’t sleep a wink throughout the night afterward.

The next morning, he was still trying to figure out who that person was even as he ate his breakfast.

Firstly, no matter what their goal is, I am certain that they exist.

He felt that while Madam Qi had also been keeping an eye on him, the sensation of being watched had mostly been due to the mysterious person.

But why?

Li Huowang could not figure it out. He was not rich, nor did he have any valuables on him. Moreover, it would be expensive to hire someone to monitor him.

“What’s wrong? Do you like daydreaming now?” Sun Xiaoqin said as she washed the plates and wiped the table clean. “Why aren’t you playing your games? I’ve turned on your computer.”

“Mom, I don’t want to play.”

Li Huowang held his forehead in pain. He couldn’t tell his mother about the mysterious person. If he did, she would think that he had gone crazy again.

“Nonsense! You are still young, so there’s no way you don’t want to play! Hurry up and go! Don’t live like an old man. I will slice some fruits for you later, so what fruit do you want?”

Li Huowang sighed and went back to his room.