Chapter 7: The Strange Phenomenon of Night

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  Hand over 100,000 yuan to the company's finance department, pack up his clothes and miscellaneous items, Ma Tong hugged a cardboard box and walked out of the company gate. He looked back at the place where he had fought for several years, and suddenly felt a little sentimental: Finally leaving, even the only connection with Ling Wanqing was gone...

  A poor guy's love affair ended quietly before it even started...

  Maybe this is the most scientific and should-be outcome!

  "Let's go!" Lü Dahai seemed to understand Matong's mood, patted Matong on the shoulder, took over Matong's cardboard box and put it in the car: "I'll send you home!"

  Ma nodded and turned around to get on the bus.

  Goodbye, everything here.

  All the way, Ma Tong remained silent.

  Lü Dahai looked at Ma Tong with a hint of concern and said in a low voice, "Tongzi, do you feel wronged?"

  "No," Matong shook his head, his voice very low: "I just sometimes feel that heaven is very unfair, why do I always have to pay for others' mistakes?"

  Lü Dahai also fell silent, and after a long while, he forced out a smile and said: "If you want to cry, then go ahead and cry! I won't laugh at you, brother!"

  "No need!" Ma Tong really wanted to cry, but he held it back!

  A real man doesn't easily shed tears!

  Ma Tong returned home and waved goodbye to Lü Dahai. He then called out to Zheng Li Rong, who was still busy in the small shop: "Mom! I'm back!"

  Zheng Lirong was delighted to see her son, and she immediately dropped the guests she was attending to and rushed to his side. She looked him up and down: "Didn't Hai say you wouldn't be back for a few more days? How did you get back so quickly? Did everything go smoothly? Was there any trouble on the road? Have you had lunch?"

  Ma Tong endured a whole day of scorching tears and finally burst out...

  A hero never sheds tears easily.

  It's just not yet heart-wrenching.

  Ma Tong's tears didn't matter, but they scared Zheng Lirong quite a bit. In the end, Ma Tong used the lame excuse "sand in his eyes" to brush it off. That night, Ma Tong didn't go out again, saying he was switching to day shifts. Although Zheng Lirong saw that her son had something on his mind, she also knew he was a man of his own ideas, so she didn't ask any more questions.

  At night, Ma Tong lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Although he had made up his mind to go out and find a new job the next morning, he also deeply knew how difficult it was for someone like him, without a diploma or special skills, who had only worked as a security guard for a few years, to find a suitable job in today's society.

  It seems that I can only be a security guard, if not, then go to the construction site and work for a few days first, in short, cannot let mom suffer with me!

  Having made up his mind, Ma Tong forced himself to count dumplings and fell asleep.

  As soon as Ma Tong finally fell into a deep sleep, his body suddenly burst forth with a brilliant golden blue light, illuminating the dark room in every detail.

  After a while, the golden blue light gradually shrank and condensed into a thumb-sized ball of light, which began to move on Ma Tong's body from his head. The route of the light ball's movement would make anyone who understood ancient qigong cultivation exclaim in shock!

  Because the route of that light ball is exactly the Ren and Du meridians among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians in the human body!

  While the light sphere was running, the azure color in the golden and blue lights became fainter and fainter, but the golden light became more and more prosperous!

  The next morning, as soon as it was light, Ma Tong woke up naturally. As soon as he opened his eyes, he smelled a familiar stench!

  Ma Tong suddenly came to and sat up, looking at himself. He only took one glance before letting out a blood-curdling scream!

  Oh no! How did it come again?!?!

  It turned out that Ma Tong found his body covered with those black stripes again, emitting a foul odor!

  Zheng Lirong, who was sleeping next door, was startled by the scream and sat up with a start. Without even getting out of bed, she anxiously called out: "Son, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

  "No, nothing!" Ma Tong hastily said: "I just had a nightmare, mom don't get up, I'm fine!"

  Zheng Lirong finally put her mind at ease, glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table, and saw that it was only 5 o'clock in the morning, so she fell asleep again.

  Ma Tong held his breath and listened for a while, discovering that the next room was quiet. He then tiptoed out of bed, hugging the dirty, smelly sheets, pillowcase, and towels as he slipped into the bathroom.

  So, Zheng Lirong's brand new bottle of Shu Fu Jia shower gel that she had just put in the bathroom yesterday, along with half a bag of OMO laundry detergent, made the ultimate sacrifice.

  What's wrong with me? Ma Tong, who had finally cleaned himself up, was on the verge of tears.

  At 7:30 in the morning, Ma Tong stuffed two fried dough sticks and a bowl of porridge into his stomach, greeted Zheng Lirong who was busy in the small shop, and set off on that rickety electric bike.

  As he passed the entrance of the residential area, he greeted Wang Dajie, the doorman, as usual. Wang Dajie looked at Ma Tong's back and sighed again: "He is a good kid, what a pity..."

  It's as if everyone has already decided that Ma Tong will never amount to anything in his life.

  It's also true that being a security guard at almost thirty years old is just going through the motions, isn't it what everyone would think?

  Sometimes, even Ma Tong himself would think so.

  Ma Tong bought a copy of Frontline Recruitment from a newsstand by the road and sat down on a flower bed by the roadside to read it.

  This one, no meal provided, not okay; this one, night shift, not okay; this one, in high-tech zone, too far from home, have to ride bike for 20 stations every day, also not okay; huh, this one is not bad, three shifts, meals included, salary negotiable?

  Ma Tong looked and looked, but still thought the last one was not bad, although he didn't say how much salary, after all, they were all security guards, how different could it be? He himself earned 2,000 yuan a month at Lejia, and there was also a year-end bonus!

  Vienna property, yeah, that's it!

  Ma Tong made a decision, stuffed the newspaper into the car seat, and rode the bike again.

  "Hello, miss, I'm here for an interview!" Ma Tong said very politely to the recruiter in front of him.

  "Where's the miss? Can you speak?" The girl in front of him, who looked ordinary but had an extraordinary temper, glared at Ma Tong fiercely: "What position are you applying for?"

  Ma Tong felt a bit helpless, after all, he was the one who had misspoken first. At this point, he could only smile and say: "Sorry about that, big sister, I'm here to apply for a security guard position!"

  "Security?" The girl's eyes were full of undisguised disdain, handing over a form: "Fill this out first! Did you bring a photo?"

  "Whatever!" Ma Tong felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he still controlled himself well. It's pointless to argue with a little girl!

  After a while, Ma Tong handed the filled-out form to the girl. The girl glanced at it roughly and sneered in an even more disdainful tone: "You're almost twenty-nine years old and a local city dweller, yet you're applying for a security guard position?"

  Ma Tong's face turned cold and he stared at the girl, saying: "What's wrong with security guards? Are they not human?"

  "That girl coldly said: 'I didn't say that! Hand over the photo, go back and wait for notification, we'll have someone specially interview you later!'"

  Ma Tong thought for a moment and asked: "How much is the security guard's salary here?"

  The girl said without thinking: "One thousand yuan per month during the probationary period, one thousand two hundred after becoming a regular employee, with meals and accommodation provided, double salary at the end of the year!"

  "Twelve hundred?" Ma Tong was slightly surprised: "How can it be so little?"

  The girl gave Ma Tong a glance: "You're just a security guard, how much do you want?"

  "I was a security guard at my previous unit too, and I earned 2,000 yuan a month!" Ma Tong said with a straight face.

  The girl this time didn't even lift her head and said: "Where did you originally work?"

  "Ling's Enterprise subsidiary - Lejia Sanitary Ware!"

  The girl looked up and carefully sized Ma Tong up, finding that he was neither tall nor sturdy. She sneered: "Can't you see? With your appearance, you've never been a soldier, how could you get into the Ling Shi Group? The Ling Shi family is a big company with assets over 10 billion, our small temple can't offer such a high salary. Why don't you go look somewhere else?"

  Ma Tong was severely rebuked by the girl, and his face couldn't hold up, but he also knew that the other party was telling the truth. At this point, he didn't refute again, and angrily turned around and left.

  "Look, what kind of person is this? Not outstanding at work, not outstanding in studies, but with a protruding waist disc. And yet he wants to earn 2,000 yuan a month? I only get 1,500!" The girl looked at Ma Tong's back with disdain.