Chapter 32 "Windfall" (32) Uneasy

Roy went to the parking lot, put the toys he bought in the trunk of the car, and then returned the same way.

Walking on the broad Paradise Avenue, humming pop songs, suddenly, he stopped,

The hair on my hair stood on end as I felt strange footsteps behind me. When I turned around, I saw only the bustling crowd of tourists.

(Perhaps I have let my guard down for too long, and I feel very uncomfortable when I suddenly become nervous.)

To comfort myself, I kept looking back as I walked. I didn't find any followers, but I found a newsstand. I went in and bought a pack of "Pirate Brand" cigarettes. The price was more than twice as expensive as what was on the market.

"It's so dark. No wonder you can make a lot of money from this business."

Returning to the carousel facility, leaning against the railing and smoking a cigarette while waiting, Roy felt that several pairs of malicious eyes were watching him.

This time, the impression was particularly strong. I could be sure that those pairs of eyes were not far away from me, and I could even feel the breath full of hostility.

(It’s over, is it a gang member or...a police officer? I’m dead!)

Random thoughts kept popping up in my mind, and things that hadn't happened kept appearing. I seemed to have seen the killer pulling out a pistol, his own bloody body, and the tourists fleeing in panic...

Roy's underwear was instantly soaked with sweat, and the hand holding the cigarette began to tremble slightly. He turned his head little by little and took a glance.

Three elderly uniformed cleaners were holding brooms and glaring at themselves:

"Young man, please don't throw cigarette butts around in the park and don't embarrass us."

"Uh... I'm sorry, I'll be careful."

The cleaner walked away cursing.

"Huh...it's a false alarm." Roy let out a long breath and clearly felt the beating heart in his chest gradually slow down.

That was the feeling just now, of surviving a disaster and escaping to heaven.

(Relax... relax, there has been no movement for so long. People from the gang and the police station should have given up the money long ago. There is no need to scare yourself.)

After comforting myself in this way, I still felt uneasy in my heart. I looked around, always feeling that someone among the tourists was peeping at me.

Anna played with her niece for a long time, and the two of them didn't get down until they almost fainted.

"I really enjoyed it once and for all. I think... I never want to ride a merry-go-round again in my life."

"Me too... Aunt, I'm spinning so fast that I'm going to vomit."

"Hey! Roy!"

"Ah, you don't want to play anymore? Let's go and go somewhere else."

"Why were you so stunned just now? We were standing in front of you and were indifferent."

"Nothing." Roy lied; "Let's go ride the roller coaster."

There was a long queue of people waiting for the roller coaster. By bribing the staff, the three of them walked in directly from the maintenance entrance to play.

The roller coaster at Disneyland is well-deserved. Even Roy, who had passed the fighter pilot test, was upset by the continuous flips and handstands.

After coming down, except for little Lisa who felt excited, the two adults started vomiting while holding on to the trash can.

"I feel so uncomfortable... It seems I was right not to join the army."

"Uncle Roy, I'm hungry."

"Let's go, uncle invites you to have a big dinner."

In the evening, the three of them ate at the most luxurious barbecue restaurant in Leyuan Commercial Street. Roy looked at the menu and asked what was more expensive.

Lisa usually ate some synthetic energy bars, compressed biscuits and the like, but when she saw a table full of dishes carefully cooked with natural ingredients, she couldn't control her greed anymore, and her belly

Eat a lot.

At night, tourists gathered in the square and waited quietly for something. At seven o'clock sharp, fireworks bombs began to be set off on the largest castle in the center of the park.

Fireworks explode in the night sky, blooming into beautiful colorful flowers, making people forget the huge sound they make when they explode.

Forget the silence of the night sky,

Forgot the sorrow, forget the trouble...

The magnificence of the moment before destruction is to leave the beautiful shadow in the memory,

Lifted into the air, exploded, and finally disappeared into ashes,

Just like the lowly lives at the bottom of this city who are wantonly oppressed.

Roy had been highly tense throughout the afternoon, and now he finally relaxed, imagining himself taking a spaceship, flying out of the filthy atmosphere, and heading to that beautiful colony, just like the Immigration Bureau's advertisement claimed - a paradise.

When the fireworks show ended, the COSPLAY show wearing animated character costumes began.

The children in the square screamed.

"Look, it's Mickey Mouse!"

Lisa raised her head, her big watery eyes filled with gratitude:

"Thank you Auntie, thank you Uncle Roy, today is the happiest day in my life."

"Silly boy, you can't say that. You will become happier and happier. Many people will love you and you will surely grow into a healthy and lively good girl."

As he left the Disneyland parking lot, Roy's wireless communicator rang;

"Yeah... Got it, thank you."

He put down the phone, adjusted it to autopilot mode, and whispered to Anna:

"Little Lisa's surgery has been arranged. It will be the day after tomorrow. It will be performed by the best expert. It requires the signature of the legal guardian. What should Albert do?"

"Brother... he won't agree. I will imitate his handwriting. That... Roy... the surgery fee must be very expensive. It's hard for you."

“Don’t worry about money, I’ve already paid the deposit in advance.

The contact person said that the patient's condition is not optimistic. The child patient is weak and the condition is too severe. There is a high probability that he will not be able to get off the operating table. As an aunt, you should think carefully."

"Risk an organ transplant, or let this lovely child wait to die, we have no choice, Roy." Anna said softly, her eyes moist.

"It's okay, dear, no matter what the outcome is, I will bear it with you. If your brother is angry, just let him beat me hard to vent his anger."

"I love you...Roy."

Anna kissed him gently on the cheek.

"Your beard is really prickly, please shave it off."

"It's better to keep it, it looks manly."

"Wow, kiss!" Little Lisa clapped her hands; "In this way, Uncle Roy will soon be my uncle. If you kiss, we will have a child, right?"

"That's right." Anna wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves and smiled at her niece and said:

"You are about to have a little cousin or a little cousin."

"Great, then I will have someone to play with."

The car was driving on a dark night road. In order to ensure safety, it was switched back to manual driving mode. Roy constantly checked the rearview mirror to confirm that no suspicious vehicles were following.

When I sent little Lisa home, it was already late at night, Albert was still working overtime, and the room was empty. Anna told her niece:

"Don't tell dad that your aunt took you out to play. Just say that we came to see you and left these toys as gifts. Remember?"

"Remember!"

On the way home, both of them had their own worries. Roy was worried about being followed, and Anna felt sorry for her little niece.

"She will have an operation the day after tomorrow, and I want to spend another day playing with her tomorrow."

"Okay." Roy said absently.

"Woo! Buzz!"

The sound of a powerful engine came from behind, and a modified sports car passed by quickly, its taillights disappearing from sight.

Roy was so frightened that he turned the steering wheel fiercely, stepped on the brakes, and still hit the trash can on the roadside.

"What's going on? You've been in a daze since the afternoon..." Anna got out of the car and held her head in her hands:

"Oh my God! The bumper is flattened!"

"You're not hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine, but the car is in bad shape."

Roy pretended to be calm and wanted to light a cigarette, but he couldn't find a lighter. So he went back to the car and pulled out the cigarette lighter. He puffed out a puff of smoke and the pressure gradually eased:

"Sorry... dear, I was thinking about something and got distracted. This old car isn't worth much. I'll call the car rental company and buy it."

"You must be careful when driving. Those racing gangs are really serious. Why are you driving so fast if you don't want your life?"

"A bunch of crazy rich kids, who do nothing but drag racing and take drugs. Sooner or later they will be smashed to pieces. Get in the car and I'll drive slower."

At the end of the avenue, a sports car was burning, with broken parts scattered on the ground, and the driver's body had been burned into a skeleton.

This car does not seem to be the one that scared Roy before. The sound of an ambulance arriving can be heard. The police are checking the scene and driving away the spectators.

"It's late at night, there's nothing to see, let's go!"

Roy lowered the window and spat at the burning wreckage of the sports car: "You deserve it!"

"Don't say that, it's a life after all." Anna made the sign of the cross on her chest and prayed.

"Almighty and merciful God, please lead this soul to heaven so that he will no longer suffer..."
Chapter completed!