AWB Chapter 89 : A Good Day
Chapter 89 : A Good Day
A Good Day"Ring ring—"
"Ring ring—"
At 7:30 in the morning, the alarm on the phone beside the pillow rang right on time.
Very quickly, a flawless white arm stretched out from under the quilt, picked up the phone, and turned off the alarm.
In this home, Gu Yanxi was always the first one to get up.
Fortunately, she slept very well every night.
She slowly sat up, carefully strapped on the bandage around her chest, fastened it at the back, and then put on a short-sleeved shirt. Gu Yanxi turned her head, and the profile of the silver-haired girl came into view—beautiful and captivating.
"Good morning, anna~"
The corners of her lips lifted into a faint smile as Gu Yanxi softly said in a barely audible voice.
After getting dressed and going to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth, Gu Yanxi was about to change shoes and leave to buy breakfast for the family. Suddenly, she glanced at her mother's tightly closed bedroom door. There seemed to be faint noises inside—as if music was playing softly from a phone.
"Up all night secretly playing on her phone again..."
Her elegant brows arched slightly and Gu Yanxi's expression instantly turned stern. She tiptoed to the door, reached out her slender jade hand, and grasped the doorknob.
Then, she suddenly twisted and pushed the door open!
As expected, just as Gu Yanxi had suspected, it was already past seven in the morning, and Yao Qian still hadn't slept. At that moment, she was sitting on the bed in her pyjamas, sporting large dark circles, and playing on her phone. When her daughter suddenly burst in, Yao Qian looked flustered, quickly put down the phone, pulled the quilt over herself, and tried in vain to cover things up.
"Look what time it is; you're still not sleeping? Stayed up playing on your phone all night again?"
Gu Yanxi's little face clouded over, her voice clear and cold as she chided.
"I did sleep! I just woke up..."
Hearing this, Yao Qian's face turned extremely awkward, her eyes darting about as she tried to defend herself.
"Really? Then don't sleep at all today. Come out and eat breakfast later."
Gu Yanxi snorted coldly.
"No, no, I suddenly feel sleepy again. Don't call me; let Mom sleep a bit more..."
Trembling, Yao Qian pulled the quilt tightly around her and finally said no more.
With a helpless sigh, Gu Yanxi closed the bedroom door again.
Arriving at the breakfast shop at the apartment complex entrance, while waiting for the owner to pack up the food, Gu Yanxi deliberately stepped outside and glanced at the notice board from yesterday. Just as Cecilia had said, not only were there no new missing person posters, but even the other rental and job ads had also been torn down by someone, clean as new.
Who knew when this whole uproar would finally be over...
Thinking back to the two wounds on Cecilia's body when she came home last night, Gu Yanxi couldn't help but sigh softly again.
Ten minutes later, Gu Yanxi returned home with the breakfast she'd bought. As soon as she walked in, she saw Cecilia, already washed up, sitting at the table, staring at her with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Yanxi asked, closing the door behind her.
"Come look at this,"
Cecilia didn't answer but gestured for Gu Yanxi to come over.
Putting the breakfast on the table, Gu Yanxi took two steps forward and, as she lowered her head, was instantly shocked by the scene she saw.
The gauze Cecilia had on her knee last night had already been taken off. It still carried dried, dark red blood, but the wound underneath was now fully healed—her knee was tender and smooth, without a trace of scarring.
"And the bruise on your shoulder...?"
Several seconds later, Gu Yanxi finally looked up and asked, mumbling.
She had personally applied medicine to Cecilia's shoulder last night and knew just how serious that bruise had been. By the ordinary person's measure, that kind of injury would take more than a month to heal.
Hearing this, Cecilia intuitively unbuttoned her shirt and pulled the pyjama collar down a bit, exposing her fair and flawless shoulder—just like her knee, completely unmarked by any signs of injury.
"Amazing..."
For a long while, Gu Yanxi could only utter this evaluation, eyes wide with wonder.
Unlike Gu Yanxi, Cecilia knew exactly why her wounds healed so quickly. Just like that occasional bug where time would slow down, this must have been a special ability granted by her identity as a Vampire.
If she could ever reach Aesther's level, even with just a drop of blood left, she could regenerate an entire new body.
Unfortunately, earth didn't have the abundant magic power that existed in the other world. Aesther herself once said that this was an extremely barren world; even someone as powerful as she was could only use less than one ten-thousandth of her full power on Earth.
Cecilia did not want Gu Yanxi to learn too much about the other world. Under her subtle guidance, Gu Yanxi soon stopped asking about it and instead turned on the TV, with the two of them sitting together at the coffee table, watching TV and eating breakfast.
Popping a whole soup dumpling dipped in vinegar into her mouth, Cecilia chewed while thinking about how to deal with Dragon Abyss next. Suddenly, a news broadcast from the TV caught her attention.
"Good morning, everyone. We interrupt this program for an important news bulletin. At 6:05 this morning, a serious traffic accident occurred on Nanyang Avenue in Donghai City. A blue Maserati sedan lost control while driving and crashed head-on into a flyover pier. The front of the car was severely damaged. The driver died on the spot; fortunately, no one else was injured."
"The cause of the accident and the identity of the deceased are still under investigation. We urge everyone not to spread rumors or believe in speculation!"
"Since it opened in 2001, nanyang Avenue has seen several fatal accidents due to its long, straight, and wide road and the sparse traffic. During holidays, drivers, please be cautious when traveling..."
"......."
Perhaps due to the nerves wrought by Dragon Abyss these past two days, as soon as she heard "Donghai City,"
Cecilia subconsciously looked up. As she listened to the news anchor, she thought to herself—Could it really be such a coincidence?
Could it be that heaven really does have eyes, and her well wishes for Dragon Abyss before going to bed last night... actually came true?
Next, the TV cut to footage from the crash scene. A royal blue luxury car sat across the roadside; both its front and the driver's cabin were smashed inward, parts scattered everywhere. The area was cordoned off, and crowds of people had gathered to watch.
As she watched the medics wheel away a stretcher covered in a white sheet, although Cecilia really hoped the person inside was Dragon Abyss, she knew deep down that Donghai City had over a million people. The odds of Dragon Abyss dying in a car accident were minuscule.
"Ugh, rest in peace. No offense meant."
Seeing the body on the stretcher, Gu Yanxi hurriedly closed her eyes and muttered a prayer. She was always timid and hated the sight of anything bloody or violent.
Cecilia picked up the last bun, stuffed it in her mouth, and mumbled in agreement, "Yeah, so tragic. To crash into a flyover pillar, I bet they were pretty drunk."
Breakfast done, while Gu Yanxi cleared the table, Cecilia still had no ideas about how to deal with Dragon Abyss. So she simply went back to her room, put on her helmet, and logged into the world of Legend of Kaloran.
Today was the last day before the version update. According to official announcements, once the servers came back at 6 a.m. the next morning, not only would content be updated, but the servers would merge with those of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, ending the separation of the national server and creating a situation with several strong factions.
Besides that, the auction she and Little Persimmon Puppy had organized was scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow night in the three-story building owned by Gu Yanxi, leaving them precious little time to prepare.
As the helmet started up, a flash of white light filled her vision. When Cecilia opened her eyes again, she was back in the familiar Main City plaza.
But today was different from usual. Her private message tab had over a dozen unread messages, all flashing in different colors.
There were messages from Yuewu, little Persimmon Puppy, and Dawn's Light.
Usually, she'd only have one or two unread messages when logging in; today, there were so many, all from those three, with the most recent just a minute ago.
Something major must've happened in Legend of Kaloran this morning, her instincts told her.
Was there a new world-class boss?
Puzzled, she opened Yuewu's message first.
[Yuewu: Sister Ce, something huge happened.]
[Yuewu: Did you watch the news this morning?]
[Yuewu: Someone else told me about it, so I went and checked.]
[Yuewu: If you haven't seen it, I strongly suggest you log off and look up the video online.]
[Yuewu: Dragon Abyss drunk-drove this morning and crashed straight into a bridge pillar—died instantly!]
[...]
Huh?
Staring at the flood of messages, Cecilia's face turned odd. She took a long time to process what she was seeing.
What in the world?
This can't be real... right?
A few seconds later, the melody of "A Good Day" echoed in her mind, and irrepressible joy surged in her chest. Cecilia quickly closed Yuewu's messages and opened Dawn's Light's DMs.
For Cecilia, Yuewu might joke or exaggerate sometimes, but Dawn's Light was in her top three most trusted people. Perhaps because of age and experience, he always acted with great caution, and would never say something unverified.
Indeed, the message she saw next was almost identical to Yuewu's.
There were a lot of words, but looking through everything, three keywords jumped out at her:
Dragon Abyss.
Driving.
Died in a crash.