BXBX NOVEL Chapter 202: Missed
"Yes, uncle. I\'ll send you the address, please come there," Lucian replied. He had a good idea for this opportunity.
His seductive and beautiful aunt would soon be showering her love and care on him.
After the call was cut, Lucian made slight preparations and booked a room since he didn\'t want to meet those people at his house.
"I wonder if that organization is trying to catch me. I have taken out one of their groups, after all," Lucian mumbled while going through a few news articles online.
But there was no mention of the bloodshed that happened not long ago. It was probably because the organization didn\'t want to reveal it to the outside world.
While going through the news, Lucian did find one article that caught his attention. It was about how he had buried two of his classmates alive under a garbage heap, leaving them bruised and battered.
"So they were found dead. Well, that\'s a good thing. What were their names again… whatever. The police haven\'t been able to find any clue so far."
The news article didn\'t disclose any information about the identities of the people who had died; it only mentioned some specifics of the crime.
Other than this, most news articles were filled with the names Smile or Gold, both for different reasons.
Authorities were trying to catch Smile, who had committed several murders, but the public held a different opinion. They were all calling him a hero or something.
On the other hand, Gold was also gaining popularity rapidly. The song was making people cry internationally. Even those who couldn\'t understand the lyrics were listening to it.
A lot of agencies were trying to contact him through the comments. They wanted the singer who shook countries with just one song in their agency and were even ready to spend as much as they could.
Seeing the success of his first song, Lucian was motivated to release more songs very soon. This time he planned to release a song that consisted of completely different emotions.
But since Broken was still in the highlight, it wouldn\'t be good to release his next song already. People would compare them, and they would inevitably be divided.
Instead, if he released a new song after Broken went out of the spotlight and the name Gold was no longer a hot topic, it would be much more impactful.
Before he could look for anything else online, a loud rumbling sound came from his belly. He had gotten so used to an empty belly that he almost forgot about his hunger.
Lucian left his mobile on charging and walked out of the room. Instantly, he smelled something delicious.
It seemed Angelina was cooking something, so he walked toward the kitchen, thinking about the excuse he would give her about his week-long disappearance.
After ten minutes, Lucian sat at the dining table, eating normal food that tasted especially delicious right now.
"Is your friend alright now?" Angelina asked as she sat in front of him.
"Yes, he is fine now, but in the accident, he almost lost his arm. So I needed to stay there with him, but I forgot the mobile here, and everything was just so hectic there that it completely slipped my mind," Lucian replied and then continued eating.
After he had eaten twice the amount of food he usually ate, he heard soft footsteps getting closer. Lucian immediately knew who it was.
While rubbing her eyes, Tess sleepily walked toward Lucian. Without saying anything, she sat on the chair beside him and placed her head over his arm. Enjoy more content from M V L
"Bruther, a-are you alrwight?" Tess asked, looking at him with watery eyes. It really seemed she might cry.
"Yes, I am fine. I was very busy. Did you miss me?" Lucian asked as he stopped eating and patted her head.
"Mmmm," she nodded. Although she wanted to ask and say more, she was just happy he was back. The previous week had been very sad and long for her.
"Don\'t worry. I am not leaving for that long again. Do you want to eat?" he asked, but Tess shook her head and replied:
"No, I will a-afwer the bwath."
\'Now that I think about it, I also need to take a bath. Well, I can do it after eating,\' Lucian thought and continued eating while Tess just sat there with her head resting on his arm, her eyes closed.
After stuffing food in his belly until he could no longer eat, Lucian finally stopped eating. Then he looked at Tess and saw that she had actually fallen asleep.
Angelina told him that because of his disappearance, Tess had barely been eating anything and was getting very little sleep. She spoke very little and always seemed melancholic.
Lucian sighed as he gazed at the cute little girl who originally had no relation to him. But now, he really felt as if she were his baby sister. She was so adorable too.
In the future, he would have to make proper preparations before going into a Chasm.
They were always unpredictable. After all, the creatures of the other planet were also trying to survive, and they would do anything for it. That was also why so many people died in the Chasms.
Picking up the little munchkin, Lucian brought Tess to her room and laid her down in the bed. After covering her with a blanket, he returned to his own room.
He planned to spend some time with Tess and only leave later in the day. While thinking this, he walked into the bathroom.
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Lucian felt refreshed after a long and nice bath. He changed into a new set of clothes and picked up his mobile. There were a couple of new messages and missed calls, so he decided to reply to them.
First, he sent two messages to Eric and Perv, telling them that he was fine and just made up an excuse as to why he had disappeared for a week.
Then he sent a message to his uncle, telling him the address where he needed to come along with his wife. Lucian made Echo book a room for himself.
RING
Just then, he received another call, and it was from Ava, his drama partner and the beautiful actress from school.
Lucian picked up the call and placed the mobile over his ear.
"H- Hello?" The surprise was audible in her voice; she didn\'t expect that he would really pick up the call.
"Yes, do you have anything to say?" he asked.
"You are still alive? I thought your bad karma got to you already, and you are buried in the ground.
Where have you been all this time? I have been calling you and sending you messages, but you never replied!" A frustrated and relieved voice of a girl sounded.
"Yes, I am still alive and in my house. I was quite busy previously, so I wasn\'t able to pick your calls or reply to your messages. If that\'s all you wanted to say, then goodbye," Lucian replied and was about to cut the call, but Ava spoke in a hurry.
"N-No, wait! Are you not going to participate in the drama competition? It is already so close, and we didn\'t have any time to prepare. Are you going to quit?"
She was feeling anxious. If he really rejected now, then the drama was going to be a disaster. In his absence, the members of the drama club had tried to find someone to replace him, but no one quite matched his level.
Lucian didn\'t reply immediately and seemed to be pondering. Every second he remained silent made her heart beat faster.
"Hmmm… I will participate. I\'ll come to school tomorrow, so let\'s meet there," he said after a long silence.
"R-Really? Okay, let\'s meet tomorrow. We still have enough time for rehearsals; most of the preparations are already finished. See you tomorrow." Ava clearly felt happy after hearing his response.
After the call was disconnected, she sent this news to the members of the drama club.
"Echo, is the game you have been working on finished yet?" Lucian asked.
(Yes, I have completed everything. I have removed all the bugs I found while testing the game and enhanced it to work even with low-tier PCs at low settings, while also adding the option for the best graphics.
Based on the other games that currently exist, it will highly outperform them all. Even the story is so well thought out.)
Lucian listened to her and nodded in satisfaction. This game was something he had worked on in his previous life while he had started getting deeper into programming.
An action RPG with a vast world, lots of characters, and a great story— it was just perfect and quickly gained a lot of users.
The company became big, and the game was popular worldwide, though his business partner at that time cheated and removed Lucian from his own company, taking advantage of the fact that he was in the hospital and had little knowledge about how to manage a company.
Of course, in the previous life, that man suffered the consequences later. But he must already be a rich businessman in this life. Meeting that man was a coincidence—a really bad one.
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