American homeless people, surviving in the city

Chapter 172 Back on the Streets

After receiving the mission rewards and accepting new missions, Lin Qi's drowsiness from waking up had almost completely dissipated.

He stretched and got out of bed.

Just then, a knock came from outside the bedroom door. Lin Qi said, "Come in," and Dr. Su Leiya pushed open the door and walked in carrying a heavy medical equipment case.

She was dressed casually, her expression tense, her face full of the seriousness and earnestness typical of doctors. However, in order to squeeze into this bedroom, she had to bend down slightly.

Upon seeing Lin Qi awake and standing energetically by the window, the doctor's tense expression eased, and a smile appeared on his lips: "You look very energetic. It seems you're recovering well. That's great news."

"However, please sit by the bedside for a while longer, so I can check your vital signs for today."

Lin Qi obediently sat down and silently watched as Dr. Su Leiya completed a series of examinations on him. The doctor then lifted Lin Qi's clothes to examine several bruises and wounds on his body, and finally recorded everything in a notebook.

After completing all this, she flipped through the notebook, comparing Lin Qi's physical indicators over the past few days, and reported today's examination results: "Indeed, Mr. Lin Qi, your recovery speed far exceeds that of ordinary people. According to my observation, your ribs should have begun to heal, and the infection symptoms are also significantly subsiding. I estimate that you will be fully recovered in about three more days at most."

It's back.

Then, in a joking tone, she said, "While it's not as exaggerated as a superhero's in the movies, your recovery speed is truly astonishing. Do you have alien genes, or were you bitten by some small animal or something?"

Listening to Dr. Su Leiya's joke, Lin Qi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Although he wasn't an alien, his rapid recovery did indeed involve some supernatural factors...

But outwardly, he remained calm and responded with a smile, "Haha, maybe I really should get a genetic test, who knows?"

Dr. Su Leiya chuckled softly, not dwelling on the topic. Then, her expression turned serious again, and she earnestly instructed Lin Qi, "...While that's true, bone recovery still takes a long time. Right now, although your ribs should have begun to heal, the fracture site is definitely not completely healed and stable, and some areas of nerve damage haven't fully recovered and stabilized."

"Therefore, I know you must have something to do to be in a hurry to be discharged and can't just rest at home. However, please don't do any strenuous exercise when you're out. Otherwise, you'll regret it later if it causes any health problems, understand?"

Lin Qi casually agreed, but in his mind he was already planning his day.

He had been away from the streets for too long and had lost contact with many people during that time. Now, he needed to settle some unfinished business from the past and check on the safety of the friends he had made on the streets.

Of all these things, there is one that is most crucial. That is, to find out what Chen Kelei, who has been out of contact for a long time and was so busy that he only had time to hurriedly reply to Lucas with a text message, is doing.

Lin Qi had a vague sense of unease, and he hoped that his premonition would not come true.

Half an hour passed quickly. After washing up and having breakfast, Lynch changed into the new clothes that Lopez's family had prepared for him in his room and walked toward the door leading to the garage.

After simply changing into his new clothes and walking a few steps around the room, he immediately noticed their unique qualities. Although they were autumn/winter clothes, they didn't feel bulky at all. While keeping him warm, they were also very breathable, making them exceptionally comfortable to wear.

Lin Qi couldn't figure out whether the clothes were special in terms of design or material, but he could clearly sense that these new clothes were definitely expensive.

He went into the garage, pressed the button on the car key, and opened the door of the brand-new Land Rover Range Rover.

The car had been pre-arranged with air freshener, and a soft, refreshing scent wafted out, completely masking the distinctive smell of leather and engine oil that was typical of new cars.

Everything inside the car looked brand new. The leather covering the seats had a particularly clear texture, and the exposed metal and wood also looked exceptionally high-end. The instrument panel was polished to a shine.

Lin Qi felt that this car was the complete opposite of the dusty, beat-up car he had been driving before. If this was a real car, did the junk he had been driving before even deserve to be called a car?

He opened the garage door, climbed into the driver's seat, took a deep breath, and stepped on the gas.

The steel beast beneath him, which was consuming gasoline, suddenly unleashed a powerful thrust he had never felt before.

The Land Rover roared out of the garage and sped along the clean and tidy Seattle suburban road in front of the house!

Lynch once again clearly felt that even the road in front of his house was completely different from the messy, dirty Third Avenue, which was full of thugs, needles, garbage, and drug addicts.

However, despite being quite different, this is indeed a street in Seattle.

A surge of inexplicable excitement welled up in Lynch's heart... On the streets of Seattle, I'm back!

The first thing I did upon returning to the streets was naturally to visit the small campsite in the greenbelt where I used to live.

Although, in theory, old James should be begging on Third Avenue at this time, and Raul should be working his illegal job, he still wanted to go back and check on them first.

Not for any other reason than that there is still a lingering sense of nostalgia in my heart.

During the time he spent in America, that small camp in the greenbelt was the place he could most call "home".

I wonder how the three programmers are doing? The one who was seriously ill back then was probably named Tang En. I wonder if he's recovered?

...I wonder how the West family is doing? They had only recently moved to the camp when I disappeared in a car accident, and I didn't even have a chance to get to know them...

...Old James, well, he shouldn't have much to worry about. That guy's a seasoned street hustler...

Lost in thought, Lin Qi drove through the streets and alleys of Seattle.

Soon, he arrived near the small campsite in the green belt next to Highway 15.

Since there were no parking spaces nearby, and Lin Qi didn't dare to park his car directly in the green belt like he used to when he drove his old car, for fear that the branches in the green belt would scratch the paint of his new car, he drove around the area twice, looking for a parking space that he had never noticed before.

As he was wandering around the camp, he suddenly noticed two people sitting by the roadside right next to the camp.

Those two were none other than old James and Raul!