Chapter 102: Peeping

What a sight to behold!

Her excitement made her hands tremble uncontrollably.

The tutorial for moving the space wasn’t very long. Jing Xi read through it once and memorized it immediately.

It was simple and straightforward—she just had to keep thinking about the place she wanted to go, silently recite the person’s name three times, and the space would move according to her will.

Now she finally understood why, during Meng Fanxin’s incident, she had been transported to the Taihang Mountains. It was because she had been constantly thinking about it, then even dreamed about it at night, so the space had automatically taken her there!

With this ability, wouldn’t long-distance travel become a non-issue in the future?

Her mind couldn’t stop imagining the possibilities.

Going to Beijing, Shanghai, or heading south to enjoy hotpot…

However, another line of text suddenly appeared on the wall, dashing her hopes for long-distance travel.

[Crossing city-level boundaries is temporarily restricted unless initiated by the space itself.]

Unless initiated by the space itself?

What did that mean?

Fine!

One should learn to be content!

Being able to move at all was already amazing!

So, should she go check out Kong Yu’s house?

Following the instructions given by the space, she executed the steps, and in the corridor of the space, she discovered that she had indeed arrived at a completely unfamiliar location.

A sign at the entrance indicated that she was in the mining company’s family housing complex.

This was a newly built residential area, with around fifteen buildings in total.

Each building was four stories high, divided into four units, and entirely enclosed.

It lacked the open corridors, shared restrooms, and other features of the older-style apartments.

Every household had its own private entrance.

The complex was located on the outskirts of South Town, the closest residential area to the mine.

No wonder the buildings were so new.

Soon, the space transported her to the third building—

Unit two, ground floor—where the Kong family was having dinner.

Jing Xi peered through the kitchen window and saw Wang Xiaoli scolding Kong Yi.

“Eat! Why aren’t you eating? What, do you think the food I made is terrible? If you’re so capable, get up and cook for yourself! Or better yet, why don’t you bring that whore Yuzhu back from the dead to cook for you!”

“Regretting it now, huh? Regretting marrying me? Let me tell you, this is your fate! You think every woman is like Yuzhu, playing the devoted housewife, taking care of your whole damn family every single day? Do you think I’m as stupid as she was? Eat if you want, don’t eat if you don’t—I don’t care!”

Kong Yi looked at the leftover food on the table and remained silent.

Wang Xiaoli slammed her bowl down. “You’re such a useless man! Not even worth three slaps! How did I ever fall for you? Your son gets bullied at school and in society, and as his father, you can’t even do a damn thing about it! He has to rely on your brother for everything! If it weren’t for Zhigang, do you know how badly our son would have been bullied?”

Kong Yi moved his lips slightly and glanced at Kong Yu’s missing front tooth. “Are you sure he’s the one being bullied and not the one doing the bullying?”

Kong Yu became furious, dropping his bowl and slamming his chopsticks onto the table. With his wind-leaking teeth, he protested, “Dad, when have I ever bullied anyone?! Why are you always siding with outsiders?”

Kong Yi’s voice remained calm. “Do you really think I never leave the house and don’t know anything?”

After all, Kong Yi didn’t just have one brother.

Kong Yu fell silent. Wang Xiaoli, seeing that her son was upset, immediately became aggressive again.

“Is this because of Kong Xin and his big-mouthed wife running their mouths again? Look at you, ignoring your own family’s words but listening to outsiders instead!”

Kong Yi said nothing.

Kong Zhigang wasn’t an outsider, so why was Kong Xin’s family considered outsiders?

Both of them were his biological brothers, yet in Wang Xiaoli’s mouth, Kong Xin was an outsider?

Kong Yi no longer spoke.

He simply picked up his bowl and started eating.

Looking across the table at Kong Yu, who had been completely spoiled and misled, he no longer knew how to correct his bad habits and behavior.

This was his fault.

He hadn’t disciplined him enough in the past, always thinking that as a father, he didn’t need to put in too much effort in raising his child.

But now, he was nothing more than a useless cripple. Only after becoming disabled did he realize that his son had turned out like this.

Sitting in a wheelchair, being ordered around by Wang Xiaoli every day.

She wasn’t like this before.

The Wang Xiaoli of the past was timid, afraid of trouble, gentle, and always spoke softly.

How did she become like this?

Kong Yi simply couldn’t figure it out.

Was it all because of his workplace injury?

Jing Xi watched as he ate in silence, his head lowered, sitting in that wheelchair with his crippled legs.

His clothes looked like they hadn’t been changed in a long time, his hair was messy, and he was completely unkempt.

All of this… was simply karma.

If Kong Yi had known he would end up like this, would he have driven Yu Zhu away back then?

Would he still have hit her?

Jing Xi continued observing for a while longer and noticed that Wang Xiaoli truly doted on Kong Yu.

One could even say she spoiled him.

Before he went to bed, even when brushing his teeth, she would squeeze the toothpaste onto his brush for him.

“Mom, what am I supposed to do about my tooth?”

Wang Xiaoli reassured him, “Don’t worry, my dear son. I’ll find a doctor tomorrow and see if there’s a way to fix it. Trust me, I will make sure you get justice for this! I don’t believe those two young men and that girl can stay at the Liu family’s house forever. When I have time, I’ll go to Beizhen and bring your second uncle along!”

Kong Yu hesitated, “Mom, Second Uncle said we shouldn’t go to Qishan Road. He said the people there have some serious connections. He also said we really do have to pay compensation for this.”

Wang Xiaoli’s eyes widened. “Compensation? No way! Where do we have the money to pay for that? I’ll talk to your second uncle! I refuse to believe I can’t handle something this small!”

“But Mom, do you think they’ll retaliate against me?”

“They wouldn’t dare!” Wang Xiaoli scoffed. “But still, stay home for the next few days and keep an eye on your father. If your third uncle and aunt come over, listen carefully to what they say to him, and tell me everything when I get back. Got it?”

Kong Yu nodded.

“And another thing—don’t tell your father or your third uncle’s family that we went to the Liu house!”

“I got it,” Kong Yu replied.

Kong Yi and Wang Xiaoli had already separated.

They no longer shared a bedroom. Wang Xiaoli slept in the master bedroom, while Kong Yu had the second bedroom. There was also a small bedroom in the house, which was Kong Yi’s.

Before going to bed, Kong Yi took out a photo from under the bed. However, because he had his back turned, Jing Xi couldn’t see what was in the picture.

He stroked the photo for a long time before finally putting it back and going to sleep.

Only after confirming that all three members of the family had fallen asleep did Jing Xi leave.

Using her space, she returned directly to the hotel.

The moment she stepped back into her hotel room, she heard a familiar male voice coming from the next room.

It was Liang Chen.

He was muttering something in his room, speaking politely, though it was unclear whom he was talking to.

Curious, Jing Xi used her space to move outside his window and saw that he was sitting alone at the edge of the bed, using a pager.

So he wasn’t making a phone call—he was typing while speaking out loud.

After returning to her room, about ten minutes later, she heard someone knocking on Liang Chen’s door. More than one person had arrived.

She listened carefully and realized they were discussing Xu Jin and Quan Zhiwen.

However, their voices were too low for her to hear clearly, so she eventually gave up.

She then entered her space and returned to her home in Fucha Village.

Two or three days later, just as she was about to head to the village office, she saw Liu Yan and Liu Chun hurrying toward her.

Both of them looked excited.

“What happened? Good news?”