In the bathroom, Lin Jian’s initial daze and terror had transformed into excitement and pleasant surprise.
He had suddenly realized that this was the legendary power of Invisibility!
After getting smashed over the head with a brick, he had unexpectedly gained the ability of Invisibility.
“And I can even use my Thought to detect objects!” he muttered.
Lin Jian took continuous deep breaths.
He had sensed something was off at the night market, and after testing it upon returning home, his suspicions were confirmed.
“Thought detection, Invisibility stealth…
doesn’t this mean I…
I’m going to be rich?” Lin Jian was so thrilled he wanted to scream at the top of his lungs, but he managed to hold it in.
He calculated the duration of his Invisibility while once again using his Thought to examine his own head.
First of all, the head injury he sustained from the brick strike had already healed.
Through his Thought, he could only see a faint trace of blood.
Secondly, deep within his mind, there was a new…
tree?
Lin Jian felt like he didn’t have enough brain cells to process this.
Why was there an umbrella-shaped fruit tree in his mind, bearing so many green fruits?
No, wait.
One of the fruits had fallen off.
At this moment, Lin Jian’s meticulous Thought noticed that there must have been a fruit on one of the lower branches earlier, but it was now missing.
After a brief moment of contemplation, a possibility dawned on him.
His sudden acquisition of Invisibility and Thought detection must have been powers granted by that fallen fruit.
The fruit wasn’t supposed to fall this early.
It had only dropped because he had been struck, causing the fruit to shake loose.
As soon as it fell, he gained these two abilities.
“No, wait, it’s not just two.
My strength has increased as well.”
Lin Jian’s eyes suddenly lit up.
If the fruits possessed magical powers, did that mean he would unlock even more Superpowers if more fruits fell from the tree?
“That has to be it.
It has to be,” he muttered, letting out a low, excited growl.
Right at that moment, his reflection reappeared in the mirror.
Lin Jian quickly pulled out his phone to check the time, realizing that his Invisibility only lasted for exactly three minutes.
“Only three minutes?
Let me try again.”
Feeling that three minutes was a bit too short, he tried to activate it again.
But upon his second attempt, he found that the Invisibility function wouldn’t trigger.
This meant he couldn’t use Invisibility consecutively.
CREAK.
Someone was opening the front door outside.
Lin Jian immediately extended his Thought outward, and his heart began hammering in his chest.
Because this time, he saw everything crystal clear.
Not only had his mother bought two cartons of Yuxi cigarettes, but she had also brought back four apples, half a watermelon, and a pineapple.
To prove that his Thought wasn’t making a mistake, Lin Jian hurried out of the bathroom!
The moment he stepped out, he took the grocery bags from his mother’s hands and pulled out the fruits inside!
Four apples, one pineapple, half a watermelon, and two cartons of Yuxi cigarettes!
Lin Jian’s hands trembled slightly.
He was so ecstatic that he wanted to hug his mother and plant a few kisses on her cheek.
However, his mother had always been strict with him since he was a child, and he had rarely acted affectionately around her.
As a result, the urge to hug and kiss her vanished as quickly as it came.
“Lin Jian, is the wound on your head fully healed?
Why didn’t you bandage it?
Let me see.” Lin Jing reached out to check the injury on his head.
But Lin Jian shook his head and laughed.
“Mom, I wasn’t injured at all.
Someone just splashed red ink on me.
Look, if you don’t believe me—there’s no wound at all.
I already washed the ink off.”
“You brat, you scared me to death.” Hearing that her son wasn’t hurt, Lin Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Lin Jian, I already gave the cigarettes to Liu.
Just head downstairs at seven tomorrow morning to go to the company with him.
Remember to bring your ID for onboarding.”
“You already gave them to him?
Then…
these…” Lin Jian pointed at the two cartons of cigarettes on the coffee table.
“I bought them for you.
Don’t smoke too much.” With that, Lin Jing stood up.
“I’m tired.
I’m going to bed now.
You should sleep early too.”
“Yeah, I know.” Lin Jian nodded without saying anything else.
Truth be told, he was starting to regret his decision.
Now that he had Invisibility and Thought, why on earth would he work as a security guard?
Still, he didn’t want to disappoint Lin Jing any further.
Being a security guard wasn’t so bad if it made his mother happy.
The next morning.
After an early breakfast, Lin Jian went downstairs to wait for Liu.
Liu’s full name was Liu Fei.
He lived on the third floor of Unit Two.
He had moved in relatively recently, and no one knew where he lived before.
A lifelong bachelor, he was a decent man who got along well with the neighbors in the residential compound.
Whenever someone had a minor chore that needed doing, they would ask him for help, and he would always cheerfully oblige without a hint of reluctance.
Over time, everyone in the compound developed a very good impression of him.
However, Lin Jian found the guy an eyesore because he was always stealing glances at his mother.
Every son in the world believed his mother was perfect, and Lin Jian was no exception.
He felt that Liu Fei wasn’t good enough for his mother; the man wasn’t even worthy of carrying her shoes.
Naturally, only the one wearing the shoes knew if they fit, so Lin Jian never voiced his objections aloud.
Liu Fei appeared to be around forty-six or forty-seven.
Though his figure had softened with middle age, his thick eyebrows and large eyes gave him a rather handsome and proper look.
Of course, his most defining trait was his honesty.
He was the very picture of an honest man.
The two of them hardly spoke during the journey.
Liu Fei was an honest man of few words, and Lin Jian had no desire to converse with him.
Even though they were walking together, they kept a wide distance between them.
Rejuvenation Square was a massive, all-in-one commercial complex that combined dining, accommodation, entertainment, and shopping.
As a key project for the city’s investment and development initiatives, it had only been open for a few months but was already booming with business.
Even the property values in the surrounding area had skyrocketed as a result.
There were even rumors that old residential compounds like Lin Jian’s might be demolished for redevelopment.
In short, Recovery Group was massive, encompassing large supermarkets, shopping malls, hotels, cinemas, food courts, and much more.
Because of Recovery Group’s sheer scale, they employed a significant number of security guards.
The security department alone boasted a staggering sixteen guards.
To Lin Jian’s surprise, Liu Fei was actually the deputy head of the security department.
No wonder he had the authority to hire him directly.
Lin Jian breezed through the onboarding process before heading to logistics to collect his uniform and name badge.
However, just as he was about to leave the logistics department, a large, heavyset man in a suit walked in.
Upon seeing the fat man, the logistics clerks all stood up and greeted him as President Hu.
“Liu, what a coincidence running into you here.” President Hu glanced at Liu Fei before pointing at Lin Jian.
“Is this the new recruit?”
“Yes, President Hu.
Do you have any instructions?” Liu Fei asked, bowing slightly.
President Hu waved his hand.
“Perfect.
Both of you, come with me.”
Without another word, President Hu led the way into the elevator.
A short while later, the trio arrived at the presidential suite on the top floor of the group’s hotel.
Inside the suite were several large leather suitcases and over a dozen potted plants.
At the same time, a voice drifted out from the suite’s inner room.
“Old Hu, take these things downstairs first.
You don’t need to come back up afterward; I’m almost done packing.”
It was a woman’s voice, but hearing it gave Lin Jian a massive shock.
It sounded exactly like the gorgeous woman he had wanted to hook up with last night.
Her voice was completely identical.
“I can’t be this unlucky, can I?” he thought.
Subconsciously, Lin Jian used his Thought to peek into the inner room!
One look was all it took for cold sweat to break out across his forehead.
He had absolutely no desire to cross paths with that gorgeous woman right now, so he scooped up two large flower pots and sprinted for the elevator!
President Hu chuckled.
“Ah, it’s great to be young!
Full of energy.
Good lad!”