Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Shadow on the Mountain Road
In the room of the abandoned construction site, Li Jingbo heard that Li Chao was leaving Da L, and suddenly there was a panic in his heart, and this panic came from a boy in his twenties who had not yet matured, and he was worried about leaving his hometown.
At this moment, Li Chao didn't notice Li Jingbo's expression, and was still chattering: "Xiaobo, don't worry, since I, Li Chao, can gain a foothold in Big L, then when I go to other places, others can't bully us, we are wolves!
"If we leave, what will my grandma do?" Li Jingbo heard that Li Chao was really leaving, and after lowering his head and muttering for a long time, all kinds of emotions were intertwined in his eyes: "Xiaochao, the situation of the two of us is different, I can't accompany you to the end of the world for the rest of my life, because your father is in the prime of life, even if you are not there, he can take care of himself, and if I leave and leave my grandma at home alone, she will not even have a person who can support the elderly and send her to the end of her life." β
"Well, if you don't want to go, I can understand that. After listening to Li Jingbo's words, although he was polite, a trace of murder obviously flashed in his eyes, since the accident, Li Chao didn't have too deep feelings about the departure of those friends who usually drank and meat, but in the face of Li Jingbo, who really helped him, he actually sprouted a hatred of betrayal, because he thought it was a betrayal.
"But don't worry, even if I don't go with you, I will definitely not leave you down at such a time. Li Jingbo took a deep breath: "That's it, I'll accompany you to Mountain X first, and when we make enough money, I'll send you to Yue N, and then when you're completely safe, I'll return to Da L and continue to serve my grandmother." β
"Thank you. After listening to Li Jingbo's words, Li Chao's face softened slightly: "Xiaobo, I'm online now, plus today's incident, the two of us definitely can't stay here, we have to leave overnight, and now I can't contact anyone, but the police shouldn't be staring at you, so, can you find a way to get some travel expenses." β
"Okay!" Li Jingbo thought for a while and nodded: "Recently, all the money I earned has been taken back to my grandmother, but I should still have some money there, I didn't contact her before, because I was afraid that she would worry, but now it seems that I can't care so much, I will go to her school in a while and look for her in person." β
"If I can make a comeback, I will double what you have done for me today. Li Chao nodded in response.
"Xiaochao, when you are good, I stay by your side to help you, when you are not good, I am still by your side, from beginning to end, I am not trying to let you repay me anything, just because we are brothers. As Li Jingbo spoke, he took out a mobile phone on his body: "What is in this card is my mobile phone number, and my partner is a couple, I haven't used it much, the police shouldn't be able to find this number, you take this mobile phone, if things are wrong, you will find a place to hide first, and when I get the money, I will find a way to call you!"
"Okay!" Li Chao nodded in agreement.
After Li Jingbo handed the mobile phone to Li Chao, he strode away from the abandoned construction site.
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The sky is like ink, the silver moon on the horizon is shining, and a touch of bright moonlight shines along the window and reflects on Li Chao's face.
Since Da Ming died, Li Chao has been holding a string in his heart, and at the same time he is constantly brainwashing himself, as a murderer, there is no turning back, at that stage, Li Chao thinks that he is very open-minded in the face of death, so when he committed the crime, he has always excluded Li Jingbo, and at the same time began to learn to be in money, not to care so much about gains and losses, although Li Chao has a lot of small problems, but he is not so stupid that he can't distinguish between true and fake friends, so when he is desperate, he wants Li Jingbo to stay out of the matterγ
But when Liu Baolong defected and could no longer stop Yang Dong's revenge for him, and the police were also arresting him everywhere, the string in Li Chao's heart completely broke, and the strength he had been pretending to be collapsed in an instant.
Li Chao is not a big brother in society after all, let alone a gangster, in the final analysis, he is just the selfish, cowardly street gangster he once was.
In this troubled water of the rivers and lakes, Li Chao stepped in.
He did what he should do and what he shouldn't.
He killed those who should be killed, and those who should not be killed.
Li Chao gambled on his youth and wanted to win a prestigious reputation admired by thousands of people, but it backfired, when the dust settled, Li Chao was not only still the low-level gangster, but also the end of the road.
Faced with this ending of having nothing, Li Chao was unwilling! Dissatisfied! Not angry!
Even more unconvinced!
When Li Chao listened to Li Jingbo say that he handed over all the money he had earned recently to his grandmother, he quickly calculated an account in his mind, Li Chao is a very thoughtful person, especially in terms of money, although he doesn't know how much money Li Jingbo paid to his family, but a rough calculation, in recent times, Li Jingbo has earned at least sixty or seventy thousand yuan.
For Li Chao a month ago, this money was not too much, but with his current situation, the sixty or seventy thousand yuan is enough for him to survive well in a short period of time, at least he doesn't have to eat these expired foods anymore, and he doesn't have to drink the sewage scooped out of the stinky ditch.
"Money is a life-saving medicine, and it is also the root of all evil...... Li Chao muttered inexplicably, then picked up a cigarette butt on the ground, lit it, and then looked at the starry sky at night along the broken window, and his mind came alive again.
A minute later, Li Chao pressed the burnt cigarette butt of the filter on the ground, and as the smoke cleared, Li Chao's eyes were already full of fierce light.
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After Li Jingbo left the abandoned construction site, because he was penniless, he walked for about two hours to reach the comprehensive high school, and then walked to a black iron gate on the north side of the main entrance, which is next to a supermarket.
"Hey, classmate, please help me call Xue Lebei from the sophomore art class!" After Li Jingbo walked to the opposite side of the iron gate, he happened to meet two girls who came to buy things after class in the evening, so he craned his neck and shouted.
"Looking for Xue Le?" The female voice inside the door heard the voice and glanced out along the crack in the door: "Is it Brother Bo?"
"Jiajia, it's you!" Li Jingbo saw that the girl who came to buy things was Xue Le's classmate, and he also smiled: "Is Xue Le with you?"
"No, Lele went to participate in a painting competition on behalf of the school. After Jiajia responded to Li Jingbo's question, her face was a little unhappy: "Brother Bo, what's the matter with you, in the past few days, Lele has called you a lot, you have always turned off your phone, WeChat or anything can't contact you, she has cried several times." β
"Something happened to me here, and I can't tell you for the time being, do you know when Xue Le will come back?" Li Jingbo asked again.
"She's been gone for two days, and it looks like she'll be back tomorrow morning. β
"In this way, you can help me bring a message to Xue Le, just say that when class ends at noon tomorrow, I am still waiting for her here, and you let her come to see me. β
"Okay!" Jiajia nodded: "By the way, if she doesn't find you, how can she contact you?"
"The two of us have the same phone number, if she can't find me, you let her call that number!" Li Jingbo quickly responded.
"Got it!"
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After a brief conversation with Xue Le's classmates, Li Jingbo turned around and left the front of the high school, but instead of returning to the abandoned construction site, he walked towards the street on the other side.
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The other side.
In Dadonggou Village, outside Li Jingbo's courtyard, about 50 meters away, in a mountain col, a dilapidated van covered with wild grass is quietly parked, looking from a distance, it looks like a raised stone.
Inside the car.
"Hey, Brother Dong called you today, what did you say?" Huang Doudou ate the meat buns that had been in the car for a long time, and the taste was already a little rancid, and turned his head to ask Zhang Ao.
"When Brother Dong called, didn't you hear it too, he let the two of us stare at Li Jingbo's house, and didn't say anything else!" Zhang Ao looked at the pitch-black mountain road and responded with the same blankness.
"Staring at Li Jingbo, what does this mean?"
"I'm not a roundworm in Dongge's stomach, how do I know. β
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Recently, Zhang Ao and Huang Doudou can be said to have suffered a lot of crimes, completely become free-range children, Yang Dong took advantage of Liu Yue's matter, so that Huang Doudou and Zhang Ao also left the construction site, the task received by the two people is very simple, is to stalk, but the goal is separated, Huang Doudou is responsible for staring at Liu Baolong, Zhang Ao is responsible for staring at Li Chao, but after Yang Dong was shot by Huang Baojun, Luo Han and Lin Tianchi were also imprisoned one after another, Zhang Ao and the two directly lost contact with the organization, and Zhang Ao also lost Li Chao, so these two children are more long-hearted, after losing contact with the upper echelons, although their eyes are black, but they did not disperse on the spot, but gathered together, continued to stare at Liu Baolong, but since Liu Baolong came back from the Public Security Bureau, he has been extremely low-key, and he has never left Wanchang at all, until Yang Dong woke up and called Zhang Ao, and the two of them evacuated from Wanchang.
Although Zhang Ao witnessed Li Chao's murder on the street, he did not see the connection and clues between these series of events, but when Yang Dong learned that Li Chao was killed, he instantly clearly felt that the root cause of a series of incidents derived from Sanhe Company in recent times is likely to lie in Li Chao's body, and even Wang Xinming's death is also inextricably linked to Li Chao, Yang Dong's thoughts are not complicated, he just wants to find Li Chao through Li Jingbo, so as to find some evidence that can help Luo Han get rid of his crimes.
After listening to Zhang Ao's answer, Huang Doudou was bored and clasped his fingernails: "Hey, did Brother Dong tell you, Brother Han and Brother Tianchi have collectively lost contact with each other for a while, what is the reason?"
"No, I heard Brother Dong's tone at that time was quite tired, and I didn't ask much, I guess Brother Dong and they are also busy. Zhang Ao has been outside for a while now, and he doesn't know about the changes in the company, so he also replied vaguely, picked up the cigarette and lighter on the operating table, looked up, and was suddenly stunned: "Hey, look over there, is there a person?"
"Brush!"
After listening to Zhang Ao's words, Huang Doudou raised his eyes and looked out.
"Stomp!"
On the mountain road dozens of meters away, a hurried figure was walking briskly towards the courtyard of Li Jingbo's house with his head down.