Lin Yilong is very disliked for the East and South End of London.

This disgust stems from the unpleasantness of the years when I was a trainee in Wales and admitted as a barrister, and after several apprenticeship dinners in London at the Trial Lawyers Association.

Lincoln's Guild, one of the four major bars' associations in London, always arranges for an apprenticeship meal at 7pm on Friday or Thursday. New students are required to attend a total of 16 introductory apprenticeship meals in their first year. The coach from Victoria back to the rest of the city always picks up at 8 p.m. As a result, non-London students have to look for temporary accommodation for a night on weekends when the hostels are often full.

Lin always books a youth hostel not far from St. Paul's Cathedral, not far from the Lincoln Guild canteen, and in the central business district, which is peaceful at night. When he can't book this hostel, he will only book the cheapest hostel south of Lambers. Every Friday night in the Lambers district, the streets are filled with young drunks who come out on weekends to indulge. Lin Yilong always tried to get around these drunks, and even though Lin Yilong was so careful, he was dumped with a wine bottle twice when he met these bastards. Once he didn't hit anything, and another time Lin Yilong was scratched by the flying glass shards on the skin on the back of his neck.

After that injury, Lin Yilong's temporary home was moved to a hostel in London's East End, but living among the alcoholic Allahites also made him feel that the London area was under-policed: Allah's followers, who had been gathering every Friday afternoon, would sell you worthless handicrafts on the side of the street, as if they were half-forced. Although he was not very hostile to Allah's followers, he would not have met with the drunken and impudent bastards of Lambs here. So much so that he had the idea of stepping into London's East End again. If he hadn't had to change trains at Waterloo Station every day or go on a business trip to the patrons of IsleofDogs or CanadaWater, he probably would never have set foot in either place.

However, because of these discords, rents in these two places are much lower than in the rest of central London. If you can't live in a dormitory, this is one of the few places where poor students can afford it.

(By the way, the East District is also an area where there are relatively many women and private escorts.) ）

Vera, Nadia's twin sister, lives in a shared apartment on the second floor of a corner grocery store in London's East End.

In the car that was pulled by Nadiaya to the East End of London, Lin Yilong added up a twenty-pound bill and all the coins in his entire wallet to barely pay the fare.

The door to the apartment was opened directly with the key, and in the common kitchen, which was separated by a glass curtain wall, a beautiful woman in a short-sleeved T-shirt and pajama pants was cooking.

Nadia walked into the kitchen, hugged her sister, and then pointed at Lin Yilong, who was standing on the porch.

Nadia and Vera look exactly the same, with the same smooth black hair, the same light brown eyes, and the same impeccable face. If it weren't for Nadia wearing a pullover sweatshirt and baggy sweatpants that Lin Yilong requested, Lin Yilong would never have been able to tell who was Nadia and who was Vera.

"Vera, this is Mr. Yelong-Lin, you can call him Yuri. Nadia introduced her sister to Lin Yilong, but she still missaid Lin Yilong's name.

"Hello. Vera said generously in English, "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Hello, Miss Yeon. My Russian is okay, you can speak Russian at all. Lin Yilong sniffed the smell that permeated the living room, and said in Russian, "It tastes so good, beef barley porridge?"

"My sister just called me, and I just came back. Vera looked around, the whole apartment was too dirty, she was afraid that she would be mistaken for a bad girl who engaged in a despicable profession in Lin Yilong's eyes, "Sorry, I'm messy here, or come to my room, it's cleaner there." ”

Lin Yilong nodded in agreement, Ren Vera led the way in front, and Nadia followed behind the two, carrying the pot with barley porridge in both hands.

How would I describe this bedroom? In short, Lin Yilong's assessment of the bedroom he just walked into was "uninhabitable": the gray and white walls were largely covered by the traces and moss left by the rainwater seeping into the walls, the skin around the windows had peeled off, and the whole room was filled with the smell of carpet dampness.

From the neatly spread lotus sheets on the bed and the carpet that has been painstakingly cleaned, it can be seen that even in poor conditions, the owner of the bedroom wants to make the place as warm and comfortable as possible.

If Lin Yilong hadn't done his research in advance, some of his unpleasant personal experiences would have led him to think that this was some kind of marketing method by Vera and Nadia to deliberately sell miserably to win his sympathy: according to normal logic, if they first came abroad, in order to take care of each other, siblings are more likely to live together, but the elder sister lives in a student dormitory with good living conditions, while the younger sister lives in such a big garbage heap - either the extreme discord between the sisters, or they have some other ulterior motives for Lin Yilong.

The former is impossible, otherwise Nadia would not have introduced her sister to Lin Yilong, and would not have hugged and kissed Vera when she entered the door, and even so, it was very rash to assume that it was the latter after ruling it out by elimination. Thinking of this, Lin Yilong's eyes lit up.

Without waiting for Vera to arrange a position, Lin Yilong rushed to sit directly on Vera's neat bed, crossed Erlang's legs, and looked at Vera.

This was an impulse that Lin Yilong had immediately after entering the door. Since he has made a judgment that there is no danger, it is certainly not some "ulterior purpose". At the same time, why is the heart so high, Vera, who would rather be poor here than give up her dreams, would be like this, and her sister behaved so tame in front of him Lin Yilong was also very puzzled. It was her sister Nadia, who was not short of money, who went out to find a sponsor, not her sister Vera. To do this, he had to test the depth of the two people. Pretending to be vulgar, arrogant, and stupid is the best way to do it.

Vera received the blow, and her silver teeth clenched.

Seeing this, Nadia separated Vera from Lin Yilong, who was on the verge of rage.

"Let's eat first. Nadia picked up a bowl of fragrant beef and barley porridge. You can tell that she is not as attentive as she was a few minutes ago.

The three of them drank the porridge silently, and the supper was uncomfortable enough.

Lin Yilong's goal has been achieved, and from the actions and demeanor of the two sisters, it is possible that their conditions have been guessed by Lin Yilong.

"Tell me what you want. Lin Yilong sat up from Vera's bed and said in English in a very arrogant tone.

Vera had enough of this shit, and she screamed, "Go away, bastard. ”

Fortunately, this area is noisy, and the neighbors have become accustomed to screaming from nowhere.

"The poor also have self-esteem. Vera shouted at him.

Lin Yilong looked at Nadia, who stood aside with her head bowed.

"Yuri, you'd better leave. Nadia said painfully, closing her soul-snatching eyes.