Big L City, Z Mountain District.

Under a residential building in Fenglin Community, Yang Peng carried the cheap fruit bought at the open-air fruit stall next to the bus stop, looked at the towering building in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and never had the courage to go upstairs.

"Alas......"

Yang Peng carried the bag, stood at the entrance of the building for about ten minutes, and finally left a sigh, ready to leave, just took two steps, and then thought of Yang Dong's burned down small restaurant, and his feet were filled with lead, sinking in place, Yang Peng was struggling and shouting in his heart, he knew that he would be looked down upon if he went upstairs, but he had to grit his teeth and stand up.

"Bang dang!"

When Yang Peng was at a loss, the door of the corridor in front of him was pushed open, and then a middle-aged man about thirty years old, in a suit and leather shoes, holding a little girl about three years old in his arms, and a beautiful young woman with excellent maintenance, walked towards the garage with a smile, after the two of them looked at each other, the middle-aged man did not face Yang Peng, still talking and laughing with the young woman next to him, seeing the side face of the middle-aged, the corners of Yang Peng's mouth twitched twice, and he was extremely embarrassed and ready to leave from the other side.

"Stomp!"

After the middle-aged man took two steps, he stood in place, turned around, and looked at Yang Peng carefully: "Brother Yang, is it you?"

"Binzi. After Yang Peng was recognized by Ji Bin, a smile was forcibly squeezed out of his face.

"Oh, why are you here?!" Ji Bin heard Yang Peng's response, a particularly sincere smile appeared on his face, and after handing the child to the young woman beside him, he stepped back and said: "Brother Yang, the two of us must not have seen each other for five or six years, right?!"

"Well, it's been more than five years. Yang Peng smiled and gestured at the bag in his hand: "I heard from my old colleagues, you live here, I happened to be passing by today, so I wanted to come and see you, hehe." ”

After listening to Yang Peng's words, Ji Bin smiled very enthusiastically, and then took Yang Peng's shoulders and was about to walk into the corridor: "Look at you, come here, what are you doing shopping! Let's go, go to the house to sit for a while, don't leave at noon today, I have to accompany the old leader to drink two cups." ”

"Dabin, have you forgotten that you still have something to do, Mr. Wang has been dating you for three days, which one is light and which is heavy, you don't count it in your heart?" The glamorous young woman who went out with Ji Bin glanced at Yang Peng, and saw that he was wearing cheap sportswear, and he was still stepping on the army-green liberation shoes that had been a little glued, and suddenly interjected with a disgusted face.

"Binzi, this is a younger brother and sister. After Yang Peng felt the contempt of Ji Bin's wife, his face turned red, and the smile on his face became more and more stiff: "If you have something, go and get busy first, I'm just passing by to see you, don't delay......"

"Brother Yang, you don't have to deal with her, a woman's family, she doesn't understand anything!" Ji Bin felt Yang Peng's embarrassment, turned his head, and looked at his wife: "When you speak, there is a door guard in your mouth, do you know what my relationship with Brother Yang is!"

"What kind of relationship can it be, poor relatives and friends!" Ji Bin's wife's mouth was merciless, glanced at Yang Peng, and continued to speak: "Ji Bin, you pat your chest and ask yourself, since you have mixed up in the past few years, a lot of relatives and friends have popped up, which one doesn't have a lot to do with you? But please don't forget, when you were riding a donkey upside down and collecting waste all over the street, the child had a high fever, and you ran for half the night, but you didn't even lend a thousand yuan to live!"

"What the do you want to do, ah?!" Ji Bin listened to his wife's ridicule, and instantly became a little anxious: "Just because I have two stinky money now, I can't have poor relatives and poor friends?!Let me tell you, don't think that you have money in your pocket, everyone else is running for your money, people can't lose their conscience when they have money, and turn over old accounts all day long, is it interesting?"

"Okay, I have no conscience! Just these friends of yours have a conscience, then you can live with them in the future, and I will take the child away!" Ji Bin's wife threw down a sentence, hugged the child and turned away, and the child in her arms was thrown like this, and she began to cry.

"Hey, brother and sister!" Yang Peng saw Ji Bin's wife's actions, stepped to catch up, instinctively reached out to stop it, trying to drag the person, and Ji Bin's wife saw Yang Peng's nails full of mud, and immediately dodged sideways, but Yang Peng was in front of him, and he didn't continue to walk.

Yang Peng saw Ji Bin's wife's actions, pursed his lips, and showed an extremely embarrassing smile: "Brother and sister, I don't mean anything else today, I really just heard that Binzi lives here, so I stopped by to take a look, don't worry, I'm not here to borrow money." ”

"Brother Yang, what are you doing with her! This family, I can still call the shots! Go, follow me home!" After listening to Yang Peng's explanation to his wife, Ji Bin suddenly felt a little unbearable on his face, stepped forward, pulled Yang Peng and walked into the corridor, and turned to look at his wife at the same time: "I'll tell you, don't scare me by running away from home if JB is fine, I have money now, you leave just to make room for me, it's a big deal to find a young one!"

When the words fell, Ji Bin pulled Yang Peng and quickly disappeared into the corridor, his wife looked at Ji Bin's back, was silent in place for a long time, stomped her feet angrily, and followed back with a cold face: "It's only been half a month since you went home, and more than ten relatives who borrowed money have come, I really think that I am doing charity! When others are in trouble, you help others, but when you are in difficulty, except for me, who has accompanied you!"

......

Jibin's house.

Yang Peng sat on the sofa in the living room, looking at the well-decorated residence of more than 200 square meters, his demeanor was full of a sense of helplessness, Ji Bin's wife went upstairs with the child, and without even saying hello, she fell on the door and returned to her room.

"Brother Yang, come, eat some fruit!" Ji Bin came out of the kitchen and put the fruit plate in his hand on the coffee table in front of Yang Peng, Yang Peng took a look, most of the fruit bowls were filled with tropical fruits that he had never seen, and the apples and bananas he bought did not appear in it at all.

"Hey!good!" Yang Peng only nodded slightly, but did not stretch out his hand.

"In the past few years, how are you doing?" Ji Bin took out Hetianxia and handed it to Yang Peng.

"It's okay, it's good. Facing Ji Bin, who had been an apprentice under him, Yang Peng took the cigarette very restrainedly, and at the moment when Ji Bin handed over the lighter, he unconsciously lowered his head, and after lighting the cigarette, Yang Peng smiled: "I heard Xiao Zhao in the factory say that you have been engaged in development in Hai N in the past few years, and your business has been doing very well." ”

"Hehe, it's not very good, but I can make do with it, I'm not a native of Hai N, so it's difficult to receive a first-hand project, and I can generally get a three-pack, even if the Buddha blesses it, it looks bright, but I don't actually make a lot of money." Facing the extremely down-and-out Yang Peng, Ji Bin did not put on a high-minded appearance, but communicated with him very realistically.

"Ah, that's good, too. ”

Yang Peng took Ji Bin's words completely instinctively, and then the air fell silent again, and after the two sat awkwardly opposite each other for more than ten seconds, Ji Bin took the handbag beside him, took out 20,000 yuan in it, and put it on the coffee table in front of Yang Peng: "Brother Peng, I have more or less heard about your situation in the past few years, and I have heard a little, this money is not much, but it is a part of my mind, don't dislike it, and don't shirk it." ”

"Binzi, I came here today, I really didn't ask you to borrow money. Yang Peng looked at the two stacks of bright red banknotes on the table, feeling that his face was hot, and his head was lowered.

"Brother Peng, you are polite to outsiders, what are you polite to me!" Ji Bin pushed the banknotes on the coffee table forward again: "When I was an apprentice, in order to make up for my mother's medical expenses, I had to steal the cables in the factory, and at that time, the security department had to send me to the bureau, if you hadn't shown your old face to carry the matter for me, I would have gone to prison a long time ago, how could there be today, you can take this money, if it is not enough, I will give you Zhang Luo again." ”

"Binzi, I'm not here today to borrow money from you. Yang Peng pinched the corner of his clothes, repeated it again, and then licked his lips: "I came to you because I wanted a job." ”

"Want to work?" Ji Bin raised his eyebrows and looked at Yang Peng with some surprise: "Brother Yang, what I am doing now, but the work in the construction industry is not only hard-working, but also the handicap is all in Hain, and sometimes even in a year or two, I may not be able to go home once." ”

"It's because your project is in Hai N that I came to you, you know the situation of my family, in the past few years, I have been bankrupt because of gambling, and my brother has been dragged down enough by me, I just want to find a job away from home now...... My younger brother has a spirit of daring to fight in his bones, but he has been dragged down by me in the past few years, and his sharpness is about to be worn out, I really don't want to be a burden to him, if I leave, he may be able to get ahead, but if I don't leave, he will be wasted. ”

"Do you really want to go?" Ji Bin asked in a deep voice after listening to Yang Peng's words.

"Well, don't worry, I can do any job, any worker!" Yang Peng rubbed his hands and nodded slightly.

", if you come to me, can I let you move bricks? Since you really want to go, then I'll try my best to arrange it for you, tsk......" Ji Bin pulled a long voice, and thought about it for a while: "On my newly opened construction site, there is a lack of a supervisor in charge of accounts, this job must be done by cronies, there is just no suitable candidate, this job is not tired, food and housing, four thousand and five a month, and the salary can be raised slowly, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, Binzi, I thank you! Don't worry, I will definitely work hard, and I will never drop the chain for you!" Yang Peng didn't expect Ji Bin to agree to his request so quickly, and responded with gratitude.

"Don't be polite to me, I always remember the love you helped me back then. Ji Bin grinned, ready to continue talking.

"I don't agree!" Before Ji Bin's words fell, Ji Bin's wife in the room opened the door and interjected directly, and then looked at Yang Peng: "I heard you say just now, you went bankrupt because of gambling, right!"

"Brother and sister, I've quit gambling. Yang Peng explained with a red face.

"I don't believe it!" Ji Bin's wife didn't give any face, and bluntly interrupted Yang Peng's words: "Ji Bin asked you to take care of the accounts, in case you use our family's money to gamble again, what compensation will you take?"

"Brother and sister, I really quit gambling. ”

"I've seen a lot of people like you, you tell me what kind of ring you take, what kind of ring do you take, take the mouth ring?" Ji Bin's wife choked Yang Peng again.

Seeing Yang Peng's deflated appearance, Ji Bin's eyes widened: "Old man speaks, don't interject!"

"Isn't what I said right?" Ji Bin's wife puffed her chest, and then looked at Yang Peng: "Old Yang, I heard what you said to Binzi just now, you helped him back then, this love is our family's favor, he gives you money, I don't object, but I really don't dare to use you for the account management, unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you can prove that you really quit gambling, but who can prove this kind of thing. Ji Bin's wife always hinted that Yang Peng would leave by himself, so as not to tear everyone's face.

“...... I can!"

Ji Bin's wife's voice fell, Yang Peng was silent for three seconds, resolutely spoke, and then got up directly and walked to the kitchen, seeing his movements, Ji Bin and his wife were stunned.

"Smack!"

After Yang Peng walked to the kitchen, he slapped his left hand directly on the board, and picked up the bone chopping knife on the knife holder with his right hand.

"Hey, Brother Yang......!" Seeing Yang Peng's movements, Ji Bin hurriedly got up.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound rang out.

"Poof!"

The two fingers of Yang Peng's left hand were cut off by Qi Gen in response, and bright red blood splashed all over the wall.

"Ah——!" Seeing this scene, Ji Bin's wife screamed, and her face turned extremely pale.

"Brother and sister, is it enough!" Yang Peng endured the pain in his heart, and asked with a trembling voice.

......

Two hours later.

Yang Peng stood in front of the door of Zhongshan Hospital, covering his bandaged left hand, the stuffiness that had accumulated over the years in his heart was finally swept away, and he chose to use two fingers as a price to exchange for a job that could allow him to survive, and no longer be a burden to his younger brother.

......

Just when Yang Peng was about to start his life again, Yang Dong, Luo Han, and Lin Tianchi were quietly dormant in Li Chao's house with sharp knives in their hands.

Outside the door, the taxis taken by Li Chao and others have stalled one by one.