Chapter 426: The Child Who Stole Books (Second Update)
Zhang Xingsong was completely drunk, Li Yan and Liu Hongtao had no interest in continuing to play, so the two found two waiters and took the drunk Zhang Xingsong downstairs, Liu Hongtao followed downstairs, and Li Yan went to Chunzhu Hall to say goodbye to Xuan Zhenren, and at the same time exchanged contact information with Yan Chunliang, and then left.
"Li Yan, where do you live now?" asked Liu Hongtao on the way after leaving the No. 1 teahouse in the world.
"I don't have a place to live yet, so I'm going to find a hotel near Times Media. Li Yan said.
"By the way, you should also buy a suite in the capital, you can't stay in a hotel every time you come. Liu Hongtao said.
"Brother Zhang also said the same, I just don't know where there are better real estate, take the time to go over and take a look, and buy a set if it is suitable, it is best to have it already decorated, and you can live in it if you buy it. Li Yan smiled.
"Well, let's do it, I'll ask you, if there is a good real estate, I'll call you, and then we'll go over and have a look. Liu Hongtao said.
"Thank you so much, Brother Hong. Li Yan said gratefully, to be honest, he has been dating Liu Hongtao for so long, and he has helped himself a lot.
"Our relationship, don't say these polite words, you wait for my call. Liu Hongtao said with a smile.
Liu Hongtao drove Li Yan to a hotel near Times Media, helped him open a room, and helped Zhang Xing loosen a room, and then the two helped Zhang Xingsong, who was snoring, into the room, threw him on the bed, and let him sleep.
"That's it, I'll go back first, and when I get in touch with my friend, you can meet, and I'll help you find out where there is a good real estate, and I'll call you." Liu Hongtao said to Li Yan.
"Okay, I'll send you. Li Yan didn't say anything polite to Zhang Xingsong, he sent him to the elevator, Liu Hongtao got on the elevator, he went back to his room, put water and took a hot bath, and then lay down on the bed, thinking of Zhang Xingsong and Xuan Yuping, the strange man and woman, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
At this time, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and he thought that his mobile phone was still in the car, and the car was still in the parking lot downstairs of Times Media, and he didn't know that Ah Xiu and the others had called him, so he sat up from the bed and called a few women.
Sure enough, on the phone, after the girls took the phone, they complained to him for a while, and then made a meal of phone porridge and said some sweet words before hanging up the phone.
After putting down the phone, Li Yan called Chen Yan again, and on the phone, they booed each other like a couple of old husbands and wives who have been married for many years, but they didn't say too many sweet words, but they could feel the other party's heartfelt concern and miss each other.
Hung up the phone again, Li Yan felt a little nostalgic, maybe it was the reason why Chen Yan was bigger than Lin Jing and Ah Xiu, their separation and the phone call was not too long every time, and there were not too many sweet words, and the faint care was like a cup of tea, although it was tasteless but timeless.
In contrast, talking to Lin Jing and Ah Xiu is like a glass of rich juice, from the lips and teeth to the tip of the heart.
"Maybe a few years older, they will also be like the teacher, turning rich juice into tea, and love will eventually be transformed into family affection. Li Yan leaned on the head of the bed, full of thoughts, but he did not reject this change, because although the juice is strong, but it cannot be drunk more, and although the tea is weak, it can be drunk for a lifetime.
"Tea should also be accompanied by some strong fragrance occasionally. Li Yan jumped up from the bed, thinking that he had been in the capital for a few days, and there was not much leisure time for such a large period, so he thought about buying some gifts for his family, it was not yet four o'clock, and there were still two hours before dark, anyway, he was not tired now, so he just went out for a walk.
So he got out of the hotel, took a taxi, went to Times Media, and drove his car out of the parking lot under the Times Media building.
"Where to go?" Li Yan thought, in fact, he was not particularly familiar with the shopping streets of the capital, he didn't know where he should go, and he didn't think clearly about what to buy, so he lost his goal all of a sudden.
"Hehe, I'm a little impulsive, no matter what, go to Wangfu Street to go around, it's really not okay to buy them a piece of jewelry by themselves, they should like it, and then buy something for my parents and parents, well, the two younger brothers also want to buy it." Li Yan thought about his thoughts, stepped lightly, and the Land Rover roared towards Wangfu Street.
Just after the New Year, the streets and alleys of the capital are still very strong, Li Yan because he purely came out to kill time, so the car was not fast, and he drove slowly on the road.
And because it is not the rush hour for commuting, there are not many cars on the road, Li Yan slowly, from Times Media to Wangfu Street, which was half an hour away, he walked for an hour, and heard a phone call on the side of the road on the way, but it turned out that Zhang Xingsong woke up.
Coming to Wangfu Street, Li Yan parked the car and walked away, it was a little dark in winter, although it was just five o'clock, but the sky already had the feeling of dusk.
After wandering around Wangfu Street for a while, Li Yan went to several jewelry stores, and he did not buy any particularly valuable jewelry, but bought a piece of jewelry for each of them according to their temperament and preferences.
After coming out of the jewelry store, Li Yan thought that he should buy something for his parents, and wandered around the street again, and after walking a short distance, he saw that there was a Xinhua bookstore not far away, which was not closed at this time, so he walked in.
Xinhua Bookstore is a very special place for Li Yan, he can still remember that he visited the bookstore in Shangyang after his rebirth and met Lin Jing, several years have passed in a blink of an eye, but the situation at that time is vivid.
This time, Li Yan came to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a few sets of books for his two younger brothers as gifts, and he chose a set of encyclopedias and a few sets of famous scholars' collections, and then went to the door with a large stack of books to settle the bill.
As he was waiting in line to settle the bill, he saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old child wearing an khaki cotton coat walking out the door with his head bowed with his hands on his chest.
"Stop!" the child's glance caught the attention of the security guard at the door, so the security guard stopped the child, and this movement attracted the attention of many people.
"What are you doing!" the child asked, squinting at the security guard, as he stopped, his eyes no longer glazed out, and he became a little unruly.
"Open your coat and show me. The security guard said to the child.
"I don't!" said the child, taking two steps back.
The security guard saw that the child was not cooperative, so he stepped forward and grabbed the child's coat and tried to forcibly pull his hand away, but he opened his mouth and bit his hand.
The security guard let go of the child with a cry of pain, and when the child saw that the security guard let go of him, he ran out of the door.
"Stop, stop the kid, he's a book thief!" the security guard shouted, following the kid out the door.
At this time, it was Li Yan's turn to settle the bill, Li Yan withdrew his gaze, and soon after checking out, because he bought more books and they were all more expensive, the bookstore gave him a bag of good quality to lure the words Xinhua Bookstore.
When Li Yan walked out of the door with the bag, the security guard at the door carried the child to the bookstore, and on the other side there were two books in his hand.
The security guard carried the child to the toll booth and said to the salesperson at the counter, "This kid is stealing books." Then he put the two books in his hand on the counter.
"Two books are three pieces in total, and stealing one penalty is ten. The salesperson at the counter said coldly.
"I don't have any money. The child twisted his head and said with a stubborn expression.
"If you don't have any money, don't leave today, wait for your teacher to pick you up." The security guard said from the side.
"I didn't have a teacher, I didn't go to school. The child said again, but his eyes were a little red.
"Nonsense, you're so old, why don't you go to school. The security guard said in disbelief, then picked up the book that the child had stolen just now and shook it in front of him and said, "You are also a student, do you know that stealing is a crime and must be punished." ”
The child twisted his face to the other side and stopped talking.
"Hey, you kid, tell me, you're a student at that school, by the way, it doesn't seem like the school has opened yet, so let your adults pick you up. The security guard said.
"I don't have an adult. The child said loudly, but tears fell out, it is not easy for a teenager to endure tears until now.
"I think forget it, he's still a child, you take the book back and let him go." There was a white-haired old man who was watching next to him, so he persuaded him.
"yes, yes. A few other adults also persuaded him.
"Then what's the matter, the bookstore has a rule, you have to pay a fine for stealing books, besides, he doesn't learn well when he's so old, he won't be taught a little lesson, and he will have it when he grows up?" said the bookstore clerk on the side.
After she said this, the adults next to her were not good to interject anymore, and family planning was implemented nowadays, because there was only one child in a family, and the problem of spoiling children was becoming more and more prominent, and there was more publicity on TV and newspapers, and what the salesman said was reasonable.
Seeing that all the adults were silent, the child felt that he was isolated, so he took a few steps forward and sat down in a corner, clasped his hands on his chest, and still did not say a word.
"Well, what's the matter with you kid, get up quickly. The security guard saw that the child's dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and walked over to pull him up.
From the development of the matter to the present, Li Yan has been watching coldly from the sidelines, he found that the clothes on this child are very shabby, and some do not fit, and although this child has stolen things, and his expression is stubborn, but his eyes are very clear, it doesn't look like the kind of habitual thief who is stubborn because of lack of discipline, the most important thing is that he didn't steal anything, nor did he steal any casual books such as comics, but only stole two teaching books, and couldn't help but feel compassion, so he wanted to help this child.
So he walked over to the security guard who was pulling with the child. ~