Chapter 22: The Horror of the Way Home

Happy times are always so short, after lunch, Yu Xin originally wanted to follow Li Jie to accompany Xi'er to the flea market, but unexpectedly, the brokerage company called her and told her to go back to the company, although Yu Xin had no choice but to go back.

However, this short contact with Li Jie brought the relationship between the two one step closer.

Of course, it is impossible for them to "release their suspicions" because of a meal, but at least the relationship is much lighter than before.

There are many thrift stall markets near the Marina God's Temple, which are similar to rural fairs and temple fairs, consisting of stalls one by one.

The size of the market varies, and most of the goods sold are old goods, and people sell superfluous items and unused things, from small decorations on clothes to complete old cars, computers, etc.

The "ghost market" of the Temple is the most famous grocery market on the coast, attracting thousands of tourists to shop for treasures, and stall owners set up their stalls here every Saturday afternoon.

In this lively flea market, the whole atmosphere is more like a festival, with people buzzing with colorful goods and a variety of goods.

Ghost markets can find the treasures you need, coveted, and even simply unexpected. From beads, bracelets, jade, gemstones and other ornaments to handicrafts, musical instruments, antiques and more, there is a wide variety of goods here.

Although almost all the goods are sold in temporary stalls, after a long period of gradual transformation by the government, antiques are displayed in regular shops.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Jie pedaled his bicycle to carry Xi'er and Qiuqiu, and rushed there happily.

Some of the long crowded streets are lined with shops, but more often than not, there are vendors who take advantage of the spacious street stalls, and there are many itinerant vendors pushing carts to sell.

When I got closer, I felt this lively energy, the signboard was hanging high, the flag was waving, the crowds around me were surging, shoulder to shoulder, and it was so noisy that it was more than three points better than the vegetable market!

"There are so many people!" Xi'er was a little nervous, it was obviously the first time she had encountered such a complex environment, and all she saw in her vision were all kinds of strange and terrifying adults, holding her father's hand tightly in fear.

Suddenly, she felt her armpit being propped up, and then the whole person flew up like a cloud, spun and rode to her father's neck.

"Oops!" Xi'er hurriedly hugged her father's head tightly, for fear of falling.

It's not the first time she's experienced this action, but every time she just sits on it, Xi'er is very flustered, and the feeling of slight dizziness is terrifying!

However, whether it is a boy or a girl, they will be particularly obsessed with the feeling of riding on their father's neck, and Xi'er is no exception.

"It's so fragrant!" Xixi looked left and right happily, and kept greeting her father, "Dad, look, there are so many delicious ......?"

Sure enough, I sat high and looked far away, and I was attracted by the food at first sight.

I ate a lot of things along the way, osmanthus cake, mung bean cake, Hechuan peach slices, phoenix tail cakes, crystal dumplings, etc., there seem to be delicacies from all over the world, Xi'er's little belly is already bulging, but she is still unsatisfied.

Wandering around for hours without stopping, Li Jie and Xi'er are buying, buying, buying, as a junior dad Li Jie loves his daughter to the bones, and the motto he now believes in is "Poor son, rich daughter!"

Buy the best daily necessities for Xi'er, even if you save a little, you have to dress her like a princess, and you must let your daughter have a sense of superiority.

Only in this way will she not be easily deceived by men in the future, and because of "wealth", her daughter will definitely have her own standards in her heart, and she will definitely find a man who loves her as much as her parents in the future, so as to be happy for a lifetime.

No matter what others think, anyway, Li Jie thinks that when raising a daughter, only by trying to meet her needs and creating conditions for her to see the world and broaden her horizons, can she have her own taste, and she will not be tempted by the outside world in the future.

In the blink of an eye, it was more than eight o'clock in the evening, and with the night's harvest, Li Jie rode a bicycle and drove Xi'er towards the rental house.

Different from the bustling during the day, this road is darker and quieter at night.

Groves loom on both sides, with the occasional terrifying call of night birds.

Looking at this silent area, Xi'er obviously felt a little scared, and unconsciously hugged the ball in her arms.

"Don't be afraid, you'll be home after crossing the bridge. Li Jie took out a free hand and patted Xi'er in his arms.

Xi'er was about to talk to her father, but at this moment, Li Jie, who was the king of killers in his previous life, seemed to feel that something was wrong with the situation ahead, and the speed of the bicycle gradually slowed down.

Xi'er also felt the change in the speed of the car, so she couldn't help but take a look, and through the hazy night, she saw five or six people squatting not far ahead, as if they were drinking and smoking, the cigarette butts were extinguished, and there was laughter.

Smoking and drinking here so late, Xi'er felt that something was wrong even as a child, not to mention that those people saw a bicycle coming, and they actually changed from a squatting posture to a standing up.

"Wait a minute, you close your eyes, and Daddy will do a magic trick for you. Li Jie smiled softly at Xi'er, turned on the music on his mobile phone, and hung the headphones on Xi'er's ears, but what Xi'er didn't notice was that a cold light flashed imperceptibly in her father's eyes.

"Okay, okay, Dad is going to do magic......" Xi'er couldn't help but cry out happily.

Although the little girl is very smart, she is a child after all, and she is far from knowing the ugliness in the hearts of adults.

The bicycle got closer and closer to those people, and at this time it was clear that they were a few young people who were in a flow of breath, and they didn't look like good people, holding beer bottles in their hands, drinking beer, but their eyes were cold and aimed at this side.

Li Jie took a deep breath and began to slam on the pedals of the bicycle with his feet, and the car accelerated.

Just as the bicycle was about to pass the group of people, there were a few pops, a series of explosions, and those people actually smashed the beer bottles in their hands on the bridge deck in front of the car, and in an instant, glass slag was scattered all over the ground.

Li Jie knew that the bicycle would definitely be punctured and punctured when it was rushed, and it would become more troublesome when the time came, so he made a quick decision, directly pinched the brakes, and steadily parked the car in front of the glass slag, without directly running over it.

Whistling obscenely, accompanied by flirtatious laughter, the four guys slapped each other, as if celebrating the success of the "interception", while several pairs of eyes looked ill-intentioned at the bicycle that Li Jie was riding, and Xi'er who was carrying it in the back.

Xi'er had closed her eyes early, and although she heard a loud noise outside, she didn't open her eyes because she promised her father.

Li Jie got out of the car without saying a word, and as for Qiuqiu, he had already been quietly blindfolded by Xi'er.

A group of people instantly surrounded Li Jie, and one of the similar leaders felt something from his waist, and when he shook it, it turned out to be a folded switchblade.

This kind of switchblade, the length of the palm, is very common in the stall, can cut and stab, although it is not a regular product, but it is still very sharp when it is bright.

The control of this kind of knife is not too strict on the coast, so that this kind of switchblade is flooded on all kinds of stalls, as long as it is out of the mix, whether it is a night game, or in the skating rink, basically a waist is inserted, one to be brave, the other is scary, so this "switchblade" is also called "hooligan knife".

At this moment, the leading guy showed the switchblade, gestured arrogantly a few times, and said some obscene words in his mouth, and several other people next to him followed suit, with a sneering and mocking expression on their faces.

Xi'er heard the shouting and scolding around her, her face turned pale, and she subconsciously grabbed Li Jie's sleeves tightly with both hands.

Seeing this, the gangsters became even more arrogant and laughed.

But before they could finish laughing, the next scene made their eyes widen.

I saw that Li Jie didn't say a word, and suddenly there was one more thing in his hand.

Elongated, sharp.

It was a three-edged military thorn with a cold light and a blood groove!