Volume 1 Chapter 125 The Young Pickpockets
"I said, you are so old and you like to eat ice cream like a child, be careful to gain weight!"
There was no class in the afternoon, Ye Linghan took Mu Qingyu to have lunch outside the school, he was full of wine and food, Mu Qingyu ordered an ice cream and came out with joy.
"Hmph, I don't care, anyway, I can't eat fat, are you going to dump me if I'm fat?" Mu smiled slyly, revealing two cute little tiger teeth.
"Weichen doesn't dare!" Ye Linghan responded to her with a smile.
The weather in March has gradually warmed up, and the whole person is warm, and the two hold hands and enjoy a comfortable afternoon together.
Walking to the corner of a street, suddenly a half-grown boy in tattered clothes ran out in a hurry and hit Ye Linghan's body headfirst.
At that moment, he very quickly took away the wallet on Ye Linghan's body, then stuffed it into his clothes and fell to the ground.
"Are you alright?" Mu Qingyu didn't know what had just happened, and her natural kindness drove her to squat down and help the boy pick up and help him pat off the dust.
The little boy didn't say a word, pushed away Mu Qingyu's hand and ran away, running at a speed that was a little amazing, if he participated in the junior high school students' sports meeting, he was afraid that he could win a sprint championship.
"Look at you, you don't even come up to help people when you hit them, look at the children who scare them." Mu whispered and glanced at him with disgust.
Ye Linghan suddenly looked innocent, it was obvious that the little broken child ran over and bumped into him for some reason, okay? And how could that little ghost's actions be hidden from Ye Linghan's senses, he was obviously stolen from his wallet, and he had to be complained by Mu Qingyu, who to reason with, and suddenly there was a feeling of wanting to cry without tears.
Tianqi ran desperately, the moment he touched Ye Linghan's wallet, he felt an extremely thick weight, presumably there must be a lot of money in it, with this money, his sister's medical expenses this month should be there, he had to find a safe place quickly, if the man just found out and caught up, it would be bad.
Turning left and right in the alley, he ran into a dilapidated house, which was ready to be demolished, and had long been unoccupied, but for some reason, the construction had not started for a long time.
Hearing the movement outside, several young boys of about the same age walked out of several dilapidated houses nearby.
"Tianqi, how is it, is there any gain? The hospital is already urging us to pay for the treatment, and if we don't pay it tomorrow, they will stop the treatment! The eldest boy said worriedly, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Tian Qi groped for a bulging wallet from his body, looked at the thick stack of money inside, and suddenly showed a smile on his dirty face: "Look! ”
He counted it, and the money was four or five thousand, which could not only pay for this month's treatment, but also buy some supplements for his sister to replenish her body.
The other boys smiled in surprise.
Tianqi took out 3,000 yuan from it and handed it to the eldest boy: "Boss, you hurry up and pay the medical bills." We're going to buy some supplements and food, and we'll go to the hospital to see you in a moment. ”
Tian nodded and turned around to leave.
"Hey, I said, isn't it nice that you gave up my money without asking?" At this time, a handsome young man walked out of the alley on the side, and a very beautiful girl stood beside him.
"I'll just say that the imp is a pickpocket! You still don't believe it, but now that you see it, it's still a juvenile gang! Ye Linghan whispered to Mu beside him.
"Ling Han, what are you going to do? Don't be rude! Mu whispered and said.
"Don't worry, these children are still young and ignorant, but they should still be educated well, I think they should be handed over to the police!"
"Oh no, it was found so quickly." Tianqi suddenly realized that something was wrong, and said in a low voice: "Boss, this person is the owner of the wallet, I didn't expect him to chase after him." ”
Tianyi hurriedly walked to the front and protected the rest of the seven little boys behind him: "I instructed Xiao Qi to steal the wallet, don't embarrass him, everything is coming at me!" ”
The big boy's actions made Ye Linghan stunned for a moment, he was keenly aware that this group of children did not seem to be just young pickpockets, but like a group of brothers, he immediately dispelled the idea of sending them to the police station, maybe they had something unspeakable.
These nine little boys were dressed in tatters, their clothes and pants were full of patches, and their faces were dirty, and they knew at a glance that they were a group of homeless street children, both Mu Qingyu and Ye Linghan had a trace of compassion.
"Don't worry, don't be so nervous, we're not here to find trouble." Mu Qingyu immediately showed her kindness: "But why did you steal our wallets, Mom and Dad?" Why don't you go to school? ”
Tianyi was also a little stunned, he thought that this man and woman would beat them up and send them to the police station, they hadn't eaten several meals, not to mention the strength to resist, even if they didn't have much strength to escape.
"Are you really not going to hand us over to the police?" Tianyi asked tentatively.
"Don't worry, if we wanted to send you to the police station, we would have called the police a long time ago, so how could we talk to you here." Mu whispered and smiled kindly.
Tianyi thought about it, it was indeed the same thing, so he let down his vigilance and said with a low expression: "We have no parents, we are all orphans. ”
I didn't expect this to be a group of poor children, without the care of their parents and the help of society, no wonder they would have fallen to such a point.
"But even if that's the case, why are you being pickpockets? Fortunately, you met us, and if you run into some fierce people, you will suffer. ”
Tianyi smiled bitterly and shook his head, if they could choose, how would they do this kind of thing, last month Tianjiu stole a person's wallet, and after being discovered, he was beaten on the spot, if it wasn't for the dissuasion of passers-by, I don't know how many injuries they would have, they are just a group of street children, even if they die in any corner, no one will care.
"Looks like you haven't eaten in a long time, why don't you find a place for me to treat you to a bite to eat?" Looking at their skinny bodies, Ye Linghan couldn't help but think of himself, if he hadn't been adopted by the old dean back then, he must have been similar to them.
When the nine boys heard that Ye Linghan was going to invite them to dinner, they immediately showed joy, but they had some hesitation, they stole his wallet, not only did not embarrass them, but also invited them to dinner, which was a bit unreasonable.
"Don't worry, do you think there's something in you that deserves my idea?" Ye Linghan saw what they were worried about, and said word by word: "Because I am also an orphan. ”
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ye Linghan and Mu Qingyu simply ran to a nearby Western restaurant, carried a few large bags of hamburgers, fried chicken and drinks, and then found a place to sit on the ground with these children in this open space and ate together.
They had eaten something like this since they were young, and it would be a lucky thing to be able to dig out the food that others hadn't eaten from the trash can, and the momentum of devouring it made both of them a little unbearable.
When they were full, they carefully wrapped a portion of the food and set it aside.
"Why don't you eat it? If I don't have enough, I can buy it again. Ye Linghan was curious.
"No need, thank you for inviting us to a meal, we are very full, we have to bring these to my sister." Tianyi put the money back in his wallet and handed it back to Ye Linghan: "Give this back to you." ”
Ye Linghan took the wallet, and he noticed the expression of struggle on Tianyi's face at this moment.
"By the way, what about your sister? Isn't she here? Mu Qingyu looked around, but didn't see any little girls nearby.
"She's in the hospital." Tianyi said with a low expression.
"Oh? Can you tell us what's going on? Maybe I can help you. ”
Tianyi looked up at Ye Linghan's eyes, his gaze was full of sincerity, and people couldn't help but be willing to get close to him. Tianyi finally opened the conversation.
Tianyi and they are all a group of street children who have been abandoned by their parents for various reasons, some have congenital diseases, and some have family economic reasons. They grew up picking up food in garbage heaps, and no well-wishers were willing to adopt them.
A few years ago, this group of children got together, and in order to live a better life, they snuggled up to each other and helped each other, almost like a family.
They don't have names, because they have no culture, and they are born and raised, so they take names like Tianyi and Tianer according to their age, and their youngest little sister is called Xiaotian.
The ten of them have made a home in this abandoned house that has not been demolished, because they are not adults, and they dare not hire child labor in ordinary places, so they earn some money by helping others run errands and do odd jobs, although it is hard, but they are very satisfied, at least they can eat enough.
But my sister has always been in poor health, and she had nausea and vomiting three months ago, so she thought it was just a bad stomach and didn't pay too much attention. But it didn't take long for her symptoms to get worse and worse, they gritted their teeth, saved money to scrape together, and took their sister Xiaotian to the hospital for a check-up.
The results of the examination made them fall into despair, Xiaotian, who was only 12 years old, actually had uremia, and he had entered the middle and late stages!
If they want to save their lives, it is best to be able to have a kidney transplant, but how can they afford this kind of surgery that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars at every turn, even if it is a conservative treatment such as hemodialysis, which costs thousands of dollars a month plus drugs.
At first, they sold blood to get the first treatment fee for their sister, but as their bodies became weaker and weaker, nutrition did not keep up, and no one asked for their blood at all.
In the end, they had no choice but to steal some money by this means.