In the vicinity of the restroom -

The driver and another disciple saw the eyes of Brother Kathu and Lloyd, and they were very clever enough to get close to the wall, and slowly moved in the direction of the toilet.

When Kathu and Lloyd saw each other, they didn't take any special action, but pretended to stretch their muscles and move there. Give these disciples the opportunity to manifest themselves.

The driver rushed in, grabbed the wrist of the man holding the mirror in his hand, and dragged him out, and a short man was dragged out and thrown to the ground.

Before the diminutive man could get up, another disciple kicked him to the ground.

"Say! What do you do?! The driver asked fiercely, and also stepped on the pitiful-looking short man in front of him.

"Big brothers, spare your lives! There's no money left to rob here, and the people from Thunderstorm City only came to rob it two hours ago, are you also from Thunderstorm City!? It's endless! I really don't have the money to give it to you anymore! ”

Kathu walked over and looked at the short man who was wailing and begging to be spared.

Lloyd also walked over, waved his right hand at the driver and disciple and said, "Let him go, he's not a bad person." ”

The driver and the protégé put away the feet that stepped on the poor creature, then looked at Lloyd questioningly, and asked, "How do you know he's not a bad guy?" ”

Kathu also looked at Lloyd.

"It's very simple, such a remote place, if it is an enemy who has been ambushed for a long time, then you can look around, and the place where you can park can be said to be clear at a glance, that is to say, if the enemy is ambushing here, at least you can see some clues."

The driver and protégé nodded.

"And second, look at that." Lloyd pointed to a very dilapidated pickup truck not far away under a sick and dying tree

Then Lloyd pointed to the car key on the waist of the short man in front of him and said, "You see that the brand on this car key is the same brand as this pickup truck, right?" If the enemy is in ambush, there is no need to drive such a broken pickup truck over, otherwise there will be a situation of tracking or chasing on the road, and such a car will not be able to cope with it at all. ”

The driver and the protégé admired the five-body throw, and they all admired Lloyd's meticulous insight, and Catou nodded approvingly.

Lloyd stepped forward, helped the poor little man to his feet, and helped him pat the dust off his body.

"I'm sorry, please forgive us for being presumptuous, but we're not bad people either. It's not from Thunderstorm City, what do you call it? Lloyd asked with a smile as he looked at the little man in front of him, who had been trembling with fright.

The small man, who looked very thin, trembled and said, "I...... My name is Zhang Ju. ”

The driver, his disciples, and Katu all laughed out loud, and the driver patted the little man and said, "Are you still so big and big?" You just called it down, this one is more suitable for you! ”

Xiao Zhang was helplessly ridiculed, biting his lip and looking at the ground.

Seeing this, Lloyd could see that this Xiao Zhang was a poor man who had been abused by his surroundings for a long time. Judging from his ragged clothes, some bruises from beatings, and his cowardly but unconvinced eyes, Lloyd was almost certain that the little Zhang in front of him was not specially sent by the enemy.

Lloyd took a few hundred dollars out of his pocket and stuffed them into the hands of the poor creature in front of him.

Xiao Zhang grabbed the money tremblingly, looking at a loss, because he has always been bullied and robbed, what kind of evil did he hit today, how could anyone still give him money!?

Xiao Zhang looked at Lloyd in surprise, his heart was grateful, curious, and scared, not knowing what medicine Lloyd was selling in the gourd.

Lloyd patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, this money is for you as our consulting fee." In that case, can I ask you a few questions, can you answer me truthfully? ”

Xiao Zhang nodded hurriedly like a sieve, and said excitedly: "Big brother, if you have anything, just ask, I will tell you what I want to know!" ”

"Then let's go in and talk." Lloyd looked at the convenience store in front of him, and the gas station in the wilderness was even equipped with a convenience store, which made Lloyd very interested.

Lloyd motioned for the driver and his disciples to look at the car, and then asked Catou to follow him into the convenience store at the gas station, or, if not a convenience store, the size, decoration, and furnishings of the building might be more appropriately called a grocery store or commissary.

Inside the convenience store, there was dust everywhere, messy snacks were scattered on the shelves, the cash register on the cash register was smashed beyond recognition, and an old-fashioned wall clock hanging on the wall looked at the people who came in, but the clock also looked in disrepair, long gone, and there were layers of cobwebs on it.

Seeing such a situation, Katu asked curiously: "Can you survive such a gas station?" ”

Xiao Zhang turned around, sighed and said, "That's right, as you can see, this gas station is basically unsustainable. Because some disciples of the Ten Cities of Martial Arts always rely on their own kung fu skills, they come here to rob, and even worse, they also specially bring oil barrels to grab oil, so the refueling function here has long been closed, and there are no oil trucks to transport oil here! ”

Lloyd found an old picture frame on the cash register, and although the glass of the frame was shattered, the only thing that had not fallen down in the entire convenience store looked like this worn picture frame.

And in the frame, there is an older photo, with a photo of an old man and this little one.

"So what do you live on? This old man is someone who is very important to you, right? Lloyd pointed to the old man in the old photo, whose quality had been severely affected by the shattered glass.

Xiao Zhang was silent for a while, looked at the photo, fell into deep thought, and after a while, he said slowly: "This gas station was still okay before, and this old man was kind enough to take in my store manager." He saw me in the city, who was destitute and sick, took me to the hospital, and brought me here, and provided me with a job so that I would not starve to death on the streets. ”

Then this Xiao Zhang gently picked up the photo frame, gently wiped the dust on the photo frame with his sleeve, and said sadly: "But it's a pity that such a good person was attacked and killed by a group of thugs in a robbery one night!" They were brought to justice, but since then, not many people at the gas station will come back. Those who came were those who saw that this was in the wilderness, and came up to rob them! Anyway, no one cares! And it seems that the store manager's hard work for so many years is really going to be ruined in my hands! ”

"Were you not there on the night the store manager was attacked?" Kathu looked for anything to eat on the nearby shelves, but apparently not.

"I was in the ...... that night," Xiao Zhang said silently, tears falling onto this old photo.