Chapter 192: The Heart Is Like Ashes
The thing "smell" has always surrounded people. It is often overlooked, but it is extremely important.
Just like walking, sleeping, breathing, and other common behaviors, the more basic things are, the more they can reflect their characteristics.
Alcoholics will have a pungent smell of alcohol, and brick workers will smell of sweat; The barren will have a sour smell, and the nouveau riche will have a faint copper smell.
Even if Tan Lang didn't experience an explosion today, he had a strong choking smell on his body. The choking smell was not the usual smell of pepper, but the burning sensation of flames that everyone who approached him could feel around him.
Like Jing Ruohan, it's different. The pure and light breath emanating from the body makes people feel as if their minds have been infected and become unusually calm and peaceful.
Let's talk about people like Feng Xiaoting who were born in a wealthy family. Even if she doesn't go out and wear those perfumes that are expensive enough to be worth a year's worth of ordinary people's expenses, her body will naturally exude a luxurious smell like gold.
…… And at this moment, the man in his forties in front of Li Jie is a strong atmosphere of corruption. This smell of corruption not only permeates the man's body, but also contaminates everything around him. Although Li Jie confirmed that the other party was still breathing, he always had an inexplicable illusion in his heart: in fact, the other party had already died.
Shao Qing. Li Jie still remembers his name.
If Li Jie hadn't asked Wang Rongqin to pay attention to his whereabouts, he might never have been found in the garbage heap on the street corner.
Before leaving, Li Jie secretly contacted him. At that time, although he was decadent and depressed, he could at least eat a full meal every day and have a wooden bed to sleep on.
But only half a year has passed, and Shao Qing at this time has lost the appearance of a "human".
Nestled in the corner, he lies on his side in a pile of filthy plastic waste. His hair was unkempt, his feet were barefoot, and he was covered in pitch black and mud. There was freshly melted snow around, but he was wearing tattered thin clothes that he had picked up from nowhere.
Every pedestrian on the side of the road was so uncomfortably smoked by the rancid smell of his body that they covered their noses one by one as they walked by, casting disdainful glances at them. If you want to say that any of them have thought in their hearts: this kind of garbage is not as good as reincarnating early, Li Jie estimates that almost all of them are there.
But perhaps no one can imagine that such a garbage man who is disgusted by the world is precisely the key to the continued survival of the world.
Shao Qing's fate trajectory is actually an important stroke in portraying the blueprint of the fate of the new universe.
Li Jie knew from the information he got from the Xuanyuan Tomb: he wanted to avoid the coming of the judgment day. Shao Qing's fate trajectory must not be like this. He should not be reduced to a beggar, but should become a successful and wealthy businessman who is famous in the city!
I arrived here after Li Jie and Tan Lang separated, and I had been staying for half an hour.
In the past half hour, Li Jie just sat on the stone steps on the side, staring at each other silently not far away.
Li Jie knew that the other party must have known that he was coming. Because when he first came, he took the initiative to call Shao Qing's name. And Shao Qing didn't seem to care whether there was anyone or no one around him, he just lay with his eyes closed. Half an hour has passed, and Shao Qing has not even raised his eyelids like a dead man, let alone taking care of Li Jie.
The sun is setting, and the lights are on. Li Jie looked up in all directions, got up and walked across the street.
When he found a bun shop, Li Jie rummaged through his pocket and took out change. "Boss, here are some buns."
"Okay!" The boss in clean white replied loudly, opened the cage drawer with both hands, skillfully took out a few meat buns from them, packed them in plastic bags and handed them to Li Jie, and also intimately handed over a few napkins.
"Eat hot, lad. Our meat buns are well-known! ”
Li Jie smiled kindly and said honestly: "As long as you can be full." Boss, do you have water here? ”
"You mean drinks, huh? We don't have it at home. But you can buy it at the small shop next door. ”
After nodding and paying, Li Jie was just about to leave, and suddenly remembered something. "Boss, do you know how long the guy across the street has been here?" ”
"Who?" The boss looked in the direction of Li Jie's finger in surprise, and when he saw the dark figure of Shao Qing in the pile of garbage, he immediately shook his head and said, "You said that beggar?" I saw him here a month ago. I set up the stall to see him there, and I watched him there when I closed the stall...... Alas, there are many poor people these days. Maybe he'll die one day. ”
Li Jie hesitated, because he knew that the question he wanted to ask seemed a little inexplicable. "Inquire about something. Boss, have you ever seen anyone come to him? ”
"What do you mean?" The boss really didn't understand. Listening to Li Jie's explanation, he wanted to ask if this beggar still had relatives and friends, and the former suddenly sighed ridiculously: "If he wants to have friends, will it be his turn to be in this kind of field?" You're really good at laughing, young man. But some time ago, I saw people from the Social Welfare Bureau coming. At that time, the TV station also came, saying that it was to help some social begging people. But in the end, they were all gone, and he was still there. I don't know if he himself refused. ”
Seeing that Li Jie listened carefully, the boss was very surprised why the other party was so concerned about a beggar. A little puzzled: "You don't know him, do you?" ”
Li Jie smiled and did not answer. politely thanked the boss, and then turned around and left with a plastic bag.
The curious boss looked at Li Jie and bought a bottle of pure water from the small shop next to him, and then walked to the beggar across the street. Immediately touched his head in confusion.
In these days, there are still people who are so kind as to care about a beggar for no reason? Anyway, the boss has opened his own store for so many years, and he has never seen it. After shaking his head and smiling, he didn't bother to think about it anymore.
Li Jie stepped beside Shao Qing, opened the plastic bag in his hand, and suddenly the smell of meat emanated. Seeing Shao Qing's nose twitch, his eyelids seemed to be about to open, but he finally held back again. Then Li Jie patted the other party's shoulder lightly: "Shao Qing, get up and eat." ”
At the same time as the words sounded, Shao Qing's eyes suddenly opened. staring at the meat bun handed by Li Jie, he reached out and grabbed a hot meat bun and couldn't wait to stuff it into his mouth.
Several meat buns were stuffed into Shao Qing's mouth one by one, chewing them as if in a form, and swallowing them immediately. After Li Jie handed over the pure water, Shao Qing unceremoniously copied it, raised his neck and poured it into his mouth.
After eating, Shao Qing glanced up at Li Jie, who found that the other party's eyes were full of dead gray cloudiness.
Seeing Shao Qing lying down immediately without saying a word, Li Jie didn't want his initiative to be wasted again, so he hurriedly said, "Money, do you want it?" ”
Shao Qing did not react. Li Jie continued: "I can give you lots and lots of money. Completely change your life right now. ”
This sentence, Li Jie is not joking. He is confident that as long as Shao Qingken nods, he is absolutely capable of helping him transform from a beggar to a wealthy businessman.
But the premise is that Shao Qing is willing to accept it.
Half a year ago, Li Jie wanted to say a word to the other party. But at that time, Li Jie also found that no matter how many opportunities were created for Shao Qing, he would eventually lose them. It's as if he's already on a one-way path of depravity.
Seeing that Shao Qing's reaction was as expected, he ignored what Li Jie said. After the latter sank his breath, he said in a more sincere tone: "Shao Qing, I can promise to say a word to you." Your destiny should not be like this, you should be a successful businessman. ”
"Merchant?" After hearing this, Shao Qing opened his cloudy and empty eyes. "I lost the word Shang twenty-five years ago. I also lost the word "human" half a year ago. ”