Chapter 10: Thirty Dollars
It must have been ten minutes, right? He thought. From the mouth of the alley, the traffic lights at the intersection have changed ten times. But the man hadn't come yet. He had to comfort himself...... Maybe the other party is in some trouble. After all, it is an illegal industry, and it cannot be made into a sunshine industry like a regular industry.
So he kept waiting. The traffic light changed ten more times.
His stomach has continued to protest, and he really wants to get a certificate, find a snack bar to serve two drawers of steamed buns, and eat until his stomach is swollen. But why hasn't the man come yet?
Maybe there's something wrong with the computer? Perhaps now that the electronic version is ready, it is waiting to be printed.
Wrong! Wait a minute...... Electronic version? He doesn't seem to have a picture of me? Didn't ask me how old I was? Didn't even ask me what my name was??
Then you still have a ghost certificate?! Li Zhen's mind, which was originally groggy because of all kinds of worries, suddenly sobered up - I was deceived!
He was stunned for a moment - thirty dollars, only more than thirty dollars! My father's salary is only more than 200 yuan a month, and that person deceived me of 30 yuan in just a few words! Without this money, what can I do in the future? The remaining nine dollars and five cents, can you still find someone to do it?
I thought that most people were as kind as Qingqing, like that uncle, and like Qi Yuanshan, but who knew that on the first day of returning to the city, someone maliciously emptied all their belongings!
He trembled with rage and slammed his fist into the filthy red brick wall, and the inferior cement fell down in a stumbling manner.
It can't just be left at that...... You can't just leave it at that! He shouted in his heart, I have no way to live! I have to get it back!
For the first time in his life, his mind was so clear: the deception's number was written here, and the person was waiting here after the phone call with me—he would never have been far away. It's not the first time they've done this, and they're probably somewhere waiting for someone else to take the bait!
He remembered the young man's words again-"You guys who come to apply for certificates are basically mixed up on the road, and we don't do anything when we collect money-how dare you." When he first heard it, he was snickered at a stranger's euphemistic praise for his maturity, but now that he thinks about it, it's an out-and-out irony!
Li Zhen wiped his face fiercely, and took a big stride to chase after the man along the road he had walked.
He walked through the streets and alleys of the neighborhood like an angry beast, his blood rushing all over his body, and his face and ears red. After searching for nearly an hour, until the sun rose in the middle of the sky, he finally spotted the figure in front of a barbecue stand on a street corner.
The man was sitting around the table with two other young men, sipping beer and laughing triumphantly—
“…… I also said to that little brat, you are waiting for me here, I can't find you when I come back from a long distance! Haha......ha
He laughed arrogantly, and another man in a white sè jacket reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, you, look decent!" ”
A new round of laughter erupted.
Li Zhen immediately strode behind the young man, glared, and said loudly, "Bring my money!" ”
The young man in the leather coat was startled by the sudden sound and quickly turned around. When he saw that it was him, his face suddenly fell: "You still chased here?" Knocking on the table again, "Your money is eaten and drunk—get out!" ”
With a casual push, Li Zhen took several steps backwards and almost sat on the ground.
Then the man turned back and refilled himself with a beer: "Ignore him." Brat. ”
The other two glared at him: "The kid goes home and does his homework." Spend money to buy you a lesson, do you understand? ”
But Li Zhen walked over again: "Give me the money, or I'll report it!" ”
The young man in the leather coat didn't even look back this time, and laughed out loud: "Report Jing? Hurry up - do you see if it works? ”
The owner of the barbecue restaurant looked at Li Zhen through the small window in the back room and made a lip shape - "Let's go, let's go quickly!" ”
However, he took a deep breath and reached out to sweep the beer skewers on the table to the ground: "Give me back the money!" ”
Before he could say a second sentence, a spicy slap "snapped" on his face. The young man in white, who was splashed with wine, jumped up, and gave him another slap with his backhand, beating him backwards again and again, and his head was buzzing: "**Do you want to die?!" ”
The young man in the leather coat kicked over the stool, stood up and grabbed his collar: "Who the hell dares to touch me Yu Yongqiang?" Inquire near you? Little turtle, you come out for me! As soon as he exerted his arm, he grabbed Li Zhen's collar and dragged it out.
The shopkeeper hurriedly came out of the back kitchen and said repeatedly, "Alas...... Less, what do you care about a child? Today's wine money is mine, you can hit it twice, let go......"
Before he finished speaking, a third young man in a gray sportswear picked up an empty bottle on the table and pointed at him: "Lao Zhang, don't worry about this matter today, you can't do well, do you hear?" ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly closed his voice, only sighed and watched the four people go out. The last person walked to the door and turned back and said, "If you dare to call 110, you will wait in the future-"
The shopkeeper waved his hand again and slipped his phone into his pocket.
The barbecue restaurant is next to an alley. This is already a relatively remote part of the district, and this alley is even more dirty. The leather-clad young man threw Li Zhen against the wall, clenched his fist and gave him a bite on the stomach first.
The punch hit the stomach - the pain immediately spread all over the body, and the interlocking bones seemed to be being pumped down hard. Li Zhen didn't even have time to resist, and bent over like a shrimp. The young man in the jacket followed, elbowed him on the back again, and scolded: "Little turtle, look for death." ”
The third followed up and kicked Li Zhen on the thigh who had been knocked to the ground: "Give you a lesson, do you understand?" ”
He only had time to hug his head at this time, and then there was a flurry of punches and kicks.
The three of them were measured, and although they fought fiercely, they all greeted their thighs and backs - the pain was painful, and the damage was limited.
However, the first time he was beaten like this since he was a child, Li Zhen was already ashamed and angry in his heart - how could there be such a person? Do something wrong, and still justifiably do evil? How much pleasure can you get from hurting others without any scruples like this?!
The three men kicked for a minute, then stopped to catch their breath. The one in the leather coat asked viciously, "Do you want to accept it?" Do you want money? ”
Li Zhen lay on the ground and coughed twice, and hissed: "Pay me back!" ”
"**......" He immediately kicked him hard again—this time in the stomach. The pain and anger swept through his entire body, his heart beat violently, he felt his temples "thud" and blood seemed to spurt out of his eyes and ears at any moment—
"Give me back!" He grabbed the young man's foot, which had not yet been withdrawn, and pulled it hard—the latter lost his balance and fell to the ground on his back. Taking advantage of the astonished efforts of the other two, he pounced on him and slammed his head into the face.
The touch of the knuckles and the other party's skin made him even more desperate, the boiling blood seemed to occupy the entire brain, and there was only one voice in his heart, spewing out with the hot breath: "Pay me back!" Give me back! ”
The other two men reacted at this point, scolding and grabbing his arm to pull him up.
However...... What's going on? The two arms of the young man who looked weak and white and tender were as if they were made of steel, and with a wave of them, they easily broke away from their control!
After another attempt, he still couldn't stop the fist that was being swung by him, and the man on the ground was riding on him, waving his hands wildly in an attempt to cover his face, but like a mantis arm as a car, the boy's fist slammed into it, through the gap between his arms, and hit him in the face.
In less than ten seconds, the man on the ground had a nosebleed all over his face.
The two of them panicked, and went to hug him again, trying to drag him away - but it was like hugging a rooted tree, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't drag him away at all!
"Hit!" Seeing that his efforts were in vain, the young man in the gray sportswear gritted his teeth and smashed his fist on Li Zhen's head. The other did the same, and the two of them punched and kicked him together. But no matter how fierce they fought, Li Zhen only recognized one person on the ground, bearing the ferocious punches and kicks from behind, gritting his teeth and glaring at the face of the man on the ground.
The four of them fought like this for five minutes, seeing that the people on the ground were no longer moving, but Li Zhen was still hammering with a red face, the young man in white gritted his teeth, and took out a dagger in his trouser pocket and shouted: "Beat me again and stab you to death!" ”
Li Zhen didn't even look at him, his left hand pulled aside the arm of the leather-clothed man in front of his face, and his right hand slapped him on the cheek: "**Pay me back!" ”
The young man in white stepped forward, slammed the dagger into his back, and then pulled it out.
The red blood quickly stained the back of the jacket, Li Zhen turned his head sharply, glared at him viciously, then raised his hand and smashed another punch on the left side of the leather man's face.
The man in white's face turned blue and purple, and he struck him in the back with a dagger—this time without a stab.
It hurts like a heart. But Li Zhen still stared at him, and punched the corner of the leather-clothed man's eye. A crack opened at the end of his eye, and blood flowed all the way to the base of his ear.
The man in gray was already stunned, withdrew his hand and stood to the side in a daze.
The hand of the man holding the dagger was a little shaky - it was the first time he had encountered such a deadly horn - and he was still a fucking child! Just for thirty bucks!
He gritted his teeth again and stabbed Li Zhen in the back. The knife was so weak that it could tear through the clothes and cut the skin.
However, in response to him, it was Li Zhen's real punch - a punch smashed into the nose, and there was a soft "click" sound, and the man on the ground was completely unconscious.
He stared at Li Zhen's bloodshot eyes, and his courage gradually faded without a trace—he had never really seen such beast-like eyes! With a shake of the hand, the dagger fell to the ground.
"Pay you back...... Pay back your money, you get up, stop fighting! He muttered, pulling his wallet out of his pocket and looking at it—not enough. Immediately yelled at the person next to him: "Get your wallet!" ”
The young man in gray woke up from a dream, and shivered and took a handful out of his pocket and stuffed it into him. He hurriedly counted: "Seventy yuan, all for you!" ”
Li Zhen stretched out a bloody hand, took the money, still stared at him, put it in his jacket pocket, and then stood up.
Only then did the two of them run over, avoiding him as if they were plague, and the young man on the ground hurriedly walked out.
Unexpectedly, Li Zhen behind him spat out a mouth full of blood and water, and hissed: "Wait." ”
The young man in the jacket looked back, his face as if it was about to crumple: "It's still ...... What else? ”
"How can anyone really get a certificate?"
He was stunned, and made sure that he really heard correctly, so he fumbled and took out his mobile phone, looked for it for a long time, and reported a number. "This ...... It is. ”
Li Zhen turned his back to lean against the wall and stopped talking.
They fled as if they were running away.
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