Chapter 21: Slums

"Damn! Where the hell did the imp flee to? ”

I don't know how far he chased, Li Hu squatted on the roof of a long-abandoned dilapidated house, he let out an angry grunt, and at the same time rolled his eyes to check the situation around him.

As far as the eye can see, the surrounding scene can be described in three simple words, dirty, messy, poor, crooked houses are dilapidated, sunlight can easily shine into the room through fist-sized cracks, almost all the houses in this area are as if they can easily collapse as long as a strong wind blows, the streets made of rotten mud are potholed, garbage can be seen everywhere, and you can occasionally see a few old people or children in tattered clothes.

If you see this kind of place for the first time, you may mistake it for a large abandoned garbage dump.

But in fact, it is a slum located on the border of the royal capital.

To be honest, Li Hu didn't really want to come to this kind of place, the air here exuded an unpleasant sour smell, and the streets were so dirty that he couldn't bear to look at it directly, but now was not the time to say such things, after all, Li Hu must get back the katana that was taken away by Yu Ling.

Nearly twenty minutes have passed since he started chasing Yu Ling, but since Yu Ling was sitting in the carriage, and Li Hu was chasing on foot, even as a ZP7 troop, he would inevitably feel struggling.

At first, he followed closely behind Yu Ling, but because he always accidentally bumped into passers-by during the run, Li Hu decided to jump on the roof to continue the chase, but when he reached the vicinity, the carriage carrying Yu Ling disappeared completely.

"Strange? I was still here just now, why don't I see anyone now! ”

Li Hu felt strange, muttered softly again, and then jumped down from the two-story roof, landing perfectly in a squatting position.

Then Li Hu had to launch a carpet search, in order to find Yu Ling, Li Hu tried not to let go of every corner as much as possible.

But it was not easy to find a girl in such a large slum, and with some excellent hiding terrain all around, the situation was almost like looking for a needle in a haystack.

In addition, it is impossible for Yu Ling to stay in this slum all the time, not only is the security here poor, but the environment is harsh, Yu Ling must also want to leave this kind of place as soon as possible, which means that the more time passes, the worse the situation will be for Li Hu.

Sure enough, I still need to ask passers-by.

"Well, may I ask ......?"

Before Li Hu finished speaking, an old man in tattered clothes cast a sharp glance at Li Hu, and then said, "Boom! He closed the door and hid inside the house.

"Hey, sure enough, people in the slums are not easy to communicate."

Li Hu sighed helplessly, and at this moment, his gaze inadvertently fell to the front.

"Huh......?"

Li Hu couldn't help but tilt his head, and then stopped.

The reason is simple, because the scene that expands before us is a group of dirty-clad children, standing together in an irregular circle.

In fact, it is not surprising that there are such children in a place like the slums, after all, this is a gathering place for the poor in the kingdom of heaven, but, to be precise, it is not them who attract Li Hu's attention, but the characters who are surrounded by the group of children, Li Hu is very familiar with him.

It was a young man dressed in black, with a smile on his face, his short jet-black hair undulating slightly, a black katana at his waist, and his gentle eyes looking at the children around him.

That's right, he is the same ZP7 unit as Li Hu, and the two grew up together since childhood - Zhang Hao.

I saw Zhang Hao holding a plastic bag in his hand, and the other hand took out white bread from it one after another, and distributed them to the happy children. ”

"That guy...... Is it Zhang Hao? ”

Li Huhu tilted his head suspiciously and called his name.

For a moment, Li Hu wondered if he had seen the wrong person, but after constantly rubbing his eyes, Li Hu was convinced that the person in front of him who was distributing food to help this group of children was undoubtedly Zhang Hao.

But in Li Hu's impression, Zhang Hao is not at all like a man who has done such a good thing, if the usual Zhang Hao is compared to a fierce lion, then the current Zhang Hao is like a tamed domestic dog, whether it is his expression or movements, he reveals an amiable atmosphere.

“…… Well? ”

Just when Li Hu was wondering about this, Zhang Hao seemed to notice his existence.

"Yo! Li Hu, what kind of wind blew you into the slums? ”

He asked in a relaxed tone, as if the bread had been distributed, and Zhang Hao approached Li Hu closely.

"It's nothing, it's just a very annoying wind that blew me here."

Li Hu's eyes were still looking at the group of gobbling children, and he continued to speak:

"Do you know all these kids?"

"Of course, most of these children living in the slums are fatherless or abandoned orphans, and they have no support for them to live by picking up scraps together since they were young, so I thought about helping them."

"Huh~ It's pretty good, I didn't expect you guys to do such a good thing."

"Is it unusual for someone as caring as me to do such a thing?"

Zhang Hao said without modesty while making exaggerated movements.

Immediately after that, the sound of children jumping in the back could be heard.

"Thank you, big brother!"

"You're welcome."

Zhang Hao turned around and responded in the same pleasant tone.

“…………”

There are no parents to rely on, so they can only rely on each other to survive with their peers, and if Li Hu hadn't entered the orphanage, maybe it would have become their situation.

Li Hu was indeed luckier than them, but now their faces were also filled with a strong sense of happiness, and the reason could be imagined, just because of a few ordinary pieces of bread in their hands.

Looking at their gobbling up, Li Hu felt a sense of relief in his heart for some reason.

However, at this time, a boy appeared out of nowhere, he hugged Li Hu's body at once, and then said with a smile on his face:

"This brother, you should be Li Hu of the ZP7 unit."

"Huh? That's right, but how did you know my name? ”

Li Hu tilted his head suspiciously, he should have seen him for the first time, so the boy showed a natural expression and said:

"It's very simple, because Brother Zhang Hao often mentions you to us."

"That guy ......"

"Brother Zhang Hao told us that there is a dumb person in the ZP7 unit, his name is Li Hu, so I recognized you at a glance."

"What!"

Li Hu gritted his teeth and cast a sharp gaze at Zhang Hao who was standing aside, but Zhang Hao didn't care at all, only to see him make a helpless gesture.

"Gee, I don't think I'm the only one."

Just as Li Hu was about to refute, he suddenly sensed a feeling of unease, and then Li Hu slowly moved his gaze downward.

"That'...... That, your snot...... It got on my clothes. ”

Li Hu showed a stiff expression and looked down at the boy who was holding him, only to see that his nose was connected to Li Go's shirt and a long snot like a high-voltage power line.

“…… Well? ”

Maybe he noticed this, "Whew! Without hesitation, the boy twitched his nose and sucked the snot into his nose at once.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Li Hu breathed a breath of relief, but the next moment he quickly noticed that the boy's snot, which was originally only one nostril, suddenly increased to two, which caused Li Hu's clothes to be stained with more disgusting snot.

"Quick...... Hurry up and get the paper! ”

Not knowing who to turn to for help, Li Hu stood in place and shouted loudly in a voice dyed with panic.

Zhang Hao seemed to think it was funny, so he raised the corners of his mouth and said:

"Little raindrop, can you come over for a while."

After speaking, the "little raindrop" in Zhang Hao's mouth seemed to be the boy who hugged Li Hu, and he raised his excited voice and let out "Oh! In response to Zhang Hao's words, he then let go of the hands that were holding Li Hu, and at the same time, the involved snot was also broken.

After waiting for Xiaoyudi to stand in front of Zhang Hao.

"Tell you something."

Then Zhang Hao bent down and put his face to Xiaoyudi's ear, and whispered some mysterious words.

Then a smile suddenly bloomed on the face of Xiao Yudian, who was originally listening to "Mmmmmm......".

Then, as if he had discovered something important, he turned to look at Li Hu again.

"Brother Li Hu, do you want to give us money to buy snacks to eat?"

"What!"

Hearing Xiao Yudian's inexplicable words, Li Hu couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then glared at Zhang Hao, the culprit of this matter, with a sharp gaze.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing! ”

"It's nothing, don't get so excited, I just want you to spread your love."

After Zhang Hao replied with a mischievous smile, perhaps hearing Xiao Yudian's words just now, the children nearby gathered like a group of chicks at the time of dinner, and surrounded Li Hu while showing innocent joyful expressions one by one.

"Really?"

"I haven't had a snack in years!"

"Great!"

From their mouths came one voice after another.

“…… Forehead......! ”

Being stared at by this expression, Li Hu was helpless at all, and Li Hu had to scratch his cheeks with embarrassment.

Although he was quite unconvinced and was teased by Zhang Hao, it is also an indisputable fact that the group of children in front of him are in great need of help, so it is better to do good deeds now.

Li Hu had no choice but to bite the bullet and put his slightly trembling palm into his pocket, accompanied by "Dang! With a sound, he slowly took out a wallet that didn't feel the weight at all.

"Give...... Give it to you...... Take it! ”

It looks like we're going to eat dirt again this month-

Li Hu muttered in his heart, and reluctantly handed them the last hundred yuan coin.

The children smiled even more joyfully when they received the coin, and they couldn't help but jump with excitement.

But it was also a no-brainer, and even though it was only a hundred-dollar coin, it was an immensely large amount of money for the children who had been living in the slums, even untouched.