Early autumn, late at night.

In the western suburbs of Lianhai City, under the overpass not far from a commercial street.

The daytime hustle and bustle has dissipated, shops are closed, and there are few pedestrians on the road.

Under the flyover are a few scavengers and homeless people.

Scrap cardboard, with a few dirty blankets, set up a simple shelter from the wind and rain, which is where the homeless spend the night.

Two of the homeless lived at the westernmost end under the flyover, near a remote road.

One of them was a vagabond, tall and thin, with stranded hair in a shawl, and a gray cloak that he had picked up from nowhere.

Another tramp, short and stocky, with his hair trimmed to an uneven length and his beard trimmed like a dog's gnawed, wore a pair of trousers just above his knees in the middle of the autumn night, which had become cold in the early autumn night.

The tall and thin man and the chunky man's beds were next to each other, both with a blanket and a few pieces of cardboard.

Humpty Dumpty pulled out a wooden box from the pile of cardboard next to his bed, opened the wooden box, and took out a bottle of two pots from it.

Unscrewing the cap of the second pot, Humpty Dumpty poured it himself, and handed it to the tall, thin man sitting beside him.

The tall and thin man was not polite, picked up the second pot and poured a sip, and after drinking it, he coughed violently twice.

Humpty Dumpty laughed twice, and said to the tall and thin man, "Bai Chang is so tall, he drinks like a girl." ”

The tall and thin man wrapped his trench coat tightly, "What's so good about wine?" If it wasn't too cold, I wouldn't have drunk it. ”

"If you don't drink, what do you want to drink?" Humpty Dumpty poured another sip of the second pot, smacked his mouth twice, and then asked the tall and thin man beside him.

"I want to eat instant noodles." The tall and thin man tightened his old trench coat, and his eyes showed longing.

"It's a beautiful idea, you borrowed my money to buy instant noodles last time, and you haven't paid me back yet, remember to pick up more scrap products to sell tomorrow and pay me back, only wine today, do you want to drink it?" Although Humpty Dumpty complained that the tall and thin man did not pay back, he still handed the only bottle of Erguo in his hand to the tall and thin man.

The tall and thin man took the second pot and poured it back, and then returned it.

The two homeless men drank the same bottle of Erguotou in one sip, chatting about what happened during the day, completely unaware of a man in his 40s who staggered in from the dim light of a remote road.

With a "plop", the man in his 40s who staggered from the road suddenly collapsed next to the two homeless men under the overpass.

The two homeless men were taken aback.

Humpty Dumpty stood up boldly and walked over to the man who had fallen.

The man fell face down to the ground, fully dressed and carrying a black leather bag.

Humpty Dumpty leaned down and took a closer look at the man, feeling a smell of wine coming to his face, and the man seemed to have fallen drunk.

Humpty Dumpty tries to take the handbag of the fallen man, but is stopped by the tall and thin man.

Thin and tall: "We only pick up things, we don't steal things, besides, there is surveillance on the bridge, you dare to do bad things?" ”

Humpty Dumpty withdrew his hand curtly, "I didn't want to steal from him, I just wanted to see if he had a mobile phone in his bag, so that I could call his family and bring this person back, this person can't sleep with us." ”

The tall and thin man still took Humpty Dumpty's hand and said, "Wake him up and let him go back on his own." ”

Humpty Dumpty pushed the man who fell to the ground and shouted, "Hey, buddy! You don't sleep anywhere, get up and go home! ”

The man lying on the ground moved, struggled to get up, looked around, and saw two homeless men.

Humpty Dumpty stared into the man's eyes and saw that the man's eyes were red as if they were about to drip blood, as if he had drunk too much.

Humpty Dumpty's heart trembled and asked, "Hey, buddy, how much wine have you drunk?" Can you still walk on your own? ”

The man did not seem to hear the homeless man's words, and staggered along the road, but fell to the ground before he had taken two steps.

The tall, thin man stepped forward and picked up the man.

The man got back to his feet, but trembling.

The tall and thin man only felt that the man's hands were sweating, as if he had just washed his hands.

The man continued to stagger forward along the road for two steps, and when he saw the pier of the overpass, the man unbuttoned his pants and started peeing.

Humpty Dumpty yelled behind the man, "Hey, this isn't the place for you to pee, we're going to sleep here, get out of here!" ”

When Humpty Dumpty ran to the man's side, he saw that the man's urine was not yellow, but a puddle of black-red liquid.

Humpty Dumpty froze.

Humpty Dumpty screamed, "Mom, this person's urine is black, so he can't be sick, right?" ”

Humpty Dumpty and the tall homeless man stepped back at the same time, and with the screams of the two of them, the man suddenly fell backwards and fell to the ground before he could finish urinating.

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Early morning.

The western suburbs of Lianhai City, Qingheyuan Flower and Bird Market.

According to the previous agreement, Gu Yanan came to the flower and bird market with Nan Hanfei, preparing to choose a red-billed firefinch for Uncle Ge.

In the early morning flower and bird market, all the shops have just opened, and there are very few people shopping, only the chirping of birds fills the entire flower and bird market street.

Gu Yanan and Nan Hanfei walked side by side on the streets of the Flower and Bird Market.

Gu Yanan looked at the various birds hanging out of the various facades, and said: "There are many stores selling red-billed firefinches in this flower and bird market, and it should be easy to pick one that looks the same as the red-billed firefinch before Uncle Ge." ”

Nan Hanfei walked beside Gu Yanan, "It's not like it's secondary, most of the red-billed firefinchs look the same, the key is to pick a healthy one, I heard that these birds will carry all kinds of parasites and viruses, Uncle Ge is weak, don't be infected with any zoonotic diseases when raising birds." ”

Gu Yanan glanced back at Nan Hanfei, "I didn't expect you to know that birds can transmit zoonoses, it seems that you have a good grasp of common sense of disease prevention." ”

"Common sense, I've been in contact with you for so long, and I'll always learn a little."

Nan Hanfei was about to show in front of Gu Yanan the knowledge of disease control that he had recently learned from the Internet, when suddenly the mobile phone in his pocket rang.

Picking up the phone, Nan Hanfei's face gradually became serious.

The phone was quickly finished, and after hanging up the phone, Nan Hanfei said to Gu Yanan, "I'm sorry, I have something to go first." ”

"Well, you go get busy, it's a big deal to get down the flyover." Gu Yanan responded casually.

Nan Hanfei was stunned for a moment and asked, "How do you know that there was a murder under the overpass?" ”

Gu Yanan pointed to Guide Hanfei's mobile phone, "Your phone is leaking, it's too loud, I'm so close to you, I accidentally heard it, eh...... Forget, you have a confidentiality principle, should I just pretend I didn't hear anything? ”

Nan Hanfei waved his hand, "It's okay, you're not an outsider, it's just that I can't accompany you to the flower and bird market today, or you go back first and wait for my call." ”

"You go busy, I'll go shopping by myself, just buy a red-billed firefinch for Uncle Ge, I promise to choose a healthy and clever one, and send a photo to you after I buy it, and send it to Uncle Ge next time, rest assured, I won't deprive you of the opportunity to show love."

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