Chapter 14: A New Beginning
In the middle of the night, Mei's crying had long since stopped, and she took advantage of the faint light to pack up some of her things, and did not bring anything that was of little use.
"Clothes. Letter... Money..."She counted the things she wanted to take and stuffed them into her school bag, which was bulging, and she tried her best to stuff all the things she wanted to bring into her school bag.
She quietly pushed open the door and saw a wad of money on the table in the living room, and evil thoughts were growing in her heart.
She walked there and took the money directly, and put it directly into her pocket without counting his amount.
The door was slowly pushed open, she longed for the outside world and did not want to be bound by other people, the sky was dark and only a few houses were lit up, and she walked forward by the faint light.
The moment she closed the door, she felt that she was free, not to live for others but to live as she liked.
"Little girl, are you still alone outside so late? Not afraid of bad guys? Some shop owners saw Mei alone and kindly reminded her, but how could she turn back when she had already come out?
She paid for a brand new watch on the way, something she hadn't dared to mention before, and now she doesn't blink an eye.
After walking for a long time, she came to another area of Farr, where the shining neon lights pointed her in the right directionโshe wanted to find a place to stay for a long time.
"Newcastle?" She entered the shop called "Newcastle" with curiosity.
The boss inside had red hair and listened to music, and there was a blue knife hanging on the wall, and Mei felt a hint of fear.
"Boss, can I stay here for a long time?"
"How long are you going to stay, this customer?"
"A year first."
"Okay, what kind of room are you going to want?" The boss didn't refuse Mei's request because she was a child.
"It doesn't have to be too good, just live there."
"Okay guest officer, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he looked down and looked for something, not knowing what he was looking for, but in the end he still didn't find anything.
"I'll take you there, don't worry, it's safe here."
Mei followed the boss directly without any worries, and she realized that there seemed to be no other waiter here besides the boss.
"Here, this is your room 'Soyu', the door here can be bound to the identity, so there is no need for a key, if there is anything you need, just notify me, you can call me a prisoner."
"How much does it cost?"
"I'm sorry for the guest, but we don't charge in the store."
Mei pondered for a while and finally said, "Okay, you can go." โ
After the prisoner left, Mei quickly adapted to the room that could only be opened by herself.
"You don't charge for accommodation? Do you have to eat, wear, and drink? Will it be expensive? This was the first thing Mei thought when she entered the room.
When she came back to her senses, she suddenly felt that this place was just "liveable"?
With red wallpaper, light blue curtains, a large bed of nearly two meters, and almost a potted plant in every room, this should be the best room, right? Maybe I haven't seen the world.
Maybe it was because it was too late, she went straight to bed without packing her things, the bed here is very soft, and Mei is very satisfied.
It was already noon before she moved her eyes.
"Oh, is it already noon? I still have to go to school! Mei sighed, just thinking about why the family didn't wake her up and let herself oversleep, but the next second she remembered that she was gone.
She began to pack her bags, taking out all the contents of her school bag and placing them next to her bed or in the cupboard, thinking that this was the place to be home.
After packing up all her things, she subconsciously touched her pocket and found that her money had not been hidden, so she thought about hiding it under her schoolbag and covering it with something.
However, when she was about to put it in her school bag, she found that she had stolen her parents' money, and there was a piece of paper in it.
"Mei, when you read this letter, you are already gone, it's okay, Mom and Dad won't object to you, although you and Xiao have a good time, but he can't help but know what you are doing at home, in fact, we are also for your own good, but this time you can live as you want, live as you want, come back if you have enough, we welcome you home at any time."
She had burst into tears before she could finish it, and she was happy; She was glad that her parents didn't come to her, and she was sad; She was sad that she left the house.
She wept loudly in her room, looking out the window at the world as if she could see her distant home at a glance, and her parents were waiting for her to come home.
"Knock knock."
"This guest officer, are you crying inside? It's already noon, you haven't eaten in the morning and need me to bring your lunch in? โ
Mei heard the knock on the door and immediately stopped crying, holding back her tears, her eyes were already red, and she came to the door to open the door for the prisoner cow.
Just as she was about to take over lunch, Mei suddenly remembered something:
"How much is this lunch?" Her hand was less than three centimeters away from the lunch, trembling slightly as if she was resisting, but she still wanted to take the lunch after being hungry for so long.
"Don't be afraid, this guest officer, anything we have here is free of charge."
Mei was quiet for a moment, how could there be such a good store? Don't charge for accommodation, but don't even charge for food? So what does he make money on?
"Then you can send it in." May took two steps back to let him in, after all, it was the first time she was here and wanted to ask some questions.
"You don't have to call me a guest officer to call me Mei, and you don't need to use honorifics."
"Okay Miss May."
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The prisoner cow put his things in the living room and sat on the sofa, he was more familiar with this place than May, after all, this was still his shop.
"Boss Prisoner Cow, here... Where can I make a lot of money? โ
The prisoner didn't show much performance, but asked very calmly: "It's the first time you've run away from home, why do you want to make a lot of money when you work for the first time?" โ
Mei Leng paused, how did he know that he had run away from home?
"How do you know I'm a runaway? Also why do you know that I am working for the first time? โ
"How can ordinary people come to my store, you must be from another city and still run away from home."
Mei looked at the prison cow, a little silent, this sentence seemed to tell her something.
"What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting, I just want to say that except for you runaway kids, no one usually comes back to stay at my hotel."
Mei fell silent again, wondering if she would run away and leave the place.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, and there are no bad people in this store."
But when the prisoner Niu said this, Mei was even more scared, there were bad people who didn't say that they weren't bad people, thinking of this, she broke out in a cold sweat, did she want to sell her own blame?
"I really can't help you, not charging money is the style of my store, I just do things according to my own preferences, how can I be recognized as a bad person?"
Mei gradually accepted the prison cow a little, maybe he was really a good person.
"Do you want to work part-time, you can work as a waiter in my store, you don't have to get up on time and whenever you want, and there is no fixed time for work, and the demand for customers here is very low."
Mei nodded, she didn't refuse, after all, the boss also provided her with food and accommodation for free, she was really embarrassed to refuse, and the conditions were also very attractive, but she just didn't know what the salary was.
"Hey, some of them are good to live in, why do you still think about money? Rest assured, it will definitely not be less than your salary after a month. โ
Mei was stunned for a moment, and she didn't say it to ask how much the salary was? Why would he know? Can you read minds?
Before May could ask again, the prisoner had already left, leaving only the lunch he had put down.
When she opened the lid, there was a plate of meat, a plate of vegetables and a bowl of soup, the meat was pink, the dish was something she had never seen before, the soup was very clear, except for some meat particles floating on it.
"Won't it be poisonous?"
"Oh, no, I've been hungry for so long."