Xu Sheng changed into a decent dress today, not to mention expensive, but at least neat.

Wu Meng said that every time she picked her up, she would be laughed at by her classmates, although she couldn't look at the problem like that, and children couldn't compare, but ......

People depend on their clothes.

"How much did this cost?" Wu Meng looked at Xu Sheng, who was squatting down, and helped him sort out his collar like a little adult. The latter's beard had not yet been shaved clean, and the whole person still looked dirty.

But the clothes are new.

"The money is enough, you go to school well." Xu Sheng touched her head and stood up to return to the water station.

"Hey, Daddy, wait a minute." After hesitating for a moment, Wu Meng stood on tiptoe and hung an ornament in his hand in front of Xu Sheng's clothes.

This is the national emblem of the Shengyuan Kingdom, and on the smoke like a flame, there is a double-sided sword hidden.

It looks like a normal toy.

"The school sent it, you wear it." Wu Meng pouted, put down a sentence, and turned around and walked into the school.

Xu Sheng looked down at the badge, pressed it carefully, and went back to work.

But this time, he hit the nail.

Water station, closed?

The notice reads: Temporarily closed due to maintenance of the water station.

Just a few words.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

"When will the water station be closed?"

"It's just such a water station, what else do you need to overhaul? I looked fine yesterday! ”

"That's it, how expensive is the water bill now!?"

Xu Sheng also squeezed into the crowd and raised his fist: "Hey, what are you doing!" What are you guys doing! ”

Before the protest was over, the corners of Xu Sheng's clothes were pulled.

turned his head and saw that it was Liu Cheng.

Away from the crowd, two men sat on a wasteland on a street corner, smoking a cheap local tobacco.

"I expected this for a long time." Liu Cheng deliberately lowered his voice, but let the people around him hear a little.

"You say...... Water station blockade? ”

"Oh, brother." Liu Cheng shook his head and said: "It's weird to open this water station for us for a few days, like the power station in the west of the city and the granary in the east of the city, which one is not shut down due to an accident?" ”

"Then you think someone is making trouble?"

"Hey, it's all said and done, you're still pretending to be stupid for me?" Liu Cheng raised his dark arm and pointed to the notice on it: "Open and seal, now it's all one person who has the final say." ”

"Alas......" Xu Sheng pretended to sigh, smoked silently, and did not answer.

"What do you think?" Liu Cheng asked rhetorically.

"What else can I do? It's not up to us to decide how many jobs there are. Xu Sheng looked complaining: "I just think that the opportunity should be placed in front of everyone, and those who can get it." Instead of being like now, waiting for the price to sell, the winner can. ”

"Fuck, talk to people."

"Ahem, don't get tangled up in the details." Xu Sheng may have exposed his true thoughts for a while: "I'm waiting, what can I do?" ”

"Let's go, I guess I won't be able to do it today." Liu Cheng pulled Xu Sheng up: "Take a day off and go to my house for dinner." ”

Xu Sheng's opponent was no match for him, and he took one last look at the troublesome crowd and left with a frown.

At this time, the water station was blocked, could it be related to his troubles in the City Lord's Mansion a few days ago?

But all this time, it seems that nothing has happened. Xu Sheng went to the government building to see it during the day, and it was still the same as usual.

Then today, the water station was sealed.

This doesn't matter to Xu Sheng, but it hurts the people.

"Lao Xu, let me tell you, the water bill can't come down, so make this one." Liu Cheng and Xu Sheng chatted while walking, and homeless people lying on the side of the road could be seen begging along the roadside.

"I always feel that something is wrong......" Xu Sheng thought carefully.

"Don't think about it, the water can't reach the South District at all." Liu Cheng understood what he wanted to say: "The southern district has the most workers, and they have carried water to the northern district and provided it to those special places. But in the southern district itself, water can be sold by the pound. Not to mention taking a bath, I can't afford to drink. You say it's funny or not, I'm a water carrier, and I can't even drink the water. ”

Xu Sheng reacted, because of the relationship between helping the black market merchant kill the strange beast, he was not short of money in his hand. But if you do a good job, you really can't buy enough water with the money you earn from your part-time job.

It's ironic.

"That's it." Liu Cheng's home is on the edge of town, where many poor people are crammed into a mud-tile house. There are no tall buildings around, and you can see the government buildings in the center of the city from here.

"Oops, dad, why are you back?"

Two dirty children ran towards him and hugged Liu Cheng. The latter drove them to the side of the road, and the child rolled about like two little beasts.

There was also an old lady in the cluttered room, mending her own clothes, and holding something like a cigarette in her mouth. raised his eyes and glanced at Xu Sheng, and then lowered his head and went about his own business.

"Come on, come on." Liu Cheng carefully took out the palm-sized leftover beer from the cabinet, and greeted Xu Sheng with the leftover peanuts he ate yesterday.

Xu Sheng didn't know why he was so poor, but he felt that his smile was not very comfortable.

They are not very familiar friends, at most they are workers.

Now Anhuo City can be said to be poor, and if it is not the top entertainment venue, it is basically difficult to drink a meal happily.

Liu Cheng took a sip and drank the beer as a distilled spirit.

"Lao Xu, have you heard about something?" Liu Cheng suddenly spoke.

"You say."

"There has been a rumor in the past few days that the city lord has hidden a lot of true qi in his own secrets. Not only that, but those scarce water sources and mining stations are all owned by the city lords. ”

"Really?" Xu Sheng pretended not to know.

"It doesn't matter if he's a fake." Liu Cheng finished drinking: "Many people take it seriously. ”

"So what can we do?"

"It doesn't matter if one person is serious, but if everyone is serious." Liu Cheng rubbed his hands: "That's good." ”

"Where's the good?"

"The hard days are over." Liu Cheng had an expression of hatred for iron but not steel: "I have long been unaccustomed to the city lord's approach. There are rich and poor in this world, I understand the truth, but why can't it be me Liu Cheng? I have been working for Anhuo City for more than 20 years, and my wife has lost all of them, so I will be dragged into the oil bottles. Lao Xu, you understand me, aren't you like this yourself? ”

"Do you mean......" Xu Sheng lowered his voice: "Rebellion?" ”

"Hey, don't be so quiet. Yes, rebellion, that is, fucking rebellion! Liu Cheng threw the broken bowl on the ground, and there were a few laughs outside the door, and his mother snorted and turned her head.

"Rebellion...... But that dart master...... How could we possibly fight? ”

"Hey, there is a lot of power, you don't have to worry about this." Liu Cheng said: "On the street that day, we all saw it, and it was like that. When people are around, it's a fucking piece of rubbish. ”

"Huh." Xu Sheng nodded and finished the wine in the bowl.

The two chatted for most of the day, and everyone didn't work today, but Xu Sheng made an excuse, saying that he was going to pick up his daughter for dinner at noon and wanted to get out and leave.

But just when he wanted to leave, Liu Cheng grabbed him, looking slightly drunk.

"Lao Xu."

His tone changed, and Xu Sheng frowned and looked at him.

"Can you lend me some money? You know...... I'll buy some knives...... Something. Really, it's the last time, and after the deed is done, I will definitely pay you back. I've got in touch with them, and they have an organization, and as soon as the resource truck arrives in half a month, they will do it. ”

I'm waiting for me here.

"Nope."

Although Xu Sheng is also a "rich man" with a few gold coins now, if he takes out a gold coin, it is enough for Liu Chengzi to live for a year.

But reason told him no, gave him one, and he would want a second.

No one is content, and even that contentment comes from comparing with one another. If both people are poor, there may not be any malice at all.

But if one person is better off than the other, it's different.

In particular, it is difficult for the other party to match the good.

Xu Sheng remembered his cousin back then, the cousin who stabbed the poisoned dagger into his heart.

"Lao Xu, Lao Xu, I beg you." Liu Cheng pulled his trouser legs, knelt down half-pushed, and looked bitter: "I really don't have any money, even if the water station is opened again, I won't be able to do it for long." I don't have a good waist and legs, and you may be able to do it for more than ten years, but I really can't. You borrow me this time, I make money, and I double it back to you. Lao Xu, Lao Xu......"

Xu Shengtie was determined to refuse, but when he gave up half of his clothes and stepped out of the door, he saw Liu Cheng's two children.

He knew that the two men had been eavesdropping outside, but when he actually saw the eyes of the two children, he hesitated again.

The big ones are the small, the clothes are not covered, and the face is full of snot.

Xu Sheng probably has no resistance to children.

Although Liu Chengcheng is an incompetent middle-aged bastard, there are many such bastards in this city.

"That's all I have." Xu Sheng took out two silver coins from his pocket, Liu Cheng's eyes lit up, and he wanted to rush up and grab them: "But you must return them to me." ”

"Definitely, definitely!"

"And." Xu Sheng leaned to Liu Cheng's ear, lowered his voice and said, "If you go, you must pay attention to safety." ”

"Safe?" Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Ah, yes, yes, definitely." ”

Xu Sheng shook his head, sighed, put the two silver coins in his hand into Liu Cheng's palm, and then left.

While he still had time, he decided to think about something related to the origin of true qi.

On the other side of Anhuo City, in Nande Academy, Wu Meng and Zhou Zong were huddled on the rooftop, and the two of them looked at an instrument in their hands.

On the instrument, a red dot is slowly fluttering.

"Can you really see it?!" Wu Meng felt incredible, and looked at the instrument for a long time, and even could tell which street Xu Sheng was walking.

"The principle is not complicated, as long as that badge is not damaged, it is difficult to feel the true qi reaction inside." Zhou Zong looked proud: "Our family made it." ”

"This must be the work of a mechanic, right?" Wu Meng turned his head and asked, "Don't you dislike mechanics?" ”

With this turn of the head, the distance between the two people became closer.

"Uh......" Zhou Zong leaned back, but subconsciously sniffed: "I just don't like it, but I still use it." ”

"So, he went to that slum in the Southside?" Wu Meng said: "I know that he has a few co-workers over there. ”

"Now left." Zhou Zong pointed to the red dot and asked, "Why didn't he go to the water station today?" ”

"I doubt him...... It didn't work at all. The expression on Wu Meng's face became more and more ugly: "Do you know? On the first day my dad took me back to Anhuo City, he told a man named Zhang Wu that his name was Xu Sheng, and that he would be called Xu Sheng in the future...... I...... I'm really worried. ”

Xu Sheng...... Xu Sheng ......" Zhou Zong muttered the name, feeling a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

But soon, the red dot returned to Zhang Wu's residence, and then stayed in the room honestly, motionless.

What's going on? Wu Meng shook the machine, and the red dot still stayed in place.

Nothing changed until the end of the lunch break.

"Don't think about it, watch it for two more days." Zhou Zong wanted to pat her on the shoulder, but in the end he stood behind him and said to her: "Don't be so stressed, go to class hard, your future depends on yourself." ”

"Hmm." Wu Meng snorted from his nose, I don't know why, his eyes were a little moist for a while: "Except for my father, no one said this kind of thing to me." ”

“emmm…… By the way, what you asked me to look up before, it may be possible that there will be results soon. Zhou Zong said, "If that's really a Gu witch, I can ask them to build a device to avoid spiritual influences." ”

"Really!" Wu Meng jumped up: "Then I'll bring you food at noon tomorrow." ”

"Ah, that...... By the way, there may be a lot of those books, so let's go to the library after school and look for them. ”

"Okay." Wu Meng responded.

Xu Sheng didn't know about this little episode at school.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't understand anything at all.

In Zhang Wu's residence, in Xu Sheng and Wu Meng's room, a makeshift dummy sat on the sofa, wearing the badge that Wu Meng had given him on his chest.

And the real Xu Sheng was sitting in the restaurant with Zhang Wu at this time, with question marks on his face.

"Did you say it's time for rebellion?" Xu Sheng holds a can of beer.

"Rebellious period? I think it's okay. Zhang Wu walked over with a stack of braised beef: "I just taught her how to make a gun yesterday, and there is no problem." ”

"No problem? Tell me, do ordinary girls spy on their dads? ”

"Then who knows what you've done? It is said that the daughter without a mother is like a mother, did you go to the club to be happy and was discovered by her? ”

"Who the went to the clubhouse?" Xu Sheng is also full of swear words when he quarrels now.

"Now that you've got the money, it's not a problem to go once in a while. Besides, if you haven't been like that for a long time, it's not good for your health. ”

"Fuck off, I don't have any money." Xu Sheng frowned and drank: "Now I don't have a job." ”

"That's what you do?" Zhang Wu squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Water movers? ”

Xu Sheng's ears immediately corsed, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping around, he rolled his eyes.

The next moment, the conversation between the two changed.

Zhang Wuxian said: "Today, Guanshui Station, I also know that a few days ago, there was a club in Beicheng that was blown up, and many people died. That night, the sensor I planted in Li Ling's room told me that someone didn't come back until 3 a.m. ”

"What does that have to do with me?" Xu Sheng is right, the bombing of the club does not have anything to do with him.

"Hey, brother, let's be honest, is there anyone behind you?" Zhang Wu grabbed Xu Sheng's shoulder and shook it.

After a moment of silence, Xu Sheng smiled and said:

"I'm just an errand runner."