Chapter 41: "We're Just Civilians..."
In the corridor of the residential building, a leather ball jumped up and down, rolling from the end of the corridor, and the little girl ran after the ball, and the shadow swept through the corridor that was filled with sunlight.
The ball jumped a few times, rolled and rolled, and suddenly stopped, and the little girl clearly saw a figure standing in front of her, and he lifted it up and froze along the line of sight.
The sickly face was in the dark, and the eyes were faintly red.
"Xiaomu, I'm about to go to sea, don't run around..." A woman followed, and when she saw the person standing in front of her daughter, her body couldn't help but be shocked.
"Often... Chang Family Masterβ" she said in a trembling voice, her eyes filled with fear.
"Where do you live?" Lu Ming looked at the corridor with his peripheral vision.
The lighting is very poor, mildew can be seen everywhere, the air is filled with an unpleasant smell, and many iron fences have been rusted due to the sea breeze blowing all year round.
"It's... It'sβ" The woman trembled, barely daring to make eye contact with Lu Ming.
"Big brother." The little girl raised her head, her eyes were full of doubts, he had never seen such a beautiful dress: "Your clothes look so good, do you want to play with ball?" β
Lu Ming lowered his gaze and stared at him.
"Master Chang!" The woman threw herself on her knees and said, "This matter has nothing to do with the child, please..."
The girl saw her mother kneeling on the ground, and her eyes were intertwined with confusion and inexplicable discomfort: "Mom, why..."
He had barely taken two steps when he felt a slight pressure on his shoulder.
Lu Ming grabbed the little girl's shoulders and raised his eyes to look at the woman: "Go to sea, where are you going to go?" β
The woman was prostrate, almost pressing her body to the ground.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Her almost roaring voice attracted many people's attention, but they were all frightened back by Chang Qinglan behind Lu Ming.
They may not have seen Chang Day, but they are very familiar with Chang Qinglan, she has been seen in the big and small battles of Dongsheng City in the past, and the only one who can let her follow her is the current head of the Chang family.
Of the three families, no matter which one they had, they couldn't afford to mess with them, and soon all closed their doors and windows.
"Mom!" The little girl was anxious, turned around and kept patting Lu Ming's arm: "Bad guy, you are not allowed to bully your mother!" β
"Xiaomu!" The woman hurriedly raised her head to stop: "Don't do this! β
She was worried that if she angered the head of the Chang family, her daughter's life would be in danger.
Lu Ming found that a trace of worry flashed in Chang Qinglan's eyes, but he still didn't say anything.
"Talk?" Lu Ming ignored the little girl's slap and said to the woman on the ground.
The woman's tear-stained face lifted up and nodded again and again: "Okay." β
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In the small room, the sound of pouring water sounds.
Lu Ming sat on the sofa that was already a little damp, he glanced at Chang Qinglan who was standing beside him, and motioned for her to sit too, and Chang Qinglan sat aside.
"I don't have anything to entertain here... Only water. The woman stood very nervously, and the little girl hid behind her, glaring at Lu Ming with her little head exposed.
Lu Ming glanced at the luggage placed in the corner: "I'm still curious, what are you going to do at sea?" β
The woman knows that she can't be full, so she can only tell the truth.
"Run... Refugees. β
"You know I'm coming back for you?"
The woman was silent and kept nodding: "We don't dare, we won't run anymore..."
"Your husband told you to do this?" Lu Ming wondered why his own crew would accuse him of colluding with pirates for no reason.
Something must have happened in between.
"My husband... What will happen to him? The woman asked, a little worried.
"I don't know."
Lu Ming didn't want to waste time on meaningless things, after all, the management meeting only gave three days, and once the three days arrived, he had to go to war, according to the current situation, going to war was the next policy, and he didn't want to lose the only bit of survival index.
[There's that smell...]
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[If you receive a big one, you will also give a small one.] (squint .jpg)γ
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The barrage kept scrolling, and all kinds of ridiculous language came out.
'What kind of cows and horses are these...'
Lu Ming thought to himself, and then closed the smoky live broadcast room, this time he took the initiative to close it, and the originally rolling barrage quickly disappeared.
Lu Ming continued to ask: "Can I know that your husband's written confession in prison is true?" β
Lu Ming didn't know the real situation, he could only be sure that this matter had nothing to do with Chang Day, but he couldn't guarantee that there was no problem with those crew members, so all he needed to prove was that he had nothing to do with this matter.
The woman choked and didn't speak for a while.
Lu Ming stared at her eyes for a long time, and slowly spoke: "The confession is fake, the purpose is to detain the Chang family for collusion with pirates, and you were threatened, and the other party is also someone you can't afford to provoke..."
Lu Ming deliberately told them about their difficulties, so that she thought that he could understand their difficulties.
The woman did not speak, bowed her head and was silent, without rebuttal.
"The other party promised to let your mother and daughter leave safely, in order to prevent me from retaliating, right?" Lu Ming said, "Do you believe it? β
The woman's body trembled uncontrollably, but she still protected her daughter behind her, and she raised her head: "We don't want to do this either, we are just ordinary civilians, just to be alive, if it is not for living, who is willing to accompany you politicians to intrigue!" β
She used almost all her strength, as if to vent her dissatisfaction.
"Let's not talk about whether I will retaliate, even if I go to sea, where can you mother and daughter go?" Lu Ming looked at the little girl behind the woman: "Are you going to take her to live the life of a homeless person?" β
"What else can we choose... As long as you're alive... Such a world, as long as it is alive..."
"Someone will come looking for you."
Lu Ming picked up the cup, Chang Qinglan was just about to stop it, he had already drunk it all.
"Head of the house!"
Chang Qinglan's worries were right, after all, no one knew if the water would be poisonous, and if it was, it would be quite troublesome according to Chang Day's physical condition.
"What do you mean?" The woman asked.
Lu Ming stood up and said, "Extinguish, if it were me, I would do it,"
Women are not stupid, they can hear the meaning at once, she already knows that the other party will not let them go so easily, but even if she knows, what can she do?
They are just civilians, they can't fight with those powerful people, the woman's gaze stopped on Lu Ming's teacup, how could she not understand such a simple truth?
It's just a fluke all the time...
After coming back to her senses, Lu Ming had already walked to the door, and the woman lost her gaze and looked at her daughter who was grimacing Lu Ming's back.
"Wait a minute!" The woman spoke suddenly.
Lu Ming's hand reaching for the doorknob stopped.
"Actually, you're not quite right." The woman stroked the little girl's head: "Actually, we are not threatened... It's been bought, I'm sorry, you trust us so much, trust us civilians... I can tell you everything I know. β
Lu Ming slanted his gaze: "Okay, you can say it." β
"However, I have a condition..."The woman knew that she was not qualified to negotiate the condition, but for the sake of her daughter, she had to.
"I'll hear what you say." Lu Ming made a look of willingness to listen.
The woman squatted down and touched the little girl's head: "Xiaomu, you go back to the room first..."
"Why?" The little girl still looked at Lu Ming vigilantly.
The woman took out a bag of bread from her pocket.
Lu Ming knew that there was a serious shortage of land in this world, and this bag of bread was extremely precious to civilians.
"Obedient, go back to the room and eat some bread first, Mom is going to talk to the big brother about something..."The woman smiled, as if she was talking about an extremely ordinary thing.
"What's the matter, Xiaomu can't listen?" Although the little girl was dissatisfied, she could not resist the temptation of bread.