"Boy, where are you from? Did you pay protection money? A fat man with not outstanding appearance, sunglasses, and ordinary clothes scolded Ling Nan.

"Protection money? Do I beg and pay protection money? Ling Nan, dressed in blue rags, unkempt, and thin, stood there, looking coldly at the fat man with an unkind face and questioning.

"Yes, begging also pays protection money, this is the rule, this is my territory, if you want to beg here, you have to pay me protection money. You know, boy? As he spoke, the fat man took out the money in the cardboard box at Ling Nan's feet.

"You put it down for me! Who are you? Let me pay the fee? Ling Nan said and grabbed the fat man's hand that bent down to take the money.

It was the first time he had encountered such a situation since begging.

He was already in such a situation, and he was still being bullied, so he was naturally angry.

But he didn't want to provoke the other party, cause fierce conflicts, and then affect his "business".

Because, he doesn't know if this fat man will be followed by a group of younger brothers.

However, he didn't expect that he would anger the fat man just by grabbing the other party's hand and letting him put it down.

"Oh, boy, what do you want to do?" The fat man shook off Ling Nan's hand, straightened up, and waved to a beggar not far away, and after a while, six half-sized men in ragged clothes came not far in front of Ling Nan with wooden sticks.

Sure enough, the situation was serious.

The six half-sized men with wooden sticks in their hands were menacing, and they couldn't help but say that they surrounded Ling Nan half.

Ling Nan was very vigilant and secretly took precautions.

"Call me." The fat man snorted.

The six boys raised their wooden sticks and slashed their heads and faces at Ling Nan, Ling Nan grabbed a wooden stick that rushed to the front, snatched it down, and hit the five people with his backhand.

In the chaos, a wooden stick suddenly hit the back of Ling Nan's head, and this stick was caught off guard, and Ling Nan suddenly felt dizzy.

Immediately after, he fell to the ground, he subconsciously held his head, but felt a random stick hit on his body, and someone kicked him in the face.

On the flyover, passers-by stopped and watched as a group of beggars beat up another.

Someone said, "Don't fight, you're going to die." ”

"This is my territory, you have to pay me to beg here, otherwise don't beg here, understand?" The fat man kicked Ling Nan and said "withdraw", and the six boys ran away and disappeared into the crowd.

Ling Nan's face was covered in blood, lying on the ground, and he moved. The cardboard box in front of him was empty, and he touched the pocket of his coat and the newly begged change in his pants and took it, but the money hidden in his pants was not taken.

He put the flattened cardboard box back in front of him, and turned to face the onlookers.

"Okay, okay, help."

Some onlookers were so overwhelmed that some onlookers could not bear the pitiful appearance of the young man in ragged clothes and unkempt face covered with blood lying on the ground, and some people took out money ranging from 5 yuan to 10 yuan and threw it into a broken cardboard box.

Someone said, "It's not easy to beg, young man, go and see if it's broken." ”

Ling Nan straightened up, sat up slowly, wiped the blood on his face, and nodded his head in thanks to the person who threw the money into the cardboard box.

There is no way, in the face of those six people, I can't guard against it, and I was knocked unconscious by surprise. However, he remembered, remembered the fat man who took the lead in grabbing money.

The onlookers left one after another.

It was dark, and Ling Nan closed the stall.

The reason why he didn't leave just now was because he had been beaten and in pain, and he didn't know where he was injured.

However, he knew that those injuries might not be very serious, and they would not have broken muscles and bones, otherwise, he would not be able to move at the moment, and his speech or thinking might not be so clear.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stood up and staggered towards the bridge.

It was a construction site, and in a large cement pipe was his temporary residence.

The cement pipe is covered with a thick layer of paper shells. There were two torn quilts and a torn suitcase. This is all the belongings he brought from the small town to the city of W.

Entering the cement pipe, he leaned against the wall of the pipe on the paper shell mat, opened the broken suitcase, took out a towel and half a bottle of mineral water to clean up the wounds on his body, and he thought about what happened today while cleaning up.

It has only been more than two months since I came out to beg, but it has not been smooth, and I have changed several places successively except to avoid acquaintances, or to avoid conflicts with people, and I can't stand the discrimination and ridicule of passers-by, basically nothing serious.

Unexpectedly, he was bullied again as soon as he moved to this place this time, and Ling Nan was very angry.

The begging life during this period of time had already made him very depressed, and he didn't know how long it would take for such days to end. But all the hardships and hardships have to be endured, and we have to persevere, and it is worth it.

Because, at present, he has not thought of such a way to make him pay off his debts as soon as possible.

……

Two months ago, he had just received his university diploma and degree.

When he returned home, he was stunned to find that his home, the villa in the Hongzhou Garden Community, had been sealed.

What's going on?

This sudden situation made Ling Nan feel bad, and he knocked on the door of his neighbor, Ms. Gao's house.

Seeing that it was Ling Nan, Ms. Gao said, "You are Xiao Nan, right?" Your father's company went bankrupt, your family was paid off its debts, and the news was reported. ”

As she spoke, she picked up a newspaper from behind her and handed it to Ling Nan with disdain.

Ling Nan was a little dazed, and he stopped talking, he said to himself, "How can this be? ”

Hearing this news, Ling Nan's brain suddenly exploded, he quickly picked up the newspaper and read it carefully, tears flowed unconsciously.

He didn't expect his father's company to go bankrupt due to a serious quality accident, which has become a big news sensation in the province, and his father has become the target of media disclosure and social accusations, and his parents' property has been confiscated to pay off bank loans.

For this reason, his father's heart was on fire, and he died of a sudden heart attack and hatred, and his mother was shocked and disappeared suddenly.

It's not been a day since this happened, and the news that he was going home after graduation had already been notified to his family.

But why didn't my mother inform me when such a big thing happened? Didn't even tell me about my father's death? Why? Why? He doesn't understand, he can't understand!

He staggered to the sealed house in despair, staring blankly at the red seal, his mind almost blank.

"Ling Tian, his son is back—"

Suddenly, someone shouted, and at this time, a group of people ran out of nowhere, and surrounded Ling Nan in a short time.

"You're Ling Tian's son, right?"

"Ling Tian still owes us the money and hasn't paid it back, the father and son have to pay it back, you have to pay it back."

"Eh, isn't this Xiao Nan? Your dad still owes me a lot of money, he's gone, you have to pay it back. ”

There are so many people, you and me, the noise of chirping pulled Ling Nan back to reality, he looked at the aggressive and ugly faces, and a helpless mood welled up in his heart.

This is the first time he has experienced such a thing, and the scene of being forced into debt is also the first time he has felt it.

Is this to force people to death?