Early the next morning.

Yau Ma Tei fruit bar.

After the peak wholesale season has passed, the entire market is in shambles, with bags and rotten fruit all over the floor.

For those who don't have a retail business, the busy night is over now, everyone goes out for a while, has breakfast, comes back to clean up the mess, and then goes home to sleep.

After clearing the accounts in the store, a stall owner happened to see Chen Mo's brother Chen Qiang sorting out the stall when he went out, and beckoned: "Ah Qiang, I've been busy all night, don't you let yourself take a break?" Let's go, let's have morning tea! ”

"Brother Li, you go first, I'll pack up and go."

Chen Qiang smiled and patted his lame leg: "My legs and feet are inconvenient, and my work is slow, so I have to clean it up early, otherwise I won't even have time to sleep." ”

Brother Li glanced at Chen Qiang sympathetically, and stepped forward: "I'll help you together!" ”

Chen Qiang waved his hand again and again: "Brother Li, you go and get busy with your own affairs!" You can help me for a while, but you can't help me for a lifetime, let me do these things by myself, exercise more, and adapt early. ”

"Alas, it's not easy for you, what a good young man, how could you fall into such a field!"

Brother Li sighed: "Okay, then you are busy, wait for me to bring you fried noodles back!" ”

Chen Qiang chatted with Brother Li for a few words, and after the other party left, he got busy in the stall.

His leg was broken in a car accident and he suffered a comminuted fracture of his knee at the time, making it difficult to even turn back after recovering.

According to the doctors, he will not be able to do manual work again for the rest of his life.

Originally, the Chen family relied on this fruit shop to have a good standard of living, but since he had a car accident, the family has begun to have bad luck.

Now that both parents are lying on the hospital bed, Chen Qiang will face high medical expenses as soon as he opens his eyes every day.

Recently, Chen Qiang couldn't sleep every day because of the pain in his legs, and he also thought about hiring a clerk, but in the end, he found that the store's monthly income was not enough to pay his parents' medical expenses, so he was really reluctant to spend this money.

Chen Qiang knew in his heart that if he continued to toss like this, he might have to be tired and lie down one day, but before that, he could only grit his teeth and insist, otherwise this family would really collapse.

Because his legs can't exert force, Chen Qiang's movements are not only weird, but also slow.

The action of a normal person lifting a box and placing it on a high place, Chen Qiang had to test for a long time to do it.

He checked the list of goods in his hand, and found that someone was going to come over to pick up two boxes of fruit in an hour, and dragged the herringbone ladder to stretch it out next to the shelf, trying to go up and get a few foam boxes down, but his foot slipped and the whole person fell backwards.

"Be careful!"

A male voice suddenly came from behind him, followed by a pair of powerful hands dragging his body.

Chen Qiang was shocked into a cold sweat, turned his head to look at Lu Zonghao, who was holding him, and patted his chest again and again in fright: "Mr. Lu, why did you come here?" ”

"Brother, are you okay?"

Chen Mo also walked quickly at this time, complaining: "How many times have I told you not to be reckless, and when you encounter something you can't do, ask your neighbors for help, why are you disobedient?" ”

"I didn't expect anything to happen, it's just that the soles of my shoes are a little slippery."

Chen Qiang stood firm and said to Lu Zonghao: "Mr. Lu, you sit down first, and I'll pour you a glass of water." ”

"No, I'm just sending Chen Mo back by the way, there's still something to do, I'll go first."

Lu Zonghao said hello to the Chen family brothers and sisters, and then left the store.

Chen Qiang looked at the back of Lu Zonghao leaving, and cast his eyes on Chen Mo: "Lu Zonghao said just now that he sent you back, what do you mean by that?" ”

"It's not interesting, didn't he say it, just drop me off and take me home."

Chen Mo helped clean up the things in the room: "By the way, brother, Brother Hao said that from now on, we don't have to pay the protection fee for our store, so you can save a lot of money, you can use this money to hire a clerk, someone can help, you can also reduce some of the burden." ”

When Chen Qiang heard his sister say this, he instantly became angry: "Chen Mo, what's the matter with you?" Why did you hang out with Lu Zonghao? ”

"Brother, why are you talking so ugly? What does it mean to be mixed up? ”

Chen Mo frowned and replied: "We are just ordinary friends!" ”

"Shit! Do you really think I'm a three-year-old? If there's nothing between you, how can he be exempt from the protection money in our store? ”

Chen Qiangqi's body trembled, clenched his fists and scolded: "Now you are clear about the situation in our family!" Why have my parents and I never been harsh on you financially, no matter how hard we worked? It's because we want you to study hard, cross classes, and no longer be at the bottom of society like us! And what are you doing? I've learned to hang out with Tricky Boys! Did you know that these people are dog skin plasters, and once they are glued, they are very difficult to shake off! ”

When Chen Mo heard Chen Qiang say this, his brows immediately tightened: "Brother, what are you talking nonsense!" I said, Lu Zonghao and I are just ordinary friends, and the relationship between us is not the kind you think! ”

Chen Qiang was already furious at the moment, and he didn't listen to her explanation at all: "I sent you to school to study, not for you to go out and sell!" You think Lu Zonghao exempted us from the protection fee, but in fact, it was just the prostitution money he paid you! ”

"You are unreasonable!"

Chen Mo heard Chen Qiang say more and more outrageous, threw down a sentence, and ran out directly.

……

Changle Bird Room.

Yu Dongqing saw Lu Zonghao enter the door and looked up at him: "Why don't you take a few more days to recuperate after being injured, and come back in such a hurry?" ”

"I sent Ah Xing to Zheng Chongji's field last night, and I was attacked on the way back."

Lu Zonghao sat opposite Yu Dongqing, and said with a gloomy face: "Those guys are very fierce, they are rushing to kill me, I thought that if I sent Ah Xing back, there would be no problems, but now it seems that the Watergate Gang is also targeting me." ”

"Recently, I've been cleaning up the people of the Watergate Gang, and I guess they already hate me to the core, and now they can't find me, and it's reasonable to attack you."

Yu Dongqing picked up the cigarette case on the table: "What do you think about this?" Or shall we go to the Watergate Gang to scratch our tongues and find out who attacked you? ”

"It's useless to find out this kind of thing, it must be the horse boy below who moves me."

Lu Zonghao waved his hand and continued: "The Watergate Gang is still staring at me, which means that your recent destruction has not hurt them. ”

"I've always left room for nothing, and I don't want to do things in an absolute way, but since they don't want to talk, let's fight!"

Yu Dongqing leaned over slightly and said in a low voice: "Actually, I have always had a plan for the Watergate Gang. ”