Li Yu walked out of the subway station and inquired with an aunt who was walking her baby on the street, and soon found a vegetable market near the community.
I bought a sea bass there, one pound and twenty taels, which was killed and cleaned by the boss. Then I bought two pounds of beef brisket, two pounds of minced meat, vegetables and ingredients.
After coming out of the vegetable market, Li Yu went to a small supermarket nearby and bought a bag of chopsticks, a bag of rice and a bucket of peanut oil. He originally wanted to buy some grains to make porridge, but he couldn't carry them anymore.
In the end, Li Yu just walked to the community carrying a lot of messy things.
While passing by an Internet cafe, Li Yu noticed three teenagers outside the door. One of them was wearing the uniform of No. 27 Middle School in the city and was surrounded by the wall by the other two.
The two people were probably not much older than the high school student. They were both in their early teens. The boy with the short hair poked the high school student in the head with a finger, "What did I tell you?
If you steal more, you can just steal twenty fucking yuan and you want to get beaten, right?!"
The high school student lowered his head, "My mother has discovered that the family has little money. I am afraid that she will suspect me, so I dare not take too much now."
"Then you are not afraid that we will beat you?" Another boy wearing a yellow Champion T-shirt took out a small box with a ghost head printed on the outer shell from his pocket, took a deep sip from the transparent small mouth on it, and then
Two streaks of white smoke sprayed out from the nose, hitting the high school student's face.
Then he made a fist with his right hand and made gestures on the high school student's abdomen.
"Give me some more time," the latter begged.
"We have given you two days of grace, but you always make it difficult for us." The short-haired boy said, "Ah...really, can you stop being so timid and be bolder?
Even if the money is stolen, what will happen if your mother finds out? You are his son, and she will not do anything to you."
"I, I..." The high school student cowered.
Just then a voice came from the side, "What's the matter?"
The two teenagers turned around and saw an office worker wearing a suit and leather shoes, carrying several large bags of things standing behind them.
"Don't mind your own business." The short-haired boy warned.
The boy in the yellow Champion T-shirt took another puff from the e-cigarette in his hand and looked up at Li Yu curiously, "Do you live here too? Which community are you in? I've never seen it before."
"I used to get off work late."
"Hahahaha," the boy in the yellow Champion T-shirt laughed out loud, "Wow, you are a social animal. How pitiful. He leaves early and comes home late. He is fooled around by the company and the boss. He talks down to customers and smiles.
, I worry every day that my social security payment will be cut off, my mortgage is overdue, my wife has bought expensive cosmetics, and how my children will go to a good school."
"This kind of life... just sounds so painful." The short-haired boy continued.
"Don't say that. If it weren't for the continuous influx of these outsiders into this city, who would rent those two apartments in your house to?" said the young man in a yellow Champion T-shirt, and then moved closer to Li Yu's
In the ear, "Hey, you are so busy at work every day, so you don't want to get into new troubles. We are very free and have a lot of time to have fun."
Li Yu ignored his words and just asked the high school student again, "Are you okay?"
"How can something happen? We are good brothers." The short-haired boy clamped the high school student's neck under his arm, "right?"
The latter showed a look of fear and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, we are all friends, just having fun here."
"Are you satisfied?"
Li Yu didn't say anything after hearing this, and continued walking to the community carrying the vegetables and rice he just bought.
The boy wearing a yellow Champion T-shirt behind him also continued to puff away his breath.
"If you can't save someone yourself, stop worrying about how to save others."
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Li Yu walked to the security door of the unit building and was about to put down the bag of rice and open the door. Unexpectedly, someone took the lead, opened the access control, and opened the door for him.
"Thank you." Li Yu said.
I don’t know if it happened to be after school, but the person who came here was also a student, wearing a school uniform, but judging from her height and body shape, she should have only been in junior high school.
He has an unremarkable appearance, with messy hair and a pair of headphones hanging around his neck.
Perhaps because she was immersed in the world of music, she did not answer Li Yu's words. She just followed Li Yu silently into the cave, came to the elevator, and pressed the up button before Li Yu.
The two parties were standing very close to each other now, and the corridor was relatively quiet. Li Yu could easily hear the noise of heavy metal rock music coming from her headphones.
During this period, neither of them spoke anymore.
The elevator stopped on the seventh floor for some unknown reason and stopped moving.
The female junior high school student suddenly took off the headphones on her head, "Why are you meddling in irrelevant matters?"
"Um?"
"I saw you just outside the Internet cafe. You wanted to save Wang Jiaqi."
"Wang Jiaqi? Oh, that's that boy's name, I just happened to see it and asked." Li Yu said.
"It must feel good to play the role of the savior, but it's a pity that because you keep saying these two words, you will cause him to get beaten one more time." The female junior high school student said coldly.
"Are you familiar with that boy named Wang Jiaqi?"
"I'm not familiar with him, just because his mother and my mother were poker friends and we knew each other a little bit," said the female junior high school student. "His father was killed by a car a few years ago, and the driver's family was also very poor, so in the end
He didn't get much money, and his mother collapsed after that.
"He began to indulge in playing cards, playing day and night. He didn't care about Wang Jiaqi at all. He didn't make meals or wash clothes. He didn't attend the school's parent-teacher conferences. On weekdays, he would either let Wang Jiaqi order takeout or let him go to eat.
The beef ramen down the street.
"Those gangsters have very good noses. They can smell out who they can bully and who they cannot touch. They like children like Wang Jiaqi who are left unattended the most.
"Have you not gone to the police?"
"Most of the police who harass you at this level only use verbal education. Even if you are really caught, you won't be detained for long if you are under 18 years old." said the female junior high school student. "When they come out, the retaliation will become more violent.
"
With a dinging sound, the elevator finally went down to the first floor.
The female junior high school student also closed her mouth and put on her headphones again.
After the family of three inside and a Meituan delivery guy all walked out of the elevator door, Li Yu walked in with the junior high school girl.
The female junior high school student pressed 14 and asked Li Yu, "Which floor is it?"
"13."
As the two doors slowly closed, the elevator began to climb upward again.
The female junior high school student took off her headphones again and said, "Uncle, after you can make money by yourself at work, will you be able to live the life you want?"
"Hard to say."
This chapter has been completed!