On the brightly lit streets of the administrative district, an off-road vehicle escorted by four Land Rovers drove smoothly along the road. The aroma of tea overflowed and water vapor curled up inside the vehicle. Qu Xiangran also told his story in a steady voice: "The story is about

The starting point is more than ten years ago.

At that time, I was still living in a refugee area, repeating the same life as other refugees. I went to work in factories in the outer city industrial zones day after day. I had a family that was not happy, but rather shaky.

It's not that happy, but at least it's a home...

Refugees have little hope for life. At that time, because I was literate, I was a team leader in the factory and could receive an extra bean cake every day. At that time, I was very satisfied with life, because compared to the people around me, I

Your life is much better than theirs. You are also from a refugee area, so you should know that it is really a lot better if you can get one more bean cake."

Ning Zhe remained silent. There were only him and Qu Xiangran in the car at the moment, so he could only choose to listen to the other party's story and see what Qu Xiangran was going to do.

"Later, a severe drought came."

Qu Xiangran continued to tell his story: "That severe drought was much more serious than this year's drought. It is said that there was a water shortage even inside the fortress, let alone the days outside.

The water supply for the refugees dropped from one liter to 300 milliliters per day. At the beginning, everyone thought that the water shortage was temporary and would be over after a while. However, they did not expect that after half a month, the situation still did not improve.

Get better.

As a result, order collapsed, robberies occurred every day, and there were even rumors that some people were so thirsty that they started killing people and drinking blood. I was frightened at that time, and I was terrified every day when I was working, because at that time I and I

Siyao's mother had to go to the factory to work every day, so Siyao could only be left at home alone.

The house leaked and it rained all night. Siyao's mother made some mistakes at work, so she was fired from the factory. It was already a disaster year. After she lost her job, I could not support the family with my income alone.

Seeing that my wife and children were already struggling on the line of life and death, I was heartbroken. At the same time, I also realized that if we continued like this, our family would only be in a difficult situation, so I decided to become a gangster! I was desperate.

When I am young, there is no shame in anything I do. Since the existing order cannot allow me to survive, then I will change this rule. If my efforts are not rewarded, I will rob!

So, I gathered a few co-workers and started robbing houses in the refugee area.

At the beginning, we were not very courageous and did not dare to rob some wealthy families, so we robbed some workers after get off work, robbed their food, and robbed their water sources. Unfortunately, everyone's life was very hard at that time, so we robbed It was not enough to divide the things that came in evenly. In addition, several robberies had already given us some courage, so we all took the initiative and started robbing the merchant owners in the market town!

I originally thought that those powerful people would be very cruel, but later I found out that they have very little courage. As long as we block them, these people will almost always respond to our requests! In this case, my courage has become stronger and stronger, and now

Come to think of it, those people are not afraid of us at all, but think that their lives are very valuable and there is no need to compare them with mud-legged people like us."

After listening to Qu Xiangran's words, Ning Zhe felt very strange. He didn't expect that the man in front of him who was all-powerful in the fortress had such a bad past. He couldn't help but ask: "During those days when I was a bandit, what happened?"

Did it allow you to accumulate the capital to go to the city?"

"Capital? The people in the refugee area are just a group of cheap coolies in the eyes of the fortress. You should know that even the richest among them cannot be judged by the people of the fortress."

Qu Xiangran leaned on the sofa and lit a cigarette. When he mentioned that past event that was about to fade away in his memory, his eyes became deeper: "After we robbed several shop owners in a row, each of us had an average of

With a thousand yuan deposit, everyone finally felt that they had hope for life, so they decided to make one final vote!

I don't know if it's because of Murphy's Law or just luck. When most people decided to make the last vote, they had actually already sensed the danger coming, and they all died in this last one, including us.

It's a pity that we didn't realize this at the time. Having already tasted the benefits, we all hit it off and set our sights on the owner of the largest grain store in the market town.

What we didn't expect was that the owner of the grain store was a man who valued wealth as much as his life. Faced with our looting, he and his son stood up to resist and hacked one of our companions to death. At that time, my head was in a hurry and I

Kill them both!

At that time, the refugee areas were already panicked due to severe drought, which seriously affected the production of the industrial area. Moreover, the law enforcement teams back then were all elites sent from the fortress. They were not as corrupt as they are now, nor were they as indifferent as they are now.

, faced with the exponential increase in crime rate in the refugee areas and the successive tragedies, they began to conduct a thorough investigation.

Our group of gangsters, composed of ordinary workers and without any sense of counter-reconnaissance, was naturally targeted. After I found out about this, I knew very well that if I went home, my wife and children would be dragged down by me.

, so I wanted to lead a team deep into the desert to become bandits.

At that time, we had planned everything and were ready to run away that night. However, one person in the team was worried about his family and wanted to go back to say goodbye to his wife, children, and children. As a result, he was caught by the law enforcement team who had been ambushing him for a long time.

Faced with the torture and coercion of the law enforcement team, he betrayed us, which led to our hiding place being raided. At that time, all of us were trying our best to escape, and I was shot because of it. In the end, a dozen or so big men

, only two survived.

Without my own men, my plan to become a gangster was shattered, and the law enforcement team was looking for me everywhere. I was already injured, and without the help of my buddies, it was impossible to rob.

It happened that the fortress was recruiting migrant workers at that time, and those who were willing to come to the city were given two hundred yuan each.

My original purpose of becoming a gangster was to support my wife and children. Knowing that I was desperate, I made up the false name Qu Xiangran and joined this labor force. At the same time, I became the best person I could be.

One of my brothers brought all the supplies I had hidden and all the money I had to Siyao and her daughter."

"This is different from the story I heard." Ning Zhe looked at Qu Xiangran, who looked solemn as he recalled the past: "Xiao Yu's mother was starved to death."

"Yeah, this incident made me know that friendship is not trustworthy at all times." Qu Xiangran was noncommittal about this: "I underestimated human nature, because judging from Siyao's subsequent experiences, the two of them obviously

It’s because you didn’t receive what I left.”

"Your friends can't be entirely blamed for this, and you can't just shirk the responsibility because of this." Ning Zhe disagreed with Qu Xiangran's statement: "After you entered the fortress, didn't you also pass on any news?"
Chapter completed!