Causeway Bay, in front of the Poly Building and in front of the flower bed.
An old man who looked like he had no legs was sitting on his knees on the ground, with a yellow porcelain basin in front of him, and he kept bowing to the passers-by.
Seeing how pitiful he was, many young people visiting the mall gave him alms one after another, calling each other to express their sincere thanks.
In the blink of an eye, it was night. The dirty old man took out a pocket watch from his pocket, opened the cover of the watch with his thumb, looked at the time, and murmured to himself: "The time is up, it's time to play the piano."
After that, he held the yellow porcelain basin in front of him in his arms and stood up directly. The two prosthetic legs hanging from his waist swayed back and forth as he moved.
Soon after, he changed his clothes and hurried to a hotel, sat in the performance area, and played melodious music to people who were having dinner.
This lasted for more than two hours. When there were no customers in the restaurant, he picked a table, picked up the leftovers that others had not touched and wolfed them down.
"Eat slowly, no one will grab it for you."
The fat and kind restaurant owner came to him, holding a pipe in his mouth and speaking softly.
"After eating and washing the dishes, I still have to go to the theater to work." Sensen said without raising his head.
"I heard that you work seven jobs every day, is it true?" the fat boss asked.
Aging shook his head: "It's eight jobs."
"Why are you working so hard?" The fat boss said: "If you suffer like this, in the future... the money you make will not be as much as the money you throw into the hospital."
Aging's face was full of bitterness: "I don't want to either! My parents live in the country, and the family has little savings. But the housing prices are changing every day, getting higher and higher, which is daunting.
If I don’t work hard now, I’m afraid that in the future I won’t be able to keep up with the growth in housing prices even if I work hard to make money. If I don’t even have a house, how can Peizhi be with me?”
The fat boss sighed: "The economy has developed, but men's lives feel increasingly difficult.
Before you get married, it's okay if you have parents to support you, but if you don't have parents to support you, it will take at least twenty years of hard work to buy a house, and that still requires a mortgage.
After you get married and your wife becomes pregnant, the financial burden of the family falls entirely on the man. After the child is born, the expenses are even higher and endless."
Aging Lao smiled bitterly: "Based on the housing prices here, it will only take ten years at most. In ten years, even if ordinary people work hard for a lifetime, they may not even be able to afford the down payment. This is life, what can we do?"
The fat boss was speechless.
I couldn't even say cheers.
"Just him!" Behind the glass wall of the hotel, A Piao pointed at Sensen and said.
He observed the other person for two full days and finally determined that the other person perfectly met all the devil's requirements.
In the words of the devil, this kind of person is the easiest to fall.
Qin Yao stood next to him, more than a head taller than the other person: "I have no objection."
Afterwards, one ghost and one god continued to follow Agora, watching him come to the theater, dress up as a villain, and be beaten up by the protagonist with weapons.
Play after play was performed, and the vitality in his aging body became weaker and weaker. Late at night, the theater closed, and he dragged his heavy and numb body step by step towards the rental house.
"Hey, young man."
Under the starlight, in the alley, just as Shansen passed an electric lamp, a call suddenly came from behind him.
Aging looked around and saw two figures, one tall and one short, walking out of the darkness. The one who spoke was the short middle-aged man.
"What's the matter, man?"
Sensen asked.
"If the devil can make you rich, are you willing to sacrifice your soul for the devil?" A Piao asked.
"Crazy." After a long day of aging, he was not in the mood to talk nonsense with strangers, so he rolled his eyes and turned to leave.
Ah Piao smiled slightly, raised her hands, and bills suddenly flew out from the cuffs of her suit.
Looking at the banknotes flying in front of him, Chang Shang suddenly turned around and stared at all this in amazement.
After a while, there was a layer of banknotes on the ground, and A Piao said seriously: "As long as you are willing to sell your soul, all the money will be yours."
"What will happen to me after I sell my soul?" Senora asked with both fear and excitement.
"After you sell your soul, you will become the devil's lackey. If you are worth using, you will be turned into a servant of the devil and you will work for him throughout your life. If you are not worth using, just eat dog meat as rations."
Qin Yao said.
"It's not that serious." Ah Piao retorted subconsciously.
Qin Yao said coldly: "Why don't you tell him your experience?"
A Piao: "..."
"Then I don't want it anymore." Aging was shocked and waved his hands repeatedly.
He is very short of money, but he is not crazy enough to risk his life for money.
Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly away, Ah Piao hurriedly changed her mind: "I can give you a wish, and you can live the life you want through this wish.
As long as this life lasts until your death, how about you give me your soul?
Young man, this opportunity is rare. You must understand that even without me, if you drink Meng Po soup after death, you will no longer be you."
Aging Chen thought for a while and said, "Can I wish for anything?"
Ah Piao nodded heavily: "Of course, any wish is acceptable."
Senchang pointed to the banknotes on the ground and said, "I want to spend endless money!"
He had long been fed up with this poor life, and when he had the opportunity to change his life, the first thing he thought of was to become rich.
"Money that can't be spent is too general. How about I give you one million a day?" A Piao said with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Sensen said excitedly.
Seeing his smiling face, Ah Piao breathed a sigh of relief, summoned a box with a flip of his hands, sucked up all the banknotes on the ground, and placed them in the box.
"Here, here's one million."
"I'm rich, I'm rich." Sensen took the box and cried, laughed, jumped, and even lay down on the ground rolling back and forth, almost going crazy.
Ah Piao turned to look at Qin Yao and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Did you see it? This is the beginning of the fall. I will definitely win."
Qin Yao smiled and said, "Don't worry, let's wait and see."
The next day.
Aging bought new clothes and dressed up like a dog. He came to a drama troupe and found a girl with a beautiful face.
"Ajie, why are you dressed like this?" Peizhi asked in confusion.
The aging Ajie opened his suitcase in front of her and said excitedly: "Pei Zhi, I am rich, I am rich, and nothing will hinder us in the future."
Looking at the suitcase full of banknotes, Peizhi was dumbfounded.