Chapter 430 Going Home (please vote for the big chapter)
The moment the sharp blade stabbed the man's heart, He Ao grabbed a bath towel on the shelf next to him and threw it out.
When the dagger pierced the flesh and blood, the unfolded bath towel flew down from the sky and covered the man's body.
He Ao drew out his dagger and turned slightly sideways.
The man holding the gun leaned forward and fell to the ground.
The bright red blood stained the smooth ground.
"dad!"
Aini stared blankly at He Ao's face, and then she glanced at the man's body on the ground.
From her perspective, the white bath towel mostly covered the man's body, and a delicate red flower bloomed in the center of the bath towel.
Everything happened so fast just now. She only saw the bath towel flying up, briefly blocking her sight. Then when the bath towel fell, the man who threatened her father with a gun also fell down at the same time.
"fine."
He Ao smiled and shook his head at his daughter. He picked up a pack of tissues on the shelf, opened it, took out a few, and slowly wiped away the blood-stained dagger, while also wiping the splatter on his face.
Bloodstains.
The man who was holding Aini hostage from behind looked at He Ao's calm movements, raised his hands tremblingly, took a few steps back, leaned against the microwave oven against the wall, and said with a trembling voice,
"I'm not familiar with that person, we just worked together..."
Aini quickly took a step forward and broke away from the man's control.
At the same time, she glanced back, and only then did she realize that the gangster who held her hostage was the man who had just paid in cash.
The other party is here to check out the place. They pay in cash not because they like cash, but because they want to see how much money is in the cash box.
She took the opportunity to quickly pull it out and walked to He Ao.
"Dad, you..."
Aini looked at her father blankly. She suddenly felt that it was strange to be with him day and night.
Then she suddenly realized that it seemed that she had not talked to her father for a long time, and she knew nothing about many things about his father.
He Ao used his sword to cut off the tag on the bath towel, then pinched together the packet of used paper and put it on the cashier. "Help me settle the bill. I have a convenience store membership,"
At this point, he suddenly paused and said somewhat cautiously, "By the way, have you had dinner? How about I buy you a lunch?"
Pat is not good at communicating with his daughter.
"I ate, the company will provide me with a dinner,"
Aini looked at her father's haggard and cautious look, and felt mixed emotions for a moment. The slight barrier just now disappeared with the wind. She subconsciously picked up the things on the cashier and began to scan the QR code to settle.
The cash register has a removable and rotating touch screen, which can also be operated outside the cash register, but it is a little more troublesome.
"How long have you worked here?"
He Ao looked around at the surrounding environment.
"I've been working five hours a day for a month," Aini paused her counting hand, and then said slowly, "I'm only free during the time after school, so I can only schedule classes during this period."
The surrendered man looked at the father and daughter reminiscing, raised his hands, and did not dare to move.
He found that He Ao's eyes would always fall on him intentionally or unintentionally. He had no doubt that as long as he moved around, he would be lying on the ground next to his accomplices.
"One month..."
He Ao quickly looked away from the man and muttered something in a low voice.
For a month, Pat didn't find out that his daughter was secretly working outside.
He sighed softly, "You know?"
"Um,"
Aini, who was settling the amount, paused for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Actually, I can also make money. I am here for 9.5 federal coins an hour, and I have 285 federal coins a week. It doesn't matter if I am unemployed.
Yes, dad..."
Aini opened her mouth but did not continue.
Pat is a man with strong self-esteem. He came out of a poor community, received a scholarship all the way to a prestigious university, and worked as a business executive for many years, becoming a middle-class person with a good income.
He has his own sense of honor.
He Ao didn't say anything, but took out the half pack of unfinished cigarettes from his arms and flicked one out.
Then he glanced at his daughter beside him and put the cigarette back.
There was a brief silence between the two.
Aini glanced at the body covered with a bath towel on the ground and wanted to ask something, but she didn't dare to ask.
--after an hour--
The manager of this convenience store and the police from Limen City all rushed over.
Robbery was a big deal in the past, but now that the crime rate continues to rise, it is not a particularly eye-catching incident.
The police didn't arrive very quickly. It took dozens of minutes for the store manager to arrive before they finally arrived.
The entire case handling process was also very fast. There was surveillance video and a living witness (another robber). After a little questioning, the entire incident was reconstructed.
Two or three years ago, if He Ao had encountered such a thing, he would have been taken to a nearby police station for questioning, even if there was conclusive evidence that he acted bravely and acted in self-defense.
But not anymore.
As the homeless population increases and the crime rate skyrockets, Limen City's jails and detention centers are overcrowded, and the city government's limited manpower has exceeded its capacity.
The police arriving at this convenience store were fast enough compared to other places. In the fringe slums, no one would come at all.
The reason why the police arrived so quickly is because there are commercial office buildings and apartments where wealthy people live nearby. These people contribute the main tax sources and are also the key protection targets of the city government, so police resources are relatively abundant.
But even in wealthy areas, human resources are in short supply. Under such pressure, the police will be more simplistic in handling cases.
The robbery was counterattacked and killed, and the witnesses and material evidence were all available. This is not guilty according to the law of Limen City.
Moreover, a similar case occurred in Limen City not long ago, and it made the news. The robber was killed by the boss with a gun. The police believed that the boss was acting in self-defense and dropped the charges against the boss.
He Ao estimated that the whole thing would be simplified.
The final outcome was as expected by He Ao. After briefly asking about the incident and viewing the evidence, the arriving police officer called his superiors.
In a very short time, the superiors gave instructions.
Finally, the police officer praised He Ao's brave behavior, asked He Ao to leave his contact information, and then told He Ao that he could leave.
The manager of the convenience store comforted Aini in person and said that he would apply for a bonus for Aini, and then asked Aini to leave work.
By the time everything was finished, it was almost two o'clock in the morning.
He Ao took a taxi and took his daughter home.
There was a bit of silence between the two of them along the way, just like how Pat used to get along with his daughter at home.
When the two of them walked downstairs, Aini received a text message.
"Is it from the store manager?"
He Ao pressed the button for the elevator and asked casually.
The only person who will send messages to my daughter at this point is her boyfriend, who is also a participant in the incident just now.
Aini probably doesn't have a boyfriend.
"Um."
Aini nodded lightly, and glanced at He Ao, "The store manager applied for me a consolation bonus of one thousand federal dollars, and then asked me if I could change my shift. He thought it was too dangerous for me to work the night shift..."
She paused for a moment, "But I told him before that I only have time at this point in time..."
"Resign,"
He Ao took a cigarette and put it in his mouth, but did not light it. The elevator door slowly opened and he walked in first, "He is hinting that you resign."
"But the store manager has always taken good care of me."
Aini opened her mouth, trying to deny her father's statement.
"Then does he know your situation? Does he know why you can't adjust your working hours?"
He Ao asked calmly.
"Know···"
Aini paused and nodded.
"He knows that you can't adjust your time at all, so he is trying to persuade you to resign by making the work more difficult. You can send a resignation message to test and see if he will retain you."
He Ao sighed, "It's really too dangerous for you to be on duty at that time of night by yourself. If you don't take the initiative to resign, he won't assign you a shift in two days, and will fire you directly in the end."
Aini did not refute this time. What her father said did make sense.
She paused and sent a message of resignation to the store manager.
This time she responded almost instantly. The store manager first apologized a lot for being frightened and said he would try his best to help her win more consolation bonuses.
Then he agreed to her resignation application.
Aini looked at this result and didn't know what to say for a moment.
She knew that the store manager was actually worried about her safety. Of course, the store manager was also worried that if something happened to her, it would cause trouble to the store.
"But..." Aini leaned against the innermost wall of the elevator and slowly squatted down, "I found this job with great difficulty."
She glanced at He Ao, then lowered her head, "Dad, how about I go to a public high school, where there is more free time and the fees are lower."
If you go to a public high school, you basically have no hope of going to college.
Aini's grades are no worse than Pate's.
He Ao knew what his daughter was worried about. After all, it was the word 'money'.
The daughter wants to work hard to make money, support the family, and help her father reduce stress.
If she really went to a public high school, she probably wouldn't go on to college. She would go out to work and make money after graduating from high school.
With the current pressure on the city's job market, the salary she received would not be very high. In the end, she would just barely have enough food and clothing, and then she would go back to the life of Pat's parents, which was even worse than that of Pat's parents.
Once you get sick, you will lose everything.
"You go to school well and don't worry about money. I have a friend who introduced me to a job today."
He Ao also squatted down and looked at his daughter's level.
"Dad, have you found a job?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Aini's eyes, but it quickly dimmed.
She has been looking for a job for a long time, and she knows how difficult it is to find a job. She also knows that the salary of the job her father has found now will not be too high, otherwise his father would have found it long ago.
But in order to make her father feel supported and happy, she still maintained a happy look on her face.
"It's not a long-term job. It's a temporary job. I only work for a few hours. It should be enough to support our lives during this period."
He Ao said slowly.
"ah."
Aini was stunned for a moment.
How much money can a temporary worker make?
She thought for a moment, "Dad, how much did you earn this time? Do we have to pay the mortgage? I saved a thousand federal dollars this month..."
"Not much, 150,000"
He Ao said calmly.
The elevator arrived and the elevator door slowly opened.
"ah?!"
The little girl who was halfway through speaking widened her eyes, "So many?"
Then she lost her voice and said in disbelief, "Dad, are you so powerful?"
150,000 is her salary for more than 15,000 working hours. Thirty hours a week, it would take her more than 500 weeks to earn so much money in ten years.
"Um?"
He Ao glanced at his daughter, stretched out his hand to rub her little head, and said with a smile, "Your father and I are already great."
"Those who have their heads pressed will become fools."
Aini shrank her head and reached out to grab He Ao's hand.
"Hahaha."
He Ao took out his hand and stood up, walking out of the elevator.
Aini straightened her messed up hair and followed her father out of the elevator.
My father's figure is still a little rickety and haggard, but his walking pace is much easier.
It had been a long time since she had seen her father walking so confidently and easily.
She also hadn't seen her father smile for a long time.
It was as if the dark clouds in the sky slowly dissipated and the sun shone on the earth.
Aini showed a smile and trotted to keep up with her father.
"Dad, why are you so powerful? You just killed that person."
"Parents always have some secrets they hide from their children. Just like before the final showdown, how do you know you are not a rich second generation who has been hiding for many years?"
"Ah? Then dad, am I the second generation of rich people?"
"no."
""
The two of them had already walked to the door while talking.
When he walked to the door, He Ao did not rush to open the door. Instead, he glanced at Aini's restored face and asked softly, "Are you scared?"
Aini knew that her father was asking her how she felt when she saw the corpse.
The federal network control is not that strict, and Aini has actually seen these restricted scenes from some channels.
But the feeling of a glimpse of a video is different from the feeling of being there.
Although He Ao used a bath towel to cover her sight, so that she could not see the key murderous action, the fallen bath towel also blocked the wounds of the corpse.
But the blood flowing on the ground and the pale corpse still gave her, a child who had grown up obediently, a huge shock.
But she knew that her father was trying to save her, and she also knew that if her father had not come today, she would be the one lying on the ground tonight.
And her result must be many times worse than that man's.
The most important thing is that the person standing in front of her to kill is her father. Standing there, her father will give her a sense of security.
So although she was a little scared, she quickly adjusted herself.
"It's a little scary, but not that scary."
She raised her head and looked at He Ao with a smile.
Then she saw He Ao's gesture, indicating that she was standing behind him.
She looked stern and didn't know what was going on, but she still changed positions obediently. During the change process, she was obviously a little nervous.
But the sudden silence at this time will appear unusually abrupt.
Just as He Ao was about to open his mouth, he heard his daughter ask in a slightly nervous tone, "Dad, you are so powerful, could your part-time job be..."
"what's on your mind."
He Ao smiled and tapped her head gently with his hand, and pressed the doorknob with his other hand, "Your father did everything in compliance with the law, and most of the money was for mental damages.
