Come out of the west gate of Panjiayuan Market and walk 200 meters north along the road to a fork. Entering from the fork is the Warwick Hotel, which has now been converted into the Seven Days Hotel. There are about four parking sheds around it, most of which are used for the market.
The tricycles used by vendors to load goods are everywhere in Panjiayuan, so don’t underestimate these three-wheeled tricycles. Some of them can easily be replaced by several Mercedes-Benz and BMWs.
When we got to the second floor of the hotel, the fat black man realized that he was not following me. This is what I valued about him, he was very discerning.
When I pushed the door open and entered the house, I was the first to smell the smell of alcohol in the room. The curtains were drawn and the lights were not turned on.
Turned on the light.
There were five or six empty Erguotou bottles thrown on the ground, and Ryoko was slumped in the corner, still holding half a bottle of unfinished liquor in her hand.
He didn't react at all when someone came in, he didn't even raise his head.
I kicked a wine bottle away, and when he heard the noise, he slowly lifted up and stole it.
Unkempt hair, pale complexion, unkempt beard, and bloodshot eyes, this was his current state.
"Cousin...cousin...when did you come?"
I kept a dark face and said nothing, just stared at him.
"I...didn't mean it! I was tricked! I will pay you back in the future!"
"Damn you! What are you getting back? Do you know how much those things are worth? Do you know how difficult it was for me to get those things! I risked my life to get them!"
"I told you a long time ago not to gamble! Have you turned a deaf ear to my words?"
"You stole the keys and you said you didn't do it on purpose! You're very good at lying!"
"You are just a piece of trash who can't hold up the wall! Look at what you are like now!"
"Yes! I'm a fucking waste!"
Liangzi suddenly got up, smelling of alcohol and yelled at me: "Xiaoying says hello to me every day! Says I'm stupid! Says I'm not as good as one-tenth of you! I'm a fucking man too! I
You're shameless! Brother, you are awesome! You can make money! You know so many people! Compared with you, I have been a waste since I was little! Hahaha!"
"I don't have the money to pay you back! Then I'll pay you back with my life!"
I grabbed the knife in his hand first and said coldly: "You think this matter will be solved if you die? I will despise you even more if you do this! After you die, your wife and children will belong to others!"
Liangzi burped and suddenly smiled: "Cousin, honestly... do you like Xiaoying? Did my wife sleep with you without telling me?"
"I'll fuck your mother!"
I kicked him away.
Liangzi struggled to get up, but still smiled and said: "Look, am I right? Xiaoying just slept with you without telling me. Don't worry, she will be yours after I die."
I dragged him directly to the bathroom, pushed his head into the pool, and turned on the faucet.
He struggled hard, but I held on tightly and wouldn't let go.
Soon the water in the pool overflowed, and I suddenly lifted his head.
Ryoko suddenly took a deep breath.
"Are you sober?"
Ryoko gasped and nodded.
"Let me tell you! I have always regarded Xiaoying as my younger brother and sister. If you dare to say similar words in the future, I will rip off your head and stuff it into a manhole! Do you hear me clearly?"
"Listen... listen clearly..."
"Those people you are in contact with may be scammers on the road. If you play with them, you will definitely lose everything in the end! I don't know what was going through your head at that time."
"I rushed here all night long, and I didn't even bother to drink any damn water during the whole journey! Xiaoying is planning to commit suicide because of you! Do you know?"
"Kneel down!"
Ryoko knelt down in front of me.
"Swear! I swear you will never gamble again."
He immediately raised his hands and swore a poisonous oath, saying that if he was gambling, he would die badly.
"Cousin, please help me persuade Xiaoying. She said she doesn't want to be with me and wants to divorce me."
I shook my head: "For the sake of my parents and elders, it's okay if I don't beat you to death, but you still want me to persuade you? One person is responsible for the work. If Xiaoying really doesn't want to be with you, then you must accept the result."
"But we have a child! The child is still young!"
"Now you think about the child? Didn't you two even get your marriage certificate?"
Ryoko wiped her nose and nodded.
"Then you are not a legally recognized couple. If Xiaoying runs away tomorrow with the child, you won't have anywhere to cry."
"It's up to you to save your relationship. Now you can tell me everything about it."
At this time, Ryoko's hands were still shaking, so I gave him a cigarette to calm him down.
"call...."
Ryoko took a deep breath of cigarette and slowly exhaled it, then said: "When I think about it now, it's like having a nightmare."
"Two months ago, it was a Monday, and there was no business in the market at noon. Old Xiong asked me to recruit people to fight the landlords, and the bottom was five yuan."
"Who is the old bear?" I asked.
"He is a market merchant, a porcelain seller from Jiangxi, and lives in Shilihe. I was lucky enough to win more than two hundred yuan that afternoon. In the evening, he asked me to go to his house to play cards. Anyway, I kept losing and winning. During those few days, Xiaoying
I was taking care of the kids at home, so I lied to her that I was going to work at a stall, but in fact I went to Lao Xiong’s place to play cards with people every day.”
"Later, Lao Xiong said it was boring to play like this. He said he would take me to see the world, so I followed him to Houshayu..."
"casino?"
Liangzi nodded: "Including Lao Xiong, there were seven people at the table. They played Jinhua and Blackjack with a base of fifty yuan. I won more than four thousand that day, but I started losing from the next day.
No matter what cards I played, I was always beaten by others. I quickly lost all the money I had with me, so I made an IOU with someone, first for 50,000, then for 100,000, and then for 200,000. I divided it several times that night.
A total of 370,000 IOUs were issued."
I frowned and said, "This is called a bureau. That old bear is giving away pigs, and you are a pig. He will take at least one-tenth of the 300,000 he pays out. What happened next?"
"Later I realized what I was doing, and I was scared. I usually only had a few thousand dollars in my card, and the money was all in Xiaoying's hands. She was usually in charge of purchasing goods and settling accounts. I didn't dare to tell Xiaoying, but Lao Xiong would give me the money again.
I introduced someone, nicknamed Chicken Brother, and he said he could lend me 400,000 yuan at one time to clear the account, and I would pay him back in installments later. The disadvantage is that the interest is high and I need collateral."
I frowned and asked, "You don't have a house or a car, so what mortgage do you get?"
"Get the goods, cousin, get your goods. Old Xiong knows that I have good things in my hand. Last time we were drinking together, I drank too much and accidentally let it slip. I even showed him pictures of a few things.
.”
"So you just took it?"
"Well, I secretly obtained the warehouse keys without telling Xiaoying. I only took two of them at first, but then I couldn't stop the car, so I played with others again."
"During this period, I also won a lot on several occasions, but in the end I lost everything. I took a total of more than 30 things. Later, Xiaoying found out that I didn't dare to take any more."
I flicked the cigarette ashes and said: "So, the person who made the loan in the end is the banker, the six or seven people who bet with you are the crooks, and the old bear who led you there, they are all a group of people, you still
Their money is poured from the left hand to the right hand. You were drinking and you exposed the truth. It must be that from then on, they have been setting up this gambling game step by step to lure you into the bait."
"I didn't expect that you could fall for such a low-end game. Don't call me Xiang Yunfeng's cousin from now on. I'm going to be embarrassed if you spread the word."
"What did those people do with the things after they got them? Did they keep them or sell them?"
"It seems...it seems that they have all been sold, but I don't know to whom."
I muttered in my heart: "It will be troublesome if this thing is sold..."
Liangzi's face turned pale at this moment, and I sighed: "Go take a bath, change your clothes, and come back with me first to admit my mistake to Xiaoying."
After returning home, Liangzi knelt directly in front of Xiaoying, hugged her thigh and cried with tears, promising that she would never gamble with anyone again. Xiaoying couldn't help sobbing, and the child was crying in the stroller.
I said aside: "Sister-in-law, as Liangzi's cousin, I should help him speak, but I won't help him this time because I usually hate bad gamblers the most. If he dares to lie to you this time, there may be someone else.
Next time, if you really can’t accept it, just leave.”
"With your appearance, body and mind, you will be able to live a good life even with a child. The only thing I am worried about is this child. After all, he does not have a complete family at such a young age. I have been an orphan since I was a child. You may not be able to imagine
When you feel like you are being laughed at by kids of your own age wherever you go, you will feel low self-esteem over time, and when you enter society in the future, you are likely to go into evil ways."
After saying that, I secretly gave Ryoko a wink. At this time, he had no credibility. He had to change his target and use the child as an excuse to get a chance of survival.
"Yes! Wife! My cousin is right!"
"The child is still young! Just for the sake of his face, you are giving me a chance to change my ways! I swear that I will only be good to you wholeheartedly from now on! I can go out to earn money every day with peace of mind!"
Although Xiaoying didn't express his position immediately, it looked like he was probably soft-hearted.
I know that as long as I can relax a little bit, their relationship will be saved! After all, Ryoko has been playing with me since childhood, and we are still related! Although I hate iron, I really don’t want to see his wife.
Ions disperse.
At this time, Xiaoying wiped her tears and said: "Liangzi, I don't care about you when I follow you. The only thing I care about is that you really love me. When we were poor before, we were very happy every day. Now we rely on my cousin to help us and we can live a good life."
It’s getting better and better, you must know how to cherish it, and you must know how to be grateful.”
"My cousin has suffered the most. Since my cousin has relented, I will forgive you this time for the sake of my child. But if you dare to gamble without telling me next time, then our fate as husband and wife will be over.
"
Ryoko suddenly said excitedly: "Honey! I've said it several times! I won't gamble anymore!"
I immediately snapped my fingers and said, "No! You have to gamble again."
Ryoko said anxiously: "You can't win anything back! No matter how many times I bet, I can't win! Because they will cheat!"
"Who let you win?"
"I'll let you lose."
"You're going to fucking die and lose to me! If you can lose one million, don't lose 800,000! After you lose, you can take things to those people to offset the debt!"
"Fat man! Fat man!"
The fat black man heard the sound and ran over quickly.
I threw him a bank card I had prepared in advance and said: "The password is six 0s. Tomorrow morning you go to a few more banks to withdraw 200,000 yuan in cash, then put fifty red envelopes worth 3,000 yuan, and put an extra one in it."
A big red envelope of 50,000 yuan.”
I asked Liangzi again: "Will the man named Lao Xiong leave the stall tomorrow?"
Ryoko nodded and said.
I thought to myself that as long as they didn't run away, I would meet them first tomorrow. No matter who the boss behind this group was, they were just tying chicken feathers to telephone poles. They were so brave.
After chatting for a while, it was already getting very late. I went to the bathroom to take a shower and rest for a while. After all, I was very tired after taking a long-distance bus all day and night.
As soon as I turned on the faucet, I suddenly saw a black hood on the clothes drying rack in the bathroom, the kind with a lace edge. It must be Xiaoying's.
Recalling what Ryoko said just now after drinking, I couldn't help but quietly question myself: "Have I ever thought about that?"