Mo Bei picked up his and Gu Anran's things, stood up and left. After he went to the counter to pay the bill, he waited at the door of the bathroom. After a while, Gu Anran came out. He held his wife's hand and nodded.
He left without looking back.
The girl smiled awkwardly: What kind of operation is this?
She shook her head and regretted: His indifference in walking away just now was really like the second male lead in the script! If he acted, it would be called acting in his true colors!
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The next day, Gu Anran went to the beverage factory by himself, but Mo Bei didn't follow him because Mo Bei's friend, Li Zheng, had come to see him early.
Li Zheng said that he asked Mo Bei to follow him to boxing. This time he was going to challenge the big box. The small box was safer, but the speed of making money in the small box was not as good as that in the big box.
If I can win a big game, I can earn at least 10,000 yuan per game.
Li Zheng has already bought a house and is only 10,000 yuan away from buying a car. As long as he has this 10,000 yuan, he can drive the new car he bought to his girlfriend's house to propose marriage.
Mo Bei advised him not to be eager for quick success. He only had the last ten thousand yuan left. Wouldn't it be better to accumulate slowly? If he failed in the big game, he would be seriously injured or lose his life.
But Li Zheng couldn't wait any longer. His girlfriend hadn't replied to her letter for half a year. He went to find her, but her brother and father refused to let him see her. They asked him to prepare his car and house before he could go see her.
"Mo Bei. You are the only close friend I have. Don't try to persuade me. I make my own decisions about my affairs. In order to see Xiuli as soon as possible, I will endure any hardship. I can't wait any longer. I want to do it today.
I made this ten thousand yuan into my hands. I asked you to accompany me just so that someone can take me back when I am too injured and cannot come back on my own."
"But your legs are still limping when you walk."
"I have medicine. Applying it will relieve the pain. It's very useful. Please apply it for me."
After a long illness, the trauma medicine used by Li Zheng was the most effective. After applying it, he stopped walking lamely after a while.
But this medicine only provides temporary pain relief. Once the medicine wears off, the pain will double.
Before they set off, Li Zheng took off his clothes in front of Mo Bei and asked Mo Bei to rub ointment on the injured area on his back.
Today Li Zheng took off his clothes in front of him, revealing those indelible scars. Only then did Mo Bei realize that the pain Li Zheng endured was much more difficult than what he saw on the surface.
To put it bluntly, in Li Zheng's condition, he can no longer box. His body has been exhausted to the extreme.
"..." Mo Bei didn't know what to say. He had no right to interfere with other people's insistence, and he couldn't interfere. Li Zheng's attitude was particularly determined. If Mo Bei didn't go with him, he would go by himself.
Li Zheng rode a motorcycle and took Mo Bei to an abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere.
Mo Bei followed Li Zheng into the abandoned warehouse and walked inside. At the very end of the warehouse, there was a staircase leading underground.
The closer you get to the stairs, the clearer the noise below is. Obviously, the main venue is below. And the abandoned warehouse above is just a cover.
There were two chairs at the entrance of the stairs. Two young men crossed their legs and smoked cigarettes, sitting on the chairs guarding the stairs.
If they are customers who come to place bets, they will stand up and greet them with a smile. For boxers like Li Zheng, they will get up and search them to make sure they do not bring anything illegal before letting them go.
After searching him, they pointed at Mo Bei and asked, "Who is this man? What does he do?"
Li Zheng replied: "He is my friend."
"Oh." The young man shook his head, "Go down."
They probably dug the basement themselves later, with several stone pillars inside as supports.
The lights in the viewing seats inside are not very bright, only the lights on the ring are bright.
Although there was insufficient lighting in the viewing seats, you could still see the crowds of people and the seats were packed.
Li Zheng pointed the direction to Mo Bei, "That corner over there is the big field. The big bets are all over there. The elephant is also over there. I just want to fight him today."