"By the way, what are we going to do now?" After leaving the police station, Wang Bohua walked side by side with Li Ming on the street and asked.
Putting his hands in his trouser pockets, Li Ming thought for a moment and then said, "I plan to go to the convenience store to settle the salary owed to me first, and then take Xiao Shu outside to relax. After all, her mother's death still hit her hard.
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Humans are social animals, so Li Ming needs to maintain this broken family to determine his anchor point in this world.
Memory and blood connections allow Li Ming to connect with this strange world, and the connection is with his sister, Xiao Shu, who has lived with him for a week.
Xiaoshu is Li Ming's younger sister. Her real name is Li Xiaoshu. She is one year younger than Li Ming and is in the lower grade of the same school, so Wang Bohua is also very familiar with her.
As for the sister named Li Xizhu, because the extraordinary school is far away from home, and the vacation time she took was really not generous, Li Ming and her only got together briefly at her mother's funeral.
Not realizing that Li Ming's words implied that he did not need to relax, Wang Bohua sighed and asked with a surprised and puzzled expression, "Payment? Are you not going to work in a convenience store in the future?"
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Wang Bohua knew that Li Ming's father ran a supermarket before he started gambling. At that time, his income was generally pretty good, so he bought this independent old house.
But as the bad habit of gambling got involved, my father's supermarket mortgage turned into a convenience store.
It didn’t take long for the supermarket to become a convenience store, and now even the convenience store is not our own.
After the convenience store changed hands, Li Ming worked part-time at the store in his spare time. In addition to subsidizing his family's income, he could occasionally buy some last-minute food at very low prices to improve his sister's diet.
It's just that the convenience store owner took advantage of Li Ming's desperate need for money, so he used him as one of several people. In the past, Li Ming could only grit his teeth and endure for the sake of his sister and his own living expenses.
Faced with this inquiry, Li Ming answered the question with a sarcastic smile,
"There is a truth about this issue that is quite subversive - the essence of wages is a means of enslaving people, especially when you are poor to a certain extent."
Looking at the bustling streets and the passing vehicles in front of him, Li Ming spread his hands and continued, "If I were really forced into a role struggling for a living, the heavy work would make me have no energy to think at all. And when
When survival becomes the only goal, I really can’t stand up."
"I really can't understand what you're saying anymore." Wang Bohua scratched his head again out of habit, and then said, "Then... when will you go back to school?"
"Well, the day after tomorrow." Li Ming replied.
As the two of them walked and talked, they unknowingly arrived at the door of the convenience store.
A piece of news is being played on the TV at the front desk of the convenience store: "Recently, the Extraordinary Committee has officially defined [Trinity Association] as a terrorist organization. The following is the list of wanted persons..."
"Xiao Ming, have you settled the family affairs?" The person who spoke was an amiable-looking aunt, who was also the proprietress of this convenience store.
Li Ming showed a cute smile on his face, and then nodded.
"Well, I'm sorry, you can actually rest for a few more days." A look of emotion appeared on the aunt's face, and she shook her head and said.
"Aunt Sun, I came here this time to tell you that I'm leaving. Thank you so much for taking care of me for so long." Li Ming said in a humble and polite manner.
As soon as she heard Li Ming say he was resigning, Aunt Sun's eyelids immediately drooped, her eyes swayed left and right in her eye sockets, and then she said in a raised tone, "Let's go back to the same code. You haven't worked a few days this month." Knowing that Aunt Sun was not going to give money, Li Ming was not angry. Instead, he scratched his head like Wang Bohua, and then said awkwardly, "Aunt, you misunderstood. I'm not here to ask for money.
Just a simple thank you."
Hearing that Li Ming was not here to ask for money, Aunt Sun's stingy businessman's expression calmed down, and then turned into a look of pity and said, "Xiao Ming, your family is in need of money, and the part-time job now is not that good.
Look, do you want to stop thinking about it?"
It's nothing more than a labor force that is unwilling to work hard and complain.
"There is only one semester left in the senior year of high school, and my dad sent me some money. This period of time is enough..." After taking a look and confirming again that there were no monitoring facilities in the store, Li Ming reached out to take a photo.
He patted the bag on his body and said with a smile, "Aunt Sun, you also know that I have low blood sugar and have the habit of eating sugar. Please help me pack ten [Qiaoxin] brand lollipops."
As he finished speaking, Li Ming put his hand deep into his bag, took out a thousand-yuan banknote from the envelope given by Wang Bohua, and placed it casually on the table.
The maximum denomination of this country's currency is one thousand yuan, and the price of ten high-end candies is only fifty yuan.
"It's so big, let me see if I have enough change..." Although the face value of the money is relatively large, there is no reason to turn it away when opening the business. After taking a look at the money, Aunt Sun took it.
Receive the money and give change at the same time.
Just when Li Ming took the change, he suddenly interrupted, "Aunt Sun, I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I have some change..."
While reaching out to signal Aunt Sun to return the thousand yuan to him, Li Ming lowered his head and took out his wallet and rummaged through it.
At this time, people who came to the store to buy things had already lined up behind Li Ming and Wang Bohua. The host of the news program on TV was saying seriously, "...and there is currently sufficient evidence that this
The organization is related to many actions that use extraordinary abilities to harm society. Citizens are asked to call the police as soon as possible when they see the above people..."
He took the lead and looked up at the TV. The picture above showed a rather deep-set woman with big eyes and long hair.
At the same time...
Aunt Sun didn't realize what was wrong at all, "This world is so chaotic. How come such a good little girl is wanted..."
Turning his gaze back, Li Ming glanced down at the thousand-yuan bill casually, smiled slightly, stuffed the money into his wallet, and then said, "Aunt Sun, I'll leave first."
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The famous "give change before the whole day" scam in the previous life. It is a market scam that distracts the deceived person to stun the other person and get the change. It is commonly seen in train stations, crowded supermarkets and convenience stores, etc.
It seems that this routine is not very deep, but as long as you act naturally enough, it is actually extremely easy for people to be fooled!
Even if he was discovered later, Li Ming, who was already so poor that he was in his current situation, didn't care about the shameless fight for such a small amount of money.
After leaving the convenience store, Li Ming took out the change from his trouser pocket one by one with a normal expression, smoothed out the wrinkles, and then placed them neatly in his wallet.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Wang Bohua fell into silence in disbelief.
To put it mildly, this might just be a small prank, but Wang Bohua vaguely felt that something was wrong from Li Ming's extremely indifferent demeanor without any excitement.
After following Li Ming for a while, Wang Bohua finally couldn't help but said, "Li Ming... you are cheating!"
Li Ming pushed a lollipop away and stuffed it into his mouth, then turned around and looked at Wang Bohua and said indifferently, "Are you going to choose to report me?"
"I didn't mean that..." Wang Bohua explained anxiously.
Li Ming stretched out his hand to pinch the white candy stick, and then said indifferently, "Isn't that the end?"
"Li Ming, you have changed so much. I know that your mother's death has had a great impact on you, but you...can't go astray." Wang Bohua looked at Li Ming stubbornly and said with some sadness.
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Is it true that the sincere and kind-hearted Li Ming, who was excellent in both morals and academics, really disappeared?
"I'm only going to say this this time." After a few seconds of silence, Li Ming sighed and said seriously, "If I want to get what I want, I can only rely on myself. Going step by step is too slow, and it's really difficult.
It’s hard to turn around, so...this is just the beginning."
"But this is wrong!" Wang Bohua found it difficult to accept Li Ming's point of view, so he asked angrily.
After hearing Wang Bohua's question, Li Ming stretched his neck and replied, "I am different from you. You have a good family and good parents, but I don't..."
"Even if this is the case, you can't..." Wang Bohua didn't know how to persuade his friends, so he showed an anxious look on his face.
Changing the lollipop in his mouth to the other side, Li Ming said patiently and seriously, "But the reality is that now I have fallen into the dust, so if I want to get ahead, I have to dare to eat people, and I have to not
Accept defeat, refuse to accept fate..."
Holding the white candy stick and pulling the round candy out of his mouth, Li Ming patted Wang Bohua on the shoulder, then smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I'm ready to be held down by the police without crying."
Mental preparation."
"But..."
Before Wang Bohua finished speaking, Li Ming waved his hand to interrupt Wang Bohua's hesitation. Then he stuffed the lollipop into his mouth again, turned around and waved, saying, "It's nothing but..."<
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After that, Li Ming went on his own, leaving only Wang Bohua's figure that was gradually elongated under the backlight.
"Hello?!"
"Let's go, see you for the talent test the day after tomorrow."