In front of the small table in the warehouse, Jiang Xueming pulled up a low stool and sat down, preparing to have a good talk with Boss Ye.
He has been very sad outside in the past few years. He also knows that the owner of the milk tea shop is a rich man, but he doesn't want to call back and ask Ye Bei for help.
"I started working at the battery factory, and I owed a debt of gratitude to Brother Ye. Later I went to Hung Hom, although life was a little more difficult..."
Mr. Ye Bei poured tea and water for Jiang Xueming. He looked familiar and said with a smile: "Then you are too outgoing. When I met you, I saw your outstanding face and I thought you were the best."
When the second son saw that after you came to work in my store, the customer flow increased dramatically every month, and half of the ladies came here for you."
"Uh..." Jiang Xueming didn't know how to answer for a while. Boss Ye had always been a sharp-tongued person with an eccentric personality.
The tea soup is poured into the cup, and a clear fragrance emerges.
——I always feel so embarrassed...
Xueming calmed down and finally asked: "Then...Brother Ye, who is the first son in your heart?"
"Don't ask about this." Ye Bei replied casually: "That's a long, long story."
"Okay, Brother Ye." Xueming got down to business: "I will trouble you to take care of Bai Lu these days. How much money did she spend on you? I will..."
Ye Bei immediately interrupted: "No trouble, let's not talk about money between us. Talking about money hurts feelings. I'm not short of money, I'm short of feelings."
"Haha...hahaha..." Jiang Xueming laughed out loud, showing a mouth full of white teeth.
It is said that after entering society, it is a blessing if strangers do not take advantage of you and hire you to work for free in all kinds of strange ways.
Jiang Xueming has seen too many of these bad things, and has met many bad guys who want to take advantage of him - the owner of the braised meat shop at Hung Hom MTR Station is one of them.
——But Brother Ye Bei is different.
Jiang Xueming only thought that he was a very wonderful person.
He thought that Bai Lu could happily help the workers in the milk tea shop in the next few days, and that Brother Ye and a few girls at the front desk could help take care of it.
His eyes suddenly became brighter and no longer looked like a piece of wood.
"I help you, you help me. This is what people are like. They support each other and write like this." Ye Bei raised his glass: "I have nothing to thank you for. I haven't been with you for long, but I
I know you hate the red tape, so we won’t use unnecessary words, and I don’t need your fake business smile. In terms of business level, I was quite professional when I was young.”
Jiang Xueming only felt happy after hearing these words.
A long, long time, a long time.
He hadn't communicated with someone like this for a long time.
"Brother Ye... you don't know, after I went to the south... I..."
He had a lot to say, but he didn't know where to start.
"I met a lot of people, and I was very scared when I brought Bai Lu. I was afraid that she wouldn't adapt to a strange city, and even when I sent her to school, she would be kicked out."
"I squatted in the villa area on Sanyuan Road, waiting for a director of the school to drive out. I begged them to allow Bai Lu to study. Fortunately, the aunt was kind..."
"After paying my tuition, when I was looking for a job, I went back and forth between Zhuqing and Hung Hom. There were many smugglers trying to kidnap people. They saw that I was young, so they told me that I could go to Canada to work as a cook in a Chinese restaurant. I almost got it.
Got on a pirate ship."
"Later, I went to the subway station to find a job selling cooked food. I had an argument with the landlord, and then I rented a room as big as a pigeon cage."
"Bai Lu went to school. I was afraid that she would have conflicts with other classmates, so I taught her how to protect herself. I was stupid and couldn't teach her well. Fortunately, she was smart - but she lived in trepidation every day..."
"When I left, I said that I wanted to lead Bai Lu to live a good life. I'm sorry... I'm embarrassed."
Ye Bei raised his hand to interrupt: "Wait a minute, are you sure that the aunt on the school board is kind-hearted?"
Jiang Xueming recalled carefully: "She said it was a good thing to assist students... I vaguely remember that she asked me to work as a cleaner at her house. But she left in a hurry, leaving no contact information, and I couldn't enter the gate of the villa area.
, and the contact was cut off.”
Ye Bei frowned and thought: "Well..."
Jiang Xueming: "Is there any problem?"
Ye Bei covered his mouth and coughed: "No, no, no... no."
"In short, the first thing I wanted to do when I came back was to see you, Brother Ye." Jiang Xueming said sincerely: "There are many things that I am inconvenient to tell others, but I don't know why, but I feel so comfortable talking to you.
very natural."
Ye Bei covered his face and smiled bitterly: "Your idea of treating people as emotional trash cans is really refreshing and refined."
At this time, Xueming finally seemed to have transformed back into a 21-year-old boy who had just entered society.
"Excuse me..."
"It's okay, it's okay. I didn't mean to criticize you." Mr. Ye Bei patted Xueming on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work. I don't know what you have been through in the past few years. After all, I am not you and I can't empathize with you.
I can’t use your body to experience your life - I can’t say the words [I understand you] anyway.”
After that, Boss Ye put the tea cup on the table into Jiang Xueming's hand, "Drink some tea and calm down. You must have encountered something great if you can go back to your hometown."
"Well, yes... then Bai Lu got sick and contracted a strange disease. The doctor said there was nothing that could be done, so I kept telling my sister, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. But I felt that those words were meant for myself.
Yes, I'm afraid I can't do it well, it's not good enough, I'm afraid I'll screw up..." Jiang Xueming took the tea cup and took a sip.
Ye Bei smiled and said: "You are already amazing, Jiang Xueming."
At this moment, Xueming lost consciousness and felt that his thinking was particularly clear.
It's like there is a trickle of clear water flowing through the body through the meridians and brain.
Something was put down.
The small warehouse, which was originally cold and dark, has become warmer.
He looked at Brother Ye, and it seemed that in an instant, all the troublesome memories disappeared.
Just like the sign of this store, I forgot about it.
Ye Bei served Jiang Xueming more tea and spoke slowly.
"What you have done is already very remarkable. Starting from Pingyang County, there were so many difficulties and troubles and so many roadblocks along the way. You defeated these bad guys without any rush. It is really good."
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In this day and age, how many seventeen-year-old young people in the world dare to leave their homes and run to a strange place more than a thousand kilometers away? Who dare to take their younger sister with them to take risks and work hard to make a living?"
When Xueming heard these words, he nodded blankly.
Ye Bei applauded lightly: "That's why I said when I saw you - stay safe, you are a unique leading actor."
From these words, Xueming felt a steady stream of courage.
The two brothers and sisters could not learn the sophistication of the world and the open-mindedness and bravery that they could not learn in school. Most of them were taught by Brother Ye in their daily life through precepts and deeds.
When Xueming took Bai Lu away from home, he remembered what Brother Ye had said to him.
"Life is only a one-way ticket."
He couldn't regret it for the rest of his life, and he couldn't let Bai Lu regret it for the rest of his life.
Thinking of this, Xueming changed back to his calm and solemn look, thinking in his mind whether to tell Brother Ye about the underground city and the adventure on that train.
After all, in his opinion, Brother Ye is just an ordinary person. There is no need to tell this underground secret, and it may cause Brother Ye trouble.
However, he still told half-truths and half-lies when it came to what he should say.
"Brother Ye, if Bai Lu is here with you, she may cause some trouble. In addition to my parents, there may be other strangers trying to contact her and hurt her."
Ye Bei raised his eyebrows: "Oh! Do you have enemies in Hung Hom? When you work hard outside, there will always be conflicts. This is normal."
Jiang Xueming was worried. Thinking of the armadillo hunter, he cautiously warned: "If someone comes here...he will kill Bailu..."
"Understood. I'll call some good brothers to come to the shop for tea tomorrow. They happen to be on vacation, so I can help you." Ye Bei refilled the tea for Jiang Xueming: "But, we can catch up from Hung Hom to Hengyin.
, this hatred is quite big..."
Jiang Xueming did not dare to say more.
Ye Bei's eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, his gaze was hot, "It's not convenient to say, right?"
Xueming: "Yes, it's not very convenient."
Ye Bei also retracted his gaze that scrutinized the prisoner: "Then I won't ask any questions."
Xueming asked more: "Brother Ye, you... aren't you afraid that I will do bad things outside?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the cat on the table perked up and ran to Jiang Xueming's side for some reason. It smelled good for a while. Finally, it squatted back listlessly, as if disappointed.
"Hehe... I don't have any other skills, but I'm pretty accurate at recognizing people." Ye Bei said with a smile: "And whether you are a bad thing or not!~ My cat owner is more concerned about it than me. He is full of food.
You have bad water, and you are obsessed with tearing down your home and causing damage all day long. If you have that talent, it will definitely stick to you."
"Then Bai Lu will be taken care of by my elder brother." Jiang Xueming finished drinking the tea soup and felt that the whole world became brighter. "I don't have much time. I have to go home to deal with some things, so I will leave first. I will call Bai Lu over now."
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He was about to walk out the door and called his sister to come and identify him.
"Wait a minute!" Ye Bei pointed his two index fingers, as if trying to remember something, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, my memory is not very good, please wait a minute!"
In just ten seconds, the weird milk tea shop owner clapped his hands, as if he had remembered something important, "Oh! I thought of it!"
Jiang Xueming watched Brother Ye rummaging in the warehouse curiously.
From the piles of debris on both sides of the container, Ye Bei dug out a brocade box from an old wooden box, "Xue Ming, didn't you say that your enemies might come to trouble you?"
Jiang Xueming nodded suspiciously: "Yes."
Ye Bei asked again: "The enemies you mentioned, are they powerful?"
Jiang Xueming: "I don't know, but it should be quite difficult to deal with."
"Then take this." Ye Bei handed the brocade box to Xueming's hand.
Then I heard Ye Bei's instructions: "There's no problem with Bai Lu here. After the crackdown on gangs and evil in the past few years, my good brothers were free and worried all day long about not being able to make meritorious deeds. If you said so
Those bad guys really dare to come to your door, that's a happy event. But..."
Mr. Ye Bei patted the brocade box and then patted Xueming's shoulder.
"If they go after you and chase you to Pingyang County, my good brothers won't be able to get a gun for a while - this is my collection for you to defend yourself. Remember, if you can't beat me, run away.
Hide and call the police. If anything happens, go to the people's police first. Call me and I'll be there right away."
The brocade box is heavy, and I don't know what's inside. It's probably a collection of crafts such as knives.
Ye Bei's intention was clearly understood. He looked behind him, wanting to find Xiao Qi, and told Ye Bei again.
"Don't worry, Brother Ye, I have bodyguards."
"Okay!" Ye Bei smiled and said: "As you grow up, you also have skills. If you are in a hurry, you can leave first! Pay attention to safety - remember what I told you, you must come here safe and sound!"
Jiang Xueming put the brocade box on his back and walked out, gesturing behind him with his thumbs up.