It’s not that Shen Mo doesn’t know what it feels like to have her feet filled with lead, but the current situation is not suitable to be described as filled with lead: the fatigue brought to her by long hours of work is more of a light state of mind: she feels that she
I'm awake, but it's hard to think about anything.
Facing the faint morning light and returning home, she still remembered one thing.
"Axuan hasn't eaten yet... I have to go shopping." Thinking like this, she turned another corner: I hope my body memory can protect me, but I don't want to get lost in this alley.
In her trance, it seemed like someone was calling her: "Miss, Miss, can you hear me?" The substandard Longmen accent made her very anxious, and she turned around and yelled at the speaker: "What the hell!"
The hoarse voice that had stayed up all night felt strange to Shen Mo himself.
He seemed to be stunned by himself for a moment - Shen Mo's aching eyes could not see his face clearly. The man said: "Uh, I'm sorry. It's okay. Please walk slowly... pay attention to your body, you look very tired.
, be careful, don't fall." He turned around and left.
Shen Mo realized that he was really rude and said hurriedly: "Isn't that right... I'm really not in a good state, what's the matter?"
"I would like to ask if there are any stores nearby where I can buy food? I'm really not familiar with this place and can't find a place to buy anything."
No wonder you are a foreigner. The roads in the slums are indeed not easy to recognize.
"Only buying food? There are only bakeries around here."
"It's okay, then what should I do..."
"I happen to be going, you can come with me."
After saying that, she didn't wait for the man to reply, and continued walking towards her destination. She heard a trot, and he came to her side and walked side by side. Shen Mo was in a trance and seemed to hear him say thank you.
She shrugged and didn't answer.
Finally, she came to a small shop facing the street. She opened the door of the shop, and a unique aroma from a bakery hit her face. She swallowed twice, felt her stomach squirm, and there was a wave of odor that she had never felt before.
I heard a loud noise.
She blushed slightly, but she couldn't care less about the situation and called out to the back of the counter in a weak voice: "Aunt Chen, are you there?"
After a while, a middle-aged woman carrying a paper bag came out from behind. Seeing her like this, I was shocked: "Hey, Xiao Mo, why are you like this?"
"...Work." She didn't say much, lowered her head to put the paper bag in her hands, turned around and was about to leave. Behind her, Aunt Chen hurriedly grabbed her shoulders: "I see you didn't come last night, I cooked the meal for Xiao Xuan,
She's fine. You should eat something first."
"Really...thank you." A big stone fell in the girl's heart. She opened the paper bag with trembling fingers and was about to take out the bread, but suddenly her feet went weak. Just when she was about to fall to the ground, she was held up by a pair of hands from behind.
A familiar voice asked: "What's wrong with you?" Then there was a whirlwind, and this was all she could remember.
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Jiang Shao followed the tired long-haired Sakaz woman all the way to the bakery. The aroma made his stomach rumble for a while, making him a little embarrassed. When he was hesitating whether to apologize, she seemed not to hear him.
Stepped directly into the store door.
When she was about to fall, Jiang Shao helped her from behind, but unexpectedly, the young girl fainted before he could find out the situation.
...The smell of smoke is so strong. Jiang Yan frowned slightly: He doesn't have the habit of smoking. The big smoking guns around him like Connor or Iron Arm will also have a slight smell of smoke, but that's all because of his sense of smell.
He only heard about it after he was promoted.
You can smell the smell of cigarette smoke on the girl in front of you as long as you get closer: on her long hair and old clothes. This is not something that can be explained by smoking. She fell into Jiang Yan's arms, and you could feel her very strong smell through her clothes.
Thin. The girl held the paper bag tightly with one hand, and with the other hand she had already reached for the bread inside, but she was squeezing it out of shape.
——Looking at the way his hands are holding something tightly, he must have lost consciousness.
"Xiao Mo!" The middle-aged woman called Aunt Chen hurriedly stepped forward and took the girl's hand: "Wake up!"
"I'm sorry." Jiang Shao first put his fingers on the girl's wrist and then probed her nose. Aunt Chen asked nervously: "How are you doing? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
Well, it seems that this aunt thinks of herself as a doctor. Forget it, no matter what, emergency treatment is still necessary: "The heartbeat is very fast, the pulse is a bit weak, and the breathing is not very calm. It may be too tired and hungry.
Let her find a place to sleep first and give her some fluids."
"Come this way!" Without any nonsense, Aunt Chen led him inside. Jiang Yan picked up the distressed girl and walked with Aunt Chen. He lowered his head and glanced at the girl's face to make sure her face was normal.
.
"Huh?" Jiang Yan paused.
I thought in my mind - I have seen this sister before.
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The first thing Shen Mo felt when she woke up was a headache, followed by thirst. She propped herself up and found half a glass of water next to her hand. Without thinking much, she lifted it up and drank it all: the water was still warm and had a slight sweet taste.
Here - it seems to be the recliner where Aunt Chen rests while baking bread.
"Are you awake? There is still some water here. Drink slowly and eat your food."
A familiar male voice came. He poured some water from the thermos cup for Shen Mo and handed her a few slices of bread: "It's normal for you to feel hungry, but you can't eat too much now. Maybe after eating these
It will take a while before you consider eating more.
"Yes." Shen Mo replied softly. After sleeping, her anxiety was relieved a lot, and the man who deliberately lowered his voice made people feel trustworthy, so she ate as slowly as possible.
got something.
But the way she was eating now still made people feel a little ravenous, and realizing this made her face feel a little hot. Fortunately, there was no light in the room, and her expression was not obvious in the weak light coming from outside. Although
Because of this, she couldn't see the man's face clearly, and could only recognize his clothes.
She remembered who it was.
"You are the one in the morning..."
"Yes, it's me. The one who asked you for directions."
"you are a doctor?"
"Well... I'm not a doctor. I just barely know how to deal with this. I've fainted before."
"……Thanks."
"No, it's easy. I should thank you. I haven't eaten for a day - if you hadn't guided me, I would have fallen on the roadside." The man said haha, but his voice was still very soft -
Are you worried about disturbing her? Shen Mo couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.
After a brief silence, he asked again: "You said - before you passed out - you were so tired from work, right?"
"...There have been some changes in the shift schedule, and the two jobs have been scheduled together." She didn't really want to talk about this topic, so she turned her head to the side.
"Do you have two jobs because you need money?"
no answer.
"...It's not easy for everyone. I can't find a place to live. Now I'm thinking about finding a bench or some steps on the street."
Shen Mo asked: "Are you not from Longmen?"
"...Yes, that's right."
Why not ask for help: "Can't find a house to live in? Let me help you ask?"
"...I can't find a house to live in."
Once again, he fell into a long silence. Shen Mo probably guessed what was going on. There was no shortage of people without identity in Longmen, and there were quite a few of them, not even one more than this one.
But the current situation gave her other ideas.
"Do you want to rent my house? There is one more room." This sentence was blurted out without thinking about it, which made her a little surprised. She quickly explained: "I am also short of money. You helped me once.
Look at this—"
"Well, I'm happy to, but don't you... don't you think it's dangerous?"
"...Rent it if you want." Shen Mo herself felt awkward: Although renting out a spare room in the house had been her long-standing idea, saying it to a stranger of the opposite sex made her a little confused.
Being in the same space with an unfamiliar man was indeed not a safe choice, but a strange feeling made her feel that there was no danger in it.
"Then, regarding the rent..."
"Xiao Mo, you're awake! You've worried me to death. How are you doing now?" The door to the room was suddenly pushed open, and Aunt Chen walked in carrying a lamp that felt quite dated, with a look of concern on her face.
Shen Mo's nose felt sour: "I'm fine, Aunt Chen, thank you for following..."
She looked up at the unknown man opposite and was about to speak, but she noticed something was wrong - why didn't he have ears or horns?
She remembered: This is the naked pervert!
Looking at Shen Mo with a complicated expression, Jiang Yan avoided looking.
oops……
You said that a person who was so tender just now has a stiff expression now. Jiang Shao pretended to cough twice in embarrassment.