Lu Chen sat by the window and watched this scene calmly.
The skinny young man was dressed in tattered green clothes and fled on the street in embarrassment.
Behind him was a group of pursuers, hot on his heels.
"You bastard, you dare to steal things, where are you planning to escape?"
"I'll skin you if I catch you."
The down-and-out young man was hiding around the street with a bag of things in his arms, knocking down many pedestrians.
Hearing the shouting of murder coming from behind, pedestrians on the street stopped one after another and stared at the panicked and troubled young man in surprise, wondering what happened.
The down-and-out young man looked panicked, his eyes flashed, and he quickly rushed into a dead end.
He was about to turn around and run back when he suddenly saw four or five figures of strong men blocking the exit, staring at him with fierce expressions.
"Oops, there's no way." Looking at the blocked alley in front of him, the down-and-out young man felt a sense of despair.
"Bah, you bastard, are you brave enough to come to my gambling house and cause trouble?" A lean man with dragon and tiger tattoos walked over and said fiercely.
When the down-and-out young man saw this battle, he stumbled to the ground with a frightened expression.
However, when he thought about his wife still suffering from hunger at home, he suddenly clenched his teeth, and his originally fragile heart immediately became cold and hardened.
"Don't come here, don't come here." The down-and-out young man kept shrinking back.
The lean man smiled ferociously and said: "Boy, you are very talented, how dare you run wild on my territory?"
"Brothers, what do you think of him, how can he relieve his anger?"
Several men standing behind sneered: "Break his legs and make him kneel down to beg."
"In my opinion, cut off his hand as punishment."
"Haha, why don't we strip him naked and parade him through the streets."
The thugs laughed wantonly and looked at the down-and-out young man with unkind eyes.
The drizzle fell continuously between the sky and the earth, quickly soaking everyone's clothes.
The autumn rain is very cold, but it is far less cold than the coldness in the hearts of the down-and-out young people.
"Brothers, what are you waiting for? Give me a beating and vent my anger for my elder brother." The lean man laughed ferociously, hugging his arms with a joking look on his face.
"okay."
"Brother, don't worry, this kid is dead."
"Today, we must let him know how serious it is to offend you, eldest brother."
A group of people swarmed up, grabbed the down-and-out young man, and beat and kicked him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A heavy rain of fists and kicks hit the down-and-out young man, causing him to curl up, groaning continuously, and blood dripping from the corners of his mouth.
He held a cloth bag in his arms with both hands and refused to let go.
After a while, the down-and-out young man was beaten into disgrace.
The lean man didn't kill him, he just deliberately trampled the opponent.
Just when the down-and-out young man was dying, a burst of yelling suddenly came from outside the street.
"Stop, what are you doing?"
The lean man was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't help but look back and saw a majestic group of officers and soldiers suddenly appearing at the intersection of the alley, attracting countless people to watch.
The leader was a burly man wearing heavy black armor. Judging from his status, he should be a centurion-level figure.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Qin? Why are you here?" As soon as the lean man with a cold expression saw the person coming, he immediately ran forward, nodded and bowed to make friends.
Judging from their relationship, they should have known each other for a long time.
The black-armored general looked at this scene with a frown: "Let them stop."
"Yes." The lean man nodded quickly, then turned to his men in the alley and shouted: "Okay, stop it all."
The man in black armor said coldly: "I just received a tip that someone gathered here to make trouble. Is that what happened?"
The lean man quickly put on a smile and denied it: "It's nothing. Mr. Qin, you are overthinking it."
The man in black armor turned his gaze to the motionless figure deep in the alleyway and said seriously: "Who is that guy lying on the ground?"
"Master Qin, that is one of my blind men who stole the villain's money before and was discovered. I was about to ask him for it." The lean man said with a smile, talking nonsense.
The man in black armor nodded and said: "It is only natural to pay back debts."
"But don't go too far when you do things. There are many people around you watching."
When the lean man heard this, he glanced at the crowd of people watching around him and frowned.
Then he said with a smile: "Master Qin, I know I'm wrong and I won't make it difficult for you."
With that said, he handed over a bag of money without leaving any trace.
The black-armored general killed him casually and then stood still.
The lean man had no choice but to wave to his men in the alley: "Brothers, let's go."
The men who were beating up the poor young man spat on the ground, cursed and walked away.
Seeing the downcast young man's motionless appearance, the black-armored general snorted coldly, turned around and left with his men.
Fights, killings, and looting occurred in the city from time to time, and there was no way to control it.
Although the black-armored general protects the common people, he is only performing official duties. If a down-and-out young man is beaten and seriously injured, he will only take care of it if he sees it.
He would not be so kind as to seek justice for a poor and powerless person like a down-and-out young man.
Half an hour later, icy raindrops fell on the poor young man. Under the erosion of the icy cold, he slowly woke up. When he saw no one around, he stood up staggeringly.
After being severely beaten, the down-and-out young man was already bruised and bruised.
But the consciousness remains awake.
He looked down at his arms, holding a cloth bag tightly with both hands, and couldn't help but smile.
He finally managed to save the money he stole.
Although it's not much, it's enough to cover the family's living expenses for most of the year.
His beautiful wife is still waiting for him at home. She has suffered and suffered with him for so many years. He must bring money back and not let her suffer any injustice.
"Qian'er, just wait, we have money and we don't have to go hungry anymore."
"Wait for me for a while."
The down-and-out young man grabbed the cloth bag, stumbled up, and stumbling toward his home in the heavy rain.
After a while, he finally returned to Nancheng District in embarrassment, in a small, desolate courtyard.
The house is very simple and is the shelter for him and his wife Lin Qian.
The down-and-out young man came from a poor family and suffered a lot. Under the introduction of a fellow villager, he met a girl from the same village and got married.
That year, he got married and started a business, but due to lack of livelihood, he had no choice but to bring his wife all the way here to seek refuge with distant relatives.
He thought he could have a good future, but he didn't expect that not only was his family and friends defrauded him of all his property, but his wife was almost sold into a brothel and became a prostitute.
It was not easy to escape.
The couple were already penniless, and the family was too poor to raise the issue.
In order to prevent his wife from starving, the down-and-out young man had no choice but to work outside to make money.
However, he had been weak since he was a child and did not have much strength at all. He could not earn coolie money. In addition, he had no skills. In desperation, he had no choice but to do the same thing and stole a gambler's money bag.
Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the casino owner, and was almost blocked in a dead end and beaten to death.
Fortunately, officers and soldiers arrived and escaped.
The down-and-out young man was about to rush home to surprise his wife.
Who would have thought that as soon as I walked into the courtyard, I overheard a gasp coming from the house.
"Hey, please be gentle, it hurts a little, I can't bear it."
"Hey, you little brat, you were so strong before, but once we get into bed, you are even more impatient than me."
"Ha ha!"
After getting married, the down-and-out young man, as a man, naturally knew very well what this strange sound represented.
But he never would have thought that his wife, such a well-behaved and sensible woman, would actually do such perfunctory things with other men behind his back when he was out to make a living.
The cloth bag in the hand of the destitute young man slipped silently, and he was completely stunned as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue.
The originally anxious eyes turned bloodshot in an instant, exuding a ferocious light like a wild beast.
There were lightning and thunder in the sky, and it was pouring rain.
He looked at a rusty hatchet in the courtyard, quickly walked over, picked up the hatchet and held it.
Then he kicked open the door without hesitation and rushed in.
Lightning lit up the night sky and also illuminated the scene inside the house.
There were piles of messy clothes scattered in the room, and his wife was naked, having sex with a lean man, which was unsightly.
The most shocking thing was that the lean man was none other than the casino owner who had surrounded him before and beat him up in the alley.
"Bitch, bastard." The down-and-out young man originally had no power to restrain a chicken, but when he saw this situation, his eyes filled with hatred, and his whole body suddenly erupted with astonishing strength.
He rushed forward like lightning and slashed with his sword.
The two people who were negotiating in the house were unable to dodge and were directly hit by the hatchet.
Puff puff!
Blood sprayed and screams pierced the night sky and spread far and wide.
A while later, the casino owner and his wife died tragically in the house. The death was extremely miserable.
Most of the reason why his wife made peace with outsiders was that she couldn't stand her husband's incompetence and weakness, so she threw herself into the arms of others.
Unexpectedly, his husband witnessed it with his own eyes.
A man's dignity and his most beautiful fantasy about love were shattered in an instant like a mirror that was suddenly shattered.
After killing the two men, the destitute young man staggered away from the house.
Walking to the center of the courtyard, I looked up at the ink-colored sky. The heavy rain was pouring down, and my tears mixed with the rain poured down.
"God is unfair, God is unfair!"
The destitute young man pointed his knife at the sky and roared hysterically, looking extremely painful.
After roaring fiercely, he suddenly swung his knife and killed himself. Blood spurted out, and he fell powerlessly into a pool of blood.
On the roof of a tall building not far away, Lu Chen stood with his hands behind his hands, watching the scene indifferently, without interfering from beginning to end.
"The casino owner is chasing down a down-and-out young man because he stole money from gamblers."
"A down-and-out young man returns home, only to find his wife making peace with the casino owner."
"In anger, he hacked the two people to death."
"Is this God's will, or is it predestined?"
"This may be what Buddhists often say, cause and effect, cause and effect, if there is a cause, there must be an effect."
Lu Chen raised his head and looked at the vast night sky, his heart full of confusion: "Birth, old age, illness and death, love, hate, and hatred, what do they mean in the millions of years?"
"Heaven and earth seem to be like a cage, imprisoning everyone in the world."
"Only by stepping out of this world and breaking this shackles can we see the most essential world."
"Maybe I understand!"
Seeing the experiences of the little beggar and the down-and-out young man, Lu Chen finally had a hint of enlightenment in his heart.
