Wei Aiguo got into trouble, so Chu Shaowei took them to another place where five people were staying. Wei Aiguo could clearly sense that these people were different.

Especially the man with a scar on the back of his hand, people called him Big Scar. Wei Aiguo felt that this man must have seen blood. He had that gloomy feeling about him, and was definitely not a normal person.

When Wei Aiguo and his group arrived, the original five people didn't think much of them.

Wei Aiguo was secretly alarmed. Who were these people? Now two groups had come together. It was clear that the people who came with him were basically unaware of the existence of these five people.

Are there any other people besides Chu Shaowei and his group?

All we can do now is stay calm.

…

The day after Song Yan sent out the message, which was this morning, Wei Aiguo made contact with his comrades in the black market and sent out the information he knew.

Wei Aiguo continued to infiltrate the black market to gather information.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Changping returned at noon, and the black market had already closed up.

The black market group separated from the other five, clearly sensing that something was amiss.

The boy who stopped Wei Aiguo from taking Song Yan back yesterday is named Chang Xiaohu. He has been ignoring Wei Aiguo because of what happened yesterday.

Actually, Wei Aiguo was quite gratified.

Chang Xiaohu was an orphan who was taken in by Chu Shaowei and his gang four years ago. He usually worked odd jobs in the black market and washed clothes for everyone to make a living, growing up to be fifteen or sixteen years old.

Chu Shaowei asked Mu Liu to teach him a few tricks, and Chang Xiaohu often followed Mu Liu and the others to hang out near the train station. In Mu Liu's opinion, Chang Xiaohu's skills were terrible, and he would come back empty-handed eight out of ten times.

Wei Aiguo thought that might not be the case; perhaps the child didn't want to steal it.

So, whenever Wei Aiguo made money from selling things, he would casually buy some food and give some to the child, intentionally or unintentionally. Chang Xiaohu then became close to him.

Yesterday, this child was the only one who stopped him from taking Song Yan back. Because he knew that a woman taken back like this would suffer a terrible fate.

But Wei Aiguo didn't listen to him, so he got angry and hasn't spoken to Wei Aiguo since yesterday.

Wei Aiguo felt that this child deserved a helping hand.

Chang Xiaohu felt uneasy and gently tugged at Wei Aiguo's sleeve.

Wei Aiguo asked, "What's wrong?"

"Brother Hei, do you know what the boss suffered that day?" Chang Xiaohu asked.

He really didn't know, so he shook his head.

"I heard them say it was a woman, and she was carrying a gun. I don't know what our boss did to offend her again, but she crippled him last night," Chang Xiaohu said.

"How did you know?" Wei Aiguo was surprised because Chang Xiaohu was basically always with them.

“I have good hearing. I pretended to go to the toilet and passed by their window, and that’s when I heard them,” Chang Xiaohu said to Wei Aiguo in a low voice, his head down.

Wei Aiguo knew which window Chang Xiaohu was referring to. It was the window of the room where the five people lived, and it faced an inner corridor. To go to the toilet, one had to pass by that window.

"Don't eavesdrop next time. You'll be easily spotted under the window, and those guys are not to be trifled with," Wei Aiguo warned him, genuinely concerned for his well-being.

“I wasn’t listening from under the window. I could hear it from the end of the corridor; my ears are better than everyone else’s. They suspect that the boss has offended some big shot and is afraid of retaliation! The black market is currently unregulated, and Jiang Changping wants you to take charge,” Chang Xiaohu continued.

The grasshopper saw the two of them talking and walked over.

"Hey kid, what did I do to offend you? You haven't been talking to me much since yesterday." Wei Aiguo changed the subject.

Having lived here for a long time, Chang Xiaohu has become particularly protective of himself. "I don't want to talk to you, I'm not happy," he said, changing the subject.

The grasshopper asked, "What are you talking about?"

"This kid suddenly stopped talking to me. I asked him if he had fed my things to the dogs," Wei Aiguo said.

Chang Xiaohu childishly turned his head to the side. "I just don't want to talk to you."

The grasshopper approached because it sensed unease. Hearing that the two of them hadn't said anything useful, it turned and left.

"What else did you hear?"

"It's gone!"

Wei Aiguo fell silent, carefully analyzing what he knew. Boss Chu was injured; he wondered if Jiang Changping would abandon him.

Chu Shaowei knows a lot. It would be great if we could interrogate him.

"Brother Hei, you're not a bad person, so why did you do what you did yesterday?" Chang Xiaohu couldn't help but ask.

Wei Aiguo had already guessed why he was ignoring him. "What's the big deal? She's my wife, that's all that matters."

Chang Xiaohu looked at Wei Aiguo in surprise, "People like us can still have a family?"

“People like us can have a home. We’re different from them. I know you leave empty-handed eight out of ten times because you don’t want to make the move. Isn’t that right?” Wei Aiguo asked tentatively.

Being so young, he couldn't hide his expression. Chang Xiaohu was terrified, instinctively feeling that if Mu Liu found out, he wouldn't be spared.

“I won’t tell anyone else,” Wei Aiguo added.

Chang Xiaohu had his head down, so his expression was unclear and it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.

There was a distance of six or seven meters from the end of the corridor to the window. The window was usually closed, yet he could hear people talking inside.

Chang Xiaohu has been here for a long time, and with his excellent hearing, he must know a lot of things.

"Anyone who can carry a gun isn't an ordinary person. I wonder how badly the boss is crippled?" Wei Aiguo tried to elicit some information from Chang Xiaohu.

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