Chapter 11 Chapter 11 After that day, Zhu Ze seemed...

After that day, Zhu Ze seemed to have given up on integrating Fang Shimian into his social circle, and never mentioned arranging a new job for Fang Shimian again.

Fang Shimian's life returned to normal, but Xu Long was the only one who was still upset about Fang Shimian not coming home that night, and felt that his increasingly beautiful little cabbage was in danger.

"Brother Long, there's no water. I'll go get some water." Fang Shimian took the small bucket off the water dispenser and went to the drawer of the operating table to get the employee water card.

Xu Long was playing games in the back with his legs crossed. Hearing this, he slowly came over and sat on the chair in front. "Put on your clothes and come back quickly."

Fang Shimian took out a cotton coat from the closet, agreed casually, and left the monitoring room carrying an empty bucket.

Fang Shimian signed a regularization contract a few days ago. Someone from the company came this morning to measure his size and told him that 500 yuan would be deducted from his first month's salary after becoming a regular employee to be used as collateral for uniform expenses. If he works in the company for three years, the 500 yuan will be returned.

However, it will take some time before the uniforms can be customized, so Fang Shimian still needs to wear the blue vest that has been passed down for generations during working hours.

While waiting for the elevator, there was a male owner standing next to Fang Shimian. The man kept looking down at his phone until the elevator arrived and the two of them entered the elevator together. Then he put his phone away.

“Can property staff also take the elevator?”

Fang Shimian's hand froze just as he was about to press the button for the first floor. There was no rule in the regulations that prohibited them from taking the community elevator, but Fang Shimian was not sure if there was something he had missed.

The man politely pressed the door-opening button, but when he saw Fang Shimian's face clearly with the help of the light in the elevator, he suddenly released the button, pressed his own floor, and asked him in a strange tone, "Which floor?"

Fang Shimian stretched out his hand to stop the elevator when it was about to close, opened the door and walked out, his face calm, "No, thank you sir."

In fact, it was not difficult to climb the stairs from the basement to the first floor. The green escape sign in the corridor was kicked by someone. Fang Shimian took a photo and posted it in the group, marking the building and location.

There were footsteps behind him, but Fang Shimian didn't pay much attention and looked down at the group message.

But the footsteps did not continue upwards, but suddenly stopped when passing him. Fang Shimian turned off his phone and looked up.

It’s the male owner from before.

The man stared at him with a strange look, which made Fang Shimian feel a little uncomfortable. He asked, "What's the matter, owner?"

"Some time ago, at the Shen family's banquet...you were there too, right?"

For some reason, Fang Shimian heard his voice tremble a little, and his intuition told him that it was not good, so he walked upstairs and asked naturally: "What party? I am very tired at work every day and don't have time to do anything else."

The man followed closely behind Fang Shimian, and suddenly took two steps to the front of Fang Shimian to see his expression. He asked from a very close distance, "Really? Weren't you the one who saved him?"

The way forward was blocked, and his bloodshot eyeballs and dark circles looked a bit scary in the dimly lit corridor, like a sudden ghost in a movie.

Fang Shimian knew that his acting was terrible, so he suddenly covered his face to stop the man from looking at him. "Owner, my internship salary is only 4,100 yuan, and the rent is 2,000 yuan. My life is very difficult, and I don't like men. I shouldn't have taken the elevator. I'm really sorry. Please don't complain to me."

The man was a little confused. He took two steps back in a daze and slowly walked down the stairs.

Yes, the person who could be invited to that kind of party couldn’t be a property employee. He might be really crazy.

Fang Shimian didn't dare to continue going upstairs until the sound of footsteps completely disappeared. It was already past one in the morning. He walked out of the building and onto the spacious green path in the community. It was not until he was enveloped by the damp and cool night air that he realized that he was already covered in cold sweats.

The water collection machine was next to the notice board not far from the building. Fang Shimian swiped his card and put the bucket into the machine.

The headlights of the community playground and the pool were turned off, leaving only the street lights along the road, and occasionally people walking hurriedly.

After the water was filled, Fang Shimian covered the bucket. He did not return to the monitoring room immediately, but sat on the bench next to the bulletin board.

After a brief panic, Fang Shimian calmed down. As he had not suffered any fatal or disabling injuries, it was not a big deal for him.

There was a rustling noise behind the bushes. Fang Shimian lifted his vest a little and awkwardly took out a ziplock bag from his cotton coat.

There was half a bag of cat food in the ziplock bag. Fang Shimian bent down and poured some on the ground. A white cat with a big belly came out from the bushes, rubbed against Fang Shimian's feet as usual, looked around vigilantly, and then began to eat the food, making whining sounds while eating.

Fang Shimian didn't know whether it was protecting its food or saying it was delicious. After it finished eating, Fang Shimian poured all the remaining contents of the ziplock bag onto the ground.

But this time it only ate two bites and ran away. Fang Shimian lowered his head and played with the ziplock bag. A few minutes later, a gray and white kitten emerged from the bushes. Maybe because it rained during the day, the kitten was a little dirty, with some mud on the edges of its fur.

However, the kitten didn't eat much this time. It might be that someone in the community had fed it. Fang Shimian knew that there were several old ladies in the community who had cats at home, and they would come out to feed canned food to the stray cats when the weather was cold.

After the kitten left, Fang Shimian turned on the flashlight on his phone and picked up the small pieces of cat food scattered on the ground one by one and put them back into the ziplock bag.

The chill flowed into his body through his collar along with the cold wind. A light drizzle began to fall from the sky. Fang Shimian put the ziplock bag back into his pocket, bent down, picked up the bucket and walked into the building. He hesitated between the elevator and the stairs, and finally took the stairs.

However, what happened just now may have left him with some trauma, so Fang Shimian went downstairs very quickly, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he entered the warm monitoring room.

The sound of the crystal breaking was followed by a huge voice announcement of failure.

"Oh, I thought you were not going to come back again." Xu Long put his legs down from the stool and muttered, "This land is bad for me. I have never won a fight here."

Fang Shimian took out a small bag of instant noodles from the cupboard, with soy sauce beef flavor.

He crushed the dough inside, began to shake it with a very pious expression, then slowly tore it open and ate it while sitting at the workbench.

"Hey, that new guy, do you think he can handle things? Don't you think he can give the good things to me first?" Xu Long didn't want to sleep today, so he sat next to the machine at the back and played with his phone.

Fang Shimian didn't even raise his eyes, and said seriously: "Brother Long, your body shape is not suitable for extra meals."

"Hey, I have to eat today." Xu Long cursed.

"Okay." Fang Shimian succumbed to the fat forces and picked a pack of roast chicken flavor for Xu Long.

Xu Long was not picky. He tore the cake open and ate it in two bites. He clapped his hands and said, "Go to bed. Children should not stay up late."

The camp bed behind the machine gave Fang Shimian a sense of security. There were tall machines on two sides and walls on the other two sides. The only gap was blocked by a cabinet, making it more comfortable to sleep in than in a rental house.

Fang Shimian placed his black coat on the pillow and covered himself with a thick cotton coat as a quilt. The regular noise of the machine also became a kind of sleep-inducing sound.

Fang Shimian sleeps very quietly, and once he settles into one position he hardly moves.

To be honest, Xu Long has never seen a man who doesn't snore when he sleeps in his life.

When Fang Shimian was just picked up, Xu Long took him to work the night shift for the first time. Fang Shimian was silent in the back. At first, Xu Long thought that the noise of the machine was suppressing him, but when the machine was quiet, Fang Shimian still made no sound.

Considering Fang Shimian's shaky mental state and emaciated physical condition at the time, Xu Long went to the back to check at least ten times that night, fearing that the child would die if he was not careful.

In the morning, Xu Long checked the time on his computer, logged into WeChat, sorted out the unprocessed information list on the system software and sent it to the front desk, then turned off his phone, stretched his muscles a little, and went to the back to wake up Fang Shimian.

Fang Shimian got up sleepily, put on his coat, wrapped himself in his cotton-padded jacket, and sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.

Before nine o'clock, the door of the monitoring room was pushed open. Ma Liang arrived first today. He took off his cold coat, tugged at his uniform coat, and asked Xu Long to help him take a photo to check in.

Fang Shimian then walked out of the machine, rubbing his eyes and calling out "Brother Ma".

The two men left the monitoring room, Xu Long holding two helmets. Fang Shimian walked to the outside of the non-motor vehicle garage and stopped. Xu Long put one of the helmets in his hand on Fang Shimian's head and went inside to ride his bike.

After a while, Xu Long came out and said to Shi Mian through his helmet, "It's time to get paid."

Fang Shimian suddenly lost all his sleepiness and happily took out his mobile phone to check the balance. Sure enough, there were several thousand more deposits. He immediately transferred half of the money to another special deposit account.

Xu Long could imagine the money-hungry look of the guy behind him without even looking.

Fang Shimian had a good sleep at night and now he had received his salary, so he bought some fruit milk powder and happily rode his electric scooter to Zhao's house.

This was a surprise visit and Zhao You was not at home, so Fang Shimian played with Zhao Shun for the whole morning.

When he returned in the afternoon, Fang Shimian went to the supermarket to buy snacks for Zhao You. He put two bags in a black bag and put them in the security room. He was afraid that the security guard would see that they were snacks and confiscate them from Zhao You, so he sent a message to Zhao You on WeChat.

Zhao You didn't reply, probably because he was in class. Fang Shimian asked him to pick it up after school in the evening, and he rode away slowly on his bike.

It was still early for work, and as usual Xu Long was still catching up on his sleep. Fang Shimian rode his bike around for a while, and finally stopped at the wetland park in Hai City.

There are very few people here on weekdays. The park has a cycling greenway, and occasionally you can see a few groups of cyclists passing by quickly. Fang Shimian seems very relaxed in this environment.

He walked slowly to the secluded and deserted lakeshore. The surrounding flowers and plants were very dense. Fang Shimian sat on a rock and picked up some small stones and threw them into the lake for fun.

This is the secret base he found last month. He didn’t even share it with Xu Long. There is only a small path hidden by trees to get here, and few people can find it.

However, just as Fang Shimian lowered his head to look for a stone, there was suddenly some movement in the woods behind him, and there was also a faint voice of talking.

Somehow, even though he hadn't made any mistakes, as the voice got closer, Fang Shimian felt an unprecedented tension.

In this kind of corner and this kind of place, he wouldn't run into a murderer's corpse dumping scene.

Just when Fang Shimian was stiff and at a loss, the movement in the woods stopped. It seemed that they had no intention of coming to the lake. Just now, Fang Shimian had even begun to consider whether he would be discovered faster if he swam to the other side of the lake if he was being chased.

Fang Shimian tried his best to curl himself up and stay motionless to reduce his presence, hoping not to be seen and also hoping to leave.

"Want me to teach you how a dog crawls?"

A deep male voice sounded behind Fang Shimian. It wasn't very loud, but just loud enough for him to hear from his position.

Fang Shimian was completely blank, and only felt as if a thunderclap had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, blowing him to pieces.

I don't know what they are doing, but it's definitely not good.

"Kneel down."

In the absolutely silent space, the man's voice was particularly cold.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but after Fang Shimian was shocked and panicked, he felt that the voice sounded a little familiar.

It seems like I've heard it somewhere...

After a crisp sound, Fang Shimian vaguely heard a whimper.

The birds in the bushes suddenly flew up, causing another burst of suppressed groans in the throat.

"Silence."