It was unsafe for a female comrade to walk alone at night, so Li Hongjun offered to take Yu Fan home.

Although she was brave and used to walking at night, she still agreed after looking at Li Hongjun's firm eyes.

Yu Fan is a local and her family also lives in a large compound, but for some reason, her house as a local is smaller than Li Hongjun's small house. It is crowded and cramped, about ten square meters.

Twenty years later, it would be about the same size as a larger toilet.

"You live here? It's not even as good as my shabby yard, and it doesn't even have windows. Tsk." After looking around for a while, I realized that this was actually a hand-built shack!

When he walked outside, he saw that it was indeed the case. Because it was dark at night, Li Hongjun didn't notice it when he first arrived. He only discovered the problem now.

I can't help but sigh in my heart.

Judging from his appearance alone, one would think that Yu Fan's family is well-off, but in fact, his family is not even as well off as ordinary families, and he only looks good on the surface.

Li Hongjun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It's OK for a person to live anywhere as long as he can sleep." Yu Fan has always paid attention only to clothing and food, and he can take care of everything else.

Besides, it's hard to find a house to rent these days. What's there to be dissatisfied about as long as she can settle down in the city? There are many people who are worse off than her.

"Do you live alone? Where are your parents?" Li Hongjun was not present when Qiao Lu was chatting with Yu Fan before, so he knew almost nothing about her.

"Dead." Yu Fan said lightly after picking up the messy clothes and folding them up.

"So you have no other relatives?" Li Hongjun looked at her expression and asked again when he saw that there was nothing unusual.

Yu Fan shrugged, not caring at all: "My grandma was taken away by my second uncle, and now I am the only one at home."

After saying that, the two of them fell silent at the same time. The already cramped and narrow room made people feel suffocated.

"If you are scared of being alone, just come to my place. It's big enough." Li Hongjun didn't know that Yu Fan had a girlfriend yet, so he joked recklessly.

This is his usual method to ease the atmosphere. Although it may offend people sometimes, it cannot be denied that it works for Yu Fan.

"You're so beautiful." Yu Fan chuckled and kicked his calf, sounding calm.

The room was not dirty, but it was messy, with clothes everywhere. Under the dim light, one could vaguely see private clothes piled on the bedside...

As if struck by lightning for a second, Li Hongjun quickly looked away: "Hey, you haven't thrown away any garbage here, find something to pack it in, and I'll help you throw it away when we leave later."

Yu Fan folded his clothes without turning his head: "Thank you."

He quietly watched her fold the clothes. After she finished, Li Hongjun spoke again and asked, "To be honest, this place is so shabby, are you really not afraid?"

She was not afraid, but he was worried just watching her.

Can this thin "cardboard door" keep out bad guys?

After he finished speaking, Yu Fan smiled sinisterly, reached down slightly, fumbled for a moment, and took out a sharp dagger from under the pillow.

It suddenly pointed at his face, which was shining white and made his scalp tingle.

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm used to it. If anyone dares to come again... I'll just -!"

As he said this, he made a gesture of cutting his neck.

"Hiss - so cruel." After wiping his arm, Li Hongjun slowly took the knife from her hand and put on the knife sheath: "But it's better for girls to be more gentle and not show off everything. Some things should be relied on by men."

"What do you mean?" Yu Fan pretended not to understand, his heart stagnating slightly.

"You are already twenty years old, so find a boyfriend." Li Hongjun said in a relaxed tone.

"So what if I find a boyfriend? Can I just move into his house? Or should I ask him to move in with me?"

"Ahem..." Yu Fan always spoke so bluntly. Li Hongjun knew it, but he had not yet gotten used to it.

There are not many girls like her nowadays. She is really "different".

"Then just get married early, and then you can move out." This is the simplest, most convenient and safest method, and it is the only method Li Hongjun can think of.

Not knowing what he was thinking about, Yu Fan suddenly fell silent.

Seeing that she remained silent, Li Hongjun poked her arm: "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Li Hongjun suddenly saw that her eyes contained many things he had never seen before.

She has always been carefree and unrestrained, and this look inexplicably reminded him of a stray cat he took in when he was a child, with its pitiful big, misty eyes.

"It's nothing. It's late. You should go back. Be careful on the road." The voice suddenly became smaller and a little depressed.

Li Hongjun scratched his head and took one last look at her: "Well, then I'm leaving? You should be careful too."

"Well, let's go."

"See you tomorrow." Li Hongjun got on the bike and took only two steps before turning back. He paused for two seconds before saying, "Thank you for today."

Thank her for notifying Qiao Lu. Although it didn't do much, at least it showed that she treated them as friends.

"Okay, got it, let's go."

In the moonlight, her face flushed with alcohol made her look even more intoxicated.

Li Hongjun blinked his eyes, and when he looked at her again, his heart skipped a beat.

Boom boom boom——

He rode his bike up to her again.

“The garbage hasn’t been taken out yet.”

"No, I'll pour it myself." Yu Fan smiled. She had just washed her face with squeezed water when she got home. She had no makeup on and looked quite fresh.

"All right."

…

Li Hongjun had insomnia today and fell asleep at almost four o'clock.

I woke up before six in the morning and was surprisingly energetic. I passed by a breakfast shop and bought a steamed bun and a fried dough stick with soy milk.

When paying, he paused, looked at the busy stall owner, and said, "Give me another one of the same."

"Another serving of soy milk fried dough sticks and steamed buns?" the boss asked again uncertainly.

"Um."

"Okay! Here, be careful with the heat."

He hurriedly picked up a fried dough stick and stuffed the rest into a cloth bag, which he hung on the handlebar of his bicycle. He then rushed to Baiyun Street while chewing the fried dough stick.

When we arrived at our destination, there were hardly any people around.

The watch reads: seven o'clock.

He came too early today.

After breakfast, I stared at the ants on the ground in boredom. I couldn't sort the goods now because they were all at Xu Haizhou's house.

However, surprisingly, just as the minute hand pointed to 6, showing half past seven, a woman walked in from the street corner, pushing a bicycle, and walked slowly inside.

Li Hongjun stood up with a look of surprise: "Hey!"

Yu Fan, who was distracted, was startled.

He patted his chest in fear and said, "What are you doing? You come to scare me so early in the morning without sleeping."

Li Hongjun laughed awkwardly: "Why are you here so early today?"

also?

Looking him up and down, Yu Fan snorted softly, walked around him and was about to go to the end of the alley.

"I don't want to sleep anymore. Why don't you come to the store early to open the shop and make money?"

Li Hongjun ran after him carrying breakfast and asked, "Who wants to buy your silk so early in the morning?"

Yu Fan glanced at him: "Who comes to buy your clothes so early in the morning?"

Li Hongjun was amused and laughed out loud. After he finished laughing, he handed the breakfast over and said, "Here, it's for you."

Yu Fan was stunned for a moment, then he looked at him again and again, and seeing that he was not joking, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, the sun rises from the west today?"

"Eat, stop talking so much." He threw the breakfast to her and raised his hand to scratch his face awkwardly.

"Thank you. How much is it?"

"What's the point of talking about money? It's just a few cents..." Li Hongjun said a little awkwardly, coughed lightly, and asked casually: "Hey, let's go play billiard together after work this afternoon, do you want to go?"

Li An has recently developed a craze for playing billiard, and it has become the favorite leisure game for all young men and women after get off work.

"Billiards?" After thinking for a while, Yu Fan shook his head and took a bite of a fried dough stick: "No, I have something to do."

"What is it?"

The woman gave him a mysterious smile and said, "Date."

The weekend has finally arrived, so we can’t waste this time.

Li Hongjun's expression froze instantly: "Do you have a partner?"

He was so surprised that his face was full of disbelief.

After Yu Fan finished eating the steamed bun, he wiped his hands on the surface of the oil-paper bag: "Yes, it has always been there."

Li Hongjun's face suddenly showed a very wonderful change.

After a long while, he hesitated to speak, and finally forced a smile: "Oh, that's good. I thought no man would be interested in a lesbian with your personality."

The budding secret love was strangled in the cradle.

Li Hongjun cried and couldn't find a place...

"Go to hell!" Yu Fan laughed cheerfully and kicked him lightly, "I have many people who like me."

He also laughed, and if you look closely you can see how much bitterness was contained in his smile.

Watching Yu Fan leave, Li Hongjun swallowed his saliva, it was bitter.

…

After waiting from 7:30 to 8:30, Xu Haizhou finally arrived.

"Why are you late today?" Li Hongjun asked, holding the bicycle.

"An An has diarrhea, so we took him to the hospital." Xu Haizhou got out of the car and wiped his sweat.

Li Hongjun's heart skipped a beat: "Ah? Did he eat my mutton and it got bad?"

No way, no way, the couple’s baby got diarrhea after eating his mutton, so he would become a sinner!

Xu Haizhou glanced at him, unloaded the goods, and said with a smile: "No, I took them to the riverside to enjoy the breeze on my way home last night. I guess it's cool now."

After all, everyone was fine, so it wasn't the mutton's problem.

Li Hongjun let out a long sigh and patted his chest: "That's good, that's good. I thought there was something wrong with the mutton I cooked. I was so scared."

Li Hongjun was not in a good condition today. He frequently looked towards the end of the alley while counting the goods.

Xu Haizhou noticed it for a long time and asked him: "What are you looking at?"

Looking over, the bustling streets seemed normal.

Li Hongjun smiled and patted the few threads stuck on his new clothes.

"See if those shameless guys have any new goods today." Only he himself knows what he is actually looking at.

"Whether you enter or not, we can't stop you. Just take care of yourself." He was always so nonchalant that Li Hongjun couldn't help but take a second look at him.

"Hey, Haizhou, what do you think...when you like someone, what kind of reaction will you have?"

This topic came up so suddenly that Xu Haizhou was completely confused.

She looked at him strangely, then quickly responded: "Do you have someone you like?"

Li Hongjun was so angry that he denied it loudly: "No, that's not true! But I have to have it sooner or later, so I need to find out more in advance to avoid missing out on true love!"

Even if there was, it was two hours ago and it is gone now.

Xu Haizhou looked at him and smiled: "No, then no, why are you so excited?"

Li Hongjun: "..."

After chuckling twice, Xu Haizhou said: "Like, like is something that can easily make people lose sleep. If you can't see her, you will miss her. If you see her, you will worry about when you will see her next time. Before falling in love, you will think about when you can be with her. If you are in a relationship, you want to get married. After getting married, you want to be together for the rest of your life..."

"Stop, stop, stop. I don't have a partner yet. Forget about getting married. It's not that late yet."

Xu Haizhou smiled and shut up.

"Then you should find someone first. No matter what I say now, you won't understand the true meaning of love."

"Hmm..." I didn't understand, because as soon as there was a sign of it, it was forcibly suppressed.

Alas, his love life... is so miserable.

…

After sorting the goods, Xu Haizhou went to a clothing store run by a couple on Baiyun Street and asked them where they got the imitation goods.

"It's not that we didn't tell you, it's just... we promised them not to tell you." The couple looked at each other, expressing their extreme embarrassment.

The reason why Xu Haizhou chose to find these two first was because they were generally quite honest people who did not follow trends or copy marketing methods, and did business in a down-to-earth manner.

But when it came to the issue of piracy, the couple never let down a step.

It is understandable. After all, in business, you don't need any marketing methods. As long as the imported goods are good enough, marketing methods are just icing on the cake. You can still make money without marketing.

"Why? Does the manufacturer have a grudge against us?" It's impossible that everyone can buy it, but they are the only one blocked, right?

Genuine victim?

"Well, not really, that's it. Anyway... I can't tell you. And actually I don't really know. Someone just delivered the goods to my house." The woman stammered and lied.

Xu Haizhou was helpless and asked several people, but no one told him.

I returned to the store in distress.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Looking at his expression, Li Hongjun could guess that something might have gone wrong.

"Hmm." Xu Haizhou took a sip of water tactically.

After so many days, he should have gotten used to everyone's attitude, but Li Hongjun was still so angry that he threw the rag: "Fuck! He stole our pattern and didn't tell us, what is this? He's still cursing his mother after having her milk!"

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, and I couldn't swallow my anger.

"No, we have to ask! I don't believe it!" Patting Xu Haizhou on the shoulder, he suggested: "How about this, let's finish work early in the afternoon and wait for them."

Xu Haizhou laughed: "How do you know they have to go to buy goods? Look, they still have a lot of goods in the store, where can we go to wait?"

"Then wait until they have sold out before squatting!"

Li Hongjun wanted to say something when an uninvited guest showed up from afar.

"You two! Xu and Li! Give my shop back to me!" It was Zhang Weiqiang.

Li Hongjun: “???”

Xu Haizhou: “…”

"Brother, what are you going to do?" Li Hongjun was speechless.

One wave after another comes, and we are not even given a chance to catch our breath!

"Last time you begged us to exchange with you, and now you want us to give it back to you. Who do you think you are? Do we have to do whatever you say?"

It's a habit! You have to bear the consequences of your own choices. There is no medicine for regret in the world!

Zhang Weiqiang angrily retorted: "Don't talk nonsense! Last time you guys cheated me out of fifty dollars, what did I say?"

"But we didn't force you. It was all your own free will from the beginning to the end!" Li Hongjun also scolded him.

In the tense atmosphere, more and more passers-by and merchants came to watch the show.

When we eat melons, who would complain about throwing away too many?

"Get lost! I didn't do this voluntarily, you guys forced me to do it!" He rolled up his sleeves and looked ready to fight: "Pack your things and get lost, I want to move back now!"

Zhang Weiqiang's attitude this time is much tougher than before.

After all, he was in a good mood with you because he wanted to make money. Now that he is at a disadvantage, how can he discuss things with you? He just wants to use an excavator to shovel them away and enjoy the best store for himself.

He is so unlucky!

Not only did I lose fifty bucks, but I haven't had a penny in my account lately!

That fitting room looks new, but it's useless!

The previous prosperity was all an illusion. It must be these two guys who used the "beauty trap" to attract customers. Otherwise, who would want to go to such a shabby place?

Xu Haizhou's eyes darkened, and he stepped forward: "You said you would move? Are all the shops on Baiyun Street owned by your family?"

He is tall and strong, and even when compared with the big and strong men, he is still not inferior.

With a snort, Zhang Weiqiang said, "It's not owned by my family, but I want you to move now. You must move! If you don't want to move, don't blame me for being rude!"

Even a rabbit will bite when it's angry, let alone the one who's angry is not a rabbit, but a stupid bear!

"How do you want to be rude?"

"Is it rude to ask someone to beat you up?" He said it in front of everyone without any hesitation.

Seeing how everyone seemed accustomed to it, Xu Haizhou and the other two finally understood why no one dared to take this position.

Zhang Weiqiang is not only a rough man, but also an impulsive, fearless and stupid bear!

"Then don't be polite. It's impossible to move." Xu Haizhou said coldly with a gloomy look in his eyes.

His gentleness doesn't mean he has no temper. When Xu Haizhou forced them to move, he said that it would be impossible to move back after moving, and Zhang Weiqiang agreed.

Who would have thought that you would regret it in less than half a month? How ridiculous.

"Okay, you guys wait for me!"

…

Li Hongjun was worried the whole day, so worried that he had no time to think about his budding love.

However, until the end of the work, they still didn't see how Zhang Weiqiang was going to be rude to them.

The wind blows, and the fallen leaves float in the air like a whirlwind. It is almost early summer, and green can be seen everywhere. It is really rare to see such withered yellow leaves.

One of them was looking to the left and the other to the right.

“Clang—”

"Brothers, fight!"

As expected, Zhang Weiqiang did not "break his promise". He said he would teach them a lesson and he actually showed up.

When I left, I clearly saw him busy in front of the stall, and I don't know how he teleported to this alley to ambush Xu Haizhou and Li Hongjun.

Five rough men, each holding a wooden stick, raised their hands and attacked the two men without hesitation.

The two of them didn't even have time to exchange glances. They dropped their bikes and ran across the street, giving them some time to recover.

Of course he couldn't escape in the end, as five people surrounded him and started fighting right away.

In those days, Xu Haizhou had trained for a while under the guidance of a retired soldier, so he had no problem dealing with thugs. In addition, he had never neglected physical training, so he was not much inferior to the gang.

Although Li Hongjun has never practiced martial arts, he also grew up in a slum.

He had a lot of fights when he was a child, from elementary school to junior high school. After graduating from junior high school, he went to the factory and continued to fight. He was often invited to the office by his leaders for tea, so this is why he is afraid of teachers and leaders.

Because every time we fought, the teacher or leader would call our parents.

It was fine when I was a student, but now that I'm working in a factory, I'm still being called "parents". It's really embarrassing...

"Fuck! You guys are so awesome, right? Xu Haizhou and I can still beat you up so badly that you can't even get up!"

After fighting for two minutes, Li Hongjun gradually found the enthusiasm he had when he was asked to be the parent. Xu Haizhou was so excited that he threw himself into the battle without saying a word.

The two men were warlike by nature, but after doing business, their wild nature was suppressed a lot. The gang of thugs brought by Zhang Weiqiang were no match for them at all.

A hook from the left and a whirlwind kick from the right, knocking them all down!

“Ah—Fuck—”

At the end of the fight, all that could be seen were the wriggling "corpses" on the ground...

However, it was hard to guard against this arrogant man, Zhang Weiqiang, who was so bloodthirsty that he actually carried a knife with him!

He pulled it open with a swipe and stabbed towards Xu Haizhou who was closest to him.

Xu Haizhou dodged nimbly in a flash, but he saw Li Hongjun accidentally falling directly on Zhang Weiqiang's knife in order to push him away!

"Be careful!" Xu Haizhou raised his leg and kicked the knife away, but he was still a step too late.

The knife slid along Li Hongjun's arm, and drops of bright red blood flowed down.

Tick-tock.

The blood kept flowing onto the ground, onto the shoes, and between Xu Haizhou’s fingers.

"Ah - insidious! Bastard! F***!" Typing a long string of swear words did not relieve his pain.

Xu Haizhou's eyes darkened and he kicked Zhang Weiqiang with a sweeping kick, causing him to feel as if his heart, liver, spleen and lungs exploded in pain.

He fell to the ground, and Li Hongjun's body also knelt like a fallen leaf in the wind.

Xu Haizhou quickly squatted down and supported the man.

“Ah—ah—” There were painful groans all over the floor.

While enduring the pain, he caught a glimpse of some olive green not far away. Li Hongjun's eyes turned bloodshot. Just as he was about to ask something, Xu Haizhou held him in his arms and laid him directly on the ground.

"What, what happened?" Shouldn't we run away quickly in this situation and stay away from this lunatic Zhang Weiqiang!

"The police are here." Xu Haizhou said in a deep voice.

Having known each other for many years, the two have already formed a tacit understanding and understand each other at a glance.

After Li Hongjun reacted, he quickly smeared the blood on his hands on his face and neck, and also smeared it on Xu Haizhou's body, pretending to be a victim.

Even though they are victims...

The two of them looked so miserable in an instant that people who didn't know would have thought they were seriously injured and were about to die.

"Don't move!"

"Don't move!"