Chapter 28: Little Stone? Ji An? Life is worthless
Zhang Yi was very proud and raised his chin slightly. "Is this helpful to Researcher Ji?"
Ji An gave a thumbs up, "Yes."
Ji An did the same thing and drove away the remaining psychics. Some people who came to join in the fun saw that there was no point in staying here, as everyone else had left, so they all left in the end.
Ji An hadn't been to the store for a long time. There were a batch of jade stones piled up in the store, but he didn't take them away. He simply sat down and checked them one by one.
The result was pretty good, with nearly twenty available, which was another considerable income.
Ji An transferred the credit points to Tang Ning, and when the sellers came, she could directly transfer the credit points to them.
Ji An stayed in the store until after ten o'clock. When the store closed, he followed Tangning and Zheng Yan to clean up the store before leaving.
"Sir, I'm sorry, our store is closed." Zheng Yan had just finished cleaning and when she looked up, she saw a tall and handsome man standing at the door and greeted him hurriedly.
"Waiting for someone." The man said concisely.
Ji An felt the voice sounded familiar, so he looked up. He was startled when he saw it. "Gu Jinsheng, why are you here?"
Gu Jinsheng has been busy since the two returned to the base. Although they live under the same roof, Ji An has never met this person at home.
Why did she suddenly appear in his shop today?
There was no expression on Gu Jinsheng's handsome face, even his clearly defined jaw angle was still sharp, but Ji An inexplicably felt that Gu Jinsheng softened when he saw him.
Gu Jinsheng's voice has always been the kind of tone that seems set by a computer, neither high nor low, very magnetic, and also without any emotional ups and downs, but the volume is just right, and it sounds very nice.
"I'll pick you up." Gu Jinsheng's eyes fell on the pile of jade that Ji An had not yet put into the space as an explanation.
Now everyone in the base knows that jade can be turned into treasure. With a 300% profit, some people will go crazy and take risks. Gu Jinsheng was afraid that Ji An would be in danger, so he came to pick him up.
Ji An couldn't describe the feeling. It was like a touch of coolness in the hot summer, a touch of warmth in the cold winter, a breeze blowing through the forest, a flickering light that could soothe his heart.
Everyone longs for a happy family and sweet love, perhaps because they are obsessed with this feeling.
Ji An packed up his things and followed Gu Jinsheng out. He found that Gu Jinsheng drove here by himself. At this time, owning your own car was also a symbol of status.
Tang Ning lived nearby, so she sent her there first, and then took a detour to send Zheng Yan there.
After dropping the person off, Gu Jinsheng did not start the car immediately, but asked, "Are you interested in taking a walk?"
The evening breeze was gentle and refreshing, and suddenly Ji An felt like taking a walk.
The two got out of the car, and Gu Jinsheng put the car into the space. Ji An saw it and smiled, "Is this how you use the space?"
"It's very convenient." said Gu Jinsheng.
Ji An thought about it and thought that if it were before the end of the world, many wealthy people would be willing to buy such a portable parking space so that they would not have to find a place to park.
Then Ji An was amused by his own thoughts. He saw that Gu Jinsheng only had a red string on his neck, and the red string was hidden in his clothes. But Ji An was sure that this was not the space necklace he sold to the other party. That necklace was a big item, made up of several gems, and it couldn't be that small. Even if it was placed in the clothes, it would definitely show.
Gu Jinsheng noticed Ji An's confusion and took the initiative to pull the necklace out of his clothes, leaving only a lonely gem on the red rope.
"The others were taken away by family members." Gu Jinsheng's voice remained calm.
But Ji An seemed to hear a lot of emotions from this dullness, for example, Gu Jinsheng seemed to be complaining about grievances and complaining to him.
Oh my God, Ji An suddenly felt a little terrified. He actually imagined so many emotions from someone else's plain narration. This was very wrong.
Suddenly, Gu Jinsheng took a step forward, grabbed the man by the waist and pulled him into his arms. Ji An fell heavily into Gu Jinsheng's warm arms, surrounded by his unique sandalwood scent.
Gu Jinsheng's magnetic and sexy voice rang close to Ji An's ear, "You are distracted."
The ambiguous atmosphere had just begun to take shape when it was broken by a timid child's voice.
"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean it." A frightened and childish voice came from under his feet, and Ji An realized that the child bumped into him when he was distracted just now, and it was Gu Jinsheng who reacted in time and took him away.
Ji An came out of Gu Jinsheng's arms and noticed that the little boy's clothes were tattered and baggy.
The ragged clothes on the little boy could barely cover his body. He was filthy from head to toe, and you could probably rub out two pounds of mud, especially his face, which was extremely dirty.
He was so thin that his ribs were clearly visible, like a human skeleton walking in the dark night.
The little boy looked panicked. He was afraid that Ji An would pursue him, and he was also afraid of someone behind Ji An. He kept looking over there.
Ji An followed the little boy's gaze and saw a skinny figure in tattered clothes hurriedly fleeing.
Probably an adult homeless person from the neighborhood.
Seeing the adult homeless man run away, the little boy seemed greatly relieved and focused all his attention on Ji An.
Because he was too skinny, his eyes were particularly large and protruding, like the big eyes of the gray men in the Interstellar movie. When they stared at people, they were quite scary.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen." The little boy bowed sincerely to Ji An and Gu Jinsheng, his waist bent so high that his nose almost touched his toes, as if he was afraid that if he bent a little less, he would be held accountable a little more.
"I didn't mean to do that. I was just being chased so quickly that I didn't see you two."
Ji An is not a saint, but seeing such a young child, who at such a young age already understands what it means to be servile and humble to the core, still makes him feel uncomfortable.
He took the initiative to walk over and tried to help the little boy up, but he frightened the little boy and made him fall backwards. He fell heavily to the ground, not daring to run, hide, or even beg for mercy. He just held his head and trembled, waiting for the coming beating, as if he had experienced this kind of thing countless times and had long been accustomed to it and his body had a conditioned reflex.
Fate seemed to have taught this child too early what it meant to accept one's fate, what it meant to endure, and what it meant to treat one's life as worthless!
Ji An's heart was deeply hurt. The trembling figure of the little boy pierced through the ancient maze and gradually overlapped with the figure of a young and helpless little boy in his memory. They were both skinny, anxious, and unloved by fate, but had to struggle to survive in this cruelest world.
Others are alive, they are trying their best to survive, just to live to the next second, to live until the sun rises tomorrow, as long as they can live and breathe that humble breath.
Ji An silently withdrew his hand without saying anything. He just took out a bag of compressed biscuits and a bottle of clean drinking water from the space and handed them to the little boy.
This stuff is very filling. This small bag should be used sparingly. It is enough for the child to eat for a few days.
The little boy didn't wait for the rain of fists, nor did he dare to let go of his arms that were holding his head. He just timidly peeked at the outside world through his slowly opening eyes through the gaps.
The two jade-like fingers that seemed to be emitting holy light under the moonlight were holding two things. They were food!
The little boy seemed to forget everything the moment he saw what it was. He forgot about fear, panic, and just wanted to eat. It seemed that as long as he could get a bite, it didn't matter even if the person in front of him was a devil crawling out of purgatory.
He jumped up, his movements so fast that an afterimage almost appeared, and grabbed the food as if it were a robbery.
However, after the little boy got the food, he did not start to eat it voraciously as Ji An had imagined. Instead, he knelt heavily on the ground with his knees and kowtowed three times.
He seemed to be afraid that Ji An would change his mind and go back, so he shot out, as fast as lightning, and disappeared without a trace.
It’s no wonder the little boy would have such thoughts. After the end of the world, it’s hard for everyone to survive. They can’t even take care of themselves, so they don’t have any extra sympathy to give to others.
What is the most common thing on the street now? The most common thing is the homeless people who can't afford to eat and have not awakened their superpowers. There are more of them than rats. Maybe the rats have all starved to death.
"This is West City. The security here has always been good. Those homeless people and beggars usually don't dare to come here. I guess that little beggar escaped here because he was scared of being chased." Gu Jinsheng's voice was neither sad nor happy, and no emotion could be heard.
Ji An nodded calmly, "Let's follow."
Gu Jinsheng said nothing. He followed Ji An silently, accompanying him quietly as he walked through the night.
The boy's homeless shelter was far away from here. Perhaps he was chased here by adult homeless people as Gu Jinsheng guessed. They followed him from dusk to dawn. When the first rays of sunlight fell at dawn, the boy finally arrived in front of a dilapidated house with the roof exposed.
There are a lot of homeless people gathered nearby, all of them are dirty and emit a foul smell. Flies and mosquitoes are buzzing above their heads, but they don't drive them away. They are like dead bodies that have stopped breathing.
However, when they saw the little boy coming back with the food, they rushed over like crazy and snatched everything from his hands.
The little boy struggled hard but was knocked to the ground by a punch from an adult homeless man, with a black eye. It took him a long time to get up, and he walked into the shabby house and came up to a few little beggars who were huddled together.
"Brother Xiao Shitou, are you okay?" A little beggar who was equally ragged, dirty and skinny ran over. He checked Xiao Shitou up and down and was relieved to find that he was not seriously injured.
He did not blame him for not hiding the food in a safe place and then asking them to eat it. Instead, he brought it back even though he knew it would be snatched away.
Little Stone said nothing. He shook his head at the little beggar who was running towards him. Then he walked over and hugged the children together.
None of the adult homeless people outside paid any attention to this side. At this moment, they were fighting in a mess just for a bite of food.
Xiao Shitou slowly moved to the side of the dying little girl lying on the ground surrounded by several children. He asked the children to cover him. He lowered his head and fed the little girl the water that he had been holding in his mouth since he entered the door. There were some soaked biscuits in the water.
The little girl felt the source of life in her mouth, and a bright light suddenly burst out from her gray eyes. It was so bright, as if this little water was enough for her to survive.
The children who were surrounding saw it, they didn't say anything and didn't feel jealous. Even though they were greedy and secretly swallowed their saliva, their eyes were filled with joy that the little girl could continue to live.
"Brother Little Stone, if Little Rose eats something, will she not die and can continue to live?" A beggar asked Little Stone with hope, as if Little Stone's words were a prophecy, and as long as he nodded, Little Rose would really be able to continue to live.
The other little beggars also looked at Xiao Shitou with hope, and Xiao Shitou nodded his head heavily under their pleading eyes.
"Well, little Rose will survive."
Very good!
If the situation allowed, these little beggars would really like to laugh out loud and dance that dance that they learned from somewhere and which is not really a dance at all.
At this time, Xiao Shitou took out a piece of compressed biscuit from his dirty and torn shoes and shared it with the children.
"Eat quickly and don't talk."
The little beggars did not mind that the food was taken out from Xiao Shitou's dirty feet that had not been used for who knows how long and emitted a pungent smell. They took it one by one and stuffed it into their mouths greedily.
There weren't many biscuits to begin with, and after they were divided up like this, each person could only have a taste. But even so, these little beggars were already very satisfied.
They have strong vitality, even tougher than weeds. With just a little food and water, they can live another day.
Little Stone broke off some biscuit crumbs and fed them into the little girl's mouth bit by bit.
"I have hidden some water in our secret base outside. You can go and drink it one by one later. Don't get discovered." Little Stone whispered.
It’s not like he hadn’t thought about hiding the food from everyone, but the children who could move could eat it, but what about the little Rose who was lying on the ground and couldn’t move?
She had to have food and drink, and even if he hid, he would definitely be discovered by those homeless people. They knew that Little Rose was dying, and he would not come back until he found food, so they would keep an eye on him all the time.
He might as well release a small piece so that the homeless people could grab it. This would divert their attention and he could feed Little Rose.
These children were very obedient and sneaked out one by one to drink water, but they were still too young. Although they were very cautious, they were still discovered by the adult homeless people who were much smarter than them.
A homeless man grabbed the motionless Little Rose and threatened her viciously: "Tell me, do you have anything hidden outside? Tell me where it is, or I will strangle her to death!"
The old wanderer looked ferocious and evil, like a demon, and was terrifying. The little beggars were so scared that they trembled, huddled together, and hid behind small stones in panic.
Little Stone was not afraid of him. He only hated himself for being too small and for not being able to do anything to the old homeless man even if he wanted to die together with him.
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