Chapter 070 The Seventieth Melon
It took two days to move the things over. Gu Xicao and her brother had less stuff, so they were left last.
When she got off work and went with Lin Yuan, the room was already ready. Mrs. Liang smiled and said, "I bought two beds and a bookshelf for you. Take a look at them."
"That's embarrassing." Gu Xicao smiled and gave half of the barbecued pork she bought on the road to Mrs. Liang, "I bought some barbecued pork, you can take it back as a side dish."
"Thank you very much." Mrs. Liang took it directly without any hesitation and asked Lin Yuan to go to her to get the dumplings she made today.
"Is that the fortune teller over there?" Several movers were tired after working for a long time and stopped to rest. One of the younger ones pointed at Gu Xicao and asked.
Mrs. Lin brought out some water for them to drink and said, "Yes, Xiao Gu is the most famous fortune teller here. She is very accurate and charges very cheaply. No matter what you ask, she only charges 188. You can find her if you need anything."
"188 is cheap, it's enough for us to eat for five days." A fat man bumped into the young man and teased, "Xiao Lin, it's better to save money. Save more money so that you can go back home and get married soon."
"That's right, Xiaolin, if you really have no other choice, it's better for you to buy horses and □□ with us than to ask someone to tell your fortune. Besides, what is there for you to tell?" Several colleagues nearby also joked with a smile.
Xiao Lin touched his neck. He didn't look bad, very handsome and well-mannered. If he wasn't mixed up with those workers, people would probably believe him if he said he was a college student.
"Stop joking, I really think the place where we live is haunted."
"What the hell is going on? We are a bunch of stinky men. Even if there really is a ghost, we will be scared to death."
The contractor walked over here with a briefcase on his waist. Hearing what Xiao Lin said, he sneered, "Xiao Lin, I think you are too sissy and timid."
"Foreman." Several other workers laughed.
Xiao Lin's face flushed red, he was a little angry but didn't dare to lose his temper, "Boss, I'm serious, I've been dreaming about being sleep paralyzed for the past half month, and, and..."
"And what? Why don't you just say it directly? Why are you hesitating?" The contractor sneered.
Xiao Lin gritted his teeth, how could he have the nerve to say those words.
He suspected that he was possessed by a female ghost, otherwise why would there be those strange marks on his body!
After thinking about it, Xiao Lin decided to go for it. He stood up and said, "No matter what, I just want her to help me calculate. If there really is a ghost, it would be good for everyone to drive it out."
After saying this, Xiao Lin walked towards Gu Xicao without waiting for anyone to stop him.
Gu Xicao was tidying up the rice cooker and wok in the kitchen when she saw a strange man approaching. She was stunned for a moment, then walked out and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I heard that you are a fortune teller." Xiao Lin blushed and felt a little nervous when he saw Gu Xicao.
Gu Xicao nodded, "Then you heard it right, I just help people tell fortunes, do you need it?"
"Yes, yes." Xiao Lin reached into his pocket and took out a neatly folded handful of money. He counted it and took out 188 and handed it to Gu Xicao: "I'd like to trouble you to tell my fortune."
"No way, Xiaolin, are you serious? 188 is enough for us to eat for many days, and you just give it away like this." The workers caught up with him, and an older one tried to persuade him earnestly, "How many fortune tellers are real? I advise you to take the money back. We work hard for a day and only get 200. Don't waste it."
Others also echoed.
Some say that Kobayashi is too stupid, while others say that Kobayashi is mentally retarded and not like a normal person.
People say that women are jealous, but in fact, men are the most jealous.
Lin Yixiu's family fell into poverty. His parents committed suicide due to business failure, leaving behind a grandmother and a younger sister. His grandmother had to pay for medical expenses and his sister had to go to school. Lin Yixiu started working in the third year of junior high school because working on construction sites was the fastest way to make money, and it was paid on a daily basis, so he went to work.
But after entering the construction site, he found that because he looked better than others and had a well-off family, the workers around him were all weird to him.
"Don't talk nonsense. Others may not be accurate in fortune-telling, but our little Gu is well-known among our neighbors for her accuracy." Mrs. Liang immediately came out to protect Gu Xicao. She patted her chest and said, "There are many rich people who come to her for fortune-telling. Does she need to cheat poor people like you out of your money?"
"If you've made up your mind, I can help you calculate it now."
Gu Xicao looked at Lin Yixiu and said.
Lin Yixiu gritted his teeth and nodded: "Don't worry about them, I paid the money, just listen to me, our construction site dormitory is nearby, I want you to help me see if there is a ghost there?"
"Okay, let's go." Gu Xicao was not opposed to going out for a walk.
When they heard that Xiao Gu was going out to help exorcise ghosts, the neighbors on Ziwei Road stopped cleaning up their houses and started to follow.
The original residents of this Xiangyang Building were stunned when they saw a group of people rushing down the stairs.
The downstairs manager was shocked to see such a big scene, so he pulled Mrs. Liang and asked, "Mrs. Liang, what's going on? Are you going to fight?"
The residents who were picking up mail nearby pricked up their ears silently.
"What kind of fight is this?" Mrs. Liang was anxious to go and watch the fun. She waved her hand and said, "You don't understand. Xiao Gu is going to help someone exorcise a ghost."
"Exorcising ghosts? Auntie, you must be joking. How can a ghost appear in broad daylight?"
One resident couldn't help but complain, "Besides, there are no ghosts in the world, it's people who scare people."
"Then I don't know. Anyway, it's free to go over and watch the fun." Mrs. Liang spread out her hands with an indifferent expression.
Everyone looked at each other, this sentence is indeed true.
Zombie and ghost movies are really popular nowadays. We have seen them a lot on TV and in movie theaters, but there is no chance to witness such things in real life.
For a while, everyone stopped going home and followed.
The accommodation conditions on the construction site are very poor. In order to meet deadlines, workers usually find very cheap houses to rent on the construction site. They all have large bunk beds, and it is not uncommon for more than ten people to live in one room.
Lin Yixiu's work team is relatively small, with only a few dozen people, but Lin Yixiu lives in a room all by himself.
When Gu Xicao came over, she understood why. The room faced west and was very narrow, with small windows. It was like a pigeon cage.
"Before, there was another person living with me, but he couldn't stand it and ran away," Lin Yixiu introduced to Gu Xicao, "Other people didn't want to live in this house either, but I don't mind it. Besides, the weather has turned cooler recently, and it's not that hot anymore, so we can still live here."
Mrs. Lin and others felt no sympathy when they saw the shabby and cramped house.
The house they lived in was not very big, but compared to this place with only an iron bed, a table and not even a stool, it could be called a mansion.
"This room is so sunny, so logically the yang energy should be strong. How could it be haunted?" Mrs. Lin asked curiously.
Lin Yixiu touched his neck, looking a little embarrassed.
The contractor squeezed in from the crowd, his face trembling, "Xiao Lin, if it's your turn, stop fooling around. What ghost story is that? It's just your weak body that's causing your imagination to run wild. If this place is really haunted, then the whole street would be filled with ghosts."
"Yeah, it's been so cold lately, but this room is pretty warm, how could it be haunted?"
Everyone was talking about it and they all thought it was a bit strange.
"No, I'm serious. I've been sleep paralyzed several times."
Seeing Gu Xicao walking around the room, Lin Yixiu picked up the kettle and cup on the table to check. He couldn't help but worry that Gu Xicao wouldn't believe him. He didn't care about being shy and pulled up his clothes, "Look, that ghost scratched me several times."
Everyone looked towards him.
There were indeed a few scratches on Lin Yixiu's abdomen that looked like they were made by fingernails.
But after everyone was stunned for a moment, they looked strange.
The woman's face flushed and she turned away in embarrassment, while the man laughed out loud. The workers in particular said with a playful smile and winking eyes, "Xiao Lin, were you fooling around with that girl outside? This is not a sign of sleep paralysis at all, it's clearly that kind of thing, hehehehe."
Lin Yixiu's face flushed red, and he put down his clothes. "How is it possible? I never do such a thing!"
He looked at Gu Xicao. He had found this kind of marks on his body every now and then these days, and he was almost going crazy. "Master, believe me, I really didn't do anything rash. I found these marks on my body after I woke up."
"You don't have to get excited."
Gu Xicao comforted him, "I believe you."
"I—" Lin Yixiu was interrupted when he was about to say something. He stared at Gu Xicao in a daze, "Do you really believe me?"
"Yes, I believe you."
Gu Xicao said: "You are not the kind of person who would mess around with men and women outside."
At this moment, Lin Yixiu's heart felt like it was wrapped in warm water.
After this happened, he told other people and even his grandmother, but no one believed him. They either said he was crazy or that he was cheating on his wife and refused to admit it.
When Mrs. Lin heard this, she shuddered and couldn't help but move back, "No way, is this room really haunted?!"
"This room isn't haunted either."
Gu Xicao asked, "Mr. Lin, did you sleep very soundly the night you were haunted? No matter how loud the noise was, it couldn't wake you up?"
The way Lin Yixiu looked at Gu Xicao was as if he was looking at a god.
He nodded rapidly, "Yes, that's right. I remember one night I went to bed early, and the other coworkers went out for supper and didn't come back until very late. They talked very loudly and quarreled. I heard it clearly in my dream, but I just couldn't wake up."
His words sent chills down everyone's spine.
"This, this is not haunted?!" Mrs. Lin and the others were scared and silently took a few steps back to avoid being contaminated by bad luck.
Gu Xicao said: "This is not a ghost, it's because I took medicine."
"Medicine?!" Lin Yixiu was stunned and shook his head: "Impossible, I don't take medicine at all."
"You didn't take any medicine, but someone tampered with your water and made you take sleeping pills." Gu Xicao pointed at the kettle, "It would be easy to tamper with the water in your kettle."
Lin Yixiu was stunned and looked at the kettle. Gu Xicao pointed at the door again and said, "You can't lock this door either. Anyone who wants to come in can come in at any time. Mr. Lin, someone put sleeping pills in your water without you knowing, and then came in when you fell asleep."
Everyone's expression suddenly changed and they got goose bumps all over their bodies.
He drugged people and came in late at night.
Can that be a good thing?
Thinking about the marks on Lin Yixiu's body, Mrs. Lin whispered, "Then he was knocked unconscious and molested?!"
"Who is it!" All the blood in Lin Yixiu's body rushed to his brain, veins on his neck bulged, and his head was buzzing.
"Master, you are Master Me, stop talking nonsense. How could such a thing happen in our construction site dormitory!"
The contractor's face turned pale, and he came out to scold Gu Xicao, "What sleeping pills? You really don't think twice before you brag. He's a grown man, who would want to molest him? If you want to molest him, you'd better molest a young beauty."
"That's right. Xiao Lin is a man. Besides us men, there is only Aunt Zhou who cleans the toilet downstairs at the construction site. Could it be that Aunt Zhou molested him?"
The other workers laughed and said, not taking the matter seriously at all. Some even laughed and said, "Maybe there is Glass among us. Everyone knows that Glass likes men who are born effeminate. Xiaolin is so fair and clean, which is just what she likes."
When Mrs. Lin and others heard what these people said, they felt disgusted and looked at them with disgust.
Mrs. Lin was even more kindhearted. She pointed at them and said, "You've had enough. People should be kind. Isn't Xiao Lin your colleague? Why are you still making fun of him when he got into trouble?"
"Yes, you are all so wicked. When you encounter such a thing, it's fine if you don't sympathize and help others, but why do you make fun of them." Mrs. Liang also felt that these people were simply heartless.
"What? It's none of your business."
Several workers were so embarrassed that they became angry and said, "We are telling the truth. To put it bluntly, it's his fault for being so clean and pretentious. He should be blamed for being drugged. Why didn't the person who drugged him harm others but only him?"
Lin Yixiu knew that these co-workers had always been jealous of him, but he never expected it to be so outrageous.
He was so angry that he was shaking all over. "You, you, you actually said these words!"
"Xiao Lin, don't be angry,"
The older worker stepped forward to smooth things over, "We all want to help you, but don't we know who drugged you?"
"It's not that easy to catch the person who drugged me."
The onlookers shook their heads and said.
Gu Xicao said, "That may not be the case. There is an iron door at the staircase of your building. You can't get in without a key. The person who drugged you must be someone in your inner circle. And this person is someone no one would have thought of."
"Who?!" Lin Yixiu looked at Gu Xicao with bloodshot eyes, "Master, tell me who it is. I must beat him to death!"
"That person is the one who kept trying to stop me from telling your fortune. He's your foreman." Gu Xicao pointed at the contractor. "Who else could it be other than him?"
"It's you!" Lin Yixiu glared at the contractor, clenched his fists, rushed over and grabbed the contractor's collar, "You drugged me!"
"No, it really wasn't me, Xiaolin, don't believe what others say. How could I do that to you? Besides, I'm not a good man."
The contractor waved his hands quickly, a look of panic flashed across his face and cold sweat ran down his back, but he still insisted on not admitting it.
"Of course you don't want to admit it."
Gu Xicao said: "But you are vicious enough to carry sleeping pills with you. Just search his pockets and the pills are in his right pocket."
Without saying a word, Lin Yixiu simply searched the contractor's pocket, and sure enough, there was a bottle of medicine in his pocket. The bottle was white and opaque.
"What else do you have to say? The master was right in everything he said. You are the scumbag who drugged me!" Lin Yixiu's face turned red and he pulled the contractor off the ground.
The contractor's face gradually turned purple, and his eyes were about to pop out of his head, "Let go, let go..."
"Xiao Lin, stop messing around!" Seeing that things were not going well, several co-workers came up to separate them. Three or four of them pulled Lin Yixiu away, while the others grabbed the contractor and opened his collar to let him breathe.
The contractor fell to the ground with a thud, but he didn't care about the pain. He was panting and sweating. "Lin Yixiu, you lunatic, you just believe what the master says. She said this medicine bottle is sleeping pills, is it sleeping pills? It's my blood pressure medicine!"
"The contractor won't lie to us, Xiao Lin. I think you're really stupid. How can you attack the foreman without being sure whether he did it? Don't you want to do it anymore?" Several co-workers looked at Lin Yixiu with complaints and disgust.
Lin Yixiu's anger was like a volcano erupting, but he didn't know how to refute.
He entered society too early and was protected too well by his family when he was young, so he had no idea how wicked human nature can be.
Gu Xicao said coldly, "Since it's blood pressure medicine, let the contractor take all the medicine now. Blood pressure medicine won't kill people, but a bottle of sleeping pills will kill you. Foreman, since you say you are innocent, then show it."
"That's right, you say you are innocent, then take all this bottle of medicine!"
Lin Yixiu reacted immediately, broke free from the hands of several co-workers, ran over, grabbed the contractor's mouth and was about to pour the liquid into it.
How could the contractor be willing and keep struggling?
A worker nearby couldn't help it and slapped Lin Yixiu's hand away. "Enough, what are you doing? Even if the foreman really did something to you, it doesn't matter. You're a grown man and you didn't suffer any loss. How can you get pregnant?!"
The medicine bottle fell to the ground with a bang, and the pills inside fell out one by one.
Lin Yixiu stared at his co-worker in a daze: "What did you say?"
"Wasn't what I said right?"
The worker was feeling a little guilty at first, but when he saw Lin Yixiu dared to look at him like that, he immediately became furious, "That's right, you're a grown man, but you're just like a woman, you love cleanliness and you wash your hair and take a bath every day. I don't know if it's to seduce others. Besides, the foreman is usually nice to us. It's just a small matter, why are you so angry!"
Mrs. Lin and others wondered if there was something wrong with their ears.
Otherwise, how could someone say such shameless words so confidently? !
What's this a small matter?
Being drugged by a flying pig and molested in the middle of the night, this kind of thing makes me want to vomit just thinking about it, and they actually said it was a trivial matter and that Lin Yixiu seduced people?
"Apologize to me!"
Lin Yixiu clenched his fists, and felt a bloody smell in his lungs with every breath.
"Apologize, you're confused. Everyone has the same idea as me. What are you doing here?" The worker looked at everyone else and spoke in a loud voice.
Although those workers were silent, just by looking at the way they avoided Lin Yixiu's eyes, one could tell that they were also on the foreman's side.
The oldest one sighed, "Xiao Lin, we all know you feel bad, but let it go. If it gets out, you won't be able to face anyone. Why don't you ask the foreman to compensate you 18,000 yuan and let it go? We'll see each other every day and we still have to work. There's no need to make a big deal out of it."
Too embarrassed to see anyone?
Compensation of 18,000?
No need—
These words were clearly in Chinese, but Lin Yixiu felt as if he couldn't understand them. He understood that the coworker who used to be on bad terms with him was making sarcastic remarks this time, but how could this coworker, who usually had a good relationship with him, also...
"You don't think that this contractor only harmed Xiao Lin, do you?"
Gu Xicao couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so she walked to the contractor and picked up the briefcase.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" The contractor immediately panicked and tried frantically to grab the briefcase back.
Gu Xicao turned the briefcase upside down.
Everything in the briefcase fell to the ground with a crackling sound, including worn-out black, white and gray socks, yellowed old men's shirts, and the most eye-catching things were the developed photos.
Photos flew through the air.
Mrs. Lin reached out and grabbed one. After just one look, she screamed and threw the photo on the ground: "What the hell, what the hell, why are you taking pictures of a bunch of stinky men taking a bath?!"
Stinky man taking a shower?
Almost everyone's attention was focused on those photos.
Lin Yixiu took a few photos and quickly recognized that the men in the photos who were taking a shower, sleeping, and using the toilet were all his co-workers.
"These are the photos he secretly took of your daily life." Gu Xicao pointed at the mess of photos on the ground, "Don't you want to take a look? Broaden your horizons."
When the workers heard this, their heads buzzed and they squatted down to pick up the photos.
"Why is this picture of me?!"
"I, Lao Li, and Lao Wang also have some."
"What's going on? How come we were photographed while using the toilet?"
"Also, aren't these the socks we lost? Lao Li, why is your old man's shirt here too?!"
When the worker who had been talking nonsense just now saw his lost pairs of socks appear on the ground, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
Gu Xicao clapped his hands and dropped his briefcase. "According to what you said, you should reflect on whether you were seducing people purely out of spite. Why didn't you put your socks in the safe? Why didn't you hide from people when you took a shower or went to the toilet? Oh, sorry, I forgot. You are all men, so you won't suffer any loss. Your foreman just took your socks and clothes, took a few private photos of you, and then enjoyed them himself, and sold them to other people to make a little money. You should also look at it more openly. Don't make a big deal out of this little thing. It will be embarrassing if it gets out."
What these people said just now was like slapping them in the face one after another.
The workers felt disgusted, angry, and most importantly, ashamed.
"Beat this idiot to death!" I don't know who was the most angry, but couldn't hold it in first and rushed forward to kick the contractor.
The others couldn't help it either, and they started beating up the contractor with punches and kicks.
Two fists cannot beat four legs, not to mention that these workers usually do heavy work, so some of them have plenty of strength.
By the time the kindhearted person called the police and asked for an ambulance to arrive, the contractor had been beaten into a pulp, with three broken ribs, a broken leg bone, and five or six teeth knocked out.
The police were stunned when they saw this. When they asked if it was the contractor who did the "good deed", they didn't say anything and said, "What you did is considered mutual fighting. Come with us to make a statement."
"Police, is it serious? You won't go to jail, right?"
Mrs. Lin and others are kind-hearted and are mainly worried about Lin Yixiu.
The policeman glanced at them and hinted, "With so many people taking action, how can we know who did it? His injuries are only minor, why should he go to jail? Let him file a lawsuit when he has time."
Everyone just felt very happy.
"Mr. Lin." Gu Xicao walked to Lin Yixiu and handed him a few photos.
After seeing the photos, Lin Yixiu was stunned, "These..."
"No one saw these photos just now, I put them away in advance,"
Gu Xicao said, "I won't say much to comfort you. Just think of it as being bitten by a dog. Now the dog is beaten half to death. I believe that other people don't want this matter to be mentioned more than you do. They won't gossip about you."
"Thank you very much."
Lin Yixiu now understood why Gu Xicao poured out everything in the briefcase. Those people were selfish and vicious. If they were not involved, they would definitely make fun of him for this matter and might even do something more outrageous.
"You're welcome. I take money from others and I should help them get rid of their misfortunes." Gu Xicao said calmly, "Working on a construction site certainly makes money quickly, but this kind of place is not suitable for you. You should consider changing jobs."
"I understand." Lin Yixiu's heart was full of gratitude at this moment.
He was extremely glad that he had mustered up the courage to ask Gu Xicao for fortune-telling today.
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