Li Zhijie said, "Mom, go find my sister. She must have money. Just borrow fifty from her and make up a full hundred for me."

Zhu Hongping had always been obedient to his son, so he really called a motorcycle taxi to go to Ling's house.

But unfortunately, Li Li went out shopping with someone, and only Ling Chunhua was at home.

Zhu Hongping turned Li Li's house upside down, but found nothing except a few dimes. In the end, he took away the candy that Li Li had hidden.

Li Zhijie was very unhappy when he learned that he had not borrowed the money. However, as the sun was about to set, he had no choice but to pack his bag and set off for the village entrance.

Zhu Hongping saw him off with a worried look on his face. "Zhijie, be careful about everything when you are out there. When you get there, remember to call your sister to let her know you are safe..."

"I know, Mom, you're so nagging."

From a distance, he saw a silver van parked at the entrance of the village, and Li Zhijie subconsciously quickened his pace.

When the mother and son approached, a middle-aged man got out of the van, looked at them and asked, "Are you going to the Su City Leather Factory?"

"Yes, yes, it's me."

Looking at the golden necklace on the middle-aged man's neck, Li Zhijie responded repeatedly with shining eyes.

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded at Li Zhijie, opened the passenger door of the van, and motioned Li Zhijie to get in.

After Li Zhijie got into the car, he found something pressing against his buttocks. He picked it up and saw that it was a wrench more than half a foot long. He didn't pay much attention to it and casually put the wrench under the seat.

After the van drove away, Zhu Hongping breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that my son has gone to work in another place, even if that girl comes to our house, we won’t be able to do anything to her.

After waiting for a year or so, when her son has made a lot of money and comes back, she will find a way to find a wife for her son so that she can have a grandson sooner.

The more Zhu Hongping thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and he even started humming a tuneless little song.

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In the van, Li Zhijie excitedly chatted with the middle-aged man, "Boss, what's your name?"

"My last name is Xu, you can call me Brother Xu."

"Brother Xu, is your leather factory really that profitable? I think the necklace on your neck must be worth at least a thousand yuan."

Brother Xu gave him a meaningful look and said, "Little brother, you need to gain more knowledge. A gold necklace is nothing. Have you seen my watch? It costs nearly 10,000 yuan."

What? A watch is worth 10,000 yuan?

Is this something that can make you fly? Seeing Li Zhijie's confusion, Brother Xu took the initiative to introduce: "This is an 18K gold mechanical Rolex watch. You can't buy it in China even if you have money. I asked a business partner to bring it back from Hong Kong. The watch price plus tariffs and other things cost more than 9,000 yuan in total. This was the market price two years ago. If you take it to the black market now, the price can be 10% or 20% higher."

Li Zhijie had never seen what 10,000 yuan looked like in his life. He was so excited that his heart was pounding and he couldn't take his eyes off his watch.

"Little brother, please help me get the cigarettes. They are in the storage box in front of you. Just open it." After a while, Brother Xu suddenly said.

Li Zhijie followed the other party's instructions and opened the storage box on the passenger seat. He was immediately stunned by what was inside.

In the small storage box, there were seven or eight stacks of cash neatly stacked, all in brand new 10-yuan denominations, and it was obvious that they had just been taken out of the bank.

When handing the cigarette to Brother Xu, Li Zhijie was excited and curious, "Brother Xu, you have so much money in your car, aren't you afraid of it being stolen?"

Seven or eight thousand isn’t enough?

Li Zhijie couldn't help but look at Brother Xu's watch. He felt like a huge rock had been dropped into his heart and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Brother Xu opened the cigarette box with one hand, handed a cigarette to Li Zhijie, took a bite of one himself, and then took out a lighter to light a cigarette.

Before the cigarette was lit, the car body suddenly jolted, shaking the lighter out of Brother Xu's hand.

Just as Brother Xu bent down to pick up the lighter, a stone as big as a basket suddenly appeared in the middle of the road ahead.

"careful!"

Li Zhijie shouted to remind them, but it was too late.

With a "bang", the front of the van hit the rock directly. The huge impact force caused the two men's bodies to bounce up and down heavily.

When Li Zhijie recovered from his dizziness, he was surprised to find Brother Xu lying on the steering wheel, motionless.

He was shocked and frightened, and cautiously reached out and pushed the other person, "Brother Xu? Brother Xu?"

After shouting several times but the other party didn't respond, Li Zhijie helped the man up and was immediately shocked.

I saw that Brother Xu’s face was covered in blood and his breathing was very weak, as if he would die at any time.

Li Zhijie hurriedly wanted to get out of the car to find someone for help, but his eyes were attracted by Brother Xu's wrist hanging on the steering wheel.

The golden sunset shone through the car window, making the pure gold dial of the Rolex sparkle.

This watch is worth ten thousand, and there are another seven or eight thousand in the storage box, which adds up to nearly twenty thousand. This money is enough for him to live a luxurious life for the rest of his life.

At this moment, greed was constantly expanding, like a raging fire, devouring the little rationality that Li Zhijie had.

After Li Zhijie ran away with the watch and money, Brother Xu, who was leaning back in the chair, slowly opened his eyes.

He calmly took out the plasma bag hidden in his chest, smeared the remaining blood on his body, threw the empty plasma bag into the ditch on the side of the road, then picked up the wrench that Li Zhijie had placed under the seat and hit him hard on the head twice.

After doing all this, Brother Xu threw down the wrench, pushed open the car door, and stumbled in the direction where Li Zhijie escaped.

Li Zhijie didn't run far before he met two villagers from the neighboring village. There were a lot of luggage piled at their feet, and it seemed that they were also going out to work.

"Li Zhijie, why are you alone? Where's Boss Xu? Didn't he say he was going to pick you up?"

Li Zhijie originally wanted to tell the truth about the car accident, but he swallowed the words as soon as he opened his mouth.

Because he thought of a possibility: if the man named Xu was really dead, and he stole his watch and money, would the police suspect him of murder and robbery?

He might not be able to clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River, and he might even get shot! "I don't know any Boss Xu, you heard it wrong."

After saying that, without caring about the two villagers' reactions, Li Zhijie started running forward.

Unfortunately, what you fear will come true. Just after Li Zhijie ran away for a while, Brother Xu caught up with him, covered in blood, and shouted, "Catch him! He beat me up and stole my watch and money!"

(End of this chapter)