"Jiji, let's go to the Bell and Drum Tower first! Let's go to the Bell and Drum Tower and take a look first!"
Du Chen thought about it for a moment, then said to the driver Kiki.
The People's Department Store is currently the largest shopping mall in Yuncheng City. It houses a wide variety of clothing stores and is surrounded by many restaurants. The central square is not far away, and it is also close to Du Chen's home, so Du Chen decided to go to the People's Department Store last.
"Okay, Brother Chen!"
After a while, the car stopped near the Bell and Drum Tower. Jiji parked casually on the side of the road. There were relatively few cars on the street at the moment, and he had never seen any traffic police come to issue tickets or tow trucks, so Jiji parked casually.
"Du Chen, follow me. I know where the store is!"
Zhao Pengfei took the lead and walked in front. Du Chen and others followed behind Zhao Pengfei after hearing what he said.
The game hall in the Bell and Drum Tower is made up of several bungalows. When you push open the door, a strong smell of smoke hits your nose, followed by a noisy sound. Du Chen couldn't help but frown.
"What's wrong, Du Chen?"
Li Dewen, who was standing next to him, noticed that Du Chen was frowning and asked him in confusion.
"This place is too noisy, and everyone is smoking. How could girls and children want to come here?"
Du Chen and Li Dewen explained.
"Are there any girls or children willing to come here?"
Li Dewen asked Du Chen in surprise, "Aren't all game halls like this? They're all noisy and everyone's smoking, and no one seems to care, right?"
"Come on, let's go take a look first. I'll talk to you about it when we get back to the office."
Du Chen said something to Li Dewen, then followed Zhao Pengfei into the game hall.
After entering, Du Chen felt even worse. He saw many men with bare chests and cigarettes in their mouths, sitting in front of slot machines or horse racing machines, one foot on the ground and the other on a stool. They tilted their heads and squinted their eyes due to the smoke, and cursed under their breath. It was obvious that they had lost a lot. On the other side, there were many students and gangsters playing games in front of the game consoles, and some were playing motorcycle simulators. The whole place gave Du Chen a bad impression. It was too noisy, too dirty and too messy.
"Du Chen, come on, let's go over there! Let's play with that racing car!"
Zhao Pengfei excitedly pulled Du Chen towards the motorcycle simulator, and Li Qiang followed closely behind Du Chen. When he came to such a place, Li Qiang always felt a little nervous.
"You two go play, I'm going to look around first!"
Du Chen said something to Zhao Pengfei, then waved to Jiji. Jiji immediately came to Du Chen and handed the coins he had just exchanged to Du Chen.
"Here you go! You two go play first!"
Du Chen handed all the coins in his hand to Zhao Pengfei, and then looked around with Li Dewen.
"Kiki, what do you think of this place?"
Du Chen asked Kiki.
"Well, it feels like coming home!"
Kiki smelled the smoke and said to Du Chen intoxicatedly.
"What the hell?"
Du Chen felt that he had heard wrongly.
"Brother Chen, when we were broke, didn't we hang out in places like these all day? Smell the stench of sweat, feet, and cigarettes! Boss, it smelled like this back then, didn't it? Doesn't it feel like home?"
Kiki said to Du Chen, still a little intoxicated.
"You're such a pervert..."
Du Chen muttered.
"Brother Li, how do you feel?"
Du Chen asked Li Dewen again.
"It's too noisy and choking. I didn't feel it back then, but now that I've just come in, I feel a little uncomfortable and a little nauseous!"
Li Dewen told Du Chen the truth.
"Boss, isn't this how we got here back then? Why is it still a bit disgusting?"
Kiki felt that his boss had betrayed their past.
"Didn't you also talk about the past? What are our identities now? What were our identities before? Smell the sweat from these feet. Don't you feel disgusted? It stinks!"
Li Dewen scolded Kiki in a bad mood, saying that he was like a dead dog that couldn't be helped. He also felt that Kiki was a little abnormal. Why was Kiki a little intoxicated by the indescribable smell?
"Brother Li, would you be willing to come and open a store like this?"
Du Chen asked Li Dewen.
"I'm not coming here. Look at the slot machines over there. They're mostly filled with gamblers. The other side is filled with bad students or hooligans. They're all not presentable. Coming here would only lower my status."
Li Dewen looked at the people in the store with disdain and said to Du Chen.
"Oh, Brother Li, you've changed a lot!"
Du Chen teased Li Dewen with a smile.
"No, I didn't know any better before. Now that I've finally made it back to where I am now, I naturally don't want to get involved with these people."
Only now did Li Dewen understand why Du Chen was unwilling to interact with him at the time. To put it bluntly, he was too low-end and not presentable.
"Let's go and see what other machines are here!"
Du Chen said something to Li Dewen, then went back to walking around the store.
In just over half an hour, Zhao Pengfei led Li Qiang over.
"Du Chen..."
Zhao Pengfei called Du Chen angrily.
"Why don't you play anymore?"
Du Chen asked Zhao Pengfei curiously.
"No more money..."
Zhao Pengfei grinned at Du Chen embarrassedly.
"That's fifty dollars worth of coins. Are you two done with this?"
Li Dewen asked Zhao Pengfei in surprise, "It's only been a short while, about half an hour, right? Is the fifty yuan gone already?"
"Well, it's all over..."
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