Chapter 28 What's Her Name?
The boy swallowed a few mouthfuls of mineral water, coughed lightly a few times, and slowly opened his eyes.
There was no life in the dark pupils, they were just empty, dull and desolate.
When Jiang Zhi opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful face right in front of him.
The girl squatted in front of him, and the sunlight gave her a soft outline of light gold.
The eyes looking at him were clear and bright, filled with only pure pity.
There is neither disgust nor desire.
For a moment, Jiang Zhi thought he had gone to heaven and was finally free.
Until the sharp headache brought on by the high fever pulled him back to his body.
It turns out he is still alive.
Mingzhu saw a flash of relief in the boy's eyes.
Then those beautiful eyes returned to their dead silence.
Jiang Zhi remembered that he had just had a car accident.
He forced himself to stand up, his loose delivery clothes dangling on his thin body.
Jiang Zhi first whispered "thank you" to the assistant who was supporting him.
Then he looked at Mingzhu and said in a hoarse voice, "Sorry, did I hit your car just now?"
The boy standing upright looked even thinner, like a slender and tough bamboo that could be broken by the wind at any time.
His eyes were gloomy, his face looked abnormally sick, and his lips were pale and bloodless.
Mingzhu nodded slightly: "Yes."
Jiang Zhi's eyes swept across the electric scooter that had been lifted up, and then passed by the shiny luxury car parked on the side of the road.
His gaze stayed on the car for just a moment, then he calmly looked away.
"I will compensate you." He said softly, expressionless, "I don't have that much money right now. Can I pay in installments?"
He had just paid his brother's medical bills at the beginning of the month, and he only had two hundred yuan on him, which was his living expenses for this month.
If the angel-like beautiful girl in front of you disagrees with this approach.
He had no way of paying the compensation immediately.
There were whispers from the crowd of onlookers.
An enthusiastic uncle couldn't help but interrupt: "Young man, this is a Rolls-Royce. Repairing it will cost at least hundreds of thousands. Why don't you call your parents..."
Jiang Zhi acted as if he didn't hear anything and took out a cell phone with a cracked screen from the pocket of his worn delivery uniform.
He raised his head and looked directly at Mingzhu. The cell phone seemed a little dazzling in his bony but calloused hands.
The boy looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, except for his overly handsome face.
His whole body showed the embarrassment of being stretched to the limit.
Due to years of work, the joints of his fingers have become thick and have dark frostbite scars left over from the winter.
Wearing badly worn sneakers and that old phone with a cracked screen.
Mingzhu felt a little sympathetic and didn't immediately answer the question about compensation: "You look very bad, do you want to go to the hospital first?"
Jiang Zhi just felt a severe headache, and the beautiful girl in front of him appeared as a phantom.
He managed to steady himself and shook his head, "No need."
A trip to the hospital was too much of a luxury for him.
It's just a fever. Go home, take two fever-reducing pills and have a good sleep.
Mingzhu nodded and winked at the assistant.
The assistant immediately stepped forward and exchanged contact information with the boy, and also wrote down his name and address.
When the assistant saw the address, there was a hint of sympathy in his eyes.
"Jiang Zhi," Mingzhu said the name, the corners of her lips slightly raised, "You won't run away, will you?"
When the boy heard his name, he raised his silent eyes and said, "No."
Mingzhu has always accepted the idea of not doing meaningless things.
But this face in front of me is too good-looking.
This was enough for her to make an exception and show a little extra tolerance.
Just consider it as paying for this rare beauty.
She knows too well the benefits that beauty can bring.
But this handsome boy never thought of using his face.
"Okay," Mingzhu looked at him, "but even if you run away, I can find you."
Jiang Zhi looked at her smiling face, without any fear of facing a creditor, and nodded.
The assistant stayed here and continued to wait for the traffic police to come, Mingzhu had already left.
Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed.
Jiang Zhi carefully checked the electric bike and confirmed that there was no problem and it could still be driven normally.
He opened the takeaway box and found the lunch box inside was still intact, but the delivery time had long exceeded.
The platform has sent him negative reviews from customers.
Fortunately, there are platform subsidies, so not too much money will be deducted.
Jiang Zhi took out the takeaway that had already gone cold.
I walked to the stone steps beside the road, sat down and started eating takeout.
"Aren't you going to deliver the food?" The assistant couldn't help but ask when he saw this.
Jiang Zhi paused, shook his head, and had no intention of speaking.
The assistant was bored and said, "You are only nineteen years old, why don't your parents care about you..."
"Dead."
Jiang Zhi uttered two words without raising his head, his tone light and without any emotion.
The assistant was speechless. He hadn't expected the conversation to end so quickly. He scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, young man..."
The assistant sighed, this young man was really unlucky.
Now it is burdened with huge debts.
"But our young lady has always been kind-hearted." The assistant added, "You don't have to worry too much."
Jiang Zhi paused and asked a question: "What's her name?"
"Are you talking about my young lady?" the assistant said with pride. "Mingzhu, the pearl in the palm of your hand."
Jiang Zhi nodded, as if he had lost interest in everything again.
He didn't say anything else and continued eating.
The assistant didn't want to disturb him anymore.
Silence fell between the two.
Jiang Zhi returned home with heavy steps.
It’s called a home, but in fact it’s just a dark and damp basement.
The small space was divided into many small compartments.
It was so narrow that it could only fit a small bed and a table.
The place is crowded with low-level workers like him, with rent as low as fifty yuan a month.
It is also the only place he can afford to live now.
He took out half a box of antipyretic medicine from the drawer of the worn wooden table, took out two pills and swallowed them with cold water.
I could hear the quarrel next door, the footsteps in the hallway, and the sound of a water pipe leaking from somewhere.
Jiang Zhi fell into a deep sleep.
It was unknown how long it took before Jiang Zhi woke up.
Although the headache has disappeared, my whole body still feels a little sore and weak.
Jiang Zhi stood up and walked through the aisle filled with debris.
Walk outside to the public toilet shared by dozens of people.
The yellow walls were covered in mold, and the closer one got to the public restroom, the stronger the pungent smell of stale urine became.
Jiang Zhi washed his face with cold water and was unzipping his pants.
The door panel suddenly slammed with a loud bang.
"Is someone dead in there?! What are you dawdling about? Hurry up!"
A sarcastic female voice came through the thin door.
Jiang Zhi didn't even frown until he finished the task, then he opened the door.
He lowered his head, his indifferent eyes looking down at the obese middle-aged woman outside the door.
The middle-aged woman was frightened by the look and suddenly fell silent as if someone was strangling her neck.
Her momentum instantly weakened, and she stammered, "Ah...that...I'm in a hurry to use..."
A bloated body hurriedly squeezed past Jiang Zhi, and the smell of cheap perfume mixed with sweat filled the small space.
After the door closed, Jiang Zhi could still hear her mumbling: "You're so poor that you can't even afford to eat, I don't know how you grew so tall..."
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