Chapter 25: Setting up a stall and being picked on
The old man looked around and whispered, "You don't know, I came here to collect waste in the past two days, and every time I saw someone leaving this alley."
"That group of people asked everyone about your whereabouts, whether you lived here, and when you would come back. They asked me that day and it scared me a lot. Now I'm glad to know that you are okay."
Lin Jin's heart suddenly sank.
Who is looking for her?
The old man tied up the cardboard and put it on the scale. When he saw the total weight was thirty pounds, he took out some banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Lin Jin.
"It's still 50 cents a pound, so I'll give you 15 yuan in total. I always like collecting waste from you. If you remember to call me next time, I will come right over."
Lin Jin took the money and put it in her pocket, then asked, "Grandpa, can I ask who is looking for me? What do they want from me?"
The old man thought about it carefully, "There are several tall and strong men. One of them has a buzz cut and a tattoo on his neck. The others are wearing black clothes and look like gangsters. They have colorfully dyed hair and look like scoundrels."
"They are not good people. You should be more careful and don't come here recently. If there is nothing wrong, you should stay in school. Anyway, I think they are very fierce. Those of us who live here don't dare to mess with them."
"I understand. Thank you, Grandpa."
Lin Jin wrote down the faces of these people, and after the old man left, she locked the house.
He closed the door carefully, then thought it was not appropriate, so he grabbed a handful of stones and threw them on the ground before leaving the bungalow.
The house that Lin Jin rented was six kilometers away from the university town, and it took half an hour to get there by bus.
She rushed back to school on time, and when she saw her roommates had helped her reserve seats, she hurried over to join everyone.
After finishing two classes in the afternoon, Lin Jin returned to the bungalow before nightfall and towed the car to the surrounding square.
In addition to Jiang University, there are several other famous universities in Jiang Province, including Communication University and Anjiang College.
Therefore, in addition to a large filming base in the surrounding area, there is also a music fountain square which is the most famous.
The musical fountain every Saturday attracts many students to watch. Although it is not Saturday now, there are still a constant stream of people in the square every day, and there are many small vendors setting up stalls near the square.
The vendors in the square are basically fixed. Lin Jin dragged her cart to the place where she often set up her stalls and saw that there was already a small oden cart there.
The stall owner was a young girl, but a few years older than Lin Jin. The two would meet each other every time they set up their stall, and gradually became familiar with each other.
As soon as Wang Yan saw Lin Jin coming, she immediately pulled the cart to the right.
"Lin Jin, you're here. I haven't seen you for several days."
Lin Jin: "Sister Yan, I have a lot of classes recently, so I won't set up the stall here on weekends." She parked the cart at the stall, unloaded the goods first, and then took out a folding wooden table from the box and spread it out.
Place the table firmly on the ground, find the power strip and connect it to the power strip handed over by Wang Yan, then turn on the light to preheat the sausage grill.
Wang Yan was helping to set up the stall. Seeing the brand new cart, she said in surprise, "You finally bought a cart. I always feel tired for you when I see you carrying big boxes around. With a cart, you can free your hands."
Lin Jin smiled without saying anything. She tore open a box of grilled sausages and skewered them.
After stringing half a box of sausages, she parked the cart at the back to avoid blocking the sidewalk.
When everything was ready and the sky gradually darkened, more and more pedestrians appeared in the square and snack stalls opened.
Wang Yan next to her was also busy as it was almost the end of October and there were many more people who liked to eat oden.
With so many people around, the two naturally had no time to talk. After seeing off wave after wave of guests, Wang Yan hurriedly picked up a few fish balls and shrimp dumplings from a box and handed them to Lin Jin.
"I'm so busy. Have you not eaten yet? I'll treat you."
Lin Jin repeatedly said no, "Thank you, Sister Yan, I appreciate your kindness. You can eat it, I'm not hungry yet."
"Why aren't you hungry? I don't know you." Wang Yan glared at Lin Jin, put the oden on the table, and casually took a grilled sausage from the grilled sausage plate. "I won't let you eat for free. Just treat me to a grilled sausage."
Lin Jin felt warm in her heart, "Thank you, Sister Yan. You can eat my grilled sausages."
She took out two pieces of waste paper and put them on the ground, then she ate dinner with Wang Yan while chatting with her while eating oden.
On the way, Wang Yan asked in confusion: "By the way, why don't you see your friend come to set up the stall with you? During the summer vacation, I saw her coming every now and then, and now she suddenly doesn't come, I'm not used to it."
"To be honest, this is the first time I've seen such a beautiful girl besides you."
Lin Jin's eyes suddenly dimmed. She put the last fish ball into her mouth and her voice suddenly became low, "She won't come." She will never come again.
“I see!”
Wang Yan looked embarrassed, thinking that Lin Jin had had an argument with her friend, so she quickly changed the subject and talked about something else.
"Are you Lin Jin?"
While the two were talking, a male voice suddenly came from above their heads.
Lin Jin and Wang Yan looked up at the same time and saw that the person who came was a man with a crew cut standing in front of the sausage stall. Next to him were several men wearing black clothes, sunglasses and had cold faces.
This group of people...
No one spoke. Li Dabiao knocked on the table with his cell phone impatiently. "I'm asking you a question. Are you Lin Jin?" He said coldly to Lin Jin.
Lin Jin's gaze moved from Li Dabiao's head to his face, then to his neck, and finally to his neck.
When she caught a glimpse of a black skull tattoo, her eyebrows jumped, she put down the empty box and stood up slowly.
"I am, you know me?"
Upon hearing this, Li Dabiao clicked on the photo and carefully compared the person in the photo with Lin Jin. Seeing that their faces matched, he questioned her unkindly.
"You have to pay a management fee to set up a stall here. Have you never paid it in the past few years?"
Wang Yan, who was standing by, stood up hastily. "Big brother, I've been here for a few years and I haven't heard of any management fees. Did you remember it wrong?"
Li Dabiao gave a look to the people behind him, and several men in black immediately moved Wang Yan's stall away. One of them grabbed Wang Yan and pushed her aside, and a group of people came forward and surrounded Lin Jin.
Wang Yan was anxious, "What are you doing? Are you a local tyrant collecting protection money?"
Li Dabiao looked at Wang Yan with a cold gaze.
Wang Yan shuddered and quickly closed her mouth.
Li Dabiao clicked on the QR code on his mobile phone and handed it to Lin Jin.
"I've been setting up a stall here for three years. The annual management fee is 10,000 yuan. Please scan the code and transfer the money to me."
As Li Dabiao spoke, a group of people surrounding Lin Jin approached her.
A group of people surrounded the stall in a circle, staring at Lin Jin fiercely and not giving her any chance to escape.
Lin Jin looked at the man quietly for a while, then silently took out her cell phone and unlocked it.
Li Dabiao curled the corner of his mouth, thinking that Lin Jin was scared, but the smile froze the next second.
Lin Jin took out her mobile phone and instead of scanning the code to transfer the money, she directly called the police.
"Hello! I want to call the police. This is Xilin Square. There are local tyrants collecting protection fees..."
“Snap!”
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