"Hello, could you please settle the bill?"
A hand with calloused palms waved in front of his eyes. Yu Qirong blinked and came back to his senses.
The middle-aged man, who was about forty or fifty years old, withdrew his hand and pointed with one finger at the goods piled next to Yu Qirong.
He turned on the screen of his mobile phone and urged, "Please hurry up, we are in a hurry."
Yu Qirong looked down at those things, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the name tag on his clothes, on which were written the three words "Yu Qirong". He couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart.
The surrounding environment was very noisy. There were other people queuing behind the middle-aged man, all tilting their heads and looking over here.
Yu Qirong took a few seconds to sort out his current situation, and imitated the actions of the other person behind the middle-aged man, using the strange machine in his hand to scan the codes of all the products.
Seeing that Yu Qirong was already scanning the code, the middle-aged man had time to take a closer look at the new cashier.
There are so many people queuing behind, most of them probably came here for this face.
Because she is different from others, she is quite scary at first glance. Not to mention her white hair, her blood-red eyes and snow-white skin can make people associate her with a vampire.
But after looking at it carefully, I couldn't help but want to take a closer look, because the facial features are indeed very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
The cashier didn't look very old and should still be in school. When he lowered his eyes to pick up something, his snow-white eyelashes cast a shadow, covering his somewhat scary red pupils, and he looked very serious.
Although her skin is very white, there is no trace of powder. It should not be caused by makeup. It is probably some congenital disease.
"Aren't you in school? You don't look very old." It's not polite to ask about illness, so the middle-aged man suppressed the doubts in his mind and asked casually.
Yu Qirong did not stop moving. He went over the information provided in the task in his mind and spoke casually, "My family was not well off. I dropped out of school after my second year of high school."
The middle-aged man paused and asked: "Are you underage?"
"No, I was a laborer before, and I've been working for three or four years." Yu Qirong finished sweeping the things in his hands, and heard the words of his colleague behind him, and asked: "Do you need plastic bags?"
"Take one." said the middle-aged man.
"A total of 156.53 yuan." Yu Qirong glanced at the monitor in front of him.
After he realized that "pretending to be Su Tang" was just a cover for Lu Zichu and his real purpose was to find out his current address, he directly entrusted everything to Xie Yi and randomly chose a copy from the corner to enter.
Finally I came here to work as a cashier.
After the first time, the subsequent movements became much faster. Yu Qirong gradually went from being unfamiliar to being proficient, and even got some fun from it.
This job was very new to him.
This place was very similar to the Earth he had learned from the players, with all kinds of people living ordinary lives. If he thanked them for coming to this dungeon, they would probably enjoy it.
After Yu Qirong served the last customer, he was suddenly patted on the back. Turning back, he saw a man wearing the same clothes as him looking down at his phone: "It's time to get off work. What should I buy for lunch today?"
Yu Qirong rummaged in his pocket and took out a phone that was similar to the man's. There was a crack on the screen and there were some spider-web-like patterns on it, but it did not affect the usage and display.
The man didn't get a response, so he looked up at Yu Qirong. Seeing him staring at his phone in a daze, he couldn't help but say, "You're not still thinking about that person, are you? It's impossible. You two are the one, not to mention that your statuses are so different. He's just playing around. I heard that he's a very playful person... He can afford to play around, but people like us can't. It's better to cut off contact as soon as possible."
Through the brief conversation, Yu Qirong used some tricks to roughly understand his current situation.
Because of poor family conditions, he dropped out of school in his second year of high school, worked as a child laborer and moved bricks. He was frightened by the sudden death on the construction site. After recuperating at home for a while, he and his high school classmate Zhou Shu, who is the person in front of you, came to the supermarket to work as cashiers.
As a result, recently there was a person who came to Yu Qirong every day to pay the bill, and said in words and deeds that he wanted to date him. The most exaggerated time was that he even gave him a bouquet of red roses.
I heard from other colleagues that this person is called Chi Li and his family seems to be very rich. He drives a different car every time he comes to the supermarket, but every car is a famous brand.
Zhou Shu turned around, tried to reach the knot at the back but couldn't, so he turned to ask Yu Qirong for help.
Yu Qirong asked as he explained, "Did I send him a love letter?"
"What is it?" Zhou Shu seemed not to have heard clearly and turned his head to look at Yu Qirong, "What love letter?"
Yu Qirong thought of Leng Yunchao's reaction and realized that in this world, the meaning of love letters might not be the same as what he understood, so he changed his words: "Then have Chi Li and I confirmed our relationship?"
Zhou Shu's face suddenly turned red, and he stammered, "How should I know about you two? If I'm not sure, shouldn't I ask you?"
Not getting the information he wanted, Yu Qirong just nodded, "That's right."
The question of what to eat for lunch seemed to be a big problem for Zhou Shu. He clicked on three stores and showed them to Yu Qirong one by one.
Yu Qirong ordered one casually, and Zhou Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Qirong found the icon that Zhou Shu had just used on his phone, and then chose the same one as his, for password-free payment.
Maybe because the business was very close, they received the takeaway food soon. They found a flat place to use as a table, sat opposite each other, and started eating.
Yu Qirong opened the task panel while eating.
【Welcome to the Level 1 Dungeon: Life Disk (Side A)】
[You are a high school dropout who has been working for three years. Please try your best to live a good life.]
[Main mission: Live your life well. ]
[Side Quest: None]
Unknown level? Yu Qirong paused and continued to read.
This time, the Lord God did not release any additional side quests. I don’t know if he finally gave up or if he has other ways.
However, he had just crashed another copy, so it was unlikely that the Lord God would let him go. He was probably thinking of other ways to take revenge.
And this main quest...
"No, I'm telling you." Zhou Shu on the other side suddenly spoke. Yu Qirong tilted her head and looked at Zhou Shu's face behind the task panel. Zhou Shu continued, "Just eat, can you please stop staring at me and frowning and biting your lips? This will more or less cause some misunderstandings."
Yu Qirong: “…”
He closed the task panel and continued to eat. After a while, he asked the person opposite him casually, "What do you think it means to live a good life?"
"Thinking about such a profound question." Zhou Shu bit his disposable chopsticks and thought for a while. This question was a bit difficult for him. "Well, it should be to make enough money, find a girl I like to be my wife, and then live a happy and healthy life."
Yu Qirong went over everything he said in his mind one by one.
Earning enough money - this is a bit difficult. He randomly checked his phone and saw his balance, which was only a little over 500 yuan. It was completely different from his points with many zeros. It was definitely not enough.
Finding a girl he likes - this is even more difficult. Although changing the gender should not be a big problem, it is not easy to find one that suits his taste. After so long, there are only two people, Tang Xingfei and Su Tang.
Live a happy and healthy life - this statement is very abstract, and the definition of happiness itself is difficult to give...
Yu Qirong was picking at the dishes in the box, and the rice was almost gone.
If nothing else, the food in this world is at least delicious, and he just flipped through the items in the icon and saw a lot of tempting food.
"Why are you asking this?" Zhou Shu asked curiously when he didn't hear Yu Qirong say anything.
He kind of hoped that his childhood friend would suddenly tell him that he was actually the illegitimate son of some wealthy man and that he now had assets worth hundreds of millions, so that he would also be able to rise to prominence along with his family.
But this is probably unlikely.
Because he had made this wish on his birthday since he was a child, and he was always sincere about it, but unfortunately it had never come true.
Yu Qirong held the chopsticks in his hand, without raising his head, and said calmly to himself: "I am thinking about life."
"..." Zhou Shu didn't know what to say. After a while, he silently said "nb".
To be honest, his question is very profound, and he really pretends to be so.
Everyone has a similar level of education. All he is thinking about is what to eat tonight, but his childhood friend has already thought about how to live in the future.
After lunch, Yu Qirong followed Zhou Shu to the staff dormitory.
This is probably one of the reasons why I chose this job. With a dormitory, I don't have to worry about where to live.
The dormitory facilities and size are not as good as the one in his school, but there is not so much dust. You can tell at a glance that many people have lived here and it has never been empty.
As soon as I entered the door, there was a strange smell in the dormitory as if it hadn't been ventilated for a long time, like lard residue that had been left for a long time, a smell mixed with grease and time.
Zhou Shu was used to it, so it didn't matter whether he smelled it or not. He walked straight to his bed, put on his slippers, and went to bed in one go.
Well, now there is the added odor of feet.
Yu Qirong looked around the dormitory. There was a spider web in the corner of the ceiling, but it was broken by someone with a stick and it just hung there quietly.
On the right hand side of the door is the bathroom, which has a squat toilet, a washing machine with a yellowed surface, a rusty shower head, and a whitish light pink soap on the sink.
The environment is shabby, but it seems that the living facilities are quite complete.
There is a frameless lens on the sink. It should have been glued directly to the wall. A small piece of it was broken, revealing the yellow glue.
The person in the mirror still looked the same, with white hair and red eyes, but his hair was cut short and he looked a little too thin, with his protruding collarbone visible from his collar.
Yu Qirong paused, and almost didn't recognize himself in the mirror. Even during the time when Lanxi High School was invaded by the black fog, he didn't become so thin. He looked like he was malnourished. Thinking of his background and identity, Yu Qirong felt that it was quite reasonable.
He closed the toilet door, walked to the bed opposite Zhou Shu, shook the quilt, lay down with his clothes on, and closed his eyes.
So far, he hasn't encountered any other players and doesn't know how to pass the level.
I heard from Xie Yi that there is a single-player dungeon in the dungeon, but he was in a hurry when he clicked on the dungeon and didn't have time to see it clearly. If I could meet other players, I would know.
However, this instance seemed to be very large, unlike other instances where there was only a small area for movement. There were also many people. During the morning of cashiering, each person he met was different and had his own little characteristics. It was probably difficult for players to recognize each other.
Thinking too much, his mind became dizzy, and Yu Qirong fell asleep without much struggle.
But he didn't sleep for long before he was woken up.
"Wake up, Yu Qirong, wake up, we're going to be late!" Zhou Shu called him while pulling the quilt off him.
For a moment, Yu Qirong thought he was still in the villa in the main city. He turned over and muttered, "Don't make noise."
"Don't sleep anymore. You still have to work in the afternoon. You've been late twice this month. If it happens a third time, your salary will be deducted again!" Zhou Shu ripped off the quilt covering Yu Qirong and pulled his wrist.
As soon as he pulled it, he started muttering in his heart, although Yu Qirong was not very strong in high school, why did he look even thinner now, as if he was just bones.
With such thin wrists, how did he carry bricks on the construction site?
Yu Qirong vaguely heard something about "salary" and then remembered that he was now a worker. So he opened his eyes abruptly, put on his shoes and walked towards the door without caring about his bad mood.
Zhou Shu was frightened by Yu Qirong's sudden spirit of striving, and followed him anxiously, "Don't run so fast, I can't catch up, wait for me, wait for me!"
After rushing around, they finally arrived one minute before being late. Avoiding the foreman's staring eyes, the two of them quickly put on their work clothes and waited at their workstations.
In the morning, Yu Qirong still thought this job was fun, but in the afternoon, it was not so good. He stood for half a day, and the shoes he wore were probably not made of good material, and they rubbed his feet.
So going to work became a torture.
"The total is three hundred and seventy-six. Do you need a plastic bag?" Yu Qirong repeated the same words boredly without even raising his eyelids.
The customer said nothing.
"Do you need a plastic bag?" Yu Qirong asked again, and looked up at the person who came.
What caught his eye was a large bunch of bright red roses. The man was holding such a large bouquet that it almost covered his entire face, but he still kept his eyes on Yu Qirong, as if he wanted to see his reaction.
"..." Yu Qirong took the roses from the customer's hand in silence, holding the code scanner in his left hand and the bouquet in his right hand. He turned around and looked at it several times before looking up and asking, "Where's the code?"
The man's smiling face froze, and he asked back, "What code?"
Yu Qirong put down the flowers and pointed at the scanned product. "This is the product code. Have you torn it off?"
He remembered clearly the honorifics that Zhou Shu had just taught him on the road, and was even able to put them into practice. Yu Qirong felt that he had been able to integrate into human society very well.
Chi Li finally realized what Yu Qirong meant. He waved his hands and smiled until his belly bent: "No, this is not a product I bought here. I want to give it to you."
Yu Qirong then realized that this was the rich Chi Li that Zhou Shu had mentioned to him.
"You have to pay for this." Yu Qirong casually put the bouquet together with the other items purchased by Chi Li.
He glanced at Chi Lisa standing opposite him. Chi Lisa was wearing a suit that looked to be made of very good material. His hair was slightly lighter and longer, a light chestnut color, hanging near his neck.
He just seemed very weak, with dark circles under his eyes, a pale face, and fatigue in his shallow pupils, as if he hadn't slept well for several nights.
After just a glance, Yu Qirong looked away. It was not the face he imagined. After realizing his thoughts, he hesitated for a moment.
What was he imagining? Tang Xingfei or Su Tang?
"Of course." Chi Li swept the money and stood there, but showed no intention of leaving.
There were still many people queuing behind him, so Yu Qirong had to say, "Please move aside, customer. I'm still working."
"Sorry." Chi Li took a step back, put away the items he bought, and whispered, "Then I'll wait for you to get off work."
After saying that, he picked up the items he bought, turned around and walked towards the door.
Yu Qirong glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. This person's steps were also very unsteady, and his steps were deep and shallow, as if he was a little lame.
He looked away, and this association made his already aching heel hurt even more.
The afternoon's work was no easier than the morning's, and it was completely repetitive labor. Yu Qirong had never suffered such grievances. He twisted his ankle, which seemed to be rubbed, and whispered to Zhou Shu: "How long do we have to do this work?"
Zhou Shuzheng put his hands behind his back and untied the knot himself. This time he learned his lesson and didn't tie a knot. He pulled it open. Hearing Yu Qirong's question, he was stunned for a moment, "I don't know, at least do it for a while. Other jobs with accommodation are on construction sites, which are not as easy as here. It will be fine when we take the night shift tomorrow. There won't be many people at night, so I can take a nap."
Hearing that this was an easy job, Yu Qirong couldn't help but frown. It was hard to imagine why Xie Yi and the others were so determined to return to such a hellish place.
For him, the dungeons full of ghosts or traps were his comfort zone. He would rather stay there for the rest of his life than stay here for another day.
"Is there any other job that can make money quickly?" Yu Qirong untied the knot on his back and said to himself.
Zhou Shu heard it and couldn't help but pull his arm. He looked around like a thief, then lowered his voice and asked in a low voice: "Make money quickly? You are not planning to agree to that Chi Li and be kept by him... Well, to be honest, I have been contacted by him, so he is really not a good person. Maybe there are many people..."
Yu Qirong could not help but frown. He had been taught that monogamy was the norm and he could not understand this kind of relationship with multiple people, so his impression of Chi Li kept dropping.
"Hey, Yu Qirong," another colleague came over and patted the table to attract the two people's attention, "The foreman is calling you."
Yu Qirong and Zhou Shu stared at each other, but eye contact was fruitless. In the end, they sighed and left.
The foreman was reviewing today's performance. When he saw Yu Qirong coming in, he raised his head and said, "Xiao Yu, do you know why I called you here?"
Yu Qirong shook his head honestly.
The foreman continued, "In theory, our supermarket shouldn't ask for anything about employees' personal matters, but Xiaoyu, this has had a certain impact on our work. He brings flowers every time and delays other customers... Do you know how many people have complained online?"
Yu Qirong scratched his face, not knowing how to respond. He didn't remember many times when he was so humble, but now the person in front of him was the one who could decide how much his salary was.
The foreman looked at him in a dilemma. Something had happened in the supermarket recently, and it was not easy to recruit employees who could work the night shift, but customer complaints were also a big deal.
"Can you handle it?" the foreman asked with a sigh.
Yu Qirong was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."
The foreman waved his hand, and Yu Qirong breathed a sigh of relief. He walked out of the foreman's office and saw Zhou Shu waiting for him outside the door. It was obvious that he had heard almost everything.
Both of them walked out like eggplants hit by frost, Yu Qirong because of the pain in his feet, and Zhou Shu because he heard the conversation between the two.
His childhood friend seemed to want to use his body to find that rich second generation. It was easy to deal with this problem, just agree to it, and then you don't have to come.
Yu Qirong: "I don't want to come tomorrow."
Zhou Shu shuddered, as if he had expected it. He spoke in a pea-shooter-like voice: "It's okay. We have been friends for so many years. I understand your decision. It's all for the money. It's not shameful. If others gossip about us, we can curse them back, although this society may not approve of it..."
The more Yu Qirong listened, the more something seemed wrong. He gave him a strange look and interrupted him: "What are you talking about?"
"Ah?" Zhou Shu glanced at Yu Qirong, was forced to stop, and asked cautiously: "Aren't you going to agree to date Chi Li?"
"When did I say that?" Yu Qirong didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Although he was indeed poor and destitute in this copy, it was not to the point where he had to sell his body.
But we do need to think of other ways out, but I don’t have any good ideas at the moment.
"Yu Qirong!"
A shout came from not far away, interrupting the conversation between the two people. Yu Qirong looked over there and saw Chi Li leaning against the car door and greeting him.
"Then you go back first, I'll go talk to him." Yu Qirong glanced at Zhou Shu beside him and walked straight towards Chi Li.
Chi Li watched him walk over here, his cheekbones protruding high under his dark circles moved, and he smiled. He opened the car door and invited Yu Qirong in.
Yu Qirong had never seen this thing before, but had only heard in books that it ran very fast, so he did not refuse.
Seeing that he was so easy to talk to today, Chi Li felt that victory was in sight, so his smile became more friendly.
"Where do you want to go for dinner? I'll treat you," Chi Li said.
There was a smell of disinfectant in the car, which made people feel unhappy. Yu Qirong didn't show it, but just wrinkled his nose slightly.
He touched the leather cushion, remembering the ways of courting people in this world, and refused: "Thank you, but no, don't come to the supermarket to see me again."
Hearing the rejection, the smile on Chi Li's face slowly disappeared, and there was a hint of madness in his light chestnut eyes: "This is impossible. As long as you don't agree to me, I will still pester you."
Yu Qirong turned around and looked at Chi Li hesitantly. According to Zhou Shu, Chi Li met him after the accident at the construction site.
The two people had no previous interactions. Logically speaking, Ikegami wouldn't have been so inexplicably persistent in such a short period of time, unless there was some other hidden story.
Is there something going on at the construction site?
Yu Qirong: "Mr. Chi, why don't we speak frankly? I don't think I have anything that can attract you. If you keep pestering me, I will think you have some ulterior motive."
Chi Li looked at Yu Qirong steadily and felt that what he said really did not understand him.
Although she is different from ordinary people, there is no doubt that Yu Qirong is so beautiful that people can forget all these things, especially her pair of eyes that are like rubies, which really make people...
Yu Qirong narrowed her eyes, feeling that Chi Li's gaze was a little offensive.
The look in his eyes was not one of pure appreciation, but rather it was as if he wanted to keep his eyes privately as his own collection.
Sensing Yu Qirong's mood changes, Chi Li moved his somewhat loose face, returning to the somewhat decadent state of the rich second generation, and said with a smile: "How can there be nothing attractive to me, Mr. Yu, you... are very beautiful, and you are short of money, right? I don't have any other advantages, the only thing I can show off is money."
"If you follow me, I can let you live a richer life and live your future life well."
Yu Qirong's expression changed, and he thought of his main task based on his words.
Could it be that the task panel was hinting that he should agree to Chi Li's conditions?
Chi Li noticed that Yu Qirong was about to give in, and quickly continued to assure him, "I have already dealt with all the things I had before, don't worry, no one will interfere with us, I will treat you well."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the car suddenly turned cold, and the source of the coldness was Yu Qirong.
Chi Li's words reminded him of what Zhou Shu had told him, about the rumor that Chi Li seemed to be a playboy. As expected, he couldn't tolerate such a thing.
"No need." Yu Qirong's tone was hard, like a baguette that had been in the refrigerator for a long time. He opened the car door without any instruction, got up from his seat, and turned around to look at Chi Li again.
Chi Li thought he had changed his mind, but he didn't expect Yu Qirong to say, "Your face looks like you have kidney deficiency. I suggest you abstain from sex for a while."
After saying that, he slammed the car door shut and walked towards his dormitory.
In the car, Chi Li watched him walk away, looked at himself in the rearview mirror, touched his face and murmured: "Is it obvious?"
After an unknown amount of time, Chi Li drove to a trash can, rolled down the window, weighed the roses in his hand, and threw them out of the window without any reluctance.
“Bullseye!”
"Why are you back?" Zhou Shu blinked. He was sitting at the middle table eating dinner. When he saw Yu Qirong opening the door, he was stunned.
"Where can I go if I don't come back?" Yu Qirong picked up the takeaway outside and put it on the table. He sat down on the edge of the bed and slowly took off his shoes and socks. His ankles and heels were indeed rubbed and bleeding, and the blood seeped through the socks.
Zhou Shu couldn't help but take a deep breath when he saw Yu Qirong like this. "Did you put a razor blade in your shoe? How could it be worn like this? How can someone who has worked on a construction site still be so delicate and tender... Wait a minute, I have a Band-Aid here, I'll put it on you first."
After saying that, he opened the drawer under him, rummaged through it, then took out a long strip of something and stuck it on Yu Qirong.
Seeing that he had nothing else to do, Zhou Shucai went back to eat and chatted, "I thought you were going with Chi Li and wouldn't be back tonight."
Yu Qirong looked at her shoes and socks, then looked at Zhou Shu who was eating happily, and decided not to tell him and went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
He washed it clean before coming back to open the takeaway, shaking his head and ignoring Zhou Shu.
Zhou Shu didn't care, and just thought that Yu Qirong was not interested in this topic, so he changed the subject: "Tomorrow we will sleep all day, and then go to work the night shift."
Yu Qirong didn't care about these arrangements. She was just curious about one thing: "Do supermarkets also have to work night shifts?"
When he had nothing to do, he clicked on various icons on his phone and entered the search engine. He found that most supermarkets had fixed opening and closing times and were closed during the early morning hours. The only ones open were 24-hour convenience stores.
Convenience stores are generally small, so even if there are not many customers at night, it is not too much of a loss to turn on the lights. Supermarkets are different. They have to ensure that all power supply equipment is working and operate normally, as well as paying so much labor costs, which is a thankless task.
So Yu Qirong was a little curious about the reason behind this.
"I'm not sure either." Zhou Shu scratched his head, poked his lunch box with chopsticks, and then propped up his chin to think back: "I asked the foreman colleagues, and they didn't seem to want to say too much. Well, it's just the night shift, there are not many people, it's normal that there is nothing to say. And it should be because of the night shift that the salary here is higher than other supermarkets."
Hearing that the salary was high, Yu Qirong immediately became speechless. Who would have thought that with so many points, he would be limited by this month's salary.
But tomorrow daytime is indeed a good time for exploration.
Yu Qirong was playing with his phone while eating, and he looked up the previous takeout records from the takeout app.
No. 35, Wuhai Road, Hanhe District.
This should be the address of the construction site where I worked before.
Yu Qirong's face was pale, and his thin body looked like he would be blown away by the wind. As soon as he got off the car, he found a random spot on the side of the road, pressed his chest, and dry-heaved twice.
I originally wanted to experience the feeling of riding in a car, but after just a few minutes on the bus, I was speechless because of the strange smell of gasoline in the car.
It is fast, but the side effects are a bit serious.
Maybe it’s because it’s my first time sitting there, so I’m a little uncomfortable.
Yu Qirong rubbed his stomach but didn't vomit anything. He straightened up and felt a little better without the smell. He then had the energy to look around.
The construction area was blocked by a blue wavy baffle, and it was impossible to see what was inside. Yu Qirong rubbed his stomach while walking around the entire construction area.
The place was very large and it took more than ten minutes to walk there. After walking around in a whole circle, Yu Qirong finally found the place where he could go in.
At the only gap, there was a man wearing a helmet. When he saw Yu Qirong walking towards this side, he puffed out his belly and stopped him, "What are you doing?"
Yu Qirong had already thought of an excuse, and said to the helmet: "I was working here before, and now something is missing, and I want to go in and look for it."
The man in the hard hat twitched his lips, looked him up and down, and said with suspicion: "You are working here with your body, you move bricks? Forget it, are you a college student from the neighboring university who has nothing to do and wants to explore? Go back, don't make trouble, this is not the place for you to play."
Yu Qirong was silent for a few seconds and realized that this person was not so easy to fool. He glanced behind him and saw a group of people in safety helmets gathered in the distance, and they did not look like they were working.
He blinked and decided to change the topic of his question: "Brother, you are really amazing. You can tell my identity at a glance. I heard that something happened here before. It seems that someone...did that?"
The man in the helmet immediately turned serious. He frowned and looked at Yu Qirong: "This is not something you should ask about."
"I just saw that there seemed to be someone else inside..." Yu Qirong pointed behind the helmet and signaled to him.
"It's just an accident. Can the whole project be stopped?" The man in the safety helmet opened Yu Qirong's hand and pushed him out. "Go, go, go. Don't just wander around the construction site when you have nothing to do. If something goes wrong, someone will come and make trouble!"
A pungent smell of disinfectant appeared, and Yu Qirong paused. As expected, he heard Chi Li's voice: "Old Qin, wait a moment."
Yu Qirong turned around, Chi Li nodded and smiled at him, the dark circles under his eyes became heavier, as if he didn't sleep well last night.
Chi Li dodged Yu Qirong's body, whispered a few words to the helmet, turned to look at Yu Qirong, and said with a smile: "Come in with me."
Yu Qirong hesitated for a moment and then followed.
The man in the helmet pulled him back and said with a wry smile: "Little brother, you, you know our boss, why didn't you tell us earlier? This is not very kind of you."
Yu Qirong thought to himself, I didn’t expect this either, it’s not all my fault.
But he couldn't say anything, so he could only smile embarrassedly.
It turns out that Ikegasa is the boss of this construction site. No wonder they met at such a perfect time.
Yu Qirong followed behind Chi Li and observed the environment inside the construction site.
There was sand and cement everywhere, a bright yellow expanse. A sign saying "Construction Site" was hung in a conspicuous place. There were also several large things lying on the ground without doing anything. Based on what Yu Qirong had learned from books, they should be cranes, tractors, or something like that.
Those people wearing helmets stopped whispering after Chi Li came in and watched them walk past quietly.
Yu Qirong followed him upstairs and stopped in front of an office. Chi Li took out the key and walked in. Before entering, Yu Qirong glanced at the sign on the door with black letters on a gold background: "Chairman's Office".
Chi Li saw Yu Qirong following him in, and he paused as he walked towards the table and chairs, turned to the water dispenser, filled a glass of water for him, and handed it to Yu Qirong.
"Thank you." Yu Qirong lowered his eyes and glanced at the water surface. The movements of the two people created some ripples. He just held it but didn't drink it.
Chi Li did not comment on his vigilance, turned around and poured himself another cup, then sat in his own seat and gestured to the chair opposite him as Yu Qirong said, "Please sit down."
Yu Qirong didn't refuse.
Chi Li's desk was very tidy. The only thing that was not related to office documents was a bottle of disinfectant.
Most people use alcohol solutions for disinfection, but this is obviously not the case.
"Mr. Yu," Chi Li crossed his fingers and placed them on the table, making a very insecure, self-protective gesture. He continued, "Name a price. How can you keep it a secret?"
say what?
Yu Qirong did not show it on the surface, and just said calmly: "I don't quite understand what Mr. Chi is talking about."
"Stop pretending!" Chi Li's aura suddenly became chaotic and irritable. He loosened his fingers, put his hands against his teeth anxiously, and said through gritted teeth: "You came here just to tell me that you saw everything at that time."
It seems that Chi Li was also at the scene when the accident happened at the construction site.
The calmer Yu Qirong was, the more furious Chi Li became. He couldn't help but loosen his tie. The skin under his dark circles did not look loose enough for his age. Perhaps he was in no mood to tidy himself up, as there was still some stubble on Chi Li's greasy skin that he hadn't had time to shave off.
Before the person on the other side spoke, he could no longer hold on and started to cry: "I really have no choice. Since the day of the accident, I haven't slept well for a whole month. As soon as I close my eyes, that shattered face..."
Chi Li burst into tears, but Yu Qirong looked at him calmly as he lay on the table and cried.
It's not just that simple. He didn't see any black mist representing fear from Chi Li, which means he was pretending.
But what he said might not be false. Judging from his face, he did look like someone who hadn't had a good night's sleep for a month.
If Chi Li deliberately approached Yu Qirong before just to find out whether he knew about these things, it would be explainable.
But this is also an opportunity for him to make money.
Yu Qirong made up his mind, with a fox-like secret on his face. He curled his eyes and smiled, "Mr. Chi, if I can help you sleep well, how much can you pay me?"
Chi Li paused, revealing a pair of eyes from his sleeves that were not red from crying. He said in a daze, "As long as I can fall asleep, any amount will do! Is 500,000 enough?"
Yu Qirong was stunned. Chi Li had no idea.
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