Chapter 234: Scene 21 (Inverted V) “Hey, next time, you do…
"Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! Please! Stop hitting him!!"
"Let go! You old bastard, let me go! If you want to blame someone, blame your precious son for the huge debt he owes us!"
"Well……!"
"Xiao Yuan! Xiao Yuan! Stop fighting! Someone could die! We'll find a way to pay back the money, young man, please stop fighting!"
"You old fool, this is a workplace, and no one will care if you kill someone! Even if we beat you two to death today, that's still—"
"Boss, aren't you going a bit too far? We're just here to collect a debt. No, we can't kill anyone, right?"
"...Who is this? New here?"
"Hey, Boss, he's Huang's son. It's better for us not to touch those people's things."
"..." The man, covered in tattoos of various animals, raised an eyebrow, released the boy, and pulled a small knife from his belt. He placed it in the hand of the boy who had interrupted him. "You're kind, but you can't bear it, right?"
"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan..."
"..." The young man lowered his head, looked at the blood-stained knife in his hand, listened to the old man's shrill voice beside his ear, and trembled all over.
"Boss?" The yellow-haired man holding the old man swallowed in fear. "Although this is a workplace, but, but, their lives are not enough to pay for those tokens! Should we, should we, let them go?"
"Shut up!" The man glared at the yellow-haired man fiercely, then grabbed the boy's wrist and put the knife in his hand to his throat. "Newcomer, if you really want to save them and don't want them to die, then kill me."
"Boss!?" Huangmao exclaimed.
"I, I..." The boy looked terrified and shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, I, I..."
"That boy's father, that old man's son, owes us over two hundred thousand yuan. It's been three years since then. As the one who paid the money, if I can't get it back today, I will die. So will you, and so will he."
The tattooed man smiled, as if what he was talking about wasn't a shocking event, but just something as common as eating steamed buns this morning. "Newcomer, kindness is the most useless thing in this world. It only exchanges a life for a life, a scar for a scar."
"Give up your useless kindness and raise the knife." The tattooed man raised his other hand and also grasped the boy's wrist. He stabilized his hand holding the knife and turned sideways, pointing at the boy curled up on the ground, who was already unconscious. "Kill him, kill them, and then live."
"Please kill me, don't kill Xiao Yuan. I beg you. I'm an old man, I can die, but Xiao Yuan is still a child. You, you..."
The old man knelt on the ground, his clothes were covered in blood and mud, and there was a faint smell of rotting garbage. He did not shed tears, but just hugged the boy's legs, rested his head on his legs, and kept begging.
"Do it." The tattooed man had a calm expression.
"Boss, I, I... I can't do it..." The boy trembled.
"Please, please, let him go, let him go..." The old man's voice was sad.
"Get started!"
“…”
"Please, please, he's just a child, let him go, let him go..."
“…”
“…”
"Please, please, the money was borrowed by the child's father because he was not in his right mind. It has nothing to do with the child. If you want something, just kill me. Let him go, let him go..."
“…”
"Boss, we..."
"Wow, we're all so busy over there, but I didn't expect there are still a few of you here who have the leisure to kill people?"
"who?!"
"Xiaozhe, they, they don't look like they're easy to mess with..."
"It's okay, trust me."
"good."
He Yuezhe looked at those people again and said with interest, "Do you mind if we watch from here?"
“…”
"Boss?"
"Plop!" The knife fell into the mud, splashing a cloud of mud, and the boy immediately knelt on the ground.
"Oh, boss, you are their people here to collect debts?" He Yuezhe asked, tilting his head curiously.
The tattooed man didn't answer the question. He frowned and changed the subject: "What are you kids doing here? You don't work properly and run off to other places to work. Aren't you afraid your manager will be angry?"
He Yuezhe blinked when he heard this: "I'm just the manager, why would I be angry with myself?"
"What……?"
"Hey, but don't worry, I'm not here to stop you from killing people. I'm just here to take a look."
“…”
"Children, hurry up and leave! They are bad guys. Go!" The old man held the wounded boy and shouted to the three children on the ground, "Go! Go! Go to a safe place!"
"Grandpa," He Yuezhe narrowed his eyes, "There is no truly safe place in this world."
“…”
"Kill him or not? If not, we'll leave."
“…”
"Alas, what a pity."
“…”
“…”
He Yuezhe could frankly admit that she had never thought about saving the grandfather and grandson from the beginning to the end.
So until she saw with her own eyes the old man carrying his grandson on his back, covered in blood, walking out of the workplace adjacent to theirs, she had never thought that they could actually escape from them alive.
An elderly man, after being beaten, took the knife he had given himself, looked at his grandson who was beaten unconscious, and resolutely fought back, and finally succeeded in killing those people.
She saw ruthlessness in the old man's eyes, a ruthlessness that would allow him to do anything to protect the people he wanted to protect, even if the consequences were dire.
So she took them in.
As it turned out, she did not regret her decision.
The boy is very smart and has a high level of understanding in making various things. Although the old man is old, he seems to have been a soldier when he was young, a great profession to protect the old world, and he has strong physical fitness.
Unfortunately, time passes and people’s age keeps moving forward.
The old man who used to be omnipotent has passed away. The aroma of fried rice is no longer wafting through the cottage, and there is no longer an elder-like person standing by their side when they go to work.
He Yuezhe told Yuan Yang that the mass grave was a very scary place.
Yuan Yang understood, and the old man passed away peacefully that night.
He Yuezhe didn't know what the grandfather and grandson, who had depended on each other for many years, said to each other before they finally made such a decision that was like tearing a wound, but she also had a grandmother, so she knew that parting was always painful, especially such an unavoidable parting.
So she followed the old man's instructions and made a plate of egg fried rice for Yuan Yang, and served it to him when he came out of the old man's room.
He Yuezhe still remembers that the usually calm Yuan Yang shed tears for the first time at that moment.
He Yuezhe seldom cooks because she always forgets to add seasonings. But this time, Yuan Yang did not tell her that the food she cooked had no taste as usual. He just ate silently, tears falling one by one, his eyes red from not sleeping all night.
But Yuan Yang, you look like your grandfather. When you look at yourself on the spoon, when you look at yourself in the mirror, do you think of your grandfather for a moment?
He Yuezhe suddenly felt a little at a loss.
Did I do something wrong?
Shouldn't I say that?
She was afraid that Yuan Yang would be sad, and that her friends would be sad.
But Yuan Yang just raised his head, and his eyes seemed to see through He Yuezhe's thoughts.
He curled his lips and said softly, "He Yuezhe, thank you."
“…”
"Thank you. Grandpa, say the same."
“…”
“…”
“…”
"Captain, that world is truly terrifying. Every time I think about how I've killed so many people, yet I still have to see them again and again, fighting alongside them, I feel like a madman..."
"Then just be a madman." He Yuezhe said, "Yuan Yang."
“…”
"It's no big deal. If you're really sad, we're here for you. Think about us, think about your grandpa, and you'll be able to get through it."
"Captain, is this how you got here?"
“…”
“…”
"Yeah, that's it."
“…”
"Yuan Yang."
"Yes, Captain, I'm here."
“…”
“…”
He Yuezhe wanted to say something to Yuan Yang, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly didn't want to say it anymore, because Yuan Yang always knew what she wanted to say, so she never needed to speak.
"Ahem! Kids, now that everyone is ready, let's get off the bus. Everyone must stay close to the team along the way, okay?!" Jiang Ruoshi's voice came from the direction of the car.
"Oh." He Yuezhe sighed and jumped to the ground. "It's time. I have to go."
"Um, Captain, wait!"
"What? Are you leaving too?" He Yuezhe didn't look back.
"Well, but if possible, could you please help me go see grandpa?"
"Yes, yes, of course."
"Okay, please, Captain."
“…”
"Captain, goodbye."
"……goodbye."
Because they understood each other's thoughts, they never needed to say much, just a look. Therefore, He Yuezhe and Yuan Yang rarely talked to each other, and rarely chatted.
"team leader."
"Yeah, I'm here."
"team leader."
“Yes, yes.”
"team leader."
But why is it different this time?
"Yeah, I'm here, I'm here!"
He Yuezhe finally turned around. She quietly watched Yuan Yang gradually disappear. She looked at his eyes that seemed to be able to speak, she looked at his mouth that seemed to want to say something but stopped, and she looked at him and already understood his next words.
"Captain, no matter what, I believe in you."
"Yuan Yang, thank you for your trust."
They both said at the same time.
Yuan Yang smiled.
He Yuezhe also laughed.
She waved at him.
"Hey, next time, make fried rice for me," she said.
"Okay, Captain, this time, I'll add salt," he replied.
Without saying anything more, the figure quickly disappeared into the night, leaving behind only a familiar jar with a familiar figure inside.
"Ding Dong! Congratulations, you've obtained the key item: Yuan Yang's Petri Dish x1!"
"Little doll."
"Current completion progress: 3/?"
“…”
"let's go."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com