Reborn with a Cell Phone 2007

The long-distance bus was speeding on the highway. Wang Rui, or should we call him Wang Rui, was leaning on the front seat, his eyes were bulging with pain, and cold sweat was pouring out of his body. His purple hair, which was always standing up, had not been trimmed for two days, and it was sticky on his forehead.

The back seat was bumpy, so Rockett deliberately chose the front seat, and stood in the aisle holding onto the back of the chair to give the limited space to him.

Perhaps it wasn’t as painful anymore, or maybe it was numbness. Halfway through the journey, Wang Rui finally regained some energy: “Chief, please give me some source of life.” (Chief, please give me some source of life.)

"...There's no need to be so polite at this time." Luo Kai poured some warm water from the thermos and fed it to him.

Because of Wang Rui's previous address, he attracted several inquiring gazes, but Luo Kai ignored them all.

Wang Rui moved to make some space for him. Without waiting for him to speak, Luo Kai sat down quickly, fearing that he would say something shocking again.

Luo Kai whispered to him: "Just call me brother outside. I don't want too many people to know my noble identity. It's too conspicuous."

Wang Rui understood what he meant instantly: "I understand, Patriarch." (I understand, Patriarch.)

Seeing Luo Kai's expression was not right, Wang Rui immediately changed his words: "Brother Kai."

Luo Kai nodded with relief and satisfaction.

Wang Rui lowered his eyes to look at his arms. Even with the splints and bandages, he could see that the limbs had swollen to a horrible degree and had turned purple and black.

Luo Kai comforted him, "Don't worry, the doctor I know is very skilled. People in our area always go to him for bone fractures. He has decades of experience in bone setting, so he will definitely be able to heal your hand."

Wang Rui was silent for a while, then murmured, "Brother, I miss my dad."

Luo Kai remained silent. Wang Rui was just like his online name, an orphan.

"If my father were still alive, how dare they bully me like this?" Wang Rui recalled those faces from the night before, hatred churning in his chest.

"It's all my mom's fault. If she hadn't run away with my dad's compensation, would I have to work out of town?" Wang Rui said viciously. "My dad died so tragically, under a steamroller, with his brains spilling out. My mom, that bitch, actually dared to take his blood-stained money."

Luo Kai had heard him say this countless times, but he wouldn't listen no matter how hard he tried to persuade him, so he simply stopped saying it.

Wang Rui's eyes turned red, and he sniffed and said, "I miss my dad."

When he was a child, if anyone dared to bully him, his father would chase that person home and beat him until he was black and blue.

Luo Kai sighed softly: "Forget it all, and look forward to everything."

Wang Rui is also pitiful. He was deceived by his fellow villager to come to Hebei to work. When he arrived at the industrial zone, the man abandoned him and ran away, taking away all the money Wang Rui had.

Luo Kai felt sorry for him and thought of himself a few years ago. He brought him into the factory and let him join the "Trend Family".

"Brother, why were you afraid of them the night before last? You are the leader of a clan of more than a thousand people, and you are afraid of those powdered-headed and greasy things?" Wang Rui became angrier and angrier the more he thought about it, especially when that little girl slapped him a few times.

The damage value is not high, but it is extremely insulting.

If this ignorant and shameless person were in their hometown...

Luo Kai closed his eyes helplessly: "Do you know what kind of people are in the family? You only see the photos in their profiles and think they are cool and fashionable. But in fact, they are just like us, coming from the countryside and making a living in the factory."

Wang Rui was stunned and opened his mouth: "They... they are obviously very powerful..."

"Wang Rui, I always feel that some truths are cruel and there is no need to let you know them too early. But now you must know them."

Luo Kai took out a cigarette box and wanted to light a cigarette, but then he remembered that smoking was not allowed in the car, so he could only hold the cigarette box in annoyance: "Many of us dropped out of school to work in our teens, and some even dropped out when they were only twelve or thirteen years old. Any family with a little bit of financial resources would not let their children go out to work at this age."

"Coming from the countryside, many of us don't understand the rules of survival in the city. We think everything is as beautiful as on TV, with tall buildings, cars, shopping malls and restaurants. Of course, these exist, but they don't belong to us. Our only living space is on the factory assembly line."

On the assembly line where even going to the toilet requires reporting and approval, on the assembly line where people have to work fourteen hours a day, on the assembly line where they will never get full wages, and on the assembly line where they are not protected by labor laws.

"Our family is nothing more than a group of people like this huddling together for warmth. We think we are the center of the world just because we have our hair standing up. We have expanded our living space to the Internet, and now we have all kinds of families." Luo Kai crushed the cigarette box in his hand. "Those noble titles only exist on the Internet and within the family. In reality, we are the vulnerable group, the rats in the gutter."

Wang Rui had a subtle look on his face. This was completely different from what he said when he asked himself to join the family.

"Do you know who you hit?" Luo Kai asked.

Wang Rui glanced away unhappily, not wanting to answer his question which he already knew the answer to.

Luo Kai was not angry either, and continued: "I also found out yesterday that the man was the son of the owner of Qianhua Building Materials Factory."

"What?!" Wang Rui said in surprise.

Everyone in the industrial zone knows Qianhua Building Materials Factory, not only because it is the largest factory and is constantly expanding, but also because they never delay the workers' wages. Their canteen has meat and vegetables for every meal, and their workers are covered by five insurances and one housing fund. If they get injured, they will not be fired, but will receive insurance money, and can return to work after recovering from their injuries...

Corresponding to their high welfare are the high requirements for entering the factory - people like them who have no skills and no education are not even qualified to get a job application form.

Even when they are looking for temporary workers, they only want tall, young and strong men.

Wang Rui had no idea that the pretty boy looked so cowardly and kept saying "sorry" to him. How could the son of a big boss be like him?

"Are you panicking now? I heard from Lan Se that the young master bumped into you accidentally and helped you up right away, but you started punching and kicking him as soon as you stood up." Luo Kai lowered his voice and said, "If they really pursue this, you might not even be able to save your life."

For people like them who are fatherless, motherless and helpless, even if they disappear quietly, no one would bother to look for their whereabouts.

Luo Kai smiled bitterly: "The man who had your hand broken is the son of the director of the processing plant next door to me. His family has some connections with the police station. He blinded a worker last year, but nothing happened."

People like that spend more money in one night than they make in a year.

Wang Rui bit his lips angrily and said nothing.

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For the first time in his life, Ji Shulang enjoyed the treatment like an emperor. He lived in a single ward, read comic books all day long, and had palace maids serving him. He was so happy that he just wanted to sing a song of "The Liberated Serfs' Song".

The little palace maid Miaomiao peeled a large thin-skinned grape and handed it to his mouth. Ji Shulang held the comic book in his left hand, opened his mouth and swallowed it without even looking at it. He chewed and swallowed the pulp, and nodded to indicate.

Ji Shumiao clenched his fists tightly, then quickly loosened them, and took a tissue and put it in his hand to catch the grape seeds he spit out.

Brother Lang was very happy. He turned a page of the comic book and said, "Keep peeling. My goodness, the grapes are so sweet this year~"

Ji Shumiao snorted twice in a sarcastic tone: "The maple leaves this year are not red enough. Do you want me to give you a hundred feet of red?"

"What is that?" Ji Shulang sat up. "Where did the maple leaves come from in July? Are you crazy?"

Ji Shumiao looked up at the ceiling, indicating his refusal to answer the question.

Ji Shulang did not hesitate, he stretched his stiff neck, and stretched out his intact left hand dignifiedly: "Help me up, I need to pee."

Ji Shumiao took the opportunity to wipe all the grape juice on his hands onto his sleeves, which made Ji Shulang curse him as "treasonous".

Ji Shumiao had already run to the door and made a face: "Lululu~ It's not your leg that's injured, stop being so hypocritical!"

"What's going on?" Grandpa pushed the door open and asked.

Behind him were his grandmother and aunt carrying lunch boxes.

On the day they learned that Ji Shulang was injured, my grandparents came from Beijing.

Ji Shumiao spoke first: "Grandpa, my brother wants me to help him go to the toilet!"

Ji Shulang quickly explained: "She's talking nonsense, I asked her to help me up!"

Grandpa glared at me and said, "Come! I'll help you go to the toilet!"

"No, I can do it myself." Ji Shulang's spine collapsed instantly. He picked up a bag made of gauze beside him and hung it around his neck, then carefully put his right hand in the plaster cast into the bag.

The plaster on his hand was covered with colorful stick drawings, all of which were Ji Shumiao's masterpieces.