Even though he was wearing a thick scarf, Shang Chu was still shocked when he walked out of the corridor. He shrunk his shoulders and let out a breath, white mist drifted away from his eyes.

"It's so cold..." He sighed softly, tightened the straps of his backpack, and walked quickly through the alley.

Shangchu lives in a village in the city, located in the center of the capital. If you go deep into the alleys behind the bustling business district, you will find exquisite luxury stores surrounded by dazzling neon lights, and there is a place full of sewage, Shadows of garbage accumulation.

The people who live here all have the same expression, the eyebrows and the corners of the mouth are drooping, the bruises under the eyes are lingering, and the words must be dirty... They are always lifeless, like clockwork doll, lifeless.

Everyone is looking forward to the demolition, looking forward to making a fortune, and then moving to a clean and bright residential area, but the government has said that it will be demolished for more than ten years, and the huge "demolition" written in red ink on the low wall of the alley Already faded, no action yet.

Residents of urban villages woke up after waiting, and gradually stopped dreaming of getting rich. After all, even the cleaners don’t want to come to this place, and the white-collar workers in office buildings would pinch their noses when they mentioned it, as if it stinks. smell.

For such a picky city moth, it would be nice not to be kicked out of the capital, so how could you expect anything else.

Shangchu bypassed a puddle covered with crushed ice on the ground, bought two meat buns at the bun shop, took a bite of the buns and smoked.

The roads in this place are not easy to walk, the narrow alleys are intertwined in an unorganized way, it is not too much to say that it is a city maze, if you accidentally enter the wrong alley, you may be [-] miles away from your destination after turning around Eight thousand miles away.

Shang Chu skillfully turned right at the third alley, and a faint voice came from the corner ahead:

"Handsome guy, you have to pay tolls when you walk this road, that's the rule."

"Looking at your temperament and attire, you don't look like a person here. How about this, we won't bully you as a newcomer, we will give you a half discount, and charge you 300 for the toll, isn't that interesting?"

Shang Chu laughed, the voices of these two people were too familiar to him—the twin grandsons of Grandma Wang's house upstairs, two brothers Along and Ahu.Their parents went to work in a coal field in the south a few years ago, and then a landslide occurred, and the couple died in a foreign country for no apparent reason.These two brothers are not yet full, and they have long regarded the juvenile management as their own family. They are notorious ruffians in the villages in the city. Stealing and robbing are considered trivial. It is said that they stabbed people a few years ago.

When Shang Chu first moved here, they also robbed the passageway, but they ran into a hard stubble, and after being beaten up by Shang Chu, they were frightened, and when they saw Shang Chu, they took a detour.

Today I don't know which unlucky guy had to go into the alley early in the morning and ran into these two hooligans.

Shang Chu was walking forward with a cigarette in his mouth and a bun in his hands. When he turned the corner, he immediately saw that "unlucky guy" was being pressed against the wall by two people, one on the left and one on the right.

Ah Hu is right, this unlucky guy is not from here at first glance.

He is tall, taller than Aaron and Ahu by more than a head, with sharp and smooth profile lines, higher browbones than ordinary people, and a straight nose. He is wearing a black down jacket, with slender and straight legs, and the sneakers are Shangchu. A known brand, limited edition, five-figure price.

This person has a kind of indifferent and delicate handsomeness, just standing there with downcast eyes, he is out of place in this dirty place.

"How many?"

The unlucky guy raised his eyelids and asked coldly.

Shang Chu watched with interest from the corner. This unlucky guy has tall legs and long legs, and the muscle lines of his legs are also well-proportioned and strong. He may not lose in a fight.

"Three hundred! Damn it!" Aaron pressed his shoulder and said viciously.

The unlucky guy's eyes were calm and unwavering, without any emotion, neither anger nor fear.

Just when Shang Chu thought they were going to fight, the unlucky guy nodded calmly, took out a black wallet from his coat pocket, and took out three pink notes from it with his knuckle fingers.

"..."

Well, feelings are a coward!

Ahu took the money overjoyed, folded it in two at random, and was about to stuff it into his trouser pocket when he heard a nonchalant voice from the end of the alley: "Hey! Isn't this Brother Long and Brother Hu? It opened early in the morning? "

Shang Chu pinches his cigarette, takes a bite of the hot bun, and walks this way with one hand in his pocket.

"Brother Xiaoshang?" Aaron was taken aback.

"It's almost enough to ask for five yuan and ten yuan." Shangchu sniffed, his eyes swept over the few red bills in Ah Hu's hand, "Is this too much?"

"Brother," Ah Hu leaned into his ear, with a sad expression on his face, and whispered, "My grandma is sick, and if I don't have money to see a doctor, I will die!"

"Your grandma will be mad at you sooner or later!" Shang Chu said coldly, this kid lied and didn't make drafts, he also saw Grandma Wang picking up empty bottles downstairs yesterday, her body was extremely strong.

"Then..." Ah Hu stuffed the 200 yuan back into the poor man's hand, and said sadly, "Is this okay?"

"Brother Shang," Aaron stared at him with slightly cold eyes, "don't you understand this place yet? The rules are like this. If you want to be safe, don't go here. We can talk to those high-class people outside Well water doesn’t violate river water, but it’s bad luck for them to enter here, and it’s right to spend some money to eliminate disasters.”

Shang Chu whistled: "Sure, Aaron, this eloquence is not inferior to those high-class people outside?"

His tone was playful, but if you listen carefully, you can hear the sarcasm and indifference mixed in it.

In fact, what Aaron said is correct, the village in the city has its own set of rules of survival, which may be contrary to the conventional morality and the law, but in this narrow and crowded place, hundreds of people survive by relying on this set of rules .

Shang Chu understands very well that as long as these local ruffians don't get their ideas on him, he will ignore such things most of the time.But today is different. Today is the first day he entered the first police youth training camp. The psychological hint of "I might be able to become an excellent police officer in the future" virtually added a sense of responsibility and mission to him.

Shang Chu tilted his head, and said with a smile, "What are you telling me about dick nonsense?"

Ahu was less courageous, and quickly stood in the middle to smooth things over: "Brother Xiaoshang! This man is so rich, and he is not short of 100 or [-]! We didn't want to mess with him, but he has been wandering around here. Who knows if An'an has good intentions!"

Only then did Shang Chu shift his gaze to the unlucky guy by the wall, who looked to be about the same age as himself, and very handsome—just handsome.Most teenagers at this age have not yet developed a clear outline of the bones, and there is always a kind of round childishness mixed on the face, but his jaw line is very neat, the nasal bone and brow bone are very straight, so the eyebrows and eyes are deeper than ordinary people. , you can vaguely see the heroic temperament that only adult men have.

"Hey, do you want to help?" Shang Chu asked.

The unlucky guy's gaze slowly shifted from the half meat bun in Shangchu's hand to the corner of his oily mouth, he frowned calmly, and said politely, "Thank you, no need."

Shang Chu raised his eyebrows, probably this coward was trying to save face, so he was too embarrassed to ask for help.

Before he could speak, he saw Counselor hand the 200 yuan in his hand to Ahu again.

Ah Hu was dumbfounded: "Huh?"

"Cure." The unlucky man said succinctly.

Shang Chu was a little surprised when he heard the words, and looked up at him, but there was still no expression on his face.

"Brother Shang," Ah Hu couldn't make up his mind, turned his neck and asked sullenly, "Can I take it?"

"None of my business."

Shang Chu stuffed the remaining half of the steamed stuffed bun into his mouth, feeling like "So I'm an idiot". This man is a fool and Holy Father Maria, and he has become the one who meddles in other people's business.

He clapped his hands and whistled out of the alley.

Behind him, the voice of Holy Father Maria came: "Excuse me, how can I get to the eastern suburbs?"

Aaron replied ferociously: "Ask for directions? One hundred!"

Shang Chu gave a "cut" and kicked the empty bottle by the roadside.

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