Master Swindler

"Fatty!" Lu Qingjia poured a glass of warm water and put it on the table, then patted the other party's shoulder cautiously: "Are you okay?"

In normal times, this kind of politeness and thoughtfulness would certainly not appear among pig friends. As soon as the pig came, it would consciously go to the refrigerator to buy food. I was afraid that there was not enough food, so there was no need for Lu Qingjia to treat it.

But at this moment, the fat man's appearance was obviously abnormal, his eyes were sunken, his spirit was haggard, and he was chattering like a frightened bird.

The most important thing is that this fat man who weighed more than 200 pounds when he met last month is now so thin that he is out of shape, and his bones are like a zombie.

If it wasn't for the familiar smell that he could smell when he grew up together and turned into ashes, Lu Qingjia wouldn't dare to think that the ghost-like guy in front of him would be his childhood friend.

He sighed, and said to the fat man with hatred, "I said earlier that the resource of one T in the hard disk is still too much, so I asked you to delete some, you see now—"

"Get lost!" the fat man said with red eyes, "I will bring the hard drive into the soil even if I die."

Lu Qingjia smiled: "Then there's no need, brothers, it's not a problem to make a dozen paper figurines, tall, short, fat or thin, regardless of race, I guarantee you don't need to be self-sufficient."

The fat man was stunned: "That's right, it's not all bad when you think about it."

Lu Qingjia changed his tone again: "All I burn are men."

The picture of a big man covered in body behind his death immediately gave the fat man goosebumps: "Can you stop giving me things you like and I don't like every time? I owe you a favor by keeping them for free."

Seeing that the fat man recovered a little bit, Lu Qingjia said seriously: "What's wrong with you?"

When the fat man heard this, his mood that had been relaxed just now began to tense again, and then he tremblingly took out a few hundred-yuan bills from his pocket.

Lu Qingjia also wanted to ask if he knew that his time was numbered, so he specially confessed the only remaining inheritance. Before he could say anything, he found that although the color and texture of the banknotes were the same as the real banknotes, the words on the top It was printed [XX Hades Bank].

Lu Qingjia took one and looked at it carefully. If it weren't for these few words, the money could really be mistaken for real.

With a mournful face, the fat man began to talk about what had happened.

After graduating from university, Lu Qingjia inherited her uncle's inheritance and opened a farmhouse in a beautiful place.The fat man stayed in the city and became a primary school teacher.

During the summer vacation this year, that is, at the beginning of last month, Fatty brought a few colleagues to his place to play.

One day when I went fishing by the lake, I almost drowned when I went into the water to swim, but I was lucky enough to save him.At that time, it was a false alarm, everyone scolded Fatty, and after ordering a warning, they didn't take it to heart, including Fatty himself.

As a result, since last week, the fat man began to have nightmares. In the dream, a sum of money appeared on him out of thin air, but every night, an old woman tried to change ways to ask him for money. Every time the money was missing, his body became weaker. point.

Moreover, this kind of weakness is completely unexplainable, not only the mental lethargy, but even the body size will decrease visible to the naked eye.

That is to say, he changed from a fat man weighing more than 200 kilograms to his current appearance not in a period of more than a month as Lu Qingjia thought, but in just a few days in less than a week.

The fat man burst into tears as he spoke: "I woke up the morning before and saw that I had lost more than [-] catties, and I was still happy, and then I took out a handful of money from my pocket, which was as much as what was left in my dream. "

Now, no matter how heartless he is, he will be scared to death. After these few days of suffering, the fat man has figured it out.

"The money is my life. If I spend it all, then my whole life will be ruined." The fat man scratched his scalp in despair: "I also want to stick to the last little money, but it's already too late, brother."

"That old woman is getting stronger and more tyrannical every day. At first it was just a dream, but now I can see her at any time. On the road, in the mirror, under the bed, last night I saw her when I was about to shit and opened the toilet seat. They all open their mouths to ask me for money.”

"If this continues, I will go crazy sooner or later if I don't die." The fat man said here, looking at Lu Qingjia: "A voice in my head has vaguely told me in the past few days that the reason why I suffered this crime was because of the incident of drowning. .”

"According to that thing, my life was originally picked up, and now it's just a screening test."

"Screen what?" Lu Qingjia asked.

The fat man looked at him with despair: "Screen whether I am eligible to participate in the game."

In other words, the horror and torture he is experiencing now is just the beginning.

The fat man grabbed Lu Qingjia like a straw and said, "Brother, you are the only person I know with a quick mind. You have to help me."

"I've looked for Taoist priests and monks, and I've tried all the ones who cut off chicken heads. They are all lies. I can only come back here to try."

Lu Qingjia is very popular, but she doesn't have many real friends, Fatty is one of them.

And when he asked the other party for help when he asked the other party for help, the fat man didn't shirk it, so Lu Qingjia naturally had to be righteous.

So he comforted the other party, and agreed to go to the lake to explore during the day tomorrow, and then settled the exhausted guy to rest.

Before leaving the room, Lu Qingjia took away the remaining money from the fat man. According to the fat man, this thing was related to his life. The fat man didn't dare to throw it away or damage it. He kept it close to his body, but he was willing to hand it over to Lu Qingjia. It can be seen that he trusts it.

Lu Qingjia didn't figure out anything from the banknotes. When it was time for dinner, it might be because the banknotes left him, or it might be because he couldn't hold it anymore. The fat man slept soundly.

Seeing this, Lu Qingjia didn't ask him to get up for dinner, but asked someone to leave a portion for him, and went back to his room to rest.

After Lu Qingjia fell asleep after searching for information on the Internet to no avail, she appeared at a train station late at night.

This station is located in a remote place, with no buildings around, and in the distance is the wilderness and hillsides that have fallen into the night.

The stop sign is very old, with [Shanweipo Station] written in traditional characters on it. Looking at the names of every station before and after the route, there is a gloomy look, and [Ghost Gate Pass] is impressively written on the terminal station.

Lu Qingjia knew that she was in a dream right now, it was a lucid dream, but this dream was too real.

Even the dim street lights not far from the stop sign, because of the discomfort caused to the eyes by the occasional flickering of the old, are so clear.

At the side and rear of the station is a small shop, the size of a bungalow for ordinary residents. It is still open so late, and Lu Qingjia can see a middle-aged man sitting behind the glass cash register drowsily guarding the shop.

There is a faint red billboard [[-] Hell Supermarket Chain] at the entrance of the store, as if it might not scare the passers-by to death.

Lu Qingjia took it out of his pocket, and sure enough, the hundreds of Ming coins he took from the fat man were brought into his dream.The expression of the portrait of Grandpa Mao on the top also changed from kindness to a bit weird.

This is good, Lu Qingjia originally thought that the fat man could provide too little information, but now he can find out for himself.

Lu Qingjia put the banknotes back and was about to go to the store when an old woman suddenly appeared in front of her.

The old woman's gray and dry hair was so sparse that most of her scalp was exposed, and there were some scars on her scalp. Her face was like dried orange peel, with sunken eye sockets and drooping corners, with greedy and fierce eyes.

But at this moment, he seemed a little surprised to see Lu Qingjia instead of the fat man. The fierce look on his face was restrained, and he even squeezed out an ugly smile that he thought he was benevolent.

Showing his black teeth, he pretended to be pitiful and said, "Young man, grandma has no money to go home by car, can I borrow two yuan for the car?"

Lu Qingjia thought, he is in his early twenties, but he still looks so easy to deceive?

He looked obedient and obedient since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was also the kind of handsome, sunny, positive young man who looked like a greenhouse flower who had never experienced the dangers of the world. He was often taken as the target of deception when he went outside.

However, the tears shed by people who thought this way were enough to wash their faces and make people sober up. On the contrary, the fat man with an unfriendly face is the one who is really soft-hearted and kind-hearted, and likes to help others.

Encountering a similar situation, but still in a dream, it feels somewhat unreal, and it's no wonder that he was deceived in the first place.

Lu Qingjia smiled, and said to the old woman, "I'm sorry, I don't have any change." Then she pointed to the store and said, "They should have some, right? You can ask the boss to borrow it, he must have it."

Hearing this, the old woman's orange-skinned old face suddenly collapsed, pointing at Lu Qingjia, she spit and cursed: "It's not easy to do anything with two dollars, you can kill me, I'm very old, and it's cold in the middle of the night I'm hungry, I don't have the energy to stand, and you still kick me, just two yuan? Think about it, if your old lady and grandma encountered this kind of thing outside, would others be as chilled as you are?"

Don't look at the old woman's appearance that she has just crawled out of the ground, but she speaks sharply, just like the routine of catching students to swindle money at the station.

Once you soften your heart and agree to borrow it, the other party will increase the amount and say that you heard it wrong.Or wearing a high hat or moral kidnapping, young people generally have thin skins, and this trick has been tried and tested.

However, Lu Qingjia's attention was not here. He was just trying it out, but the attitude of the old woman made him sure——

She really didn't dare to use the same routine to blackmail the store. Judging by the name of the store, it is obvious that it has a strong background. Since it is a chain, it naturally has its scale, and it may even be "government-run".

Lu Qingjia has good eyesight, and he can see most of the products inside through the open door of the store.

In addition to daily necessities such as grain, oil, non-staple food and stationery, there are actually incense candles, paper money, ingot candles, and even paper figurines, paper carts and paper houses in the corners.

As if sensing Lu Qingjia's gaze, the eyeballs of one of the paper figurines seemed to move, and then blinked in Lu Qingjia's direction, which was a bit weirdly cute.

Lu Qingjia looked away calmly, pretending to be retreating from the old woman's accusations.

He hurriedly begged for forgiveness: "Chengchengcheng, I'll borrow it, can I still borrow it?"

As he spoke, he took out a hundred-yuan bill and muttered, "But I really can't give you all of them, and that's all I have left."

"How about that, I'll go to the store to buy a bottle of water for some change, will you wait for me here?"

When the old woman heard this, she hurriedly said, "Oh, I'm thirsty and hungry right now, young man, why don't you buy me something to eat?"

"Sure, I'll buy you some bread and mineral water."

"I'll go too, you don't know what I like to eat." The old woman followed Lu Qingjia stubbornly.

Lu Qingjia had no choice but to agree, but in that slightly embarrassed smile, there was a hint of playfulness flashing in her eyes, which the old woman who also felt confident in her heart didn't notice.

The store is less than 50 meters away from the station sign, just a few steps away.

Lu Qingjia knocked on the glass cabinet, and said to the middle-aged man who was dozing off, "Boss, buy something."

Then he said to the old woman who was looking at him with a urging face: "Grandma, go in and get it yourself, don't take too much, I don't have much cash with me."

The old woman got this sentence, as if some restrictions around the store were lifted for her, she jumped inside and started to scan the goods on the shelves desperately.

Regardless of what Lu Qingjia said, he acted as if he was going to evacuate the store.

In fact, the old woman's thoughts are easy to understand, since Lu Qingjia still doesn't understand the situation, the more money he can cheat, the better, and the money in his hand is the best.

Anyway, after taking the things, if Lu Qingjia refuses to pay the bill, at worst, she will throw a tantrum, but if the other party can't hold back and let go, it's over.

Look at the situation at the moment, but there is no police who can deal with disputes. If someone comes with you, the shopkeeper will naturally treat you two together.

The old woman was full of pride, her eyebrows were beaming, and she looked at the goods greedily, desperately taking them without saying anything, and even opened them to eat and drink on the spot. It was indeed as if she had been hungry for 800 years.

Lu Qingjia pretended to call her twice to calm down, but the old woman didn't even seem to hear her.

Lu Qingjia had no choice but to sigh helplessly, and said to the boss: "I'm kidding, my grandma is like this, but don't worry, we all want everything she dismantles."

He acted as if he had just said the confession in vain, and gave up on himself: "Forget it, just stock up on some cigarettes and give me two Zhonghua."

The boss glanced at Lu Qingjia when he heard the words. At this moment, Lu Qingjia's image was similar to his during the day.

He inherited his old uncle's inheritance. Although he could only live in the countryside due to various reasons, his ability to make money is not bad. He is not very rich, and ordinary rich people are not considered humble.

With well-dressed clothes and eye-catching appearance, Lu Qingjia has never been questioned about his spending power, and of course it is the same now, although he just said that he doesn't have much cash on him.

The boss immediately opened the glass container and took out two cigarettes. According to the market price, these two cigarettes are worth several thousand.

Lu Qingjia opened a bag on the spot and put one in his mouth, Xin Dao seemed to be able to prove at least two points.

Firstly, this store does not take the same position as the old woman, and secondly, I don’t know much about the situation of dreamers like him. So far, the other party is just like an ordinary store. It exists but has a certain deterrent, for example, the other party cannot enter the store alone.

Then combined with the road signs and the name of the store, a guess gradually formed in Lu Qingjia's mind.

Lu Qingjia slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, and saw the old woman was still desperately unpacking, trying to make it look like he would have to pay for the pile of things in a while.

He seemed bored waiting and said: "That paper cart is nice, I want to burn it for my grandpa, can you take it down?"

The paper cart is in the corner of the shop, piled up with the paper man and paper house, and you need to use a stool to get it.

Seeing that Lu Qingjia spent a lot of money and his grandma was also in the store, the boss didn't feel suspicious, so he turned around and took a stool to take down the paper cart.

Just looking back, where is the young man at the door of the store?Then disappeared, of course, those two cigarettes.

The boss groaned, and then looked at the old woman, who was still stuffing something into her mouth desperately. He walked over and grabbed the old woman's hand: "Where's your grandson?"

The old woman mumbled with something in her mouth: "Don't worry about me, don't worry about me, someone will pay later."

The boss sneered: "It's good that someone pays, I'm afraid that kid has nothing to do with you."

"He just took two cigarettes, not too many, only one thousand seventeen."

In the past few days, the old woman has worked so hard to get everything out of the fat man's hand, let alone posting it backwards. She turned her head and looked at the empty store door, and she was completely stupid.

Fatty woke up the next morning, feeling much better mentally. When he came to the restaurant, he met Lu Qingjia who was having breakfast.

He said happily: "Sure enough, it was right to come to you. I slept so soundly last night. It was a rare night that I didn't dream of the old woman. I didn't see her in the mirror when I got up and washed in the morning."

Lu Qingjia held coffee in one hand and a Chinese cigarette in the other.The fat man knew that this guy didn't like smoking, let alone Zhonghua, and he was wondering when he would change his taste.

Then he heard the other party say: "I can't pay for the things I bought, and the store has held back the money. Of course I don't have time to come to you."

Fatty: "...?"