Temporary Bodyguard

There are always one or two north-south roads in the old city that are relatively deserted, especially where the hardware and grocery stores gather, and the sun is stingy to shine here.

The young girl in a small suit with a skirt covering her hips carefully stepped on her high heels, walking hard on the uneven concrete floor tiles of the sidewalk.Accidentally stepped on a live piece, and a puff of sewage came out, dyeing the almost transparent flesh-colored stockings into black long johns.She took out a tissue, wiped it and looked around crying without tears, and finally saw the small door between two hardware stores - Seal Special Housekeeping.

Because the appearance of the city was standardized some time ago, the door of the housekeeping company was exactly the same as that of the surrounding hardware stores, with big gold letters on a red background, so it was very difficult to find.The girl worriedly picked up the phone and checked again: "Aunt Zhang, are you sure it's number 82?"

"That's right, the boss has a bald head, you can see it when you go in."

There was a cold incandescent lamp in the room, and there were dilapidated sofas and dull-colored counters piled up against the wall.A round, bald head popped out from behind the counter, bluffing.

The brawny man wearing a big gold chain and walnut bracelets is exactly what Aunt Zhang called the bald boss. When he saw a customer coming, he immediately got up and said hello: "Hi, what service do you need?"

The girl approached tremblingly, looked left and right, but did not see a price list, only the yellowed business license in the glass frame barely proved its legitimacy.

"I heard...you have a private bodyguard project here."

It's school time, and there is a lot of noise in front of the kindergarten, the parents picking up their children, the children chasing and playing, and the hawkers selling fried skewers outside the door, which are the unique scenery of the residential area in this area.It's a pity that there are not many people who know how to appreciate it, and the aunt upstairs on the opposite side is obviously not among them. She pushed open the window and stretched her neck to spit: "Running all over the ground, growing up to beg!"

"You're the one who begs!" The chubby little fat man was unconvinced, and stood on the mushroom stool, bouncing and arguing with the old lady, but the plastic mushroom stool couldn't stand it, and broke his leg with a click.

"Ouch!" Several parents who saw them exclaimed, and before the little fat man was close to the ground, he was picked up by a powerful arm.

It was an extremely handsome young man, wearing a clean white T-shirt, sweatpants, and a funny pink-blue apron. He was the only male teacher in this kindergarten, Zhai Chen.

The phone in the pocket of the apron jingled, Zhai Chen put the little fat man under his arm, and picked up the phone casually: "Hey, Fatty Zhou...me? I'm cleaning up a little fat man. It's pretty similar, just a little bald."

As he spoke, he handed the little fat man to the fat grandma who came to pick him up, and snorted on the hairy watermelon head.

"Now? No problem, wait, I'll go right away."

He took off his apron, put his mobile phone into his trouser pocket, and looked at the female teacher beside him with a smile.The man with the corner of his mouth hooked to one side looked harmless when he was wearing an apron, but when he took off the apron, he was inexplicably ruffian.

"If you have something to do, go first. There are not many children left, so I'll take care of it." The female teacher blushed, and took the initiative to take over the job before he could speak.

Thanks to the kind colleagues, Zhai Chen snapped his fingers at the toy area: "Mengmeng, let's go!"

There was a little child sitting alone on the swing, out of tune with the lively atmosphere around him, when he heard Di Chen calling him, he obediently jumped off the swing.Zhai Chen picked up a strap of the black backpack and threw it over his shoulder, and walked out of the kindergarten holding the child's hand.

"Uncle, are you going to move bricks again?" Mengmeng looked up at him, obviously this was not the first time this kind of leaving early.

"Yeah, you go to Uncle Fang's place for a while, I'll pick you up later." Zhai Chen looked down at the child who was a little panting while walking, and picked it up and carried it on his shoulders.

Mengmeng hurriedly supported her uncle's head, barely sat on his shoulders, and sighed old-fashionedly: "Can't I say hello in advance? I'm going to have a heart attack because of you."

"Hey, it's just to practice your courage so that nothing can scare you, so as to prevent a heart attack."

For the uncle who made unreasonable words, the children who were powerless to resist could only roll their eyes vigorously.

The two wandered across a street and walked to the gate of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. The sign with white characters on a blue background was extremely conspicuous, full of justice for the people, and it looked like a safe place for children.

Di Chen put his little nephew down, kicked his little butt to signal him to go in quickly.

The kid patted his pants, walked in with his head drooping, and bumped into a man in a police uniform: "Uncle policeman, I'm lost."

At this time, the unscrupulous uncle who lost the child had already turned the corner of the street whistling, counted to five times, and answered the call from the police station: "Yes, I am his uncle. Oh, I'm so sorry Comrade policeman, I’m on the highway right now, and I’m heading back, please watch it first, I’ll…”

Before he finished speaking, a roar came from a long distance away: "Zhai Chen, wait for me!"

Moving the phone away, stretching out his little finger to pick his ears, Uncle Zhai hung up the phone without hesitation, put one hand in his pocket and the other hand grabbed the bag strap on his shoulder, and walked straight to the road where the hardware stores gathered.

The girl sat on the only high chair in the store and looked at the two candidates for bodyguards on the sofa: a greasy, vicious and burly man, and a razor-wielding little hooligan with wandering eyes.

"Well, Boss Zhou, I was entangled by my ex-boyfriend, and I just wanted to find someone to take me to and from get off work, not to take off his arms and legs."

Sure enough, this is not a serious bodyguard company, is it a shop that uses people's money to help people eliminate disasters?Seeing the bald boss frowning, she became even more nervous, grabbed her bag and wanted to leave.

"What kind of business?" A clear and pleasant voice with a bit of laziness came from the door of the store.Looking up, the man was like a ray of sunshine that accidentally broke in, illuminating the dark and old storefront.

The lady customer just lifted her body and sat back in an instant.

"Brother Chen!" The strong man and hooligan on the sofa immediately stood up and greeted.

"You two are here too." Zhai Chen responded, threw the bag on his shoulders on the sofa, picked up the Tieguanyin that Boss Zhou had just brewed, and drank it all down.

The bald fat man glared at him, and introduced to the girl on the high chair: "This is our trump card. If you don't like those two, why don't you consider him?"

"He too? But he looks like..." The girl looked at the clean and thin man in front of her in disbelief, and said that he was a college student, and people would believe him. How could he be a personal bodyguard or an ace?

Zhai Chen knew what was going on when he saw the girl's expression. He had seen this kind of clients a lot, so he didn't care. He put Boss Zhou's tea cup back: "It doesn't look like a bodyguard, it's more like a bodyguard." Agent, right? I've been in the CIA, to tell you the truth."

The calm and casual tone was inexplicably convincing, and the girl was taken aback when she heard it.

"Stop talking nonsense, talk about it," Boss Zhou touched his bald head, feeling that sooner or later he would be bald again by these bastards, "Miss Li, it's like this, he is special, and he has never missed a list in the past. However, the price is also the highest. If you just want to find someone to accompany you to and from work, I suggest..."

"How much?" Miss Li interrupted the boss's attempt to sell the two on the sofa, and asked the price directly.

"Of course, it's still much cheaper than a regular bodyguard company." Fatty Zhou twirled the walnut string on his wrist, "8 a day, [-] hours of all-round protection, equivalent to only [-] an hour!"

Hearing the price, the girl's face changed a few times, her eyes lingered on Zhai Chen's face for a while, and she said embarrassedly: "Can I only hire two hours a day, just go to work and leave work for a while, first for a week. "

The voice became smaller and smaller, until it was almost like a mosquito.

The store was quiet for a few seconds, and Zhai Chen sat on the armrest of the sofa, and casually grabbed the blade from the "rogue" to play with: "Success, 5000 yuan a week, a discount for new customers, [-] yuan."

The girl raised her head overjoyed: "OK!"

During the period of paying the deposit and registering, Zhai Chen chatted with the girl and roughly understood what was going on.

This girl is called Li Ting, a young white-collar worker in an office building, and has a paranoid ex-boyfriend who broke up with her two weeks ago.At first it was a desperate fight, but because of the girl's resolute attitude, the man began to follow her frantically, blocking her at work, and the second half.In the past few days, it has become more and more shameful, squatting in the parking lot and forcing her to get into her car, and even beat her with his hands.

Li Ting was terrified, but she didn't have that much money to hire professional bodyguards, so she heard that there were special housekeeping services that ordinary people could afford, so she came to try her luck.

"This kind of bastard will be fine after a beating." The burly man covered in motor oil sneered, took a cigarette from the boss, raised his chin at Zhai Chen, and strode away.

"Brother Fat, Brother Chen, I'm leaving too." The little rascal jumped up with a smile, and ran away in a flash.

Li Ting peeked at the backs of the two, and asked Zhai Chen curiously: "Why are you the most expensive?"

"Do you need to ask?" Zhai Chen pushed the contract in front of the client and handed her a pen, "Because I'm handsome."

The signing hand trembled, and the last stroke of the word "Ting" was stretched out.

"Well, can we start today?" Li Ting clutched her bag to cover the mud spots on her stockings, "I skipped work, and I have to go back to the company to check in."

"Can it work?" Boss Zhou didn't agree immediately, but looked at Zhai Chen.

Zhai Chen picked up the black backpack on the sofa, threw it on his shoulder and patted it: "Okay, why not, I'm taking the guy with me."

Li Ting's heart that had been raised all the time was immediately relieved. As expected of an ace bodyguard, she carried professional tools with her. It sounded like a clang, and she didn't know if it was a nunchuck or a jackknife.

The company was in the business district a few stops away, and the two took the evening rush hour bus.The two-section large bus, like the subway, has fewer seats and more stations. There are so many people in the carriage that it is almost as crowded as a photo.Zhai Chen asked Li Ting to stand against the wall, and propped himself on the wall of the car with one hand, blocking all the crowding and saltiness behind him.

"Thank you." Li Ting couldn't help but blush when she was so close and could smell the refreshing scent of soap on the man's body.

"Thank you, this is the standard of service." Zhai Chen didn't look at her at all, and looked around the crowd around him to prevent suspicious people from approaching.

Li Ting's company is located in a high-end office building, which is the intersection of the high-tech industry incubation zone and the financial street, where countless Internet companies and financial companies are located.The black and gold all-glass exterior and the magnificent open-air lobby show the preciousness of every inch of land here.

"What company are you in?" Zhai Chen casually drew a guide map at the front desk, and followed Li Ting into the elevator.

"Punctuation map." Li Ting couldn't help smiling when she mentioned the name of the company.Punctuation Map is a mobile phone application launched three years ago. Because of its superior performance and multiple ways of playing different from other maps, it quickly became popular all over the country, and now it has become a map that almost everyone uses.

"Good company." Zhai Chen folded the map and put it in his pocket, raised his hand and pressed the button on the 23rd floor.

Before Li Ting could ask him how he knew the floor, a group of people squeezed into the elevator.Although it is off-duty time, many companies have to work overtime at night, and the hardworking white-collar workers can only rush downstairs to have a meal before returning to their posts.

Most of the people in the elevator were in suits and leather shoes. Zhai Chen in T-shirt and sweatpants looked very abrupt, but no one would take him as a delivery man. Brother Chen, who looked down on all sentient beings, looked more like the casually dressed CEO of an Internet company.

Punctuation Company occupies the entire 23rd floor, and all the decorations are different from other floors. When you get out of the elevator, there is a glass door that requires fingerprints to enter.Zhai Chen asked the customer to go in and check in, and he himself admired the unique starry sky floor tiles at the elevator entrance.The dark blue and near black marble tiles are inlaid with fine light spots, which contrast with the wallpaper of the rising sun and setting moon.

The fire escape is enclosed in the glass door, which is very unfriendly to passers-by who cannot enter the company.

The company didn't seem to be off work yet. After waiting for a while, a young man came out. The well-ironed shirt was starry sky blue, the same color as the floor tiles, and a suit jacket with excellent texture was draped over his arm.

"Mr. Gao!" Li Ting, who ran out in a hurry, seemed not expecting that the man hadn't gone down yet, and bowed her head to say hello.

"En." The young man responded coldly, without giving Li Ting a straight look, he walked into the elevator first.

Zhai Chen wanted to follow him in, but was pulled back by Li Ting, and couldn't help but glanced again through the gap between the closed elevators: "Such a handsome leader, are you afraid to ride with him?"

"He is a tall, rich and handsome man with a straight face, and he can't afford to climb the flowers of the high mountains. There is no other benefit to coming to him other than being trained." Li Ting shook her head like a rattle, insisting on waiting for the next elevator.

The parking lot of the building is on the basement floor, and Zhai Chen felt that his client became nervous the moment he entered the venue, and motioned for her to walk behind him: "Give me the car keys."

Finding Li Ting's second-hand white car, Zhai Chen pressed the unlock remote control, reached out to pull the car door, and raised his hand to stop Li Ting when he was about to come over.

"Who is he?" A man suddenly sprang out from the shadows behind the car, pointed at Zhai Chen and asked loudly, the veins on his neck were tense, as if he was about to jump over and bite someone at any time, "It's only been a few days, and you found a new man gone?"

Di Chen quickly locked the car, took a few steps back to stand in front of Li Ting, looked up and down at the man, and clicked his tongue: "This is your ex-boyfriend? His eyes are more white than black, and he has an evil look."

"Fuck you..." The ex-boyfriend who was already blinded was instantly irritated, and touched a brick and was about to slap this pretty boy who was full of guns.

Isn't bodyguard safety first?How could there be such an operation to provoke the other party?Li Ting screamed in fright, and hid aside with her head in her arms.

Zhai Chen turned sideways to avoid this random blow, reached out and fumbled for something from his backpack, startling both Li Ting and his ex-boyfriend.Not a nunchuck, not a jackknife, but a portable oxygen tank that is an arm long!

Mr. Bodyguard unhurriedly slapped it on his face and took a few breaths: "I'm sorry, I'm weak and lack of oxygen."

Looking for someone with an oxygen cylinder who will die from hypoxia every minute to act as a bodyguard?The ex-boyfriend almost laughed out loud, and before he finished smoking, he slapped that handsome face with a brick.

Zhai Chen took off the oxygen cylinder, threw it back into the bag with a movement so fast that it was almost invisible, clasped the opponent's wrist with one hand, twisted it backwards, and threw the person to the ground like throwing a sack over his shoulder.

"..."

That's not something normal humans can do at all.

Li Ting opened her mouth wide, unable to utter a word.

Also stunned was Mr. Gao who was standing outside two rows of cars and witnessed the whole process.