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The pungent smell of gasoline mixed with the smell of blood spread in the narrow car, and Ji Lin felt pain all over his body.

Noisy voices came from outside the car, and he wanted to open his eyes to see clearly, but he didn't have any strength in his body.

"There are three people inside! Three people!"

"No, the car is leaking oil!"

"The child is sentient! Child! Can you hear me? Child!"

"Ji Lin!"

The young man sitting in front of the counter who had fallen asleep in a daze suddenly woke up, opened his eyes and blinked twice to see the situation in front of him clearly. He rubbed his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Qian frowned, saw Ji Lin yawning and said, "Brother Ji, you are so sleepy, why don't I take the night shift today."

Ji Lin waved his hand, "It's okay, you're not going to take CET-[-] or CET-[-] exams tomorrow, so go back and rest early, or you won't be refreshed for the exam tomorrow."

He got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water, patted his cheek hard to wake himself up, and then returned to the counter.

Ji Lin stood and looked outside the door.

The sky was still gray and cloudy, gloomy.The rain in the clouds does not know when it will fall. The hot and humid weather makes people feel sticky on the skin, and the breath is wet.Even though it was already evening, the heat didn't seem to abate in the slightest.

Pedestrians came in in a hurry, bought something and then left in a hurry. Time was lost in the opening and closing of the automatic door, and the heat wave outside poured in through the crack of the door, hitting Ji Lin's body intermittently.

He rubbed his arms and looked at the time. The clock on the wall had just pointed to nine o'clock.

There are still ten hours, Ji Lin counts silently in his heart.

"Brother Ji, I'm leaving first, thank you for your hard work tonight." Zhou Qian threw away the trash and waved to Ji Lin.

Ji Lin glanced at him, lazily raised his hand and turned back, "Go back early, be careful when you climb over the wall and enter the dormitory, and don't be caught by your dormitory again."

"Hey." Zhou Qian scratched his head in embarrassment. He blushed and said, "No, I've said hello to the gatekeeper this time, and the door will be reserved for me."

Ji Lin hummed and signaled him to leave quickly.

"Then I'm leaving, Brother Ji, watch the store alone and be careful." Zhou Qian couldn't help but repeat, "There's a mess around here, last time I saw a fight in that alley, and the two hotels next to it... ..."

Seeing Ji Lin looking up at him, he shut his mouth and smiled bitterly twice.

Ji Lin: "If you know the chaos, go back quickly. Be careful if you encounter robbers on the road. It will be too late to cry. Go back and study hard. When you finish the sixth-level exam tomorrow, come over and make up a few night shifts. Let me have a good rest for a few days."

Zhou Qian hurriedly responded, then opened the door with his bag on his back and left.

The hot wind blew in again, Ji Lin sighed, sat on the chair and turned down the air conditioner a bit, turned on the phone to watch the live broadcast.

There were not many guests at night, and occasionally a few drunks came in to buy cigarettes, or men and women arm in arm came in to buy some family planning supplies. When the night was darkest at three or four o'clock, the whole city quieted down, let alone Someone came to patronize.

Ji Lin braced his face and tried his best to watch the live broadcast on his mobile phone. He could hear the sound of the headphones standing nearby, but he still couldn't resist the menacing drowsiness and closed his eyes.

Didn't sleep all day yesterday, Ji Lin was really sleepy.

The hot wind blows, the alleys where no one passes by, only the current sound of street lighting, and the moths flying in the air remind the time here is flowing.

It was supposed to be a peaceful summer night, but the wind brought a restless breath, making the already stuffy air even more oppressive.

Fang Jing followed Boss Lu, with a half-burned cigarette dangling from his mouth, and his tight short sleeves were tied around his body. His back and chest were drenched with sweat, and the color was darker than the surrounding area.

The young man had a straight cut head, and the hair on both sides of the temples was shaved off, leaving only a blue scalp. Under the half-light and half-darkness, he frowned, and his facial features, which were already not soft, became even more sharp.

Standard social youth dress.

Boss Lu, who was walking first, stopped suddenly, and the younger brothers who followed him also stopped.

There was also a group of people standing opposite them, and the two groups of people looked at each other a few meters away. It was no coincidence that they met at such a narrow road at such a time.

Fang Jing stood behind Boss Lu and stared at the person opposite, his palms were already sweating as he clenched the iron bar. A brother standing beside him poohed and was about to speak, but Boss Lu stopped him.

Boss Lu sneered, threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground and crushed it out, looked at the leader opposite and mocked, "Isn't this the dog next to Guo Feng?"

As the words fell, the two groups of people rushed to the opposite side at the same time.

He didn't know how long he had been sleeping on the table, when suddenly there was a roar of cars outside, Ji Lin woke up with a start, subconsciously sat up straight and looked out the door.

It is still dark outside, only a few neon signboards are still glowing and working hard.

Ji Lin squinted his eyes for a while, but didn't notice anyone driving on the street.

But the roar that woke him up just now did come from outside, and he was sure that he heard it right.Looking outside for a while, it was still quiet, and then Ji Lin slowly relaxed.

Zhou Qian is right, the security around this convenience store is indeed not good.

This kind of place surrounded by bright lights, feasting, and sensual places gets more and more lively at night, and there are all kinds of people. However, correspondingly, the night shift salary of this convenience store is higher than that of other stores.

If it wasn't for the higher salary, college students like Zhou Qian wouldn't choose to work here.

And Ji Lin came to work here simply because he was not worried about safety issues and because he knew the boss here.

The mobile phone in front of me didn't know when it ran out of power and went black. Ji Lin bent down to take out the charging cable from the cabinet below when he heard a "boom--".

The roar of the car sounded again, louder this time, and Ji Lin could hear it more clearly. He also bent over the counter and heard the car parked in front of the convenience store.

The automatic door of the convenience store opened with a ding, and hot air mixed with a smell of blood blew in.

"no one there?"

Ji Lin straightened up and looked at the few social youths in front of him expressionlessly.

The tight T-shirts on their bodies were soaked with sweat, and there were still some dark marks on them. Ji Lin controlled himself not to look at the blood on their hands, and asked softly, "What do you need?"

"Do you have a Band-Aid?" asked the leader.

Ji Lin nodded, and took out a box from the cabinet behind, "How many do you want?"

"Get a box."

Ji Lin scanned the code on the Band-Aid, and heard the leader ask, "Is there any more Yun'an Baiyao?"

"Yunnan Baiyao is not available, but there is safflower oil, which is on the shelf over there." Ji Lin raised his finger and pointed to the back, indicating that if they want it, they can get it by themselves.

Seeing that one of them had gone, Ji Lin secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"Brother Feng, Lu Lao Si and his group should have learned their lesson tonight and dare not come to make trouble again, but the kid you mentioned last time, I saw him being cornered by people..."

"Brother Feng, I took two bottles." The young man with the safflower oil came back.

The person called Brother Feng nodded, glanced at Ji Lin who was standing there silently, and said, "Pay him the bill."

"A total of 50." Ji Lin looked at the leading brother and asked, "Scan code or cash?"

The eldest brother took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code to pay. A younger brother next to him asked, "Is there any discount? It costs 50 yuan for just this little thing? It's more expensive than a pharmacy."

Ji Lin: "Sorry, the price is set by the boss."

"Okay." Brother Feng finished scanning the code, raised his hand and patted the little boy's head, making him stumble.

Brother Feng: "This is Dumb Zhao's shop, stop beeping."

When Ji Lin heard his boss's nickname, he couldn't help but look up at the man in the lead. He packed the things in a bag and handed them over.

"Thank you for coming, and welcome to come again next time."

After watching the people leave, Ji Lin charged his phone. He looked up at the time and found that it was already five o'clock, and there were still two hours before he could get off work.

Ji Lin yawned, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and shook his head.After being disturbed by these guests, he couldn't fall asleep. He could only look at the gradually brightening sky outside with his face on his face, and count down the time to get off work bit by bit in his heart.

When Sun Zheng came to work, he happened to see Ji Lin stretching his waist. He smiled and said, "Why are you on the night shift again today? It's almost five days in a row. What did that kid Zhou Qian do?"

"He's going to take the English test CET-[-], and he's busy studying. Today he'll be able to work the night shift after the test." Ji Lin got up with his mobile phone, feeling sore all over his body, and couldn't help but sigh: "Why didn't I sit on the Internet all night before? I feel that I feel uncomfortable when I sit for a few hours to go to work now."

"What are you? When I'm my age, I feel a headache if I haven't slept well all night. You have a good heart. If you change shifts, you can change shifts. If Zhou Qian fails this exam, I'm really sorry." Sun Zheng said With a shiny forehead bent over to fetch water, Ji Lin couldn't help but look at it twice, feeling that it was still a bit difficult for him to become like Sun Zheng.

"It doesn't matter if you are sorry for me, as long as you are worthy of yourself in school." Ji Lin smiled, "There was another fight nearby last night, and a group of them came to buy things."

Sun Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Then are you okay?"

"It's okay, they just bought something. It looks like they came here after the fight, and besides, this is Brother Zhao's shop, so they don't dare to make trouble." Ji Lin put on his peaked cap, and waved at Sun Zheng with his bag in his pocket. , "I'll go back first, Brother Zhao gave me three days off in a row, see you next week."

Seeing him stepping on the battery car, Sun Zheng said in a loud voice, "Hey, be careful on the way back."

Ji Lin didn't respond, but only made a gesture to show that he knew.

Even though there was wind on the way back, it was still hot, and Ji Lin felt uncomfortably blown. After cycling 600 meters, he felt sweat running down his body.

He turned the car around and decided to take the path home.

It was still early, and there was no one on the path. Ji Lin was so hot that he increased his speed a bit.

After turning a corner, a person leaning on the wall and slowly moving forward appeared in front of him. Ji Lin's heart skipped a beat and he quickly stepped on the brakes, but he still watched helplessly as the car crashed into it.

With a "bang", the man fell directly to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Ji Lin cursed in his heart, and quickly got off the battery car.

He squatted next to that person, seeing that this person was wearing a tight T-shirt and baggy trousers, and his face was still familiar, Ji Lin frowned, and called him several times in succession.

The little brother who was hit had a pale face, with some dried blood on his body, a bruise at the corner of his mouth, and bruises on his exposed arms. His brows were tightly frowned, and he looked like I was very busy no matter what.

Ji Lin didn't respond to calling this person a few times, and simply stretched out his hand to push him a few times, and this person opened his eyes and looked at him.

Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked, "Can you still stand up? I'll take you to the hospital."

After listening to the silence for a while that day, I didn't seem to react.

Ji Lin said again patiently: "I'll help you up, take my car, and I'll take you to the hospital."

Now that person reacted, he grabbed Ji Lin's hand and said, "Not going to the hospital."

"Ah?" Ji Lin frowned, wondering if this person was so injured, why didn't he want to go to the hospital?

He asked: "Why?"

The man grabbed Ji Lin's hand and stood up, shook his head, walked forward a few steps tremblingly, and said, "I have no money."

Ji Lin was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously said "Huh?"

Fang Jing didn't look back at him, but staggered two steps forward, his body went limp, and he fell to the ground.

At first he thought that the pain from hitting the ground did not appear, Fang Jing was surprised for a moment, before he could care about it, but the next second his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.