I'm innocent [Comprehensive British American]

There is an inconspicuous small bookstore on Third Avenue, which finally opened again after being closed for a long time. The owner is a young Chinese man with a gloomy appearance, pale face, neatly combed slightly long hair, and a pair of slender fox He squinted his eyes and looked at the pedestrians on the road, as if he was thinking of some bad idea.

This small bookstore is so small and outdated, it's hard to find the latest issue of Playboy/Playboy in it, so no one patronizes it, only one or two kids come in occasionally to read comics.

The wind chimes on the door rang a few times, Qiu Chengke, who was half asleep and half awake, raised his eyes, and several beautiful female students walked in through the door, one of them was an Asian-looking girl who seemed to be excluded, she was wearing a plain black Framed glasses, combing a simple single ponytail, and holding on to the strap of the schoolbag cautiously, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

She followed closely behind several stylishly dressed girls, and found Qiu Chengke looking at them, immediately pushed her glasses nervously, turned her head and began to look around.

Qiu Chengke casually raised his eyes to look at them, then looked away, and continued to stare at the bill on the table in a daze. This time, Rhett helped him pay the electricity bill. He couldn't keep doing this, and the gambling rehabilitation hospital was about to be unable to pay. up.

Qiu Chengke looked at his phone. The companies he interviewed hadn't responded yet, so it was probably a dead end. He might try to do a few business deals, after all, that was his old line of business.

A few days ago, Rhett and Torres helped him search the entire house, and found seven or eight monitors and bugs in his house, especially in the bathroom and bedroom.

At that time, Qiu Chengke fell silent in front of the small things on the table. After he returned from North Dakota, he stayed in the gambling rehabilitation hospital for a few days, so he should have pressed in at that time.

The hands were clean and neat, and everything was reset. It was done by professionals. Qiu Chengke actually couldn't understand the meaning of doing so.

Qiu Chengke felt that he would never fall in love with anyone. After all, he used to be a killer and had no feelings. Now he has no money, can't afford electricity bills, can't afford roses, and can't afford to fall in love.

The more Qiu Chengke thought about it, the more he felt that he had no love in his life. In order to prevent it from happening, he began to search for information on nursing homes on the Internet, and arrange himself in them when he was old.

"Hi, hello." Just when Qiu Chengke was carefully choosing a nursing home, a female student leaned against the counter and said to him with a smile, "Let's find Kardashian's fashion magazines, where are they?"

"It was sold out a long time ago." Qiu Chengke smiled apologetically at her. "There are other fashion magazines here. They are on the top shelf of the third row. Maybe you can find what you like."

A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old raised her chin, and her colorfully dyed nails attracted Qiu Chengke's attention. She was blowing bubble gum, and suddenly found Qiu Chengke looking at her. She smiled, with the confidence and confidence that a girl of this age should have on her face pride.

Although she wore heavy makeup, made her whole body colorful, and her smile was too flamboyant, Qiu Chengke didn't hate her.

He is now curious about what this little girl who has just learned to show her charm is going to do.

"Barbara Jim, you can call me Barbara." The girl lay on the counter with her upper body lying on the counter, and put on a pose that she thought was very sexy, and said to Qiu Chengke, "Would you mind helping me find it?"

"Of course, miss, it's my honor to serve you." Qiu Chengke smiled politely. He walked out of the counter and gestured to Barbara as a welcome.

Like walking on a red carpet, Barbara raised her head and walked over under the guidance of Qiu Chengke. Several girls laughed and followed, and the girl with glasses stood still.

"Don't you want to take a look?" When several girls were excitedly choosing fashion magazines, Qiu Chengke walked up to the girl and said to her friendlyly, "There are also some poetry collections and science fiction magazines here, you might like them."

"Milein..." the girl whispered suddenly.

"What?" Qiu Chengke asked suspiciously.

She blushed and raised her voice, which seemed to have exhausted all her strength. She glanced at Qiu Chengke, summoned up her courage, and continued in a soft voice, "You just exchanged names with them, but you didn't ask me ..."

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Qiu Chengke seriously, as if this was a very serious matter, Qiu Chengke understood her thoughts, this girl needs other people's attention, from her performance it can be seen that she has been neglected for too long.

So Qiu Chengke smiled and said, "Qiu Chengke, my name, miss, where's yours?"

"Milein Ben." Melanie's eyes lit up, and she pursed her lips in an inconspicuous smile.

"Milein!" cried Barbara. "I told you, don't hold your throat when talking to other people. Open your mouth!"

Milianne's body trembled, she closed her eyes and shouted loudly to Qiu Chengke, "Mileinian! Ben!"

Qiu Chengke could see her body trembling. Because she was nervous, she pulled the shoulder strap harder, and the shoulder strap broke with a snap. The books were scattered all over the floor, and a piece of paper with a monster on it fell on the ground.

Barbara picked it up, looked at it, and threw it aside in disgust, "It's this again, you can't draw something normal."

Milianne froze. She picked up the book in a panic, snatched the painting and lowered her head very low.

"She's a freak." Barbara shrugged when she saw Milianne running away with the book in her arms, and said to Qiu Chengke, "I draw those messy things every day. I really don't want her to follow us."

Qiu Chengke looked back at Barbara, her expression was normal, she didn't realize how much her words would hurt Milianne at all.

Several girls left after buying the magazines. Before leaving, Barbara gave Qiu Chengke a discount coupon for a dessert shop.

Qiu Chengke accepted her kindness, and he put the coupon in his pocket without thinking about this little episode.

The days passed, and nothing happened except that Milianne came to the bookstore occasionally to read science fiction magazines.

No matter how hot the weather was, Milianne wore long-sleeved shirts to cover herself tightly, but Qiu Chengke still saw bruises on her exposed waist when she bent down.

And Barbara, just as Qiu Chengke thought, never came to this small bookstore with no books. She just wanted to show herself to be very feminine in front of her friends and even attract the attention of adult men. No other special meaning.

Qiu Chengke finally couldn't pay the treatment fee. On a dark and stormy night for a month, he took advantage of Dr. Letterman's business trip and when Dr. Foster was not paying attention, he abducted Rocker, who had been demoted to an intern, and ran to the casino to collect his money. After a wave of money, I was finally able to pay the electricity bill.

"Foster knew he would kill me." Rocker said in a low voice after he came out of the casino, "I will never gamble for you again. I don't bother to do this kind of thing. My ability is used to solve the case!"

"You can easily be beaten to death by yourself." Qiu Chengke tilted his head.Several people are hiding around the corner, ready to grab their money.

"I don't need to gamble, I'm not short of money at all." Rocker said provocatively, shaking his brand-name watch.

"Don't shake your big gold watch." Qiu Chengke turned around suddenly and flung out a dagger. The dagger brushed a man's face and stuck it on the wall beside him. The companions ran away together.

Qiu Chengke shook his head at Rocker, who was unconvinced and took the dagger and threw it out in a dignified manner. Halfway through the flight, it fell into the puddle and splashed with foul-smelling water.

"This is my last dagger." Qiu Chengke said helplessly after a few seconds of silence, "I don't have money to buy a dagger, so you pay."

Rocker rolled his eyes again, and just about to say something, Qiu Chengke's phone turned on, and there was an unfamiliar number on it.

Qiu Chengke and Rocker looked at each other, and got together to answer the phone.

A small voice came from inside, intermittently, with suppressed sobs, "Mr. Qiu? Do you remember me, I am...Milianni...I saw your...your phone on your door, I I want to buy the latest "Interval", but I can't go out tomorrow, can you... help me, put it at the door for me?"

"But I don't have "Interval" at home, you know Milianne." Qiu Chengke recalled the soft and quiet girl, and said softly, "Maybe you can try "Asimov Science Fiction Magazine" I have the latest issue here .”

"I can't go out now...I want to watch "Interval"" Milianne said with trembling voice and accentuated her tone. "You put the book at the door, I remember...I remember you have a flower pot, I will get it when I can go out."

Qiu Chengke realized that something was wrong, and asked in a low voice, "Milein, I remembered that I left you a copy of "Interval", and I will hide it in the flower bed at the door for you."

"No, it's easy to lose. You can just put it under the rug at the door of the shop... I'll get it in two days, and I'm going to hang it up." Milianne took a few breaths, and suddenly said with a clear crying voice, "Please." You, I really enjoy watching... please."

The phone was hung up immediately, Qiu Chengke put away the phone, looked at Rocker, and said in a deep thought, "She is under control, if it is kidnapping, the robbers will not give her a chance to call, this is not the time when campus bullying will appear , I have seen scars on her body, it may be domestic violence."

"Ah..." Rocker rubbed his face and whispered, "She's crying so pitifully..."

Qiu Chengke nodded, he turned to the phone Barbara left for him and called, the phone rang several times, and Barbara's confused voice came from "Who is it?"

"I'm Qiu Chengke, the owner of the bookstore, do you know where Milianne's home is?"

"Huh?" Barbara said vaguely, "Her house? What's the matter?"

"Has she ever talked to you about family problems?"

"Her mother is a prostitute, and she often takes men home. What happened to her?!" Barbara's voice suddenly increased, followed by a crackling sound, "Oh my god, I told you not to stay at home Why doesn’t she listen! I’ll look for where I wrote things down, ah! No. 118, Summers Community, oh my god, stupid Milianne!”

Barbara hung up the phone, probably going to get dressed, Qiu Chengke sat in the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt, and Rocker drove in silence.

After a while, he suddenly said, "How do you know her?"

"Barbara or Milianne?"

"Both." Rocker looked back at Qiu Chengke, and said seriously, "In this special period, it is very dangerous for you to meet two girls so quickly, Qiu Chengke."

"I won't fall in love with them." Qiu Chengke said helplessly, "They are still children."

"It's better not." Rocker stepped on the accelerator and muttered coldly, "What a coincidence, Qiu Chengke, it's too coincidental that they appeared."

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