The world is very bitter, you are very sweet

Shen Zhu carried Ye Zi's schoolbag on his back, held Ye Zi's hand, and led Ye Zi out of the dark alley, and they walked to the place with lights in silence.

Ye Ziyue hadn't recovered yet, and kept walking with her head down.Shen Zhu looked back at her, "Are you hungry? Do you want something sweet? Take you to eat ice cream?"

"No need..." Ye Zi was indeed afraid, and a few more tears dripped from his eyes.

Hearing Ye Zi's crying voice, Shen Zhu felt depressed, "Then what do you want to eat?"

"I... don't want to eat." Ye Zi raised her hand to wipe her tears, the faces of the three men just now kept appearing in her mind, and those disgusting touches seemed to still linger on her body, "I want to go home..."

Her voice trembled.

Shen Zhu stood still suddenly and turned around.

In the alley where they were standing, there was a light, but it was not on.

Shen Zhu was holding Ye Zi's hand all the time, now he took up those delicate fingers and squeezed them gently.

Ye Zi could feel that Shen Zhu was comforting her.She also wanted to stop, but... when she was wronged, she felt even more aggrieved when she received comfort and kind gestures from others, her eyes felt like they were on fire, and her tears became even more uncontrollable.

Ye Zi lowered her head, tears dripping directly onto the ground without passing through her cheeks.

Shen Zhu sighed softly, and hugged Ye Zi silently.

She is a little taller than Ye Zi, with this posture, Ye Zi's forehead can just rest on her shoulder.

Shen Zhu has never been able to comfort others, and she has never been in love since she was a child. She is at a loss in this situation.

Ye Zi was leaned on, closed her eyes and cried bitterly.

One of them was silent, the other sobbed, and neither spoke.

For Ye Zi, Shen Zhu's shoulder that she can rely on is more reassuring than any words.The gentle closeness she gave was not a hug, and the two hands that conveyed warmth were more effective than any comfort.

After a long time, Ye Zi stopped slowly, tears wet Shen Zhu's shoulders, Shen Zhu didn't care, still didn't say a word, took Ye Zi home, still holding her hand.

They walked for a long time for Shen Zhu to send Ye Zi home, and the South Street and North Street were far apart.

There was a lighting lamp in front of Ye Zi's house, which stretched their figures extremely long. Only then did Shen Zhu take off the schoolbag on his shoulder and hand it to Ye Zi, "Have a good rest."

"Sister..." Ye Zi took the schoolbag and whispered softly, "Thank you..."

Shen Zhu looked up at Ye Zi.

Ye Zi's eyes were still red, her eyelashes were a little wet, her hair and clothes were messy, but there was a smile on her face.

There was a strange feeling in Shen Zhu's heart, she stretched out her hand to hold Ye Zi's hand in a mysterious way, and rubbed her thumb against her palm a few times, "It's okay, anyway, you helped me like this..."

Thinking of that incident, Ye Zi actually felt embarrassed.It wasn't saving her at all, she scolded her younger brother before she understood the situation, and even smashed her with her schoolbag...

Ugh……

"Oh, that's right..." Shen Zhu took out a [-] from the black denim shorts and handed it to Ye Zi: "What's the matter with you two, neither of you like asking for money?"

Ye Zi looked at this twenty, and suddenly blushed, "I... forgot..."

Shen Zhu smiled, "Of course I know you forgot, otherwise why would it be in my hands now?"

"Oh."

"Oh what?" Shen Zhu stuffed the money into Ye Zi's school uniform pocket, staring at Ye Zi, "Sister, my store is very busy, and I chased you for a long time just now, how do I settle this account?"

Ye Zi frowned, "About? Sister, how much do you pay for a day at work, I can..."

I can supply you.

This is what Ye Zi wanted to say, but where did she get the money to make up for it?

Shen Zhu saw that Ye Zi hesitated to speak.She had been to Ye Zi's house more than once, but at that time Ye Zi was in class and knocked on the door, but there was no response every time.

Looking at the dilapidated door that was about to collapse in the wind and the yellowed schoolbag in Ye Zi's hand, she said, "Can you come and work in my shop for an hour?"

"Yes!" Ye Zi immediately agreed without thinking about it.

Shen Zhu nodded, hiding the little joy in his heart, let go of Ye Zi's hand, and said casually: "Okay, then you come over tomorrow, remember how to get to the store?"

"Well! Remember! Go straight ahead and turn left! Then..."

Shen Zhu raised his forehead, "Turn right first and then go straight to the end, then turn around after going out, and enter a new intersection when you reach the second fork... Don't enter the old alley, it is being rectified over there."

"Oh……"

Shen Zhu kicked the pebbles beside his feet, "If you don't see me when you come to the shop, just say it's for Shen Zhu."

"Okay." Ye Zi's eyes lit up, "Sister, is your bamboo bamboo from bamboo?"

"Hmm." While Ye Zi was looking at Shen Zhu, Shen Zhu was also looking at Ye Zi through the light.

Ye Zi's eyebrows were slender, her eyes were big and bright, and her waist-length hair was a little messy.There was not much blood in the mouth, it should have been frightened just now and has not recovered.

Ye Zi's expression was very sincere, and her tone was also very sincere: "Sister Chen Zhu, thank you for saving me today."

Shen Zhu's tone was casual, "You're welcome, it's easy to do. You have a kind heart, and nothing bad will happen to you."

Ye Zi was moved, and bowed to Shen Zhu with his schoolbag in both hands, "Thank you, I will go to the store tomorrow and pay you back the day's debt."

Shen Zhu thought it was funny, so he snorted, "Well, go back and wash your face, or you'll have a runny nose after dinner."

"Okay, thanks...huh?"

Ye Zi got up, Shen Zhu had already turned and left.She touched the bottom of her nose, didn't it feel sticky?

Looking at the slender figure that was gradually going away, the discomfort in Ye Zi's heart was reduced, and a little more joyful.

She carried her schoolbag and didn't go directly into the house. After leaving the alley, she walked to the main street of North Street, and went into a barbecue restaurant after a while.

It is Wu Sun's barbecue restaurant. The barbecue restaurant is usually very crowded at night, especially on weekends and holidays. At this time, Tang Geyu will come to the store to help.

Ye Zi didn't go there often, because when he did, he would be treated like a treasure by those people.

"uncle."

Wu Xun was sweating profusely from grilling the skewers. He took the time to look up at Ye Zi, and found that something was wrong, and immediately stopped his movements, "You? What's wrong with your face? What's wrong with your hair? Are you crying? Who bullied you? Why are you crying? What happened? You..."

Ye Zi pretended to be okay, entered the room and put the schoolbag on the table and started to put on gloves, "It's okay, I fell down."

Wu Sun obviously didn't believe it, so he came over and asked, "How did you fall? Where did you fall like this? Ye Zi, don't lie to your uncle."

"It's all right."

Wu Xun was worried in his heart. What happened last year made him pay more attention to Ye Zi's personal safety and mental health, "Tell uncle, what happened?"

Ye Zi became impatient, "I fell down."

Wu Xuan frowned, "You can fool those two bastards, but you can't fool me. Be honest, uncle and..."

"Don't ask." Ye Zi entered the kitchen, Tang Geyu and Wu Le were sitting on a small bench alone, skewering the cleaned vegetables and meat on bamboo sticks.

Seeing Ye Zi coming in, both of them were shocked.

"what happened to you?"

"what happened to you?"

Tang Geyu and Wu Le spoke in unison.

"It's okay, I fell down."

Tang Geyu obviously didn't believe it, "What you said can fool uncle, but not the two of us."

Wu Le looked worried: "What happened?"

Ye Zi's face was full of indifference, "I was blocked at the entrance of the alley by three hooligans."

"what?!"

"what?!"

"what?!"

These three are Tang Geyu, Wu Le, and Wu Xun who sneaked into the kitchen and just overheard these words.

"Where is it?!" Tang Geyu immediately threw the string in his hand on the plate, "I killed him?!"

Wu Le was also anxious, "Are you okay? Are you injured?"

Wu Sun was even more furious, "Who the fuck is it?!"

The person involved, Ye Zi, looked very calm, "I don't know, but someone has already taught them a lesson."

The three men were anxious and angry, but Ye Zi spoke easily.

Wu Sun asked, "Who is it?"

"A beautiful sister."

"?"

Three face question mark.

Ye Zi smiled, "I'm fine, but they were all beaten by that sister, it's too dark to see what they look like, but I'm fine."

"Scared me to death." Tang Geyu sat down in shock, "I was still thinking about murder for a few years."

Ye Zi shook his head, "Don't think about it, I'm fine."

"Boss? Why haven't my dishes been served yet? How long have you been waiting?!" After someone yelled outside, Wu Sun went out in response.

Wu Le looked at Ye Zi and felt heartache.

This is the daughter of his second sister. Her life was not very good. Although she was not so poor before, she lived her daily life with tight belts. I don’t know how much I have suffered in these years. What happened was something that made him want to go to S City and kill those people.

When Ye Zi followed his parents back to City H, an acquaintance went to pick them up, and then he went out to run some errands and asked Ye Zi's father, Ye Qingguo, to drive away first, but he was rear-ended by a drunk driver on the road.

Ye Zi's mother died on the spot, Ye Zi was seriously injured and hospitalized, and she was suspended from school for half a year.

Ye Qingguo was slightly injured in the car accident and did not go to the hospital, but he encountered an even more heartbreaking incident.

There was a big man in the car that hit them, which turned them from victims to perpetrators. The other party was not injured, but lived in the hospital for a long time, and asked their family for [-] yuan.

At that time, their family had only [-] yuan, not to mention their own living expenses, Ye Zi's medical expenses, and future school and living expenses... They couldn't even pay back the money.

Ye Qingguo really had no choice but to take the risk and steal the wires after listening to someone's instigation.

Sentenced to seven years.

Wu Le held his breath in his heart, and said in a calm voice: "Don't lie to us, just say what you have."

"I didn't lie to you." Ye Zi took a small chair and sat beside them, hanging out with them, "But I do have something to tell you."

Tang Geyu's subordinates slowed down, "What's wrong?"

Ye Zi said, "I saw that person again."

"Which one?" Wu Le frowned.

Ye Zi moved the strings in his hands slowly, with a small smile on his face, "The boy who saved me in S city last year is also in our school."