Cartilage [Republic of China]

The anger still burned him completely.Suddenly, the world spun, and a sharp object touched his neck.Colder than his neck exposed to the wind, he guessed it was a knife or a long, thin nail.

"Do you have any money?" Someone said, and he sounded very familiar.He wanted to tilt his head to look at it, but immediately there was a sharp pain in his neck.Then be honest: "No money."

The man seemed to be stunned, and he didn't hold back his words for a long time.Zhu Yanren was bored waiting, and the right side of his neck was itchy, probably bleeding: "Why don't you let me go and find another one. I really don't have any money now." He tried to hold the man's hand, The man also relaxed.He made a clever move, grabbed the man's wrist and twisted it hard, trying to cut off his hand, which he learned by accident from Yi Jiage.

But he didn't learn well, didn't get into the essence, and that man was extremely powerful.Shengsheng slammed his hand down and grabbed his wrist.Zhu Yanren screamed in pain, and immediately saw a stone hit him: "Don't move!"

"It's you?" The two opened their mouths at the same time. Zhu Yanren got angry and kicked him from below: "Isn't it over yet? You can't grab others and grab me? I really have no money!"

"Your sister is with me." He lowered his head and let go, and the stone was held in his palm.

Zhu Yanren wanted to pull the collar of his blouse, which was being messed up by him, but when he heard his words, his hands stopped.He raised his head in surprise, pushed him fiercely, and pressed him against the wall, with a fierce look in his eyes: "You kidnapped my sister?".

Like a homeless and ambitious wolf cub, this was what He Tianqian came up with the moment his back hit the wall.He missed Zhu Yanren's eyes: "She is crazy, I want to buy her medicine."

Zhu Yanren was stunned, with one hand still stuck to his neck, chasing his eyes with his eyes.Zhu Yanren tilted his head to look at him, the peaked cap was already crooked, only half of it rested on his hair, which was messy.His entire eyeballs were red, and he couldn't tell whether it was too much bloodshot, or the tears in his eyes made the red in his eyes: "You lied to me? How can you be crazy when you are fine?"

"I don't know either." His voice didn't fluctuate, and he could feel Zhu Yanren's arm getting tighter and tighter: "I was crazy when I saw her. Later, I insisted on seeing Shui'erlin, and then I couldn't remember anything at all. Stopped." He saw that Zhu Yanren's eyes were wide open, and his lips were trembling physiologically: "She always calls her brother, saying that she has found your father."

Zhu Yanren loosened his arms, staggered a step, fell backwards, and hit the wall.He hasn't heard from his father for a long time, and in fact, he doesn't miss him very much these days.It seems that in those years in the United States, my father would always appear inadvertently and leave inadvertently.

By the time Zhu Yanren settled down at He's house, it was already night.Before again, the two sat down to have a good talk, but the conversation was not right, and He Tian didn't talk much.Several times, Zhu Yanren was so anxious that he shut up and waited for him to understand.The two talked around the fire for half an hour at night.At any rate, some existing problems have been explained clearly.

In addition to carrying sacks, He Tianqian also paid homage to the Green Gang.He is not stupid, he knows to leave a way for himself.Now Zhu Yingrenren doesn't recognize anyone anymore, she always sits in a corner with a quilt wrapped around her body thickly, with only half of her neck exposed, one head, and two dull eyes.

He Tianqian cleaned up the next room for him.It turned out that it was He Tian's wife who lived, and since she passed away, a lot of sundries have been piled up.After tidying up for more than half an hour, it can barely accommodate people.Zhu Yanren was extremely exhausted, and when he went to bed, he wanted to lie down, but a clear musty smell penetrated his nostrils into his brain.With a shiver in his back, he bounced up, trying to find out where the musty smell came from.

After looking around, I found that the musty smell was everywhere, and it seemed to be accompanied by the erection of the house.Grow in the foundation.The room was surprisingly cold, even after wrapping myself up layer after layer, it was still cold.He sat up and leaned against the wall, shrinking his body vigorously to warm himself up.

After shrinking for a while, he really couldn't bear it.Put on your clothes and get out of bed.In the big room, he saw He Tiangan lying on the ground.He instinctively thought that He Tianqian had at least done something to his sister, and would at least sleep together.But no, it was his villainous heart.

He squatted down and shook He Tiangan awake: "I can't sleep, it's too cold." He Tiangan's eyes were blank, as if he couldn't understand what he said, and asked him in a daze, "What did you say?"

"I said me, it's too cold." Zhu Yanren paused every word: "I can't sleep, can I chat with you for a while?"

He Tiangan reluctantly got up from the ground, put on a ragged padded jacket, and walked to the middle room.After picking from the ground for a long time, he added a lump of carbon the size of a baby's fist into the stove, poked it with fire chopsticks, and called Zhu Yanren to come out: "Come out and tell, she finally fell asleep."

Zhu Yanren came out, spread out his palms, and placed them by the stove to warm up: "I heard that the Japanese are going to declare war on Britain and France and occupy the public concession. I used to declare at the customs, but now I'm closed." Hearing that He Tianqian wanted to speak, he He rushed to say: "I am weak and can't do strenuous work."

He Tian swallowed dryly, and lowered his eyes dryly.I heard Zhu Yanren say again: "It's not that I can't give it a try. Man Wubian wants to kill me." It's not good to show up in public. Now Man Wubian thinks it's easy to get rid of him, but she won't guess that he will go to work hard.Maybe he can hide, he thought, and sighed.

"Maybe it's okay to declare at the customs?" Zhu Yanren raised his head again: "I'll go to another house tomorrow to look for it, but it's just a rumor, Japanese people may not be able to get in."

"Yeah." He Tianqian nodded desolately, and walked towards his room. He walked slowly, a little staggering, such a stupid person, there was nothing he could do except sell his strength.No, he will still rob, if he doesn't learn well, he might join the Youth Gang in the future, Zhu Yanren thought.He also stood up from the pier and followed him into his room.

He Tianqian was climbing onto the bed, and hugged Zhu Yingren.Zhu Yanren rushed forward and pulled Zhu Yingren's hand away: "What are you doing?" He Tiangan pushed him over easily: "She is shaking, I will warm her up." He put Zhu Yingren into his arms completely: "do not worry."

Zhu Yingren did not sleep soundly, trembling slightly in He Tianqian's arms.He looked at Zhu Yingren's quilt, and then looked at the floor: "There are not many quilts, so don't sleep in separate beds. She is like this now, as long as she has some humanity, she will never do anything to her."

He Tianqian looked at him, and answered the irrelevant question: "She needs to come here, what a girl." He seemed embarrassed, and said slowly: "Zhu Yanren." He hesitated to call his name.

For Zhu Yingren, he felt a pity, and he liked him so much that he didn't dare to ask for it.He hugged Zhu Yingren in his arms, and called Zhu Yanren who was about to go out: "I have to find a way to make her get better."

When he turned his head, he saw Zhu Yingren trembling, and her trembling became more and more intense, reminding him of sifting chaff.He suddenly understood that it was not simply cold, and suddenly, he was so scared: "What's wrong?"

"She's always like this, I don't know why." He Tianqian tightened his arms hard: "It's boiled, it can only be boiled."

Zhu Yanren looked outside and nodded, then walked out quickly.When he came back, he was wrapped in cold air, his face and eyes were red, and he was completely frozen: "I will find a way to get some money tomorrow and send her to the hospital."

Back at the house, he couldn't sleep at all, and wanted to go back to the dormitory at night.Take out your own things, and then find a way to make money faster.

At night, Zhu Yanren ran into He Tianqian's room wrapped in the cold air.Kicking and kicking woke him up: "Can you use a gun?" He said and slapped a gun next to He Tiangan's pillow.

He Tiangan looked at the black muzzle of the gun and immediately woke up.Lie down and slide down: "Why do you have this?"

"I brought back two guns, and this one is for you. There are only five bullets. If there is any danger, protect my sister." Zhu Yanren took off the magazine and showed him.Button it again, pointing to the trigger: "Open the safety bolt first, and then pull the trigger."

He said he was facing the wall and wanted to demonstrate to him: "Usually, you must bolt the gun well to avoid firing it." He Tiangan's face turned cold a little bit, and the danger spread over his chest a little bit: "How can you be so proficient?"

Zhu Yanren made a shooting posture against the wall, with a calm face: "I learned it in the United States, self-defense."

"Let's go steal it," He Tianqian said weakly.

Zhu Yanren's hand paused, and his voice was weak: "It's fine, you can go."

"It's you." He Tianqian's voice almost disappeared.

"I'm going?" The gun in Zhu Yanren's hand almost fell to the ground: "Why should I go? I've never done such a thing."

"You look good, listen to me, hey, don't do it, you listen to me first! If we steal, we will steal the big ones, their money is black! When you go, pretend to pick things, pick seven or eight So, take another one while they are not paying attention." He Tiangan finished a long sentence in one breath, panting.

"Can it work?" Hearing what he said, Zhu Yanren's mind became active, and he doubted: "Why are you so wicked?"

He Tiangan laughed a couple of times in a daze, but didn't speak.

16. New Years

The New Year and the Fifteenth are over, the bustle is gone, the weather in Shanghai is getting colder, and life is even more difficult.Before five o'clock, the merchant's signs lit up, red and green, all dazzling.

Zhu Yan hurried away, pressing a diamond ring into the pocket of the little coat.Maybe it was cold, or maybe he was afraid, so he folded his arms across his chest.The diamond hurt his chest.

He felt weird, as if someone was staring at him, and immediately turned his head away.upright