flstandardbreds Chapter 164: Work after eating
Chapter 164: Work after eating
The boy who was sharing the table with Li Zhi's face changed. His originally honest and simple expression turned into anger at this moment. He suddenly put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, stood up and prepared to walk towards the old man.
But when he passed by Li Zhi, Li Zhi reached out and grabbed him.
The boy was stunned for a moment, then he turned around and looked at Li Zhi in confusion.
Li Zhi pointed at his half-eaten rice and said, "Go eat, you haven't finished it yet."
The boy was stunned. He was frightened by Li Zhi's sudden action, but he still said, "I'll come back to eat later, otherwise the old man will be beaten..."
Li Zhi did not let go of his hand and said, "Just watch carefully. It's not your turn to be the first to take action."
The boy frowned, his expression revealing dissatisfaction. He tried to break free from Li Zhi's hand, but no matter how he struggled, he couldn't get rid of Li Zhi's tight grip on his hand.
The boy's face became more and more angry. He didn't know why Li Zhi wanted to stop him, but he really couldn't just watch a weak old man being bullied and do nothing.
Just when the boy was about to take drastic measures, he heard Li Zhi say, "Look!"
Hearing this, the boy looked in the direction Li Zhi was looking.
He saw a man with a righteous look on his face walk out of the crowd, and then loudly scold the burly man.
The old man looked pitiful as he huddled behind the man.
The burly man seemed to come to his senses after hearing the man's harsh accusations. He changed his ferocious look, bowed to the old man to apologize, then turned around and left.
After the big man left, the old man trembled as he expressed his gratitude to the man who had just stood up for him, and then hurried away.
Seeing this, the boy frowned. He didn’t know what Li Zhi meant by asking him to look at this.
At this moment, the man who had been so righteous just now suddenly shouted: "Fuck! Where's my money?"
After searching his body for a while, the man suddenly remembered something and hurriedly chased after the old man in the strange direction.
The boy suddenly realized that it was all a scam.
He used the old man's weakness to arouse the sympathy of people around him, and then took advantage of the old man's unpreparedness to steal all the money of the person who kindly stood up for him.
Because everyone's attention was on the burly man, no one noticed the old man who was completely hidden behind the man, which allowed the old man to steal the man's money without anyone noticing.
"How can this man be so hateful!" The boy was furious, his whole face turned red with anger. He didn't know whether he was angry at the old man's bad behavior or at himself for being fooled.
The boy was about to rush out, but found that he was still being held by Li Zhi.
"Brother, let me go. I'll go see if that guy can find those two people." The boy knew that Li Zhi had no ill intentions, and his tone of voice was not as aggressive as before.
Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Sit down and eat."
The boy was stunned for a moment, and then, as if he had thought of something, he obediently returned to his seat and started to eat the half bowl of rice he had just eaten.
Li Zhi's eyes flashed with approval. He pushed the remaining food in front of him to the boy and said, "Eat it all."
The boy looked at the sumptuous meal in front of him and swallowed involuntarily. He looked at Li Zhi with a hint of confusion and vigilance in his eyes.
Li Zhi said calmly, "I can't finish it, don't waste it."
The boy's eyes moved back and forth between the tempting food on the table and Li Zhi's face. Finally, the boy said, "Brother, do you need my help with something?"
"You eat first and then talk after you finish."
Li Zhi stretched out his hand to signal the boy to eat.
The boy thought about it in confusion, then started eating directly, not minding at all that these were Li Zhi's leftovers.
Li Zhi just watched the boy eat quietly without saying anything.
The boy seemed afraid that Li Zhi would have to wait too long, and he also seemed to have never eaten such delicious food before. He finished all the food in a short while.
After the boy finished eating, he was no longer in a hurry to ask Li Zhi what his purpose was. He asked, "Brother, can you tell me why you didn't let me go with you?"
Li Zhi did not tell the boy immediately, but asked: "What do you think might be the reason?"
The boy lowered his head and pondered: "Maybe those people have already run away and can't be caught?"
Li Zhi said: "This is one of the possibilities. There are two other possibilities."
The boy's eyes flashed with doubt when he heard this, and he asked, "Brother, tell me about it!"
Li Zhi didn't keep him in suspense and explained directly, "People who do this kind of thing usually act in groups. If that person can't find those people when he goes out, he's lucky. If he finds them, he might get beaten up and robbed again."
"this..."
The boy showed disbelief in his eyes, but he still said, "What about the second possibility?"
Li Zhi looked up at the boy and said, "Another possibility is that the man is also one of their gang members. If we follow him out, we will inevitably be robbed of all our money."
The boy was frightened by Li Zhi's words. He never expected that the world could be so complicated and dangerous.
But just as he was shocked, he heard Li Zhi continue to say: "Of course, these are just my own guesses. Maybe there is no such thing at all."
After hearing Li Zhi's words, the boy looked at Li Zhi with complicated eyes, his heart full of doubts and confusion.
He couldn't help but wonder if Li Zhi was really playing a trick on him, but at the same time he felt that Li Zhi seemed to really want to teach him something.
Li Zhi didn't pay attention to the boy's gaze. He stood up and said calmly, "Let's go. Now that we are full, we have to go to work."
The boy immediately stood up. He had been waiting for Li Zhi to say this.
When someone does you a favor, you must return the favor.
This is what the boy's mother has repeatedly warned him since he was a child.
Li Zhi led the boy to the entrance of a narrow alley.
As soon as we entered the alley, four or five men with ferocious faces approached us.
There was a hint of vigilance and ferocity on their faces, and an imperceptible smell of blood emanated from their bodies.
They stopped Li Zhi and the boy. One of the men who looked like the leader asked in a bad tone, "Who are you?"
Li Zhi did not respond to the man's question. Instead, he turned to the boy and said, "Beat him!"
The boy was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand Li Zhi's intention and didn't react.
However, at this moment, Li Zhi had already taken action.
He punched the man hard in the face.
"Bang!" With a dull sound, the man was caught off guard and knocked down by Li Zhi's punch.
Seeing Li Zhi taking action, the faces of the others changed and they immediately pounced on Li Zhi.
Although the boy didn't know what was going on, when he saw Li Zhi being besieged, he didn't hesitate at all and rushed forward quickly to join the fierce battle.