Siheyuan: Starting from the driver

Chapter 656 Things are changing

Steel rolling mill.

Public toilet.

After Li Kailang finished using the restroom, he was about to leave when, on a whim, he glanced at the last stall.

"I wonder what Jia Dongxu left behind?"

Thinking of this, Li Kailang couldn't help but walk over out of curiosity.

"bump!"

He closed the car door, then carefully moved the stone bricks over, only to find that there was nothing underneath.

Li Kailang couldn't help but chuckle: "Haha~ That's right. Jia Dongxu died on his first day at work. How could he have time to hide scrap steel?"

"It's a pity that things have changed and people are gone. Tsk tsk tsk."

Having satisfied his curiosity, Li Kailang carefully put the stone brick back.

"I wonder who will be the next to open this place? It certainly won't be Qin Huairu. I wonder who will benefit from it?"

Li Kailang clapped his hands and left the men's restroom, where he ran into Yi Zhonghai.

The two pretended not to see each other and went their separate ways.

After Li Kailang had walked away, Yi Zhonghai turned to look at his back and said, "Hmph, what's the use of studying at night school if he doesn't learn anything good at such a young age?"

Yi Zhonghai's mouth was full of vinegar-like sourness, not just because Li Kailang studied at night school.

The main problem is that he makes extra parts, and every time he asks for them, Guo Da Piezi says he doesn't have any.

Upon arriving at the warehouse, they discovered that the items had already been taken. After inquiring, they learned that the items had been sent to the transport team.

"Transportation team? What would you send it to the transportation team for? Who in the transportation team would need a grade eight workpiece?"

Yi Zhonghai looked down on the maintenance workers in the transportation team from the bottom of his heart; no one there was qualified to use grade eight workpieces.

Who else could it be but a repairman? Yi Zhonghai could easily guess that it must have been given to Li Kailang after a quick elimination of all other possibilities.

"Did you give it to Li Kailang? How capable can a kid be? At most, he's a second or third-level worker. In the end, it's just a waste of talent."

But Yi Zhonghai lived up to his name; even after finding out, he didn't cause trouble, which scared Guo Da Piezi so much that he almost thought Yi Zhonghai was going to turn on him.

Thanks to the fact that he didn't turn against him, Guo Da Piezi intentionally or unintentionally gave him some face.

It's not so much about giving him face, but rather about having to give face to Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-grade worker, since times have changed.

With Jia Dongxu no longer holding him back, Yi Zhonghai's reputation gradually improved, and he chatted and laughed with everyone in the workshop, and everyone greeted him when they saw him.

Even those who previously resented Yi Zhonghai because of Jia Dongxu have gradually changed their minds.

"Yi Gongren is a good person. Why would I hold a grudge against him before? It must have been Jia Dongxu who caused it."

"That's right, it's Jia Dongxu who made us hold a grudge. Jia Dongxu is a good-for-nothing. With such a senior craftsman, he can still do such a bad job. I don't know what he was thinking."

With a better reputation, Yi Zhonghai's smile became even more amiable, and he mingled more with everyone.

But at that moment, he didn't know that his reputation would be ruined once again before long.

night.

"Bye-Bye!"

"Bye-Bye!"

After saying goodbye to his classmates, Li Kailang decided to stop by the black market.

Since the crackdown on black markets before the Lunar New Year, I haven't been there again. I went again after more than half a month.

Once inside the black market, Li Kailang wandered around for more than half an hour.

"Something's not right. It feels like they've changed the staff, and there are fewer people around."

Some stalls are gone, and even the people managing the black market have changed.

Most importantly, he didn't even see Zhang San, Wang Wu, and the others.

"Could it be that they were all taken down and captured?" Li Kailang was completely baffled and naturally wanted to find out the truth.

I asked a familiar stall owner a couple of questions.

"You mean those people? I haven't seen them in a long time. I haven't seen a single one since I opened my stall seven or eight days ago."

"They might have been arrested by the police before the new year. After all, the scene was so big, how could they have escaped?"

"It's just a pity that they were arrested. Now there's no one to sell grain here, and my family has run out of food."

Someone chatted with him, and the stall owner gave a vague answer, complaining about the police.

Having received the answer, Li Kailang wandered around a bit more, but finding nothing of interest, he headed back home.

As he walked, he realized something was wrong and felt someone was following him.

"Following me? Hilarious! I'd like to see who's following me!"

Li Kailang didn't alert the enemy. He pretended not to see them and walked forward for a distance, approaching the entrance of an alley. Then, he suddenly slipped into the space.

The two people following behind quickly and quietly caught up, but when they entered the alley, they found that Li Kailang had disappeared.

"Where is he? Where did he go? Let's look for him." One person looked around.

The two searched around the alley, but couldn't find it no matter what they did. Their actions were all observed by Li Kailang.

"We lost track of them."

"Oh well, if we lost them, we lost them. But that person looked pretty much like them. Let's go back and report!"

"to make."

The two headed back home, but Li Kailang was thinking to himself, "Could these two have come looking for me?"

Thinking of this, Li Kailang quietly followed behind the two of them, and thanks to his lightness skill, they didn't notice him.

After walking for a while, Li Kailang originally thought that the stronghold of the living people would be near the black market, but he didn't expect it to be a little far away.

Finally, they arrived at a courtyard.

The two looked around to make sure no one was nearby before gently knocking on the door.

"Squeak~"

Someone inside opened the door and poked their head out.

"Don't worry, no one's following us," one of them said, before letting the two inside.

The door had just closed when it suddenly opened again, and they were relieved to see that no one was there.

Hearing no sound, Li Kailang then quickly climbed over the wall and slipped inside.

A light was on in one of the rooms. Li Kailang sneaked over and then slipped into the space.

A moment later, someone seemed to wake up from the bed with a yawn, and the person who opened the door immediately lit a cigarette for them.

The two men who had followed Li Kailang back quickly stood up and called out, "Big Brother!"

The man waved his hand: "Why are you back? Did something happen at the black market?"

One of them quickly explained, "Boss, we just met someone at the black market. He walked around but didn't buy anything. It seems like he was looking for someone."

“We don’t know who he’s looking for, but this person looks familiar to me. He seems to be that big businessman from before the New Year. We followed him for a bit, but we lost him immediately.”

"Boss, you know my skill level when it comes to following people. I've never lost him. This guy has two kids, and they should be that big businessman."

"Oh? Are you sure!" The older brother stood up in surprise, somewhat incredulous.

"It should be, almost certainly," he said confidently.

The boss nodded. He knew his underling's abilities; he was a firsthand witness to that massive raid.

His former boss was arrested, yet he, as a subordinate, managed to escape unscathed, demonstrating his exceptional ability to escape with others.

The eldest brother waved his hand and said, "It's okay. If you lost him, you lost him. He must be quite capable to make you lose him. If he comes again next time, just talk to him directly."

“We’re all in business. Whether he sells to Zhang San or me, it’s the same thing. Now that Zhang San and the others are gone, he’ll come back sooner or later if he wants to get rid of the goods.”

Inside the space, Li Kailang heard everything clearly, but hesitated in his heart: "Why don't we take this opportunity to talk? We're already here."

After only a few seconds of thought, Li Kailang shook his head and rejected the idea.

"There's no need. We're not short of money. Showing up like this all of a sudden is just courting death."

"Since you're in business, you shouldn't be in any real danger. We'll talk about it when we have time."

Thinking of this, Li Kailang quietly exited the space and climbed over the wall to leave the courtyard.

"who!"

A shadow flashed by, startling the leader, who immediately ran back into the house to grab his gun for self-defense. The others quickly grabbed their weapons. The four exchanged glances, formed a battle formation, gently pushed open the door, and then leaped out, appearing in the yard.

Eight eyes stared at every corner of the yard, but they couldn't see a single person.

"Brother, you shouldn't be hiding here anymore, right?"

silence.

After searching every corner for a while without finding anyone, the four finally felt relieved.

The old man said, "Alright, stop looking. It's probably just a kitten or puppy, or something that fell over. If it were a person, we probably wouldn't have found them."

When the boss speaks, the underlings naturally listen.

He casually gave a few instructions, and his underlings headed back to the black market to keep watch.

the other side.

On his way back, Li Kailang suddenly heard a noise in the alley ahead, like the sound of someone being hit with a club.

He immediately slowed his pace and took a few steps forward quietly.

Peeking out, I saw a person lying on the ground, with two young men standing beside him holding sticks.

"Pah! You dare to come out at night with so little money? What a damn bad luck!"

"Damn it, don't come out if you don't have money, you hear me!" he said, kicking her a few times as a signal.

"Alright, alright, let's hurry up and go. They'll be here soon. Here's a bag of cornmeal, so we won't lose out," the person next to him comforted him.

"One bag of cornmeal is enough for several meals. We really made a mistake here and ran into a penniless wretch," he said, quite dissatisfied.

As he spoke, one of the men picked up a bag from the ground and walked towards Li Kailang.

Upon hearing this, Li Kailang understood the whole story.

"You two are really unlucky to have met me."

There's no way I could hide. Why would I hide from such a great act of bravery?

Li Kailang held his breath and waited confidently for the two to arrive.

As the two approached, Li Kailang suddenly darted out and appeared in front of them.

The two were so frightened that their bodies trembled, and their faces showed expressions of terror. Just as they were about to speak, Li Kailang grabbed their necks.

"Grotto kick!"

"Ugh!!!"

Their faces flushed red instantly, and they tried to shout, but their necks were tightly gripped.

Immediately, the two men went limp and were about to lie down when Li Kailang followed up with two more kicks.

"Um!!!"

Instantly, the two of them stood up as if they'd been injected with adrenaline!
He covered his groin with both hands, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

Is it fun to knock someone out with a club?

The two shook their heads.

"Not fun? I think it's pretty fun, just like you guys are right now."

"Grotto kick!"

The two men jumped up in fright, clutching their groins. After landing, their legs went weak, and they knelt down on the ground, saying, "Big brother, I...I was wrong."

"Groin kick!" Li Kailang pretended to kick again. The two men couldn't withstand the sudden shock and their heads lolled to the side before they passed out.

"You two are lucky!" Li Kailang clapped his hands, picked up the cornmeal from the ground, and kicked the stick away.

Looking at the person who had fallen to the ground, from what I had just heard their conversation, it was clear that they were from a poor family. I never expected that they would encounter robbers.

Even though the weather is getting warmer now, if someone lies on the ground for a few hours, they might end up in the hospital.

Now that he had encountered this situation, Li Kailang couldn't just sit idly by.

"Hey hey~" Li Kailang shook the person, who also woke up groggily.

Upon seeing Li Kailang for the first time, he was so frightened that he immediately threw a punch.

Li Kailang didn't even flinch, directly blocking with his cloth, and even had the mood to joke: "Sigh, you lost!"

He then got down to business: "Brother, please look carefully. I'm not a robber. At least make sure you look carefully before you leave."

"I knocked those two down, they're lying there now,"

As he spoke, he stepped aside and pointed to the two people.

The man finally realized what had happened, glanced at the two people lying on the ground not far away, and then looked at Li Kailang with a look of embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, young man, I wasn't paying attention. I hope I didn't hurt you."

"It's alright." Li Kailang waved his hand and helped him up.

Then she handed him the cornmeal and suddenly asked curiously, "Hey, I remember there's no grain for sale on the black market. Where did you buy this cornmeal?"

He explained, "I didn't buy it, I traded it. I traded wheat flour for corn flour, so I have more."

"There's no grain for sale on the black market, but you can trade for it."

"I see." Li Kailang nodded, then looked at the two who had fainted.

"What are you planning to do with these two?"

He was furious after being hit on the head with a club: "Take him to the police station! That bastard dared to hit me on the head with a club! If I'm left freezing tonight, I might just die!"

"This grudge can't be left like this!"

He was aggressive and even kicked a few times to vent his anger.

"Okay, it's up to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the man immediately took off their cotton-padded coats, then tied their hands and feet, causing the two unconscious men to shiver from the cold.

"Okay, you can take it to the police station yourself. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

"Hey, take care." With a wave of his hand, Li Kailang walked ahead.

The man looked at the two of them and hesitated for a moment. "It's exhausting to drag two people along like this."

There were no police patrolling late at night, and they wouldn't come even if we waited. But taking them to the police station seemed like too much trouble.

The weather is terrible now. If you take off your cotton-padded coat, you'll still have to tie it up to keep warm. You might freeze to death.

"You two are lucky!"

The man untied the two men and casually tossed their cotton-padded coats onto them, saying, "Whether you can survive tonight depends on your fate."

After saying that, he clapped his hands and turned back.

After an unknown amount of time, a cold wind blew by, waking one of them up.

"Oh my god! It's so cold!" She shivered, opened her eyes, and looked around. "How did I get here?"

After thinking for a long time, he finally remembered that he had been beaten instead of robbing someone.

My lower body is still aching slightly.

"Little brother, little brother!" he immediately called out to the little brother beside him.

After calling for a long time without getting a response, the older brother was startled.

"Wake up! Little brother, are you alright?"

"Slap! Slap!" A series of slaps finally woke the underling up.

"What are you doing?"

"Phew, at least he's not dead." The older brother patted his chest in relief.

If he causes his younger brother's death because of him, where can he go to seek justice?

"Let's go, hurry back." The eldest brother stood up shakily, his legs trembling, and his lower body still felt a faint stinging pain.

"Get up quickly." Despite feeling unwell, she pulled her younger brother up.

The two of them, supporting themselves against the wall, walked slowly towards home.

"Hatch!"

"Cough cough!"

After being chilly for most of the night, the two of them will definitely need to stay in bed and rest for the next few days, which will be a lesson learned.

(End of this chapter)