Confessions of a Thief

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Zhuang Ze's stomach was convulsed with hunger again. This was the time of the day that he was most afraid of, because hunger would remind him that it was time to steal.

He has mild autism since he was a child, and he rarely talks to people other than his parents. However, since his parents, who are sanitation workers, died in a car accident four years ago, he has never spoken a word.

At that time, he was standing behind his parents, holding in his hands the soup dumplings he bought in exchange for acting like a spoiled child, and each of his parents held a big steamed bun. He still remembers that one of his steamed buns cost [-] yuan, and two steamed buns cost [-] cents.The three of them sat by the flower bed and had breakfast. After eating, his mother would leave work first and send him to school, but since that day, he never went to school again.

A dark car rushed towards them, Zhuang Ze didn't respond, but his parents pulled him away at the same time.Amidst the loud noise, he saw an uncle in a suit and leather shoes stepping out of the car. The uncle walked over and took a look at them, then turned around and got into the car and ran away.

Later, someone told him that there was no camera at the scene of the car accident, and there were no witnesses, so he was told not to wait at the gate of the police station, it was very troublesome.But Zhuang Ze didn't leave. Instead, he took the initiative to contact strangers for the first time. He handed the note in his hand to the person who let him go. On the note were four correct numbers. number plate.

The man took the note and was stunned for a second, then tore up the note, took a stack of red banknotes from his wallet to Zhuang Ze, touched his head and said, "My child, there are too many helpless things in this world. There are too few fair things. I am too ordinary, only enough to protect my own things, not enough to help you. You can live well."

Zhuang Ze didn't cry or make trouble, holding the money in his hand, watching the man in the blue uniform walk into the police station.

two

Zhuang Ze remembered that when his parents had just passed away, there were occasional relatives who would visit him, but after the funeral of his parents, they disappeared. Now he lives alone in an old residential building called a "slum". The five-storey brick buildings surrounded the city in a circle. Every day, people wanted to get rid of this place and move out, but no one ever thought of moving in.

Today, however, a moving vehicle drove into the building.

When Zhuang Ze walked down the third floor, he heard a few aunts next door chattering that a "fan" seller moved in and asked everyone to be careful not to get into trouble, but he didn't care, just struggling to survive as always .