Hermit crab

Xie Xiaojiang shivered in a small corner of the Internet cafe. Today is the third day of his "escape".

In the early morning of the previous day, carrying a lot of luggage on his back, he walked a few kilometers in a panic and found a remote guest house.

However, in this city of S where every inch of land is expensive, it costs more than one hundred yuan to live in such a dilapidated room with only one single bed for one night.

Xie Xiaojiang lived in pain, 100 yuan, that was the living expenses he limited to himself for a week on weekdays!

After staying for a day, he checked out, and then lived in places like KFC and McDonald's.Because he was carrying a big bag of luggage and didn't buy anything to eat, he was kicked out by the staff as a homeless person.

In the end, Xie Xiaojiang came to the Internet cafe. He didn't surf the Internet. He just saw the sign of "30 nights included" hanging on the door of the Internet cafe.

When paying the money, the owner of the Internet cafe glanced suspiciously at the large snakeskin bag at his feet, only to see a pot handle sticking out of the snakeskin bag.Xie Xiaojiang carefully blocked it with his body, but still drew a mocking snort from the boss.

Xie Xiaojiang was guilty of being a thief, feeling that he had been seen through from the beginning to the end, and he shrank his neck and dared not raise his head.

Fortunately, the owner of the Internet cafe didn't drive him away, and let him go in to find a seat by himself after collecting the money.

Thinking of the experience of being almost caught by Boss Wei, Xie Xiaojiang still has lingering fears.No wonder he felt that Boss Wei was looking at him in the wrong way from the very beginning, and it turned out that he was looking at him at all.He just said, how can there be such a good thing in this world, having money and drinking, it turns out that it is a trap to catch people!

Xie Xiaojiang's mobile phone has not been turned on for two days, as if he is afraid that the group of people will find him as soon as he turns it on.I don't know if the guy surnamed Wei will call the police. If he calls the police, it will be miserable. I heard that the police can also track cell phone signals, which is always shown in TV dramas.

The temperature in the past two days has been getting lower and lower, Xie Xiaojiang rolled himself into the small Internet cafe chair, and was a little worried about what he should do next.

He has been in S City for more than half a year, and he doesn't have many acquaintances. Now not only is he recognized by the "creditor", but he also lost his job, and his future is bleak.

He was too hasty when running, not only the bedding and pillows, but also an induction cooker that he failed to bring out.

Thinking of this, Xie Xiaojiang regretted so much.You don't have to bring anything, how can you not bring that induction cooker?That was the most extravagant thing he had ever bought in his life. The 998 stove was imported from Germany. It was a fighter jet in the induction cooker!

It's only been a few months, woo woo woo... He doesn't know if Manager Wang will turn in all the things he left after he runs away. It didn't work either.

Xie Xiaojiang thought about it, but he was finally reluctant, and decided to take the risk and go back to get it.

But before going back, no matter what, he had to contact Xiaoding to ask about the situation, so as not to run away.

Xie Xiaojiang took out the phone with a black screen from his trouser pocket, bit the bullet and pressed the power button.

After the boot screen, the mobile phone successfully searched for a signal, and Xie Xiaojiang was so nervous that his heart was pounding.

Two seconds later, the repeated vibrations almost knocked him out——

More than 50 unread text messages, more than 30 missed calls... My mother!

Xie Xiaojiang glanced at the missed calls with wide eyes. The one who called the most was Manager Wang, followed by Xiaoding, and then the "budding" sisters Ting, Xiaotao, Xiaomei, Xiaofang... He is going to be called Had the original colleagues hunted down collectively?

Xie Xiaojiang started trembling and clicked on the text message interface——

Sister Ting: "Xiaojiang, where are you going? Are you free to have a meal? My sister invites you!"

Xiaotao: "Xiaojiang, the big boss you offended yesterday came again today, they seem very angry, by the way, where are you now?"

Xiaomei: "Xiao Jiang, you really don't want to die, even that kind of big boss dares to offend!"

Xiaofang: "Brother Xiaojiang, why didn't you say anything when you left, do you still think of us as sisters?"

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The corners of Xie Xiaojiang's eyes twitched. Although these people sent a lot of concerned words, why did he still have a weird sense of crisis?

He continued to look down and finally saw Xiaoding's message, there were two messages in total. The first message asked him what happened, and the manager had been looking for him; Do you want to.

As soon as Xie Xiaojiang saw the three words "induction cooker", Xie Xiaojiang's eyes lit up, and he quickly replied: "Yes, yes! Please keep it for me!"

Xiao Ding, who received the news, called Xie Xiaojiang back immediately: "You finally turned on your phone! Ouch, I was scared to death two days ago, and there are two big bosses who have been looking for you! How did you offend them? ?”

"Uh, it's a long story..." Xie Xiaojiang frowned slightly. This experience not only offended the person surnamed Wei, but also involved a sad past of him. Xie Xiaojiang never said anything about it, so naturally he didn't want to Tell Xiaoding.

Xiao Ding asked again: "One of them also said that he has your nude photos and indecent videos in his hands. What's going on?"

"Isn't it?" Xie Xiaojiang felt incredible, "Really?"

Xiao Ding: "That guy said it himself, and he asked me to tell you that it's best to go to him, otherwise I'll send those photos of you to the budding girl. You don't know about the photos? Hmph, I just feel that The guy is not a good guy, maybe he is talking nonsense!"

Xie Xiaojiang suddenly remembered that he had also seen a photo of himself that was secretly taken in Chunjiang Huajingyuan before, but that photo was not a nude photo... Could it be that Wei also took other photos?

"Ci'ao~!" Xie Xiaojiang blushed, angry and anxious, "Despicable, shameless, obscene, perverted!"

Xiao Ding: "..."

After Xie Xiaojiang finished cursing, he looked around cautiously, and quietly shrank back, for fear of being discovered.

He said depressedly, "What else did that bastard say?"

Xiao Ding: "It's gone, uh, what are you going to do?"

Xie Xiaojiang was struggling in his heart, he never expected that the well-dressed Boss Wei would threaten him with such dirty means!

He hadn't seen what kind of photo the other party took, so he guessed it was a picture of himself taking a shower or something.

Xie Xiaojiang was so excited that his heart was on fire, and he pursed his lips and wanted to compete with the other party.

In fact, after thinking about it, he is not bad in figure, and he is not shady, not to mention that he is neither a celebrity nor a big girl, so if he is exposed, he will be exposed. What is there to be afraid of?Even if this place can no longer survive, he will go to Beijing or Shenzhen. There are many places where he can mix. Who would know who he is in another city?

Xie Xiaojiang quickly adjusted his mentality, and said to Xiaoding: "Let him alone!"

He must never throw himself into a trap and go to prison. If he is caught, his sister will be finished.

Anyway, if he is barefoot, he is not afraid of wearing shoes, who is afraid of whom!

"...Brother, you can't bear it!" Xiao Ding groaned and said a few more words, and then asked him when he was going to get the induction cooker.

Xie Xiaojiang remembered some of the encounters he had just come to S City, and he was careful: "Besides, I'm not sure when I will be free, and besides, that Wei De is probably waiting to arrest me, so I don't dare to go back now. I will be relieved to have you watch over that induction cooker for me, and I will go back and get it when I have a chance."

Xiao Ding: "..."

Xie Xiaojiang and Xiaoding have known each other for half a year. Although they are also called brothers on weekdays, for poor people like them, a little temptation of interests will change many things.

It's not that Xie Xiaojiang doesn't believe in Xiaoding, but that he doesn't believe in this society.

After hanging up the phone, Xie Xiaojiang quickly found a few friends' phone numbers and copied them down, then pulled out the SIM card from the phone.

Holding the discarded card, he seemed to see the tragedy he encountered when he first came to S City——

Eight months ago, Xie Xiaojiang came to work in S City at the instigation of a fellow from the same town. At that time, the fellow made a promise that he would introduce him to a big company as a security guard, not only including food and housing, but also three gold and five insurances , the salary is comparable to that of a white-collar worker, Xie Xiaojiang followed him as soon as his heart moved.

When he arrived in S City, Xie Xiaojiang first worked as a floor shop in the rented house of his fellow villager for a few days. The fellow ran around every day to help him with the formalities. After ten days of busy work, he told him that to be a security guard, he had to pay a training fee of 4000 yuan first. , this training fee will be refunded [-] per month in the subsequent work, and will be returned in four months.

Xie Xiaojiang didn't doubt that he had him, so he gave all his savings, 500 yuan, to the fellow villagers.

There was still a shortfall of five hundred. Xie Xiaojiang begged his fellow villagers to help him advance the payment.However, the fellow disappeared without a trace after taking the money. Xie Xiaojiang couldn't reach him on the phone, and was worried about what happened to him, so he waited for him to come back in the rented house.It wasn't until the fourth day that the hostile-looking landlord suddenly came to ask Xie Xiaojiang for the two months' rent owed by his fellow villagers, that Xie Xiaojiang realized that he had been cheated.

At that time, Xie Xiaojiang, who was only 21 years old, could never have imagined that a person could be so despicable!

He escaped from the rented house and wandered the bustling streets like a beggar, secretly wiping tears while cursing his fellow villagers in his heart.

Passers-by who came and went saw him and took a detour, their eyes full of contempt.

Xie Xiaojiang was unaccompanied and penniless in S City, and he couldn't even afford a bus ticket back to his hometown.

Strolling to the bank of the Fengjiang River, he looked at the black water of the river, feeling desperate.

But looking at the thousands of brightly lit households on the other side, he was very unwilling. In such a big city, with so many opportunities, is there really no place for him to live?

It happened that there was a young couple beside the guardrail chatting, the woman said: "Whenever we can buy a house of our own on the opposite side."

The man exclaimed: "River-view house? The house price there is [-] to [-] square meters. I can't afford it in my whole life!"

The woman said: "Oh, I'm just talking, what if the house price drops one day, or we win the big prize?"

The man said: "You can daydream! Let me tell you, this place is all rich people's territory. Ordinary migrant workers like us, even if we can buy a second-hand and third-hand house in the city center, it will be demolished in a few years." I can only move to a remote place!"

The woman pointed to the opposite side and said: "But you see that there are also many windows that are darkened over there. Aren't they all sold out? Since they can't be sold, why don't you lower the price?"

The man laughed at her: "Who said it wasn't sold? Those rich people bought a lot of houses by themselves. How could they live in them? Some are left vacant, and they will be resold when the house price rises."

The woman muttered: "What a waste, it's better to live with us when it's empty..."

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Xie Xiaojiang looked at the apartment on the opposite bank, his cat-like pupils were shining brightly by the street lights by the river, at that moment, he seemed to see hope.