Beyond Gold and Jade [Interstellar ABO]

"I'm not the boss," Pei Qingque was still a little shy when being called that for the first time, and pointed to Wen Jingyi, who was holding hands with her grandma not far behind and chatting affectionately, and said, "He is the boss." It’s the boss, I have to ask him for the price, I don’t know.”

"As soon as this man gets older, he likes to eat something sweet and soft. Pumpkin is good. Pumpkin is best for people with bad teeth like me." He took out an old wallet with a lot of wear and tear, and smiled at Pei Qingque with a missing front tooth: "Little boss, how much do you want to sell this pumpkin?"

On the man's head was a dark peaked cap, half of his face was hidden in the shadow of the brim of the hat, even though Pei Qingque was only a cart width away from him, he still couldn't see clearly.

The self-talking customers obviously brought him a lot of trouble. Although it was only a small half of the pumpkin left over from the sale, it was not Pei Qingque's after all, so naturally he couldn't decide how much to sell without authorization.

Pei Qingque was about to call Wen Jingyi over when she heard the other party's rough voice continue: "Do you think I bought too little? Well, let's take a few more white radishes and weigh them together. .”

"I didn't mean that," Pei Qingque repeated, dumbfounded, "I'm not the boss, so I don't know how much I should sell you. In this case, wait a moment, and I'll call the real boss over here?"

Seeing that Pei Qingque was about to turn around and walk in Wen Jingyi's direction, the strange customer refused, took a few steps forward, and stretched out a hand like dead bark towards Pei Qingque's shoulder, His voice was very hoarse, and he looked very anxious, as if he wanted to pull him back: "Boss, don't go? I haven't bought any groceries yet...Ah!!!"

Startled by the middle-aged man's screams, Pei Qingque hurriedly turned her head, and noticed at first sight that the robot who had been sitting obediently on the small bench came forward at some point, and the customer stretched out towards him. His right hand was firmly held by him, hovering in mid-air abruptly.

Compared with the hunched man, Meng Wangchuan's robotic body was very tall, and a large shadow fell from top to bottom, undoubtedly covering the opponent's thin figure tightly.

"You... what are you going to do?!" The middle-aged man was very panicked, he couldn't even speak, he kept struggling with his imprisoned arm, and found that there was no way to escape.

"Take your hand away and stay away from him." The severe pain swept in like a crescendo wave, Meng Wangchuan suppressed the desire to rub his temples, and squeezed out a warning from between his teeth, so his tone seemed sinister It was measured, and the people who heard it shuddered.

Pei Qingque had a headache. She didn't know that the passer-by who came to buy vegetables was just extending her hand, and she didn't know how she stepped on the thunder of this ice cube face.Seeing more and more inquiring eyes around him, he could only walk forward, gently hold the other person's wrist and pull it back: "He is just here to buy vegetables, so don't be so neurotic, okay?"

Originally thought that as long as he was subdued and coaxed like before, the robot that was on the verge of running wild would be able to be pulled back, but Pei Qingque did not expect that the same method would not work this time.

Seeing the middle-aged man's hands gradually turn purple-black and horrible due to the blocked blood supply, the force that could crush bones made the other party scream unbearably, and the huge scream echoed on the street: "Okay!" It hurts!! Everyone, take a look and comment! The boss is bullying me!"

Pei Qingque was a little overwhelmed by the stubbornness and sensitivity of the robot who didn't know where it came from. He didn't want to mess up everything at the last moment, and he didn't want to ruin Wen Jingyi's reputation on this street, so he hurriedly He hastily apologized to the miserable customer, while stretching out his hand, trying to break the man's clenched fingers, his cheeks began to flush abnormally because of his anxiety and force, he held his breath and said: "Let go, Mianmian, be good, we'll go back later, there's no point in haggling over everything."

"Care?" After listening to Pei Qingque's words, the robot showed no signs of being persuaded, and the color of its eyes became deeper from an angle that Pei Qingque could not see. the strength of the hand.

The middle-aged man's screams became louder and louder, and Pei Qingque said in desperation: "He doesn't have any malicious intentions... Are you going to let him go?! I don't need your neurotic overprotection do you know!"

After the words fell, a deadly silence spread between the two of them.I saw that the middle-aged man's hand that was still tightly held by the other party was released quickly, and he lowered his head to look at Pei Qingque's eyes. Under the calmness, what was concealed was a constant tumbling undercurrent.

Panting, Pei Qingque took a step back, pursed her lips, lowered her eyelids, and refused to meet the man's eyes. After a long time, she stammered, "I, I mean...you, I..."

——The only answer to him was the loud sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Pei Qingque raised her head, her eyes widened in an instant, as if the robot had automatically shut down after the power supply was exhausted, the robot's eyes were closed tightly, and its two-meter-high body fell straight down like a landslide, hitting the ground with a teeth-stinging sound.Then the form switch was completed in an instant, and it changed back to the shape of the small ball that Pei Qingque carried with him when he escaped from Meng's Bieyuan.

In the blink of an eye, the situation turned upside down.

The middle-aged man who was hunched over and shivering at the side quickly straightened his back after seeing the robot disappear suddenly, threw away the blade hidden in his palm, and then took out a palm-length knife from his pocket, and took advantage of it. Seeing that Pei Qingque was still immersed in shock, he walked forward in two or three steps, and put the knife on his neck, with some anger in his voice that the big guy made him lose face, and said bitterly: " Damn, I've put up with you for a long time. I'm warning you, that kid Wen Jingyi is here to compete with us for business, if you want to save your life, you'd better part ways with him as soon as possible. "

"Let me see you on Yandai Street again, this knife may not be as obedient as it is now, do you understand?"

After speaking, the middle-aged man quickly put away the knife, lowered the brim of his hat, resumed his trembling and miserable appearance, and quickly left the scene along the unnoticed side of the road.

From the time the robot fell to the ground to when the man left, it took no more than 3 minutes, but it abruptly gave Pei Qingque the illusion that a century had passed.

At this time, because Wen Jingyi noticed the commotion in front of his cart, he hurriedly bid farewell to Grandma, and ran back quickly.

As soon as he stopped, he sensitively noticed that something was wrong with Pei Qingque, and the man who had been following the other party had disappeared.

Wen Jingyi circled Pei Qingque several times, looked up and down for a while, and then confirmed that there was nothing on Pei Qingque's body other than holding a round ball from nowhere in his hand and a dull expression. Injured, and nothing else strange.

"Hey, wake up." Stretching out his hand to poke Pei Qingque's soft right cheek, Wen Jingyi asked him, "Did something happen while I was away?"

Only then did Pei Qingque wake up from her daze, frowned, hesitated to speak several times, her black and white pupils were full of disappointment.Considering the seriousness of the matter, he finally hid the part where the man fell to the ground, and condensed the other incidents into a few sentences, and told Wen Jingyi one by one.

"Fuck, it's him." Wen Jingyi frowned tightly after hearing this, and then explained to Pei Qingque: "You should have met someone from a gang that is opposed to my family. According to what you just said, you should It's 'Shuriken', that shameless old monster who likes to bully children."

"Huh?" Pei Qingque was a little dizzy from his seemingly rational analysis, and couldn't help tightening his hand holding the metal ball, and asked, "So...why did he come to us? Trouble?"

"Tch," Wen Jingyi gritted his teeth with hatred, and said proudly, "Of course I'm jealous of our good business today."

Wen Jingyi reached out and patted Pei Qingque's shoulder, and said to him: "Don't be afraid, anyway, today's food is sold out, I will take you home now, and tonight I will complain to my dad and let him take care of it." Teach that old bastard a lesson."

After finishing speaking, Wen Jingyi pulled up the cart and started towards Pei Qingque's house together with the other party.

On the way, Wen Jingyi always felt that Pei Qingque was too silent, even to the point of being a little strange.In order not to make the atmosphere too weird, he took the initiative to remind him: "Remember to open that shiny protective film of your house when you get home,"

He even told the other party very intimately: "I can't be by your side to guard you, and I don't know if those villains will maliciously retaliate. You must remember to open that transparent cover."

The morning sun crossed the clouds, and half a piece of golden yellow fell on the cart.

After hearing her friend's concern, Pei Qingque nodded absent-mindedly, and tightened her hands holding the metal ball a little more.