Chapter 8 chapter 2

Three days ago, Ah Sheng called my apartment and said that there was a business that could make a lot of money.He works as a clerk in a mahjong casino, which is very close to the billiard room where I work. "It's just a little troublesome." Ah Sheng said in a low voice. "what happened?" "I'll tell you when we meet." He said with a smile on the other end of the receiver. "With whom?" "It's me and A Gao at the moment." Gao has no job and lives in the home of an elderly waitress. "Hmm... The trouble you said is that you might be caught in it?"

"That's right." Ash replied. "If you go in, you won't be able to breathe the air of freedom. But if you are a backward person like us, if you want to get ahead, you have to spend some money." I remained silent, and Ah Sheng said again: "If you want to work together, come to my place after get off work tonight." After speaking, he hung up the phone. While I was working, I was thinking about what to do.Judging from Ah Sheng's tone, what he is going to do this time seems to be very different from the small fights in the past.I've actually done things like selling fakes, extorting small money from honest students, etc.

"Backward elements" - Ah Sheng's words lingered in my ears.He was right, I was put off in high school.Since then, he has been hovering at the bottom of society. "Hey, you little bastard, have you cleaned the toilet yet?" I was standing in the corner smoking a cigarette when that idiot Nishidao rushed up to me and stabbed me on the head.This guy always plays a big role in the store by relying on his relationship with the store manager. I didn't respond, so he grabbed my collar and shouted: "What's the matter, you boy, do you seem to have something to say to me?"

"No." I suppressed the anger that was about to explode, and squeezed out these two words from between my teeth. "Then get out of here!" Nishijima let go of his hand.At this time, a middle-aged female guest came towards us. "I put the money in, why didn't the tokens come out?" "Ah? That's it, I'm really sorry. Which machine is it?" Nishijima instantly changed to another face, smiled flatteringly and walked away behind the guests. I was bored, so I had to clean the toilet, enduring the nausea in the pungent ammonia smell to clean up the cigarette butts thrown in the toilet.

This is not something a twenty-year-old man should do! There lived an old woman nearby, very rich—A Sheng said excitedly as soon as he saw me.She lives alone and rarely interacts with her neighbors.The most important thing is that she didn't deposit the huge sum of money in the bank, but hid it at home. "Some old women always feel that they need to keep money close at hand to be at ease. In fact, it is much more dangerous." Saying that, A Gao laughed hehehe.His teeth were yellow and his gums were swollen, the aftereffect of long-term use of Thinner Water. "Let's wait until the old woman goes out before doing it?"

I asked.Ah Sheng frowned: "That's so troublesome! She hid the money so tightly, it's so hard to find it! We just want to knock on her door pretending to be a salesman while he is at home, and wait Once inside the house, everything will be easy." "How do you pretend to be a salesman? I don't have any suits and ties." Gao said. "Ah Feng, what about you?" Ah Sheng looked at me. "I only have one suit, but it's rustic." I once spent my meager savings on a suit when I was looking for a serious job.But of course this is just delusional, no company wants to hire me.

"It's not a problem. Well, then Afeng and I will pretend to be salesmen and knock on the old lady's door. Agao will come to watch the wind. I have a buddy who can lend us his car. Agao, you can do it." Park your car nearby and let us know what's going on outside." "How do I tell you?" "I'll show you something good." Ah Sheng took out a small alley from the drawer and opened it, only to see a pair of tape recorder-like devices inside. "A walkie-talkie?" I asked. "good." A Sheng sneered: "There was an old man selling electrical appliances who lost a penny in a casino, so he had to use the things in the store to pay off his debts. That's how this thing came about."

"Can you hear this clearly?" A Gao picked up a walkie-talkie and walked to the door of the room. "Of course." Ah Sheng picked up another walkie-talkie and fiddled with it a few times, saying something like "Today is a sunny day". "Hahaha, I can hear you, I can hear you!" "When shall we do it?" I asked Ah Sheng. "We have to do it as soon as possible before everyone changes their minds!" Ah Sheng said. After returning home, I locked the location of the old lady's house on the map.At that time, I suddenly found out that the old guy named Namba Katsuhisa lived nearby.

The old lady's home is an old wooden one-story house. I didn't expect her to live in such a place, so I was a little surprised.But looking around, I found that there are quite a few houses like this.It can be seen that there are many poor people in rich countries. The old lady opened the door for us with a guarded look on her face.But she didn't seem to have doubts about our identities. Instead, she regarded us as real salesmen and put on a posture of facing a big enemy. "I don't have any spare money to buy this kind of thing, please go back." In order to match what we liked, we deliberately introduced a savings product to the old lady, but she was unmoved and waved at us repeatedly like chasing flies.Moreover, she only poked out a small half of her face from the crack of the door, so we couldn't force our way in, and we were worried that we would attract the attention of nearby residents if we entangled for a long time.I was worried, and my palms were sweating.

After another moment of stalemate, Ah Sheng spoke up: "In that case, we won't bother you. But please allow us to put down the small gifts and leaflets before leaving." The old lady's expression finally softened, probably because she was moved after hearing the word "little gift".I hurriedly took out an empty box wrapped in the wrapping paper of a famous shopping mall from the bag without losing the opportunity. "This...is it free? Then I'll accept it." The old lady said and took off the door chain.It was too late and then quickly, I grabbed the doorknob and pulled open the door forcefully.After the old lady screamed, Ah Sheng covered her mouth and dragged her into the room. I followed closely behind, glanced at the movement around me nervously, and closed the door.

At that moment, my heart suddenly beat violently, and there seemed to be a figure flashing past the window of the building opposite. "We won't be seen by the people on the opposite side!" "what!" Ah Sheng twisted the corner of his mouth, handed the old lady to me, and went to contact A Gao.I gagged the old lady's mouth and tied her hands and feet firmly with tape. "Listen, if you find anything suspicious, let us know right away." After Ah Sheng gave the order, he took out a small knife and pointed it at the old lady, then dug out what was stuffed in her mouth, and asked, "Hey, old woman, where did you hide the money?" "My family has no money." The old lady shook her head. "Don't pretend to be confused! We have found out clearly. After your old man dies, you should sell all his inheritance into money and hold it firmly in your hands. If you hurry up and tell the truth, you will be fine." How many days can I live?" Ah Sheng pressed the blade on the old lady's wrinkled face. "If you want to kill me, just do it. Anyway, I won't live long." "Ah, yes, then let's do it. Anyway, the money is in this room, and we can always find it if we look slowly." Ah Sheng brought the tip of the knife close to the old lady's throat.The old lady cried out immediately. "Please don't kill me, don't kill me! The money, the quilt in the closet...inside the quilt." Ah Sheng winked at me, and I stepped forward and opened the sliding door of the closet that was so dilapidated that its original color could not be seen.I saw a few sets of dirty and wet bedding stuffed inside, exuding a sour smell unique to the elderly. I rummaged around in the closet for a while, and suddenly felt that a mattress felt hard and felt strange, so I pulled it out and tore it open, and saw that it was stuffed with bundles of banknotes, and Ah Sheng could not help but blow out. whistle. "Please don't take it all. Leave it to me... half of it." "Stop talking!" Ah Sheng was about to gag the old lady again when the walkie-talkie rang, and A Gao's voice rang out. "The note is coming, it's heading in your direction!" Ash and I looked at each other. "Dangerous, we have to hide quickly!" Before Ah Sheng finished speaking, the old lady yelled at the top of her voice, "Police, help me!" I didn't expect a dying old man to make such a loud voice.Ah Sheng rushed over to shut her mouth, but was a step too late, the entrance door had already been knocked. "Get out!" I opened the window next to me and jumped out, Ah Sheng picked up the mattress and followed me closely.We fled in a hurry in that narrow alley, but we heard footsteps approaching behind us.Those were two detectives, chasing us with all their might.