C7 (1/2)
On the night of the Qingming Festival, the streets were quiet. In an unremarkable alley, there was a person walking slowly.
This man's name was Zhou Lin. He used to be a chef at a nearby soup restaurant.
Now he had no job.
It was cold tonight, and the wind was howling like February or March.
As Zhou Lin was walking away, someone suddenly patted his shoulder.
He turned around and saw a man in a brown jacket.
”Bro, can you do me a favor?” The man rubbed his hands together.
”What is it?”
”How about this, look over there …” The man pointed to a hairdresser deep in the alley. ”See that? Over there. That little house.”
Zhou Lin looked over and saw that the hair salon was dimly lit, and there were two women dressed in revealing clothing sitting in front of the door. In this sort of place, men basically understood what kind of business it was to be engaged in.
”I see. What do you need my help with?” Zhou Lin nodded and asked.
”Hehehe …” Just a brother of mine, he called me and said he was drunk and he went to the hairdresser to look for Miss, and when he was done, he fucking found out he didn't have a wallet, and now they've got him, and he wants me to send him the money. ”The question is, I'm a shameless person, so I'm not too embarrassed to go in. Can you help me out here?”
”You want me to send money over for you?”
”Yes, yes, yes, that's it. I'll give you the money.”
”I don't think you're a thick-skinned person.” Zhou Lin smiled.
”Aiya, that's what I'm saying, but I really don't want to get too close to such a filthy place.”
”You don't want to get close, do you want me to get closer?”
”I didn't mean that … ”Alright, brother, I get it. Otherwise, I'll give you 300 yuan, 100 yuan, and 200 yuan to pay for my brother. How about it?”
Zhou Lin pretended to ponder for a moment, then replied, ”Alright, give me the money.”
The man in the jacket handed Zhou Lin the money and watched him walk to the hairdresser.
The hairdresser's name was Wenwen's Beauty Hair. For a shop like this, the name wasn't really important, and no one would care about it.
Stepping into the shop, Zhou Lin noticed that there were two ladies inside, their faces covered in a thick layer of powder. The two ladies were rather old and ugly.
”Handsome, do you want a massage?” The uglier of the two young ladies stood up first.
”No, no, no. I'm here to help a friend of mine pay. I heard that he didn't bring any money and was detained by you guys.”
As he spoke, Zhou Lin took out 200 yuan.
That young miss first took the money, but unexpectedly said: ”What friend, our store doesn't have any customers right now.”
Zhou Lin was stunned.
”That's not right, my friend said it's here.”
”Who's there? If you don't believe me, go upstairs and take a look.”
Zhou Lin ignored her. Instead, he turned around and opened the door. When he looked outside, he immediately discovered that the man in jacket was no longer there.
Suddenly, the young lady who had stood up exclaimed and retreated in fright.
She threw the two hundred dollars on the ground and shouted, ”This money...” ”This money …”
”What's wrong?!” The other lady drew closer and cried out in alarm as well.
It turned out to be two hundred yuan on the ground. At first glance, it looks very much like the renminbi.
Not only that, the two bills were also stained with mud, making them look dirty.
The three were all stunned into silence.
After a moment, one of the young ladies finally exploded.
”What do you mean by that?” Come here and make trouble on the day of the Clear Day, right? Do you think you lack morals? Do we still need to do business in the future?! ”
Another lady followed and shouted upstairs:
”Boss!” Boss! Take a look! ”
Very quickly, a fierce-looking man with a square face came down from upstairs. When he saw Zhou Lin, he asked, ”What happened?”
Zhou Lin stared at the boss in silence.
The two ladies quickly picked up the bills and explained the situation.
Hearing this, the boss became extremely angry, charging straight at Zhou Lin as he scolded,
”Little rascal, you're good!” You want to fuck me? What do you think we should do about this matter today? ”
Seeing the boss's aggressive attitude, Zhou Lin actually maintained his composure and asked,
”Then what do you think we should do?”
”Simple. You brought the money from the dead today and filled it with dirty air for laozi. You can't just leave like that. ”How about our little sister? She'll accompany you to ring the bell, but you have to give me this number.” The owner held up two fingers.
”2000?”
”Yes!”
Zhou Lin once again fell silent.
”Zhu Zhu, accompany him upstairs.” the boss ordered the uglier lady.
”Tsk, I'm still accompanying you to do this sort of thing. It can be considered as a bargain, okay?” Miss Zhu Zhu was still muttering as she went upstairs.
Before heading upstairs, Zhou Lin finally asked his boss,
”If I told you that the money isn't mine but was given to me by someone else, would you believe me?”
”No matter who gives you those trashy words, you should be the one to bring them in anyway!” ”Let me tell you, if you don't give 2000, don't even think about leaving!” The boss roared again.
Thus, Zhou Lin was dragged upstairs by the pearl.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, another lady downstairs finally burst out laughing and said to the boss:
”You're a fool, boss. You've definitely struck it rich again.”
The owner also had a cigarette in his mouth and had a leisurely look on his face.
At the same time, the door opened, and the man in the jacket stuck his head in.
”Where is he?” he asked.
”No problem, I'm going upstairs. Okay, Du Ge, you're third today, right? ” said the lady, smiling.
Obviously, everything was planned by the hairdresser.
The trick was simple. They first used this man called Du Ge to find an excuse to give the money to others. The alley was completely dark, and under normal circumstances, it was impossible to tell that Du Ge was actually giving the money that was similar to RMB.
Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened this time.
Du Ge said anxiously:
”Oh, I was wrong! ”How did you fool him into going upstairs?”
”Isn't it the same as before? If you give him the money, will we be making a scene?” Miss handed out the two bills to Du Ge.
”The problem is, I just didn't give him any money! I thought it was dead people's money, but I accidentally gave it to him. Look, I still have three dead people's money. ”