Chapter 320: Land of the Fallen (2/2)

Just then, Hans came out of the house and as soon as he stepped into the small backyard, he exclaiive lass of beer went down each of their throats Li Du asked, ”Okay, now all of us have drank soet back later?”

”Either we drive drunk or we stay for the night,” said Hans mindlessly, unconcerned ”There’re lots of ways Quick, I want another one”

There were two young trees on either side of the lawn, both around the height of a person They erance that Li Du was familiar with He tried hard to recall where he had smelled it, but to no avail

”What tree is this?” he asked ”The fragrance is very unique”

Allen quickly replied, ”It’s a camphor tree My father planted it He said that when the trees grow up, our yard will be very cool in the su Quinn s like it before—mothballs smell very sier smell”

Li Du recalled that as a child, mothballs had been kept inside wardrobes to keep away clothes moths and other fabric pests But he had not seen one for years It was said that mothballs could cause cancer—hardly anyone used them nowadays

”Ca in courtyards,” said Hans ”They can grow very tall, but they aren’t a fast-growing type of tree How many years do you intend to stay here?”

”I don't know,” he said, sipping his beer ”In the past, s could only allow ht that I’d be able to move into another house”

Li Du said, ”You can consider it now In no uarantee that you’ll be able to er house”

”I hope so,” said Big Quinn

The security of the neighborhood was not good It was filled with many people ere poor; many of the factor to the poor security of the area

As they prepared for dinner, a lot of black children and youngsters cycled on bikes or drove their motorcycles down the street Some minors even drove past in a run-down car

A few teenagers noticed the hellcat They looked around, then came directly to it and tried to pull off the car's h the carto see as inside with frightening eyes

Seeing this, Walter ran over and yelled, ”Go away! This is our car, what do you want?”

One of them replied contemptuously, ”Bullsht! This is your family’s car? Pauper, do you kno much this car is worth?”

”Get out of the way, Walter I’—there’s a wallet inside”

”Hey, open the trunk There's always soood in the trunk of such cars”

”Walter, you want to have all this to yourself? Don't even think of hogging everything inside the car”

Hans threw the car keys over to Walter Walter pressed a button and the headlights flashed

That scared the teenagers and they hurriedly ran away

Li Du was perturbed and asked, ”That group of children—what’s going on with theo to school? They’re terrible”

”They’re Walter’s class,” said a troubled Big Quinn ”They think of the school as their turf, collecting ‘protection money’ from the other kids They even set up a place to sell contraband goods Dmn it!”

Li Du asked, concerned, ”What about their parents? They just watch their kids turn into scu Quinn had a wry smile on his face ”No, they’re the ones who turned their children into scum I bet, boss, that a lot of the else, as long as they can make money out of it”