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The low voice was filled with anxiety, and two figures took two quick steps stealthily, trying to find the person they had lost.
Ruan Shiqing breathed lightly, pressed his body tightly against the stone wall, and observed his shadow cast on the ground from the side.
There were two men on the other side, both of them were strong.
After assessing the strength of both sides, Ruan Shiqing decided to strike first. His research institute was affiliated with the military, and in their spare time, the institute would organize military instructors to teach them some fighting skills for self-defense.
As it happened, Ruan Shiqing's performance in fighting class was very good.
He fumbled and picked up a small stone from the uneven wall, and gently threw it forward. The slight sound of the stone falling to the ground really attracted the attention of one of them, and the other person walked over a few steps to investigate.
Taking advantage of this moment, Ruan Shiqing suddenly appeared and took action.
He punched the man's nose first, and then kicked him hard down the stone steps while he was in pain. The stone steps were steep, narrow, and very slippery. Even a normal fall would be unbearable, let alone a complete roll.
The other man saw his younger brother rolling down the stone steps and panicked to catch him. However, he lost his balance and slipped, and the two brothers immediately rolled down in a ball.
Ruan Shiqing: “… ?”
He was also surprised. He didn't expect to be able to deal with two strong men so easily. He picked up the little robot. He listened to the movement below and was about to leave when he heard sobbing sounds coming from the dark passage.
It started with suppressed sobbing, then turned into loud crying, and finally turned into a wailing duet.
No way? Did I beat him up and make him cry
Ruan Shiqing was stunned and hesitated for a while. Then, out of humanitarian concern, he decided to go down and take a look.
Don't beat him up so much that he becomes sick.
Taking out a homemade flashlight from his pocket, Ruan Shiqing went down a dozen steps and saw two big men sitting on the ground, holding their heads and crying.
As he cried, the black bear ears on the upper half of his head trembled.
There is a hint of humor in the tragedy.
Ruan Shiqing quickly pinched the tip of the dog's ears and almost managed to hold back his laughter.
He cleared his throat and motioned for the little robot to translate: "Are you all right?"
The two big men stopped crying. The eldest one blew his nose and looked at him: "Are you going to beat us again?"
The second brother continued, "It's wrong for us to rob you, but we have no choice. We can't get our wages, and we haven't eaten for three days."
After saying that, his empty stomach seemed to be unwilling to be lonely and made gurgling sounds one after another.
The two brothers held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and wanted to cry again.
I'm so hungry and life is so fucking hard.
Woohoo woohoo qaq
Ruan Shiqing: …
How could such a big guy end up in such a miserable situation
Considering that the scene of two bears hugging each other in pain was too touching (?), Ruan Shiqing hesitated for a moment, but still took out two tubes of nutrition and handed them to them: "Here. After you have eaten, find a decent job and don't learn to rob people again."
Otherwise, if I meet a tough guy again, no one will be as kind as me to give him food.
The second brother took a look at the nutritional supplement, his eyes full of desire, but he didn't reach out for it. He stammered, "We have offended someone and can't find a job."
This story starts with the brothers' work. They were apprentices in a repair shop. According to the rules of the repair shop, to be an apprentice, you need to pay a tuition fee of 5,000 star coins, and you will be taught and trained within half a year. You can also choose to stay in the repair shop and work, with a monthly salary of 1,500 star coins.
On Garbage Planet 3024, the most common thing is various repair shops. The living standard of the residents here is not high, and most of the machines used at home and the vehicles for transportation are pieced together and exchanged from the garbage dump. Naturally, they are easy to break down, so the business of the repair shops is getting better and better.
The two brothers discussed it and thought it was a good deal, so they paid all their savings for tuition and became apprentices in a repair shop.
But after half a year, they could do nothing except help out. After they finished their apprenticeship, the owner of the repair shop kept them and asked them to do all the dirty and tiring work, but for three consecutive months, apart from two tubes of nutrition a day, they did not receive a single star coin in salary.
The two brothers then realized something was wrong and started asking for their wages.
It turned out that their boss, Kadlu, had a connection with the patrol captain in the inner city. Not only did he not pay them, he also hired someone to beat them up and kicked them out, and also spread the word that no one else was allowed to hire the two brothers.
The two brothers couldn't find a proper job, so they could only try to find some valuable things to sell in the garbage dump, but when the buyers heard about their story, they either refused to buy them or lowered the price very low. The two brothers struggled for a month and a half, and they were really desperate, so they set their sights on Ruan Shiqing, who was alone.
I didn’t expect that Ruan Shiqing, who looked thin, was actually so fierce. It really hurt when he hit people.
The eldest brother sobbed, as if he was angered by the humiliating past, and said with a heavy nasal voice: "Let's go find Kadlu. He made our life difficult, so we will make his life difficult too!"
"That's right, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes!" the second brother said immediately.
As the two brothers spoke, they supported each other and stood up, as if they were going to die together with Kadlu.
"… "
Ruan Shiqing thought that there was a reason why these two brothers were bullied like this, they were really stupid.
Fortunately, he is not a bad person, so we can investigate him.
"I'm just thinking of hiring two people to do something for me." Ruan Shiqing spoke up in time to stop them.
It's not that he was overly compassionate, but he thought that in this strange place, he had to have a place to stay. The abandoned aircraft shells in the garbage dump could be used, but he couldn't move them by himself. These two were big enough, which was just right.
He also planned to sell the hidden drive and engine as soon as possible. If the two brothers could pass the inspection, this matter could be handed over to them.
Ruan Shiqing made up his mind and took the initiative to offer the conditions: "One hundred star coins per person per day plus two tubes of nutrient solution, try it for one day first. If you do a good job, I will give you a raise when there is work later."
One hundred star coins a day is not a lot, but for the two brothers who are desperate, it is like a timely help.
The two brothers wiped their tears and snot. If it weren't for the dull pain in their bodies, they would have wanted to lift Ruan Shiqing up and spin him around a few times.
Looking at the calm and thin boy in front of him, the second brother touched his nose subconsciously.
Ouch, that hurts.
After the three of them made the decision, they left the underground market together.
The two brothers followed Ruan Shiqing on the left and right. The eldest brother, Xiong Fangfang, was relatively calm and didn't talk much. The second brother, Xiong Yuanyuan, was a chatterbox and never stopped talking.
Ruan Shiqing didn't find it annoying at all. Instead, he got a lot of useful information from it.
For example, the place they were in was just the outer city. There was an inner city to the east, which was stable and prosperous, but one had to have an ID card to enter. Another example was the snake-faced man he had met before, named Hornik, the boss of the southern district of the outer city. He was insidious, cunning, and vengeful, and his animal form was a giant black mamba snake.
"Even Kadru doesn't dare to provoke Hornik easily." Xiong Yuanyuan said: "Hornik's teeth are extremely poisonous, and no one wants to fight him. Except for the boss of the North District, Marin, whose beast form is the Arda Giant Eagle..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Hornik and his men walking towards them in a menacing manner.
Speak of the devil and he will appear.
The two brothers looked nervous and protected Ruan Shiqing, preparing to move to the side to avoid being accidentally injured.
Ruan Shiqing did not move, but instead signaled with his eyes, asking them to step aside. The two could only step aside hesitantly.
Hornik naturally came to find Ruan Shiqing.
He had asked someone to remove all the parts from the Silver Falcon, but when he sent it to the shop for a repairman to take a look, the repairman said that the damage was too severe and could not be repaired.
No matter how precious a part is, it is worthless if it is broken.
After spending a lot of time and effort to dismantle a bunch of garbage, and even losing a hundred star coins, Hornik was furious. He suspected that the guy who led him had sold the information to others, so the drive and engine of the "Silver Falcon" were taken away by others first.
Before Ruan Shiqing came back, he had already sent people to search for him several times, determined to capture him and interrogate him. As soon as Ruan Shiqing showed up, he received a message from his men and hurried over with his men.
Ruan Shiqing had expected this to happen. He hugged the tattered little robot tightly in his arms, hunched his shoulders, and looked at Hornik with fear, as if he had done something wrong.
Hornik was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up: "Who else did you sell the information about Silver Falcon to?"
He didn't think the boy had the guts to hide the driver and engine. He might not even know where the driver and engine were. Most likely, he had sold the information to others before him.
"No, no one." Ruan Shiqing's words were translated haltingly by the little robot, which made him look even more guilty.
"If you don't tell me, I'll kill you now." Hornik sneered, his forked tongue sticking out of his mouth, and his two fangs ready to move.
Ruan Shiqing seemed frightened, his body trembling slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "If I tell you, I will die too."
Although he was extremely scared, he still clenched his teeth.
Hornik didn't think he was a man of integrity. Instead, he looked thoughtful. There was only one person who dared to set his sights on his territory in the South District. "Is it Marin?"
Ruan Shiqing's body trembled suddenly, but he still shook his head and said in a low voice: "You, you can't beat him..."