Xia Guo, Zhongdu.
In the cold winter night in December, the cold wind kept sweeping across the street, as if to take away the last trace of warmth in the world.
There was a bang. The big iron door of the fast food restaurant was closed by Li Anping forcefully.
The girl on the side carefully rubbed her hands, let out a sigh of relief and said, "It's too cold here, let's go catch the bus."
The girl's name is Anna, and Li Anping, who is closing the iron gate, is a nearby college student, working part-time in this fast food restaurant together. Although she was dressed plainly, her clear face and the unique youthful atmosphere of a girl, especially her pair of straight and slender thighs, made her look very lovely.
Li Anping pulled the iron door hard, and after confirming that it was locked, he shook his head and said, "No, I have something to do today, so I have to go to the other side."
"Oh..." Anna said softly, "Then I'm leaving first?"
Looking at Li Anping's delicate face, there was a hint of disappointment in her tone, but Li Anping didn't notice it, and he said to himself: "Well, be careful when you walk alone at night, call me if you have something to do. I'll go first …”
After speaking, Li Anping waved his hands, and walked away without looking back. Anna behind him looked at his leaving figure, a faint blush appeared on her face unconsciously, and a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes.
Seeing Li Anping walking farther and farther, seeming to be submerged in the darkness, she took a deep breath, and finally mustered up the courage to shout: "Hey, Li Anping, wait a minute!!"
"What's wrong?" Li Anping turned his head and looked in Anna's direction with a puzzled expression. He just felt that today's girl seemed a little strange all day long, as if she had something on her mind, and she was always absent-minded when she was working.
"I… "
"you… "
Sensing Li Anping's turned gaze, Anna's breathing became rapid, her mouth was wide open but she stammered so much that she didn't speak a word. All the rhetoric I had thought up before was swept away, I just felt that my mind was completely blank, and I couldn't think of anything.
Li Anping felt even more strange. He walked back to Anna's side, touched the girl's forehead with one hand, frowned and said, "Why is your face so red? It's cold, don't you have a cold?"
It was like suffocating.
Feeling Li Anping's hand on her forehead, Anna's cheeks turned redder instantly, and she seemed to be about to faint. But he stopped stuttering, and just blurted out what he wanted to say just now: "This weekend, a new aquarium opened in the city, can you accompany me to see..."
"Oh, yes." Feeling that the temperature of the other party's forehead is normal, and he doesn't seem to have a cold, Li Anping is relieved: "I don't think I have a cold, but it's cold these days, don't forget to wear more clothes and keep warm. Contact me that weekend, I go first."
Anna's head was still dizzy, and by the time she returned to normal, Li Anping had already disappeared, leaving only the girl's cheers echoing on the street.
"Yeah!"
Li Anping, who had already walked away, naturally did not hear the girl's cheers. His eyes swept around the street, and he muttered to himself: "I remember it was here, did I leave today?"
When passing by the street near the fast food restaurant these days, Li Anping can always see an old man with a child setting up a street stall.
It's getting colder and colder in Zhongdu these days, because Li Anping began to worry about the old people who set up stalls because he saw the news on the Internet that homeless people were frozen to death on the street.
Suddenly, Li Anping's eyes narrowed, and he saw the old man.
He walked slowly to the stall, smiled and said, "It's so cold, have you confiscated the stall yet?"
The old man's face was full of years of grooves, and his hands were not protected by gloves, which were frozen like purple radishes. Seeing a customer coming to the door, he immediately said enthusiastically: "Not yet, just take what you like, 2 yuan each."
On the chest of the old man lay a boy of four or five years old. The little boy was tightly wrapped and had already fallen asleep, his little face was full of exhaustion.
Seeing this scene, Li Anping's face darkened and he didn't speak. Instead, he looked at the things on the stall. A few worn second-hand books. Some outdated earrings, bracelets and toys.
To be honest, I am afraid that there are not a few people in the whole world who will pay for these.
But Li Anping watched it with gusto, as if he was very interested.
After some haggling, he bought everything for a hundred yuan.
Before leaving, the old man stopped Li Anping.
"Little brother, you are a good person. I know you are pity for our grandpa and grandson, so you bought these crap. But I really feel sorry for doing this."
Li Anping smiled and said: "What nonsense is the old man talking, I think these things are quite interesting, and I plan to sell them in schools."
The old man shook his head for a while and didn't say much, he just took out a string of Buddhist beads from his bosom and handed it to Li Anping.
"Old man, I don't have anything good. This string of Buddhist beads was consecrated by the master, so I gave it to my elder brother. Let the Buddha bless you, good people will be rewarded."
After some concessions, Li Anping couldn't resist the old man's enthusiasm, and finally put the Buddhist beads on his right wrist in front of the other party.
After helping the elderly close the stall early, Li Anping walked towards the nearby bus stop with a string of Buddhist beads in his right hand and a bag of things in his left hand.
Li Anping's family is not rich. As an orphan, although he was adopted since he was a child, he has been taking care of himself since he was studying. Today's 100 yuan is already his daily income from part-time jobs, which may cause him to have to eat cabbage and rice in the school cafeteria for a few days.
But he doesn't feel sorry, there are always dark corners in this world, but where there is darkness, there is light, justice, fairness, these are the pursuits of most people in the world.
All kinds of beauty in the human heart are the most important things in a person.
At this time, Li Anping thought so in his heart, and he did the same.
But he didn't notice that when these thoughts were churning in his mind, the Buddhist beads on his right hand were emitting an inexplicable luster.
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When Li Anping returned to the community, it was almost midnight.
This community is far away from the urban area, and the houses in the community are very old, with various small advertisements posted everywhere. Several small hair salons at the entrance are still shining with ambiguous red light.
The prosperity of Zhongdu seems to have left no trace here. In the community, most of the residents with a little ability have already moved away from here. The remaining people are either migrant workers who are greedy for cheap rent, or some An old man who is reluctant to leave.
Compared with the high-rise buildings in the urban area, the conditions here can be said to be extremely poor.
But this is Li Anping's home. When he was a child, he was picked up by his grandmother here and adopted.
Li Anping lived with his grandma until he went to university and lived in a dormitory. But grandma is getting older, and Li Anping is a little worried about her living at home alone, so she comes back twice a week to visit and take care of grandma.
The entire community has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of the remaining residents are dependent on management fees. The property was withdrawn several years ago, and most of the street lights on the street are broken. In the dark, people's naked eyes can only see roughly.
However, Li Anping's footsteps gradually became lighter, because he was so familiar with this place that he could walk out with his eyes closed.
And no matter how bad it was, it was always where he grew up. Every plant and tree around has memories of his childhood.
At this moment, a suppressed exclamation suddenly came from the green belt on the side.
"Who?" Li Anping called in the direction of the voice.
no respond.
In Li Anping's line of sight, the surroundings seemed to become even darker, and there was no sound in the green belt, and only the sound of the cold wind howling could be heard in his ears.
It seems that the exclamation just now was just an illusion.
Just when Li Anping frowned, wondering if he had been working too much recently and was too tired, another cry for help came.
"Help!!"
I heard it this time, it was a woman calling for help. After hearing this, Li Anping dropped the bag without thinking, and rushed out.
The woman shouted halfway and was stopped. Li Anping could only run towards the direction where the voice came from in his memory.
After walking a few steps, a pair of men and women lying on the ground came into his eyes.
With his back to Li Anping, the man was lying on the woman's body, covering the woman's mouth with one hand, and kept walking around the woman's body with the other hand, trying to peel off the other's shirt one by one. It seems that Li Anping has not noticed that Li Anping has come behind him.
The woman's face could not be seen clearly, and she could only faintly hear the sound of crying, but was blocked by the man's big hands.
Someone is raping.
Seeing this, Li Anping was furious, rushed down and pushed the man away, then punched him.
The rapist apparently hadn't noticed Li Anping rushing behind him just now, and was stunned by the surprise attack. All he knew was that his hands were dancing wildly, blocking Li Anping's fist. But he still kept cursing indiscriminately: "Stop, stop beating!"
"Damn, hit me again and kill you!!"
This man obviously lacks exercise and his limbs are weak. It is okay to bully weak women, but facing Li Anping who has been fighting in the civilian area since he was a child, he is no match at all.
boom! !
Li Anping punched the man in the face and kicked him to the ground. Hearing what the other party said, the anger burst out again, and I almost couldn't help but go up and beat the other party again.
"It was you who beat me. I saw you raped with my own eyes. You should go to jail."
The man sat up from the ground, looking at Li Anping in front of him, the evil fire kept rushing towards his forehead.
"Where the hell did you get SB?! Do you know who I am? I'll kill your whole family with just one word."
"Dog, remember, I will kill you and make you beg me like a dog!!"
"Hmph." Li Anping cast a disdainful glance at the man on the ground, and kicked him to the ground again. Seeing that the man was lying on the ground, breathing in and not coming out, he turned his head and looked at the woman beside him.
"Miss, are you okay?"
The woman who was thrown to the ground by Shang Zhenbang just cried.
Li Anping saw that although the other party's clothes were disheveled, he was still wearing underwear. It was obvious that the man hadn't succeeded, so he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Shall I take you to the hospital first? See if you have any injuries." .”
Seeing that the woman still didn't answer, Li Anping sighed and helped her up carefully. The woman didn't resist, she just stood up.
Although there are no lights around, but at such a close distance, Li Anping can already see the other person's appearance, it really is Qingshui Furong, a standard beauty. No wonder they get raped.
Pulling up the woman, Li Anping was about to help her to leave, but the man who fell on the ground just now took the opportunity to get up and fled outside with a limp. He still didn't forget to turn his head and yell at Li Anping: "You wait for me!!"
Seeing Li Anping trying to catch up, he was frightened and ran quickly.
"This kid!!" Li Anping was about to catch up, but after another thought, he asked the girl beside him, "Do you know this guy?"
"En." Unexpectedly, the woman answered Li Anping this time.
Li Anping was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "My name is Li Anping, a college student at Tiancheng University, what's your name?"
"Wei Shishi."
The voice of the woman's answer was still very low, like a frightened deer.
While the two were talking, Li Anping had already supported Wei Shishi and walked back to the street, but the man who had just escaped had already disappeared.
Just as he squatted down to pick up the plastic bag he had thrown away earlier, a burst of bright light mixed with a loud roar came from behind him and Wei Shishi.
When he turned his head, he saw only a white sports car hitting him head-on.
Li Anping only had time to push Wei Shishi away from his side, his eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.