i'm not a bad man

Chapter 537: Leave him a good reputation

I'm not a person who always calls for friends when doing anything, but because Zou Chang was too enthusiastic, I still got in her car and went to try the mutton hot pot that she said was unique in the whole town.

It’s time to eat hot pot. If you don’t eat it, as the weather gets warmer, it will gradually be completely replaced by barbecue. If you want to eat it again, I’m afraid you have to wait until winter, more than 200 days later.

Speaking of the winter that will come more than 200 days later, I feel a sense of urgency in my heart; I know that by that time, things in the small town will definitely have a result. Faced with this result, am I a loser or a winner?

From the current point of view, my chances of winning are no longer high, because the chips I hold are being eroded by Zuo Xiaowei, and I have even lost public opinion, as well as Jia Guoying, judging from his subsequent behavior in asking me for 10 yuan. , this person will not be absolutely loyal, the only thing that can really make him loyal is money.

Then, the Zou Chang in front of me becomes even more important. She is my last trump card against Guan Yubo. If I lose her, there is really no need for me to struggle in the small town.

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Zou Chang was in a good mood. She drove the car very fast, and soon she arrived at the edge of the small town. The tall buildings were no longer visible to the naked eye. They were all low-rise houses that might face demolition at any time.

Zou Chang parked the car on the side of the road and said to me: "Brother, cars can't drive into that alley. We have to walk in, but it's not far away, only about two or three hundred meters."

"It's okay. If you take a few steps before eating, you will have more appetite when you eat."

After saying that, I unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car before Zou Chang. I subconsciously looked around and even saw a large field of farmland across the road. Therefore, it would be more appropriate to say that this is a village in the city.

Zou Chang also stood beside me, but she did not look at the open space opposite, but instead looked at the low-rise houses, with a little nostalgia in her eyes. Only then did I remember that her hometown is here.

"Which house here is your home?"

Zou Chang pointed and replied: "The one with a pond at the door."

The pond has been abandoned, but it can be seen that this pond has been carefully tidied up. There is a row of willow trees on both sides of the pond. Although it is no longer alive, it is arranged very neatly...

Zou Chang said to me again: "When my dad was here, this pond was very beautiful. Every summer, many lotus flowers would grow in it, high and low. When the wind blows, it looks like a sea of ​​flowers... ...After my dad passed away, no one took care of it, and it gradually turned into a garbage dump...In the summer, there were all kinds of odors. I also had some quarrels with these neighbors a few times, and it only worked for two or three days. When I was not home, When I was there, they secretly dumped garbage into the pond... After a long time, I didn't want to come back to live... It's not that I can't see the mess, but it just makes me feel uncomfortable when I think of the contrast!"

"Does this pond belong to your family?"

"Yes, our family is a big family in the village. My grandfather left two homesteads for my dad. One is where the pond is now. My dad said that since I am a girl, I will get married in the future and leave so many old houses. It didn't work, so they demolished one of the old houses and transformed it into this pond... Although this pond is not big, it was really dug out by my dad with shovels. He likes fishing. He said After you retire, you can catch fish at your doorstep. That is the greatest enjoyment in life... But in the end..."

Speaking of this, Zou Chang smiled sadly and sighed: "The ideal is very full, the reality is very skinny... In the end, only this pond that became a garbage dump was left."

"Your father must have been very prestigious when he was here. No one dared to dump garbage into the pond at that time."

"Teacher, he is also a gentleman in the village. Anyone who has a wedding or wedding will ask him to preside over it. He is indeed very prestigious..." Zou Chang gradually turned red, and after a while he said again: "Just such a person, he How could you do something so inferior to a beast?...Brother, do you think humans are really that complicated?"

"Human beings are indeed so complicated..." After a short pause, I changed my words and said: "It's not so much complicated, but rather the beastiality in human genes... To put it bluntly, humans are just an advanced animal, and they may not be able to survive at any time. Will be stimulated..." Zou Chang lost her mind. From the look of her, she had forgotten the original intention of bringing me here, which was to have a mutton hot pot. It wasn't until I tapped her shoulder that she came back to her senses, and then He led me towards the alley that looked very deep.

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The owner of this mutton hotpot restaurant seems to be Zou Chang's neighbor. Probably because of the nature of Zou Chang's work, he obviously looks down on Zou Chang. Obviously Zou Chang is here to consume, but he behaves very negligently and does not give us anything. Taking the tableware, Zou Chang talked to him, but he ignored him. However, the taste of the mutton hot pot was really not picky, especially the quality of the meat. You could eat it in one bite. It was freshly killed lamb.

I wanted to drink, and Zou Chang also drank with me, but drinking in this place was not a wise choice because it was so remote that the driver was not willing to run here.

In the end, Zou Chang and I decided to live in their old house. The old house was quiet enough and convenient for us to talk about some things.

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There is a yard in the old house. There is a peach tree in the yard. The peach tree is still alive and has begun to sprout green buds. Zou Chang and I sit under this peach tree, drinking tea to relieve greasiness and chatting.

I haven’t seen such a round moon for a long time. Looking at the sky through the branches of the peach trees, it seemed as if I was not in the world but living next to the moon. I couldn’t help but be fascinated until Zou Chang opened his mouth to talk to me.

"Brother, let me tell you something. You...don't be angry with me."

I came back to look at Zou Chang, because she took off her coat and bent over again, and happened to see that the tattoo on her waist had been washed away, leaving only a vague mark.

"I think... I want to be a good person and never go to work there again."

I smiled and sighed: "This is a good thing, why should I be angry with you?"

"I mean, I don't want to pursue my dad's matter anymore... I want to change the city and start my life again..."

After I reacted, my face immediately darkened and I asked, "What's the reason?"

Zou Chang didn't dare to look directly at me, so she looked down at the tea table. After a long time, she said to me: "When we were eating mutton hot pot, you also saw it. The boss didn't want to talk to me at all. Even if he spoke to me, Talking is also very irritating... because he knows that I am a nightclub girl, and he looks down on me. Not only does he look down on me, but everyone in our village looks down on me... In fact, this is the real reason why I don't want to go back to my old house... …I have been like this even as a nightclub girl. If they knew that my father was killed by Guan Yubo with a car because he had defiled Zuo Xiaowei, my father would have no reputation in this village at all… The world There is no airtight wall. If Guan Yubo is really tried for this matter, my father will definitely not be able to hide the fact that he defiled Zuo Xiaowei... He was highly respected when he was alive. I don't want him to die after he dies. Instead...it only ruined my reputation."

"But, you promised me before that you must find justice and explanation for your father's death." Follow my Weixin public account: *** to view the latest chapters!
"At that time, I was blinded by anger... In our small place, sometimes justice is really not as important as reputation... In recent years, every Qingming Festival, students will go to my father's grave to pay homage. , thank him for his kindness back then. If this matter is exposed, my dad will have nothing... Moreover, my mother's health is getting worse and worse. My aunt in the countryside has been taking care of her these years... I also saved some money, and after thinking about it, I felt it was time to take her out of this small town. I want to go to Yunnan to find a city with a good environment, where I can do some small business and take good care of her health."

I was really carried away by anger. The successive setbacks made me unable to control my emotions anymore. I raised my hand and overturned the tea table between Zou Chang and me, and scolded: "You told me Me, did you also take advantage of Guan Yubo to make such a bastard decision?"

While crying, Zou Chang waved his hands and said to me: "Brother, I didn't, I really didn't take advantage of Guan Yubo... I didn't dare to let Guan Yubo know at all, I already knew that he killed my father. Things...if he knew about it, he would definitely not let me go...I'm not that stupid to put myself in such a dangerous environment for his money...So, you have to believe me, this is me It’s your own decision... My father has tarnished Zuo Xiaowei, and he deserves it. In the end, let’s leave him a good reputation!”

(End of this chapter)