backtracking dawn

After politely declining Zheng Changqing's invitation to stay for dinner, Qu Xiao quickly packed up his things, went downstairs and left the community.

Now that he has two hundred dollars, he doesn't need to do this kind of extravagant business for the time being. What's more, there is a tigress in the house that hates him. If he really stays, it will probably cause a lot of trouble.

Anyway, the contract had been signed, so Qu Xiao was not in a hurry to go back. He ate pancakes and strolled around the city for a while. He decided to rest for the night and start walking back slowly in the morning.

Qu Xiao, who was reluctant to spend money on a taxi, naturally would not choose to stay in a hotel or a place like a hotel. He opened the navigation and looked at the nearby guest houses, hoping to settle down in such an extremely low-end place.

However, things went against his expectations. When he came to the store, the store told him that it was full and all bus routes were closed. Qu Xiao wanted to change places, but he had nowhere to go.

No matter, the worst case scenario is to sleep on the roadside.

Compared with the crowded and narrow accommodation environment in shacks in the countryside, the streets of Jiangzhou City seemed much more spacious and comfortable. He found a bench and lay down on it, and Qu Xiao squinted his eyes and took a nap.

However, misfortunes never come singly. Unlucky things often happen one after another. Sleeping on the street is already miserable enough, but the weather turns out to be unkind, and suddenly there is a strong wind and rain!

Qu Xiao, who had not yet entered a deep sleep, was suddenly awakened by the freezing cold. The cold rain hit him and soon soaked his clothes. As a last resort, Qu Xiao could only find another place to stay and looked around for a while.

Just a bridge opening can provide some shelter.

There is a garbage treatment plant right here, and the smell is simply disgusting, but Qu Xiao still decided to rest here. The tissue blocked his nose, so he simply tried to cover his ears and steal the bell.

But he was not the only one who had the same idea. After a while, a slovenly old man ran over dragging a snakeskin bag. Judging from his wet appearance, he must have come to take shelter from the rain. Qu Xiao saw this

He didn't say much, he just pulled his legs inward slightly.

There was not much space under the bridge. As soon as the old man came, he got close to Qu Xiao. The unpleasant smell on his body was simply worse than the garbage dump next to him. Even though Qu Xiao blocked his nose with paper, he still couldn't smell it.

You can smell that disgusting irritation.

He had no choice but to drive him away, so Qu Xiao had to shrink back and expose part of his shoulders to the outside. He wanted to put some distance between him and the old man, but he didn't expect that he was so thick-skinned that he saw him.

He gave up his position and actually moved closer.

Seeing this, Qu Xiao couldn't bear it anymore. He glared at the old man, trying to intimidate the latter.

But what was annoying was that the old man ignored him at all, hugged the snakeskin bag to his chest, and hummed a little tune to himself.

There was no other way, so Qu Xiao had no choice but to say: "Old man, can you come over a little bit? I want to take a nap, but it's too crowded when you come over, so I can't sleep."

"You can't sleep, why don't you find another place?" The old man looked arrogant and showed no reasonable intention at all.

"Where can I find another place at this late hour..." Qu Xiao smiled bitterly, "Old man, let's understand each other, can't we?"

"Understand? How do you want me to understand?" Pointing to the pouring rain outside, the old man yelled, "The rain has already fallen on me just now. If I let you go, I will be rained on again!"

"But aren't I also getting wet in the rain now?" Qu Xiao argued, he gestured to the old man on his shoulder, "Look, in order to protect you, nearly half of my body is exposed now."

"Then I don't care." The old man tilted his head, "You gave way yourself, I didn't force you."

"Hey you..." Qu Xiao laughed angrily at these words. This was the first time he encountered such a shameless old beta. "I let you do it out of humility, but this is not an excuse for you to rely on your old age and show off. I'm warning you.

Ah, old fellow, if you continue to be aggressive, don’t blame my men for being ruthless!”

"Why, you still want to hit me?" The old man stretched his face forward, "Come on, come on, come on my old face if you dare! I tell you, as long as you dare to do it, I will

Dare to lie down on the ground, if someone passing by sees you later, you won’t be able to tell the truth!”

"What, you still want to touch porcelain?" Qu Xiao smiled, "You might as well turn around now and see if there is even a single figure around here! I'm not afraid to tell you, young master, I'm not from this city at all.

I'll beat you later and run away, what can you do to me!"

"you dare--"

"You can try to see if I dare you!" Qu Xiao said as he rolled up his sleeves. This kind of old bastard just needs to be dealt with.

Seeing that he was really ready to take action, the old man looked panicked. He knew very well how much he weighed, and it would be difficult for him to take advantage of a strong-blooded young man like Qu Xiao.

"Wait!" He immediately changed the subject, and the old man gave up a small distance. He finally gave up. A good man would not suffer the immediate consequences, and he was not prepared to fight to the death with Qu Xiao.

Qu Xiao snorted coldly when he saw this, and then moved his body in. He didn't care about the stench on the old man's body now. If he didn't steam the steamed buns to save his breath, even if he died of the smell here tonight, he wouldn't want to let this old β

Den Duo occupies half a millimeter's position.

The two fell into a stalemate.

I don't know how long it took, but the old man suddenly shook Qu Xiao, who was still awake, and asked: "Little brother, I'm sorry for what happened just now. Let's do this. You see, it's idle at night. Let's go."

Why don’t you find something to do?”

"What do you want?" Qu Xiao frowned in alarm. The old man's sudden change of attitude made him feel that there was something deceitful about it.

"Don't be nervous, I don't mean anything else." The old man smiled, showing a row of big yellow teeth, "I just suddenly felt itchy and wanted to find someone to play with."

As he spoke, he took out a pair of playing cards from his snakeskin pocket. It was at this moment that Qu Xiao noticed that the old man's right hand actually only had four fingers.

"Your hands..." Qu Xiao couldn't help but ask, "How did you get it like this?"

"Hey, I was ignorant when I was young. I offended my elder brother and got chopped off." The old man explained lightly, "Let's not talk about this now. Let's play cards. How about it? Can you play cards?"

"I know a little bit." Qu Xiao nodded. He did know a little bit. In the past, before his family suffered any changes, he had occasional contact with those bad friends.

The old man then asked: "Do you know how to fry golden flowers?"

"Yes." Qu Xiao replied, "It's the game where you draw three cards to compare the sizes, right?"

"Very good, it looks like I don't need to explain any more." The old man grinned, "How about, let's play a little bit?"

"Okay." Qu Xiao nodded and said, "But there's no point in doing it like this. Let's bet something."

"Okay, okay!" When the old man heard the word "bet", his eyes lit up, "Tell me, what do you want to bet on?"

"Let's bet on the ownership of this place tonight." Qu Xiao said, "Whoever loses, let's give up this place and go to another place. How about that?"

"Are you sure?" The old man shook his eyebrows, he seemed confident.

"I am sure."

"Well, this is my bet." The old man nodded in agreement, "However, your bet must be changed to something else."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't need you to move, so your bet is not attractive to me."

Qu Xiao asked: "Then what do you want?"

"Me..."

The old man looked at Qu Xiao's body carefully, staring at him with greedy wolf-like eyes that made the latter feel terrified.

"I'm telling you, don't come up with those dirty ideas. I will never agree to it!"

"What are you thinking about, you kid..." The old man poked his nose in disdain, "Even if you agree, I still despise you... Well, if I win, you give me a dollar, how about it?"

"Ah? One dollar?!"

"Well, it's only one dollar, but the condition is that I have to deal the cards." The old man said, "Folding the cards counts as a loss. If you can beat me, I will leave."

"Are you trying to win a thousand?!" This was the first time that Qu Xiao encountered this kind of poker game where it was obvious that he was going to win a thousand. The old man seemed to be very confident in his skills and was not afraid to reveal his skills to Qu Xiao.

Details.

"How about it, do you dare to come?" The old man said with a smile, "If you can catch me cheating, you will win."

"Hey, your tone is really not small!" Qu Xiao became interested when he heard this, "Okay, I will take this game, isn't it just one yuan, I don't believe you can beat me hundreds of times in a row.

!”

"Haha, let's give it a try."

…

The card game lasted from ten o'clock until early morning. The rain outside almost stopped, and Qu Xiao still couldn't win the old man.

By this point in the card fight, he had already transferred 230 yuan. Because the old man didn't have an i-pen and couldn't accept the transfer, Qu Xiao actually owed the old man more than 190 yuan.

"Made, you clearly saw you changing cards just now!"

Once again, he failed to catch Qian Qian, and Qu Xiao couldn't bear it any longer. The old man's tactics were really powerful. He tried to deceive him in front of him, but he couldn't get any clues.

With a smile on his face, the old man took back his empty hand, and then used a stone to carve a mark on the ground. At this time, there were nearly two hundred such marks, each one representing a dollar owed by Qu Xiao.

"How's it going? Are you still having fun?"

"No more playing! No more playing!" Qu Xiao had already broken his defense at this time.

He originally thought that his eyes were very bright, and he could capture thousands of people, but he didn't expect that the old man's miraculous skills tortured him to the point of physical and mental exhaustion. If he kept playing, he might not even be able to save money for tomorrow's breakfast.

Living.

"Go to sleep first. I will take out the money and give it to you tomorrow."

Qu Xiao was not in the mood to pay attention to the stench around him. Qu Xiao's mind was now filled with the money he had just exported. He had experienced the term "gambling harms people" firsthand tonight. Playing with such an old fox, he was almost like

It’s fish meat on the chopping board, but it’s still being slaughtered!