My Terrible Life in Those Years

But what I didn't expect was that Sunday's big slab seemed to be just the beginning!

On Sunday afternoon, I wandered around with Lao Liu. He made a point of going to Miss Sister Alley a few times, but they don't come out during the day.

Because they also need to rest.

After he finished his breakfast and dinner, he rushed back by bus. I didn't tell him about being beaten.

Telling him wouldn't have made any difference.

When I took him to the bus station, he patted my shoulder hard.

"Peach Blossom River, work hard to earn money, and buy a bigger house, the kind where you don't need to turn on the lights when you walk in, the kind where you have your own bathroom, shower, and kitchen, and where there's sunshine all year round. But it has to be a place where you can see the alleyway where the young lady lives."

"I'll come back in a few days and fight alongside you!"

I laughed and scolded, "What the hell is this about buying a bigger house and struggling together? If a woman said that, it might be somewhat plausible!"

"You're finished, Lao Jiang! You've got women but no brothers, women but no humanity!"

"I learned that from you! Get in the car now, it's about to leave!"

After dropping him off, it was already past seven o'clock. I didn't go back to my rented room, but went straight to work at the barbecue stall.

As soon as Xiao Luo saw me taking over the shift, he would run off without caring whether it was time to go or not, as if he were rushing to another night shift.

"Uncle Ye, I'm here!" I greeted Uncle Ye, who was busy at work. Looking into the shop, I saw that the young owner, Kang Ning, was still writing and calculating with a worried look on his face, preparing some dishes and such.

Wan Ning hasn't arrived yet.

Uncle Ye knew I had arrived without even looking up.

When I had some free time and went to deliver the washed and chopped vegetables to him, Uncle Ye squinted, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and said calmly, "I've investigated that matter for you. I'll give you the information later!"

I didn't understand: "What investigation? What data?"

Uncle Ye opened his eyes wide and held out red-hot tongs to me: "Kid, still half asleep?"

The scorching hot pliers, with their red-hot tips, jolted me awake.

I previously asked him to help me investigate Zhong Yang and his wife's information.

How long has it been? You talked about it last night, and it's already done today?

Uncle Ye is getting more and more baffling. If he didn't have connections in some places, how could he have gotten this done so quickly? I just don't believe it!

My mood, which had been gloomy from morning till night, has finally eased a little; there's at least a tiny bit of good news.

I got a little excited.

"Uncle Ye, you're quick on your feet!" I deliberately looked him up and down, as if I were discovering for the first time that he was a man of great skill!

He smiled but didn't respond to my question.

"Uncle Ye, how can I ever thank you enough? You've done me such a huge favor!"

Uncle Ye paused for a moment, then sighed softly, "Young Jiang, you don't need to thank me. Just do your best to help them both! That's enough to thank me!"

This really means you don't need me to thank you.

"Uncle Ye, how did you get it? And so quickly?" It wasn't that I intentionally wanted to ask him about the inside story; I was just too curious.

Uncle Ye raised his red-hot pliers again, his eyebrows twitching slightly: "Hurry up and greet the guests!"

Clearly, he didn't want me to ask him any further questions about this.

I feel like if I keep exploring his affairs, he might just slap me with pliers!

I wisely slipped away to get busy.

I glanced at him a few times; he was still the same ordinary barbecue worker, constantly busy with his hands, turning various ingredients and sprinkling cumin and sesame oil.

It's completely unbelievable that he could uncover all the information about a complete stranger and his wife in a single day.

I suddenly realized how amazing life is.

I just arrived a few days ago. I was robbed, and I met Wan Ning by chance on the bus. That led to me renting a place, working the night shift at the barbecue stall, and even getting to know Wan Ning. I also got to know Uncle Ye through the opportunity.

It has to be said that the connections between people are quite interesting.

If Uncle Ye hadn't genuinely wanted to help them, and if I hadn't been to his liking, especially in the matter of reformation, where I went all out and my attitude towards Wan Ning was direct and enthusiastic, I doubt he would have used his connections to help me so quickly!

I've made up my mind. One day, once things are perfectly resolved, I'm going to have a big drinking session with him.

Ideally, Wan Ning could stay by our side. She could pour drinks and serve food to us two old men, watch us brag, offer cigarettes to Uncle Ye, light his cigarette, give me water, and change my plates!

Then, we tried to get him drunk so we could slowly coax some information out of him.

When it comes to happy things, we all share the joy; when it comes to unhappy things, we all drink and curse together!

Just imagining this scene makes me excited!

I refuse to believe that I can't get something real out of him in this situation!

Because I had something to look forward to, I was all smiles all night.

One customer deliberately spilled wine on my shoes because I was slow in serving the food. I didn't even think about it and apologized to him to make him happy!

I didn't see Wan Ning come over tonight.

I forced myself to ignore the boss's sour face and went over to ask him.

"Boss, where's Wan Ning? I haven't seen her come over tonight?"

"What's it to you??"

He was indeed in a bad mood; he already had a lot of complaints about me.

I was internally cursing: Brother-in-law, you're the only one I can tolerate today!

The day I openly call you my brother-in-law, you won't argue with me about whether it's my business or not!

"Young boss, how can you say it's nothing? Think about it, you're the young boss, and Wan Ning is your sister, so she's practically my half-young boss too. It's not wrong for me to care about my own boss, is it? What do you say?"

In the Wan Ning matter, I feel that I may have to fully utilize my potential for being thick-skinned.

My brother-in-law looked like he was about to poop, and I was lecturing him with a lot of reasoning!

My straightforward reasoning did indeed leave him speechless!

He threw the rag right in front of me.

"Since you have so much free time, wipe all the tables clean for me!"

I took the rag with a smile and asked again with slightly more enthusiasm, "Now that I've wiped these tables clean, can you tell me what Wan Ning went to do?"

He was speechless; this shameless act stunned him.

Before he could assign me any new tasks, I quickly ran away and started tidying up from the table furthest from him.

Five minutes to wipe all the tables.

The rag is washed too.

"Boss, I'm done. Now can you tell me why Wan Ning didn't come today?"

Corning's eyes truly held a knife within them. If looks could kill, I think I'd die a hundred times over.

The veins on both sides of his forehead were throbbing.

But I kept smiling. Isn't that what the old saying goes?

You can't hit someone who's smiling at you!

"My mom isn't feeling well, so she's taking care of her at home!"

I was surprised: "Mom's not feeling well? Shall I go check on her?"

After saying that, I suddenly realized, "Damn, why did I say 'our mom'?" That sentence really did seem a bit too shameless!

Before he loses his temper, I quickly ran out to help Uncle Ye.

You can clearly hear the sound of the rag being slammed onto the table by the boss!

A little later, I received two A4 sheets of paper from Uncle Ye.

The above contains basic information about Zhong Yang and his wife.

The photo above has a phone number, address, workplace, and everything else.

It looks like a piece of paper that was pulled from someone's file, photographed, and printed out!

I carefully took the note, folded it, and put it in my inner pocket, which made me feel a little more relaxed.

On the way back, I kept thinking about the whole thing and how to carry it out in detail!