Chapter 2 Giving Money

  I covered my beaten face, it hurts a bit, this is still the first time in my life that someone has hit me, even my sister hasn't hit me.

  Li Qingxue's slap seemed to have awakened me as well.

  I thought carefully about what I said just now, was that really what I said?

  Even a normal girl would get angry if she heard this.

  I clutched my head with both hands and took a few more sips of the strong liquor.

  Should I give Li Qingxue an apology?

  I picked up my phone and put it down again. I picked it up, put it down, picked it up, and put it down again.

  "It's just grass, what's wrong with me?" I said to myself.

  After drinking two bottles of wine, my phone rang. I was secretly pleased with myself, thinking that Li Qingxue still liked me and must be calling to apologize.

  I picked up the phone and took a look, it wasn't Li Qingxue who called, but Yang Huo.

  "Anzi, come to the hospital, Xiao Ning has been hacked." Yang Huo said anxiously on the other end.

  I was startled and all the intoxication was gone, I hastily asked: "Which hospital?"

  "Workers' Hospital."

  "I'll be right there."

  I rushed out of the door, hailed a taxi and told the driver to take me to the Workers' Hospital.

  Yang Huo, Li Ye, Xiao Ning - these three are my sworn brothers. To put it in one sentence, we grew up together wearing split pants and didn't often get scolded by the neighborhood aunties with brooms.

  After more than ten minutes I arrived at the Workers' Hospital.

  "Anzi, over here." Yang Huo beckoned me as soon as he saw me.

  I rushed over and asked: "Who chopped down Xiao Ning?"

  Yang Huo is the most handsome among us four, he comes from a single-parent family, his father is a gambler, and his mother raised him up, his mother is an environmental worker.

  Yang Huo gritted his teeth and said: "It was Zhang Dai who ordered someone to kill Xiao Ning, damn it, I will not let Zhang Dai go."

  I was puzzled: "Didn't Zhang Dai go open a house with Zhao Roudan?"

  "How did you know?" Yang Huo looked at me strangely.

  "You don't need to know this, why Zhang Dai called someone to cut down Xiao Ning." I asked.

  Yang Huo said: "Actually, it's a very coincidental encounter. I was out with Xiao Ning at a bar all night and didn't leave until 10 am. As soon as we came out, we bumped into Zhang Dai and Zhao Ruo Dan. At the time, Ningzi said that these two people must be going to open a room, so he went up to ask Zhao Ruo Dan why she was going to open a room with Zhang Dai."

  I interrupted Yang Huo's words: "What does it have to do with you two that Zhao Ruodan and Zhang Dai went to open a room?"

  "Grass, you sneaky kid got rejected by Zhao Ruodan after confessing to her in secret, thinking we didn't know." Yang Huo said, "Ningzi couldn't bear it and went to ask Zhao Ruodan."

  I was speechless at once.

  "Anzi, what's there to be ashamed of? If she rejects us, then so be it. It's her loss," Yang Huo said. "From now on, let her come crawling back to us. Anyone who looks down on my brother is my enemy."

  "We went in to see Ningzi."

  Yang Huo and I entered the ward.

  Xiao Ning was lying on his side in bed, when he saw us coming in, this kid smiled and said: "Damn, Anzi you came to visit a sick person without even buying any fruit, how stingy are you?"

  I irritably said eat an egg fruit, nothing you go ask Zhao Ruo Dan dry hair.

  Xiao Ning said: I just can't stand that guy who is two-faced, pretending to be nice in front of you but actually rotten inside, thinking he's superior just because he's good-looking.

  Yang Huo Te asked Ning Zi, "Do you know where it's rotten through and through?"

  Xiao Ning said you're pretending to be innocent, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?

  The three of us burst out laughing.

  Xiao Ning was slashed three times, but it's not very serious, all on his back. I guess those people just wanted to teach Xiao Ning a lesson and didn't mean to hurt him badly.

  "Ningzi, are you hungry? Let's go buy something to eat." Yang Huo gave me a look.

  I nodded: "I'll go out and buy some things."

  Xiao Ning said: "Give me a pack of cigarettes."

  Yang Huo said: You're just a patient, don't be so arrogant.

  Xiao Ning's face was bitter.

  We left the ward.

  "What's wrong, Yang Huo?" I asked.

  Yang Huo turned out his pocket and took out a dozen or so banknotes, including 50s, 20s, and 10s, saying: "The doctor just said that we need to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan, I only have this little bit here, how much do you have?"

  I turned out my pocket: "I only have 135 yuan here."

  "It doesn't even add up to three hundred." Yang Huo exhaled a breath of air, "I'll call Li Ye and ask him to bring the money over."

  "Li Ye is even poorer than us, he can get at most 200, still short of 400 or 500." I said.

  Yang Huo was depressed: "Want to borrow money from Pangzi?"

  I say this fat guy has one good thing about him - he's stingy. If you can borrow money from him, that's your achievement.

  Yang Huo said what to do now.

  I also wonder who among the people I know is richer?

  Xiao Ning's family environment is not good either, his parents are vegetable vendors in the market, and there is also a younger sister who needs to be supported for her education. If Xiao Ning were to be killed by the two old men, it would be a big mess.

  Anzi.

  What did I say?

  Yang Huo said: "Borrowing money from Li Qingxue, with your relationship being so good, it's not just a thousand, even ten thousand would be lent to you."

  "My grass, you think I'm selling myself?"

  "It's up to you now."

  "I'll go out and make a phone call."

  Yang Huo is right, relying on the relationship between me and Li Qingxue, not to mention one thousand, even if it's ten thousand, she would lend it to me. On the premise that our relationship is good.

  An hour ago I scolded someone until they cried and left, an hour later I went to call her to borrow money, what kind of thing is this?

  But without paying a deposit, Xiao Ning was driven out of the hospital, which is what I didn't want to see.

  All pretenses have been abandoned.

  I took out my mobile phone and dialed Li Qingxue's number.

  The phone rang nonstop, but no one answered.

  Li Qingshu must not want to answer my call anymore.

  I didn't just scold him with some unpleasant words, did I have to go this far? He also slapped me. I thought to myself, hurry up and answer the phone.

  Three minutes later, still no one answered.

  "Grass, you're ruthless." I cursed helplessly.

  I was just about to put the phone in my pocket and head back to the hospital when it rang. I looked at the number and was overjoyed, quickly answering: "Qingxue, Qingxue, is that you?"

  "Nonsense, I'm not a ghost." Li Qingxue said.

  I chuckled: "Qingxue, you're still angry? That... I spoke too harshly, sorry."

  It's quiet over there.

  I don't know what she's thinking, but for now, I just want the money.

  "You said I have no breasts." Li Qingxue said on the other side.

  "You have." I said.

  "You said I have no buttocks."

  "You have."

  "Who the hell said I don't have a chest and buttocks?"

  "It was that son of a bitch Anzi who said it."

  Li Qingxue was smiling and chuckling on the other side.

  "Alright, I'm feeling much better now, go ahead."

  "I want to borrow some money from you, one thousand yuan."

  "Where are you? I'll send it over to you." Li Qingshuai said, without even asking what she wanted to do.

  I am in the hospital.

  "What? Anzi, what's wrong?" Li Qingxue asked anxiously at once.

  "It's not me, it's Xiao Ning."

  "Oh, I'll send the money over now."

  I walked back down the hospital corridor.

  "Got it." I made a victory gesture.

  "Anzi, I think Li Qingxue has a deep affection for you. Although she's not particularly beautiful, she's very kind and approachable. Why don't you just marry her?" Yang Huo suggested.

  "Get out."

  "With such a good girl, you don't accept her, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

  I was chatting with Yang Huo outside when Li Qingxue arrived soon. Li Qingxue handed over 2,000 yuan to Yang Huo. Yang Huo said, "Qingxue, this is too much."

  Li Qingshu said buy some supplements.

  Yang Huo said okay, I'll thank Xiao Ning for you, I'll go pay first, you guys chat.

  Just now on the phone I could be cheerful and smiling, but when I really saw Li Qingxue, I was a bit embarrassed.

  "What's wrong, are you afraid of me?" Li Qingxue turned her head and asked with a smile.

  I don't know what it is, but at this moment, I think her smile looks especially beautiful.

  I'm saying that so we can just clear things up between us.

  "Does it hurt?" Li Qingxue asked.

  I just laughed and said nothing.

  "Let's just be friends," I asked somewhat uneasily.

  "Nonsense! If you weren't a friend, I wouldn't lend you money. I'm sick!" Li Qingxue gave me a dirty look.

  Yang Huo returned with the money.

  "I'll go take a look at Xiao Ning."

  Li Qingxue went in and came out after ten minutes or so.

  I sent her out of the hospital gate and watched her drive away.

  Li Ye returned to the hospital and received a call from Yang Huo, who also rushed over to see Xiao Ning.

  Li Ye is the tallest among our four, nearly 1.8 meters tall, and he's also a school basketball player, with a rather explosive temper.

  "Tomorrow after school we'll find Zhang to settle the accounts," said Li Ye.

  "Don't worry for now, let me see what Zhang Dai says." Yang Huo took out his mobile phone, found a classmate to ask for Zhang Dai's number and dialed it.

  "Who's there?" Zhang Dai's voice came over quickly.

  "I'm Yang Huo, Zhang Dai, you had someone hurt Xiao Ning, are you going to give us an explanation?"

  "You were raised on shit, I haven't even settled the score with you yet. If it weren't for Ruò Dān's face, I would have killed you all already. Get out of my sight."

  Zhang Dai directly turned off his phone.

  "That damned Zhang Dai, thinks he's awesome just because he has money to hire a few thugs. I'll beat him up until he becomes a retard." Li Ye spat out a wad of saliva.

  "Anzi, what do you think?" Yang Huo asked me.

  "According to Li Ye's method, call him Hou Shan after school tomorrow." I said faintly.