Chapter 111: Dark night

9 PM, Happiness Street community, in the basement of an old residential building.

With a "creak", the key was inserted into the rusty door lock, and the man pushed the door open and walked in lightly.

"You're back."

Xiao Tang sat up in a daze from the bed, seeing that it was her husband Chen Dahai who had returned from the night shift.

Chen Dahai was a security guard in the Happiness Street community, 38 years old this year. He was wearing a blue security uniform, with an old walkie-talkie tucked at his waist, and smiled at Xiao Tang, revealing a mouth of uneven teeth:

"Wife, you must be hungry, I bought you some late-night snacks, here, pumpkin chicken porridge, and a few vegetable buns... they are all good for the stomach."

Chen Dahai walked to his wife's bed, opened the food box in his hand, and took out the steaming porridge and buns.

"Come, wife, let me feed you."

Xiao Tang pushed Chen Dahai away dissatisfiedly and took the spoon herself.

"I have hands and feet, why do you need to feed me, just put it there, I'll eat it myself in a while. You hurry up and wash up and sleep, you've been busy all day..."

Chen Dahai grinned, then raised his hand and stroked his wife's high-bulging abdomen very gently, with a look of happiness on his face:

"How is the child today?"

"What else can it be, all day long, jumping up and down in my stomach, like a little monkey, I think, this little guy must be a naughty boy!"

"Hehe, I like boys or girls! Wife, you just hold on for another month, and you can give birth. After the child is born, we will change to a big house and not live in this broken basement!"

Xiao Tang frowned:

"Change to a house? Where do you get the money to change to a house?"

Chen Dahai giggled, "Of course... the money I saved myself, I've saved quite a lot of money after being a security guard for so many years."

Xiao Tang smiled while raising her hand to point at Chen Dahai's forehead.

"You, just save the money you saved first, there will be many places to use money in the future! Change to what house, I think it's quite good here, quiet and convenient, and I'm used to living here."

"You don't need to worry about these things! Wife, don't worry, I, Chen Dahai, will definitely let you and the child live a good life!"

Chen Dahai stood up, then put on a black coat, put on a black hat again, walked to the door and said:

"Wife, you sleep first, I... have something to do, go out for a while."

"It's so late, what are you going out for?!"

"I... I'm going to fix my broken car, the car tire was punctured today, you hurry up and sleep, don't worry about me!"

Xiao Tang was already sleepy, and in her daze, she saw Chen Dahai's chest bulging, so she thought his car repair tools were placed there.

She nodded:

"Oh, come back early."

The night wind blew gently, carrying the unique decay and dampness of the old residential building.

Under the dim street lamp, a man wrapped in black clothes walked over, it was Chen Dahai.

However, he didn't walk toward the car shed downstairs, but gently pushed open the rusty big iron gate of the community and walked onto the main road of Happiness Street.

Immediately after, he unbuttoned his

As a street security guard, Chen Dahai knew best where there was surveillance on this street and where there wasn't; the utility pole at this corner was precisely a spot the cameras couldn't reach.

With glue in one hand and a poster in the other, Chen Dahai applied the glue to the back of the poster and then "slapped" it onto the utility pole.

His movements were crisp and practiced, done in one go; it was clearly not his first time doing this.

However, unlike the posters posted last week, the ones posted this time had more aggressive language and included the ID number, phone number, and other personal information of Dr. Shen from the Xiaoman Medical Clinic, and even a photo of her child.

In the photo, the chubby little boy was wearing a kindergarten uniform, with the words "Rainbow Kindergarten" written in large characters on it.

It was obvious that someone was deliberately inciting something.

However, Chen Dahai didn't know any Dr. Shen, had never been to the Xiaoman Medical Clinic, and certainly didn't have any "deep-seated hatred" for this woman.

He was doing this just to earn some extra money.

A week ago, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses and sporting a small mustache had found him and given him those posters. And today's posters were also given to him by that same man. He only needed to finish posting all these posters to receive a not-insignificant bonus.

Who would refuse such a simple and well-paying task!

What's more, he was just a poor loser with no house, no car, and a meager income; his wife was pregnant, and they could only squeeze into a dark, damp basement.

He thought that once he earned this money, he would quickly find a place, take his wife and newborn child, and leave Happiness Street as soon as possible!

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

Chen Dahai walked along the main road of Happiness Street, secretly posting the posters as he went.

It was already past 9:00 PM, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road; this time, it was even smoother than the last...

However, just as he turned the corner and found a suitable lamppost, a large hand suddenly reached out from behind and gripped his throat tightly!

With a "whoosh," the neat stack of posters in Chen Dahai's arms fell to the ground, scattering everywhere.

Under the streetlight, Chen Dahai opened his eyes wide in shock:

He saw a tall man with silver hair and green eyes walking toward him, chewing on a cigar, his body wrapped in heavy malice and pressure, like a messenger from hell.

Behind him followed four or five burly men, wearing thick gold chains around their necks and holding cold, hard clubs in their hands.

"Are you the dog who's been spreading rumors?"

The silver-haired man walked up to Chen Dahai, and the next second, he suddenly pressed the burning cigarette butt in his hand fiercely onto Chen Dahai's cheek.

In an instant, the flesh sizzled and smoked; Chen Dahai screamed "wa-wa" in pain, flailing his hands and feet wildly.

"Who, who are you?! What are you doing!"

"Heh, what am I doing?" The man curled his lips into a slight smile.

"I'm going to let you taste what it's like to wish you were dead."

Saying this, he threw away the cigarette butt and lifted his chin to the left and right.

"What are you standing there for? Get to work."

At 9:30 PM, Xiao Tang finished her late-night snack and was preparing to sleep after a quick wash.

Just then, a series of violent "bang, bang, bang" knocks came from the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me!"

Xiao Tang recognized that it was her neighbor, Zou, who lived nearby, so she opened the door.

"Auntie Zou, what's the matter so late?"

Auntie Zou's face was full of panic and anxiety as she spoke:

"It's bad, Xiao Tang! Something happened to Dahai!"