Chapter 139: One went mad, a bunch turned stupid

Zhao Chen spoke while habitually reaching for money.

They were people who had endured hard times, accustomed to the fickleness of the world, so upon seeing someone in misery they couldn't help wanting to help, just as they would help their former selves.

Li Jiaci's cigarette ash fell straight down in the cold wind.

And that fellow who looked like a beggar also staggered over to stand before the few of them.

Zhao Chen handed over the ten dollars he had taken out, saying, "Take this money to buy something to eat; I'm sure the bun shop on the east side of the alley is still open!"

The other person shivered in the cold wind.

His disheveled hair was coated with all kinds of filth, and his body kept emitting a nauseating stench.

Dirty hair covered most of the other's face; in the dark alley only a pair of gloomy bright eyes remained, fixedly staring at the several people before them.

Li Yihu rubbed his nose and whispered, "Did you poop your pants?"

"Cough, don't let anyone hear!"

Zhang Chuqiang jabbed him with his elbow.

Just then.

The other person suddenly lunged at Zhang Chuqiang.

"Damn it!"

Zhang Chuqiang cursed under his breath.

Before he could react, he was pressed onto the snow by the other person.

That stench blew over him, making Zhang Chuqiang almost vomit.

"Are you fucking sick?!"

"I gave you money and you don't want it, what the hell are you doing jumping on me?!"

Zhang Chuqiang shoved the other's arm and shouted.

Zhao Chen held the ten dollars and laughed heartily.

"Can't help it, who made you so handsome!"

Li Jiaci took a drag of his cigarette and said, "Stop fooling around, Qiangzi, we brothers are still thirsty, we don't have time to watch you two roll around in the snow!"

"Damn it? Do you think we look like we're flirting?"

Zhang Chuqiang's face turned red with anger.

He thrust his elbow into the other's chest and shoved him away with force.

After finally getting up, just as he was about to brush off the snow, the other person clung tightly to his thigh, sitting on the ground and wailing loudly.

Although the crying sounded miserable and hoarse, it could be heard that it was a woman.

Liu Jiang joked, "It's over, Qiangzi, she's taken a liking to you—this hug is for life!"

"All of you, shut the fuck up!"

Zhang Chuqiang was fed up.

He clenched his fists and threatened the person: "I'll count to three; if you don't let go, I don't care how miserable your life is—I'll still beat you until you're crawling on the ground!"

He had a kind heart, but that person didn't play by the rules.

No wonder he turned ruthless.

The air was filled with waves of stench.

Li Jiaci took the ten dollars from Zhao Chen's hand and waved it in front of the other person.

"Hey, take the money and go buy something to eat!"

But the other person acted as if he hadn't seen it, or simply didn't want to deal with him, and instead clung even tighter to Zhang Chuqiang's leg.

Zhang Chuqiang gritted his teeth and kicked hard with his leg.

"Let go, you damn bastard!"

"Jiaci..."

Suddenly.

The female beggar spoke.

Zhang Chuqiang's movement paused.

He furrowed his brows, lowered his head, and asked, "What did you just say?"

"Jiaci, don't leave me, okay?"

The female beggar lifted her head, her voice hoarse.

Yet it was perfectly clear.

Zhang Chuqiang stared blankly at Li Jiaci before him.

They all recognized that voice.

This person, they had just been discussing.

Li Qinglan.

She had actually come back.

Li Jiaci immediately balled up the ten dollars.

He spat out the cigarette from his mouth and stomped on it hard.

"Really damn unlucky!"

Even ghosts aren't as hard to deal with as she is.

Li Yihu walked forward with an unhappy expression.

"What the hell are you pretending?"

"My brother's behind you!"

Li Qinglan clearly heard it.

Not only did she not turn back, she instead pushed aside the dirty hair on her face and looked at Zhang Chuqiang with a grin.

As soon as she pulled her mouth open, her broken teeth were exposed to everyone's view.

Zhang Chuqiang wanted to speak several times but held back.

Li Yihu didn't have his patience; he directly grabbed her arm.

"Didn't you hear me speaking?"

"Jiaci, save me..."

Li Qinglan shook off Li Yihu's hand and tightly grabbed Zhang Chuqiang's pants.

Desperate resistance.

Zhao Chen asked suspiciously: "She couldn't have really gone mad, could she?"

"Impossible, she must be pretending!"

"These past few years, she's deceived us terribly!"

"You mean you've all forgotten?"

Li Yihu didn't believe that.

He turned Li Qinglan's head, making her look toward Li Jiaci.

"Come on, you don't like pretending, do you?"

"Take a look, who is this person?"

"Even if he turned to ashes, you'd still recognize him!"

Li Qinglan's gaze was muddled, unfocused.

Only the sound of foolish laughter remained.

Although Li Jiaci stood right before her, her empty gaze swept over him without a hint of hesitation or emotion.

At that moment Li Yihu was also dazed.

"What acting school did this guy attend? I'd go learn too if I had the time!"

Zhang Chuqiang snapped his fingers in front of Li Qinglan.

Li Qinglan suddenly turned her head, stared at Zhang Chuqiang's face, and slowly crawled up from the ground.

Zhao Chen warned: "Qiangzi, something's not right, run!"

"Wait a bit longer."

Zhang Chuqiang raised his hand to signal them to be quiet.

At the same time, Li Jiaci came behind Zhang Chuqiang to observe Li Qinglan's reaction.

Li Qinglan steadied herself, looking at Zhang Chuqiang's face, smiling so wide her mouth split past her ears.

That affectionate gaze truly didn't look feigned.

Zhang Chuqiang and Li Jiaci exchanged a glance.

"Brother, she seems really..."

"Jiaci!"

However, before he finished speaking, Li Qinglan lunged and hugged his neck.

Immediately after, her dirty lips pressed onto Zhang Chuqiang's face.

"Damn it!"

Zhang Chuqiang instinctively shoved her to the ground.

With a thud.

Li Qinglan fell heavily to the ground.

As if suddenly awakening, she hurriedly clasped her hands, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Zhang Chuqiang.

"Jiaci, sorry, please forgive me!"

"I'll apologize to you... I'll kowtow to make amends!"

"It was all my fault before!"

"You love me the most, you'll surely forgive my mistakes!"

Li Qinglan babbled madly.

Her head knocked a hole in the snow.

Then came a thumping sound that echoed through the whole alley.

Li Jiaci looked at her with a complex expression.

Only after a long while did he sigh.

Li Yihu pointed at Li Qinglan's kowtowing figure, likewise unable to speak.

They had all thought it would be fine if this woman went mad.

But when it actually came true,

it somehow wasn't as satisfying.

Zhao Chen asked Li Jiaci: "Brother, what if we send her to the hospital?"

"What are you talking about sending her to the hospital?"

"Is she worth you putting in so much?"

"Now that she's gone mad, it's heaven's justice!"

"Damn it!"

"She deserves the retribution!"

Li Yihu turned around and angrily scolded a few sentences.

Li Qinglan seemed frightened by his voice, suddenly curling up on the ground, hugging her shoulders and trembling.

"Jiaci, don't yell at me..."