Chapter 492

This man had witnessed many strange and bizarre things in his half-life.

For example, someone once ate crabs in a men's restroom.

Because the man in the stall at the time heard with his own ears a boy in the next cubicle say, "Hurry up and spread your legs, I'm hungry," and another boy say dotingly, "Little glutton, so impatient."

Crabs, very impressive, right.

But at this very moment, facing the combination punch of Lin Li's smile, words, and gaze, the man realized that perhaps what was being eaten in the cubicle at that time wasn't crabs.

Even though the man gritted his teeth and tried to speed up a little, the next second, he was still easily captured and locked in place by Lin Li, who had finished his lines and didn't intend to play anymore.

The force was so great and the stability so firm that it left no chance for resistance; he was completely unable to move.

"Stop running, come back with me,"

And while suppressing the man, Lin Li stood up and smiled, comforting him:

"It's okay, brother. As long as you aren't the mastermind and were just recruited to work, actually nothing will happen. At most, you'll be fined a thousand yuan and locked up for ten days or half a month; it only counts as an administrative penalty."

"By then, if you add some buffs like being a state's witness, having a good attitude, actively repenting, etc., the severity of the punishment will only be lower. Pay a few hundred yuan? Squat for two or three days? That's about it.

Of course, the premise of all this is that you aren't the mastermind."

"I'm not, I'm not! How could I be the mastermind? I was just called to help! I didn't even know this was illegal!!" The man heard this, his words excited and hurried, his head shaking like a rattle-drum.

Lin Li smiled and didn't respond.

This kind of "non-stick pan" rhetoric is just something to listen to; if you actually believe it, you're an idiot.

"Little brother, just let me go. This really has nothing to do with me," and the man, seeing Lin Li's amiable appearance, seemed to feel there was a chance, so he immediately pleaded earnestly:

"Although you said the punishment isn't big, I have old parents above and young children below; I can't even afford this kind of trouble. This time, I was blinded by greed; I just resigned and had no job, and heard there was money to be made here, so I came. I was basically swindled. Just let me go directly.

I'm really sorry for causing you trouble, but I..."

"What did you do before, and why did you resign?" Lin Li was always unable to grasp the main point, and hearing this, he asked curiously.

"Worked on construction sites," the man answered immediately.

"Oh, a civil engineering brother, my respects, my respects. Why did you 'carry your bucket and run'? These days Xiling is always building new cities, shouldn't there be plenty of job opportunities?" Lin Li asked again.

"Sigh, there is a poem in the streets," the man said, his eyes dim, turning his head to look at the ground, his words faint:

"Drunk, I trim the wick and lay the lines, dreaming back to the construction site joint venture; eight centimeters of foundation subsidence, fifty years of fixed-term imprisonment, the prison rolls call in autumn."

"Ash flies fast from the pump truck, concrete like lead water just congealing; finished with the party A's supervisor, won injury and extramarital affairs, three children not my own."

"I know, there are rumors outside now that even dogs don't study civil engineering. As a senior, I find it necessary to clarify: this is not a rumor, this is not a rumor."

Lin Li raised an eyebrow. Yo, this guy is actually an intellectual. In the past there was Xin Qiji, today there are bitter tears.

The man continued to pour out his bitterness:

"Little brother, you don't know, it's really impossible to work now. Those red hats and white hats on the construction site are simply messing around. To the outside, they organize 'No Safety Hazards Today,' but only we who actually do the work know that it's 'No Safety, Full Hazards.'

If something happens, it's not just a matter of ten days or half a month and a thousand yuan; maybe even my life would be lost. Can this be done? I have no choice either, but there are people at home to support. I'm really at my wit's end. I really didn't know this was ille..."

The man said such a long string of things, of course not because he intended to complain to Lin Li about his former job.

In reality, he exaggerated and distorted a lot; his fundamental purpose was naturally to try to make Lin Li empathize so that, out of sympathy, he might let him go. So, at the end of his words, he returned to pleading.

Many people don't know that the civil engineering industry is already much better compared to before, not nearly as unbearable as just described.

You know, in the past, those who worked in civil engineering were buried inside the tombs they finished building, and they weren't even qualified to sleep in the feng shui treasure land with the tomb owner, but had to find another place to be buried randomly. At least now they aren't buried; isn't this a huge progress for the industry?

The Civil Engineering Bible is not wrong. As for the truth of the man's resignation, the fatal blow that made him truly give up working on construction sites, if traced back, involves last year—to be precise, it happened a few months ago during the Dark Great Turmoil at the Xiling Chicken Farm.

Gentlemen! Construction sites and KTVs have always been two sides of the same coin!

You have me, I have you; they are like a married couple, unaware of what heaven and earth are, walking hand in hand.

When the civil engineering industry is flourishing, KTVs absolutely cannot fall behind!!

That dark turmoil seemed to only break the spine of the KTV with one punch, but in reality, it also shattered the hearts of many construction site guys.

Although this thing cannot be wiped out, the decline in quality and service after the foreman changed locations was visible to the naked eye. For the man, this was simply unforgivable; his only hope was gone.

But the man dared not say these words to the Lin Li in front of him. After all, this guy is most likely also a Demon Suppressor. Although he might not have had anything to do with that dark turmoil, their positions were absolutely opposed.

So the man just continued to play the tragedy card.

Lin Li could of course hear the man's hints, and since he originally had a plan in this regard, after the man rambled on for a long time, he, just like the previous few times he completed missions, signaled that he wasn't a Demon Suppressor, hinting that he could be bribed.

Of course, but after the man was tempted, he firmly refused.

"No."

After repeating this several times, the man finally couldn't take it anymore, even slightly breaking down:

"It's not that, brother, what exactly do you mean? What exactly do I have to do for you to let me go!!!"

Lin Li, while pressing him to walk back, asked softly, somewhat coyly and embarrassedly:

"Buddy, if I let you go, will you treat me as a friend?"

Seeing that Lin Li's words finally softened a bit, and that he seemed to have hit some G-spot and become shy, the man's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded like a chick pecking at rice:

"Of course, buddy! 'Friend' isn't even enough to describe our relationship! Brother! We're brothers! If you let me go today, we'll be the best, number one, closest brothers in the whole world!"

Lin Li's eyes widened: "Really? Really?"

"Really, really!" The man nodded heavily.

"We can directly become... brothers?" Lin Li gasped.

"Yes, we'll directly become... brothers!!" The man responded excitedly.

Lin Li suddenly became calm: "Then no, I won't let you go o_o."

The man: "..."

Although he was already somewhat exasperated, the man still suppressed his emotions. Suspecting he had been played, he asked with unwillingness and anger: "Why the hell is that!?"

Lin Li smiled upon hearing this: "Buddy, I'm not playing with you. This has to do with my life creed."

"If I am kind to others now and make friends everywhere, then in my later years I will experience many partings, which will surely be very painful."

"But if I am evil to others everywhere when I am young and make enemies all day long, when I am old I will experience many enemies dying suddenly; I'll have something to look forward to every day, prolonging my life."

"So I'm sorry, if helping you means becoming friends or even going a step further to become brothers, for the sake of my future, I cannot help you. Sorry, this is my hidden reason."

The man: "(；o_o)?"

You...

Damn.

Holy crap, what a magical theory, yet it seems impossible to refute.

Even the previous anger was dissipated quite a bit by Lin Li's sincere tone.

However, after recalling his current situation, the man's eyes lit up, and he immediately spoke excitedly again: "I understand!!"

"Buddy, how about this: as long as you help me, from today on, not only will we not be friends, we will become enemies! The worst enemies in the world! The kind that can never be resolved! That should be fine, right!!"

"Wouldn't that be perfect? It's good for you and good for me!"

The man felt he was a genius, looking at Lin Li expectantly, waiting for his answer.

"What are you rambling about o. o?" Lin Li frowned,

"I help you and you still want to become enemies with me? You ingrate, you're the most disgusting. Blah blah, stop talking to me, go squat in your jail!"