Chapter 8: The real first meeting

“Sister Zou...” Facing Zou Yameng, Ruan Qian was obviously afraid and her tone was timid. Back then, Ruan Qian had always regarded Zou Yameng as her idol, but because Zhou Haiming and Lu Li had always been at odds, Ruan Qian had no choice but to keep her distance from Zou Yameng. Lu Li just glanced at his sister’s left ankle and said, “Sister, it seems you have been eavesdropping by the door.”

“Can my sister’s business be called eavesdropping?”

“Yes, yes, yes. But sister Yameng, you should rest at home. I’ll go with Ruan Qian.” Lu Li stopped his sister from arguing, “If you go there like this, it will only distract me. Besides, it doesn’t necessarily mean to fight. Maybe Zhou Haiming and Chen Shiwei have already subdued their opponents?”

“Then you must send me a message if you have something to do!” Zou Yameng was not hypocritical, “If you can avoid fighting, don’t fight, understand?”

When we are young, violence is always the best way for humans to solve problems. Having a strong body can bring many conveniences to people in their youth. Lu Li has been a human for two lives. His way of solving problems has long changed from violence to using his brain. He was really at a loss when he suddenly encountered such an emergency. He followed Ruan Qian out of the low-rent area and rushed to a construction site more than ten minutes later. At this time, the construction site was already full of people standing in three circles inside and outside.

Zhou Haiming and Chen Shiwei each held down one of An Gulai’s arms and twisted him on the ground, with a ferocious look on their faces: “How dare you show off to us? If I don’t remove your arm today, I’m not Zhou!”

An Gulai is a middle-aged man in his forties, haggard and unkempt, wearing a black leather jacket that was out of shape after washing, and a pair of loose jeans. If you say he is a homeless man, no one would doubt it. If you look closely at his facial features, you can vaguely see his demeanor when he was young.

He was held down by two bad boys who were not careful with their hands. He looked indifferent and just said: “I don’t have money to pay you back after I remove it. I don’t have money. You have a dead life. Do you dare to take it?” These words made Zhou Haiming’s face red, and he wanted to strangle the man to death.

Lu Li appeared in time: “Zhou Haiming, Chen Shiwei.”

“Brother Lu?”

“Brother Lu, it’s this bastard! It was this bastard who took the lead in defrauding the subsidy money. He confessed everything!”

Lu Li did not respond, because there were many people here and many things could not be said in public, especially since this matter involved the local government and caused a negative incident. Chu Xiaodong would be the first to talk to him. Moreover, Zhou Haiming and Chen Shiwei’s actions were like bullies who took advantage of their power. There were already onlookers recording with their mobile phones. It was extremely unwise to continue to entangle here. He squatted in front of An Gulai, quietly examined An Gulai, and calmly asked: “Mr. An, is it convenient to talk?”

“Are you their boss? Ha.”

“Come with me.” Lu Li didn’t want to be photographed, so he turned his head and walked towards the low-rent area. Zhou Haiming and Chen Shiwei dragged An Gulai, who was like a dead dog, and followed Lu Li. After entering the low-rent area and being away from the troublemakers, Lu Li asked Zhou Haiming to abandon An Gulai on the side of the road.

At that time, Chuanhai had an orphan rescue project, which assigned guardians and issued living subsidies to orphans in the low-rent area. At that time, Lu Li was taken out of the orphanage and sent to the low-rent area in a daze. He was still a troublesome age. He only remembered that all kinds of adults said a lot of incomprehensible words to him. He was sent from the orphanage to the hospital, then to a community, and finally sent to the low-rent area like a piece of cargo. For Lu Li, this is the beginning of his life. He once imagined that if the guardian assigned to him at the beginning was not a liar, would his future change?

Lu Li did not immediately ask the half-dead An Gulai, but looked at Zhou Haiming: “How did you find him?”

“Didn’t Ruan Qian tell me An Gulai’s name last time? I’ve been keeping an eye out for the past few days and asked around for this name, and I really found him at the construction site.”

An Gulai breathed hard and laughed: “That’s because I used my real name, and I didn’t want to hide it. Otherwise, do you think you can find me with a bunch of kids who haven’t even grown their hair yet?”

“It was you back then?”

“Of course it was me. I was short of money back then, so I went to get some money. What’s wrong with that? As for you, haha, a bunch of garbage from the low-rent area, no one would care even if you starved to death on the road.” An Gulai had no intention of hiding anything at all. He began to explain what happened back then urgently, using harsh words, trying to anger Lu Li. But to his disappointment, Lu Li’s expression was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, and his eyes were as deep as the abyss, and he couldn’t tell what this young man was thinking at all.

After An Gulai’s explanation, Lu Li finally understood that it was An Gulai who was the leader of the government subsidy scam. He brought his “workers” to apply for guardians, but in the end, the “workers” took the money and left. Only An Gulai stayed. He did not even hide his actions or hide his whereabouts over the years.