Chapter 290: End of the road, evil turns to courage (two chapters in one)
I browsed the communication section of the Alien Hunter software for more than half an hour, and learned about the recent happenings in the Alien Hunter circle. After some things happened, Lin Li quit the software.
“Ding dong.”
Just after exiting the Alien Hunter software, a message popped up in the group of the residents committee of Ping An Garden Community.
Lin Li clicked on it and took a look. It was a message sent by the group leader Aunt Wang to all members.
The content of the message is that Aunt Wang went to the street office for a meeting this afternoon.
As expected by Lin Li, Aunt Wang went to the subdistrict office for a meeting, and the director of the subdistrict office said something at the meeting.
That is, let the presidents of the residents’ committees in each community, like Aunt Wang, inform the residents in the community to try not to go to the wilderness area near the outskirts of the Southern District in the near future, in case some crazy people attack by alien beasts.
In the eyes of ordinary people, aren’t those alien beasts that cross the border and break into the safe zone just crazy?
The residents in the group read the notice sent by Aunt Wang, and then typed to ask, when will the matter about this strange beast end?
Aunt Wang's reply was that she didn't know when such crazy beasts would be completely dealt with. This would have to wait for notification from the Superpower Management Bureau.
Lin Li dived silently, watching what everyone was talking about in the group, thinking to himself, "These people don't use their brains! Aunt Wang is just an ordinary person, ask her when will this kind of thing end? How is it possible? Will there be an answer?”
After a while, there were hundreds or thousands of messages in the group. Lin Li peeked at the screen for a while and felt that it was all useless chat, so he quit the resident group.
“Take a shower, then go to bed. Get up early tomorrow and go for a walk in the wilderness of the Southern District to see if you can encounter that kind of strange beast that can grow red mushrooms...”
< br>Lin Li threw his cell phone on the sofa, then got up and went to the bedroom to get his pajamas and take a shower.
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At night at around one o'clock in the morning, in a villa community, the study on the second floor of a villa near the entrance of the community was brightly lit. It was so late and the owner was still awake.
“Huh…”
A man in his forties, 1.75 meters tall, with a Chinese character face, a scruffy beard and messy hair, sat on an office chair with his back He leaned back on the chair, took a long breath, and a stream of white smoke spurted out from his mouth.
He was the only one in the study, and it was quiet. After finishing smoking a cigarette in his hand, this middle-aged man with a haggard look immediately threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray on the table in front of him, and then He took out another cigarette and lit it, then puffed away.
"Dinglingling..."
The mobile phone placed on the table rang. The middle-aged man who was puffing away the smoke suddenly thought about it when he saw the mobile phone, and there was an obvious expression of excitement on his haggard face.
He immediately reached for the phone on the table and answered the call.
"Hello."
"Boss Wang, I went to the warehouse to take a look today, and there are a lot of pearls in the warehouse." A female voice came from the microphone of the mobile phone.
"What? There are a lot more pearls? Where did those pearls come from? Which supplier sent pearls to Zhang Yuxi?" After hearing the other party's report, the middle-aged man shook his right hand holding the cigarette. asked eagerly.
"Boss Wang, I don't know where those pearls came from? I didn't see the supplier you mentioned. Those pearls seemed to appear out of thin air in the warehouse." The woman replied.
Zhang Yuxi purchased pearls from Lin Li. There were only three people who knew about this matter, including her. One was her accountant Liu Lan, and the other was Xiaoyun, the clerk in the jewelry store. .
As for the sudden appearance of so many pearls in the store, the clerks in the store were also very curious about where their boss received the goods.
Because Zhang Yuxi issued a hush-hush order, Liu Lan and Xiaoyun will not tell the public about this matter, so so far, no one knows where these pearls came from.
"You... I paid you to help me monitor Zhang Yuxi's movements, but you didn't get any useful information, you loser." The middle-aged man angrily cursed at the woman on the other side of the phone.
"Boss Wang, how can you curse? I took your money and helped you monitor the movements of our boss.
I have reported to you so many things in the store before Aren't you quite satisfied with the news? Now you are going too far by saying that I didn't give you any useful news!" The woman who was insulted by the middle-aged man retorted angrily.
When the middle-aged man saw that the woman across from him who had taken his money dared to talk back, the anger in his heart suddenly increased, and the volume of his speech increased several decibels involuntarily, and continued Cursed.
“You loser, the information you reported to me before does not need to be reported by you, and it will not affect my plan.
Now there are so many high-quality pearls suddenly appearing in Zhang Yuxi’s store. You need to investigate the source of those pearls, but you have no use at all. You still say that you are not a waste? "
"My surname is Wang, I am not your servant. If you scold me like this again, I will..." The woman was interrupted before she could finish her words.
< br>"What about you? After you receive my money, you will do things for me honestly. If you get scolded or something, you will bear with me.
If you say another nagging word to me, I will tell Zhang Yuxi that you took my money and did things for me..." the middle-aged man threatened in a subtle way.
"Boss Wang, how could you do this? "When the woman heard the middle-aged man threatening to tell Zhang Yuxi about collecting money from her and doing things for him, the woman suddenly panicked and her tone softened.
"Hmph... Just know that you are afraid. If you dare to talk back to me in the future, you know the consequences..." The middle-aged man's tone softened when he saw the woman opposite him. After snorting coldly, he added another threatening word.
"..."
Faced with the middle-aged man's threat, the woman remained silent. Now she regrets very much that she was blinded by money and took money to do things for him.
It is a pity that things have developed to this point. It is too late to regret, and there is only one way to go.
“How many pearls are there in that batch?” the middle-aged man asked.
"Huh..." The insulted woman took a deep breath and tried to calm down the anger in her heart. Then she thought about the pearls she saw in the warehouse today, estimated the number in her mind, and said.
“I don’t know the exact number of pearls in that batch, but according to my experience, the number should not be less than 70,000.”
“It will not be less than 70,000. You Are you kidding me?!" The middle-aged man screamed when he heard what the woman said.
Originally, he thought that this batch of pearls would be the same as last time, around 20,000 pearls. Unexpectedly, the answer he got was no less than 70,000 pearls. Such a number completely exceeded his expectations.
"Boss Wang, I'm not kidding you, it is indeed no less than 70,000. This is still my very conservative estimate..." the woman said firmly.
"Quality, the quality of these pearls this time can't be compared to the previous two batches of pearls!" the middle-aged man asked anxiously, with an anxious look on his face. He hoped that the answer given by the woman would be as good as his own Just what I expected.
"The quality of the pearls that appeared today is still the same as the previous two batches. They are round and white and of excellent quality..." the woman said. Her words completely made the middle-aged man despair. . "..."
When the middle-aged man heard the answer given by the other party, it was as if the last straw in his hand had been taken away. He leaned back and collapsed. Sitting on the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.
"Hey, Boss Wang, are you still there?" The woman waited for a long time and saw that her employer didn't speak. She shouted a few times and found that there was still no response, and then she hung up the phone.
The middle-aged man slumped on the chair, staring at the ceiling with his eyes blank, muttering to himself.
"According to the plan, after Zhang Yuxi's woman's supply of goods is cut off, the store will not last long and the store will close. Everything was fine, why did it become like this?"
This time? In order to suppress Zhang Yuxi, the middle-aged man and other colleagues mobilized a lot of funds.
Compared to others, in order to obtain more benefits, the middle-aged man borrowed money through various channels and put up all his wealth.
What was originally a sure thing has now become like this.
Not only was Zhang Yuxi not defeated, but he also had sufficient supplies to mount a powerful counterattack. It could be said that the middle-aged man and his colleagues had no chance of making a comeback.
If they lose this business war, the company will go bankrupt and completely withdraw from the industry.
The middle-aged man had to bear a lot of debt because he had staked all his wealth. After the company went bankrupt, he could be said to be the worst off compared to others. After all, other people's companies went bankrupt. , and still have some money left to live in retirement.
The middle-aged man slumped in the chair, staring at the ceiling blankly, and did not respond for a long time. It was not until the cigarette in his right hand burned his fingers that he was burned, and then he looked back. God comes.
“No, I can’t sit still and wait for death. I have worked hard for so many years to achieve my current worth, and I can’t just let it all disappear overnight.”
The middle-aged man threw the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray, looked at the cigarette that was about to burn out, and murmured to himself, with a fierce look in his eyes.
The left hand holding the phone tightly kept exerting force. The middle-aged man, full of malice, finally made an extremely bold decision.
"Huh..."
Taking a deep breath, the middle-aged man dialed the number of a person he had not contacted for several years.
Originally, he had decided not to contact this person again, but now he has no other choice.
"Beep, beep, beep..."
The call was dialed, and within a few seconds, the other party connected.
"Boss Wang, long time no see, it's so late, please call me, what's the matter?"
"I have a business here, and I want to discuss it face to face. You will do it tomorrow Are you free?"
"Tomorrow! Are we free? Where can we meet?"
"Tomorrow we will be..." The middle-aged man told the other party an address, and then the two ended the call.
"Huh..." The middle-aged man took a long breath after making the call. His heartbeat continued to accelerate, and then he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case with trembling hands.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
The lighter fiddled with it several times before lighting the cigarette. The trembling middle-aged man took several long puffs of the cigarette. Then he leaned back on the chair and looked at the family portrait of a family of three hanging on the wall in the study with piercing eyes.
"I absolutely cannot go bankrupt..."
A voice full of malice echoed in the quiet study.
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In the early morning, the sun is shining brightly, and the weather today is still as hot as the past few days.
Lin Li slept until dawn and got up early. After washing up in the bathroom, he went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.
He heated up the plate of meat buns given by his neighbor next door yesterday. While eating the hot meat buns, he turned on his phone to check today's weather forecast.
Good guy, today's highest temperature is actually 40 degrees, which is one degree higher than yesterday... Lin Li looked at the temperature shown on the weather forecast and couldn't help but gasped with a surprised expression.
Although the weather forecast shows that today's maximum temperature is 40 degrees, this does not dissuade Lin Li from his decision last night to go to the wilderness on the outskirts of the Southern District today to look for that weird beast. .
After breakfast, Lin Li cleared the table, and then he put a few uneaten meat buns in a crisper box and placed them on the mysterious island. This was to prepare to bring these meat buns to the mysterious island. Go up into the wilderness and eat.
After cleaning up everything at home, Lin Li made a phone call and contacted the air conditioner repairman, and made an appointment with him to come to his house in the evening to repair the air conditioner.
Although you have a refrigeration tool on hand, you don’t need to call an air conditioner repairman to repair the problematic air conditioner at home.
But Lin Li thought about it, so he couldn't use the refrigeration device in front of the guests at any time.
That way the explanation is unclear, so if there is a problem with the air conditioner at home, you still need to ask an air conditioner repairman to repair it.
"I almost forgot that thing..." Lin Li was walking towards the entrance of his home and preparing to go out. He suddenly remembered that he forgot to do something, and then stopped and turned around to return to the living room.
On the coffee table in the living room were two shopping bags from a large pile of things he bought at the supermarket yesterday.
Lin Li rummaged through one of the shopping bags filled with snacks and took out a large bottle of sunscreen.
In the past, when he went out, no matter how strong the sun was outside, he would not consider putting on sunscreen.
But that was no longer possible. Su Yue asked her about tanning several times, which forced Lin Li to apply sunscreen in order to deal with her.
"This sunscreen should be useful, right? I remember when we were in Qiongcheng, Su Yue used this brand of sunscreen after swimming..."
Lin Li finished applying it to himself After applying sunscreen, I thought for a moment that Su Yue, who had fair skin, had never been tanned before, and immediately gained a certain degree of confidence in the brand of sunscreen she applied.
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(End of this chapter)