Ill-Gotten Gains (Part 3)

Brother Long was stunned!

He never expected that Feiji actually only brought three hundred yuan, and he definitely didn’t have the remaining two thousand two hundred in his own wallet.

So what to do?

Wait for death, of course… (Shrugs.jpg)

The two of them bickered for nearly two minutes…

During this time, they discussed no less than dozens of strategies.

For example, scanning a WeChat QR code, but this was rejected by Li Miaosheng.

The reason was simple.

Because he didn’t even have a phone~~

Gradually, he began to grow impatient and said:

“Hurry up~ I still have things to do!”

“Let’s make this quick.”

“Do you want me to give you a shot right here and now, or do you choose to pay?”

“Wait, wait, wait!”

“Good sir, I…”

Biu~~

Brother Long, who was hurriedly trying to mediate, fell unconscious.

This left Feiji beside him to cry out in terror:

“Please spare me!”

“I have an elderly…”

Biu~

Finding it too troublesome, Li Miaosheng ultimately chose the first method:

Giving him a shot directly!

Subsequently, about eighteen people lay in this narrow alley.

Not only were they lined up neatly to look very imposing, but they also perfectly exuded the aura that underworld society members should have…

Our protagonist slowly walked over to Bai Ze and took her small hand:

“Let’s go, Bai Ze!”

“We still have an investigation to do tonight.”

“But speaking of which, you should know where Building 29 of Pufa Residential District is, right?”

“…………”

Bai Ze didn’t speak.

She just stared at the two thousand five hundred yuan in his hand.

Before long, her subtle gaze was caught by Li Miaosheng:

“Oh!”

“Are you looking at this money?!”

“I plan to use these ill-gotten gains to…”

Just as the words were about to leave his mouth, he placed his index finger in front of his lips and said:

“I haven’t figured it out yet, so it’s a secret for now!~”

Afterward, Li Miaosheng led Bai Ze out of the alleyway, continuing to wander along the streets…

By now, the night was already deep.

In another half an hour, it would be eleven o’clock.

To put it in simple, easy-to-understand terms, the nightlife had just begun.

Many young people were gathering in bars, hotels, or certain filthy corners, doing indescribable things…

But there were a few exceptions.

For example, not far away was an old woman still begging so late at night, as well as a woman with disheveled hair.

The woman was holding a young child in her arms, looking to be only one or two years old…

Compared to the woman, the old woman looked even more miserable.

From this angle, not only were her clothes completely riddled with holes, but she also intermittently reached out with trembling hands to wipe away tears, as if she were crying.

It made one unable to help but feel a sense of compassion…

Of course, this included Li Miaosheng.

He slowly walked forward and asked the old woman under the streetlamp:

“Hello!”

“Granny, may I ask…”

Before he could finish his sentence, the old woman directly hugged his calf and cried out:

“Take pity on me!~”

“Young man!!”

“Eh!”

“Granny, please don’t be like this first.”

“If you have difficulties, tell me.”

“Although this humble Daoist is just a passerby, if you have any unspeakable hardships, this lowly one might be able to offer a modest amount of help…”

Li Miaosheng said this.

The look in his eyes revealed nothing but unfeigned sincerity…

However, seeing him like this, the old woman was constantly calculating in her heart whether this young man was truly rich or faking it.

Then, she covered her face and wept:

“I’m old and useless~~~”

“Boo hoo hoo!”

“At my age, I should be enjoying my twilight years in peace.”

“Who could have expected that my son would fail in his business and run up debts outside?”

“It ended up being tens of millions of debt, how could our family ever afford to pay it back!”

“We had no choice but to sell the house and pawn the car.”

“The whole family has been living a life of wandering, constantly having to watch out for debt collectors showing up at our door.”

“Even though it’s a bit bitter, at least the family is still together, right?”

“That was what this old woman thought at the time.”

“If one day the debts could be cleared and we didn’t have to move so frequently, how happy that would be!”

“Our family living a harmonious little life together.”

“Even if we were poor!”

“At least we would be poor with honor!!”

“But good times never last.”

“Even if we could endure it, my daughter-in-law couldn’t!”

“What does a debt of tens of millions mean to her?”

“It means her youth, her beauty.”

“With how pretty my daughter-in-law is, she could absolutely get a divorce and remarry.”

“Why would she need to be reduced to suffering along with us!”

“It’s just that… it’s just that I pity my little grandson…”

“My little grandson is only six years old this year, and his mother abandoned him.”

“And his father couldn’t handle the heavy blow of the divorce and jumped off a building in despair.”

“He became an orphan before he even grew up…”

Speaking up to this point, the old woman’s eyes grew continuously redder, and she began to sob softly.

Her crying had quite an effect.

Li Miaosheng, who hadn’t felt moved in years, couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental.

He was the same.

He couldn’t remember who his parents were since childhood, and could only listen to his Grandmaster Grandpa say:

‘It was a winter day.’

‘I heard a burst of crying early in the morning, so I opened the doors of the Daoist temple.’

‘Miaosheng!’

‘That is how you came to be.’

‘Grandpa doesn’t know who your parents are, only that they left you with a peach wood sword, as well as the jade pendant now hanging upon your chest…’

All these past events…

Whenever he thought of them, his heart felt like it was being pricked by
needles.

It wasn’t overwhelmingly painful, but it still pierced him to the core.

“Alright, Granny, you don’t need to say anymore.”

“I still have some extra…”

As the conversation reached this point, Bai Ze suddenly pulled on Li Miaosheng and noticed the corners of the old woman’s mouth twitch up slightly.

She immediately sensed something amiss.

She activated her Bai Ze powers to probe to the bottom of it.

It would have been better if she hadn’t, but upon probing, she discovered that everything the old woman said was fake.

She had a son who worked diligently, and a daughter-in-law who was extremely respectful to her.

Apart from her husband being slightly senile, her family situation couldn’t be any better!!

She immediately transmitted a message into Li Miaosheng’s mind:

[Hey! Idiot, this old woman is lying.]

[She doesn’t have any of those bullshit problems at all.]

[These are all fake, don’t fall for it, you…]

But Li Miaosheng pretended not to hear this.

He still slowly handed over the money in his hand:

“Boo hoo hoo!~”

“Granny, here is two…”

This action only made Bai Ze reach out her snow-white little hand to facepalm, thinking to herself:

‘It’s over, it’s over, this foolish boy… sigh…’

At the same time, the old woman’s heart was practically blooming with joy.

She never expected this foolish boy to be so generous.

After all, she had been eyeing the money in Li Miaosheng’s hand for quite a while!

She wished she could just snatch it right over.

And now he was actually offering it up to her door on his own initiative…

“Here is one hundred yuan out of my two thousand five hundred.”

“Boo hoo hoo~”

“It’s too heartbreaking.”

“Here!”

“Granny, living is not easy for anyone~!”

Upon hearing these words, both the little loli beside him and the old lady simultaneously revealed expressions of pure shock.