"Fifty!"
The beautiful woman finished stitching the wound and spoke without much expression.
"That expensive?"
Chen Jianghe's brows furrowed into a single line; he didn't have a single penny in his pocket.
"Sister Liu, my brother just got out, he's not familiar with the prices, please forgive him!" Zhang Pengpatted his body; he only had a few yuan, and he still needed to take Chen Jianghe to eat later, so he couldn't take that money out.
"Sister, can we owe this money for a few days? When I get paid, I'll definitely give you the money!"
Zhang Peng was currently helping out at the Billiard Hall, watching the place. The boss paid him six hundred a month. He had to eat and drink, and also support his younger siblings' schooling, so he didn't have much spare cash.
"You don't even have fifty yuan? What kind of society are you guys living in? I don't offer credit here!"
The beautiful woman's face was cold, leaving no room for discussion.
"Aunt Liu, please give us some leeway, we will definitely pay this money back!"
Zhang Peng smiled apologetically, nodding and bowing.
Chen Jianghe frowned. This was truly a case of a single penny stumping a hero. When Lie Huo (Fierce Fire) Game Arcade was still around, he never lacked money.
Now the arcade was gone, his father was also dead, and he could only rely on himself for everything.
Ling Xue breaking up with him was probably for this reason too.
She probably thought that Chen Jianghe's life would just be like this.
"Mom, I'm home!"
Just then, a clear voice rang out, and a beautiful seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl with a ponytail entered the clinic with her schoolbag.
Seeing the two, the girl's bright, large eyes showed a hint of curiosity, and she looked at Chen Jianghe and Zhang Peng strangely.
"Xiao Xiao is back!"
Zhang Peng quickly smiled at the girl.
The girl nodded at him, smiling sweetly.
"Xiao Xiao, go to the back and do your homework!"
The beautiful woman's face was cold, she glared at Zhang Peng warily, and quickly ushered the girl to the back of the clinic.
"You two leave now, don't come back next time!"
The beautiful woman chased the two out of the clinic.
"Aunt Liu, we will definitely pay you back this money, don't worry!"
Zhang Peng still wanted to say a few more words to the beautiful woman, but she turned around, pulled the clinic door shut, and locked them out.
"Dapeng, you know her?"
Chen Jianghe pulled Zhang Peng and turned to leave.
He would definitely pay this money, but he truly had no money right now; he had to find a way to get some first.
"Yes, Aunt Liu has been running a clinic here for several years. She graduated from a proper medical university, her medical skills are high, her technique is exquisite, and she can even perform surgeries. Many people in Pingjiang District who are in the mix come to her for injuries!"
Zhang Peng nodded, turning around reluctantly.
"A medical university graduate not going to a big Hospital, but opening a black clinic?" Chen Jianghedidn't believe it. "Besides, the age doesn't match up. She's at most in her early thirties, and her daughter is already seventeen or eighteen. It's impossible for her to have attended medical university!"
"Is that so?"
Zhang Peng scratched his head, thinking Chen Jianghe made sense. But the rumors about Liu Wenamong the local ruffians were very detailed, even saying that Liu Wen got pregnant by a university professor and had to drop out, making a living by opening a clinic. "Who cares about that, anyway, Sister Liu's skills are good, that can't be faked. Jianghe, let's go eat, are you hungry?"
Chen Jianghe rubbed his stomach. He hadn't eaten since getting out of prison, so he was hungry.
"Let's go eat banmian, it's filling. When I get paid later, I'll buy a few pounds of meat, and we'll have a good meal at home!"
... Yonggui Game Hall!
Three injured ruffians supported each other, rushing into the game hall.
"Sister Shao, it's bad, something happened!"
The three entered the game hall and headed straight upstairs.
"What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
In the office, a tall, beautiful woman in a cheongsam, just in her early thirties, walked out.
This beautiful woman had a stunning face and a curvaceous figure. The cheongsam was held high at the chest and then sharply cinched at the waist.
Full breasts, ample hips, and a slender waist—this woman embodied it all.
She could charm Chen Zhiming into a daze, and she could also charm Li Jindi into a daze.
Shao Wan frowned, looking at the three ruffians, very displeased. Currently, Li Jindi's Yonggui Game Hallwas the largest game hall on North Street. She owned twenty percent of the shares in this game hall, and her monthly dividends amounted to twenty to thirty thousand.
Li Jindi was still recruiting, preparing to open a KTV above the game hall. He was currently riding a wave of success, and Shao Wan's status rose with his. Few people on North Street dared to provoke them.
Who had beaten her people up like this?
"Sister Shao, it's Chen Jianghe! Chen Jianghe is out, and he beat us up and kicked us out! That house has now been taken by Chen Jianghe!"
The blood-faced ruffian said in a panic.
"You three couldn't beat Chen Jianghe alone?"
Shao Wan didn't quite believe it. Three years ago, Chen Jianghe was just a student, and a good one at that. How could he have changed so much after three years inside?
"Sister Shao, he, he had help! We three were ambushed, that's why we couldn't beat the two of them!"
The ruffian didn't dare to say that he was taken down by Chen Jianghe alone; anyway, Chen Jianghe and his companion were indeed two people.
Useless.
Shao Wan turned and entered the office, and a moment later, came out with a brown paper bag stuffed with a wad of hundred-yuan bills, looking like two or three thousand yuan.
"Go find a few people, and together go find Chen Jianghe. Once you find him, sever his hand tendons and make him get out of Pengcheng and never return!"
"Understood, Sister Shao!"
Seeing the money, the three ruffians' eyes lit up.
Currently, going out to fight and show support usually paid two hundred yuan per person. If they had to get physical, it was five hundred. If they found two people to help them deal with Chen Jianghe, they would still have a good amount of money left over.
"What's wrong?"
Just then, a man in his thirties or forties, wearing a gold necklace and a gold watch, walked up.
"Boss Li!"
The three ruffians quickly greeted him.
"Chen Jianghe is out of prison and he beat these three. It's a small matter, I'll handle it!"
Shao Wan didn't take it seriously. Chen Zhiming was dead, and now there was only Chen Jianghe, a mere youth, who couldn't stir up any trouble.
Li Jindi nodded. If Shao Wan hadn't occasionally mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten who Chen Jianghe was.
"Go do your business!"
Shao Wan instructed, then followed Li Jindi into the office.
The three ruffians took the money, found two more people, and headed straight for Chen Jianghe's home.
"Jianghe, those three punks ran off. I'm afraid they won't let it go. How about you come with me to the Billiard Hall for the night? I'll talk to the boss and see if you can work there for now!"
After eating noodles, Zhang Peng wanted to take Chen Jianghe to the Billiard Hall where he worked.
Although the pay there wasn't high, it was still a job. They didn't even have a few pennies in their pockets right now; they had to find a way to survive first.
"Six hundred a month has no future. If we're going to be in the mix, we have to desperately climb to the top!" Chen Jianghe shook his head, ideas already forming in his mind.
He not only wanted to avenge his father but also become someone important. Ling Xue thought his life would just be like this, and he would show Ling Xue that she was wrong.
"So, what do you want to do?"