Chapter 56: Put His Hand in the Wrong Place

  This evening was a strange night, the insomniacs were not only Ling Ziyu, nor just Wang Yang, but also Zhang Sen whose mind was disturbed by Lü Jiangnan, and there was another person, his name was Chen Changhe!

  In the manager's office on the third floor of "Sunshine Nightclub", Chen Changhe held a photo in his hand, once again falling into deep thought.

  Chen Changhe never saw his mother. In the year he was born, on a quiet night, his mother abandoned him and his father when he was only three months old, and she never came back again.

  It was only later that he learned his mother had been a female educated youth from City B, who had gone to the countryside and ended up in Chen Changhe's village. With no hope of returning to the city, she married a barefoot doctor out of desperation for warmth and food. However, her dream of returning to the city never faded, and eventually she quietly left.

  When Chen Changhe was seven years old, his father fell into a mountain ditch while picking herbs in the winter and lost the only relative he had in this world.

  Seven-year-old Chen Changhe, with a long stream of tears on his face, knelt down from one end of the village to the other, begging everyone to help him bury his father. The village chief knocked out the cigarette ash from the thick-soled shoes and began to speak: "Chen's brother is a good man, all these years when someone in the village got sick, he was the one who treated them, and for families that were struggling, he never charged a penny. Let's all help out, every household contribute something, send someone, and let's bury him. My body is still strong, the coffin that Erxiaozi prepared for me a few years ago won't be used yet, so I'll give it to Chen's brother."

  Chen Changhe knelt down in front of the village chief, knocking his head heavily on the ground several times. The village chief nodded and said: "I can accept these knocks from you. Child, your father is a good man, and you should learn from him to be a good person too. Alright... let's do it this way, everyone help the child get things done, come with me to bring that coffin over."

  With the help of villagers, Chen Changhe buried his father and began to eat "hundred-family rice" in the village. Several months later, one early morning, he quietly left the place where he had lived for seven years, begging along the way, and arrived at City B: He wanted to find his own mother!

  In his naive heart, he thought that B city was just like their mountain village, where if you mentioned a person's name, the whole village, even a three-year-old child, could take him to find the person he wanted to find. As long as he arrived in B city, he would be able to easily find his mother.

  However, he did not expect B city to be so big, and he only knew his mother's name, without even knowing what she looked like.

  Chen Changhe was disappointed, but he was also fascinated by the unique prosperity of the big city. He did not return to his hometown, but stayed in City B instead.

  As expected, he became a beggar. After a while, he was beaten up by a group of little beggars and then he knew that beggars were also organized!

  In the following days, after going through unforgettable cruel training, he became a small pickpocket. Every time he stole money back, like other kids, he almost handed it all over to his elder brother without leaving a single cent for himself.

  Chen Changhe's IQ was undoubtedly outstanding among children of the same age. Two years later, when he was nine years old, he began to realize that he should secretly hide some money. However, every time he stole money, there would always be someone else covering for him while also keeping an eye on him. How could he possibly hide the money under the noses of these people? Chen Changhe thought hard about it.

  After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with a way to avoid being detected. So, every time he stole money, in that instant, he cleverly utilized the blind spots of his accomplices' vision, quickly using two fingers to pull out a very small portion of the money and then quickly hiding it in another hand. During the retreat, he hid it again in a very secret place on his body, and afterwards, he would find an opportunity to put it in a place where no one knew about.

  Because he always appeared timid and afraid of trouble, and was very loyal to his elder brother, no one had ever suspected that he would make a move behind their backs, which made Chen Changhe feel very pleased.

  It was in this year that Chen Changhe met the person who would change his fate, just a short time after his betrayal!

  That time, he and his accomplices targeted a middle-aged man wearing a beige windbreaker. Several people pretended to fight, and when they passed by the man, Chen Changhe's hand quickly reached into the man's pocket. However, almost simultaneously, his hand was caught by the man.

  That man didn't let go of his hand, still gripping Chen Changhe's hand that was stretched into the pocket of his windbreaker from the outside. He turned around and smiled at him, asking kindly: "Little guy, what are you doing putting your hand in my pocket?"

  Chen Changhe replied calmly: "I originally wanted to put it in my own pocket, but I put it in the wrong place. Do you want the police to catch me?"

  The man was taken aback, clearly not expecting him to respond that way. However, he immediately smiled again, and Chen Changhe saw the word "interest" in his eyes: "I only have melon seeds in my pocket, do you want to eat melon seeds?"