Tripwire (2)

  My heart beats fast, I look at the red card with tension, her mouth corners reveal a sneer, and her eyes are full of disdain. I don't know how she knew, there's no time to figure it out anymore. Qian Zong wrinkles his brow, picks up the wine cup and sniffs it, I smile and lean against him, holding the wine cup and saying coquettishly, "Qian Zong, cheers to you!"

  Qian Zong didn't buy that, took a sip of wine, and slammed the wine glass on the table loudly, shouting "Do you think I've never had foreign liquor just because my elementary school education is low? Stop trying to fool me with fake wine!"

  Hei Zi's salary is just over 2,000 yuan. In this high-consumption city, how much money can be left? His sister is studying in a key high school and will go to university next year. To save money, he dilutes the wine with water. Many sisters are aware of this and some even help him collect bottles. Chen Sang also turns a blind eye.

  I was just about to say a few good words, when Qian Zong suddenly raised his hand and slapped me. He's fat and has thick fingers, the slap made my ears ring and brought tears to my eyes. Not satisfied with that, he kicked me hard in the thigh, furious and wanting to complain to the manager, acting like a big shot just because he had money.

  Mom ran in to persuade him, but he didn't buy it and insisted on finding the manager. Later, the manager came over to entertain and apologize, and only then did Mr. Qian's face ease up a bit. The manager seriously scolded me in front of Mr. Qian and even exposed the fact that I had watered down the whiskey. Mr. Qian still felt unsatisfied and perversely demanded that I drink the whole bottle of whiskey within 15 seconds, and then he would pretend nothing had happened. Other customers loudly jeered and coldly watched the joke.

  Money is always mixed with both black and white in the local area, I have the ability to resist, but I don't dare, pick up that bottle and pour it down my throat. Although it's diluted with water, there's still a large amount of high-concentration whiskey! Friends who drink often know that when you first start drinking whiskey, you don't feel the spiciness or burning sensation in your throat, but more of a "tingling" feeling, but your esophagus will feel like it's on fire, and then after about ten to fifteen minutes, the alcohol kicks in, and your whole body is burning, afterwards the reaction will manifest as: dizziness, sweating, nausea intensifies, heartburn.

  I didn't care about anything and poured the wine into my mouth desperately. I finished the big bottle of wine in 12 seconds, Qian Zong laughed and praised me that women can be better than men, I was puzzled how he understood this phrase with only primary school education?

  Before long, my head started to feel dizzy and the whole world was spinning. The manager ordered his men to beat up Hei Zi, and they threw him out into the alley. The manager's men were all thugs from the underworld, and they didn't hold back in their beating. I saw Hei Zi being pressed to the ground, with three or four tall and burly men kicking him, while Qian Zong pointed at Hei Zi's hand and ordered them to trample it. Hearing Hei Zi's cries of pain, I felt a pang in my heart, a sense of sorrow for someone who was suffering the same fate as me.

  I didn't last long, my vision blurred, and I blacked out.

  When I woke up, Chen Sang was sitting next to me. She told me that I had alcohol poisoning, with over 100 milliliters of alcohol in my body, and if I had been sent to the hospital half an hour later, I would have become a vegetable. I asked her how Hei Zi was doing, and she expressionlessly told me that Hei Zi's right hand was crippled, and two of his ribs were broken, so he couldn't do heavy work again.

  Hei Zi doesn't have a diploma and now he can't even do physical labor, so how will he make a living in the future?!