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The sky has darkened, and it has been overcast all day.
Lying in bed, Xie Annan was burning up with fever for a full seven days. Today, unable to hold on any longer, he propped himself up from the bed and staggered downstairs to the nearby clinic.
It's now after nine in the evening, and the clinic is still packed with patients. The doctor is the same one who gave him the anti-inflammatory injection the other day. He just glanced at Xie Annan and wrote a prescription for him to go pay.
At this moment, Xie Annan patted his pockets and suddenly realized that he had almost spent all his money. He hadn't been working or stealing anything these days, and had no income.
Xie Annan's lips were dry and cracked. He sighed softly, "I should have just stolen a big sum of money."
After hesitating for a few minutes, he weakly said to the doctor, "D...Doctor, can I owe you first? I'm really in too much pain right now..."
The doctor waved his hand, "Very busy, next please."
Xie Annan With all his strength, he glared at the doctor, turned and walked out the door.
"Damn it, how could I end up in such a state today." Xie Annan walked on the street with no energy, feeling his head getting heavier and heavier.
He propped himself up, raised his head, and the night lights of the shops on the street kept spinning around, and the various people around him began to look distorted.
"What... what the hell is going on?" Xie Annan muttered palely before collapsing to the ground.
The surrounding footsteps came and went, but no one helped the person lying on the ground until late at night when a light rain began to fall, gently waking him up.
The cold rain made Xie Annan feel like his eyes were not as burning, and he opened them to look around. The dimly lit street was empty, and he could vaguely see the distant lights of tall buildings.
A mouse darted out from the gap in the sewer cover, sniffed around, and climbed onto Xie Annan's chest lying on the ground. It then crawled along his arm and sniffed his face.
Xie Annan gasped, reached out and grabbed the mouse by the head, holding it in front of his face. He was about to crush it when the mouse squeaked and trembled all over.
Xie Annan paused, staring at the mouse in front of him. Suddenly, he felt like the pitiful mouse, both of them just helpless creatures that could only come out at night to search for food.
"Let's go, hahaha," Xie Annan laughed out loud, then released the mouse, letting the rain fall on himself.
The mouse hopped away and jumped into a black trash can. Xie Annan also struggled to climb back to his own house in the rain, unable to stand up due to exhaustion.
The woman poured a cup of hot tea for Bai Ning, and downstairs, faint laughter from some drunken men could be heard.
"Is there no alcohol at your home?" Bai Ning asked.
"I only drink that stuff at work, at home I drink something healthy."
Bai Ning lowered her eyes, staring at the tea leaves still swirling in the cup: "I don't have a home."
The woman fell silent for a moment, lit a cigarette, and said, "Back to business, one of our sisters got caught recently. She has poor eyesight and ran into a tough guy. He reported her to the police, so we're laying low for a while. I'm worried the police might start watching us."
"How long will it be closed for?" Bai Ning turned to look at the woman.
"About three months."
"Should we change the location?"
The woman flicked the cigarette ash and said, "Other territories won't tolerate our interference. You might end up getting killed and not even know by whom."
Bai Ning took a sip of tea and sneered, "I'll be old in a few years. A woman's youth only lasts for a few years. I won't be able to attract those old men anymore."
"Don't worry, there are plenty of 18-year-old girls in the future. You can take care of them and still live a comfortable life."
"Why make things difficult for women?" Bai Ning sighed.
The woman stood up and walked to the window, looking at the colorful lights and bustling streets, saying, "There's no real difficulty. Who doesn't want to live with dignity? It's all just for the sake of survival."
The room is filled with takeout boxes, some leftover food and bones have bred maggots, crawling on the floor.
Xie Annan Finally spent the last penny, lying in bed hungry for three days, too weak to steal anything. His forehead was burning, his body was weak, maybe he was going to starve to death here, without even a body collector.
He gritted his teeth and struggled to turn his head to look at the crack in the curtain. A little sunlight came in, and countless specks of dust floated in the light and shadow.
I didn't expect it to be daytime now. He wanted to get up and go outside to see the sun, but after trying several times, he gave up. He was completely exhausted and could only watch the sunlight slowly move until it completely disappeared.
Xie Annan knew that it was night again. He lay in the darkness with his eyes open, not knowing how long he had been lying there. Suddenly, he heard a noise, and when he turned to look, he saw a large dark shadow crawling on the desk.
It seems that the mouse has come to claim a life.
Xie Annan He closed his eyes, and the dark shadow crawled up to his chest, reaching his mouth.
At this moment, a sweet fragrance flowed into the throat, and Xie Annan was stunned. Slowly opening his eyes, he recognized the taste of milk. He stared at the blurry giant mouse in front of him, feeling incredulous that it was carrying a bag of milk to feed him.
After greedily finishing the bag of milk, Xie Annan slowly regained some strength, and the old mouse also jumped off the bed and left.
Why did this Strange mouse save itself? Xie Annan furrowed his brow for a long time, suddenly remembered the rainy night when he let go of an old mouse. Perhaps it was because of this action that he resolved the enmity between him and big rat?
Xie Annan clicked his tongue and thought to himself that he was actually saved by a mouse, which was like a real-life version of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
However, what Xie Annan didn't expect was that over the next few nights, the big rat continued to bring all kinds of cookies and milk, which helped Xie Annan recover quite a bit.
"Can you steal money?" Xie Annan was already able to move around, and he opened a pack of cookies, asking the big rat crouching at the desk.
big rat's pupils are turning red, staying still in the dim light.
Xie Annan continued, "I know you can understand human speech. I need some money to pay the rent. Can you steal some money for me?"
Two minutes later, the big rat jumped off the desk and there was no more movement. Xie Annan turned his head, sighed, and went back to sleep.
The next day, some sunlight came through the curtains, and Xie Annan woke up. He leaned against the head of the bed and turned to see a pile of coins scattered on the desk, including bills of one hundred, fifty, and ten yuan.
Xie Annan He paused for a moment, quickly grabbed the coins, and burst into laughter.
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