death of hope

Chapter 40 "Flying Windfall" (40) Doubts

In the hustle and bustle of the city, the crowds are bustling, and the roads in the morning have already started to be blocked.

Roy held the steering wheel with one hand and honked the horn impatiently. He was so nervous that his hands were shaking, and even the cigarette in his mouth was trembling.

The other hand took out the wireless communicator and left a voice message for Downey:
"Fatty, it's not good, people have found out about the money,

Tell the old man and Ferguson that if they are kidnapped, don't resist, just hand over the rest of the money, and put all the responsibility on me, you must protect yourself! "

The communicator rang quickly, and it was Downey calling:

"Hey, Roy, don't be joking in the morning! I'm still in a daze, but you woke me up!"

"It's true, not a joke."

There was silence on the phone for a few seconds: "Are you sure?"

"Someone put a note under my door. It's a warning. I guess the other party will act soon."

"Who is the other party?"

"I don't know, it's likely one of the two gangs that were in the shootout, or worse, if they teamed up to get that money..."

"Oh, I'm X! It's so hard to look forward to a good day... It's all ruined! I'm going to inform everyone, take care of yourself, and go see Anna!"

"I'm on the way, and she doesn't answer the phone, I'm so anxious!"

The other party's voice became joking: "As expected of you, women are more important than brothers, right?"

"Fuck you, fat man! You're still joking around! Hurry up and find a way to save your damn life! I'll put it down first!"

The traffic jam was stuck for a long time, and it was not smooth until I got out of the urban area.
Anna's parents lived in a desolate suburb. It was almost noon when they arrived. Roy parked the car casually in the polluted dry field. After ringing the doorbell, he looked around. The haggard-looking aunt opened the door.

"The son-in-law is here, please come in."

"Hello, Auntie."

Roy walked into the living room and saw the black and white photo of little Lisa placed on the cabinet, with a pair of candles lit next to it, which made the already depressing interior even more gloomy.

"I'm sorry about your granddaughter."

"How can I blame you? Our whole family owes you so much money for the operation on Little Lisa!"

"We don't distinguish each other, auntie, we are all one family."

Roy glanced casually, and quickly found Anna's communicator, which was left on the dining table.

"Hey... this kid! I'm so forgetful. There are many calls in the morning, and it's not convenient for me to answer them."

"Where are uncle and Anna?"

"The father and daughter went out together. The old man went to work in the workshop, and Anna went to the supermarket to buy food. There are discounted products on sale this morning."

"Which supermarket?"

"What's the name of that large supermarket chain two streets away... Oh, by the way, it's called Songuo Supermarket."

"I'll pick her up."

"Wait, good son-in-law, what happened? Your nose is full of sweat."

"It's nothing, Auntie, I just miss her." Roy lied.

When driving near the supermarket, several police cars parked on the side of the road, Roy lowered the window to observe,

A yellow cordon surrounds the crime scene, where two bodies lie on the edge of a gutter, the ground covered in blood.

"No! My God! No!" Roy thumped his heart, beat the steering wheel, stopped the car and rushed over, but was stopped by a police officer:
"Hey! Boy, this is the murder scene, don't approach it casually."

Roy turned a deaf ear and pushed the other side away.

"Hey! You are so sick, right? Why are you pushing me?"

"Let him go." Another police officer said, "So excited, maybe it's the victim's family."

Roy got through the cordon, and when he got closer, he could see clearly that the two corpses were gang members, with tattoos all over their bodies and knives in their hands.

"Huchi..." He let out a long breath, and apologized to the police officer, "I'm sorry, I mistook the person, sir."

The police officer faced the corpse and sighed: "This world is over, isn't it? Young people go to gangs, kill each other, do some business selling hallucinogens, and kill more people. You wouldn't do that, boy. "

"I'm going to emigrate."

"Then you have to drive more carefully, young man, car bandits are rampant recently, our police force is not enough, you'd better get a gun to protect yourself."

"Thank you."

Most of the police officers in York City are corrupt, insensitive and lazy. These two enthusiastic police officers are rare, but unfortunately there are not many good people like this.

The parking lot of Songuo Supermarket is quite wide, worthy of being a large supermarket chain. Roy discovered the situation as soon as he parked the car.

Anna is standing at the entrance of the supermarket, holding a plastic shopping bag in her hand,
A medium-sized man wearing glasses was following her closely, holding something black in his hand, which looked like a gun.

"Don't be afraid! I'm here to save you!"

Roy ran over desperately, with all his strength, he punched the man on the side of the head fiercely, causing the man to stagger and fall to the ground, his glasses fell to the ground and shattered, and the black object in his hand rolled to the side .

Anna froze for a moment before reacting:

"Are you crazy? What are you beating him for?"

"This guy is going to hijack you and tie you into the car, right? Watch me beat him up!"

"What is this all about?"

In order to stop the furious Roy, Anna put down her shopping bag and hugged her waist tightly with her arms. She was so anxious that she was about to cry: "You wronged me! Stop!"

Roy looked down and found that what lay next to the broken glasses was not a pistol, but a black Coney camera with a broken lens.

The knocked-down man stretched his arms and groped for something on the ground. Anna picked up the glasses and handed them to him. As soon as the man put on the glasses and stood up, Roy went up and grabbed his neck:
"You bastard... what did you do to her?" He raised his fist as if to punch:
"Be honest, or I will knock out all your teeth!"

"Don't get excited, sir..."

The man with glasses handed out a business card: "I'm a scout for an entertainment company, and I want to find idols among the people. This lady's appearance and figure are outstanding, so I went up to talk to you."

"If you dare to lie, I will kill you with one shot!" Roy pulled out a miniature pistol from his arms, and pressed it against the opponent's temple:

"Honey, is it like he said?"

"Roy! What's wrong with you! Put down the gun! It's true, what he said is true!"

"Then why is he grabbing your hand?"

"He followed me when I was shopping in the supermarket, and advised me to join an entertainment company, train singing and dancing to become an idol and earn a lot of money. I refused, saying that I wanted to immigrate, and he kept persuading me, saying that I would definitely become a big star. Gently tugged my hand and didn't do anything else!"

"It's so brave to pester my fiancee, ha! Give you a long memory!" Roy put away the gun, hit his stomach with his knee, and then hammered hard with both fists:
"Stop harassing her, or I'll kill you!"

The man in glasses was so frightened that he got up and was about to run away, but was stopped by Roy:

"Wait..." He took out a few banknotes from his pocket: "This is the compensation for your glasses and camera, now you can go."

"Thank you...thank you, you are really a fastidious person..."

After all, the man with glasses ran back to his car without looking back, hit the accelerator and drove away.

(End of this chapter)