Twenty minutes later.
Hitman A, who had put away his 40-meter knife, sat face to face with Gu Yixin on the open-air stall outside the Shaxian snack bar.
Gu Yixin looked at the numb-faced hitman and sincerely said：
“Thank you for inviting me to eat at this stall. I never dared to come here before. I only dared to go to the yellow braised chicken and rice1 on the opposite side.”
Hitman A looked at the impoverished attire of Gu Yixin and didn’t doubt him naturally.
Gu Yixin looked at hitman A as if he was lost in memories, and took the initiative to ask, “Do you have something on your mind too? This business must be very profitable for you guys.”
“Will you worry when you are doing such a profitable job?”
Hitman A sighed.
He looked at the shop owner who was scooping out noodles with a ladle and his expression slightly eased.
Hitman A used to kill big bosses who were super-rich and powerful. They never had a heart-to-heart chat with him, and they all just simply died.
So hitman A has been very lonely for all these years.
“I think back then, I was just like you. I used to move bricks on the construction site every day.”
There was a look of nostalgia in the hitman’s eyes.
“Although at that time, I was often scolded by the boss, had a small salary, worked really hard, and earned money every day that was only enough for me to eat two yellow steamed buns. But now that I recall, my happiest days were those when I was paid ninety yuan a month as salary.”
“Although I earn a lot now, what does money mean to me?”
He doesn’t want me anymore. No matter how much money I make, who will I spend it for?
All of a sudden, hitman A felt very powerless.
The shop owner came over with a basket of steamed dumplings that were shaped like willow leaves.
Gu Yixin took the initiative to say, “I want two small plates and one catty2 of smashed cucumber salad.”
Anyway, it was the hitman who was paying. So there was no need for him to save money.
A basket of steamed dumplings and two small plates.
The hitman A watched Gu Yixin carry a steamed dumpling into his small plate, pour vinegar on it, and then he suddenly became sad.
“Wuwuwuwu, I did this moneymaking profession for him to study. However, when I made money for him, he thought it was dirty.”
When he killed the first person, he deliberately picked a free and unfettered criminal who had been excluded from the death penalty, feeling that his conscience would be at ease.
Originally, he just wanted to do one business transaction, and then be a good person.
But it was very painful for the hitman after being regarded with disdain. So he took another order.
Sure enough, as long as you take that step, what awaits you is the abyss.
The hitman A covered his face with his fingers covered with callus from using a knife and started weeping sadly.
He looked at the little migrant worker brother in front of him who had a pure and innocent look on his face.
He is also a person with a bitter fate who has to do hard physical labor to earn a living. Why should I make things difficult for him?
Hitman A clenched his teeth.
He made up his mind.
“Little brother, I don’t wanna kill you. You can go!”
Gu Yixin was puzzled, “But wouldn’t you have to bear responsibility if you don’t complete the task?”
Hitman A was disheartened.
“I’ll give them all the money back.”
Hitman A slowly picked up the steamed dumpling, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
The steamed dumplings were stuffed with carrots and meat. It was chewy, fresh, and savory. When you chew them in your mouth, the sour taste of the vinegar blends together with the flavor of the meat. It was the cheapest food and enjoyment of the highest level.
The hitman A burst into tears.
He didn’t dare to spend a cent that he earned and it was still there in the Swiss bank.
What exotic delicacies? If it wasn’t brought by the money that was made by working hard, then it wouldn’t taste good to eat.
It wasn’t as good as these five yuan per basket of steamed dumplings with carrot and meat.
Hitman A took out his mobile phone, typed a bunch of words, and sent it.
The shop owner brought two plates of peanut butter noodles3.
“What were you writing?”
“Resignation letter.”
Hitman A returned all the money for the first mission to the recipient, indicating that from then on he had washed his heart and renewed his face4, and would not be a hitman anymore.
After eating two bowls of noodles, hitman A decided to go back to his old business.
“Hey, little brother. I have to find a job. Do you know which construction site near here has the best treatment? There must be five social insurances and one housing fund5.”
Gu Yixin thought to himself that you are asking the right person.
“I know the salary grades of all construction sites in this city, and the highest salary is…”
Since then, there has been one less potential criminal in the world and one more hard-working bricklayer.
Hitman A started reeducation through labor on the construction site.
The achievement of the construction site became more prosperous with each passing day and Gu Yixin once again appeared in the newspaper.
Gu Yixin failed to take a step further in the provincial model worker election in March and couldn’t be the national-level model worker candidate. It was said that the reason behind it was that his work lacks technical content very much, so he was PKed by another worker comrade who was engaged in technical work.
But this time, a reporter wrote a report specifically to cry out against injustice for him, which was published in a nook of the newspaper.
The content of the argument was that since Gu Yixin came to the construction site, the technical efficiency of the construction site has become higher and higher, and this part should also be included in his work contribution.
This report did not attract much attention, so it could only be posted in a nook.
However, the reporter especially took a recent photo of Gu Yixin starting the excavator under the sun at noon yesterday. The photo was brimming with aesthetic perception and the page was cherished and cut out by the fans of the construction site’s male model.
It was extremely unfortunate that the fourteen-year-old daughter of the Gambling King was an avid fan of Gu Yixin.
On this day, while the Gambling king was eating breakfast, he found that his little daughter was secretly tearing off a corner of the newspaper and stuffing it into the compartment of her schoolbag.
The Gambling King rummaged through and took out the newspaper while his daughter wasn’t paying attention.
And then his face turned green6.
Angry.
The Gambling King thought I7 can’t stand the existence of this person in this world.
So he found the person who received the order, threw him a lot of money, and asked him to send out hitmen one by one until Gu Yixin disappear from this world.
Thanks to the luck of the Gambling King, Gu Yixin’s dinner fell down again.
As he had already encountered it once, Gu Yixin was no longer very surprised when hitman B jumped out from the pick-up truck on the roadside and pointed a gun at him.
“Hello.” Gu Yixin greeted politely, “Did you also come here to kill me?”
Hitman B glared at him.
He had heard that the previous notorious Hitman A had sustained a loss in his hand.
This person must be tough to deal with.
Hitman B vigilantly thought.
He was actually a little scared. In fact, he really wanted to solve this problem directly and efficiently with a single shot.
But for unknown reasons, all who did this business had strange hobbies.
And his strange hobby was quite troublesome.
Hitman B asked in a hoarse voice, “What is your last wish?”
Gu Yixin pondered and asked, “Are you going to help me fulfill my wish?”
If this was the case, then it must have been a bit difficult for this hitman to do his job.
What if by any chance the last wish of the target was world peace.
Hitman B sneered, “You think I’m stupid? If someone wants China to win the World Cup, can I do it for him? Of course, after listening to this wish, I will send you off to start the journey.”
Gu Yixin pondered.
So that’s how it is.
“My wish is……”
His beautiful lips were dyed a layer of rose gold in the setting sun, and there seemed to be some cowardice concealed in his eyes. Ah, that was the most favorite emotion of the hitman. To see his target being scared of death.
Hitman B felt very excited when he thought that he had caused the target who was hard to deal with to have a fear of his death approaching.
Look. His rose-colored cheeks have gradually paled. His eyelashes are constantly trembling, and glistening teardrops are flashing through his light-colored eyes.
Gu Yixin’s voice became smaller and smaller and Hitman B subconsciously approached him, trying to clearly hear what he was saying.
But before he could hear the words that were said later, he just felt that his hands were empty.
The gun of hitman B didn’t know what was going on but it somehow ended up in the hands of Gu Yixin.
The hitman’s face turned pale.
“You……You……”
Gu Yixin looked contemplatively at the gun in his hand.
An illustration from a middle school textbook appeared in his mind which seemed to be a sculpture that disseminated anti-war.
That stimulated him.
Gu Yixin grabbed the barrel of the gun to stretch it long and softly kneaded it.
Then tied a knot8.
Gu Yixin dropped the bullets and stuffed the gun with a slipknot back into the hands of hitman B.
The hitman B was about to faint.
He ruthlessly pinched his ears and confirmed that he was not dreaming.
Hitman B stared at the gun in his hands in a daze.
And then he looked up at Gu Yixin, who still had a calm complexion.
The power of this migrant worker was actually really terrifying!
Hitman B believed that guns are the most reliable, the most powerful, and the most reliable things in the world.
But in Gu Yixn’s hands, this thing was rolled round and flattened at will like modeling clay.
Hitman B’s legs softened and he knelt on the ground.
In a Lanzhou ramen shop9.
The hitman B respectfully helped the new boss to wash his chopsticks, and asked sincerely, “Why did you choose a mediocre job that needs hard physical labor instead of doing some other moneymaking professions as you are powerful?”
Gu Yixin raised his eyebrows and picked up a knife-shaved noodle10.
“Look at this noodle.”
Hitman B looked at it solemnly for a long time with rapt attention. But Gu Yixin didn’t speak even after he waited for a long time.
The hitman finally couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong with this noodle?”
If you don’t eat it, it will get cold.
Gu Yixin thought.
Looking at the hitman who was all ears in front of him, Gu Yixin looked solemn.
“There is knowledge in noodles, but only the master who makes noodles can understand it. Similarly, the fun of moving bricks can only be felt after putting it into practice.”
After Gu Yixin swept away the ninth bowl of noodles at once and drank all the soup, the empty bowl was placed on the table and he burped loudly.
Gu Yixin casually asked.
“How about it? Do you wanna come with me to move bricks?”
Lu Mingshi felt that recently his subordinate Chen Zhiang has been in a bad mood. So he suggested him about taking a paid leave for a period of time to sort out his situation.
Chen Zhiang felt that the boss wanted to kill the donkey when the grinding is done11.
So, Chen Zhiang agreed to go on a vacation, and then he started to do things.
He exploited his authority to allocate a large amount of the company’s liquid funds. By the time Lu Mingshi discovered it, there was already a problem with the capital turnover.
Lu Mingshi was very angry. He wanted to ask Chen Zhiang to make it clear. But the other party had already disappeared from the face of the earth.
As a result, Lu Mingshi has been a little unhappy these days.
On this day, when Gu Yixin returned home after persuading the second killer to go back to the construction site, he saw that his wife was suspected of having a tendency to frown.
But as soon as Lu Mingshi saw him, he pretended to be very bright and sunny.
Lu Mingshi sadly thought that it was better to not let the company’s troubles to disturb the family.
“Husband, how are you doing recently?”
Lu Mingshi tried his best to pretend to be cool and asked.
Gu Yixin calmly said, “It’s very good. I move a lot of bricks every day and I’m very happy.”
He thought for a while and added, “And I helped the construction site to find a few new employees. They are very efficient at work, and they rushed to the top ten ranks of the star employee list as soon as they came.”
Gu Yixin even began to look forward to the arrival of the next hitman.
“That’s good.” Lu Mingshi said with relief.
Lu Mingshi did not tell Gu Yixin about the problem with the funds of his company. He had to find a way to solve it by himself.
In the same way, Gu Yixin didn’t tell Lu Mingshi that he was being hunted down.
They were a bit like the Smiths couple now12.
The two of them sat on the sofa holding hands, each being lost in their own thoughts.
Lu Mingshi strived to manage his facial expressions while cursing the traitor via Wechat.
Gu Yixin couldn’t help glancing at Lu Mingshi again and finally asked:
“President Lu, did anything happen?”
Lu Mingshi immediately smiled.
“No. Nothing happened.”
The baby suddenly let out a loud and clear cry.
Just when Gu Yixin was about to stand up to boil the milk, Lu Mingshi lightly held him down.
“No need.”
He opened his collar familiarly and picked up the baby.
However, the baby wasn’t very obedient today.
“What’s up?”
Lu Mingshi blankly looked at the crying baby. But Gu Yixin quickly brought the hot milk and stuffed it into Lu Jiujin’s mouth to stop his son from crying.
Lu Mingshi fell into distress.
“Could it be that the baby dislikes me?”
He murmured to himself in disbelief.
As soon as he thought about this, his heart throbbed with a “hula-hula”.
This was the baby that he worked so hard to give birth to. Anyone can dislike me. But he can’t dislike me.
Lu Mingshi’s heart was choked up with anxiety and the rim of his eyes quickly turned red.
Perhaps he was influenced by the mishap that the company met with. Even a little thing provoked him and made his emotions to be unstable.
Gu Yixin couldn’t see the rare vulnerable appearance of Lu Mingshi. He patted him on the back and comforted him, “There must be some other reason.”
What could be the reason?
Gu Yixin decided to test it himself.
Twenty minutes later.
Hitman A, who had put away his 40-meter knife, sat face to face with Gu Yixin on the open-air stall outside the Shaxian snack bar.
Gu Yixin looked at the numb-faced hitman and sincerely said：
“Thank you for inviting me to eat at this stall. I never dared to come here before. I only dared to go to the yellow braised chicken and rice1 on the opposite side.”
Hitman A looked at the impoverished attire of Gu Yixin and didn’t doubt him naturally.
Gu Yixin looked at hitman A as if he was lost in memories, and took the initiative to ask, “Do you have something on your mind too? This business must be very profitable for you guys.”
“Will you worry when you are doing such a profitable job?”
Hitman A sighed.
He looked at the shop owner who was scooping out noodles with a ladle and his expression slightly eased.
Hitman A used to kill big bosses who were super-rich and powerful. They never had a heart-to-heart chat with him, and they all just simply died.
So hitman A has been very lonely for all these years.
“I think back then, I was just like you. I used to move bricks on the construction site every day.”
There was a look of nostalgia in the hitman’s eyes.
“Although at that time, I was often scolded by the boss, had a small salary, worked really hard, and earned money every day that was only enough for me to eat two yellow steamed buns. But now that I recall, my happiest days were those when I was paid ninety yuan a month as salary.”
“Although I earn a lot now, what does money mean to me?”
He doesn’t want me anymore. No matter how much money I make, who will I spend it for?
All of a sudden, hitman A felt very powerless.
The shop owner came over with a basket of steamed dumplings that were shaped like willow leaves.
Gu Yixin took the initiative to say, “I want two small plates and one catty2 of smashed cucumber salad.”
Anyway, it was the hitman who was paying. So there was no need for him to save money.
A basket of steamed dumplings and two small plates.
The hitman A watched Gu Yixin carry a steamed dumpling into his small plate, pour vinegar on it, and then he suddenly became sad.
“Wuwuwuwu, I did this moneymaking profession for him to study. However, when I made money for him, he thought it was dirty.”
When he killed the first person, he deliberately picked a free and unfettered criminal who had been excluded from the death penalty, feeling that his conscience would be at ease.
Originally, he just wanted to do one business transaction, and then be a good person.
But it was very painful for the hitman after being regarded with disdain. So he took another order.
Sure enough, as long as you take that step, what awaits you is the abyss.
The hitman A covered his face with his fingers covered with callus from using a knife and started weeping sadly.
He looked at the little migrant worker brother in front of him who had a pure and innocent look on his face.
He is also a person with a bitter fate who has to do hard physical labor to earn a living. Why should I make things difficult for him?
Hitman A clenched his teeth.
He made up his mind.
“Little brother, I don’t wanna kill you. You can go!”
Gu Yixin was puzzled, “But wouldn’t you have to bear responsibility if you don’t complete the task?”
Hitman A was disheartened.
“I’ll give them all the money back.”
Hitman A slowly picked up the steamed dumpling, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
The steamed dumplings were stuffed with carrots and meat. It was chewy, fresh, and savory. When you chew them in your mouth, the sour taste of the vinegar blends together with the flavor of the meat. It was the cheapest food and enjoyment of the highest level.
The hitman A burst into tears.
He didn’t dare to spend a cent that he earned and it was still there in the Swiss bank.
What exotic delicacies? If it wasn’t brought by the money that was made by working hard, then it wouldn’t taste good to eat.
It wasn’t as good as these five yuan per basket of steamed dumplings with carrot and meat.
Hitman A took out his mobile phone, typed a bunch of words, and sent it.
The shop owner brought two plates of peanut butter noodles3.
“What were you writing?”
“Resignation letter.”
Hitman A returned all the money for the first mission to the recipient, indicating that from then on he had washed his heart and renewed his face4, and would not be a hitman anymore.
After eating two bowls of noodles, hitman A decided to go back to his old business.
“Hey, little brother. I have to find a job. Do you know which construction site near here has the best treatment? There must be five social insurances and one housing fund5.”
Gu Yixin thought to himself that you are asking the right person.
“I know the salary grades of all construction sites in this city, and the highest salary is…”
Since then, there has been one less potential criminal in the world and one more hard-working bricklayer.
Hitman A started reeducation through labor on the construction site.
The achievement of the construction site became more prosperous with each passing day and Gu Yixin once again appeared in the newspaper.
Gu Yixin failed to take a step further in the provincial model worker election in March and couldn’t be the national-level model worker candidate. It was said that the reason behind it was that his work lacks technical content very much, so he was PKed by another worker comrade who was engaged in technical work.
But this time, a reporter wrote a report specifically to cry out against injustice for him, which was published in a nook of the newspaper.
The content of the argument was that since Gu Yixin came to the construction site, the technical efficiency of the construction site has become higher and higher, and this part should also be included in his work contribution.
This report did not attract much attention, so it could only be posted in a nook.
However, the reporter especially took a recent photo of Gu Yixin starting the excavator under the sun at noon yesterday. The photo was brimming with aesthetic perception and the page was cherished and cut out by the fans of the construction site’s male model.
It was extremely unfortunate that the fourteen-year-old daughter of the Gambling King was an avid fan of Gu Yixin.
On this day, while the Gambling king was eating breakfast, he found that his little daughter was secretly tearing off a corner of the newspaper and stuffing it into the compartment of her schoolbag.
The Gambling King rummaged through and took out the newspaper while his daughter wasn’t paying attention.
And then his face turned green6.
Angry.
The Gambling King thought I7 can’t stand the existence of this person in this world.
So he found the person who received the order, threw him a lot of money, and asked him to send out hitmen one by one until Gu Yixin disappear from this world.
Thanks to the luck of the Gambling King, Gu Yixin’s dinner fell down again.
As he had already encountered it once, Gu Yixin was no longer very surprised when hitman B jumped out from the pick-up truck on the roadside and pointed a gun at him.
“Hello.” Gu Yixin greeted politely, “Did you also come here to kill me?”
Hitman B glared at him.
He had heard that the previous notorious Hitman A had sustained a loss in his hand.
This person must be tough to deal with.
Hitman B vigilantly thought.
He was actually a little scared. In fact, he really wanted to solve this problem directly and efficiently with a single shot.
But for unknown reasons, all who did this business had strange hobbies.
And his strange hobby was quite troublesome.
Hitman B asked in a hoarse voice, “What is your last wish?”
Gu Yixin pondered and asked, “Are you going to help me fulfill my wish?”
If this was the case, then it must have been a bit difficult for this hitman to do his job.
What if by any chance the last wish of the target was world peace.
Hitman B sneered, “You think I’m stupid? If someone wants China to win the World Cup, can I do it for him? Of course, after listening to this wish, I will send you off to start the journey.”
Gu Yixin pondered.
So that’s how it is.
“My wish is……”
His beautiful lips were dyed a layer of rose gold in the setting sun, and there seemed to be some cowardice concealed in his eyes. Ah, that was the most favorite emotion of the hitman. To see his target being scared of death.
Hitman B felt very excited when he thought that he had caused the target who was hard to deal with to have a fear of his death approaching.
Look. His rose-colored cheeks have gradually paled. His eyelashes are constantly trembling, and glistening teardrops are flashing through his light-colored eyes.
Gu Yixin’s voice became smaller and smaller and Hitman B subconsciously approached him, trying to clearly hear what he was saying.
But before he could hear the words that were said later, he just felt that his hands were empty.
The gun of hitman B didn’t know what was going on but it somehow ended up in the hands of Gu Yixin.
The hitman’s face turned pale.
“You……You……”
Gu Yixin looked contemplatively at the gun in his hand.
An illustration from a middle school textbook appeared in his mind which seemed to be a sculpture that disseminated anti-war.
That stimulated him.
Gu Yixin grabbed the barrel of the gun to stretch it long and softly kneaded it.
Then tied a knot8.
Gu Yixin dropped the bullets and stuffed the gun with a slipknot back into the hands of hitman B.
The hitman B was about to faint.
He ruthlessly pinched his ears and confirmed that he was not dreaming.
Hitman B stared at the gun in his hands in a daze.
And then he looked up at Gu Yixin, who still had a calm complexion.
The power of this migrant worker was actually really terrifying!
Hitman B believed that guns are the most reliable, the most powerful, and the most reliable things in the world.
But in Gu Yixn’s hands, this thing was rolled round and flattened at will like modeling clay.
Hitman B’s legs softened and he knelt on the ground.
In a Lanzhou ramen shop9.
The hitman B respectfully helped the new boss to wash his chopsticks, and asked sincerely, “Why did you choose a mediocre job that needs hard physical labor instead of doing some other moneymaking professions as you are powerful?”
Gu Yixin raised his eyebrows and picked up a knife-shaved noodle10.
“Look at this noodle.”
Hitman B looked at it solemnly for a long time with rapt attention. But Gu Yixin didn’t speak even after he waited for a long time.
The hitman finally couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong with this noodle?”
If you don’t eat it, it will get cold.
Gu Yixin thought.
Looking at the hitman who was all ears in front of him, Gu Yixin looked solemn.
“There is knowledge in noodles, but only the master who makes noodles can understand it. Similarly, the fun of moving bricks can only be felt after putting it into practice.”
After Gu Yixin swept away the ninth bowl of noodles at once and drank all the soup, the empty bowl was placed on the table and he burped loudly.
Gu Yixin casually asked.
“How about it? Do you wanna come with me to move bricks?”
Lu Mingshi felt that recently his subordinate Chen Zhiang has been in a bad mood. So he suggested him about taking a paid leave for a period of time to sort out his situation.
Chen Zhiang felt that the boss wanted to kill the donkey when the grinding is done11.
So, Chen Zhiang agreed to go on a vacation, and then he started to do things.
He exploited his authority to allocate a large amount of the company’s liquid funds. By the time Lu Mingshi discovered it, there was already a problem with the capital turnover.
Lu Mingshi was very angry. He wanted to ask Chen Zhiang to make it clear. But the other party had already disappeared from the face of the earth.
As a result, Lu Mingshi has been a little unhappy these days.
On this day, when Gu Yixin returned home after persuading the second killer to go back to the construction site, he saw that his wife was suspected of having a tendency to frown.
But as soon as Lu Mingshi saw him, he pretended to be very bright and sunny.
Lu Mingshi sadly thought that it was better to not let the company’s troubles to disturb the family.
“Husband, how are you doing recently?”
Lu Mingshi tried his best to pretend to be cool and asked.
Gu Yixin calmly said, “It’s very good. I move a lot of bricks every day and I’m very happy.”
He thought for a while and added, “And I helped the construction site to find a few new employees. They are very efficient at work, and they rushed to the top ten ranks of the star employee list as soon as they came.”
Gu Yixin even began to look forward to the arrival of the next hitman.
“That’s good.” Lu Mingshi said with relief.
Lu Mingshi did not tell Gu Yixin about the problem with the funds of his company. He had to find a way to solve it by himself.
In the same way, Gu Yixin didn’t tell Lu Mingshi that he was being hunted down.
They were a bit like the Smiths couple now12.
The two of them sat on the sofa holding hands, each being lost in their own thoughts.
Lu Mingshi strived to manage his facial expressions while cursing the traitor via Wechat.
Gu Yixin couldn’t help glancing at Lu Mingshi again and finally asked:
“President Lu, did anything happen?”
Lu Mingshi immediately smiled.
“No. Nothing happened.”
The baby suddenly let out a loud and clear cry.
Just when Gu Yixin was about to stand up to boil the milk, Lu Mingshi lightly held him down.
“No need.”
He opened his collar familiarly and picked up the baby.
However, the baby wasn’t very obedient today.
“What’s up?”
Lu Mingshi blankly looked at the crying baby. But Gu Yixin quickly brought the hot milk and stuffed it into Lu Jiujin’s mouth to stop his son from crying.
Lu Mingshi fell into distress.
“Could it be that the baby dislikes me?”
He murmured to himself in disbelief.
As soon as he thought about this, his heart throbbed with a “hula-hula”.
This was the baby that he worked so hard to give birth to. Anyone can dislike me. But he can’t dislike me.
Lu Mingshi’s heart was choked up with anxiety and the rim of his eyes quickly turned red.
Perhaps he was influenced by the mishap that the company met with. Even a little thing provoked him and made his emotions to be unstable.
Gu Yixin couldn’t see the rare vulnerable appearance of Lu Mingshi. He patted him on the back and comforted him, “There must be some other reason.”
What could be the reason?
Gu Yixin decided to test it himself.
