From star abyss

Chapter 570 274. Singing in the Rain

It will be sunny and cloudy today, and the radio says there will be heavy rain in the middle of the night and a flood warning.

"It's raining...it's raining."

For Xia Beiluo, who was picking up wine bottles in the back alley, it had no impact. She stuffed the wine bottles into the urea bag, put them on the back seat of the bicycle, and tied them tightly. In order to prevent the bottles from colliding with each other and breaking, she put some newspapers and straw inside.

Xia Beiluo recently took on a good job. A new tavern recently recycled wine bottles with church labels at a high price. It seemed to be specifically for the purpose of piracy and printing the church's mark, so that the price could be raised in the name of 'church charter'. Up to 1.8 Linga.

If she's lucky, this big bag will probably give her fifty spiritual points, provided she doesn't run into any of the guys from the Black Snake Gang, otherwise she'll only get twelve or even less than ten spiritual points.

Poof.

She had just installed the urea bag when a dirty big hand immediately put it on her shoulder, and then a thin face came over to her. The other person smiled and said to her with an unknown brand of cigarette in his hand:

"Would you like one? Miss. The first one is free."

"No, I'm allergic to tobacco."

Xia Beiluo said lightly, and was about to kick the bracket and leave, but the other party came around relentlessly, and his palms were caressing down his back dishonestly.

"Have one, it's really free! This kind of good product is not something that a work-study student like you can afford."

Xia Beiluo looked at the other party coldly:

"Thanks, I don't need it. I just want to touch myself. I'm a boy anyway."

"you--"

The harassing gangster took a closer look at Xia Beiluo's not-so-beautiful face and almost curveless figure, and was immediately speechless.

"Damn! What a bad luck..."

He cursed a few words and pushed Xia Beiluo. Xia Beiluo quickly held the urea bag, turned over, and fell to the ground in advance, which was cushioned. There was no sound of breaking from the wine bottle inside.

The gangster left cursing. Xia Beiluo breathed a sigh of relief and did not complain. He stood up, pushed his bicycle, and walked steadily towards the south block.

After walking four or five kilometers, she succeeded in getting the reward promised by the tavern owner before he left.

"43 Lingge."

The tavern owner said casually, smashing a bottle that looked half-new.

"Didn't we agree on 50 Spirits..."

"The spirituality on these bottle labels has faded. I won't buy this kind of thing."

Without blinking an eye, the boss skillfully removed a piece of label and poured spiritual power into it. The logo of the [Lord of Ghosts] church immediately appeared on it:

"Won't you check it? Even a work-study student without a contracted spirit body can still identify it if he simply pours spiritual power into it, right?"

"...Well, I'll pay attention next time."

Xia Beiluo pursed his lips, nodded and said.

"Bring it over after checking it! I have to check one by one every time, which is very hard for me." The boss complained, poking Xia Beiluo's shoulder, and shouted dissatisfied: "Will you send it here again next time?" I’ll find someone else to be the spiritual wine bottle. Whether you want to do it or not, there will be others who will do it if you don’t.”

"Yes, I promise it won't happen again."

"Your reward, get out of here."

The boss took out a few crumpled paper notes from his pocket, waved them with his big hand, and then turned around and entered the tavern.

The banknote suddenly hit Xia Beiluo's face. Her first reaction was not to avoid it, but to quickly lower her head and catch it, for fear that the water on the ground would wet the coin.

However, no matter how quick she reacted, two 5-ring banknotes were still soaked in mud and water. Xia Beiluo's eye circles suddenly turned red. She picked them up, flattened them, and wiped them clean with her clothes.

"Huh-huh-"

She blow-dried it distressedly, and looked at the torn and chipped banknotes, feeling that her heart was about to break.

Rumble, rumble......

It rained in the evening and thunder rolled in the sky.

"Holy shit! I have to run!"

Xia Beiluo quickly put the reward into a waterproof clip, put it away close to his body, and then rode his second-hand bicycle, creaking all the way.

Tick, tick...

Xia Beiluo's forehead felt cold. The tattered asphalt pavement revealed the gray concrete floor, and then the brown ink was blurred by the raindrops.

Blah blah blah...

Like a broken fire hydrant, cool raindrops poured down from the sky, taking away the heat from her thin body.

Xia Beiluo lowered his head and worked hard to climb the slope. His hands holding the handle were soaked by the rain, and his fingers were rotten and turned white.

The rain wrapped around her body like a poisonous snake, injecting her with venom called 'cold', which first penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and then spread throughout the body along with the blood vessels.

It chilled the nerves and numbed the mind.

In the midsummer rainstorm, she felt a sweltering heat, rain and sweat mixed together. The warmer her body felt, the colder and stiffer her fingers and toes became.

The huge amount of rain came over her like a tsunami, and the dense rain curtain made it extremely difficult for her to go uphill.

She couldn't breathe, didn't dare to raise her head, couldn't open her eyes, could barely step on the pedals, and the raindrops connected into threads, as if they were going to cut her open. (Note ①)

Sometimes she couldn't see the flashing car lights clearly, until the other party honked the horn desperately, causing splashing waves to wash over her body, weighing down her short hair and sticking to her face, and the rainwater flowed into her eyes along her hair.

The wandering ghosts on the street lamps chattered, laughing at her advancing figure.

Yanzi hid under the eaves of the nightclub, where passionate techno music came from. The delicate Yanzi did not mind the noise and rested peacefully under the bright and feasting disco.

The dead branches and leaves were swept up by the wind and went up to the sky. From its perspective, the whole world was rendered into a dark and gloomy world point by point. The cold wind carried the clouds and enveloped the sky and the earth. Darkness was so natural. Oppressing all living beings.

"Got to take the money back."

The shirt was soaked with water and became transparent, revealing the intimate clothing underneath. However, at this moment, she couldn't care less about any shame, pedaling hard and moving forward as fast as possible.

A complete asphalt road is the rarest part of the city, and the cement road is also quite good, but soon she felt the tires became heavy and sank into the mud.

"It's a bad road, so be careful."

Xia Beiluo drove carefully over the relatively hard stone slab, but suddenly, her body lost its center of gravity.

Snapped!

The front wheel got stuck in the horseshoe pit, her body leaned forward, and she flew out. Her chin hit the curb, as if she had been hit by a hammer. Stars suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north, and south. Don't know where I am.

Xia Beiluo shouted in heartbreaking horror:

"Money! Money!"

Note ①: From "Camel Xiangzi"