Man at the top of the food chain

Xiaguo, Zhongdu.

In the cold winter night of December, the cold wind swept through the streets, as if to take away the last bit of warmth in the world.

With a clang, the big iron door of the fast food restaurant was shut by Li Anping.

The girl next to her rubbed her hands carefully, exhaled a breath of hot air and said, "It's too cold, let's go catch the bus."

The girl's name is Anna. She and Li Anping, who closed the iron door, are both college students nearby. They work part-time in this fast food restaurant together. Although she is dressed simply, her beautiful face, the unique youthfulness of a girl, and her straight and slender legs make her look very charming.

Li Anping pulled the iron door hard, and after making sure it was locked, he shook his head and said, "No, I have something to do today, so I have to go to the other side."

"Oh..." Anna said softly, "Then I'll leave first?"

Looking at Li Anping's pretty face, there was a hint of disappointment in her tone, but Li Anping didn't notice it. He said to himself, "Well, be careful when you walk alone at night. Call me if you have anything. I'll leave first..."

After that, Li Anping waved his hand and walked away without looking back. Anna behind him looked at his departing figure, and a faint blush appeared on her face unconsciously, and a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes.

Seeing Li Anping walking farther and farther, as if he was about to be drowned in the darkness, she took a deep breath and finally mustered up the courage to shout:

"Hey, Li Anping, wait a minute!!"

"What's wrong?" Li Anping turned around and looked in Anna's direction with a puzzled look. He just felt that the girl looked a little strange all day today, as if she had something on her mind, and she was always absent-minded when working.

"I..."

"You..."

Anna's breathing became rapid when she noticed Li Anping's gaze. She opened her mouth but couldn't say a word. All the words she had thought of before were swept away. She felt that her mind was completely blank and she couldn't remember anything.

Li Anping felt more and more strange. He walked back to Anna, touched the girl's forehead with one hand, frowned and said, "Why is your face so red? The weather is very cold. Are you catching a cold?"

It was like she was suffocating.

Feeling Li Anping's hand on her forehead, Anna's cheeks became even redder in an instant, and she seemed to be fainting. But he stopped stuttering, and just mumbled what he wanted to say just now:

"There's a new aquarium opening in the city this weekend, can you go with me to see it..."

"Oh, sure." Feeling that the other person's forehead temperature was normal and he didn't seem to have a cold, Li Anping felt relieved: "You probably don't have a cold, but it's cold these days, don't forget to wear more clothes and keep warm.

Contact me this weekend, I'm leaving first."

Anna's head was still dizzy, and when she returned to normal, Li Anping had already disappeared, leaving only the girl's cheers echoing in the street.

"Yeah!"

Li Anping, who had already walked far away, naturally didn't hear the girl's cheers. His eyes swept around the street, and he muttered to himself: "I remember it was here, could it be gone today?"

When passing by the street near the fast food restaurant these days, Li Anping always saw an old man with a child setting up a stall on the street.

Zhongdu has been getting colder these days. Because he saw the news online today that a homeless person was frozen to death on the street, Li Anping began to worry about the old man setting up a stall.

Suddenly, Li Anping's eyes focused and he saw where the old man was.

He walked slowly to the stall and said with a smile: "It's so cold, haven't you closed the stall yet?"

The old man's face was full of wrinkles of years, and his hands were frozen like purple carrots without the protection of gloves. Seeing that there were customers coming, he immediately said enthusiastically: "Not yet, just take whatever you like, 2 yuan each."

There was a four or five-year-old boy lying on the old man's chest. The little boy was wrapped tightly and had fallen asleep long ago, with fatigue on his little face.

Seeing this scene, Li Anping's face darkened and he didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at the things on the stall. A few worn-out second-hand books. Some outdated earrings, bracelets and toys.

To be honest, I'm afraid there are not many people in the whole Zhongdu who would pay for these.

But Li Anping looked at them with relish, as if he was very interested.

As a result, after some bargaining, he bought everything for 100 yuan.

Before leaving, the old man stopped Li Anping.

"Little brother, you are a good man. I know you bought these junk because you felt sorry for us. But I feel bad for doing this."

Li Anping said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about, old man? I think these things are quite interesting. I plan to sell them at school."

The old man shook his head and didn't argue much. He just took out a string of Buddhist beads from his arms and handed it to Li Anping.

"I don't have any good things, this string of Buddhist beads has been blessed by a master, so I'll give it to you. May the Buddha bless you and be rewarded."

After some refusing, Li Anping couldn't resist the old man's enthusiasm, and finally put the Buddhist beads on his right wrist in front of him.

After helping the old man close his stall early, Li Anping walked towards the nearby bus station with a string of Buddhist beads in his right hand and a bag of things in his left hand.

Li Anping's family is not wealthy. As an orphan, although he was adopted as a child, he has always taken care of himself since he was in school. Today's one hundred yuan is already his income from a day's work, which may result in him having to eat cabbage and rice in the school cafeteria for several days in a row.

But he doesn't feel pity. There are always dark corners in this world, but where there is darkness there is light. Justice and fairness are what most people in the world pursue.

The various beauties in the human heart are the most important things in a person.

At this time, Li Anping thought so in his heart and did so.

However, he didn't notice that while these thoughts were swirling in his mind, the prayer beads on his right hand were emitting an inexplicable luster.

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When Li Anping returned to the community, it was close to midnight.

This community is far away from the city, and the houses in the community are very old, with various small advertising flyers posted everywhere. Several small hair salons at the entrance are still flashing ambiguous red lights.

The prosperity of Zhongdu seems to have left no trace here at all. In the community, most of the residents with some ability have already moved away from here. The remaining people are either migrant workers who are greedy for cheap rent, or some An old man who is reluctant to leave.

Compared with the high-rise buildings in the city, the conditions here can be said to be extremely poor.

But this is Li Anping’s home. When he was a child, his grandmother picked him up here and adopted him.

Li Anping lived with his grandma until he went to college and lived in a dormitory. However, his grandma is getting older, and Li Anping is a little worried about her living at home alone, so he comes back twice a week to visit and take care of his grandma.

The entire community is in disrepair, and most of the remaining residents are relying on management fees. The properties were evacuated several years ago, and most of the street lights are broken. In the darkness, human eyes can only see a rough outline.

However, Li Anping's footsteps gradually became brisk, because he was so familiar with this place that he could walk out with his eyes closed.

And no matter how bad it is, it's still where he grew up. Every plant and tree around him has memories of his childhood.

At this moment, a suppressed exclamation suddenly came from the green belt nearby.

"Who?" Li Anping shouted in the direction of the sound.

No response.

In Li Anping's sight, the surroundings seemed to become darker. The green belt was silent, and only the sound of the cold wind could be heard in his ears.

It seemed that the exclamation just now was just an illusion.

Just when Li Anping frowned, wondering if he had been working too much recently and was too tired, another cry for help came over.

"Help!!"

This time I heard it was a woman calling for help. After Li Anping heard this, he dropped the bag and rushed out without thinking.

The woman was stopped mid-shouting. Li Anping could only run in the direction where the voice came from in his memory.

After taking a few steps, a man and a woman lying on the ground came into view.

The man's back was to Li Anping and he was lying on the woman's body. He covered the woman's mouth with one hand and kept moving his other hand over the woman's body, trying to peel off her top one by one. He didn't seem to notice that Li Anping had walked behind him.

The woman's face could not be seen clearly, and she could only vaguely hear the sound of crying, but it was blocked by the man's big hands.

Someone is raping.

When Li Anping saw this, he was furious. He rushed down and pushed the man away, then punched him.

The man who raped him obviously hadn't noticed Li Anping rushing behind him just now. He was suddenly attacked by a sneak attack and was stunned. All he knew was that his hands were dancing wildly, blocking Li Anping's fist. But he did not forget to curse:

"Stop, stop fighting!"

"Fuck, hit me again and I'll kill you!!"

This man obviously lacks exercise and has weak limbs. He can bully weak women, but he is no match for Li Anping, who has been fighting in civilian areas since he was a child.

Bang! !

Li Anping punched the man in the face and kicked him to the ground. After hearing what the other party said, anger suddenly emerged again, and I almost couldn't help but go up and beat the other party again.

"You were the one who was beaten. I saw you raped with my own eyes. You should go to jail."

The man sat up from the ground and looked at Li Anping in front of him. The evil fire kept rushing towards his forehead.

"Where the hell did SB come from?! Do you know who I am? I'll just fucking kill your whole family with just one sentence."

"You bitch, please remember this, I'm going to kill you and make you beg me like a dog!!"

"Hmph." Li Anping glanced at the man on the ground with disdain, then kicked him to the ground. When he saw the man lying on the ground, breathing in but not breathing out, he turned to look at the woman on the side.

"Miss, are you okay?"

The woman who was thrown to the ground by Shang Zhenbang just cried.

Li Anping saw that although the other party was disheveled, he was still wearing underwear and everything. It was obvious that the man had not succeeded yet. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Shall I take you to the hospital first? See if you are injured. ”

Seeing that the woman still didn't answer, Li Anping sighed and carefully helped the woman up. The woman didn't resist, she just stood up.

Although there were no lights around, Li Anping could already see the other party's appearance from such a close distance. It turned out to be Qingshui Furong, a standard beauty. No wonder he was raped.

After pulling the woman up, Li Anping was about to help her leave, but the man who had just fallen to the ground took the opportunity to get up and limped out. He did not forget to turn around and yell at Li Anping: "Wait for me!!"

Seeing that Li Anping was about to catch up, he was scared and ran quickly.

"This kid!!" Li Anping was about to catch up, but then he thought again and asked the girl next to him: "Do you know this man?"

"Yeah." Unexpectedly, the woman answered Li Anping this time.

Li Anping was delighted and quickly asked: "My name is Li Anping, a college student at Tiancheng University, what's your name?"

"Wei Shishi."

The woman's answer was still very small, like a frightened deer.

While the two were talking, Li Anping had already helped Wei Shishi back to the street, and the man who had just escaped had already disappeared.

Just as he squatted down to pick up the plastic bag he had thrown away, a strong light and a loud roar came from behind him and Wei Shishi.

When he turned around, he saw a white sports car rushing towards him head-on.

Li Anping only had time to push Wei Shishi away from him, and his eyes went dark, and he had lost consciousness.