Special District 9 Chapter 144: Many Walks of Life in a Small Store

During the period of time that Qin Yu was away, Bucktooth was practically living at Hua-jie’s place. Other than returning back home to sleep every night, he would spend his time in the day here.

Hua-jie also had a good impression of Bucktooth too. Even though Bucktooth tended to speak in a roguish tone, he was still quite diligent, often helping her clean up the store. As such, Hua-jie allowed him to loiter around here, even bringing him food everyday as his salary.

Other than these superficial reasons, Hua-jie actually had some deeper intention behind taking care of Bucktooth too. She was aware that Qin Yu worked in the Police Bureau, so she thought that as long as she took care of his child, if something happened to the store, perhaps Qin Yu would be willing to stand up for her. After all, reciprocation was the new symbol of trust in this era.

In the time that Bucktooth spent in this store, he had seen the man beating Hua-jie up countless times, but he rarely discussed this matter with Xiangxiang.

Why was that so?

Because even though Bucktooth was still young, he had matured fast.

The man went by the surname of Zhang, and he was a ruffian on this street. He would often hang out with a bunch of lowlifes and do whatever that brought them easy money. Due to their ferocious appearances and their overly aggressive and violent attitude, hardly anyone was willing to cross their path.

Hua-jie and Old Zhang were companions who often hung out noisily in the rooms on the second floor to explore the intricacies of life. However, their relationship wasn’t pure as Old Zhang would often patronize other ‘meat stores’ as well. One thing to note was that he would never pay for the services, which meant that he was basically fooling around for free.

There might have been some people who were intrigued as to why Hua-jie would allow Old Zhang to do as he pleased. Wasn’t it a huge loss for her if the customer didn’t pay up? Not to mention, Old Zhang would often take money from Hua-jie, causing the sisters working under her to earn li

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