C5

The money was important to me at the moment.

The driver pointed to the meter: "See that? Begin 8 dollars, 1 li plus 1 yuan, how many miles are you? As long as you are careful, I won't lie to you. I'll give you an invoice, and if you don't believe me, then take this invoice and remember my license plate and work number. Go ahead and ask. "

In the end, I still helplessly gave him the money, blaming myself for not asking for a good price in advance.

After he got off the car, he saw a small inn beside it.

Carrying my luggage, I walked into the hotel. At the counter, a woman in her thirties smiled at me and asked, "Little sister, are you staying here?"

"Hmm, please give me a room."

"How long?"

"Let's start with a day. Oh right, how much is it?" I asked carefully with my previous experience.

She replied with a smile, "Our room is not expensive. It will be one room for one night."

"88?" I tightened my grip on my wallet. I had sold everything in the house, plus my mom's savings were less than 2,000 yuan, so I had to pay two hundred or two hundred yuan for my house and lodging.

However, since the sky was so dark, I had no choice but to stay at home. Helpless, I could only reply, "Then I'll have to trouble you to get me a room first."

"Alright, please give me your ID." The woman continued to speak politely.

I was stunned. "You still need an ID?"

"Of course, since we're in such a tight spot, which hotel doesn't need their ID card? Why doesn't my little sister have one? "

I stammered, unable to speak. I really don't have such a thing!

It could be said, not to mention my ID, I don't even have an account book. Even when I go to school, I borrow money to do so, and even high school is a study book that my mother got from who knows where.

"I-I didn't bring it. Can you let me stay here for the night?"

"Of course not? "How could that be? If we get caught, I can't afford to pay for my small business, so I might as well go somewhere else!" The woman began picking at her nails, not bothering to answer me.

I panicked. From my childhood experiences, I naturally knew how dangerous the dark night was to a woman. What's more, in such a bright and lively Nightless City?

"Boss, just let me stay for the night. I'm just a little girl. Where am I supposed to go at such a late hour? Just do it!" I begged.

The woman glared at me and waved her hand at me. "Alright, alright, stop talking. You should leave. Who knows if what you said is true or not? Last time, a hotel on this street had also heard that it was taking in a young little sister who pretended not to have an ID card. In the end, she was the one who pretended to be a female student and did prostitution, almost causing the hotel to be sealed! In the end, the boss was punished with quite a bit of money. "Hurry up and go, don't hold up my business!"

I begged for a while longer, but she ignored me, and finally got annoyed, saying that if she didn't leave she would call the security guards, so I had to leave with my suitcase.

Hanging on the road.

All sorts of people come and go, none of them I know.

Back and forth I went to all sorts of shops, and none of them could take me in.

I finally took my luggage to the ATM and slept through the night. At dawn the next day, I took my luggage to my destination, the Huadu City.

The golden pillars of the door, the crystal door, and the gold-painted signboard all displayed the luxury of the place.

I was wearing that woman's old clothes. They didn't look revealing, but they were dirty. I was a little shy as I stepped in.

I stood there for a moment, not knowing how to get in. When I saw him outside the uniform door, I couldn't help but ask.

"Looking for a job?"

I shook my head. "No, I'm here to look for someone!"

"Looking for someone? "Who is it?"

"Brother Ye." I replied softly.

The man waved his hand at me. "What Brother Ye?" You must have found the wrong place, there's no one here! "

"No one? How could that be? My foster mother told me to look for her, so how could I not? " I couldn't believe it. I lied a bit and continued to grab onto that person. "Could it be … could it be that he was here before and he left? Can you help me ask someone else! "

The man flung his arm and pushed me away, glaring at me. "What do you think this place is? How dare he behave so atrociously? If you don't leave, I'll call the security! "

I was flung to the ground and didn't know what to do.

At this moment, a lady wearing a white dress walked past me. She gave me a glance and couldn't help but size me up.

I looked up at her. She was about thirty years old, and she looked like a rich woman.

"Who did you say you were looking for here?" She bent down and pulled me to my feet, patting my clothes.

My eyes lit up. From her tone, it seemed that she knew what I was talking about. I hurriedly replied, "Brother Ye."

"Brother Ye?" She scrunched her eyebrows slightly, with a hint of wariness in her expression. She sized me up once more, then asked, "What's your relationship with him?"

"I don't know either, but the person who told me to look for him told me that as long as I can find him, I'll know who my father is!" I became more and more convinced that this woman knows something as I spoke excitedly.

The woman nodded and muttered, "It does have a bit of a resemblance."

"Like?" I looked at her in confusion.

She grabbed my arm and looked around. "This place isn't suitable for talking about this. Let's change locations first."

I was reluctant to follow her.

Seemingly seeing through the doubt in my heart, she smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Let's find a small shop on the street to talk."

Only then did I relax. As long as I didn't go to a place by myself, it shouldn't be a problem for the shops on the street to be bustling with people.

I followed her to a noodle shop. There weren't many people there, but it wasn't remote either.

She smiled and asked the boss for two cups of water. She placed one cup in front of me and said, "You're quite careful when you go out. Not bad!"

I felt a little embarrassed so I didn't say anything and just smiled awkwardly.

After a while, the boss came back with two bowls of noodles. She took two pairs of chopsticks from the chopsticks basket and carefully wiped them with a napkin before handing me a pair.

"You're carrying a suitcase, and your face is yellow. Did you eat something? Did you come looking for someone the moment you arrived?" Let's eat first! "

Her considerate words made my heart warm up. Holding the chopsticks in my hand, I looked at the hot noodles with two poached eggs in front of me. Suddenly, my eyes warmed up as well.

"Thank you." I snorted like a mosquito.

"Let's eat first. We'll talk later!"