book of old days

Chapter 245 Two Friends
Sean knocked on the door of the director's office of the asylum, pushed the door open and walked in. The director saw Xiao En and knew that the other party should come to redeem someone.

"Ah, sir, what's the matter?"

"Two friends of mine got drunk yesterday and were supposedly sent here and I wanted to see if I could find them."

"Then what do these two friends of yours look like? What are their names?"

Sean shook his head, "I don't remember very well, I may need to inquire in person to be sure, oh yes, here are two photos of them."

Sean said, and handed over two 1-pound banknotes.

When the director saw it, he immediately looked serious: "Sir, are you bribing me? I'm not the kind of person who ignores the law for a small amount of money. You've found the wrong one!"

"Of course not—ah, I remembered, I seem to have taken the wrong one." Sean said, and took out two more ten-pound banknotes and handed them over.

Only then did the director nodded in satisfaction, and took the money, and the four banknotes almost disappeared without a trace.

"Come with me."

Walking into the shelter, an unpleasant smell immediately hit the nostrils. Since the shelter is a transit station for the homeless, its environment is naturally not much better, and it is not much worse than a prison cell.

In fact, it looks a lot like a prison, with iron bars separating homeless people into small compartments.

Sean walked all the way, his eyes swept over the faces of these prisoners one by one. Most of these homeless people were filthy and skinny, and there were not many decent ones. A farmer wearing a straw hat caught his attention.

The man at least looked healthy and strong, tanned and distinctly different from the other bums.

"Friend, do you want to leave here?" Sean asked suddenly,
The man looked at Sean in a daze.

"I can take you away. Of course, you need to do something for me. It may be dangerous, but it's better than staying here and waiting to die."

The farmer shook his head, "I'm not a tramp, I'm innocent, I'm a farmer in the city, you have no reason to lock me up here!"

Sean felt a little helpless, "Of course I know, but this is out of my control. I just offer a deal, do something for me, I will take you out of here, and I can also give you a sum of money."

"Enough is enough, I will not do illegal and criminal activities, my family will come back to redeem me!"

"Are you sure? The food here is not so expensive, unless your family can come up with a lot of money, otherwise..."

There was a hint of emotion on the farmer's face, as if he was struggling. It was obviously impossible for him to have much money.

At this time, a black figure appeared behind the farmer, holding a piece of hard bread in his hand.

Before Sean could figure it out, the man had already smashed a piece of bread on the farmer's head.

Seeing the unconscious farmer on the ground, the man grinned at Sean, "It looks like he won't be able to go, what do you think of me?"

Sean looked at the bearded man in front of him with some surprise. He looked fierce. Although he was not strong, he had a big frame. It seemed that he should have had a glorious time before.

What's important is his eyes. Unlike other tramps who are sluggish and dazed like walking dead, he looks bright, with a fierce and wild look.

"Do you know what I want you to do?"

"Hmph, what else can it be, murder, arson, theft? It must be something shameful, but I don't care, as long as it gets me out of this damn place, even if I kneel down and lick your eggs."

Sean couldn't help laughing, this man is a ruthless person, "It's unnecessary to lick eggs, but well, it will be a little dangerous, so it's settled."

He winked at the director next to him, who immediately let the bearded man out.

Although the person was released, the handcuffs were not removed.

The director whispered to Sean, "Your friend doesn't look like a nice person, you'd better be careful."

Xiao En nodded, but the director called two more people to come in, "Drag that farmer out and send him to the doctor."

Xiao En thought to himself that the director of this department was so inhumane that he even asked for a doctor.

But the director said with a smug smile, "See if it can be cured. If you can't make it through, the corpse can't be wasted."

Sean was speechless for a moment, looking at the numb eyes around him, he already knew that the world was very dark, but only after experiencing it personally can he understand how deep the darkness really is.

He didn't have the idea of ​​saving people, but he still felt a little irritable: "Do you have a woman here?"

"That friend of yours is still a woman?" the director asked with a smirk, obviously thinking of some special direction.

Sean gave him a cold look, "Why, can't it?"

"Of course, of course, but I have to remind you that the women in the shelter don't have any decent beauties."

While muttering, the director led Sean to the other side of the shelter. This side housed women, but the number was obviously much smaller.

The environment on the woman's side has improved a lot, but it's not much better.

The director was right, there are no beauties here, only old, mutilated, sickly old women, who were kicked out from nowhere.

To Sean's surprise, he saw an acquaintance, the woman who gave a pack of sausages yesterday, and her daughter.

At this time, the woman was hugging the little girl and comforting her in a low voice. When she saw Sean's figure, the woman suddenly rushed to the fence.

"Good sir, I know you, I know you! Her eyes were wide open, as if she wanted to say something.

Xiao En shook his head in disappointment. There are no decent women here. It would be a bit unreasonable to find an old woman as Dixi's body.

"Forget it, there is no decent one, let's go."

But the woman suddenly dealt with: "Wait a minute, wait a moment!" She said, suddenly lifted the scarf on her head, tore off the tattered clothes stuffed under the worn-out long skirt, and then rubbed her face again, She turned into a rather young looking woman. Although her face was still dirty, she was somewhat beautiful.

The director was a little surprised. This kind of camouflage was really not very clever, but ordinary people were not interested in checking it because of its dirty appearance, so it was concealed.

He was a little annoyed, glared at the woman, and was about to say something.

The woman looked at Sean full of expectations. "Can you take us away, kind sir, I can do anything..."

"I do need a woman to do one thing for me, but in advance, this thing may be a little dangerous."

"It's okay, as long as it gets me and my daughter out of here!"

Sean nodded, "Just the two of them."

The director was a little displeased, "It was agreed that it belongs to 'two' friends."

Xiao En gave the director a cold look, and when he saw it, the director's face turned pale, as if he was facing the glaring Aoyang at that moment, the cruelty in his eyes made it hard for him to look directly at him.

"What, do you have an opinion?"

"No—no comment."

A few minutes later, Sean left the shelter with two, one, and three 'friends'.

Although he found the person he was looking for, Sean was not completely at ease. He still needed to inspect the goods. The bearded man sat on the carriage indifferently, but his eyes turned around Sean from time to time. The good intentions seem to be completely undisguised.

The woman hugged the little girl and told her something. Judging by her expression, she seemed to have resigned to her fate, but she still had some expectations, as if she was thinking about what job Sean would arrange for her.

The carriage stopped in front of the apartment.

"Here we are, here it is." Sean greeted the three of them and got out of the carriage.

(End of this chapter)