Fanhua: Abao, stop here and pay me back.

Chapter 3 "Bad Luck"

Four days later in the morning, a phone call broke Gou Siji's happy mood.

"Hey, Gou Qilin, it's rare to see you take the initiative to call me."

While Gou Siji was teasing Gou Qilin, he raised his free right hand to say hello.

A sleepy young man walked out of the store and took over Gou Siji's job of entertaining customers at the front desk.

Gou Siji covered the big brother's receiver with his hand and asked the young man.

"Bai Zhi, be more energetic."

After seeing Bai Zhi's listless nod, Gou Siji felt helpless, but still walked to the back of the store, where there were fewer people.

"What's wrong? You called me specifically today. Is the sun rising from the west today?"

Gou Siji was joking.

"Four Seasons, can you be more serious and not do your job all day long? Last time the counselor at your school asked you about your employment~~~"

Gou Qilin said in a tone of hatred that iron cannot be transformed into steel.

"Stop, stop, stop! If you have anything to say, just say it. If you called me specifically to scold me, I would just hang up."

Gou Siji curled his lips.

"I'm near the house where you live. Come back. I'll see you if I have something to do."

Gou Qilin ordered directly.

"It's funny, I took the initiative to find you, but you won't come to the store by yourself..."

Before Gou Siji finished speaking, or was replying to Gou Qilin's commanding tone that made him unhappy, the sound of hanging up came from the phone.

"Du...du...du...du...du..."

Gou Qilin succeeded in enraging Gou Siji almost to death.

Gou Qilin is Gou Siji's biological brother. Gou Siji is nine years old. In addition, his outlook on life and the world have been formed in his previous life. It can be said that he and his brother by blood are no longer in the same generation. He has been different in all aspects since he was a child. Generation gap. It can also be said that there is an inexplicable magic power that makes me, who traveled to this family since childhood, feel all kinds of discomfort with my brother. Of course, Gou Siji believed that Gou Qilin felt the same way.

Gou Qilin hadn't contacted him for a long time, and Gou Siji didn't know what Gou Qilin suddenly wanted to do with him during this period.

Just when Gou Siji was still angry, a loud bang came from the distance.

Gou Siji was so frightened that he quickly ran out to see what was going on.

It's not like I triggered the bad luck streak.

At the entrance of the store, Gou Siji followed everyone's gaze and looked diagonally opposite to the second floor.

It was a two-story Western-style building, one of the few Western-style buildings on Qiujiang Road.

However, at this time, an arcade machine smashed out of the window on the second floor. The wooden shell of the arcade machine was scattered everywhere, like the shards of window glass, exposing the twisted internal mechanical structure and electronic components.

There were a few people next to the arcade who seemed to be in shock. They were obviously frightened by the arcade machine that suddenly fell from the sky, and they were cursing at the people on the second floor.

The owners of several nearby stores came out and gathered in small groups, pointing at the western-style two-story building diagonally opposite.

"I heard that Boss Wang across the street lost everything in Macau. Unexpectedly, he still owed loan sharks. No wonder someone caused trouble and made it impossible for him to do business."

A shop owner named Zhang was pointing at the two-story building diagonally opposite and talking about information that was unknown whether it was true or false.

Gou Siji also took the initiative to go to the small circle of shop owners who were similar to him on the street, and heard the breaking news directly.

"It's good, it saves big game arcades like theirs from competing with our little lumulus."

In digital stores these days, there will be several various game consoles in the second half of the store open to the outside world for payment, which is the same nature as the black Internet cafes in later generations of towns.

It can be regarded as a prototype of an Internet cafe. Things are sold outside the store, and there is a small game arcade inside the store.

The Famicom that Gou Siji and Abao played with a few days ago is located at the back of the store. It has a similar layout to other stores, but the difference is that Gou Siji has never disclosed the game console to the outside world to solicit business. , the game consoles in my store are mainly provided to some friends and myself for entertainment in our free time.

Because Gou Siji didn't pay much attention to the income generated by several game consoles. In addition, the store is narrow and small, with many items, and there is competition with the same model nearby. If you follow the same path, you will not be able to go far.

Gou Siji's main sources of income come from two aspects: one is selling complete computers and some red and white consoles and other game consoles, and the other is taking repair orders for computer hosts from nearby stores.

With less competition and complementary advantages, Gou Siji gets along quite well with the surrounding shop owners.

"It would be great if we could take over this game arcade. I heard that the daily turnover of this game arcade is tens of thousands of yuan."

Boss Liu sighed, his eyes full of envy, mixed with jealousy.

"If you think too much, even if this game arcade collapses, this shop and this location will definitely be a hot commodity. Moreover, it is a small western-style building, which is not something that we, who are small shops in iron houses, can covet."

The other boss Chen ruthlessly broke the fantasy of the boss Liu just now.

Gou Siji briefly greeted the small bosses and learned some hearsay information from them.

After learning that it had nothing to do with him, Gou Siji felt relieved. After all, those who do business on the street are most afraid of someone making trouble. Even if they make trouble nearby, it will greatly affect their business.

While chatting, Gou Siji silently observed the game hall that was being vandalized and listened to the noise coming from inside.

This is not the first time Gou Siji has observed this store. At first, he wanted to open his own store in a store like this store. However, due to lack of financial strength, he could only open the store in a metal building with relatively low rent. inside.

The store where the trouble occurred is located in the core traffic area of ​​the flea market. It has a western appearance and an area that is more than ten times the size of my current small store.

It’s really good, Gou Siji praised in his heart.

Gou Siji returned to the shop, looked at Bai Zhi who looked depressed and indifferent to the things around him, and asked.

"Bai Zhi, if anyone on the street shows signs of causing trouble, go to the back streets to find that boy Li Tianshuo and ask him to bring his friends from all over the world to support the scene."

Gou Siji patted Bai Zhi on the shoulder.

"Boy, do it well. I told you that you will be proud in front of your ex-girlfriend and make her regret her choice."

Bai Zhi's depressed face improved slightly, and he nodded to Gou Siji.

"I have to go out for a while, so you can watch the store first."

Gou Siji looked at the young man in front of him who was bookish and decadent.

Bai Zhi is Gou Siji's college alumnus. He is three years older than Gou Siji and is also a top student.

As soon as I graduated three years ago, I was assigned to a research institute in Shanghai and became a respected researcher.

A year ago, because his girlfriend ran away with a foreign friend, he was depressed and desperate, and he was successfully expelled from the research institute.

You know, the Shanghai Research Institute is within the system and will not fire its employees in most cases, but it is an "iron rice bowl". It can be seen that Bai Zhi had reached the point where everyone hated him at that time.

It was also a coincidence that Gou Siji met this kid some time ago. At that time, Bai Zhi gave up on himself and indulged himself in the game arcade diagonally across the street all day long. He ran out of money and was even kicked out by the owner and staff of the game arcade. He didn't know this. The boy found out somewhere that he could play games for free here, so he stayed here without leaving.

It can be said that Bai Zhi and Abao are a pair of counterexamples. Abao met Xuezhi who abandoned him, and was repeatedly stimulated in front of him. He started from a small citizen and faced difficulties, and gradually became Mr. Bao. Bai Zhi is the opposite. From a researcher at the Shanghai Research Institute, he blew himself up and gave up because his girlfriend abandoned him, and was successfully abandoned by the Shanghai Research Institute.

In this era, Gou Siji didn't know whether he was happy or worried when a talented student with various flaws came to his small shop.

But talents are rare. Even if they have flaws, a top student can greatly improve their progress in research, and can also check the store for themselves when necessary.

Gou Siji sighed, it would have been better if Xiao Li had not asked for leave these days and returned to his hometown. Because of Bai Zhi's stinky face, Gou Siji felt that his business had deteriorated a lot in the past few days.

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