Jiang Mu suspected that Jin Chao was doing something illegal outside without Jin Qiang's knowledge. If she didn't know, it would be fine, but this matter would endanger people's lives, so she couldn't just sit back and watch.

    Fortunately, she found a breakthrough, the director mentioned by Pan Kai.

    Since Jin Chao came to the Affiliated High School specifically to find this person, then this person must know something, but Jiang Mu couldn't find him after several days.

    This Zhang Fan was late and left early, and stayed in the men's bathroom after class. He really lived up to the title of director and was conscientious and responsible. Jiang Mu couldn't rush into the men's bathroom to look for him, so she spent several days like this.

    The senior students of the Affiliated High School also need to go to school on Saturdays. The good thing is that they don't have to go to evening self-study on Fridays, so Jiang Mu packed her things early and went straight to Class 1 after school. She was lucky because she ran into Zhang Fan walking out of the class with his arms swinging.

    She immediately called him, "Zhang Fan."

    Zhang Fan looked around with a confused look on his face. Jiang Mu's figure was hiding behind a pillar and called him again, "This way."

    Zhang Fan heard the voice and turned around to see Jiang Mu. He walked over and immediately recognized Jiang Mu as the girl who got in Youjiu's car that day. His attitude became kinder: "It's you."

    Jiang Mu walked out from behind the pillar, looked at him and asked, "You know Jin... I mean, you know Youjiu, right?"

    "What's wrong?"

    "I saw you looking for him that day. Are you familiar with him?"

    Zhang Fan's answer surprised Jiang Mu. He said to her, "This is the first time I've seen Youjiu. I've only heard my brother mention him often before."

    Jiang Mu followed his words and asked, "Who is your brother?"

    "My brother and Brother Youjiu were in the same class in high school. What's your relationship with him?"

    Jiang Mu remembered that Jin Chao said he was not a positive person in school and asked her not to say she knew him. She paused for a moment and replied, "I'm his tenant. By the way, what did you give him in a package that day?"

    Jiang Mu was a little nervous when she asked this question, afraid of touching on some unspeakable secrets, but Zhang Fan told her directly, "Drawings. My brother asked me to bring them to Brother Youjiu."

    This answer was far beyond Jiang Mu's expectations. She asked in surprise, "Drawings? What drawings?"

    Zhang Fan smiled, "I can't even understand function graphs. What drawings are you asking me about?"

    Jiang Mu lowered her eyes, her thoughts kept surging in her mind. After a moment, she raised her head and asked Zhang Fan, "Do you have anything to do right away?"

    "I made an appointment with someone to go to the Internet cafe. What's the matter?"

    Jiang Mu spoke out the words he had already thought of in one breath, "I have something to do with Brother Youjiu. Do you know where to find him?"

    Zhang Fan replied, "In the store, call him."

    "I called just now, but he was busy and didn't answer. Could you please take me there? I don't know him there."

    Zhang Fan didn't think much about it and replied, "Okay, I'll take you there."

    After leaving the school gate, Zhang Fan directly stopped a taxi. The car stopped on the street in Tongrenli. As soon as he got off the car, Zhang Fan pointed across the street and said, "That's it, let's go."

    Jiang Mu grabbed his clothes and pulled him directly behind the ash tree next to her. She silently looked at the store across the street. The storefront was not big. There was a red sign on the rolling door that read "Fei Chi Auto Repair Shop". There were a few private cars parked scattered on the open space in front of the door. There was also a car hoisted inside the rolling door, and there were two busy workers.

    Someone shouted, and a person suddenly poked his head out from under the car parked at the door with its landing gear raised. Jiang Mu could see that the person was Jin Chao. He half moved out and was talking to someone. His blue one-piece operating suit was soaked with sweat, and it was so dirty that the original color of the clothes could hardly be seen. The ground around him was covered with black oil and messy parts. He was lying on the ground working in such a hot outdoor.

    The dilapidated streets, rusty iron gates, barking dogs, men smoking with their upper bodies naked, and battery-powered vehicles staggering from side to side, this was the appearance of the entire street.

    Jiang Mu looked at the scene in a daze. Even if Jin Chao was really bold enough to do something risky, she could not imagine that he would be lying on the dirty ground doing such hard and tiring work.

    In her impression, her brother loved cleanliness since he was a child. When it was hot, he would go out to play football. The first thing he did when he came back was to take a shower and wash his dirty clothes. She had never seen him sloppy, and she always felt that he was a child of destiny. In the years that followed, she almost forgot what her brother looked like, but she could remember the clean and pleasant smell of sunshine on him.

    When he was eleven or twelve years old, he was full of confidence. He said to her, "I will strive to be a scientist in the future, preferably an astronomer, to study the mysteries of the universe."

    At that time, Jiang Mu believed in his brother's words so much that after they parted, Jiang Mu imagined what he would look like when he grew up, a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher, or an office worker who went in and out of an office building. He might also really do scientific research, but no matter what profession he was in, he must be neat and tidy and high-spirited. She never thought that the scene in front of her completely shattered her fantasy.

    In fact, she should have noticed it earlier. On the day she first came to Tonggang, Jin Chao's white T-shirt was stained with dirt. When she noticed it, he seemed to roll it up casually, hiding his current situation.

    She asked him what he was doing, but he never responded to her directly. He didn't want her to know about his life, which was something Jiang Mu had never thought about before coming here.

    Zhang Fan saw that she was just hiding behind the tree and peeking, and he didn't go over, so he couldn't help but say: "What do you mean? Aren't you looking for Brother Youjiu for something? He's there."

    Jiang Mu suddenly regretted it. At this moment, she felt depressed, and an indescribable feeling made her uncomfortable. She shook her head: "Don't look for him, let's go."

    Zhang Fan saw her cautious look and smiled slyly: "You ran here just to take a look at Brother Youjiu? You don't have a crush on him, do you?"

    Jiang Mu was stunned for a moment, and said to Zhang Fan: "Don't talk nonsense."

    Zhang Fan obviously didn't understand Jiang Mu's behavior. He pulled her schoolbag and joked: "What are you afraid of, go and say hello. I can't stand people like you who like someone and still hesitate for a long time."

    Jiang Mu pulled her schoolbag and stepped back and said anxiously: "Don't make trouble, I really don't want to go, I want to go back "

    While the two were arguing, San Lai, who had just come out of the pet shop next to the car dealership, saw them, looked across the street and shouted, "Zhang Fan."

    Zhang Fan let go of Jiang Mu's schoolbag and looked over. He heard San Lai yelling at him, "What are you doing arguing?"

    At this time, Jiang Mu also saw the man. It was the tall and thin bearded man who had met her twice before. His shout attracted the attention of the workers at the door of the car repair shop. Jiang Mu turned around quickly, but heard Zhang Fan next to him shout, "This girl has taken a fancy to Brother Youjiu, but she is too embarrassed to go over and say hello."

    Jiang Mu stared at Zhang Fan in surprise. Several men on the opposite side laughed. Someone shouted, "Youjiu, and a girl is looking for you." Someone patted the red Lavida supported by the undercarriage. Upon hearing this, Jin Chao came out from under the car and slowly stood up.

    Xiao Yang next to him leaned forward and pointed across the street. It was getting dark, and the street lights on the side of the street were all on. When Jin Chao cast his gaze, the street lights above his head illuminated Jiang Mu's figure brightly. She tried to hide behind the ash tree, but the trunk was too thin to cover her, which made her look a bit ridiculous.

    Jin Chao first narrowed his eyes and his face darkened. When he saw her trying to hide, he sighed and waved at her.

    Jiang Mu couldn't pretend not to see it, so she could only walk out from behind the ash tree in a daze. She heard Zhang Fan still muttering beside her: "Look, Brother Youjiu let you pass, what are you afraid of? Be brave, a girl chasing a boy is easy."

    Jiang Mu turned her head expressionlessly and said: "Has anyone told you that you look like Takeshi Kaneshiro when you shut up?"

    After that, she walked straight towards the car dealership. At that time, all the men in front of the car dealership looked at Jiang Mu. There were two car owners who were familiar with Jin Chao, and two workers. Everyone looked at her with a smile on their faces, which made her extremely unnatural.

    When she got closer, she could see clearly that Jiang Mu had seen the two workers before. They were the two people who came to the attached middle school with Jin Chao that day. The two people obviously recognized Jiang Mu and greeted her: "Hi, little sister."

    Jiang Mu raised her hand and shook it stiffly at them, and then stole a glance at Jin Chao. Jin Chao was standing next to a large iron barrel three steps away from her. He took off his gloves covered with black dirt and placed them on the iron barrel, staring at her with a dark look.

    Jiang Mu had to admit that Jin Chao's eyes were very oppressive, even though he didn't ask her why she came here? But his intimidating eyes made her feel as if she had done something wrong.

    She turned and took a step towards him, lowering her eyes and explaining in a low voice: "I just... came to ask you to borrow the house key. I didn't say there was no evening self-study today. I was afraid that they went to the supermarket..."

    Jiang Mu explained palely. Her approach made Jin Chao take a step back. Jiang Mu raised his eyes and saw that even though he was wearing gloves, his exposed arms were still stained with gray and black dirt. The motor oil on his clothes gave off a not very pleasant smell. This overalls looked very thick and not breathable at all. Jin Chao was sweating and deliberately kept a distance from her.

    His behavior made Jiang Mu feel sad. Her voice became smaller and smaller until she lost her voice completely. Jin Chao picked up the tire wrench and asked her lightly, "Did you see it? Are you disappointed?"

    This question made Jiang Mu's eyes sore. She lowered her head and said nothing. Jin Chao said to her, "Go stay aside and wait for dinner."

    After that, he went to work again. Jiang Mu felt that she should leave. She turned around and prepared to leave. The tall and thin man came in front of her with a teacup and said with a smile, "Why are you leaving? We told you to eat before leaving Youjiu. Come, I'll find you a bench."

    He walked to the car dealership familiarly, took out a small wooden bench and put it at the door of the store. Seeing Jiang Mu still standing at the door with his schoolbag on his back , and said with a smile: "There are gold bars in the bag, can't you bear to take it out?"

    Jiang Mu took off her schoolbag unnaturally, and sat on the small stool holding the schoolbag. Brother Huzi leaned next to her and introduced her: "That one is Xiaoyang, A'jiu's apprentice, and the other one is called Tiegongji, who is stingy."

    Tiegongji was working nearby and heard this. He picked up a screw and turned back to smash it at Sanlai and cursed: "Am I like you? A young man who spends money and doesn't know how to live." Sanlai

    stepped aside and the screw flew past his shorts. He laughed and cursed: "Watch out, don't hit the little beauty."

    Then he lowered his head and said to her: "They all call me Sanlai, do you remember it clearly?"

    Jiang Mu nodded: "Sanlai."

    He corrected: "It's Brother Sanlai."

    "..."

    The stingy man turned around and shouted, "Do you know why he is called San Lai? He stays on other people's territory all day long and does nothing."

    San Lai and the stingy man were arguing with each other in his ears. Jiang Mu turned his eyes to Jin Chao on the other side. He was working very seriously and changing the tires of a car. The owner was older than him, but he was still very polite to him. He half squatted down and asked him, "Youjiu, do you want to change all four tires?"

    Jin Chao replied, "No need. Save some money. Change the front one and use it in the back. Change two first."

    The owner nodded repeatedly, "You decide."

    Jiang Mu looked at him silently. His dark blue overalls were filled out by his tall figure. He carried a new tire out of the store without any effort. When he squatted down, he pulled out the shape of his latissimus dorsi. His arms were the only part exposed, full of strength. It's not that Jiang Mu hadn't noticed it before, but she thought Jin Chao usually paid attention to fitness, but she didn't know that his muscles were the result of hard work.

    While she was lost in thought, Sanlai bent down and asked, "Okay, now what's your name?"

    "Jiang Mu," she answered absentmindedly.

    The cup of tea that Sanlai had just brought to her mouth suddenly paused, and he lowered his head again to look at the quiet girl and asked, "Mu, the one I think about all the time?"

    Jiang Mu nodded, Sanlai drank a sip of tea, and looked at Jin Chao not far away, as if thinking about something.

    Jin Chao worked quickly, and soon all four tires were changed. He gave a cigarette to the car owner, chatted with him for a few more words, and sent him away. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Mu sitting in the corner. The bench was very low, and she sat there curled up with her schoolbag in her arms. The scene seemed familiar.

    He recalled a scene from a long time ago. That day, Jiang Yinghan was busy and couldn't come to school to pick up Jiang Mu in time. The teacher told her not to run around and wait for her mother in the communication room. Later, Jin Chao heard from the grandfather in the communication room that the little girl refused to sit or drink water. She just stood there. Her schoolbag was heavy, and her little feet couldn't stand and swayed. I don't know how long she waited. From the bell to the bell, her mother didn't come. He saw the little girl holding back tears but pretending to be strong, and agreed to let her go to find her brother.

    Little Jiang Mu walked back to the campus with her schoolbag. She had just entered the first grade and had no sense of direction. She searched floor by floor and finally found Class 6-3.

    When Jin Chao was leaving school, he saw the poor little girl squatting in the corner with her schoolbag. When she saw him, her eyes were red.

    At that time, he had a group of little brothers around him to help coax her and tease her. After a while, she burst into laughter, but she held his hand tightly all the way home, for fear that she would be lost.

    He collected his thoughts, as if everything had changed, but it seemed that some things had never changed. Jiang Mu came to him alone, huddled in a corner with her schoolbag, and San Lai chatted with her.

    Jin Chao walked over a few steps, and when Jiang Mu looked up at him, he said to her, "Come in with me."