Chapter 969: Old Friends Meet (5)
Mo Beihan turned and shot her a fierce look. “What are you laughing at?”
“Hahahaha…” Gu Qingyao immediately laughed even more merrily.
Mo Beihan: “…”
The two of them drove around aimlessly. As they drove along, they saw some dilapidated houses.
Gu Qingyao glanced at the area and asked Mo Beihan to stop the car.
“Stop here. Let’s get down and walk.”
Mo Beihan always listened to his wife, so he parked by the side and got out of the car with Gu Qingyao.
It was an old part of the city. Based on its location, it would be part of the city center once the city developed. But at the moment, it had not yet developed, and it was filled with old houses. They were low-rise and in very poor condition. The residents here were all poor.
There were also those who came from other regions. There were landladies here who made a living by renting out their houses.
There was an alley ahead. They could drive the car into it, but there was not much room. Mo Beihan took Gu Qingyao’s hand and walked into the alley.
“This place will develop before long. It will be part of the city center in the future.”
Gu Qingyao nodded. “Uhm! What do you think? Shall we buy it?”
Mo Beihan smiled. “We don’t really need to. It will be many years before housing prices rise sharply! It’s still early! We would have to spend money to demolish the houses and move out the residents. There’s not much point.
“If you want to invest in real estate, you might as well buy a few houses in established areas, as close to the city center as possible.”
Gu Qingyao thought about it and agreed!
The two of them did not have any destination in mind. They were just out for a walk and a chat. But as they walked, they heard someone crying in the alley. It was a loud wailing that was filled with grief and despair.
Gu Qingyao frowned and went with Mo Beihan to see what had happened.
The noise grew as they approached. It was the voice of a young girl screaming for help!
They hastened around a corner and finally found the person screaming for help.
It was a young girl. Lying before her was another young girl, her head covered with blood. The girl was very pale, and her head was soaking in blood. There was also a large pool of blood on the ground. She lay there motionless, as if she was dead.
“Help! Please, save my younger sister. Please save her, please. I… I… My older brother… what will we do… wuwuwu…”
The girl on the ground was covered with blood. She did not dare touch the girl for fear of injuring her further. She was so frantic that she knelt and kowtowed to the surrounding crowd.
Everyone could tell from the crying girl’s clothes that she was a child from a poor family.
The crowd surrounded her, pointing and whispering.
“Little girl, you had better hurry up and send her to the hospital! If you’re too late, she might not make it!”
“That’s right, that’s right! Hurry up and send her to the hospital!”
“She’s so badly injured. This will probably cost a lot!”
They murmured sympathetically as they watched the crying girl.
Poor people had no right to be ill. Once they were ill, they really could not afford treatment. They could tell at a glance that this young girl was poor. Her younger sister had been so badly injured, she would probably die.
“Hospital? Where is the hospital? Sir, Madam, please help me! I… my brother, sister and I haven’t been here long. I… I don’t know where the hospital is…”
Gu Qingyao and Mo Beihan walked nearer. When she saw that someone was injured, Gu Qingyao naturally wanted to help. But she was shocked when she saw the screaming girl.
“It’s…”
She looked very familiar.
Mo Beihan said, “It’s Chen Qingqing, also known as Chen Xiaocao. The younger sister of Chen Goudan from the Qing River Brigade.”