In December, the night in Zhong Hai City was long and short. Just after six o'clock, the sky outside gradually darkened. The street lights on both sides of the road gradually lit up, making the city continue to be bright. People who got off work were like a large spider web, filling the streets and alleys of this city. All kinds of voices echoed over the city.

"Wow..." Zhuang Rui pulled down half of the door of the store, carried a few iron boxes with seals on them into the counter, and closed the door. The things in these boxes were worth a million yuan. Usually, two security guards and Zhuang Rui handed them over together. But today was the weekend, the security company trained them and temporarily recruited them back.

A day's work was about to end. Although he was not very busy, there was still a trace of tiredness on his young face. Maybe it was because it was the end of the year, Zhuang Rui had not been home for a year and he missed his hometown a little.

Zhuang Rui was 24 years old. He was born in a single-parent family in the ancient city of northern Su. He was 1.8 meters tall. Although he was not handsome, he gave people a kind feeling when he smiled. There was a trace of calmness in his movements. He looked a few years older than his actual age.

In college, Zhuang Rui was also a person who liked to be lively. However, after he went out of the school gate, everything was not going well, which made him more restrained and more mature. In addition to cursing him when watching the ball, he spent most of his time reading historical novels in the rented house after work. A few days ago, he just bought a set of "The Emperor of the Jin Dynasty" written in February. If it were not for the fear of bad influence, he would like to take it to the company.

In the past 2,000 years, Zhuang Rui graduated from a famous university in Zhong Hai City. By right, the university students who graduated at that time did not need to worry about getting married. It was not difficult to find a job. However, Zhuang Rui was not very lucky. He just graduated for a few days and got an illness. He did not catch up with the civil service exam in the past. After he recovered from the illness, he worked in a small company in his hometown for a few days. He felt that there was nothing to develop, so he returned to Zhong Hai and worked in this store.

Generally speaking, private companies would like to hire old finance who had worked for many years, while those who entered the government needed connections. Zhuang Rui had not been able to find a suitable job for more than a month when he had just arrived in Zhong Hai. In the end, it was Zhuang Rui's family, who was a college classmate in Zhong Hai with the help of their dormitory boss, that was why he was able to get a job in this company, which had not been established for a long time.

When it came to classics, it was estimated that people's first impression of it was that it was a shop. But when they thought of the shop, the words in the TV series which had just finished watching, "The worms eat and the rats bite, the naked bodies have no hair, a piece of ragged leather jacket" immediately appeared in people's minds.

In fact, with the development of the era, the pawn trade had become a combination of financing, treasure hunting, and deposit.

There were diamond rings, jade bracelets, famous watches, and other top-notch items in Zhuang Rui's collection area. The price of these items was generally about half of the original price. Therefore, once these items were sold, the price of these items would only be lower than the original price. This was very attractive to some people who were shy in money but pursued brand luxury.

Zhuang Rui had seen a lot of beautiful and handsome men in gold and silver. When he came here, he directly pretended to be the jewelry he didn't like, and then went to the Deathly Zone to look for what he liked. In this way, not only would the goods be circulated, but also the situation of the accumulation of funds would not be caused.

The structure of the pawn shop was very simple. The chief appraiser, Uncle De, was also the manager of the pawn shop, and there were also two young appraisers who came back from abroad. They were mainly responsible for the appraisal of some foreign art works and luxury goods. They were all in their early thirties. They had been in this circle for a period of time, and they were also from the professional class. However, these two people usually thought highly of themselves and had never been liked by Uncle De. In addition, there were Xu Ling and the salesgirl of the Talented District.

Uncle De's name was Dodlin. Before he was released, he worked as a waiter in a store in Zhong Hai. Later on, he was also engaged in the exploration and identification of cultural relics. He specialized in miscellaneous items and calligraphy and painting. He had a high reputation in the antique collection industry of Zhong Hai cultural relics. It took him a lot of effort to invite Uncle De, who had retired from Zhong Hai Museum, to work as the chief appraiser and manager of the store. If he was in the former store, he would be called Big Shopkeeper.

Uncle De liked Zhuang Rui very much, who was a steady and diligent young man. He wanted to bring him into this profession. Unfortunately, although Zhuang Rui liked to read historical novels, he was not very interested in these antiques. He taught Uncle De from left to right, and when he talked, he would talk about some historical figures or stories. He often made Uncle De angry.

According to the rules, Xu Ling should have handed over the items from the No. 1 district to the bank when she got off work. However, the gold digger was going to have dinner with her first boyfriend, Dongfang Mingzhu, and left early. Xu Ling was a native of Zhong Hai, so she used such a thing as an excuse every day. This was not the first time, and Zhuang Rui was used to it.

The pawn shop got off work at six o'clock in the evening, and the bank's deposit car usually arrived at around six o'clock in the evening. At six o'clock, Uncle De and the salesgirl of the Jueyin District left, and the two high-paying appraisers even went to work, leaving Zhuang Rui alone. After he pulled off half of the gate, he sat down at the counter and waited for the people of the bank to come. According to the rules, the cash box and the jewelry box needed to be collected by the salesgirl, so as to ensure that the seal was intact.

The last ray of the setting sun entered the shop through the glass door. All of a sudden, Zhuang Rui felt the darkness in front of him. Three figures crept in from under the half-closed door.

"It's only six o'clock. Usually, a bank car won't come so early."

Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment. Although he would arrive in advance on the weekend, he had to arrive at about twenty o'clock. Since the people who came in were all light-proof, Zhuang Rui could not see their faces clearly for a while. However, he also knew that these people were not the banks' gamblers. He could see that there was no bank's deposit at the door.

"Sirs, we're off work. If there's anything you need, please come tomorrow. Our Saturday and Sunday are both open, eh?"

Before Zhuang Rui finished his words, he suddenly found that the three people who came in were all men. What made him stop talking was that they all wore knitted hats on their heads, which could cover their faces and exposed their eyes. This kind of hat was very popular a few years ago, but now it was very rare to see people wearing it. Although it was in December, it was not so cold in Zhong Hai. Zhuang Rui suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Boy, don't talk nonsense. Hand over the box next to you." The two people stood in front of the counter, and the other person ran directly to the Deathly Zone. Judging from their movements, they should be quite familiar with this shop.

"You are committing a crime. The bank's guards will come soon. If you don't run now, you can't run away if you want to."

Zhuang Rui knew that he had encountered a robber. Although the local police station had come to perform several times, he had never thought that besides the bank, even the pawn gang would also become the target of these people.

However, in addition to the initial panic, Zhuang Rui quickly calmed down, because all the counters in the pawn shop were designed by the bank's anti-defense counter. The steel window frames made the counter completely isolated from the outside. If they had come a little earlier, they could have grabbed the items in the forbidden area. But now he had taken them all in. Zhuang Rui believed that these people would not be able to break through the security barrier in a short time.

While talking to the robbers, Zhuang Rui sat back on the chair. His hand had reached out to the police button. As long as he pressed it, the 110 police and the nearby police station would immediately receive the alarm. They could arrive within five minutes at the fastest. This was not a movie. During this year, the maneuver at the scene had been carried out several times. Zhuang Rui was very confident about the fast arrival of the police every time.

"Damn it, big brother. I've put away all the things here. I don't have any hairy things. They're old and clean. Didn't you step on them yourself last time?"

The man who ran to the Deathly Zone naturally couldn't find anything. He shouted at Zhang Yang and spoke in the northeast accent.

"Who the fuck are you scolding? I told you to be civilized. F*ck, how many times have I told you that I wanted to speak Mandarin?"

The head of the bandits who was separated from Zhuang Rui by an anti- succeeded net scolded him angrily. He was very dissatisfied with the quality of his subordinates. Maybe it was because he was questioned by his subordinates. Zhuang Rui wanted to laugh in his heart. There were still five, five, four, and three love robbers in this year. But he couldn't laugh because a black muzzle was aimed at him through the safety window.

Zhuang Rui shivered and pressed the button hard. The shrill alarm sounded. He believed that as long as he dragged on for a few minutes, these people would definitely not be able to escape. But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of brakes at the entrance of the pawn shop. Zhuang Rui looked out and was overjoyed. It turned out that the bank's deposit car had arrived in advance. It was normal on the weekend.

Seeing that the bandit leader standing in front of the counter seemed to be distracted by the sound of the brakes outside the door, Zhuang Rui took the opportunity to lie down under the counter. It was a blind spot for shooting. The gangsters could not do anything to him outside. However, Zhuang Rui's rotating chair slipped so that Zhuang Rui did not lie down. Instead, he stepped back more than one meter and turned into a face-to-face with the bandit leader.

"Kid, you're playing tricks!"

With the roar of the bandit leader, he suddenly pulled the trigger to Zhuang Rui. When he opened his mouth to speak, Zhuang Rui subconsciously leaned to one side, and the bullet flew past his eyes. Zhuang Rui only felt a fire passing by his eyes first, and then he felt a sharp pain in his eyes.

The eyes were the most developed and sensitive part of the nervous system in the human body. Blood had already oozed out from the gaps between the fingers of Zhuang Rui's hands covering his eyes. The severe pain made Zhuang Rui's body turn around and fall backward. He could not see that the place where the back of his head was facing was the position of the alarm button.

"Bang..." With a bang, the back of Zhuang Rui's head hit hard on the glass box outside the alarm button. The huge impact broke the square-shaped glass box, and the blood instantly stained the counter with the alarm button. Zhuang Rui leaned his head on the counter and fainted.

Gunshots and alarm sounds alerted all the gamblers outside the door. The real-fire nuclear bomb and the other gamblers quickly rushed into the pawn shop. The gun of the leader of the bandits seemed to be made by himself. After firing the sinful bullet that was shot at Zhuang Rui, it did not start again. There were no hostages in the pawn shop for them to kidnap. After a fight, it was obvious that these robbers were not very skilled in dealing with the criminal. Soon, the three robbers were subdued by several bank security guards.

"Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang, how are you? Can you talk?"

Zhuang Rui, who was familiar with Zhuang Rui, shouted in a hurry at the counter, but they could not hear the answer. The hall, which had just fired, was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and their hearts gradually sank.

Standing outside, people could see the blood on the counter, but they couldn't open the security door. Everyone outside was helpless. A few minutes later, the policemen who received the call also rushed to the scene and pulled the perimeter of the pawn shop to the police station. A few robbers were covered and brought into the police car. However, everyone looked nervously at Zhuang Rui, who was only showing his scalp on the counter. The pawn who was waiting for the notice, came to open the security door.

No one noticed that the blood oozing out of the back of Zhuang Rui's head was slowly seeping into the twisted gap of the alarm. A stream of blue current was transmitted to Zhuang Rui's brain along with the blood, which made his body twitch slightly. His hands, which covered his face, had already fallen down. If someone could see Zhuang Rui's face now, he would find that there was a colorful halo around Zhuang Rui's eyes. But in just a dozen seconds, the halo had disappeared.