Unclean Things Clinging to Him

"It's fine if you drop me off here."

At the back gate of Luo Qiu's family home, Da Zhe stopped and shook his head, telling Luo Qiu not to see him any farther.

At that moment, Luo Qiu instead pulled out a key and held it out to Da Zhe. "Take this. Next time you come, you won't have to climb over the wall."

Da Zhe froze and said in surprise, "You're really giving it to me? You really trust someone like me?"

Seeing that Da Zhe did not reach out to take it, Luo Qiu inserted the key into the back-door lock, then walked straight out through the back door. "I'm going to see if they need any help over there."

The key was right there, within easy reach.

Da Zhe fell silent for a moment, but in the end he took the key. When he left, he carefully closed the door behind him.

Da Zhe had also arranged to meet Da Tou that day.

"This Xiao Yucheng hasn't contacted me at all since yesterday. According to the nanny at his place, he's still staying home and hasn't gone out... Brother Zhe, aren't you being too sensitive?" Da Tou said while eating fried noodles from the street stall at the entrance to the neighboring village.

"Da Tou, how long have you been working with Xiao Yucheng?"

"Hmm... More than three years, I guess?" Da Tou thought for a moment. "Almost four years. The world's gotten harder to survive in. Brother Zhe, during those first few years after you went in, the state and the government started cracking down on organized crime... Ever since what happened with Sang Kun, those old bosses haven't had an easy time either. These days, where's the glory we used to have? Everything has