[R18] Pretending to be a scumbag – “Pretending to Be a Scumbag” Chapter 1 [English]

Chapter 1

“The next stop is Blackwater Street. Passengers who want to get off, please prepare to get off through the back door.”

The bus departed from the suburbs of City B, and then made a small circle and slowly turned into the commercial street. The streets were connected in all directions and bustling with pedestrians.

The voice announcer pronounced this line with a clear accent, which was different from the normal Mandarin. It sounded like a machine imitation, and even the increase in the final sound seemed deliberate.

Xie Yu sat in the corner of the last row and turned to look out the window at the blazing sunshine.

I feel like the air conditioning temperature in the car is too low and I feel hot.

The bus was originally driving slowly, but now it was surrounded by people on all sides, and its speed dropped directly to that of a classic car. When it happened to hit a red light, the long car body shook violently for a while, and then slowly stopped.

Xie Yu held the phone and looked out the window while waiting for the other party to answer the call.

The phone beeped several times and was finally connected. A familiar and noisy voice came out, followed by a woman’s voice. She’s voice was louder, and it directly drowned out the chaos. She was bold and a little mute, and she didn’t know who she was arguing with.

“Who knows when the six truckloads of goods will arrive? There is no certainty. Those grandsons are pushing back and forth all day long.”

“He told me tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow, and the time changed endlessly. Finally, he told me directly that they don’t know…fuck him.”

Xie Yu listened calmly to the woman’s scolding.

“What the hell! I don’t even dare to answer the phone and now I’m missing. I’m not even going out to find out what the bitch pulled out of her asshole. Who in the entire Blackwater Street dares to mess with me, Xu Yanmei.”

Seeing that the curse words were getting worse and worse, as if he could yell an eight hundred-word essay without pausing, Xie Yu then reminded the other party: “Aunt Mei.”

All curse words are instantly silenced.

Xu Yanmei waved her hand at the other person, shut her mouth, and without hesitation, she put out the cigarette between her fingers and put it on the corner of the table.He also pointed to the unexpectedly connected phone call on the table, signaling that the ‘Six Truckloads of Goods were not shipped on time crusade meeting’ could be dismissed.

She finished suffocating her cigarette and retracted her long legs that were straddling the simple desk. Her tone was gentle that no one else had ever heard before. She was simply not the same person as the crazy woman who used two tons of swear words just now.

“We got together and chatted casually during lunch break. It was nothing, just joking. Life is so ordinary, and swearing occasionally is good for your mood…”

Xie Yu didn’t expose it and just asked: “What about smoking? Smoking is also good for your health?”

Xu Yanmei’s whole body was full of the smell of nicotine. She opened her eyes and told lies. She thought that this brat couldn’t get out of the phone anyway: “I don’t smoke. I quit smoking after you stopped me. Don’t mention this to me. If you mention it, I’m afraid that I will get addicted to smoking again. It won’t stimulate me.”

They pretend to be quite similar, whoever is irritating the other.

Xie Yu listened to her aging voice, which was getting worse and worse – it could only suddenly become clearer when she was cursing, and he could tell with his toes whether the words were true or false.

“It’s time for vacation. I heard your mother say a while ago that you finished your last exam on the 20th and you didn’t reply to the messages she sent you.”

Xu Yanmei continued to change the topic and said: “How did you do in the exam? I searched for a long time on the Internet to find the sentences. Those sentences were all written by Zou Zou. I almost made myself sick when I was looking for them.”

– Don’t be hesitant when facing exam papers, try your best to achieve good results, let your dreams set sail in the exam room, and let your life travel in the ocean of knowledge!Little bastard, come on for the exam!

Xie Yu didn’t know why he could recite this text message verbatim, which was nothing new, looked like wholesale quotations, and was completely inconsistent with the aesthetics of modern teenagers.

The bus just entered the tunnel, blocking the burning light outside, and the surrounding things darkened.

Xie Yu was originally dressed in black, and now he was completely hidden in the darkness. He leaned back, stretched out his two long legs that were barely squeezed together due to lack of space, and smiled casually: “Then you are still looking for it. It’s not like you don’t know what my grades are. What do you want me to say in return? Thank you for your encouragement, and try not to be the last one?”

After less than two minutes of rest, Comrade Xu Yanmei, the first sister of Heishui Street, someone started shouting again: “You must be a black shop here, and it’s also a wholesale market. The prices are so high, it’s obviously a scam.”

“…What did you say?” Being disturbed, Xu Yanmei didn’t hear Xie Yu’s answer clearly, “It’s so noisy, and a group of idiots came and wanted to destroy the store. I’ll buy a loudspeaker tomorrow. I still don’t believe I can’t control these grandsons.”

Xie Yu’s fingers holding the phone tightened slightly, and the words rolled around his mouth twice, but he finally said, “It’s nothing.”

“I saw the text message. I was busy reviewing and forgot to reply.”

“Okay, okay, although our results are a little bit behind, don’t be discouraged. You can’t admit defeat until the last moment. Who is afraid of whom?”

Xu Yanmei’s voice grew louder as she spoke. She covered the receiver and yelled at the customers who kept saying they were cheating: “…What are you doing? It’s bastards like you who are cheating. If you want to buy or not, don’t stay here!”

The front of the car exited the tunnel, and large swaths of sunlight shone in again, all the way down the front to the rear of the car.

Xie Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and saw the familiar scenery outside the window, knowing that he was almost at the station.

Today is Monday, the third day of summer vacation and also a working day.There were not many people in the car.

Several students were sitting in the front row. The girls wore ponytails. When they went out to play, they carried their schoolbags and were very well-behaved. Their clothes were white.

Although Blackwater Street is considered a commercial street, prices are not high, and it cannot be compared to prosperity. The street construction is considered poor even in the suburbs, and the buildings are dilapidated.However, this cheap living culture has attracted many people without high spending power, especially middle and high school students.

Xie Yu stared at the transparent glass pendant with a little pink in it on the girl’s hairband, shining through the light.

“We’re here, ready to get off the car.” The girl swung her ponytail and stood up holding on to the pole, “The last time I had fried rice cakes was here, I’ll take you there.”

At the same time——

“Heishui Street South Station has arrived. Passengers who are ready to get off please get off through the back door. Thank you for your cooperation.”

The car stopped slowly, and the moment the car door opened, a wave of heat and hot wind rushed in from the door.

Xu Yanmei thought she heard it wrong: “Baby, where are you? Why did I hear the station announcement was Blackwater Street.”

Xie Yu got up and got out of the car: “Comrade Xu Yanmei, I will be at the entrance of Guangmao in ten minutes. You should think carefully about how to get rid of this cigarette smell on your body, think about how to explain to me, and also think about how you promised me in the first place. Come to see me with your head held high.”

Xu Yanmei turned around and glanced at the cigarette butts in the ashtray on her desk: “…”

“Sister Mei, what’s wrong? Why is your face so sad?”

Xu Yanmei opened the door and walked out, rolled up her sleeves and went into the warehouse to help the shopkeepers work together: “Don’t mention it, I’m worried to death.”

Xu Yanmei runs a clothing wholesale market on Heishui Street. She started the clothing business more than ten years ago. At first, she and a few sisters set up a stall at the corner of the street. Later, they successfully opened a store, and finally took over two floors of the Guangmao Building in the center of Heishui Street. Hundreds of small shops gathered on these two floors, forming such a “wholesale market.”

As the proprietress of the wholesale market, Sister Mei is well-known in Blackwater Street.He is also known for his righteousness and is a hero among women.

“Really sad? Why do I feel like you can’t hold back the smile on your lips?” one of the shopkeepers said.

Xu Yanmei said: “What nonsense are you talking about? By the way, do you have any perfume or something? Spray it on for me. Xiao Yu’er will be here soon. I smell like smoke all over my body. If he catches me, he will definitely give me a scolding.”

The shopkeeper stood up and patted the dust on his trouser legs: “It turns out to be your precious son. Look how scared you are. You… I have perfume. I’ll go look for it for you.”

“Are you not afraid? Our little Yu’er is a good boy.” Xu Yanmei’s voice was very low when she said this. She exerted strength on her hands and used a knife to sharply cut open a bag of binding rope. She said to herself, “I can’t take him wrong.”

“…It’s not like he’s his biological son, he just considers him his godson.”

“What a good boy? My son is in the same class as Xie Yu. He is a thorn in the side. Even with poor grades, no one in the class dares to sit at the same table as him. He seems to be the boss of the school and is hanging around. Sister Mei treats him like a treasure and doesn’t even say bad words in front of him.”

“I heard that he cheated in the high school entrance examination. Otherwise, with his grades, he would have passed the exam even if he failed. Although No. 2 Middle School is not a good school, the general high school at the bottom is also a general high school.”

“Forget it, stop talking, let’s go and get to work.”

By the time Xu Yanmei finished untying the ropes and came out, the group of gossiping shop assistants had already dispersed. They each stood in front of the stall that was only three or four feet wide and shouted: “Two pieces are 99, two pieces are 99! If you miss today, wait for next year! All down jackets are being cleared out of stock at a loss during the off-season!”

“Take a walk and take a look, two for 99!”

Xu Yanmei walked over with a strong smell of perfume: “I’m going out. If anything happens, call me. If you have those ignorant fools, you don’t need to reason with them, you know, just scold them, just talk nonsense. Truth is for people to listen to, not for fools.”

Xie Yu took a detour and visited three grocery stores before finally finding a speaker with a loudspeaker.

Red and white, it was finally dug out from under a pile of groceries.In order to show that although it had accumulated a layer of dust, it was still functional, the store immediately plugged it in and played “Damn Tenderness” on the spot.

It’s truly powerful and deafening.

Xie Yu was so shocked that his ears hurt. He took out the money and said, “Okay, how much is it?”

The store owner was closer to the speaker and didn’t hear the five words Xie Yu said at all. He wiped the dust on his head with his sleeves and shouted hysterically to sell. The old man was so old that he could still scream such a high-pitched voice: “——Durable! Not easy to use. Guaranteed refund! Guaranteed refund!”

“How much?”

“The quality is guaranteed! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me! If you are a small store, you will not change your name, but you will not change your surname! CCB Groceries!”

“…”

A hand was stretched out in front of the old man. It was slender, with clear joints, and the nails were neatly trimmed.

Xie Yu pressed the switch button expressionlessly, and his ears finally became quiet: “How much is it.”

“Two, twenty-five.”

The old man made a sign of two, then a five, and then said: “Do you want it? If you want it, I will wrap it up for you.”

Before Xie Yu could nod, the old man had already picked up the plastic bag and put the speaker inside. He quickly pulled out a few pieces of unknown origin from the thick paper on the table and stuffed them into the plastic bag.

——Gynecological hospital, painless abortion.

——The gospel of men, the second one, half price.

Opening a grocery store was not enough. He also had the important task of distributing leaflets. Xie Yu had a new understanding of the mobility and professionalism of the people on Heishui Street.

The old man didn’t stuff enough, so he threw in a few more. Judging from the general color, those leaflets were not repetitive: “Side business, side business. Respond to the party’s call, actively strive for a well-off society, and strive to get rich… I’m looking for your money. I’ll take it. Welcome to visit next time.”