Chapter 35 Luke Cage

Luke?

Luke Cage!

In the barber shop, Li Ran couldn't help but feel relieved when he looked at the tall figure appearing in the mirror.

It's finally here, at least my hair wasn't cut in vain.

"Sleeping is not an excuse. Dad, I go to bed very late every day, but I am always the first one to come to the store." Putting down the scissors in his hand, the old black man put on the hair clippers and turned to face the tall man behind him. said.

Luke: "That's because you don't get enough sleep, dad."

Henry: "Maybe you can choose a job that allows you to go to bed early and get up early, such as a waiter in the restaurant next door."

Luke smiled bitterly and replied: "Dad, you know, I really need a job in a nightclub. The tips in restaurants are not as big as those in nightclubs. Mrs. Connie has been urging me for several days. If I don't pay the rent I owe, If I make up for it, she will drive me out onto the street to sleep."

Shrugging, Henry immediately gave evidence: "Believe me, based on my understanding of Connie, she will definitely do what she says."

Luke: "I believe so."

Henry: "Well, what are you doing here? The pile of towels in the washing machine won't clean itself."

Luke: "Thank you, Dad."

Sitting next to the window, Bobby watched the conversation between the two and couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

"You actually have no intention of pursuing the case, right?" Sitting on the barber's seat, Li Ran couldn't help but ask as he looked at his roughly cut hair.

"Is it so obvious?" The expression on his face was surprised. Henry turned his head and glanced in the direction of Luke, and then said: "I thought my acting skills were good."

"It's really obvious, Henry." After picking up the flag and eating White's pawn, Bobby stroked his beard and replied without raising his head: "If you want to help Luke, you can just say it openly. come out."

"I know Luke," Henry stopped the hair clipper in his hand and said while changing to scissors to trim Li Ran's hair in front of him: "He is not a person who is willing to accept help easily, which is why he would rather do two jobs or even He has three jobs and is unwilling to accept my suggestion for a salary increase.”

Bobby: "At least, he's a good guy, isn't he.".

Henry: "Yeah, he's a good guy."

He is more than just a good guy.

Li Ran sat on the chair, listening to the conversation between Henry and Bobby, and couldn't help but add something silently in his heart.

…

"Okay, kid." Taking off the scarf tied around Li Ran's neck, Henry patted the fine hair on the back of his neck and said, "It looks like he's more energetic, doesn't he?"

Li Ran: "..."

Silently looking at the smooth and almost short figure in front of the mirror, Li Ran somehow remembered the scene in the movie "Kung Fu Football" where Ah Xing and his senior brother performed in the bar, and he couldn't help but want to sing a song " The impulse of "Strong Vajra Legs and Iron Head Kung Fu".

He is bald, but unfortunately he has not become stronger.

"Dad, it's obvious that your style is not suitable for Asian heads."

Sitting aside, Shamik noticed Li Ran's naked and funny look, and couldn't help laughing and mocking.

"Okay, I admit, I did make some mistakes, and the effect is a little different from what I thought, so kid, you may need a hat."

"how much is the total?"

Suppressing the speechlessness in his heart, Li Ran touched his bare forehead and asked.

"Kid, I just said it, this is free."

"Dad, this is not fair." After hearing what Henry said, Shamik, who was letting Chico cut his hair, became dissatisfied: "Why should a first-timer get free? He is not Michael Jordan. .”

Chico put down the scissors in his hand and said, "Or Muhammad Ali.

"

"He's not even a black man."

"Dad naturally has his reasons for doing this."

Faced with Shamik's objections, Luke Cage, who had been silently sweeping the floor next to him, couldn't help but speak.

"Dad naturally has his reasons for doing this~"

Luke Cage's words obviously drew away Shamik's hatred, and he repeated the words angrily.

Shamik turned to look at Luke: "Seriously man, what the hell are you doing here?"

"I swept my hair, Shamik." Faced with Shamik's obviously provocative words, Luke Cage unexpectedly suppressed his temper and calmly replied: "I also mopped the floor. I wash the towels and keep that window spotless, that’s my job, you’ll never understand.”

Shamik: "You call this work?"

Luke: "At least I'm trying to run for a living. I can't even cut my hair without you."

"Hey guys, don't start a fight."

Noticing that the atmosphere at the scene was getting more and more explosive, Henry, who was standing aside, spoke.

However, Li Ran noticed that the expression on his face did not look very nervous, and he obviously did not think the situation in front of him was serious. Or, he is quite confident in one of them.

He glanced at Old Henry meaningfully, and then returned his gaze to the situation in front of him. Similarly, Li Ran didn't think the situation in front of him would become serious, even if, seriously speaking, his appearance was actually one of the fuses that ignited the two people in front of him.

"I'm done……"

Luke's last words obviously became the key to igniting Shamik's anger. He stood up with an angry face and came to Luke Cage confidently.

"What, Shamik, have you had enough?"

Silently staring at his current Shamik, Luke asked word by word.

Looking at the tall figure in front of him, Shamik's original anger immediately dissipated. He looked away and decisively chose to reply from the bottom of his heart: "I'm fed up with this same old life, and I want to change."

"There's still hair here."

Shamik's resigned look made everyone in the barber shop smile.

"Okay, kid." He smiled and shook his head. Henry looked back at Li Ran beside him: "I'm sorry kid, you saw this farce. I won't charge you for a haircut. If you are in Harlem If you have any difficulties and need help, you can come to me."

Shamik: "Dad, I need help too."

"Then my advice to you is, Shamik, find a job that can support yourself instead of living a life of idleness every day."

"I'm looking for someone. Have you ever heard of a place called Velarde?"

Henry: "Willard?"

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Henry asked Poppy by the window: "Bobby, have you heard of this place?"

Bobby: "No."

Next to the window, Bobby replied simply.