The black shadow in the red light alley is my "flower protector"

In the year I just joined the work after graduation, because I had just worked, I didn't have much money in my hands and my salary was low, so I shared a house with my classmates.

The house we rented is in a relatively old community, after crossing the main road, there is a deep alley to the west, you need to walk a long distance to enter the community, 100 meters away during the day there will be a lot of stalls with snacks, and the alley at night will become a "strange red light alley"...

Just one day the company has a project to be anxious to bid, and the content of the bid has not been completed in accordance with the requirements in the finishing and printing, after the overtime to prepare to go home has reached 10 o'clock in the evening, that time the north of the alley planned a new building, is a construction site, the dark alley feels bottomless, never go to the head, I have been trembling all the way, silently in my heart, do not encounter things that should not be encountered, along the way with sweat and drums to go back.

When I was walking inside, I suddenly saw a black shadow about 10 meters in front of me, and suddenly stopped, he seemed to notice me, and deliberately stopped. I was beating a drum in my heart, I was very scared, and many scary pictures flashed in my mind, and I slowed down, always paying attention to the other party's every move. Only to see the man put his hand in his pocket, as if he was pulling something out, terrified and undecided, my heart had already mentioned the throat eye, and when I was hesitating, when I was running away with my leg pulled, I was hit in the face by a beam of light, and a voice came from the opposite side.

"Girl, you go in front of me", the voice came from this "black shadow" uncle who was probably in his forties, and I didn't react yet, and then I heard it say, "I just noticed that you are walking alone in the back, this alley is deep, there is no light, I will give you a light, you will not be afraid."

I took two steps closer and saw his face, which was kind and smiling.

"I just got off work, I'm the driver at the nearby bus stop, how come you a girl came home so late?"

I replied, "Hmmm...... Me too...."

The uncle looked at me, hurriedly pulled out his work card, the uncle seemed to be very concerned that I misunderstood him as a bad person", "The driver of the 809 road, now, you see, really, I am not a bad person, don't scare you into misunderstanding" He scratched his head thickly, and stuffed the work card into my hand with one hand to prove it to me.

"You walk in front of me, I'll show you the way, run back" In an instant, I was warmed by the cuteness of the uncle and let down all my guard.

In this way, after accepting the kindness from the uncle and being escorted by the "flower protector" picked up on the side of the road, the dark alley lit up, and the heart seemed to shine into a beam of light....

Author: TAOZI Koike

Photo: Little Red Book - Mindfulness

May your world and mine be filled with sunshine, and may we all be treated tenderly by the world