San Francisco's ghetto.
Chen Mo stood on the old and dilapidated street and looked at a store across the street.
The clean glass windows formed a sharp contrast with the dirty street. Several kinds of vegetables were neatly placed on the wooden shelves on both sides of the door.
"Chen's Store, it should be here."
Chen Mo glanced at the female tramp sitting in the corner next to the store and was more certain of this.
Just as Chen Mo was about to cross the road to take a look, he saw Eddie Brock coming from not far away.
Chen Mo couldn't help but stop in his tracks. He watched as Eddie Brock greeted the female tramp at the entrance of the store before pushing the door open and entering the store.
"What a coincidence."
Chen Mo couldn't help but smile and then walked over.
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"Hi, Mrs. Chen!"
Pushing open the glass door of the store, Eddie Brock greeted the lady boss familiarly.
Eddie Brock's rented apartment was nearby. This Chen's Store had everything, snacks, drinks, breakfast, almost everything. He came here at least once a day and was very familiar with Mrs. Chen, the lady boss of the store.
"How have you been, Eddie?"
Mrs. Chen asked as she cleaned up behind the counter.
"Same as before."
Eddie Brock said as he walked toward the shelves inside.
"Is that so?"
Mrs. Chen looked at Eddie Brock and felt that this young man seemed to be a little different from before. He seemed to be calmer.
Eddie Brock turned his head to Mrs. Chen and shrugged his shoulders, then walked to the shelves to choose food.
He had seen the recent changes in the Life Foundation and had completely given up the idea of looking for trouble. He put all his energy into work and accompanying his girlfriend.
Under Chen Mo's reminder and lesson, Eddie Brock changed his original reckless style and began to dig deeper into the news targets and events. The response of the reports in recent days was very good, and the boss was very satisfied. This month's bonus was definitely not small.
Mrs. Chen shook her head helplessly. Just as she withdrew her gaze from Eddie Brock, she heard the bell hanging at the door of the store ring again. A tall and strong figure pushed the door and walked in.
Mrs. Chen's heart skipped a beat. She thought that the gangsters who often came to extort money and rob had come again.
This was the slums, where law and order were chaotic and gangs ran rampant. Even if she paid a large amount of protection fees on time, these greedy guys would still come to extort and rob from time to time. More than half of her originally small income was taken away by these gangsters. She was barely able to survive.
Mrs. Chen couldn't help but lament in her heart. It seemed that she had been busy for the past few days in vain. When would this kind of life end?
But when she saw the face of the person who came in, she couldn't help but be stunned. It turned out that the person who came in was not the gangster she thought, but a handsome Asian young man in a suit.
"Hello, how may I help you?"
Mrs. Chen asked in English.
Chen Mo looked at the kind-looking and thin Mrs. Chen behind the counter and said with a smile in Chinese.
"Just looking around."
When Mrs. Chen heard Chen Mo speak in Chinese, she couldn't help but show some friendliness on her face. The law and order in the area she was in were not very good. There weren't many Chinese living here, so it was rare to meet them.
Mrs. Chen was very happy to meet her compatriot. The trace of sadness that rose in her heart before was thrown to the back of her mind. She smiled and said to Chen Mo in Chinese.
"I haven't seen you before. Did you just move here?"
They were in the slums, so there weren't many outsiders. The people who came to buy things here were basically people who lived in the nearby apartments. That was why she asked this question.
Chen Mo nodded along with her words.
"I just came here a few days ago."
Mrs. Chen immediately reminded him kindly when she heard this.
"Then you must be careful at night. Try not to go out after 12 o 'clock. The law and order in this area are not very good."
"Thank you."
Chen Mo smiled and nodded. He walked into the shop and strolled around casually.
Eddie Brock also saw Chen Mo, but Chen Mo had returned to his original appearance at this time, so Eddie Brock did not recognize him. He just looked at Chen Mo and looked away.
Just as Chen Mo was sizing up the neatly arranged shelves and was about to buy something, the sound of the door opening came again from the direction of the door, followed by a fierce male voice.
"A bottle of whiskey! Don't forget to give me change! "
Chen Mo and Eddie Brock heard this and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the counter. They saw a burly man with a beard and a fierce face standing in front of the counter. Although he said to give change, he didn't pay at all. Instead, he looked fiercely at Mrs. Chen behind the counter. Obviously, he didn't really come to buy things.
Eddie Brock, who lived here, naturally saw the identity and purpose of this man at a glance. This was a gangster, and he was obviously blackmailing Mrs. Chen now.
Chen Mo was also very clear about the identity of this man because he came to blackmail Mrs. Chen several times in the movie. This was also the reason why Chen Mo came here this time.
In the movie, "Venom" swallowed the gangster who came to blackmail again in the end, but now, Venom and other Symbiotic Demons were all in Chen Mo's hands. There would no longer be "Venom" in this world, so Eddie Brock naturally couldn't help Mrs. Chen.
Chen Mo didn't want his compatriot to continue to be bullied because of him, so he originally planned to come and see the situation, then find this gangster and get rid of him. But now he came to the door himself, which saved Chen Mo a lot of effort.
In front of the counter, Mrs. Chen's face changed when she saw the man. Hearing the other party's words, she said with a begging face.
"Please, I'm just a small business."
She really couldn't stand the endless extortion of these gangsters over and over again. If this continues, her business can't go on at all.
But obviously, this gangster didn't care about Mrs. Chen's life and death. If this shop closes, there will be another one that will reopen and let him continue to blackmail.
"Pa!"
The burly man's left hand slammed heavily on the counter, making a loud noise, scaring Mrs. Chen so much that she couldn't help but shrink back.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
The man said as his right hand reached to his waist, took out a pistol, and pointed it at Mrs. Chen, who was panicking behind the counter.
"Hurry up! Otherwise, the protection fee will increase! "
Eddie Brock hid behind the shelf and poked his head out to look at the robbery that was going on behind the counter. His face was full of hesitation. He wanted to help, but he knew that if he rushed out now, it would make no sense except to add another victim to this robbery. This made him lower his head in disappointment.
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