In the dark alley, the sound of Lin Ying's high heels hitting the ground could be heard clearly. Chu Nan walked with the beauty beside him in the alley. Under the dim light, the two people's oblique shadows became longer and longer.
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"Mr. Chu, you are really a very special man. I am very grateful that you respect me so much."
After a long silence, Lin Ying suddenly spoke up, "Actually, I know that women who work on golf courses, especially beautiful women, are in contact with big shots all day long and have developed the habit of looking at people. I am disrespectful to you."
I apologize to you."
Chu Nan smiled and said, "You have already apologized. If I don't forgive you, how can I accompany you home?"
"No, although you have forgiven me in your heart, I can see that you are still prejudiced against me."
Lin Ying sighed softly and said, "The kind of work we women do may seem very elegant, but we are often molested and even supported by big bosses and officials secretly. The stadium is like a big dyeing vat."
"I admit that a beautiful woman will often become the prey of men.
I also admit that I was almost beaten by unspoken rules more than ten times. If the owner of the stadium, Weng, didn't like my playing level very much, maybe I wouldn't have escaped."
"You don't know, those powerful men are like beasts that don't spit out bones. They always stare at me naked. I go to work every day full of fear."
"Then why don't you change your job?
Since it makes you so unhappy."
Chu Nan was a little confused and said, "Maybe the wages in other jobs are low, but it's better than staying in the stadium and worrying about it, right?"
"Everyone has their own difficulties. Mr. Chu, you are a good person...so I hope you won't misunderstand me."
Lin Ying's eyes were slightly red and she said, "I am not a good woman, but I am definitely an innocent woman. I swear on my integrity."
After Chu Nan glanced at her, he nodded and said, "I believe you."
"Thanks."
Lin Ying wiped the tears from her eyes and sighed, "I just don't want you to misunderstand me, that's why I said these words.
I hope you...you don't mind."
"No, you want to treat me as a friend, that's why you said this."
Chu Nan knew very well why Lin Ying did this. He looked around the alley and said, "Since you regard me as a friend, I have a question for you, why do you want to live in a place like this?
With your salary as a golf course manager, you can afford to rent a high-end apartment in the city even if you can't afford it, right?"
Hearing this, Lin Ying smiled bitterly and said after a while, "I'm under a lot of pressure and have to save some money, so... I can only rent a house here.
Moreover, the job at the golf course is also temporary. Maybe one day Mr. Weng’s support will no longer be useful, and that will be when I leave.”
"Oh, so..." Chu Nan nodded and said, "Then we really need to prepare for a rainy day and save more money."
"Mr. Chu, judging from your accent, you are from Qianhu City, right?"
Lin Ying asked tentatively.
"Yes, you can hear this?"
Chu Nan smiled and said, "Is my accent so obvious?"
"Not really, the main thing is that the accent here is a little different from that in Yongning City, and... I'm also from Qianhu City, so of course I can hear it."
Lin Ying showed a faint smile.
"ah?
Are you from Qianhu City too?
Then we are fellow villagers!"
Chu Nan suddenly felt happy and said with a smile, "They say that fellow villagers burst into tears when they see them, so we are destined to be together."
"Yes, it's nice to meet you, a fellow countryman."
Lin Ying smiled sweetly and stretched out her hand, "Formal introduction, Lin Ying, 22 years old, from Wenxiang Town, Qianhu City."
"Chu Nan, 23 years old, a child who grew up in the Qianhu City Steel Factory."
Chu Nan shook Lin Ying's cold and delicate little hand and said with some surprise, "You are only twenty-two years old this year?
Did you come out to work very early?"
When asked this question, Lin Ying shook her head with a gloomy look and said, "I originally studied in the Department of Economics and Management at Beijing University, but when I was in my third year last year, I dropped out of school because of changes at home."
"drop out?
Beijing University?
?”
Chu Nan was really impressed by Lin Ying now. He originally thought that she was just a working girl who had never seen much of the world, but he didn't expect that this girl turned out to be a top student with a lot of knowledge! "
The admission itself shows that Lin Ying's performance is absolutely top-notch.
But he was shocked and at the same time a little confused and said, "You are actually a top student at Beijing University, so why do you go to work in the stadium?
You can’t use what you learned before there?”
"The reason is simple, because money comes quickly and there is a lot of money there."
Lin Ying shrugged and said, "I dropped out of school. Without a diploma, who would recognize you as a student from Beijing University?"
Only then did Chu Nan understand and nodded, thinking so.
After the two of them passed through this alley, Lin Ying stopped and said after hesitation, "Mr. Chu, just send it here. My house will be here soon, right in front."
Chu Nan followed Lin Ying's gaze and looked ahead. It was a small old courtyard that was not big. He nodded and said, "Okay, you go back, I will leave soon."
"See you."
Lin Ying waved shyly towards Chu Nan.
"Again..." Chu Nan was about to say goodbye, but suddenly he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He was stunned and said in surprise, "Lin Ying... is that small courtyard in front of you your home?"
Why...why does it seem to be smoking?"
"smoke?"
Lin Ying turned her head strangely, and immediately realized that there was indeed smoke, and there seemed to be a faint flicker of fire. She immediately turned pale with fright, and hurriedly ran towards the small courtyard! Of course Chu Nan couldn't leave at this time.
He hurriedly followed Lin Ying and ran wildly, closely following behind.
Not long after, the two of them bypassed the path and ran to the door of the courtyard.
I saw that thick smoke was indeed coming from the yard, and I could feel the thick smell of smoke and the looming fire inside through the iron gate.
"It's over...my house is really on fire!"
Lin Ying collapsed on the spot and trembled all over. In a panic, she hurriedly pushed open the iron gate outside the yard and rushed in without hesitation.
However, after the two people rushed into the courtyard in a hurry, they were shocked to find that they had made a mistake. This dilapidated and old courtyard was not on fire.
In the yard, a fire was burning inside a large iron bucket, and many daily necessities were placed around it, including beds and quilts.
Several ruffians in fancy clothes were throwing these things into the iron buckets, obviously intending to burn them all.
"You...who are you?
This is my home, why are you burning my things! Come on, stop it!"
When Lin Ying came to her senses, she shouted loudly, "You are breaking into a private house, I want to call the police!!"
"Call the police?
You should repay it. It is natural for you to pay back your debts. Let me tell you, it will be useless if you repay it!"
The leader of the gangster clapped his hands and sneered, "I suggest you stop thinking about calling the police and go see your dad first?"
Hearing this, Lin Ying was suddenly shocked and rushed into the house without even bothering to call the police.
Chu Nan followed Lin Ying into the house and found that the family could be described as impoverished.
Originally, the bungalow in this courtyard was simple enough, and the walls were old and yellow and black everywhere. Not to mention that after the things in the house were completely emptied, it could be described as a house with bare walls.
Chu Nan really didn't expect that such a beautiful girl like Lin Ying would live in such a shabby house with her father, and she seemed... to be in trouble?