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Chapter 1 Irony
"Li Dong, if you grant me two more days, I will pay you back!"
At Jinyue Restaurant, Qin Yuan nodded and bowed, feeling miserable.
The leader of the three young men sitting in front of him was his high school classmate and the collection manager of Baihua Loan Company.
Three months ago, his mother had a car accident and needed money for surgery. Qin Yuan asked relatives and friends for help, and only managed to borrow 4,000 yuan. When he had no other choice, Li Dong came to him and said he could help him with the loan.
If you need a sum of money urgently, you can help yourself pay it back.
Qin Yuan didn't think much about it at the time. He was a classmate and was grateful to Li Dong.
But later I found out that I had been cheated. I had a loan of 15,000 yuan for three months, and I had to pay back 7,000 yuan every month with principal and interest. Li Dong didn't even help him pay back the money at all!
The loan was processed online, and he didn't even see the contract. At that time, he was obsessed with believing Li Dong's lies. By the time he realized it, it was already too late!
In the first two months, he had managed to repay the loan here and there, but this month he really couldn't make it. When faced with Li Donglai's debt collection, he cursed in his heart, but did not dare to show anything on his face.
"Li Dong?"
The young man had a sneer on his face.
"Brother Dong! Look at my mouth, Brother Dong, for the sake of our high school..."
But before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Li Dong: "Stop trying to get too close to me! Today is the deadline. If you don't meet the deadline, you'll have to pay an extra five hundred for every day you're overdue!"
"Aren't you cheating?"
Qin Yuan was also angry and said loudly with stiff neck.
"Theat? You filled in the loan identity yourself, I didn't force you." Li Dong sneered, then changed the subject, and said with a sinister smile on his face: "If you really can't pay it back, I can't.
I'll help you, but it depends on what benefits you give me."
Qin Yuanyu said angrily: "I am just a fool to believe you. Now that you have seen my situation and forced me to a dead end, you still expect me to give you benefits?"
"At eight o'clock tonight, I will be at the Dongcheng Hotel. You can trick Xiao Ting into coming here. I can help you with this month's money."
Li Dong didn't respond to him, and said these words with a sneer, like a thunder, blasting in Qin Yuan's ears, making his eyes widen.
"This is impossible!"
Qin Yuan immediately refused and was furious. Xiao Ting was his girlfriend and they had known each other for five years since high school. Neither of them went to college after graduating from high school. He knew that Li Dong also liked Xiao Ting at that time, so Li Dong called
He knew exactly what his idea was!
"It's up to you, but if you still don't have enough money, if you are subject to compulsory measures, don't come to me."
Li Dong shrugged indifferently, put down his crossed legs, stood up and left the restaurant with his two younger brothers.
Qin Yuan froze on the spot, clenching his fists tightly, and felt waves of chest tightness, as if he was pressing down on a big mountain.
At this time, someone called him: "Qin Yuan! The supervisor is calling you!"
"ah?"
Qin Yuan came to his senses and had an ominous premonition.
As soon as I knocked on the door and entered the supervisor's office, the man sitting inside raised his head and said expressionlessly: "This month's salary has been put into your card. You don't have to come to work tomorrow."
"Supervisor, I..."
Qin Yuan was dumbfounded on the spot and very puzzled.
"Our restaurant doesn't need a person with bad character. You don't need to say anything. I already know the content of your conversation just now."
The man interrupted him directly and continued to look down at the computer.
Qin Yuan opened his mouth, but felt that his throat was stuck and he couldn't say anything.
He knew that nothing he said was of any use. He lost his job, owed loan sharks, his mother was seriously ill, and his stepfather didn't care at all. Was he at a dead end?
Yes, stepfather.
When Qin Yuan was five years old, his father passed away in a car accident. When he was ten years old, he remarried with his mother and joined his current family. His stepfather was an alcoholic and a gambler. He frequently punched and kicked the mother and son, and sometimes just smashed anything he picked up.
But he was extremely kind to his own son. He often squandered his mother's hard-earned money. Once he hid a bag of snacks and was discovered by his brother who told his stepfather. That time, he was beaten until he was unconscious and lay down.
I woke up all day and night!
His academic performance in high school was very good, but his stepfather asked him to drop out of school because he had no money, while his older brother spent all day drinking, dancing and picking up girls at school. All these experiences made Qin Yuan learn to be independent and self-reliant from an early age. However,
Now he is forced into a desperate situation by life!
Dragging his heavy body out of the restaurant, Qin Yuan suddenly discovered that under the prosperity of this city, he felt that he had no place to live!
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Yuan visited his mother in the ward of the Central Hospital with a forced smile, but finally gritted his teeth and decided to go find his stepfather.
Although she really didn't want to go find that man, my mother couldn't just lie there. If she couldn't get the money, even the hospital would have to rush people away tomorrow!
Back at the two-story bungalow, Qin Yuan had only stepped in here a handful of times, and he was mentally prepared to deal with all humiliations.
He had the room key. At this time, the man would usually come back after drinking with a group of friends. However, when Qin Yuan entered the living room, he heard a strange sound.
He was not Brother Chu, so he knew what he was doing as soon as he heard the voice. He just thought it was that brother who had brought a girl back to do some mischief, and he didn't take it to heart.
However, at this time, two people came out of the room on the second floor and stood at the top of the stairs, facing the living room on the first floor.
Qin Yuan raised his head and felt as if he was struck by lightning!
A pair of young men and women faced him one after another. The young woman was stunned when she saw Qin Yuan and froze on the spot.
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The young man behind him raised his head in confusion and asked: "Baby, what's wrong?"
Then he followed his gaze to the first floor and was also stunned.
"Why?!"
Qin Yuan's eyes turned red instantly. If someone asked what the most painful thing in the world was, Qin Yuan would definitely tell him that it was the scene he saw at this moment!
The girl is none other than his girlfriend Xiao Ting!
That young man was his stepfather's son, Zhou Chengcai.
The name is great, but the character is terrible!
Qin Yuan's whole brain was completely congested, and his expression was ferocious. At noon, Li Dong made excessive demands and asked him to trick Xiao Ting into going to the hotel. He resolutely refused despite the risk of offending Li Dong and not paying the money.
But now, the girlfriend who made him stick to his bottom line and want to protect him for the rest of his life is standing in front of him without a trace, hanging out with his brother!
Is it ironic?
Qin Yuan wished he could rush forward and kill the couple, but his remaining sense allowed him to hold back.
"Why did you loser come back? Since you have seen it all, it saves me the time to go find you and tell you that Xiao Ting is my girlfriend now. You'd better not pester her in the future, or I'll tell dad to break your legs!"
"
After Zhou Chengcai was stunned for a moment, he quickly came to his senses and didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, he warned with an arrogant and indifferent look.
Xiao Ting also came back to her senses, her eyes were a little complicated, but she still said calmly: "There is no reason. I was with your brother three months ago. I was afraid of hurting you so I didn't tell you. We are not suitable. You
It can’t give me anything at all.”
"What can't he give you? Do you know that the things he gave you were all exchanged for my mother's and my hard-earned money? What do you think he has? He spends all his time fooling around, are you blind?!"
Qin Yuan roared, he couldn't figure out why he had to encounter all the unlucky things in this world, why a person with no advantages and many shortcomings could steal his true love. Was he born a joke?
"Qin Yuan! You'd better be careful what you say to me! My dad has raised you and your despicable mother for so many years, so why don't you be grateful and still scold me? If it weren't for my dad, you and your mother would have been hungry.
He’s dead! Get out of here! It’s an eyesore!”
Zhou Chengcai was also furious and cursed loudly.
After scolding, Zhou Chengcai hugged Xiao Ting and returned to the room, not avoiding Qin Yuan at all. The strange voice continued to sound, for fear that he would not hear it.
Qin Yuan was trembling all over. He wanted to rush forward ten thousand times, but in the end, he could only let go of his hand in despair.
What if I rush forward?
Beat them up?
Or kill them?
Murder is illegal.
He has nothing to fear from beating them violently, but his mother is still lying in the hospital waiting for surgery, letting his stepfather know that the only one who will suffer is his mother!
After so many years, he has seen through it all, working hard to make money, thinking about one day leaving this nightmare place, but before he can achieve his goal, reality puts him in a dilemma and he is covered in bruises!
He turned around and left, not because he could bear it, but because he had no other choice.
Zhou Chengcai's disdain could be faintly heard in the room: "What a waste!"
Mixed with Xiao Ting's voice, it was like knives piercing Qin Yuan's heart!
The phone rang six or seven times before Qin Yuan was brought back from his loss.
"Yangzi, what's the matter?"
Qin Yuan's voice was hoarse as if he hadn't drank water for many days.
A surprised voice came from the other side of the phone: "What's going on? Why did your voice become like this?"
"I'm fine, just tell me."
Qin Yuan said briefly, he was afraid that if he said a few more words, his secret would be revealed. At this time, he was actually completely despairing.
"I have something to tell you. Aren't you in need of money urgently? I heard someone held a weightlifting competition at Chengnan Department Store, with a huge prize of half a million yuan! You have been stronger than the average person since you were a child. I think
I wonder if you want to give it a try, maybe you can have a chance, and then you don’t have to worry about Auntie’s medical expenses!”
On the other side of the phone, the young man's voice was urgent.
Qin Yuan was also startled for a moment, with a glimmer of light in his eyes, and subconsciously asked: "What weightlifting competition? The prize money is so high."
"It sounds a little weird. The weightlifting is not a barbell, but a stone sword. Do you want to go? If so, I will pick you up now!"
"go!"
Qin Yuan decisively agreed. No matter what he raised, the amount of the bonus was enough to make him work hard. Life was already so miserable, so why should he be afraid of failure?