"Hey, Xiaochen, why did you call back suddenly? Aren't you going to work today?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was full of doubts.
"Aunt Xue, I came back this afternoon and I'm in the town now. How have you been lately? Is your life going as you like?"
Zhang Xiaochen first expressed his greetings.
"Oh, did you quit your job on purpose and come back? What else can you do? It's the same as usual at home, but playing cards is not going well. I've lost a lot recently."
Aunt Xue on the other end of the phone answered Zhang Xiaochen's question, and finally said with emotion, "All the rent collected was exported."
"Aunt Xue, you love to joke the most. You are already a veteran at the mahjong table. There are several people who can be your opponents."
Zhang Xiaochen could tell that Aunt Xue's tone didn't seem very unpleasant when she spoke, and she was probably just being modest.
"Okay, don't flatter me blindly. We haven't chatted on the phone for a long time. Why did you come back suddenly? You're back, what about your work? You came back from leave? Is there anything you need to do?"
After these pleasantries, Zhang Xiaochen talked about his current situation.
"Aunt Xue, I... resigned from my job and was a little homesick, so I came back to take a look. I just arrived to rent an apartment. No, I met a boy. He seemed to call you aunt. He might have thought I was a liar, and then he took care of me.
I'm locked in the room."
"Are you locked up?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little unbelievable. After all, this was an unexpected situation.
Zhang Xiaochen laughed dryly: "Isn't this a misunderstanding? I don't know why the child appears here."
Xueyi chatted privately for a while and then said
"At this point in time, it should be my nephew who just moved in with me this month and is going to school here, so he hasn't seen you before, so it's normal that he doesn't recognize you.
It was my order today at noon. He went to rent a house there after class in the afternoon to take a look. There has been some unrest in the town recently. There are always some people who like to break open doors and steal other people's things. Although you say you haven't lived there in the past few years, there is no such thing.
You can take whatever you want, but you still have to see what you should see.”
"Is the family so uneasy now?"
"Isn't that right? There are many gamblers who are addicted to drugs. They will do anything for money."
"Let's not talk about this for now. Aunt Xue, are you free now? Come over and open the door for me when you are free." Zhang Xiaochen asked for help.
"I'm afraid I can't do it right now. I have some things on hand that need to be dealt with."
"Auntie, I'm back."
Zhang Xiaochen suddenly heard the voice of a boy on the other end of the phone, and called Aunt Xue "Auntie." The voice came over, and Zhang Xiaochen guessed that the boy who had just arrived home should be the one who locked him up just now.
"Hey, what a coincidence, that boy is back. I'll ask about the situation and ask him to go over and open the door for you. Don't worry."
"You brat, did you just lock someone up for rent?"
"Eh? Auntie, how did you know? Didn't you say that there was no one living in the rental house? I saw someone suddenly inside, and I suspected it was a thief, so I locked her inside, and then ran back. Just now
I plan to tell you."
"That's my tenant for many years. You got the wrong person. Go and open the door for him."
Zhang Xiaochen just listened to the conversation on the other end of the phone.