As soon as she walked up the stairs, she was shocked!
I saw red paint splashed on the stairs, doorways, door rails, and wooden doors!
There were a few crooked red letters written on the door - Zheng Datong! Pay back the money! If you don't pay back the money, you will risk your life!
Zheng Xiaoyi suddenly felt cold all over!
Sure enough, something happened!
She rushed forward, banged on the door desperately, and shouted: "Mom! Big brother! Mom! Big brother!"
After a while, the door on the opposite side opened.
A chubby old woman stared at her angrily and said harshly: "It's noon, why are you making such a fuss! You woke me up even when I was taking a nap! It's true!"
Zheng Xiaoyi bowed apologetically and whispered: "Aunt, I'm sorry. I came to see my mother and elder brother... I was shocked when I suddenly saw this. I was worried that something would happen to them, so I couldn't bear it.
Stay loud.”
The old aunt snorted coldly: "What else can happen! That mother and son are both rotten gamblers! They want money rather than their lives! Every day they bring in some loan sharks who come here shouting about paying back the money, and the whole building is so angry! A few days ago
The landlord came and threw all their things out and refused to let them live here."
Bad gambler?!!
Zheng Xiaoyi felt cold all over and asked blankly: "Then where did they go?"
"How do I know!" The old aunt waved angrily: "You should leave quickly! They don't live here anymore anyway, so you should leave early!"
Zheng Xiaoyi's eyes were red and he quickly went downstairs.
She searched nearby for a long time, but unfortunately there was no news at all.
The imperial capital is so big and crowded, so unless they take the initiative to contact her, where will she find them?
Suddenly, she remembered something.
She stopped a taxi and reported the address of xx Middle School.
Twenty minutes later, she found Zheng Duoduo's class.
Zheng Duoduo is already a senior high school student and is busy studying in class every day.
He walked out of the classroom door in confusion and asked: "Sister, why are you here?"
Recently, Xue Huan picks up Xiao Yue after get off work and Zheng Xiaoyi has not seen Zheng Duoduo for several days.
She pulled her brother to a corner, lowered her voice and asked, "Duoduo, has my eldest brother come to see you recently?"
Duoduo is very resentful of his mother and ignores her. But his eldest brother grew up together. Although he is angry with his eldest brother, he still keeps in touch with her.
Zheng Duoduo's eyes flashed slightly and he nodded.
"The month before last, and the past two months."
Zheng Xiaoyi couldn't help but ask: "What did he ask you for? Did he say anything?"
Zheng Duoduo curled his lips and asked, "Why are you asking these questions? He always blocks me downstairs at our house and never comes to school."
Even the location is exactly the same?!
Zheng Xiaoyi guessed it immediately and felt dizzy and unbearable.
"Sister!" Zheng Duoduo hurriedly supported her and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"
He glanced at the heating pipe in the corner, pulled her closer, took off his coat, wrapped his sister around him, and let her lean against the heating pipe.
Zheng Xiaoyi's eyes were dull, and tears were falling from the corners of his eyes.
"Sister!" Zheng Duoduo asked in surprise: "Why are you doing this? Did someone bully you? Brother-in-law? It's impossible, right?"
My brother-in-law is a gentle and gentle man. He is always very gentle when dealing with others. He is even more kind to his sister. How could he bully her?
Zheng Xiaoyi even lowered his voice: "Duoduo, brother borrowed money from you, right? You have to tell me, this matter is very important. He must have told you not to tell it - but we may have all been deceived, so
You have to tell me the truth."
"...Yes." Zheng Duoduo murmured: "He said he couldn't tell anyone... He did borrow money from me."
After his father passed away, he distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars. He was an adult and could open a bank account, so the money was in his name.
"My eldest brother borrowed money from me four times, totaling 120,000 yuan." Zheng Duoduo explained: "Now I only have more than 20,000 yuan left. He said that he is getting married at the end of the year and must use the money to renovate a villa next to Daming Lake. He
He said that getting married requires a lot of money, so I have to help him. When he has money in the future, he will pay it back to me."
Zheng Xiaoyi was angry and resentful. He gritted his teeth and said, "He told me the same thing! But the villa by Daming Lake is not decorated at all!"
"What?!" Zheng Duoduo stared and asked, "How is that possible? He clearly said he wanted to decorate!"
Zheng Xiaoyi wiped her tears and recounted the conversation with Xue Huan last night and the experience of finding her eldest brother and her mother.
"They may have... gone to gamble. Not only did they borrow money from us, they also borrowed money from loan sharks. They were kicked out by the landlord, and red paint was splashed on the door and door rails to ask them to pay back the money quickly."
Zheng Duoduo was stunned!
After a while, the sister and brother ran to the villa next to Daming Lake to check, and found that, as Xue Huan said, there were weeds everywhere and it was dark inside. There was nothing except cement walls and bricks.
Zheng Duoduo was so angry that he cursed: "Damn! They are all lies! They are all rotten gamblers! He and his mother are both the same! They are full of lies!"
Zheng Xiaoyi swallowed even more: "He borrowed all my money, leaving only about two thousand yuan. I didn't even dare to tell Ah Huan..."
"Let's go find them!" Zheng Duoduo shouted.
Zheng Xiaoyi raised his eyes and asked at a loss: "Where can I find them? Apart from here, where else can they go to rent a house in that community!"
Zheng Duoduo is no longer a child and soon calmed down a bit.
"He knows that I still have money, and when he is desperate, he will continue to lie to me. At that time, I will hold him back, then ask you out and confront him face to face."
Zheng Xiaoyi shook his head with tears in his eyes: "I heard that he doesn't go to work much now, and his boss is already very dissatisfied with him, saying that he asks for leave every three days."
"How can he think about going to work now!" Zheng Duoduo sneered: "He is already just like his mother. Every day he is either thinking about spending money lavishly or gambling!"
Zheng Xiaoyi was extremely disappointed and whispered: "This is a dead end. Is there something wrong with his mind? The whole family was almost ruined by his mother's gambling before, and it's not like he didn't know. How could he still imitate her gambling...
…”
"Does this need to be said? It must have been instigated by Tang Hong." Zheng Duoduo snorted coldly: "Of course, he himself is also a brainless person."
Zheng Xiaoyi looked at the desolate villa inside and outside, and couldn't help but think of his father's longing at the dinner table.
Dad smiled and said that he would build the villa very big, three stories high, with four rooms on the first floor and a hall.
He will also build a large yard, with sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted outside and fruits and vegetables planted inside.
He and Aunt Achun will live downstairs, responsible for three meals a day and taking care of the vegetable garden.
Young people can choose to live with them, or they can go out into the world for two. They will help take care of the children and prepare hot meals for them every day when they get off work.
Dad also said that he and Aunt Achun were the center point. In the future, when everyone dispersed, they would be the center and the family would live happily.
But I didn't expect that only a few months after my father left, the family was already falling apart.
Not only are people’s hearts dispersed, but their money is also about to be dispersed…
Zheng Xiaoyi couldn't help but cry bitterly.
Zheng Duoduo's eyes were red, he let out a long sigh, and helped her walk back.
"Sister, stop crying. Crying won't help, it won't change anything. Don't worry, we still have auntie."
The two siblings slowly left and walked outside.
The cold wind blew the fallen leaves flying and the weeds bent down.
The setting sun in the west hangs slantingly on the horizon, without the brilliant red color of the past, only a faint blush, which has lost its luster due to the coldness of winter.