Xue Ling is very busy every day. Last night he went upstairs to see how Old Liu was settling in, and they chatted for more than two hours.
I slept a little late in the morning, rushed to the main factory to go to work, had lunch in the canteen, and then returned to the office to reconcile the accounts.
Unexpectedly, halfway through reading, I received a call from Sister Achun.
She almost never called him, so Xue Ling guessed that she must have encountered some emergency.
Zhu Achun was really anxious. He only said that he couldn't explain clearly on the phone. He hoped that Xue Ling could go back. There was an emergency at home and he hoped that Xue Ling could help deal with it.
"Okay." Xue Ling didn't ask further and said, "I'll be there in half an hour."
Then, she hung up the phone, called her secretary, and told her to postpone the high-level meeting in the afternoon until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
"Some orders at the end of the year are coming in a hurry, so you have to keep an eye on them. In addition, you may have to work overtime in the future. We will arrange for workers who are able to work night shifts. The supplies will be made up according to the Imperial City's wage standards, and the factory canteen will provide them with extra nights.
One portion a night.”
"Okay." The secretary responded.
Xue Ling put on his coat and said, "I'm going home and I won't be back in the afternoon. If you need anything, call my mobile phone."
Then she left in a hurry and drove back to the city.
The number of cars in Imperial City has doubled in the past two years, and traffic jams are often encountered on streets and roads. Fortunately, the peak period of traffic jams has passed, and Xue Ling did not waste much time and drove into the shopping mall parking lot smoothly.
After getting off the car, I found several security guards sitting in the lounge watching TV, laughing and joking.
Xue Ling looked around and found that no one was on duty at all.
She didn't say anything, walked into the elevator, and then dialed a phone number to Liao Zongnan, asking him to tell him to go to work and not to desert.
Liao Zongnan responded and said: "There have been a lot more parking lots in the past two years, and residents have more than 100 cars. We really need to supervise them to stick to their posts at all times. Vehicles will also be lost, especially the belongings inside."
Xue Ling thought for a while and reminded: "Withdraw some money from the property management fee and buy more surveillance cameras tomorrow. Try to capture every corner without leaving any blind spots. The more prosperous the mall becomes, the better our management will be."
Don’t let your hair down.”
"Okay." Liao Zongnan agreed very much and quickly made a promise: "I will find someone to buy it soon."
Xue Ling expressed his hard work and then hung up the phone.
At this time, she had already stepped out of the elevator and was standing at the elevator door. As soon as she took the phone away, she heard what sounded like crying not far away.
There were only a few households on the 18th floor, and they were all her own family. She hurriedly walked towards the back at a quick pace.
The children have gone to school and the house is quiet.
My parents and mother-in-law were probably taking a nap, and only the iron door next door was ajar.
"Xiao Yi, stop crying." Zhu Achun's voice said: "It's not good to wake up Xiao Yue. He has to sleep for three hours at noon every day, otherwise he will lose his temper easily."
Xue Ling opened the iron door and knocked on the door.
Soon, Zheng Duoduo opened the door.
Xue Ling saw his eyes were red at first sight and felt a little suspicious. He looked over and saw Zheng Datong nestled on the sofa. Zhu Achun and Zheng Xiaoyi were sitting on the other side, both seeming to be wiping away tears.
"Sister Lingling, you are finally here." Zheng Duoduo said angrily: "My family is breaking up again!"
Xue Ling was slightly stunned, unable to react for a moment.
"What's going on? Did something happen?"
Zheng Xiaoyi sat up, took her hand, and hurriedly explained the matter.
"...Sister Lingling, what should we do now? My brother and my mother don't even have a place to stay! They want to go south to smuggle themselves in - I won't! The money is gone, but we can't even risk our lives."
Xue Ling frowned and saw Zheng Datong with his head lowered and motionless. The anger in his heart could hardly be suppressed and he almost cursed.
But when she thought about it, she realized that he was not related to her by blood after all. He was already twenty-six or seventeen years old, and he was not a child. Even if he was scolded and beaten, he might not be able to figure it out, so why waste her words.
"How much do you owe now? You should come up with a total and see how to deal with it. I don't have many contacts with crooked people, but the interest on loan sharks rolls up very quickly. If the base amount is huge, it will scare people to death."
Everyone's eyes fell on Zheng Datong.
He shrank his head, as if he was ashamed, and finally said a number in a low voice: "Now... it is estimated to be about one million."
"What?!" Zheng Duoduo exclaimed: "Didn't you borrow 500,000 yuan?"
Zheng Datong whispered: "...more than seven hundred thousand, but it has been more than a month, and the interest is so high, it must be this amount now."
Zhu Achun was very anxious and rubbed his hands anxiously.
"Madam, is there anyone you know who can discuss lowering the interest rate? We'll pay some, but the interest rate shouldn't be too high, otherwise we won't be able to pay it at all."
Zheng Datong swallowed his saliva and whispered: "Sister Lingling, can you sell the villa...and the land to you? I'm really desperate now."
Xue Ling frowned slightly and said: "That's what your father left for you. Don't sell it unless you have to. Who did you borrow it from? Tell me the name. I'll find someone to help me and see if I can get the interest back."
Lower it.”
Zheng Datong said the name.
Xue Ling nodded and stood up: "I'm going to ask someone. Don't go anywhere. There are security guards below the mall. They don't dare to come up and make trouble."
After saying this, she walked out quickly.
Zheng Datong's eyes flashed slightly and he looked at his sister.
"Our mother... is still waiting for me in the tunnel under the bridge. You hurry up and pick her up. If I'm not here, if she is found by debt collectors, she might be in danger."
Zheng Xiaoyi looked at Zhu Achun hesitantly and asked: "Auntie, that -"
"Go." Zhu Achun said warmly: "Get the people here first, ensuring safety is the most important."
Zheng Duoduo didn't look very good, but he didn't say anything.
No matter how bad or excessive she is, she is his biological mother after all, and he can't just die without saving her.
When Zheng Xiaoyi heard Zhu Achun agreed, he hurried out.
Zhu Achun stood up and said: "Duoduo, come in and help, clean up the guest room for your mother to live in."
"Yeah." Zheng Duoduo obeyed and followed her in.
Zheng Datong was sitting on the sofa, looking at the cozy suite where he had lived for several years, looking at the spotless surroundings, blowing the warm heater, and couldn't help but think of the happy time of his family back then.
Unknowingly, he burst into tears.
How did he get to this point? His father had high hopes for him, provided for him to study and go to college, and worked hard to help him find such a good job, but he just let himself down, under the bewitchment of his own mother
, embarked on the evil path of gambling.
Once upon a time, he hated how much his mother had ruined the entire family through gambling, and his father was so angry that he had a heart attack, and the whole family didn't even have a place to stay.
It was Sister Lingling and Brother Ayuan who tidied up the apartment and bought furniture to help them settle into their new home.
Later, my father's health improved, the two factories gradually turned over, and he gradually became richer.
Dad bought this house from Sister Xue Ling and happily told the three of them that they would start over from this new home and embark on the future one by one.
Later, Aunt Achun and Tietou joined the family.
Since then, the house has been clean and tidy. The food is fragrant three times a day. Everyone is chatting and telling jokes at the dinner table. Everyone has a smile on their face, and their eyebrows are filled with the light of happiness.
But now... there is nothing.
This family was destroyed once in his mother's hands, and again in his hands.