“How much is the family in debt now?”
“Why not? Debt collectors come five or six times a day, blocking the door and refusing to leave. You came early today, if you had been a little later, those debt collectors would have gone to work, and you would have known how scary it was. The daughter of the old Wang family downstairs is too scared to come home every day. What do you think we are suffering from? Xiaochao, I know you’re a good boy, so you should help Lin Fang. Either you and Lin Fang can find a way to pay back the money, or you can persuade the family to move away, to a place where no one knows about it. ”
This Uncle Li was really worried, and rambled on and on with me, persuading me to take on the debt for the Lin family, and saying that if I was willing to pay back the money for Lin Fang, Lin Fang would definitely be willing to marry me.
“She’s not the kind of person who would commit herself to someone for money, is she?” I said, “It turns out there are a lot of rich people chasing her.”
Uncle Li was a bit embarra*sed, looking like he wanted to say something but didn’t, scratching his head and not knowing how to take my words.
“Uncle Li, you don’t have to worry much, just say what you have to say. Lin Fang and I are not a couple.”
Uncle Li was stunned and surprised, “What did you say? You and her are not a couple?!” He looked me up and down in disbelief, “How is that possible, if you’re not her boyfriend, why did you used to run to his house every day? And arranging hospital visits for her dad.”
I lost my voice and laughed a little, suddenly not knowing how to explain to Uncle Li, the story in between was too complicated. And although Lin Fang had done so many things to me, I was a big man and I didn’t want to get back at her by destroying her reputation; after all, I had loved her and she still had to live around here.
I had to say, “I did chase her, but she was so good, she couldn’t see someone like me.”
Uncle Li nodded: “Then, then you came today ……”
“Haha, I came today to pick her up to go to work, she is now my colleague and it is inconvenient to commute to work. Don’t get me wrong Uncle Li, I have a girlfriend now. I like her a lot, she’s a very good girl.”
I couldn’t help but have a smile on my face when I thought of Chu Xiaoxiao, causing Uncle Li to look stunned for a moment, and I couldn’t help but touch my face, a problem I just couldn’t change.
Uncle Li sighed and said, “Congratulations then, Xiaochao, you’re a good boy, you were right not to get involved with Lin Fang.”
He glanced upstairs to make sure he couldn’t be heard, and then said to me, “I’ll tell you what, since you don’t want to go after Lin Fang, you should stay as far away from this family as you can. You see, Lin Fang is good-looking, but why has no one wanted her after all these years? The people who are after her can shoot from her door to the outside of her neighborhood, but no one dares to marry her! Do you know about that Chen Yu Zhou? ”
I didn’t really want to hear anyone say anything bad about Lin Fang, but when I heard Chen Yu Zhou’s name, my curiosity got up all of a sudden.
What exactly was the relationship between Chen Yu Zhou and Lin Fang?
I asked Chu Xiaoxiao a few times, but she was reluctant to talk to me, but I was not a fool, I could feel that Lin Fang’s relationship with Chen Yu Zhou was not that simple.
“I know, all three of us went to high school together.”
Uncle Li said mysteriously, “Let me tell you, in the past, Chen Yu Zhou was so attentive to Lin Fang that he made five trips to her house in three days. He was a rich young master, what kind of woman did he want? But in order to chase this Lin Fang, he had to get down on his knees to serve her. You can see that Lin Fang’s father is a sick boy, and this young man has found a ward and a doctor for him. A few years ago, old Lin’s illness stopped, and without this young Chen, old Lin would not have survived the operation this year.”
Lin Fang had never told me these things, and I didn’t believe that Chen Yu Zhou could go this far for Lin Fang. He was the one who forced the critically ill Lin’s father to move out of the ward in the first place.
But there was no reason for Uncle Li to denigrate Lin Fang in front of me, even if Lin Fang’s family owed a lot of money, there was no need to do so.
“Then why did Chen Yu Zhou stop chasing Lin Fang afterwards?”
“They’re both engaged! Don’t you know? Somehow, they didn’t get married. You don’t have to look at Lin Fang, but her family isn’t a good one. Her brother, who is a gambler, has owed millions of dollars over the past few years, and the debt collector has no income. You and Lin Fang are cla*smates and colleagues, do you know how much Lin Fang’s monthly salary is, is it enough to pay back? It’s not even enough! As the saying goes, gambling is a bottomless pit, so you should live your life well. Uncle Li is also a man and knows that men are always looking at the pot while eating from the bowl, but the Lin family is in a mess, so it’s better for you to stay out of it.”
I didn’t say anything, but I was dumbfounded.
Lin Kang actually owed so much money?
“But Chen Yu Zhou is so rich, and if he likes Lin Fang so much and Lin Fang needs money, why doesn’t he stay with him?” I asked.
Uncle Li laughed: “Doesn’t Chen Yu Zhou have a brain? This kind of woman can just play around, throwing down money as a maintenance fee, marry home? He wouldn’t dare. Besides, even if he dares to marry her, is his old man’s mother a fake? He would let such a daughter-in-law enter the house? You see, not to mention getting married and becoming in-laws, even us neighbours who don’t have any friendship with her and just live in the same building are out of luck. Hey, our house is in the centre of the city, if we really want to sell it, it will definitely fetch a good price, but now with such a mess, who dares to come to us to buy it?
Just as he finished speaking, the sound of the iron door opening rang out from upstairs, and Uncle Li hurriedly said, “Young man, that’s all I have to say, you can judge for yourself, this woman is a good woman, you are a good boy, don’t get involved with her.”
After saying that, he hurriedly closed the door, and I heard Lin Fang’s voice coming from upstairs.
“Zhang Chao, is that you?”
I replied with a yes, my heart still not returning, quite unpleasantly.
It wasn’t like Lin Fang owed all this money, yet she was carrying these debts that didn’t belong to her, while Lin Kang could get away with it, why?
I had mixed feelings in my heart and was still a bit confused when I got upstairs. Lin Fang saw me and smiled, asking a bit suspiciously, “What were you talking to Uncle Li about just now?”
“Oh, nothing, isn’t Uncle Li’s son about to take his college entrance exams? Had a few casual conversations with him.”
Just as I finished my sentence, my mobile phone rang in my pocket, just as I didn’t want to continue lying to Lin Fang, so I interrupted the conversation by answering the phone.
“Captain, Nim is also too unreasonable.” With this mouthful of plastic Mandarin, I knew it was Xiao Cai without having to ask, and I immediately remembered something, I had arranged to meet with Lin Yue’er and Xiao Cai last night, but it turned out that there was so much going on last night that I had completely forgotten about it.
“Hey, I really forgot about it yesterday, this is my fault, you can say hello to Lin Yue’er for me, I’m really sorry. Let’s do it tomorrow night, I’ll definitely apologise on my doorstep tomorrow night.”
Xiao Cai complained about me some more, and repeatedly counted out my words. I wondered in my heart why he had become more of a P***y than before, but I heard Lin Yue’er whispering on the other end of the phone, “Brother Cai, don’t blame the young boss, he must have been delayed.”
Xiao Cai also covered the microphone and said to Lin Yue’er, “You don’t have to talk to me for him, I’ll talk to him for you.”
“Captain ……”
“Aiyo comrade Cai, you are now upgraded to be big brother Cai, when will you invite me for a wedding drink?”
Xiao Cai stammered all of a sudden, the words that had reached his mouth couldn’t come out, I almost didn’t let him die laughing.
“I, I ……”
“Okay, Comrade Cai, I don’t know what you’re thinking, do I? You can, fast enough.”
