"My whole life..." Zheng Chunsheng rubbed his temples with a sad expression, "I have lived in vain."
He lowered his head and glanced at the place where his arms were neatly tied up and the excess fabric was tied with a delicate bow. The tense muscles finally relaxed, and the blood flow seemed to be smoother.
As the secret was revealed, he fell silent for a moment.
Jiang Qiu was about to open his mouth to say something, but Liang An stopped him in advance, as if he had discovered his thoughts in advance. In the past ten minutes, they had listened to the entire story hidden by Zheng Chunsheng. Liang An also had a vague feeling that perhaps in Jiang Qiu's eyes, their story had progressed to the stage of "comforting the victim's family", so he decided to speak out. Common sense.
This is a natural conclusion, but letting Jiang Qiu speak is obviously not the right choice at this moment.
As one of the victim's family members, Zheng Chunsheng's only concern was his son.
The story told by Zheng Chunsheng is not very complicated, but it is not very simple.
As a young divorced single father, he was also a man who made a living on the construction site in his early years, overdrawn his labor and was busy working to make money. The ambitions he had when he was young are no longer possible. Under the economic pressure of big cities, and Zheng Chunsheng himself is not good at playing both sides, he can only work hard. Overtime is the norm, and educating his only son has become a problem.
But contrary to this dilemma, his son has excellent grades, which can be said to be the most worry-free state.
Zheng Chunsheng was very satisfied.
Whether it was the pride during the parent-teacher meeting or the joy of getting the report card at the end of the semester, he felt a sense of trance from the bottom of his heart, like having a long sweet dream, and when he woke up and opened his eyes, he found that this turned out to be reality.
His son never disappoints him. He himself studied for a few days when he was young, but gave up further education because his family had no money and went out to work. Over the past few decades, I guess this learning gene has been passed down, and his son's achievements have also allowed him to see another life of his own.
A long journey ahead, this was his wish written on the table with a pencil tip when he was in school. Under the baptism of repetitive and monotonous life, he had forgotten this ignorant expectation very early, and it was not until his son was born that the idea came to him.
Zheng Wancheng, this is the name of Zheng Chunsheng's son, and it is also his greatest pride in the rest of his life.
In any case, Zheng Chunsheng still missed most of his family time, and he regretted it. At the end of the college entrance examination, Zheng Wancheng rushed to the construction site to show his father his admission letter and a bright future.
It is a major with the highest scores in a prestigious local university, and its quality is ranked high in the world. The most important thing is that it is only a two-hour drive from the suburbs where my home is. Hearing what his son said, Zheng Chunsheng couldn't be more moved.
He had already made preparations for his son to go to other provinces for further study. He had also secretly calculated the tuition fees, travel expenses, etc. needed to go to college, and made any possible preparations based on his financial strength.
My regrets must not be repeated in future generations. He inquired about his son's extraordinary performance, and his scores might be on the threshold for admission to the best university in the capital. That name alone was enough to make his old Zheng family "smoke rise from their ancestral graves."
But Zheng Wancheng, who was given all the rights to choose, did not do so himself. Although his son later told him that he made another choice because his scores were unstable and he couldn't get into his favorite major, Zheng Chunsheng also understood that after finally getting an incredible score, why didn't his son want to give it a try? Just the thought of being able to reduce the burden and accompany his father also induced him to make another choice.
Zheng Wancheng, who entered the university campus, was as outstanding as ever. Perhaps because of the blessing of high scores, his grades never declined due to laziness. Zheng Wancheng often saw his son posting some life-related content in social spaces, such as when he became a member of a club Ministers, class cadres, classmates and friends took photos after dinner, etc...
It all ends with a busy autumn day.
Zheng Chunsheng's department took over a big project. In order to make money, he took on a lot of other people's work on his own, relying on his health to work under the scorching sun all day long. And when he came back, he found countless missed calls on his phone, which was hot in the sun. He was startled and felt a faint sense of fear.
When he finally called, the school counselor told him that Zheng Wancheng had lost contact.
Others said that he was running away from people who came to collect debts.
This is not the real beginning of the matter. There are many prerequisites. For example, Zheng Wancheng opened a credit card, borrowed various loans, and completed this series of borrowing money using his student ID card from a prestigious school. Zheng Chunsheng could not understand this kind of thing at all, and he firmly denied the speculation he heard and saw from others about this kind of thing during the initial investigation.
Spending a lot of money gambling, he firmly believes that his son is not that kind of person.
However, the reality is different from the worst imagination, and it is more hurtful.
In addition to the initial emotion, Zheng Chunsheng had many worries about the unknown. For example, his son’s consumption level at school was inferior to that of other classmates and he felt inferior. For example, his son could not adapt to the pace of life on the university campus, but he was half a city away. It wasn't a huge obstacle to him. What he didn't expect was that his always smart son was deceived.
According to his roommate's description, half a year ago, Zheng Wancheng was suddenly excited for several days. He carefully selected someone for reference and bought a new pair of shoes online based on the size.
My roommate knew that he always insisted on going to the store to buy things to be sure, and was not that obsessed with brands. After asking out of curiosity, he heard that Zheng Wancheng used his scholarship and money earned from part-time work to make "wind investment" and made a lot of money. Extra money.
For most students who have almost never really stepped out of the ivory tower, "investment" is a strange and awe-inspiring thing. The only place close to life is self-satisfaction, and they have heard of it more or less. I am envious of the successful entrepreneurial experiences of my peers.
And this so-called investment was a scam introduced by an "acquaintance". Zheng Wancheng was lured into the scam with the price of the cheapest pair of brand-name shoes. Others put on a show for him, and even arranged the so-called "investor's job", and then the situation became more and more intense until the show was over and the people left. Zheng Wancheng was caught off guard and lost everything he could rely on.
What follows is the overwhelming debt.
Zheng Wancheng is indeed outstanding, but his social experience is too little after all. Even if he had a little more knowledge, it might be of no use. Luck never favors the weak, and there are many evil people in the world.
For Zheng Chunsheng, this situation was not just a bolt from the blue, but also the first time it happened to his son, whom he was proud of. After the investigation became clear, he went through all the traces his son had left on the Internet and found that he didn't know him at all.
For example, my son actually has a girlfriend from the same club. Because he is envious of his roommate who often goes to the gym, he runs three times a day. In order to maintain his figure, he watches a lot of fitness videos on the Internet...
For another example, he forwarded many public account articles on how to make money through investment a long time ago. He also told his father earlier that maybe he would be able to make money part-time in a few months and support himself without Zheng Chunsheng's living expenses.
Zheng Chunsheng only thought that this was his son's ambitious ambition as always, but he did not expect that it was the prelude to a trap.
In the mess, even if he asked more, or if his son took the initiative to ask him once, this situation would not happen.
Playing truant or dropping out of school were all a fantasy to Zheng Wancheng. But after he suddenly disappeared, everything went smoothly except for the most normal procedures.
Zheng Wancheng is still missing.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Chunsheng's work was almost impossible. If he had not considered paying off his son's debt in the future, he would not have persisted in working, but he was persuaded to go home because of his anxious mental state.
But it's not over yet.
A month later, he received a delivery.
