Lin Hui rubbed his temples, what happened today was a farce.
Lin Hui works in sales at a foreign trade company, and he does well with his clever tongue. It was this mouth that conquered the young and beautiful Lin Xuerou's mother. Coupled with her unrestrained style of making more money and spending more, the two soon got married and soon had their daughter Lin Xuerou. It's just that the advantages before marriage turned into disadvantages after marriage. As the two of them turned into three, their daily expenses gradually increased, and the two of them had a tendency not to restrain themselves. Gradually, they were barely able to balance their income and expenses in the past, to often being unable to make ends meet. Lin's mother couldn't bear this kind of life, so she cut her losses in time, parted ways with Lin Hui, and left her daughter to Lin Ta.
Last Friday afternoon, he received a call from his daughter at school. At that time, he was sitting at the card table, and next to him sat three bright-faced and high-spirited sales representatives from Party A. Especially the person opposite him must be taken care of, that is the main person in charge of this cooperation with their company.
Losing money is not difficult, but losing specific money to specific people is difficult.
The untimely ringtone rang. Seeing that Lin Hui didn't answer the phone, the man opposite said jokingly: "Manager Lin, why don't you answer the phone? If you have something to do, let's stop here today. We won't misunderstand that you lost." The money wants to escape!"
The other two people also laughed in agreement. Lin Hui made a sound, turned the front of the phone over and showed it to the three of them to see the caller ID: "What are you talking about, Mr. Li? It's my daughter calling, it must be." I'm short of money again, so here you are asking me for money! This debt collector! You three, wait for me for a minute, I'll be back right away, wait for me!"
Lin Hui walked out quickly and answered the phone: "What's going on? Tell me quickly, I'm busy!"
Lin Xuerou's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Dad, I have something to do this weekend... so... I won't go home." She seemed to have used a lot of courage to hesitantly say what she wanted to say.
"That's it?" Lin Hui said nonchalantly: "Okay, I understand, is there nothing else? Then..."
"that……"
"What? If you have anything to say, just say it. Hurry up, I have something else to do here!" Lin Hui urged impatiently.
"I want to buy a mobile phone," Lin Xuerou said hesitantly, and then quickly added: "It doesn't have to be a good one, just two or three thousand yuan."
"You are still in school, what kind of mobile phone do you want? With a mobile phone, you can play with it every day, right?" Lin Hui lectured unceremoniously. The anger that had been suppressed in his heart just now finally burst out in front of his daughter: "It doesn't have to be great. Two or three thousand dollars isn't enough. You really can stand and talk without back pain. This family doesn't want you to make money, right? Two or three thousand dollars doesn't matter anymore. You're really a young lady's body. Life!"
There was only silence on the other end of the phone.
Lin Hui turned around and looked at the three people in the room who were waiting for him to go back and continue losing money. He put away the flattering smile that was still on his face just now and showed an unabashed look of disdain. Although he said he would be back soon, at this moment he suddenly wanted to show off to them, so he deliberately began to act like a father and educate his daughter: "Xiaoxue, we are not a wealthy family, and you are not a rich man. Miss, you can't get whatever you want. You're not young now, and you won't be able to make a name for yourself in school anyway. Girls will get married sooner or later, so it's better to understand some social principles earlier. .”
"Don't you just want a new mobile phone? Can a piece of junk worth two to three thousand yuan be called a mobile phone? If my daughter wants to use it, she must use the best one. But you shouldn't come to me to ask for it. It's impossible for me, your father. I’ll always be by your side, but I can’t help you solve everything. One day you’ll have to rely on yourself, so you have to learn to rely on your own abilities to get what you want.”
"God made you so beautiful, and you have such great advantages. If you don't cherish it, you will be struck by lightning!"
"understand?"
"..."
…
Unexpectedly, one weekend later, on Monday, Lin Hui received a call from the school telling him that Lin Xuerou was missing. To say that he was not anxious would be a lie. But for some unknown reason, perhaps due to the telepathy between father and daughter, he vaguely felt that his daughter was nearby and not far away.
But after all, Lin Xuerou's accident happened in school. According to the police in charge of the investigation, the school's surveillance cameras did not capture Lin Xuerou's departure, and she seemed to disappear into the school out of thin air. This situation couldn't help but activate some of his little thoughts.
When you have an advantage, you must find ways to expand your advantage.
Sometimes opportunities are fleeting, and Lin Hui is a person who is good at speculating.
He deliberately lost nearly five figures at the poker table on Friday. At least for the next month, he will have to hold back a little and live a life of increasing income and reducing expenditure. And the current accident may allow him to recover this loss.
Even if there is no way to make the school lose money, at least they should be able to waive the tuition for the next two years. Lin Hui's calculations were rattling in his mind.
However, the important thing now is to look heartbroken and anxious in front of everyone at school.
Fortunately, victims have the right to be sad and angry.
…
In the past two days, he rushed to school at dawn and stayed until night. The school officials treated him like a Bodhisattva and offered him delicious food and drinks, for fear of irritating him again. Sometimes Lin Hui would hang out with teachers and policemen and follow them around.
"How is your relationship with Lin Xuerou? Do you know where she might go after school hours?" a policeman asked.
"I don't know. My relationship with her is quite average. We can't speak more than a few words in one semester." This was the fifth classmate they met during their visit who said this.
"I don't know, I don't have much contact with her, and she usually ignores us. We are not from the same world," said a girl.
"What do you mean?"
The girl smiled meaningfully, pretending to be mature and solemn: "Uncle policeman, I think it is better for you to ask in our class than to ask in other grades, or to ask outside the school. They may know more than us. That’s a lot.”
"You mean Lin Xuerou socializes more with people outside of school? What kind of person is she... on weekdays?"
"I don't like gossiping behind other people's backs..."
No matter how you hear these words, you feel strange. Coupled with the girl's expression full of meaning, it can't help but make people think.
"It doesn't matter, just say it, we won't leak what you said."
"Do I still need to say this? This is something that almost everyone knows, but no one has told you. Let me be the first person, and I will not do it! You should go to the third grade of junior high school to ask, the matter is not I did it!"
Therefore, the police listened to the girl's suggestion and expanded the scope of the inquiry, from the second grade to the third grade.
A tall and thin boy was sweating profusely on the basketball court while accepting admiring looks from all directions. When he heard a teacher calling him, he paused gracefully and put the basketball in his arms.
"I heard that you gave Lin Xuerou some food and entertainment every day some time ago. You two have a good relationship, right?" the policeman asked.
The boy rolled his eyes and looked at the circle of adults surrounding him, but he didn't deny it: "It's not bad."
"Then do you know where she usually goes?"
"I don't know about that. We only exchanged a few words and never went out alone."
"Aren't you... pursuing her?" The adults present all stared at the boy who was less than 16 years old with scrutinizing eyes. In fact, the most nervous ones were the police, who were already prepared that he would not tell the truth.
But the boy was generous and smiled: "Haha, I do like that girl, but I can assure you that I am definitely not in puppy love!"
"Then why do you give her something every day?"
"Of course I'm giving it to others! How can I have the money to give people 30 yuan a box of strawberries every day?"
"Help whom?"
"Brother Xiao Fang."
The "Little Brother Fang" he refers to naturally refers to Fang Zhu.
The police asked a few more questions, and the boy answered them all.
The final answer was that the off-campus high school student named Fang Zhu seemed to be getting closer to Lin Xuerou recently, and some people even saw them visiting some high-end places.
"Hey, that girl really has a heart as high as the sky and a life as thin as paper." Before leaving, the boy suddenly said such a sentence for no reason.
Everyone found it strange, especially the boy's class teacher. He was a male teacher in his 30s. He seemed to get along with these kids and didn't have the airs of a teacher. He joked: "Hey, you, a bastard who can only get 70 or 80 points on the Chinese test, can still say such literate words!"
The boy scratched his head and said with a playful smile: "Hey, I also listened to what others said, just learn it and apply it!"
…
Lin Hui walked towards the parking lot. In just one hour, his mood had been ups and downs, like a roller coaster with twists and turns. When he learned that someone had fallen into the water, his heart really jumped into his throat, and it was the first time he experienced such deep despair. But soon, someone rushed down and picked up the thing in the water. It turned out to be just a piece of clothing. It was like he was picked up from the bottom of the valley and placed on the flat ground. Once again, someone informed him that his daughter had appeared in the dormitory on her own, and there was another quarrel and quarrel. Not only did he lose face, but the plan that had been brewing in his heart for several days seemed to be ruined.
"This damn girl is more than capable of accomplishing anything but failing."
He found his car, opened the door and got into the driver's seat. Instead of rushing to start, he pressed down the window, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one slowly, leaned back on the seat and swallowed. The clouds started to spit out mist. After the cigarette burned out, he skillfully popped the cigarette butt out of the window with a snap of his fingers. At this time, the black Audi began to drive forward slowly.
The car drove to the school gate, and the electric retractable doors were closed one by one to send off this unexpected guest.
The door finally opened to a width that vehicles could pass through. Lin Hui released the brakes and stepped on the accelerator.
"Bang--bang--bang--" It is now half past two in the afternoon, the autumn air is crisp and the day is clear. Fireworks exploded at the entrance of Yunhe City Experimental Middle School. Even under the bright sky, the colors of the fireworks could still be seen - yellow, white, and red. .
These gorgeous colors will not be overwhelmed, just like you can't annihilate the fire that is about to burn, and you can't stop the fireworks that are about to explode.
The school guard ran out of the security booth with a look of horror on his face. In front of him was a burning car, with fireworks exploding over the car.
