Chapter 0081: Simple Student
After following the students and walking for more than twenty minutes, we finally arrived at the residential area.
Low and messy houses were built in no particular order on both sides of the road. Most of the yards were quiet, as if everyone had gone to work.
The student came to the gate of one of the courtyards, pushed open the door and walked in.
He lives here?
I followed them and found that this was another short-term rental house built by a resident, which could also be called a small hotel.
The door was ajar and opened with a push.
The yard was not big and was fairly clean. A short and fat middle-aged woman was sitting under the eaves picking vegetables.
The student in the plaid shirt nodded to the woman, took out the key, opened the door of a room on the first floor, and closed the door after entering.
"Are you here to stay?" When the middle-aged woman saw me, she put down her basket, stood up and greeted me warmly.
"That's right, sister, do you have any room available?" I replied.
"Yes, all the rooms on the first floor are for rent. You can live in whichever one you like." The middle-aged woman was very happy and led me to the room. "I clean it every day. There is hot water and other things. It is very clean. Don't worry about living here!"
"Are all the first floor rental rooms?" I pointed at the room the student entered without intending to do so.
"Yes, all on the first floor." The middle-aged man boasted with a smile, "My price is fair, the house is clean, and it's very comfortable to live in. If you don't believe me, ask the kid just now. He's a college student and he won't lie to you!"
"Why are students renting a house at this time? Don't they have to go to school?"
"I won't lie to you. He said his family is so poor that he can't afford to go to school, so he came here to work and earn some money for tuition. He's a very gentle and honest child. It's quite pitiful."
"Really? That's a coincidence. I'm here to look for a job as well. I'll just ask him which factory is hiring."
"Oh, if you're going to work over there, my house would be the best choice! It's close, the price is right, and you can even bring your cat with you... What's more, your cat is quite lovable..."
The middle-aged women were even happier.
I chose the room next to the student's, and used the excuse of finding a job to renew the lease, and only paid a deposit and one day's rent. Then, I knocked on the student's door.
"Hello, can I bother you for a moment?"
After half a minute, I could feel the student looked at me through the peephole before opening the door.
"Who are you? What's the matter?"
A slightly immature young face came into my sight. He looked to be less than 20 years old, gentle and thin, with a hint of caution in his tone.
"Hello, my last name is Li. I'm also a tenant here. I heard from the elder sister that you were looking for a job in that factory. I wanted to ask you about the situation there. I also want to find a job." I said with a smile.
Wangcai cooperated well and squatted on my shoulder, looking at the students with his chubby face tilted.
"Sorry, I haven't found a job yet." The student looked at me warily.
"It's okay. I heard that there's a factory that pays very well. I can take you there. Can we go inside and talk?" Without waiting for the student to refuse, I entered his room.
The student frowned and his eyes became more alert.
The room is not big, with just a bed, a cabinet and a table, the simplest and most standard configuration for a cheap rental house.
His backpack was on the table and his glasses case was taken out.
"This is my room. Outsiders are not welcome. Please go out!" The student looked at the glasses case nervously.
"Aren't you short of money for tuition? Are you not interested in the job I'm talking about?" I pulled over a chair and sat down, still smiling.
"Finding a job is my own business. I say it again, please get out!"
"Don't worry, listen to me tell you the name of the factory, and it's not too late to refuse." I looked at the student and slowed down my speech, "Lucheng Electronics Factory."
The student's face changed drastically, and he stood at the door and asked in panic, "You, who are you?"
"Don't worry, I'm not from the factory. I just happened to see you sneaking into the factory." I picked up the glasses case on the table and opened it. Inside were two key models made of chewing gum .
"Are you going to call the police or blackmail me?" The student's young face was full of tension, and he gritted his teeth and tried his best to stay calm.
"Neither." I closed my glasses case. "I just want to know, what was your purpose in going to that factory?"
"Why should I tell you?" the student said angrily, "I didn't steal anything. Even if you call the police, there's nothing you can do to me!"
"Kid, I just told you that I will not call the police and I have no plans against you. I have no ill intentions. I am just curious about what you want to investigate in that factory."
"What's it got to do with you?" When the student heard me say this, his expression relaxed a little, but he still didn't have a good impression of me.
"Because I'm also investigating that factory, and I found some scary things." I guided him step by step, "I want to know if our goals are the same."
The student was stunned for a moment, looked at me several times, and finally asked tentatively: "Are you looking for someone too?"
My eyes lit up: "You have relatives working there and never coming back, right?"
The student hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
He is not very cunning, just like his eyes, which show a kind of inexperienced simplicity and kindness, and he is very easy to trust others.
"You too?" he asked again.
"Yes, a classmate of mine who was very close to me went to this factory and never came back. I was asked by his family to go to the factory to look for him."
After hearing my white lie, the student's eyes changed when he looked at me. They became softer and kinder, and there was also a hint of disbelief and surprise, as if he had found a comrade-in-arms.
"My brother went to that factory. It's been two months and there's no news." He relaxed his tense mood, closed the door, and sat on the bed in sorrow.
"My name is Zhao Xiaohai, and my brother's name is Zhao Xiaojun. I was admitted to university this year. My brother worked two jobs to raise money for my tuition. It was very hard!"
"I wanted to do some part-time work during the summer vacation to reduce his burden, but my brother didn't want me to suffer that hardship, so he never allowed me to go out to work and only asked me to study hard at home."
"Two months ago, he happily brought back a job advertisement, saying he had found a job with good pay, and that he could earn enough to pay for my four years of college tuition in just a few months."
As he spoke, Zhao Xiaohai took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket and slowly unfolded it.
A4 paper with a job advertisement printed on it.
The factory is short of people, offering a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan, including food and accommodation. If you are interested, please call us.
The signature did not include the manufacturer's name or address, only a phone number.
It should be the job advertisement of Lvcheng Electronics Factory.
"But two months have passed and my brother hasn't come back yet, and I can't get through on the phone! My brother would never be like this!"
"We have been dependent on each other for so many years. He would tell me wherever he went or what he did. I haven't heard from him for three months. Something must have happened to him!"
