Chapter 2 If I had never seen the sun Lu Shuang 02
There are some memories that I have always wanted to remove from my mind like picking out fish bones, but they often come back again, like fish bones stuck deep in the throat, which I can neither spit out nor swallow.
I first met Shen Yuxi 6 years ago when I was 11 years old. I thought he had probably forgotten , but I still couldn't help but remember him.
I still remember that day, Lu Lan and I had been hungry for a long time. Lu Lan was my younger brother, he was only 7 years old at the time, and hunger made him look too thin, not as strong as the 5-year-old children on the street. He timidly held my hand, with a look of despair on his face: "Sister... Mom doesn't want us anymore?"
I didn't answer him, but just stared at the people coming and going. I don't know what other people's 11-year-olds are like, but when I was 11, I probably had an adult with both scheming and means living in my heart. Three years after my parents divorced, Lu Lan and I spent three years like a nightmare.
Before I was 8 years old, I was similar to that reporter, with a well-off family. Su Xin, my mother, was from a business family. She was the only daughter in the family, so she married my father, Lu Jingcheng, with a huge family business. Of course, she didn't understand business, so Lu Jingcheng took care of it later. She was a real flower in a greenhouse, and she never touched the water.
Lu Lan and I were almost raised by a nanny. The thing Su Xin did most was to take us to the mall to buy clothes, shoes and bags, and then find a beautiful cafe to sit down and rest, drink coffee, and call the sisters to chat.
Perhaps she had never thought that Lu Jingcheng would betray her one day, and betray her so thoroughly. He took away almost all of the family property and left with a young woman, leaving only alimony, and drove Su Xin, me, and Lu Lan out together.
Su Xin was a woman without any ability to make a living, while Lu Jingcheng was a man who had risen from the bottom of society. So before Su Xin even understood what was going on, she had already moved into a shabby rental apartment with her small bag. She looked as if her soul had been taken away, and she couldn't even make an expression of fear.
In the early days, she cried every day, day and night. The landlord tried to persuade us several times but to no avail, and even wanted to kick us out, but in the end he didn't take any action because he felt that Lu Lan and I were too pitiful. Sometimes the landlord would bring some food to help us, so Lu Lan and I didn't starve to death.
Later, Su Xin stopped crying and started learning to cook, but none of her cooking was edible. Finally, I learned to cook with the help of my landlord. Although my life changed dramatically, I was able to adapt very well. I think it was because I was like Lu Jingcheng in my heart. He was three parts tactical and seven parts cold-blooded. I was originally a sophisticated and adaptable person.
Su Xin tried to find a job, but she didn't know how to do anything and didn't want to do hard work, so she encountered setbacks everywhere and began to drown her sorrows in alcohol. It was from that time that I realized that she was a little abnormal. She began to leave early and come back late, and every time she came back, she would carry a lot of things, including clothes, shoes and bags. I recognized these things, they were luxury goods, and Su Xin had bought them often in the past.
However, the money Lu Jingcheng gave was only enough to pay for Lu Lan and me for several years of tuition and living expenses. How could it be enough to buy so many brand-name products? She overdrew all the credit cards that could be overdrawn, bought things crazily, and when she sobered up, she sat in front of a pile of useless brand-name products and broke down and cried.
I asked the landlord to help us sell some of our brand-name items for money, but since they were resale items, they would definitely be discounted, and we couldn't sell them fast enough to keep up with her buying speed. Eventually, she had no money left, so she borrowed from the landlord and everyone she could, but everyone stayed away from us, and we were forced to move several times.
When I first met Shen Yuxi, Lu Lan and I hadn't had enough food for several days. All the rice at home was gone, and we had no money left. Su Xin grabbed my hand like crazy and asked me in a trembling voice: "A Shuang, can you help mom? Is there any way to get money? Is there any other way to get money?"
I looked at her coldly, pulled my hand back, pulled Lu Lan up, and ran out of the house like crazy and ran into the street.
I didn't know where to go. I actually went to find Lu Jingcheng, but he had already had a child with his second wife. The woman was very angry about my appearance, and she snatched back the money Lu Jingcheng gave me, then pushed me out of the door and slammed it shut.
Since then, Lu Jingcheng never helped me and Lu Lan again, and treated us as if we were air. I saw disgust and indifference in his eyes, as if we were a burden and trouble to him.
Lu Lan and I ran away from home and had nowhere to go.
I also want to know if there is any way to make money, but we are really too small and there is nothing we can do.
Looking at the traffic coming and going, a thought suddenly came to my mind. I once heard that some people deliberately get hit by cars to blackmail the car owners, which is called "pengci".
I took Lu Lan and squatted on the side of the road, staring closely at every passing car, watching their speed, trying to judge when I could rush out.
I still remember that it was drizzling that day, it was getting dark, and the road was slippery. Because it was a busy city, the speed of the car was not fast, I quickly found the target, and then took Lu Lan's hand and rushed to the road: "Alan, trust me, there will be food after today."
The car lights were so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. Lu Lan wanted to run away, but I held his hand tightly.
We stood together in front of the oncoming car, all drenched by the rain.
