Chapter 51: The Girl with a Melon-like Face
Winter afternoon.
At the bus stop, the girl opposite me looked slightly downward, seeming a little uncomfortable.
"Um...can you lend me some money?" She asked suddenly, her voice so soft that it was almost blown away by the wind.
This is... Feng Sichu?
Li Fu looked at the girl in front of him again with some surprise. She was wearing a long down jacket on her upper body, which showed her slim figure. There was a lily embroidered on the torn part of the sleeve. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans on her lower body, which looked like they had been worn for a long time and had become a little white and faded.
Although the girl's face looks haggard, she is still full of the watery beauty of Sichuan and Chongqing girls, with a high nose bridge, a cherry mouth and big black eyes. She just looks a little silly, with the cute attributes of an idiot.
Suddenly, memories about the other person flooded into Li Fu's mind like a tide. He remembered the girl who used to catch fish by the river, climb trees, and steal fruits from neighbors with him when they were little.
The smile, the eyes, the voice...
Everything seems like yesterday.
Li Fu's mood suddenly became very good.
A man has been wandering on the rivers and seas for so many years without returning home. It is a rare opportunity for him to meet an old friend in a foreign land. He excitedly wants to say something, but doesn't know where to start.
Li Fu opened his mouth and thought of the other party asking him to borrow money. He asked in confusion:
"Did something happen to you...Chu..." He stopped halfway through calling the other person's nickname.
More than ten years ago, the other party was just a little girl of five or six years old, and there was nothing wrong with calling her by a nickname at that time, but now the other party has grown into a graceful young lady.
We haven't seen each other for ten years, so calling her "Chu Chu" would be a bit too intimate.
So Li Fu asked a different question with a smile, "I heard from my parents back home a few years ago that you were admitted to Chongqing University. Did you graduate this year? Your aunt has loved you since you were a child. How could she let you come to Jianghai alone?"
"Mom... passed away last year."
The girl suddenly raised her head and glanced at Li Fu.
Then he lowered his head again.
Ah this?
Li Fu was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Sorry."
"It's a landslide. Grandma said it's fate and there's no way to avoid it." The girl's voice was so low that it could be blown away by the wind, and it sounded as if she was talking to herself.
"Then uncle..."
This time, Li Fu stopped asking halfway through.
Feng Sichu's father was a famous gambler in the mountain village. He was hiding from debts and never returned home all year round. Li Fu had only seen him a few times since he was a child, so this question was useless.
After a moment of silence, Li Fu asked directly, "How much money do you need?"
His salary as a substitute in recent years is not high, and Jianghai is a well-known high-consumption city.
If the girl asked for tens of thousands of dollars, Li Fu really wouldn't be able to come up with the money, and he would also have to worry about whether the other party had joined a pyramid scheme.
Unexpectedly, Feng Sichu's cheeks began to heat up when she heard Li Fu's question. She lowered her head and said in an embarrassed voice, " Three... No, two thousand, two thousand is enough."
At this point, the girl looked up at Li Fu, and with a bit of panic in her clear eyes, she assured him earnestly:
"I will definitely pay you back when I get my salary next month."
Hi!
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
Li Fu opened WeChat and checked his balance, which showed he had 18,000 yuan left. He then added Feng Sichu on WeChat.
The other party's WeChat name is Xiao Xingyun,
The avatar is a lily.
After adding the WeChat account, Li Fu directly transferred two thousand yuan to the other party, and the other party's phone received a ding sound to notify him that the money had arrived.
"Thanks!"
Feng Sichu's eyes lit up, and then he seemed to remember something and hurriedly took out paper and pen from his canvas bag.
"What are you doing?" Li Fu asked.
The girl was stunned, and lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "I...I want to write you an IOU."
Li Fu couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
He showed the transfer record on his phone and joked, "That's not necessary. If you don't pay me back, I can use this to collect the debt."
“No, no!”
Feng Sichu waved his hands hastily upon hearing this. A layer of mist suddenly covered his dark, bright eyes as he said anxiously:
"I will definitely pay you back after I get paid next month! Definitely! Definitely! I won't default on my debt."
Ah this?
Thinking about how this girl was silly and could not stand being teased when she was little, and how she would still be like this when she grew up, Li Fu couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.
Then he asked in confusion, "When did you arrive in Jianghai? Did you leave your hometown without any money? Did something happen on the way?"
Hearing this, Feng Sichu lowered his head again and said sadly, "I just arrived at noon. It was my father. He was waiting for me at the station in my hometown. He said someone was collecting debts and asked me to give him money."
"Ah? Just give it to him if he wants it?" Li Fu was speechless.
"He said... they would beat him to death." Feng Sichu said.
"Let him die." Li Fu laughed angrily.
Oh shit!
Gamblers are so inhumane!
Only caring about yourself,
He never thought about taking all his daughter's money away and how she would live alone in a strange city where she didn't know anyone.
Fortunately, I am sworn enemies of gambling and drugs!
"So where do you live now?"
“Staff dormitory.”
"Did you find a job?"
"Um, oops!"
"What's wrong?"
"In the afternoon, there will be an induction training in the afternoon."
"Then go ahead. Wait, don't leave here yet."
Li Fu glanced at Feng Sichu's haggard face and guessed that she had not had time to eat after taking such a long train ride. He glanced at the roadside and turned to run out.
Li Fu jogged all the way to the opposite side and into the alley. He came to a pancake stall and saw the aunt who was packing up the stall.
"Auntie, give me a pancake with an extra egg."
"I'm closing my stall!"
"Auntie, please be kind and give me one."
“I can’t do it.”
"Why?"
The aunt directly picked up the flour bucket and showed it to Li Fu.
"The batter is gone, what should I do?"
Damn! Why didn’t you say so earlier!
Fortunately, the aunt was a nice person. Seeing that Li Fu seemed a little anxious, she pointed him in the right direction without caring about "helping the enemy" - there was also a pancake stall in the alley across the street.
Li Fu hurried over again.
I was afraid that Feng Sichu would get anxious while waiting.
Li Fu took out his phone and sent a message, "Just stay where you are, don't move, I'll be there soon."
Just turned off the screen,
The phone vibrated.
Feng Sichu replied.
It's the expression of a cat nodding obediently.
Quite obedient.
But why does he still feel as innocent as he was when he was a child? Li Fu smiled, put away his phone and quickly crossed the road.
A few minutes later,
Li Fu ran back to the bus stop carrying a hot pancake. From a distance, he saw the girl who looked like a lily in the wind under the warm afternoon sun.
But the next second,
Li Fu's brows couldn't help but slightly frown.
At the bus stop, a strange man who looked like an agent and was wearing a formal suit and tie was wandering beside the girl. He had a professional smile on his face and was saying something exaggeratedly to Feng Sichu.
"Beauty, you have a very special temperament, did you know that?"
"We are one of the top ten anchor companies in the industry. You can search on Qichacha and find that they are all formally registered companies."
"Really, you can try it for a month, and you can quit if you're not satisfied, but I think it's a shame for you not to do live streaming."
"Well, let's add a contact number first, okay?"
Although Feng Sichu had just graduated from school,
But we will not be without vigilance.
Faced with the enthusiasm of this strange man, she was obviously a little scared. She clearly refused him several times, but he still pestered her relentlessly.
So the silly girl had to bite her lips, stand motionless at the bus stop, lower her head and remain silent.
People waiting for the bus nearby also came to watch the fun.
It is very common for anchor companies to scout potential newcomers on the streets in Jianghai, a big city where materialism is rampant.
Ordinary people can’t even imagine meeting such a person.
But this girl's temperament is quite different.
There is a sense of tranquility, as if bamboos are growing in the open fields.
"Hey? What are you doing?" At this time, Li Fu came over with a pancake and said with a stern face.
The anchor's company's agent looked up at the aggressive Li Fu and shrugged, "Oh, you are this beautiful lady's boyfriend, sorry to bother you."
In this society, most normal-minded guys probably wouldn't be willing to let their girlfriends be anchors, as they might run away with the top anchor one day.
But he took a look at Li Fu and thought he was handsome. No wonder he could attract girls so much. But he didn't look like he had much money, so he felt a little sorry.
Nowadays, a woman’s beauty can be monetized.
But I couldn't seize the opportunity.
If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it too.
However, seeing Li Fu's unfriendly expression, the agent put on a smile and turned away from this place of trouble.
When Feng Sichu heard Li Fu's voice, she raised her head and looked at him with bright eyes. When she noticed the pancake in his hand, her face suddenly turned red and she covered her stomach embarrassedly.
"Well, we were in a hurry this time. I'll treat you to a meal again when I have the chance." Li Fu handed her the pancake and reminded her, "If you meet someone like this in the future, just walk away if you don't want to."
“But…but…”
The girl moved her lips.
"No buts."
Li Fu said from his own experience, "These people make a living from this. If you don't leave, they will shamelessly stick to you like flies, understand?"
"Got it." The girl nodded seriously.
Looking at her silly nodding expression, Li Fu inexplicably recalled the nodding expression of the well-behaved cat on WeChat just now.
Too melon.
He was somewhat speechless:
"Do you know why you didn't leave just now?"
The girl lowered her head, wrung her hands, and stammered, "But...you asked me to wait for you here."
"Um?"
Li Fu was stunned.
There was a moment,
The graceful girl in front of me seemed to overlap with the little figure in my memory when I went to the neighbor's orchard to steal fruits when I was a child. I ran away, but she stood there stupidly waiting to be caught.
Suddenly, the long-lost estrangement seemed to disappear all of a sudden. Li Fu couldn't help but raise his hand to rub her forehead, and shook his head like he did when he was a child:
"It's so cute."
Hearing these familiar words, the girl's eyes lit up slightly and she looked down at the hot pancake in her hand.
He whispered, "No."
At this time, bus No. 21 arrived at the station.
Feng Sichu looked at Li Fu reluctantly, and Li Fu smiled and said, "Go quickly, don't be late on the first day, leave a good impression on the leader, and I'll treat you to dinner next time I have the chance."
The bus stopped at the station.
The car door opens.
Feng Sichu nodded reluctantly and got into the car.
Li Fu suddenly remembered something, slapped his head, and couldn't help asking, "By the way, I haven't asked you which company you joined? Where did you receive your induction training? I'll check for you later."
The city is full of tricks.
Don’t let this idiot get tricked into joining a pyramid scheme.
"Um... it's called Tengjing Sports Company. It's located at... Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center. There will be an induction training for hosts this afternoon."
The girl turned around at the car door and answered.
"Sa Zi?"
Li Fu was stunned on the spot.
