Chapter 7 Depression 03
"You've been studying for more than ten years, all just to get into college and get a diploma. Now that you've passed, don't talk about dropping out. Just continue to study hard in school, and we'll be watching your mom. Just come back more often when you're free. Since you don't want me to call you a bastard and want me to acknowledge you as my granddaughter, then do something good for me so that no one can look down on you!"
These were the last words my grandfather left me before I left.
I still have to go back to school and fight for my life.
Grandpa promised to help me take good care of my mother.
The mansion at home had been hollowed out long ago, leaving only an empty shell, but it was sold at a high price, more than two million yuan, enough for an ordinary family to live on for decades.
As soon as my mother is discharged from the hospital, she will move to my grandfather's house, and my grandfather will not let her go to the bar and degenerate. I will soon have a normal home again.
Before going back to school, I went to see Li Wei again.
She asked her mother to give me a cell phone and asked me to return it to Ji Yusheng.
Weiwei asked me, "Ye Zi, do you know the taste of love? You've been in love with Lin Feng before, so you should know a little bit, isn't it bittersweet ? It's a pity that my love, just after it sprouted, was destined to never blossom and bear fruit. Please tell Ji Yusheng that I don't like him, not at all, not at all, tell him not to contact me anymore, give him the phone back, and tell him not to contact me anymore. Don't tell him that I'm locked up here, tell him that I went to France with my boyfriend, so that he will give up, haha."
"Weiwei, when did you start?" I asked Li Wei.
Li Wei smiled bitterly, "There was no beginning. It was him who pestered me. I didn't hate him and didn't push him away. Later, I found that I actually liked him, but it was too late. One year later, I came out and I was no longer the energetic, proud and outspoken Li Wei. I was no longer the Li Wei that Ji Yusheng liked. So, it's better not to start than to end up with nothing."
"Weiwei, why don't you tell him that you actually want him to wait for you. You want him to wait for you for a year like I did. Why don't you give yourself a chance?" I asked through the hole in the glass partition, grabbing Li Wei 's cold hand, my voice choked with sobs.
"No, I really don't need it. Ye Zi, this is for you. Go find someone above and help me do something. When I get out, I won't be the same Li Wei anymore. So I don't need Ji Yu Sheng. Only the previous Li Wei is worthy of Ji Yu Sheng. One year, just one year. Ye Zi, you are smarter than anyone else. Help me run the store for a year until I get out. I don't trust anyone but you. Otherwise, if I let it go to waste, the brothers who have been with me for a long time will have nothing to eat. Although I, Li Wei, have a bad temper, I am loyal. I can't abandon that group of people. Ye Zi, help me!"
I might remain indifferent if anyone asked me for help, but I couldn't do that when facing Li Wei.
I can't stand Li Wei's begging because she never asks anyone for help.
I took the note Li Wei gave me, and before Li Wei had the chance to explain to me, she was taken away by the detention center staff.
Although I didn't know whose phone number on the note belonged to, I still chose to help her.
Actually, I don’t know how I can help her.
Xiaoba is the owner of the mobile phone number. He is Li Wei's adopted younger brother. He always follows Li Wei around and calls her "big sister" flatteringly.
Xiaoba said that besides him, Li Wei had a group of brothers, almost twenty of them, all unemployed at home.
When they were young and ignorant, they did a lot of sneaky things. Later, they met Li Wei. Seeing that Li Wei was righteous and generous, they were willing to follow her.
Li Wei didn't kill or burn anything, nor was she a hooligan. Before she reported her father, she would take these guys out to play when she had money. Usually, those guys would do odd jobs for her pocket money.
During the summer vacation after graduating from high school, Li Wei suddenly felt like opening a bar and let the brothers run it.
Because everyone loves to have fun and has no idea how to run a business, the bar business is sometimes good and sometimes bad, with little profit and more losses. Anyway, Li Wei is there to support them even if they have no money, so they are willing to accompany Li Wei to have fun.
Now Li Wei is in trouble and has been arrested, and no one is in charge of the bar. If those people are left unrestrained for a long time, something bad will happen one day.
Li Guangming's case has come to an end. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison and most of his family's money has been fined. Even if Li Wei is released, she will not have the money to clean up the mess for them.
Li Wei was a loyal person and couldn't bear to see them starve to death, so she asked me to help her manage the bar.
The location chosen for the bar is the busiest street in City A. If they do a good job, they will not lose money. But in fact, Xiaoba said that they have lost a lot in the past few months since the start of school.
After returning to City A, I didn't go back to school directly. Instead, I followed the minibus and sat in Li Wei's bar for a while.
This is my first time to come to such a place. I have always disliked this kind of noisy and chaotic environment. Now I have suddenly become the behind-the-scenes boss of this place. How should I put it? It feels very chaotic.
The bar was closed during the day, so Xiaoba called out all the brothers in the store.
More than a dozen boys with colorfully dyed hair stood in a row in front of me respectfully, their eyes full of curiosity about me, but like Xiaoba, they still called me "Sister Ye" one after another.
My ears hurt from being called that, and I told them to stop calling me that, I couldn't stand it.
Those guys had probably been taught a lesson by Li Wei, and they all said no, saying it was the rule.
This is the first time I have heard of such a rule.
Xiaoba ran towards me happily: "Sister Ye, do you think we can still make money?"
I glanced at the surrounding layout, patted Xiaoba on the shoulder and said, "Let's try it for a few more days. I'll understand the market situation and see if I can make money. You can also show me the old account books so that I can familiarize myself with how you operated in the past."
As soon as I finished speaking, Xiaoba's face fell.
"Sister Ye, how can we do accounting? When Sister Wei led us, we just worked blindly. We spent whatever we earned and didn't spend anything if we didn't earn anything. Anyway, we never kept accounts. We don't have the account book you mentioned!"
Looking at the confused expressions of a dozen people, I rolled my eyes to the sky and felt a headache.
At this moment, I finally understood what Li Wei meant.
"Ye Zi, you are smarter than anyone else. Can you help me manage the store for a year until I get out? I don't trust anyone but you."
Li Wei was sure she had me in her corner, so she handed this mess over to me.
After sitting in the store for a while, I simply assigned them tasks and asked Xiaoba for quotation sheets and purchase orders for various types of wine. After taking a quick look at them, I threw them into my bag with a headache. I told Xiaoba that I would contact him in two days and asked them to operate the business as I said, and then left the bar.
When I was leaving, a few brothers couldn't help but rush over to ask me where Sister Wei had gone and when she would be back.
I smiled at them and said that she went to France with her boyfriend and came back because she was tired.
Yes, she went to France with her boyfriend and came back a year later.
I said this to Xiaoba, I said this to them, and I will say this to Ji Yusheng when I meet him in the future.
I want to let all of them know that Weiwei has had a good year.
Weiwei is a person who cares a lot about her reputation. I know she is prouder than anyone else and doesn't want others to see her current appearance more than anyone else.
My Vivi is very proud, and she will always stay so proud.
So, I lied for her.
