A foreign city, dear you

"It was so dangerous, we were almost involved in a fraud case." Ye Lian sighed on the way home.

"Yeah, who would have thought that Zhu Jintao would have such bad intentions?" Cao Xueqian also sighed with emotion.

"We were still careless and couldn't give the money to him privately." Ye Lian reflected.

"Yes, you will gain wisdom after every experience. You should be more cautious in the future. Trusting others easily will almost pay the price." Cao Xueqian also concluded.

"Fortunately, Manager Chen is a reasonable person, otherwise we would have suffered huge losses and would have been charged with 'fraud'."

"That's not a big deal. We have the receipts, so legally we are not afraid."

"Really? Are you that confident?"

"In this case, you have to have confidence."

……

The two of them walked and talked all the way.

While chatting, Ye Lian tilted her head and looked at Cao Xueqian with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be quite capable of quarreling."

Cao Xueqian laughed: "That's not a quarrel, okay? That's an argument."

"Not to mention, you look quite domineering when you quarrel."

"Really?" Upon hearing Ye Lian's compliment, Cao Xueqian immediately perked up: "Isn't he handsome? Isn't he cool? Isn't he very masculine?"

As Cao Xueqian spoke, he made an "eight" sign with his thumb and index finger under his chin, and his eyes shot out a bright light and looked at Ye Lian.

Ye Lian was amused and laughed and nodded hurriedly.

"Then for such a good husband, do you want to reward me?" Cao Xueqian never missed every opportunity to ask for a reward.

"How to reward?" Ye Lian asked with a smile.

As soon as he heard that there was a show, Cao Xueqian quickly moved his face closer to Ye Lian and tapped his cheek with his finger.

A red cloud flew across Ye Lian's face.

She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so she kissed Cao Xueqian on the cheek with lightning speed.

It was so fast that Lan Shan didn’t even notice it.

Cao Xueqian gently stroked the place where Ye Lian had kissed him with his hand, looking delighted and intoxicated: "There is no need to wash your face tonight."

"why?"

"How can you be willing to wash off such a fragrant and sweet kiss?"

"Don't come here." Ye Lian smiled sweetly and punched Cao Xueqian on the arm.

Cao Xueqian finally stopped pretending and burst into laughter.

"Do you think Zhu Jintao will contact you again?" Ye Lian asked Cao Xueqian when he had finished laughing.

"I don't know. But he's not the kind of person who completely abandons his conscience."

"How to say?"

"Before he defrauded us, he thought about it for us and gave us a receipt from the company."

"Yes, I just don't know how he stamped the company's financial seal."

"I don't know. From this point of view, he started planning very early."

"It should be. I'm still scared when I think about it. It turns out that we have always been in other people's calculations."

"He is still a good person. He defrauded [-] here and [-] there. He actually defrauded tens of thousands and left."

"Yes, it seems that there are several companies that have been deceived like us."

"So we are still too trusting of others. We should be more careful in the future." Cao Xueqian patted Ye Lian on the shoulder.

"Yes." Ye Lian nodded, and then asked: "If Zhu Jintao really calls you, will you persuade him? Have you thought about how to persuade him?"

"Let's talk about it then," Cao Xueqian said: "I may scold him and then persuade him, but what is more important for us now is to prepare the [-] yuan we still owe."

*

Another week later, at night.

The family is having dinner.

Cao Xueqian's phone suddenly rang.

Cao Xueqian took a look and saw that it was an unfamiliar landline number.

"Hello, who's there?" Cao Xueqian answered the phone.

The other party did not speak.

Cao Xueqian fed him twice more, but there was still no response from the other end.

"Maybe you accidentally dialed the wrong number?"

Cao Xueqian muttered to himself and was about to hang up the phone.

"It's...me." The voice on the other end of the phone was hoarse and hesitant.

"Who?" Cao Xueqian didn't recognize whose voice it was.

"I, Zhu Jintao." The voice finally became clear.

"It's you, you finally showed up, and you dared to call me?!" Thinking that he believed in him so much, he actually designed to trick him, Cao Xueqian's words were filled with anger unconsciously.

Cao Xueqian's words caught Ye Lian's attention, and she asked in a low voice, "Who?" Cao Xueqian told her in a low voice that it was "Zhu Jintao."

Ye Lian couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"I'm sorry. I blame myself for being too greedy and too eager for success." Zhu Jintao apologized and reflected on the phone with shame.

Cao Xueqian was a soft-spoken man, but when Zhu Jintao said this, his anger subsided and he swallowed the curse words.

"Where are you now? Aren't you afraid that I will report you?" Cao Xueqian asked doubtfully.

"Afraid," Zhu Jintao's hoarse voice paused and spoke again: "I'm afraid every day. I'm calling you from a phone booth now."

"Do you regret it?" Cao Xueqian asked speculatively.

"I regret it, but it's too late. I just called you... to ask you, did you... pay the balance later? Did it... cause you big trouble?" Zhu Jintao asked in a whisper.

"You have the nerve to ask? We were almost thought to be your accomplices." Cao Xueqian's voice became louder again as he remembered being framed that day.

"sorry."

"Forget it, it's all over. What are you going to do now? When will this exile end?"

Ye Lian, who was listening to the phone next to her, saw in front of her an image of an exile with unkempt hair and ragged clothes.

The phone calls between Cao Xueqian and the others continued.

There was silence on the other end of the phone, as if he was making a difficult decision.

"I thought about going back, but I can't go back anymore." The voice on the other end of the phone was very regretful and sad.

Upon hearing this, Cao Xueqian quickly persuaded: "Come back. Manager Chen from Xi Yayuan told me that as long as you return the money, you will not be held accountable. But if you keep absconding, they will call the police in the end. Hurry up Click back, the sooner the better, once you call the police, your crime will be established."

Cao Xueqian thought for a while and then said: "Don't worry about me. Although it's a bit troublesome, I didn't cause any damage. I have paid the balance and got the keys to the house."

Yes, just this past weekend, Cao Xueqian and the others had paid in full the [-] yuan they owed.

Thanks to the support of Peng Peng and another colleague, Cao Xueqian was able to collect the [-] yuan.

Cao Xueqian thought that when he was paid, he would pay Peng Peng back as soon as possible. After all, it was Peng Peng's first month's salary, and Peng Peng's family situation was so difficult.

"Really? Your house was not affected? Did Manager Chen really tell you that?" Zhu Jintao's hoarse voice was a little unbelievable.