If you cheat, money will follow

The two of them walked along the crosswalk, crossed the road, and came to the opposite side, intending to find a food stall with good business to pay homage to the Five Internal Organs Temple.

If the business is too good, it's hard to queue; if the business is not good, it means the taste is not good.

Chang Le took a casual glance and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from his previous life. Although his face had not been seen for many years and was much greener, his memory was as clear as yesterday.

Chang Le remained calm and said to Zheng Peng, "Just this one."

Zheng Peng followed, took a look, and then nodded with a smile: "Okay, let's just go to this family. You guys have good taste, and the girls in this family are really pretty."

Chang Le also laughed: "It's not just beautiful? Look over there, two mother and daughter run this stall, and it's not easy to see a man."

Zheng Peng followed Chang Le's eyes.

The owner of the stall is a middle-aged woman. Judging from the age of the little girl, the middle-aged woman should be in her early 40s.

But in his 40s, he has the appearance of a man in his 50s, with a haggard face, white temples, and wrinkles covering the corners of his eyes and forehead.

Only those eyes are still beautiful, and you can see the charm of your youth.

The girl is about 16 or 17 years old. She is wearing the school uniform of Jiangzhou No. [-] Middle School and has a simple ponytail. Her delicate facial features give people a sense of coldness and alienation that could make people feel thousands of miles away.

After Chang Le and Zheng Peng sat down, the girl walked over quickly and poured tea for them:

"Brothers, what do you want to eat?"

Chang Le pushed the menu to Zheng Peng: "You order it."

Zheng Peng nodded and said to the menu: "Two pairs of chicken wings, two chicken legs, 20 skewers, sausages, potato chips, leeks, eggplants, enoki mushrooms, small yellow croaker...a few skewers of these, and a beer."

Chang Le pushed Zheng Peng: "You drove here."

Zheng Peng said: "I know, I will ask someone to open it later."

After Zheng Peng finished clicking, the girl took note of it.

Zheng Peng asked the girl: "Classmate, I see you are wearing the uniform of No. [-] Middle School. Does No. [-] Middle School not have to study late at night now?"

The girl said: "Brother, I have to study late at night. But my situation is different. I asked for leave from school. My mother can't do it alone."

Zheng Peng asked again: "Where is your dad?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, her disappointed expression fleeting: "Brothers, wait a moment, it will be fine soon."

The girl left without answering.

Zheng Peng was slightly surprised when he heard this answer.

After the girl left, Zheng Peng said: "Chang Le, do you think her father is gone or is he gone?"

Chang Le said: "It should be gone!"

"Oh."

Chang Le knew that the girl's father had indeed left, and he left very early.

He knew the girl's situation very well, because there was a not-so-long entanglement between him and her in his previous life, but the scene in the entanglement was always etched in his mind.

Entanglement begins with desire, develops with emotion, and ends with reality.

The girl's name is Cheng Tong, and their story begins with corruption and ends with innocence.

In his previous life, Chang Le, who encountered a series of changes, worked in a coastal city after graduating from college.

In this city, Chang Le didn't drive a Cadillac, but it didn't stop him from becoming a Cadillac owner.

Every weekend, or when I get together with friends, I go to the bathing center to relax my body and mind and relax my muscles. If you are interested, you can...

Then, he met Cheng Tong in a well-known bathing town.

"Boss, No. 88 Dandan is happy to serve you."

Cheng Tong named his professional identity Dandan, and No. 88 is also well-known in the bathing circle.

In the beginning, the relationship between the two was just a simple customer, and the projects were limited to simple massage.

Objectively speaking, Cheng Tong's massage techniques are quite ordinary and neither painful nor itchy when pressed.

But the mixture of cool and bright temperament can make up for the mediocre technical techniques.

Once, twice, three or four times, five times, six times, seven or eight times, the more times we go, the more familiar we become.

After getting acquainted with each other, the two of them were both good-looking and cherished each other, and their simple massage began to expand and extend.

Once it expands and extends, it is inevitable that the body and mind will merge - thunder from the sky stirs the fire on the earth, waves hit followed by rain.

After getting together, the two gradually opened their hearts and chatted about the most innocent past events in the most depraved place.

By opening his heart, Chang Le learned that Cheng Tong was from Jiangzhou.

When Cheng Tong was very young, her father died of illness. It was her mother who raised her alone. There were countless hardships and ups and downs along the way.

Cheng Tong's mother was a technical secondary school student in the early years. She was a proper intellectual with a strong personality and attached great importance to education.

In order to provide Cheng Tong with educational conditions that are not inferior to those of children from other two-parent families, Cheng Tong's mother works multiple jobs, working during the day and running a stall at night. Used in Cheng Tong’s education.

Because of his special life experience, special family and special environment, Cheng Tong has been very sensible since he can remember. He knows that his mother has a hard life and makes money.

Therefore, in life, she is diligent and frugal. She always wears a few more school uniforms than others, and she never desires anything beyond the basic needs of life;

She works very hard in her studies and seizes all the time she can to study.

From elementary school to middle school and then to high school, he has always been at the top of his grade.

In this way, mother and daughter depend on each other, support each other, and encourage each other, year after year.

After graduating from high school, Cheng Tong was admitted to a 985 school with excellent results.

On the day of registration, Cheng Tong and his mother took a group photo standing at the gate of 985 School. Cheng Tong saw his mother's bright and dazzling smile for the first time in more than 10 years.

Cheng Tong said that since she was a child, she has never seen her mother smile so brightly.

After entering college, Cheng Tong still maintained the diligent and frugal study attitude and life style of high school, turning a deaf ear to various temptations from the outside world and various pursuits of boys.

In addition to working to make money to relieve the pressure on her mother, she spent the rest of her time focusing on her studies and was reluctant to get various scholarships.

Seeing that after a few more years of suffering, the difficult and arduous life would usher in a bright dawn, fate once again played a malicious joke on the mother and daughter.

Cheng Tong's mother fell ill due to the high load operation all year round.

After being sent to the hospital for examination, he had kidney disease and needed dialysis for maintenance in the short term, and he needed to raise funds as soon as possible to find a kidney source.

The moment Cheng Tong got the conclusion, he felt that his sky was about to collapse, and tears burst out like mountains and rivers bursting their banks.

She is just a student. Even if she doesn't go to class and work every day, she can't support the high cost of treatment.

Donations from school teachers and classmates are just a drop in the bucket.

Relatives are in great difficulty and cannot afford more money to support them.

All this seems to be destined.

In desperation, Cheng Tong chose the most direct way to make money after being introduced by his senior sister.

Chastity may be important, dignity may be valuable, but it is worthless in the face of the life of a mother who depends on each other.

This way of making money is really fast. It's a lot in the first few times, and then it becomes routine.

Not only does it support the weekly dialysis costs, but the progress in raising funds is also accelerating.

However, it only lasted for more than half a year. By chance, her mother knew the inside story, but did not blame or scold her.

Instead, he chose to jump off the roof of the ward on a bright sunny morning.

The suicide note left behind was full of self-blame and guilt, and she did not want to be a burden to her anymore. She hoped that Cheng Tong would turn around as soon as possible and live a normal life.

But the weaknesses of human nature cannot be easily overcome.

After taking care of his mother's funeral, Cheng Tong, who was used to making quick money, could not go back to the past no matter what. He was sinking day after day, unable to extricate himself.

After getting to know Chang Le, two people with the same disease met in the most depraved place, got to know each other in the most primitive way, and used the purest way to protect the last pure land in their hearts.

The two comforted and encouraged each other, but neither of them mentioned whether their relationship would progress further.

Chang Le has low self-esteem and feels that she is not worthy of such an outstanding and responsible person;

She also had low self-esteem and felt that her unclean body was not worthy of such a handsome and handsome man.

As a result, the two spent some time together as friends, watching movies, reading books, going shopping, and playing games together.

They will also meet each other's needs when needed.

The good times did not last long. A year later, Chang Le had to leave the city due to work reasons.

The night before leaving the city, Cheng Tong probably cried in front of Chang Le for the first time.

It was hard for her to leave, but she never mentioned trying to stay. She just kept repeating her hopes and blessings, hoping that he would forget the past and wish him a bright future.

That night, Chang Le had the idea of ​​taking her with him several times, so that he could support him.

But thinking that she was in this line of work, there was always a trace of grudge in my heart, and I forcibly erased the thought.

That night, Chang Le realized for the first time that he was a scumbag, a scumbag who cheated everywhere and didn't want to take responsibility.

At this point, the two intersecting lines began to drift apart.

A year later, Chang Le returned to the city while on a business trip for work.

In the same foot bath city, Chang Le did not see Cheng Tong.

After making inquiries, I learned through her former colleagues that she had resigned.

A programmer from a large factory identified her during a foot bath, accepted her past, decided her future, and took her to the north to get married and have children.

A perfect ending.