The price of rebirth

Su Yan stood up helplessly and went to open the door.

The house of Su Yan’s house is quite old, and the door is also very old. Except for the more reliable anti-theft lock, the peephole on the top has long been broken. Su Yan lives alone at home, and he is not afraid of anything. Thinking that the house will be demolished, the broken door has not been replaced.

But at this moment Su Yan opened the door, looked at the few people outside, and murmured in his heart, if he knew it would be more reliable to have a cat's eye, the people who don't want to see can pretend not to be at home.

The combination at the door was unexpected, Lin Qiang with an embarrassed and helpless face, Chen Wanwan with a sullen face, Chen Yan with an inexplicable face, Aunt Xu and her woman Li Min.

Su Yan moved away: "Aunt Xu, it's you, come in and sit down. I've calculated all my salary, and I'll take it to you. Aunt Xu has helped me for so many years and worked hard every day. I really have nothing else to thank You, a meager amount of hard work is added to your salary, I hope Aunt Xu doesn't dislike it." Su Yan said while busy digging out a thick red envelope from the drawer, raised his long leg and kicked Liang Kui.

Liang Kui thought he was asking him to avoid it, and when he got up together, he suddenly saw Lin Qiang and Chen Wanwan, and he was taken aback: "Why are you here too?"

Lin Qiang scratched his head in embarrassment: "Chen Yan and I made an appointment to come and play with you, but we happened to meet Chen Wanwan on the way...she..."

"I asked Lin Qiang to lead the way." Chen Wanwan interrupted Lin Qiang, uninvited, casually glanced at Su Yan's house, glanced sideways, looked straight at Liang Kui and said, "I have something to ask you, let's talk about it alone."

Liang Kui was annoyed, and wanted to bluntly say who you are!Even if there was such a short period of love in the first year of high school, it has been two years now, and she usually doesn't talk or pay attention. If Shen Cheng hadn't impressed him deeply, Chen Wanwan would have been forgotten by him.

Looking at Chen Wanwan's face at this moment, Liang Kui felt that it was strange, and he couldn't remember if Chen Wanwan looked like this when they fell in love.

Seeing Liang Kui standing still, Chen Wanwan obviously didn't take her words seriously, she immediately sneered: "You can say whatever you want here. There is no impenetrable wall in the world, Liang Kui, just drag it, really. Do you think you haven't done anything nasty?"

Liang Kui frowned, and said inexplicably, "Hey, why did I mess with you again?"

"Liang Kui." Su Yan called him: "You two go out and talk."

"Su Yan, I..." Liang Kui's eyes widened, and he muttered in his heart. Could it be that Su Yan is jealous?But... you're not so stingy, are you?

"Go out and talk." Su Yan stared at him with sharp eyes.

Liang Kui was so angry that he wanted to slap someone, this is a fucking disaster!

"Get out!" Liang Kui violently opened the door and rushed out. Chen Wanwan turned her head and sneered at Su Yan, and turned to chase after Liang Kui.

Lin Qiang and Chen Yan tensed up and became stiff. Lin Qiang whispered, "Su Yan...we're going back first, and we'll come to play with you next time."

"No, you guys go to play with the computer. There are a lot of fruits in the kitchen and ice cream in the refrigerator. Chen Yan, go and eat by yourself. Aunt Xu, let's talk about business." Su Yan sat down on the sofa, took out the ledger and calculator, and looked up. Say to Aunt Xu: "I will calculate the salary first. There is a calculator here. Aunt Xu can do it several times by herself."

Sitting opposite Su Yan, Li Min said, "Boss Su, don't be too busy calculating your salary. You just told my mother yesterday to end the fruit shop business and settle the salary today. Isn't that too fast? My mother told me Not even prepared."

Su Yan also nodded when he heard the words: "I'm sorry, I'm a bit pressed for time. I have to go to City A the day after tomorrow, and I will also study in City A in the future. The business here has to end. Actually, the fruit shop's shop contract is a total of three years, and there is still time left. One year, but I don't have the skills to spare, so I have to end it early. I have to ask Aunt Xu to help me transfer the shop as soon as possible."

Li Min smiled: "Why did such a good business end? It's a pity."

"It's a pity, but it's been decided." Su Yan smiled, but didn't smile in his heart.Li Min is a circle younger than Aunt Xu, but several times smarter than Aunt Xu.There is a big gap between Aunt Xu's income from helping him look after the store and the income since Li Min came back.On the books, I remember it is beautiful, and if you don't look carefully, you won't find out that there is something tricky.But Su Yan thought it was funny. He had studied for two lifetimes, and his favorite thing was mathematics, and he was sensitive to numbers.Li Min's account can stump him, he has eaten so much rice for nothing.But Su Yan didn't say anything, he only thought that he lost a few months of living expenses.

Li Min coughed lightly, picked up the tea and said slowly: "As soon as you leave, my mother will lose her job. I also don't have a job now, and my family is very difficult."

"I understand, what kind of work do you want to do? Maybe I can help you find out." Su Yan showed enthusiasm.

Li Min shook his head: "No, let's start a small business with my mother. Boss Su, doesn't that shop still have a one-year lease? Why don't you just transfer it to us? My mother and I will continue to sell fruit."

"Okay, no problem at all. I'll save you trouble, there's still one year left, and I'll just charge you [-] for the rent. How about it?"

"There's nothing wrong with the rent, Boss Su, you might as well be a good person and tell us where you buy. Otherwise, think about it, the goods you buy are very good. My mother and I bought other goods later in life. The quality is different. Customers Will it run away?"

Su Yan narrowed his eyes: "As I said before, this is a commercial secret and cannot be disclosed."

Li Min lowered her eyebrows and curled her lips: "No matter what, for the sake of my mother's hard work for three years, don't be so heartless. Just tell us, we will never tell anyone else."

Su Yan laughed: "I conjured up those."

"Boss Su, I'm not joking with you, can I ask you?"

"It's useless to ask me, Aunt Xu, you and your daughter want to sell fruit. This is a very good choice. Although the business is small, it is enough for you mother and daughter to live comfortably, and in the future, we will divide the new house. Do it, I really can't tell you anything else."

Aunt Xu, who had been silent all this time, nodded guiltily. She was an honest person and disapproved of her daughter's behavior, but she didn't dare to disobey her daughter at all. She was afraid of losing her daughter who had finally returned to her side.

Li Min got angry, stood up suddenly, stared and sneered: "Boss Su, no, Su Yan. I'll tell you politely for a long time, you don't appreciate it, your temper is as hard as a stone in a latrine."

Li Min's voice was too loud, Lin Qiang and Chen Yan, who were eating in the kitchen, quietly tilted their heads to look at the living room.

I saw Li Min approaching Su Yan directly: "My mother is an old, illiterate old woman who doesn't understand anything. You tricked me into working hard from dawn to dusk for three years. She is an honest person, otherwise I would have sued you."

"Sue me?" Su Yan seemed to hear a big joke.

"You are blackmailing! You are cheating money! The vegetable table is my mother's vegetable table, the operator of the fruit shop is my mother, and it is my mother who pays taxes to the country! Those are my mother's things, but the income from selling goods in the past few years You have stolen all the money, if I spread the word and take you to court, what will happen to you?"

Aunt Xu turned pale with shock, and looked at her daughter in disbelief: "Minmin, how can you say such things?"

Li Minbai glanced at her: "Shut up! You don't understand anything, you are stupid and stupid, you were cheated out of hundreds of thousands and you are helping to count the money, how can there be such a stupid woman like you!"

"Minmin!" Aunt Xu gritted her teeth and pointed at her tremblingly.

Li Min was not afraid of her, and pointed at Su Yan: "My mother always talks about you, I didn't want to make things difficult for you. But you don't want to tell us even a little thing, isn't it just watching our mother and daughter tossing about. You touch I asked my conscience, did you lie to my mother? Is my mother’s name on those contracts? Is the taxpayer my mother? Who will believe you if you tell me that you can open a shop as a minor? Who doesn’t know that you are just a part-time worker. "

Su Yan's face was extremely calm, and he looked straight at Li Min, "Go and sue, I'll be here anytime."

"Xiaoyan, Minmin is confused. She was joking. How could she sue you? Aunt Xu will never sue you. You have been the only one to help me these few years. I know you sympathize with Auntie. You gave me such a high salary. Accompany me to eat, buy me supplements, buy clothes...Better to me than my own child...I'm useless, I can't teach my daughter well, I call her home, Xiaoyan, Aunt Xu, I'm sorry .”

Aunt Xu dragged Li Min out, and Li Min struggled angrily: "Mom! How stupid are you!"

"Mom is stupid, too stupid to marry your dad, too stupid to let you study, too stupid to teach you how to behave."

The mother and daughter left noisy and noisy, and the room suddenly became quiet.

Su Yan didn't speak, and poured a cup of tea silently.

Lin Qiang and Chen Yan cautiously came over to comfort Su Yan, but they didn't know the specific situation, so they could only say, "That girl is Aunt Xu's daughter? Why is that, she doesn't look like Aunt Xu at all."

Su Yan explained briefly, and then shook his head indifferently: "She can't make waves, and after going out for a few years, only money is left in her eyes. If she was at home, I would not have done this. I am not the same as her mother at all." humanoid."

Lin Qiang clicked his tongue: "So you are the one who opened the fruit shop, Su Yan, you... are really capable."

"Now I've closed it, heh, I didn't expect it to go smoothly, but it caused trouble when the store was closed."

Chen Yan said worriedly: "Su Yan, the names of those stores are all Aunt Xu, how do you prove that you are the boss? What if Li Min really sues you...you have to be careful."

Su Yan smiled when he heard the words, the smile was friendly and warm.Chen Yan actually said that things have changed, but some things in her heart have never changed.Same as Chen Yan in her previous life.She is timid and cowardly, inferior and withdrawn, but kind and just, with her own principles and backbone.In the past, he and Chen Yan, let alone friends, were just classmates. They didn't even talk at ordinary times, and they didn't even have an impression in Su Yan's mind.

But during the college entrance examination, he was imprisoned for almost three days. The night before the college entrance examination, Shen Cheng locked him in an unfamiliar warehouse. Shen Cheng didn't beat him, and he didn't even say a few words of nonsense. still fresh.Looking back now, Su Yan understood the meaning of that look. It turned out that when Shen Cheng arrested him, he already knew about him and Liang Kui.He was not beaten, but he was starved and mentally tortured.No one brought him food, he was hungry for two days, and there were too many mosquitoes in the warehouse on a hot day, and no one guarded him.He was tied up in the warehouse, and no one responded to his screams.No cell phone, nothing.Until the last day of the college entrance examination, Shen Cheng came again. He didn't bother to talk to Su Yan, and ruthlessly broke the Jade Guanyin on Su Yan's neck, and the amulet Liang Kui gave him.

Su Yan went mad with anger, and yelled at Shen Cheng, never scolding anyone like that in his life, and poured out all the dirty words in his stomach.But Shen Cheng ignored him, took away Jade Guanyin and never showed up again.

Su Yan cursed and didn't know he was tired, but no one showed up.When it was getting dark, Su Yan's voice became hoarse from cursing, and he was in a panic.The college entrance examination has been completely over, yet Shen Cheng didn't let him go, so why should Shen Cheng keep him locked up?Starve him to death?If Shen Cheng doesn't show up, if no one finds him...

It was the first time that Su Yan felt that death was so close to him.

He imagined a lot of scenes in fear, that he would die in the warehouse, either from starvation or from mental weakness.

The strong desire to survive inspired his last strength, even though he was exhausted from hunger, Su Yan still hoarsely made a sound.No matter who it is, find him quickly, let him out quickly, he has only one thought.

No one showed up for the whole night. On June [-]th, the first morning after the college entrance examination, Su Yan was awakened by the glare of the sun. He looked at the wide open door in confusion, and Chen Yan ran in panicked from there. Sweating profusely, he untied Su Yan's rope, not even daring to say a word.

Su Yan's head was a little dazed at the time, and Chen Yan pulled him out of the warehouse, feeling the hot summer morning light before he came to his senses.

"Thank you. You...you are..."

"Chen Yan, we are classmates." Chen Yan wiped off her sweat, looked around, and carefully pulled Su Yan away.

The two finally escaped safely to a safe place. Chen Yan said weakly: "You...how did you get locked up? If I hadn't gone to a nearby factory to find my dad, how long would you have been locked up..."

That's right, if Chen Yan hadn't appeared by chance, how long would he be locked up?He didn't know if Shen Cheng thought about letting him go.

He escaped with only one thought on his mind, to sue Shen Cheng!Must sue him!

The lawyer said that the accuser needs evidence, physical evidence, and witnesses.

Chen Yan is his witness. At the very least, he must prove that he was kidnapped and where he was kidnapped. Those facts are true and not fabricated.

Chen Yan agreed to testify for him without hesitation. She said, "If I don't testify for you, I will be mad at myself."

To sue a person requires money, contacts and courage. Su Yan worked hard for this. He only needs Chen Yan to speak for him when he goes to court.

The obstacles he encountered were not limited to rights. How could Shen Cheng remain indifferent? Shen Cheng probably really hated homosexuality, and he didn't want to tell Su Yan that it would be dirty to beat him, so he directly asked someone to block Chen Yan. They were all very annoyed and guilty. If Chen Yan's father hadn't found Chen Yan in time, Chen Yan might have been insulted by hooligans.Even though Chen Yan was pretty, a boy would never be able to imagine the shock of such a thing to a girl.

Before Su Yan went to City D, he didn't tell anyone. He only went to Chen Yan and told her that he was leaving. At that time, Chen Yan felt guilty for not being able to help him get justice. Why should she feel guilty? It was Su Yan who felt guilty.

Since going to City D, Su Yan almost never came back to City C. Chen Yan didn't come to the high school reunion in his junior year. He heard that Chen Yan was working in Shenzhen, but he didn't know much about the rest.

"If that girl really sues you, we will all testify for you." Chen Yan said again.

"Don't worry, I'm prepared." Su Yan smiled.

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, you can't be wronged for nothing, and it hurts to lose money."

Lin Qiang said nonchalantly, "What are you afraid of? Isn't Liang Kui's family very capable? If that so-and-so dares to beat him up, Liang Kui will definitely not sit idly by."

Su Yan nodded, took out two boxes of ice cream and handed them to them. Lin Qiang took them happily, and Chen Yan waved her hands awkwardly: "I don't eat ice cream."

Su Yan snorted, turned around and went to find a bunch of sweets for Chen Yan: "Eat these, replenish blood."

"Puff... cough... cough cough..." Lin Qiang's face was purple, and he coughed so loudly, his eyes stared at Su Yan in shock.

Chen Yan blushed slightly, and took a piece of chocolate.

Su Yan glanced at Lin Qiang as if nothing had happened, and waited for him to cough enough before saying, "I'm going to City A the day after tomorrow, and I'll come back after filling out my application form. Do you two want to live in City A with me for a few days?"

"Going to city A?" She was startled for two days, with an unbearable joy on her face.After so many years of studying, they have never been out of City C. When they have the opportunity to travel, most people choose City A as the first stop.

"Yeah, I invite you to play, I will reimburse you for the air ticket, and live in my apartment. There is nothing to spend."

"No, no, no, this won't work, how can I let you treat me. The two of you have been going back and forth for thousands of times."

Su Yan chuckled: "What are you afraid of, I am also a small boss with money in my pocket."

"Hahaha, look at you! How can we be ungrateful to the God of Wealth who sent you to the door, oh, oh, oh, I will tell my dad when I go back today, Chen Yan, are you okay? Will your mother let you go out?"

Chen Yan hesitated and said, "How can I use Su Yan's money... I still won't go."

"Chen Yan, don't refuse me if you treat me as a friend."

"……Here……"

"Don't hesitate, just go and have fun."

"I'll go back and ask my parents... If they agree, I'll go and play." Chen Yan was very excited. Who wouldn't want to go outside for a child of this age, let alone City A.Her parents always wanted to visit City A in their dreams, but they were always reluctant to pay.

Lin Qiang looked at the door hesitantly and said, "What is Chen Wanwan looking for with Liang Kui? You don't want to make up, do you? Really, I really don't like Chen Wanwan."

Su Yan didn't speak, walked to the window and opened the curtain to look out, and he really found Liang Kui and Chen Wanwan.The two stood in a corner of the community, Chen Wanwan's mouth kept moving, chattering on and on, looking very excited, while Liang Kui's body was tense, holding a piece of printing paper and pursing his mouth for a long time without speaking.

Su Yan's heart skipped a beat, that printing paper...should be a photo.