Over indulge

I can't remember how many sleepless nights like this. For Lin Jiayue, who is still a sophomore, she couldn't help but take the current situation at home into her heart. This period of time has been like an unbearable breath. Stuffed in the heart, it makes people restless, unwilling to eat, and unable to sleep at night.

Yes, their family has encountered the biggest economic crisis in history. Dad listened to the slander of people close to him. Not only did he fail in investment, but he also faced the embarrassment of bankruptcy of the family business and huge debts. This is what Dad worked hard all by himself Career, although Lin Jiayue has not experienced those years, because her family has been rich since she was born, it is not an exaggeration to say that she was born with a golden spoon in her mouth.

After the crisis, in order to save the company, my father has been tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, but all this is just a remedy, it is too late, the hole will only get bigger and bigger, like a Pandora's box that has been opened, a little bit Devour the Lin family.

Lin Jiayue didn't want to see such an ending, but with her hands alone, it seemed that she couldn't do anything, even if she could only do a little bit for the family.

In the middle of the night, Lin Jiayue woke up and curled up on the bed in the apartment, her hands tightly clutching the sheets under her body, her forehead was already soaked with sweat.

After lying down, I got up and got out of bed. Taking advantage of the moonlight without turning on the light, I picked up an opened bottle of mineral water beside the bed, walked to the window sill and stood there. I unscrewed the bottle cap and took a few sips of water. The full moon was hanging high above the city, and the reason why it was not blocked by tall buildings was because the apartment she rented was near the university, just across the road.

Haigang University is the largest university in Haigang City, and it is also one of the top three universities in the country. Lin Jiayue is a student of the music department here. She was admitted with excellent grades, but her parents hoped that she would go to a foreign professional music university for further studies. It was Lin Jiayue who insisted on going her own way and chose to stay in the country, because this was the school that that person had attended, and Lin Jiayue had been working hard with this goal all these years, wanting to become that kind of person, a shining and dazzling person on the stage.

But now, it seems impossible, the road ahead is cast in a shadow, even though her father said that she would support her to finish college no matter what, Lin Jiayue squeezed the water bottle tightly, looking at the cold moonlight, her heart was shrouded in anxiety, depressed Almost breathless.

Just like that until dawn, the apartment automatically returned to light. The interior decoration was unique, neat and clean. This was the apartment that Lin Jiayue's family rented for her to study and rest better. There is no concept of numbers, and now, she also feels that it is a heavy burden. It is not that she has not thought about quitting the rent and moving back to the school. After all, the annual cost of the school building is only a fraction of her rent, but it was rejected by her father, and it is only tens of thousands. It can't save the Lin family, and if the news of the lease withdrawal gets out, it will make the Lin family lose face.

Yes, face is so important?

Lin Jiayue did not have such a concept, but her father valued it very much. I once heard from my mother that it was not easy for my father to walk along the way. He studied hard in the difficult environment in the past, became the first college student in the village, and worked part-time and part-time. , because the family couldn't support the high tuition and living expenses, Lin Jiayue couldn't imagine what kind of life it was.

However, she was curious about why her mother would fall in love with such a father. After all, her mother's conditions are relatively better. A native of Haigang City, a place that values ​​household registration, the family also has a small business and runs several restaurants. My mother told her that it was love at first sight. Of course, their relationship was strongly opposed by her mother's family at the beginning. It was not until her father worked hard to start a business that he turned over in one fell swoop and became worth over [-] million yuan. Their marriage was formed naturally.

Also in that year, Lin Jiayue was born.

After simply tidying herself up, tying her long hair into a ponytail, and taking the materials for today's class, Lin Jiayue left the apartment.

As soon as she walked across the road, a loud voice came from behind, calling her name.

"Jiayue!"

Lin Jiayue turned her head, and a very cute girl with a round face and round eyes jumped in front of her eyes, she immediately smiled, sweeping away the dark clouds in her heart.

"Hope."

"I brought you breakfast." The girl who spoke reached out to her. Her name was Liu Hebao, a friend of Lin Jiayue, who opened a breakfast shop at home, with excellent grades. She is from the Department of Mathematics of Haigang University and determined to become a mathematics teacher.

As for their acquaintance, it has something to do with both parents. Lin Jiayue's mother lived in the street of He Bao's house when she was a child, and she almost grew up eating breakfast at their house. So much so that Lin Jiayue also ate a lot, and it became a habit over time.

"You don't need to give me this..." Lin Jiayue looked down, a little hesitant.

He Bao also knew the current situation of her family, and would bring her breakfast every now and then, which made Lin Jiayue feel very uncomfortable.

"Oh, it's okay, anyway, I'll just grab one." After speaking, Liu Hebao fed the one in his hand to his mouth and took a bite, smiling.

Seeing that Lin Jiayue didn't speak, Liu Hebao continued: "I don't know what I can help you, but if you need it, just ask, and I will do my best."

Lin Jiayue looked up at her and smiled, then shook her head and said, "I'm fine."

"You said it's okay. You've lost weight and haven't eaten well. Does your family still provide you with living expenses?"

Lin Jiayue nodded, now the weekly living expenses are still being paid on time, but compared to before, it is more than half less. Even so, she still wants to save some money for emergencies.

"You are the most unlike noble lady I have ever seen." Liu Hebao said.

Lin Jiayue couldn't help laughing, and tilted her head to respond to her: "Aristocrats are not nobles, nobles who are about to be expelled." Some sadness and helplessness were inevitably mixed in the words.

In Haigang City, a world-class financial center, there are countless rich people and big rich people. There is also such a list circulating that one-third of the top 90 list of assets in the country are in Haigang City, and the Lin family is In the first one, it ranks more than [-], but this list also has a legendary chain of contempt. It is said that the old nobles look down on the new nobles.

Like the Lin family, those whose real estate has risen rapidly in a short period of 20 years are collectively referred to as the new aristocrats. They are upstarts in the eyes of the old aristocrats, while the old aristocrats refer to those capitalists with a history of more than a hundred years. It's related, Lin Jiayue remembers a few family businesses like this, but she doesn't know much about them, and what she knows is sporadically from listening to family members after dinner and tea.

Lin Jiayue doesn't like being called aristocrat, she thinks she is just an ordinary person, just like most people, struggling for her ideal.

After hearing her words, Liu Hebao also fell silent for a short while, Lin Jiayue quickly shook her hand and said with a smile, "Okay, I don't want those unhappy things, breakfast should be cold."

Liu Hebao looked at the face in front of her eyes, it was the iconic oval face, the facial features were very good-looking, even a simple dress could hardly hide the ladylike temperament exuding from her body, she always did this, trying not to bring negative energy to the people around her No matter what happens, she can smile at people outside, and she is a person who has no sense of distance. Liu Hebao likes such a friend, and feels sorry for Lin Jiayue like this, but she doesn't know what to do. The debt of the Lin family is not her little one. Small families can afford it.

Stepping into the campus together, they had to separate when they almost reached the fork in front of them. The places where the two of them attended classes were in opposite directions.

It was also at this time that Lin Jiayue received a phone call from her mother, her heart tightened instantly, and her face returned to seriousness.

"Jiayue, when is school over today?"

"Three o'clock, it looks like around three o'clock in the afternoon, but I still have to go to the piano room."

Liu Hebao stood aside and looked at Lin Jiayue's serious face, waiting without saying a word, not daring to disturb her.

"Don't practice the piano today, come back home after school."

Lin Jiayue frowned instantly, her heart was blocked, and she couldn't help asking: "Did something happen at home?"

The woman on the other end of the phone first smiled, trying to relieve the heavy atmosphere, and then continued: "Dad has something to tell you. Anyway, you come home first after school." After the words fell, there was a baby crying Sound, the woman hastily coaxed up.

"Okay, I see. I'll see you in the afternoon. Goodbye mom."

Lin Jiayue, who hung up the phone, had doubts in her eyes, and it was Liu Hebao's voice that interrupted her distraction.

"Jiayue, what's wrong?"

Lin Jiayue shook her head, "I'm fine, my mother asked me to go back after school."

Hearing her cheerful voice, Liu Hebao couldn't be happy, and couldn't help muttering: "Is something wrong..." Her voice was very small, like the sound of a mosquito, and you could only hear it clearly if you were very serious.

"Don't worry, I won't hide anything from you." Lin Jiayue patted her on the shoulder to comfort her.

Only then did Liu Hebao calm down a little, and she prayed in her heart that there might be a turning point, because Jiayue...is her best friend.

Lin Jiayue usually goes home once a week, and once every two weeks when she is busy with schoolwork. Today is only Wednesday.

Ever since she received her mother's call in the morning, Lin Jiayue hadn't been in the mood to do other things. Even the music theory teacher who usually valued her the most criticized her in class. All the students around her looked at her strangely and talked about Lin Jiayue in private. home situation.

It's not that I feel ashamed, I just don't want my study in school to be affected by this state.

After class, Lin Jiayue hurriedly left the school, unexpectedly, the driver at home was already waiting at the school gate ahead of time. The other party was surnamed Yang, and Lin Jiayue kept calling him Uncle Yang. This uncle had been driving for her house since she could remember, and with her father. The friendship is very close. After the accident at home, Dad wanted to give him a sum of money to compensate him so that he could find another way out, but Uncle Yang refused. He insisted on going through this difficult time with the Lin family, and would continue to stay without taking wages.

It just so happened that Lin Jiayue overheard the conversation between Uncle Yang and her father in the study that day. It was also the first time she saw such a gentle and gentle person arguing with her father, and she became curious for a while.

Uncle Yang said that he has gone through many ups and downs over the years, and we have carried them all together, so how can we just let him go and leave.

Dad refuted his words. The setbacks of previous years and this time are not worth mentioning. This time, it is very likely that he will not be able to survive.

It was also from that day on that Lin Jiayue started to suffer from insomnia and couldn't sleep all night long. It turned out that the situation at home had become so serious that the family had kept it from her. , trying to sell unused and well-preserved personal items on the Internet. Even so, the symptoms of insomnia could not be relieved, and the anxiety that was getting worse and worse came to my face.

"Jiayue is back from school." Uncle Yang poked his head out of the car window with a kind smile, and was about to get out of the car to open the door for her.

"I'll do it myself." Lin Jiayue didn't ask him to serve her.

After getting in the car, we started to drive in the direction of home.

The atmosphere in the car was more solemn than before, even though Uncle Yang was trying his best to hide it, Lin Jiayue still noticed it.

"Uncle Yang, how is Dad recently?" Lin Jiayue could only ask this question when she was on the verge of speaking. Uncle Yang was the closest person to Dad, and he was the only one who knew this best.

"... How should I put it, let's just keep going as usual, and run around to see if there is anyone who is willing to help. As long as there is a slight turn for the better, the company has hope."

Dad, he... these days must be very uncomfortable. The hardship that Lin Jiayue experienced may not be worth one-thousandth of that of her father. Thinking of this, her heart becomes more and more uncomfortable.

Turning your head and looking out the window, there are many shops on the street, heavy traffic, pedestrians in a hurry, passers-by who cast curious eyes on their cars, may still envy them in luxury cars, but they don't know their actual situation, even worse than those who are free passers-by.

After a 15-minute drive, the car drove into Yuxilin Villa, a wealthy area in Haigang City. Looking at the plants and trees here, Lin Jiayue had mixed feelings in her heart. How long can she live here? She has never left since she was born. The place.

Uncle Yang probably caught a glimpse of Lin Jiayue's expression through the rearview mirror, and comforted her, "Don't worry too much about the child, the master will definitely find a solution, and the Lin family will definitely survive this time."

Yeah?Lin Jiayue asked from the bottom of her heart, if so, that would be great.

It's not that she can't let go of this glory and wealth, but that she can't let go of the people she is tied to, her father, mother, and younger sister who was just born and is not yet full moon. If the Lin family really collapses, those people she loves and cares about should be What to do, this is what she has been worrying about.

"arrive."

Uncle Yang's voice reminded her that Lin Jiayue came back to her senses, the car had already parked in the courtyard of her villa, and she regained her mood.

"Uncle Yang has worked hard, I will go in first."

"You child, it's still my job to see outsiders like this." Uncle Yang smiled and waved his hand to tell her not to be so polite.

After getting off the car, Lin Jiayue walked up the steps, opened the door and entered. The big house was much cooler, and the servants at home were almost dismissed. It seemed that only the auntie who cooked and a childcare wife were left. Since the accident at home, every time Lin Jiayue came back Everyone could feel a sense of oppression coming to their faces, as if there was a cloud over their heads, covering the Lin family, making people breathless.

"I'm back." Lin Jiayue changed her shoes at the entrance.

The first one to respond was her mother's voice, "Jiayue is back."

A woman came out of the bedroom. She also had an oval face and three-dimensional bones. Although she was 42 years old, due to proper maintenance, the years did not leave too many traces.

Lin Jiayue nodded in response, and then asked, "Where's my sister?"

"I just ate milk and fell asleep, do you want to take a look?" Zhou Hong asked softly.

"it is good!"

Lin Jiayue followed her mother to the bedroom, and there was a sleeping baby lying in a white European-style crib, with small hands, a small face, everything was so small, it was hard to imagine that she had only been in this world for only a month.

Just lying in front of the crib and looking at it for a while, the voice of mother Zhou Hong came from above my head.

"How are you at school? You've lost a lot of weight." The woman's voice was filled with distress.

"I'm fine, Mom." Lin Jiayue winked and smiled, and continued to look at her sleeping sister.

Every time she looked at her younger sister, Lin Jiayue was in a very complicated mood. Obviously, the arrival of a new life in the family is something to be happy about, but when she met such a young sister, a sister who didn't know anything, What should I do? The reality is a bit too cruel to her.

"By the way." Lin Jiayue suddenly remembered something, and turned to her mother, "Dad said, tell me something, is he at home?"

It seems that I haven't seen him since I came back.

After hearing this, Zhou Hong glanced at the clock on the wall, "Old Yang went to the company to pick him up, come back soon."

"What is it?" Lin Jiayue couldn't help asking.

Zhou Hong smiled helplessly: "I don't know either. Your father never lets me ask too much about the company. I'll know when he comes back."

Was it something related to the company?Lin Jiayue thought to herself.

Will there really be a turning point?

On the other side, inside the car.

Lin Baiyi's face was so calm that it was hard to see his expression clearly, and he couldn't figure out his psychology. He was only 49 and had already added a lot of vicissitudes due to his recent travels. Lao Yang, who was sitting in the driver's seat, looked in the rearview mirror and didn't dare to disturb him.

Lin Baiyi, who was rushing home, couldn't help replaying the scene of that day in his mind.

He was so anxious about the company's affairs that he suddenly received a call. The other party indicated that he wanted to meet with him. It was about the life and death of the Lin family business. Naturally, Lin Baiyi would not refuse. How could he miss an opportunity and a hope now? , even if it is extremely small.

The place where they agreed to meet was very special, it was in the auditorium of a middle school, and it was also Haigang Middle School, Jiayue's alma mater.

Lin Baiyi didn't understand the other party's intentions, but still went to the appointment on time.

Since it was broad daylight and the curtains were drawn in the room, even with the lights turned on, it was still a little dark. Lin Baiyi casually found a seat in the first row of auditoriums and sat down. After a few minutes, the sound of high-heeled shoes came.

The moment Lin Baiyi turned around, she was almost shocked, it was her, and the person who asked him to meet here was actually her.

It is a figure that everyone in their business world knows. Even in the most glorious time of Lin Baiyi's life, he has only seen this person from afar.

"Mr. Lin, it's a pleasure to meet you." The woman opened her mouth, followed by a powerful aura, her thin lips were downcast, looking very unfriendly, beautiful and cool and restrained, just like the rumors, there was almost no Someone who is not overwhelmed by her aura.

Lin Baiyi's throat was choked, and his movements were a little slow. When he stood up to say hello, he was already in front of him. The woman was wearing shoes that were not too high, but she was already able to look at him at the same level as the 1.8-meter-tall man, and even slightly taller than him. gap.

"You are Xu...Xu Ruining." Lin Baiyi's pupils were slightly dilated, and he was somewhat suspicious of what was happening in front of him. He didn't think he had anything at this moment to make such a big man see him.

The woman standing in front of Lin Baiyi turned her head and looked towards the stage in front of her. She squinted her eyes as if recalling something. She was tall and tall with sharp shoulders and easy wristlines. She was dressed in a well-made and well-tailored clothing that just showed a good look. aesthetic.

After a long time, Lin Baiyi finally couldn't help asking, "Why did you ask me to come here?"

Xu Ruining was interrupted by the man's voice and reluctantly regained his senses. At the same time, he turned around and sat down two seats away. He naturally raised one leg and leaned against the back of the chair. Then he opened his mouth "Of course there is something, it's very important." She took a long breath and asked the other party: "Mr. Lin must not want to see the career he worked so hard for be ruined in one go, right?"

Lin Baiyi took a deep breath, and looked at the other party suspiciously, "The purpose of Miss Xu's visit today is to buy my Lin family business?"

"No, no, no." Xu Ruining vetoed his words lightly, shaking his index finger.

"Then you came to see my Lin Baiyi's joke?" Lin Baiyi was a little anxious, especially when he saw the other party's relaxed face, and finally muttered in an extremely self-deprecating tone: "Yes, Miss Xu's wealth is as rich as an enemy. If you don't go to the small business of my Lin family, I, Lin, don't know why you are here."

Hearing this, Xu Ruining suddenly smiled. The smile made people shudder, but he wanted to figure out the deeper meaning behind it.

After the laughter, he just said, "If I said, I'll help you get through this crisis." Speaking of this, Xu Ruining suddenly remembered something lightly and added: "I can also help you pay off your debts."

Lin Baiyi's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe her ears. Billions of debts sounded so insignificant to this woman. That's right, she was worth more than trillions, just a few billions, but it was just a drop in the bucket. It's something to worry about, but Lin Baiyi doesn't understand what the purpose of this move is.

"Since I, Mr. Lin, had an accident, I have been scattered in the circle like a tree falling, and all my old friends have gone away, for fear of getting involved with me and being implicated. I don't understand why you did this."

After hearing this, Xu Ruining lowered her head and smiled, which was rarely seen on her cold appearance, which made Lin Baiyi even more confused.

At this time, the woman raised her head and gently parted her red lips, her tone was still calm and unfathomable, but there was a hint of seriousness.

"I have a crush on your daughter."