Chapter 39 Trouble
There is a row of bungalows next to the canteen, which are dormitories for canteen staff.
In a small open space in front of the bungalow, more than ten or twenty students were squatting on the ground around them, tinkering with something unknown.
Xu Chen discovered Li Rui's figure among them.
And Zhao Feng was with Xie Bingran when he ate soy milk and fried dough sticks last time.
Xu Chen quietly walked closer, stretched his head and looked inside.
Li Rui, Zhao Feng and others were squatting around, with a pile of crumpled paper money on the ground in the middle.
There are five yuan, ten yuan, five hundred yuan, and even some steel coins.
The money was piled together haphazardly, and it was hard to tell how much it was.
Xu Chen looked confused, these people seemed to be "collecting money".
Li Rui turned around and was startled, and immediately stood up:
"Brother Chen..."
He yelled and the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.
The other boys also saw Xu Chen and stood up and called "Brother Chen" one after another.
"What are you doing here?" Xu Chen said.
Li Rui picked up the cigarette butt from the ground, blew it casually and held it in his mouth, but said hesitantly:
"It's nothing... Let's relax here after dinner."
Li Rui squinted his eyes slightly, and the bruise on his cheekbone seemed bigger than in the morning.
Xu Chen probed:
"What happened to the money on the ground?"
Li Rui turned his head around: "Money? Where's the money?"
At the same time, a group of boys behind him surrounded him and blocked the pile of loose money on the ground.
Xu Chen frowned.
He wanted to turn around and leave, but after thinking about it, he said:
"Is it related to Xie Bingran?"
Li Rui paused, but said nothing, and took a deep drag on his cigarette.
"What's going on?" Xu Chen said coldly.
Li Rui scratched his head, obviously unwilling to speak.
The stout Zhao Feng smiled and said:
"Brother Chen, don't worry about this. We brothers will find a way."
Xu Chen's heart felt cold, he didn't expect that something really happened.
He looked at Li Rui and Zhao Feng and said coldly:
"Not everything can be solved by relying on your brothers.
If it's really a big trouble and you can't solve it and don't tell me, it will only be a waste of time. ”
Li Rui took a puff of cigarette, and the sparks were almost burning to the butt of the cigarette.
Zhao Feng on the side said:
"Brother Chen, I can't tell you this. Brother Bing definitely doesn't want you to know."
Xu Chen said nothing, but looked down at Li Rui.
Li Rui said nothing, but couldn't help but think of the old department store.
What happened at that time was safe and sound thanks to Xu Chenzai...
He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stamped it out, and said:
"Brother Bing owes some money, and the other party is quite difficult to deal with... Our brothers are trying to find a way.
Of course, Brother Bing won’t let us get involved in this matter.
But if something happens to Brother Bing, we can't just sit idly by and ignore it. ”
Zhao Feng on the side rolled his eyes, but sighed.
Xu Chen: "How much do you owe?"
Li Rui said: "I owe quite a lot, more than thirty thousand..."
More than 30,000 yuan is really a lot for a high school student, not to mention it is still 2006.
More than 30,000 yuan was a lot of money for many working-class people at this time.
Xu Chen glanced at the dozen or so people in front of him. It was obvious that like Xie Bingran, they were poor children from the countryside. How could they scrape together more than 30,000 yuan?
For the loose money on the ground, it would be nice to have a thousand.
Xu Chen: "Do you know what happened specifically? Why do you owe so much money?" Li Rui put another cigarette in his mouth and said:
"We only found out about this in the past two days.
Previously, Bing's grandma was sick and had no choice but to seek medical treatment, so he borrowed money.
Now the other party is here to collect the debt. ”
After hearing the reason, Xu Chen sighed in his heart.
He naturally knew something about the situation at Xie Bingran's family.
The biological father was imprisoned for many years, the biological mother remarried very early, and lived with her elderly grandmother. The poor relatives in the family hid far away...
When his grandma fell ill, Xie Bingran, a high school student, really had no other option but to borrow money.
Although Brother Bing has many brothers, they are only half-year-old high school students, not to mention that most of them are poor children from lower towns.
The most important thing is that with Xie Bingran's domineering and stubborn character, he will definitely not ask his brother for help.
Li Rui lit the cigarette, took a sip, and added:
"The last time something happened in the department store, it was because Brother Bing wanted to find her father and asked him for money..."
Xu Chen was speechless.
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He had also wondered before why Xie Bingran wanted to find his biological father.
After all, from the outside, he is a scumbag.
Before he was arrested, he had not been home for many years and ignored his wife, children and elderly people at home, which led to Xie Bingran's mother remarrying and moving away.
Later, he committed a crime and was detained for several years. After being released, he disappeared again and did not contact his family.
For such a father, Xie Bingran had no reason to look for him anymore. But last time in the old department store, she was in danger trying to find him.
Unexpectedly, it was for grandma’s medical treatment money.
It seemed that Xie Bingran really had no other options at that time, so he thought of his father who was released from prison.
Xu Chen was a little helpless.
You can obviously use me as a way... Why can't this stubborn old classmate learn to ask for help?
"Where did you borrow the money from?" Xu Chen asked.
Li Rui: "Introduced by a friend outside, whom I met before, Brother Bing.
They are loan sharks..."
Xu Chen was silent in his heart.
Being able to lend 30,000 yuan to a high school girl is definitely not a normal and safe channel.
Li Rui told most of the matter, so he stopped hiding anything else and said:
"They are going to collect debts. Yesterday I happened to bump into their people looking for Brother Bing, and there were some conflicts..."
It turns out that this is where the injury on Li Rui's face came from.
Xu Chen: "Is Xie Bingran okay?"
Li Rui: "Brother Bing...it's okay."
"Where is she now?" Xu Chen said.
"Brother Bing said he was going to find a way...but we don't know where to go.
Brother Chen should also understand Brother Bing's personality.
She doesn't let others get involved in her own troubles..."
Xu Chen frowned.
This stubborn little girl likes to keep silent and suffer by herself...
"Where is the moneylender? Can I contact him?"
Li Rui was startled and said:
"I can contact them, I know where they are, and there is someone inside who I know before..."
Xu Chen was silent for a while.
But I am thinking about how to solve this matter.
More than 30,000 yuan is not a big deal to him.
There was almost no need to hesitate to help Xie Bingran repay the money.
In addition to the friendship between the two, it is also related to Xie Bingran's future value.
As a future sports star that Xu Chen had bet on in advance, nothing could happen to Xie Bingran.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Chen can't just sit back and ignore Xie Bingran's matter no matter what.
(End of chapter)