Chapter 21(2/3)
It’s fine if you have poor skin and bad hair, but you’re still very thin. Your neck is as thin as someone’s arms, and your arms are like two matchsticks. You look malnourished.
When she first came over, she knew that the clothes on her body were dirty, but they were far from as intuitive as looking in the mirror. The T-shirt was stained with large and strange stains, the collar was oily and black, and several holes were broken.
Seeing her dressing, she had the urge to take off her clothes and wash her here for three days, but because Chen Jingyan was still waiting for her to have dinner, she could only hold back and wash all the places she could wash first.
While she was washing her hands, two girls walked in. When they saw her, they were stunned. Then they covered their noses with a little disgusting, hid at the farthest place from her and started to put on makeup. Shi Li looked at herself in the mirror with a numb expression, and added another comment to herself: She still smells bad.
She lowered her head and continued to rub her hands, trying to wash off the old dirt on her hands, and then listened to the chatting of the people next to her with her ears.
"I finally made an appointment to visit this store today. Remember to eat more later, otherwise I won't be able to return the book." The girl in the dress reminded.
The short-haired girl next to her was curious: "Is it difficult to make an appointment?"
"Of course, although the restaurant is not top-notch, it tastes good. Private rooms like ours must be booked a week in advance." The girl in the dress said immediately.
Shi Li stopped his hand, his expression was a little subtle. After that, she didn't care much about what the girls talked about. After they left, she frowned and looked at herself in the mirror.
Restaurant reservations usually go to which day and meals are accurate. In other words, Chen Jingyan had already booked the private room here a week ago... But he had just met her today, so how could he make an appointment in advance?
When Shi Li was thinking, her fingertips suddenly hurt. She frowned and looked at her, and found that she had used too much force and hurt her hands. She took a deep breath and calmed herself down. She wiped her hands with a tissue. After seeing that her hands showed a thin white background, she was a little satisfied.
...Then she found that her hands were clean, but her arms were still black and dirty. Not only did she look white, but she also looked like she was wearing gloves. It was so strange and strange. Shi Li looked at her dirty herself, and her mentality was really going to break down. Fortunately, the T-shirt was long-sleeved, and she rolled off her black sleeves to cover her arms, which looked less awkward.
It took ten minutes just to wash your hands. When Shili returned to the private room, the dishes were already served. The two of them ordered four dishes and one soup, which looked very attractive. Shili didn't feel hungry at first, but when she smelled the aroma of the food, her index finger suddenly opened.
"Sit down and have a meal." Chen Jingyan reminded.
Shi Li responded, hurried to sit opposite him, and took a pair of chopsticks as his own public chopsticks.
Chen Jingyan smiled when he saw this: "In the past, we used to eat with a pair of chopsticks, why do we start to dislike me now?"
"...It's not that I'm too dirty to dislike you." Shi Li was a little embarrassed.
Chen Jingyan shook her head funny and put her public chopsticks aside: "It just so happens that I don't dislike you, so don't pay so much attention."
He said so, and Shi Li couldn't refuse anymore, so he picked up his chopsticks and started picking up food. Chen Jingyan looked at her gently for a moment, and finally concentrated on eating his own. The dining table was temporarily quiet.
Shi Li's body may be due to long-term hunger. Although she felt like she could eat a cow before she ate it, she really started eating it and became full after just a few bites. She was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable if she ate too much, so she put down her chopsticks.
Chen Jingyan immediately noticed: "Don't eat it?"
"Yeah, I'm full." Shi Li nodded.
Chen Jingyan was surprised: "Only eat this little? No wonder you are so thin now. If you continue like this, you will be malnourished."
Thank you, I am already malnourished. Shi Li smiled thoughtfully: "I have been having a bad appetite recently. I have eaten less before, which means that the food today is really delicious, so I only ate two more bites."
"Yes, the food here tastes really good. If you want to eat it in the future, just tell me and I'll take you here." Chen Jingyan said friendly.
Shi Li cooperated and raised the corners of her lips, paused for a moment and asked, "The business here must be very good, right?"
Chen Jingyan stopped his chopsticks and picked up some small vegetables: "It's pretty good. A private room like this needs to be made in advance."
"...but we didn't seem to have made an appointment today." Shi Li looked at him innocently.
Chen Jingyan laughed: "I made an appointment. Today I wanted to invite my colleagues to dinner, but they all had a meeting that could not come. I originally wanted to cancel it. I happened to meet you, so I would just take you to try it."
"What a coincidence." Shi Li agreed and laughed.
Chen Jingyan raised the water cup to her: "It's all fate, tea instead of wine."
Shi Li looked at him with a funny look, raised her cup and touched him. Chen Jingyan continued to eat. Shi Li pretended to play with his phone when he was not hungry, but was actually sneaking around him, thinking about how to provoke the conversation.
Before she could think about it, Chen Jingyan took the initiative to ask: "What difficulties have you encountered recently? Do you need my help?"
Shi Li paused and suddenly sighed: "You can't help me... I have no shame to ask you for help."
Chen Jingyan put down his chopsticks and sat slightly straight: "Tell me first, what's going on."
Shi Li was silent for a long time before his eyes turned red and lowered his head: "I, I owe a lot of money."
"How many?" Chen Jingyan continued to ask as she thought.
Shi Li looked up at him and said, "Five million..." Ask me why I owe so much, ask me! Please!
God seemed to hear her heart -
"Why do you owe so much?" Chen Jingyan frowned.
Shi Li wiped the corner of his eyes, and then saw a black mark on his newly washed fingers.
The corners of her mouth twitched, and she used her life's skills to not show a speechless expression, and continued to tell her tragic story: "My parents were obsessed with gambling, paid for their money, and owed a large amount of debt. They committed suicide, and the debt fell on me. I couldn't afford it, so I could only hide. Now I'm really desperate."
Chen Jingyan was slightly moved: "When did this happen?"
"It's been ten years," Shi Li said and paused, and looked at him carefully, "Just the few days after you entered the labor camp."
She played a trick here and took the gambling incident forward for a while. Anyway, it was too long to verify it. However, Chen Jingyan might easily associate her sudden disappearance with this matter.
Sure enough, Chen Jingyan was stunned for a moment: "You didn't see me at the beginning because..."
"At that time, the debt was not enough to force my parents to death. They wanted to sell me to an old man to pay off the debt. I had no choice but to run away secretly. As a result, when they came back, they died and I took the debt." Shi Li had no good feelings for the blood-sucking parents, and slandered them without any psychological burden.
Chen Jingyan's eyes became complicated: "I didn't expect... I thought you thought I would drag you down, so I left me."
"In your eyes, I am that kind of person?" Shi Li asked back.
Chen Jingyan smiled bitterly: "Sorry, it turns out that I have always misunderstood."
Male hatred value: 20%
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Shi Li: "???" You know that you have misunderstood, why has the value of hatred been reduced at all?
Because of the hatred, Shi Li didn't know whether he believed it or not, so he didn't dare to say more, but instead changed the topic: "Where are you? How did you become a researcher?"
Chen Jingyan looked at her calmly, and chuckled for a while: "Actually it's nothing. In the past few years of labor camp, he started reading books. Later, he came out and took the college entrance examination and chose this major."
"It should be very hard." Shi Li looked at him sympathetically. She remembered that the male supporting role had a very bad family conditions, and her parents disliked her son who caused trouble everywhere. She did not give him living expenses when she went to high school. It probably took a lot of energy to get from a useless gangster to this point today.
Chen Jingyan heard her words, Yun Danfeng laughed lightly: "It's all over."
He said so, and Shi Li didn't know how to say anything more, so he could only cooperate and nodded.
The private room was temporarily silent. After a moment, Chen Jingyan thought: "There is still a lot of risk for registering for volunteers. It's okay to be a relatively mature project. If it's the kind of person who just started human experiments, it's easy to have problems."
Shi Li sighed: "I know too, so I didn't sign the contract immediately... But if I don't sign it, I really don't know what to do. Now the debt collection company has found me. If I don't have any money to give it to them, it may be dangerous."
Chen Jingyan frowned slightly, obviously worried about her.
Shi Li glanced at him and shook her head in a fake way: "Don't worry about me, I'll think of a solution..."
"You are a girl, what can you think of?" Chen Jingyan interrupted her.
Shi Li's eyes turned red at the right moment, and opened her face to expose her stubborn jaw to him. Everything seemed so fragile and beautiful... It would be great if she hadn't seen her ugly reflection on the glass window.
After confirming that I am not suitable for seduction now, Shi Li calmly settled down and discussed with Chen Jingyan quite frankly: "Can you lend me five million first? I will give it to you immediately when I have money."
Don’t worry about hatred for now, it’s the main thing to solve the debt collection company.
Chen Jingyan laughed: "My money was invested some time ago, and now the funds that can be moved on the card are less than one million."
"Then... lend me a million first?" Shi Li tried.
Chen Jingyan sighed: "I heard what you meant just now. Your debt has been delayed for ten years. I don't think they will give up after getting one million. They will only force you to find more money."
"What should I do?" Shi Li held his face helplessly.
Chen Jingyan thought for a moment: "This way, if you can trust me, I have a way."
"What's the solution?" Shi Li asked immediately.
Chen Jingyan stared at her for a moment and said warmly: "Actually, our company's system is not too strict. Many people will arrange for relatives and friends to sign volunteer agreements when their projects are about to be successful, and then take the people to their own hands. It is not very consistent, but there is no mistake in the procedures."
When Shi Li came over, he heard this from the woman wearing heavy makeup. So now, he heard Chen Jingyan mentioned it again, but he was not surprised. Instead, he quickly straightened out his thoughts: "What do you mean is to let me sign a volunteer agreement first, and then you want me to leave?"
"My project has reached its final stage and I have also done human experiments. At present, those people are well adapted. If you have a normal physique, there should be no danger. Of course, I will help you adjust to the best state before the experiment begins, and you don't have to worry about this." Chen Jingyan explained patiently.
Shi Li smiled and did not agree directly.
Chen Jingyan looked at her for a moment, but did not persuade her anymore, but changed the topic: "Are you full?"
"I'm full." Shi Li responded quickly.
Chen Jingyan stood up and said, "Since I'm full, I'll take you back. I'll go to the meeting later."
Shi Li was about to agree, but suddenly remembered that she didn't know where she lived now. After staggering, she quickly asked the system silently. After the system was silent for a moment, she gave her an answer--
You have no place to live.
Shili: "???"
- After being found by the debt collection company, he left the rental house and is now in a wandering state.
Shi Li: "…"
"Shi Li, Shi Li?" Chen Jingyan called her.
Shi Li came back to his senses: "Ah?"
"I ask where you live, and I'll take you back," Chen Jingyan seemed to have not seen her distractedness, and repeated with a smile, "Those people are still looking for you, and I'm not sure you will go back alone."
Shi Li laughed stiffly: "No need to send it away, I'll leave by myself."
To be continued...