Director Zhao spoke intermittently for almost half an hour, during which he drank a lot of water because of weakness or nervousness, and observed Tao Li's expression from time to time before continuing to speak.

The development of the whole thing is inseparable from Ai Xin's guess.

Director Zhao's child was admitted to a good university in the middle of the year, and he was naturally happy, but at the same time, he was also worried that his child would go to college, and the expenses in all aspects would be large, and after graduation, finding a job, buying a house, and getting married were all a big expense, and he slowly turned from happiness to anxiety. Although his wife keeps the house in order, it is also his hard work to earn money and lay a good foundation so that his wife can concentrate on taking care of the children at home.

Now is not as good as before, and if his income does not grow, the situation at home may become very tense in the future. Although the two of them have some savings, they just bought a new house in their hometown a few years ago, and they have to leave some money for retirement and medical treatment, but tens of thousands of tuition and miscellaneous fees and accommodation fees a year, and the children are away alone, and they are afraid that the children will suffer and give more living expenses. In this kind of situation, he can't tell the child, ask the child to understand, and he can't tell his wife, so he can only carry it himself.

In order to reward his children for being admitted to key universities, even if he was anxious, Lao Zhao decided to take his wife and children out for a trip to relax his mood, which was also a rare opportunity for family reunion. He thought about it, the cost of traveling abroad is still relatively high, but the son of the small city in China is not very interested, and the consumption of tourist hotspots is not low.

Fortunately, my son seems to be very satisfied with this arrangement, and in his words: "When I turn 18, I naturally want to go to a Macau casino to experience it." ”

Lao Zhao and his wife have no objection to their son's idea, after all, when they become adults, as long as they do not violate the law and discipline, they think that their son has the qualifications to make his own decisions. Moreover, the Macau casinos they go to are more of an exhibition tour than real gambling.

Lao Zhao trusted his son's willpower very much, but ignored his own. When he was younger, he was tricked into a gambling game by a friend, and spent two days and one night in an underground room, and when he came out, his house was no longer his own.

So for so many years, he tried his best to avoid participating in any form of gambling, lest he fall into the mud again. However, he still maintains the habit of buying lottery tickets every day, after all, a few dollars may be exchanged for millions, and he feels that he can still do this kind of daydream.

Although Lao Zhao did not return to the gambling table on this trip, he just accompanied his wife and children for a walk, but it is undeniable that the heart that had sunk once again became restless.

After he returned to Beijing after accompanying his wife and children, the exciting scenes in the casino still occasionally appeared in his mind:

Whose slot machine blew up, chips poured out of the machine, and got the casino's exclusive jackpot;

Who got a hand of leopards, threw them on the table, and took all the dealer's chips;

Who else bought the two ones on the dice table in a desperate gamble, but made two ones and regained all the property they lost with interest......

These pictures seemed to have taken root in Lao Zhao's heart, absorbing all other thoughts as nutrients, and quickly grew wildly, making him unable to think about other things.

Until he realized that he had already owed 300,000 yuan, it was too late to regret it, he couldn't think of a way to fill it, all the asset certificates were also in Guangdong, he couldn't use any reason to let his wife send the documents over, and it was impossible for him to mortgage the real estate that his family relied on for survival.

There was only one thought in his mind, to keep ...... Go on...... As long as you win back what you lost, it can be treated as if it didn't happen......

It's not that he didn't doubt the possibility of being tricked, after all, everything came too suddenly and logically, but this thought only flashed in his mind for a second, and he was immediately invaded by the idea of wanting to win everything back, and he only cared about how to get back the money at the table.

However, if he loses nine out of ten bets, not to mention being arranged to be set up by others, how can Lao Zhao win back his capital? Once he wins back a little, Lao Zhao will be fluttering again, and immediately place a bigger bet than before, and the result is obvious: the usury has rolled over from hundreds of thousands to nearly one million in just a few days.

Since the loan shark has the ability to do it, he naturally has already investigated Lao Zhao's background and identity, and after he was unable to repay, he blew the wind in his ears every day, and even coaxed him to return to the company to embezzle the company's public funds to fill this hole. Lao Zhao was fascinated for a while, so he took 800,000 yuan from the company's account, plus the small amount of money he owed before, how could he be regarded as enough to make up 1 million.

This is why the loss of public funds happened so suddenly, which caught Tao Li off guard. Because Lao Zhao is not like some people at all, he accumulates bit by bit on weekdays, but takes away a sum of money at one time, and after he is gone, he does not make fake accounts to deceive the person who audits the accounts, and directly chooses to abscond.

But when he really did it and escaped with this huge amount of money, he really felt panicked. If you talk about borrowing from loan sharks, the worst may be to sell your house and car to pay off your debts, and the family will return to the days of poverty and whiteness decades ago, and there will be a chance to start over. But now what he has done is a crime at all, not to mention whether there is a chance to do it again, if it spreads, then he, his family and children, will not be able to raise their heads in this life.

It was with such a contradictory and desperate mood, Lao Zhao, who had never had any big ambitions and tempers, and his willpower was very weak, suddenly thought of one thing, that is, he died - after the loan shark is paid off, maybe there is still a little left, plus years of savings, it is enough for his son to finish college. His own death can be exchanged for the loan shark no longer chasing his family, in exchange for the company no longer pursuing his wife, and in exchange for the second half of his son's peaceful life......

Just when he was dragging his old suitcase and wandering the streets of Beijing, thinking about how the person should pass away quietly, his son suddenly sent himself a WeChat message:

"Dad, look, this is a new down jacket I bought for my mother part-time, is it good-looking? It's hundreds!"

Below the text is a group photo, the wife in the photo is already middle-aged, not only in good shape, but also full of traces of time on her face. Even so, wearing the big red down jacket that his son bought newly, he was still full of happy smiles. And the son held his mobile phone, standing in front of his mother, and gestured to the camera with victory, his face full of pride.

At that moment, Lao Zhao really felt that he was crushed, and the despair and collapse that came to his face enveloped him like a tsunami, making him breathless with heartache. His wife has been widowed at home for so many years, without complaint, and raised such a sensible son for him. The son not only competed to be admitted to a key university, but also did not learn the problem of greed and vanity when he went to college, but tried his best to reduce the burden on the family, wanting to let his parents live a good life as soon as possible.

However, he ...... This family, but only he is so uncompetitive...... Not to mention not reducing the burden on the family at all, on the contrary, he has lost all the property in the family when he is old, and now he has done such a shameful thing as misappropriating public funds and absconding with money......

It was only at this time that Lao Zhao really strengthened his determination to die, and he couldn't think of any way to face the mother and son except death.

But even before he died, he still had a trace of nostalgia, missing the carrot cake made by his virtuous wife at home...... Back then, not long after he got married, he didn't earn much, and his family was full of vegetarian dishes with rice, and there was very little meat, so his wife made him snacks with various vegetables and fruits as ingredients, which not only made him happy, but also raised his children in this way.

He wanted to send a final message to his wife and son, but fearing that they would see it, sat on the side of the street and thought for nearly an hour, then he re-pulled up his suitcase and walked to the Leighton Hotel.

Just this once...... Just eat this last ...... If he could eat the taste of his hometown before he died, he felt that this regret would be one less thing.

After speaking intermittently, Lao Zhao's voice was already crying, he hated his cowardice and incompetence, and he didn't have any face to face Tao Li, but at the same time he was grateful for Tao Li's appearance. If it hadn't been for Ai Xin's words to him this morning, perhaps he would have arrived in another world on the best morning of the day.

"yes, I see. ”

Tao Li kept Ai Xin's instructions in mind, and didn't say a word, only nodded slightly and responded to a sentence or two every time Lao Zhao paused, so that Lao Zhao knew that he had been listening.

He only realized now, Ai Xin should have understood most of the things, but he didn't grasp them all, so he didn't want to tell himself, but chose to let himself pretend to know everything, and led Lao Zhao to take the initiative to say things.

In this way, not only did Tao Li get the whole truth, but also allowed Lao Zhao to understand the mistakes he had made in the process of confessing everything, and he was still willing to help him after all these mistakes happened...... There is only Tao Li.

"Tao Shao...... This thing...... I really don't have the face to face you, I haven't touched any money, even if I sell my home and go out to work, I will find a way to pay it back, I just ask you not to sue me if you have a lot of money...... I—I'll find a way to make it up. ”

Lao Zhao put his hands on the table, and the pair of somewhat old hands were already trembling slightly, but he still bowed to Tao Li, begging for his forgiveness.

"The whole family goes out to work?"

Ai Xin, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth, and looked at Director Zhao with a hint of mockery on his face: "Didn't I say that your wife hasn't worked for decades except for you, right?" Ling Zun is still young, he has just been admitted to university, he has no diploma and no time, and he can only go to restaurants and supermarkets to work. If you work like this and find a way, when will you be able to raise enough 1 million? Even if you do make enough, I'm afraid that at that time, even the principal and interest will be tens of millions, right?"

"Ai Xin?"

Tao Li glanced at her with some surprise, although he knew that her words must have her own truth, but when she heard her say such cold-blooded and mean words to Director Zhao, who had worked hard, there was still a trace of displeasure in her heart.

"Look at what I'm doing, I'm not wrong. Ai Xin rolled his eyes, but instead of reined, his tone became even more sour, "If he really has a way, he won't lose public funds, if he really pays it off as easily as he said, and he won't be desperate to break the law, and he still thinks about committing suicide, right?"

The more Ai Xin spoke, the lower Director Zhao's head became, and the whole person seemed to want to find a crack in the table to get into, and he almost buried his head under the table. Ai Xin looked at him even more energetically, stretched out his hand on the table and tapped while muttering: "I have no ability in my life, finally my son is so competitive, the right road does not want to just think about gambling to turn over, turn over and can't afford to borrow usury and can't pay it back, even if you can't afford to pay it back, it will drag down the company, whose money is not money, Tao Li's money is a gale......"

"Ai Xin!" This time, Tao Li didn't stand it until she finished speaking, so he slapped his palm on the table, and his apricot eyes widened, obviously really angry, "Speak...... Or don't be so ugly. ”

Meow Meow was also frightened on the side, and sweated for Ai Xin. In the past, Ai Xin would not speak so aggressively, and it was rare to even speak loudly. Besides, even if she is a partner of the company, whatever Director Zhao says is Tao Li personally invited back, humiliating Director Zhao endlessly in front of Tao Li is basically slapping Tao Li in the face. And this slap is still getting louder and louder, and the more it hits, the more it can't stop. No matter how much Tao Li spoiled her, Ai Xin's words were a bit overstepping.

"Hey, you don't like to listen to me talk for you? Take your company money and run away, you are a treasure, and you will be a grass when I tell the truth here, right?" Ai Xin became more and more angry, and directly picked up the bag at hand, didn't even care about the mobile phone on the table, and directly stood up and pushed a chair of his own, "Okay, you don't like to listen to the old lady and don't want to say it, why do you like this, I don't care about this?!"

After speaking, Ai Xin threw the bag on his shoulder and walked out of the restaurant angrily, causing several guests around him to frown, as if they were very unhappy with the brief noise in such a high-end and elegant restaurant.

"Less ......"

"Leave her alone!"

Meow Meow was about to open her mouth to ask Tao Li to save Ai Xin a little, but he was rudely interrupted. Obviously, Tao Li was really angry.

"Tao Shao...... Why don't you go and have a look, don't hurt your friendship with Mr. Ai because of me......"

Director Zhao looked at this scene, and the guilt in his heart deepened a little. Although the personal relationship is not so deep, he knows very well that Tao Li and Ai Xin have always been inseparable, even if they do not appear in the company at the same time, whenever there is a major event, it is decided by the two of them. When he came to Taoli's company, although there was an element of gambling, he also decided to defect because he knew Dow's strong strength. But after coming, he could see the company's accounts and flowing water clearly, and most of Tao Li's funds came from Ai Xin. He has already caused the company to suffer huge losses this time, and if Tao Li loses his financial support because of this, then it is not enough for him to die ten thousand times.

"Don't pay attention to her!" Tao Li rolled his eyes in the direction of the door, looking like his anger had not subsided, and took another deep breath to calm himself down and look at Director Zhao, "This matter, since you have already confessed to me, you are treating me as your own." Don't worry about the money, I have a way to solve it, your top priority is to take a good rest first, and when you have a good rest, reorganize the company's accounts, and the company can operate. ”

"I, re-organize the company's accounts?"

Lao Zhao stared at Tao Li with wide eyes, and even Meow Meow couldn't help but look at him sideways, and both of them wondered for a moment if there was something wrong with their ears.

Director Zhao lost more than one million yuan in the company and absconded with the money, which also made the company panic, and investors came to ask for debts...... And now, Tao Li not only has to bear this debt himself, but even ...... Do you want Lao Zhao to return to the company?

"Director Zhao, I'll tell you the truth. ”

Tao Li looked at the surprised two people, couldn't help sighing, and shook his head helplessly: "There are hidden dangers in this company, whether it is you or not, these things may happen, but your behavior has catalyzed the occurrence of these events." I said I don't blame you, it's fake, but now if I really ask you to hand over this money, it will be equivalent to sending your family to death, and I really can't do this kind of thing. To put it bluntly, it's all about money, and as long as it's about money, there is a solution. I didn't solve it for you in vain, you have raised enough energy, and your brain has worked for me, this million yuan, I'm afraid you have to work for me for ten years, right?"

Director Zhao sat on the chair and was stunned for a while, as if thinking about Tao Li's words, and was silent for five or six minutes, until Tao Li was a little breathless and wanted to continue to speak, he suddenly stood up from the chair, threw himself on the ground, and knelt down for Tao Li.

"Tao less, Tao less...... Damn it...... I'm really damned...... You treat me like your own...... I'm actually, I'm going to do something so bad as a pig and a dog to betray the company...... Don't worry, don't say ten years...... Even if I die, I will let my son continue to work for you...... I, I, I'm sorry for you......"

"Hurry up!"

Tao Li slapped the table suddenly, but it startled the crying Lao Zhao, and when he was distracted, Meow Meow quickly helped him up.

"You are much older than me, kneeling me like this, sincerely asking me to thunder in the sky!"

Tao Li looked at Lao Zhao, who was already crying, and touched his forehead helplessly: "Now, hurry up, immediately, immediately give me back to my room to rest, I'll do the rest, I'll give you two days at most, and start working immediately after two days of rest, can you?"

"Okay, okay, absolutely okay...... I, I'm now, I'm going to go to bed now!"

Lao Zhao picked up the handbag he was carrying, staggered to his feet, and made a gesture at Tao Li, then ran out of the restaurant with the bag, completely ignoring the strange eyes of the people around him, wiping his tears and snorting his nose, and ran into the elevator.

"Young Master......"

Meow Meow couldn't digest what happened in just a few dozen minutes, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Tao Li.

"Wait a minute. ”

Tao Li pointed to the mobile phone left by Ai Xin on the table, gently entered the password and clicked on the phone, turned off the recording, and then relaxed.

"Young Master, you...... ...... all the time."

"Don't ask, I have a lot of questions. Tao Li picked up his mobile phone, pulled up a blank meow again, and walked towards the outside of the restaurant, "Let's go, the driver is still waiting outside." ”

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