Chapter 438: The Long Road to Salary (Part II)
Like the night she lost her phone, Jolene sat on the side of the road and thought about it for a long time. Anyway, if you slapped that old pervert, even if you can't get the money back, it's not a loss, right?
No, if you count it that way, where should the old pervert count the account that touched her? That slap should cancel out this part, and she still has to get back the money she should take.
Lao Xie's face made her very uncomfortable, so that she didn't have the courage to fight him again. Jolene especially hoped that she could say with a strong backbone - the old lady is not rare in your money! But Jolene is not spineless, but unwilling, this money was originally her labor income, why should she throw it away in vain?
Before she figured it out, Qiao Lin didn't want to take the subway back, so she sat on the side of the road in a daze, and Qiao Lu knew her sister's mood too well. In the laboratory in the United States back then, the lewd man A from a certain country always stroked her wrist intentionally or unintentionally, Qiao Lu was angry, and he didn't smile shamelessly, saying that he was just joking.
There is also a lewd man B from the same country who hugged her directly from behind under the pretext of teaching her to do experiments. In just a few seconds, Qiao Lu could even feel the change in his lower body, she was so angry that she pushed him to the ground, and she couldn't wait to splash a bottle of sulfuric acid on his face.
All this made Qiao Lu nauseous to the point of vomiting, and she regretted that she didn't slap them neatly like her sister. What made her extremely puzzling was that all the men who came from there looked like they had never seen a woman, and she was so angry that even if she wanted to go to the Human Rights Commission to sue them, they would not change their ways. Those shadows lingered in her mind, and for the first time, she was so desperate that Qiao Nan would have a chance to fight them and beat them all over the place.
My sister's phone call brought back these sordid memories, and she had a bad feeling that her long-hidden depressive symptoms were about to flare up again. Her friend hurriedly bought a bottle of water, let her drink it, and kept comforting her: "It's okay, everything is safe now, don't think too much." ”
After pouring a bottle of water, Qiao Lu felt able to catch her breath. Seeing the "friend" in front of her, she was grateful, but also embarrassed: "I'm sorry to let you see such an embarrassed side of me." ”
"Where's the embarrassment? If you want to talk about embarrassment, the time I got drunk in Tokyo was the most embarrassing......
Qiao Lu was immediately amused and declined his offer to take her home, but he still called a taxi for her very gentlemanly. Before driving, he leaned on the window and said, "I'm serious, if there's anything that can't be solved, you call me." Perhaps, I can help a little bit?"
"Okay, thank you in advance. ”
The car drove away, and he didn't leave, still standing there watching her. Looking at the figure that was getting smaller and smaller, Qiao Lu unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth. After a few encounters, she had an intuition that although this person was not the same type of person as her brother, they both had a reassuring magic.
Qiao Lu arrived home for a while, and Qiao Lin came back, her big eyes were red from crying, and her eyeliner was crying, which was funny and pitiful. Qiao Lu took her mobile phone, and after a while, Qiao Lin had already made several calls, she was exhausted, and she didn't want to talk to her sister anymore.
"When I see Qiao Nan tomorrow, I want to ask him for a gun, pin it on my waist, and then ask for an account!"
Qiao Lu was amused again and said, "Classmate Qiao Lin, don't say if your brother can give it to you, even if you have a gun, will you use it?"
"I didn't think about it, I just went to scare them. It's really not good, let him give me a saber, I want the most handsome kind, and as soon as I take it out, I will scare them into weak legs. ”
"Then it's better to call Qiao Nan over, where is he going, who else dares to bully you?"
A year ago, Jolene had an account with her brother, and she had witnessed how he had beaten someone to the ground with three punches and two kicks. Just recalling it, she was covered in a cold sweat, no, she couldn't stand the bloody scene, so don't let Qiao Nan know.
Qiao Lu wanted to put pressure on them to get the money back through the translation company. As a result, Jolene said that she had already called the translation company, and they scolded her, saying that they might not even get the agency fee for making such a fuss.
"The people in the translation company said that they gave me the opportunity because I was steady, but I didn't expect me to be so uncontrollable, and I messed up the job with such a small thing...... The man said, Bai trusted me, I can't bear it at all. I can't figure it out, is it really what I did wrong? He's done that, shouldn't I resist?"
After Jolene finished speaking, she was aggrieved again, and almost burst into tears. Qiao Lu hurriedly reassured: "It's not you who is wrong, it's them." When they encounter such a thing, see if it can be so easy. ”
Qiao Lu felt wronged for her sister in her heart, but she couldn't think of any good way for a while. She said, "Why don't I tell you a story and give you a little comfort?"
"What's the story?"
"I have a friend who finished university in China and went to the UK to do a master's degree in dramatic literature, some of which he did with the film department. He said a British friend who studied film told him that they were out making films, and after a hard day, men and women slept in the same room. My friend didn't understand and asked, "Can't we just sleep in separate rooms?" The English friend said disappreciatively, they all lived in the same villa anyway, they partyed, they drank, and ...... Those scenes had a great impact on my friend, and he was surprised and laughed at by his English friends, as if he were a dirt bun who had never seen the world. ”
“…… But it's too lawless to play like that, isn't it?"
"I just want to tell you that you are not the only one in this world who is conservative, my friend has received a Chinese and Western education since he was a child, and there are some things that he can't accept. But he doesn't mind people saying that he is conservative, he said, even if he is conservative, at least he will not make trouble in the relationship between men and women, he will not become addicted to drugs, and he will not contract AIDS. What's so bad about reading in a proper manner?"
Jolene found her bosom friend and was in a better mood: "It seems that I haven't done anything wrong, and I just want to study properly." ”
"There's nothing wrong with you in the first place, a true gentleman, and you don't do anything casually. It is true that there should be some lessons for those who do not have clean hands and feet. ”
Qiao Lin was much better, so Qiao Lu let her wash and sleep first. As soon as Jolene got into the bed, she suddenly smiled and asked, "Sister, which of your friends went to England to study drama? Why don't I know?"
"My friend, who else do you know besides those in the second middle school?"
Jolene was tired, so she didn't get to the bottom of it, and as soon as she touched the pillow, she made an even breathing sound. Qiao Lu readjusted the temperature of the air conditioner and covered her with the quilt. The phone vibrated a little, and it turned out that the friend sent her a WeChat message: "Professor Qiao, are you home?"
"Thank you for your concern, it's already here. ”
"Are you okay now?"
"Well, it's fine. ”
Qiao Lu didn't expect that he would call the phone directly. Qiao Lu hurriedly fled to the balcony and made sure that the doors and windows were closed before picking it up.
"Professor Qiao, I have something to think of, and I want to tell you tonight. ”
"What's that?"
"When I saw you in the past, you were always very strong and calm, even if the sky fell down, you could resist it alone...... I was really surprised to see you slumped into a chair tonight, and I felt sorry for you...... But, thank you very much. ”
"Thank you, thank me for what?"
"Thank you for not treating me as an outsider and allowing me to see your vulnerable side. ”
Qiao Lu's heart beat violently. She had been on the lookout for someone coming, but inadvertently, she had taken off all her guards.
"Professor Qiao, if you don't mind, can you tell me what's going on?"
Qiao Lu glanced back, and Qiao Lin was already asleep. She didn't want to mention those sad things, but the moonlight was so bright that night that she couldn't help but say, "How nice would it be if the moonlight could illuminate all the dark corners?"
This sentence is quite a bit of a classical drama line, and the heroine must be hiding a lot of things. ”
Those experiences were always unpleasant, and Qiao Lu said so-so: "My sister was a translator for a film director and was bullied by their company...... She was in a bad mood, and I remembered the bad experiences I had before. ”
They seemed to just casually ask, "Oh? Which studio is it?"
"I don't know...... That foreign director is not very honest, my sister slapped him, and now he can't get the money, and the translation company doesn't care......"
"Tell me which company it is. ”
Qiao Lu asked, "I really don't know, let's talk about this matter, ...... with you"
"I didn't say I would help you, I just wanted to help you ask. ”
"Well, when my sister gets up, I'll ask her again! she's asleep now. ”
"Okay, then you can rest early, and don't forget to send it to me tomorrow morning. ”
Early the next morning, the sisters got up. Qiao Lu didn't ask her sister which company she was working for as a translator, she didn't pin her hopes on him, and she didn't want to owe him any more favors. However, as soon as she finished the check-in, he sent a message and said simply: "Name, send me." ”
Qiao Lu had a headache and had to ask Qiao Lin. Qiao Lin thought for a while and said, "It seems to be called 'Yinghua' or something, one of their bosses is surnamed Xie." What's the matter, are you going to sue them?"
Qiao Lu didn't answer her, and pulled her to the security check. Qiao Lin was still struggling along the way, whether she wanted the thousand dollars or not. And Qiao Lu was a little dizzy, listening to her sister's broken thoughts, she fell asleep.
The plane was steady with Jolene's cheers, and she happily said to her sister: "Sister, they have found out their conscience and sent me money!" The little assistant also sent me a message, saying that it was a misunderstanding last night, don't take it too seriously. ”
Qiao Lu took off the blindfold and immediately remembered that friend. She told Jolene to wait for her luggage, and she went to the bathroom to call him. He said: "It's not a big deal, it's just, it just so happens that my sister works in the film industry, it seems to be ...... It's still the kind that has a bit of a say. I just asked, you must not be burdened. ”
It's impossible to be without a burden, and Qiao Lu owes him another favor. But Qiao Lin was still kept in the dark, and she was very happy at the thought of not having to borrow guns and ammunition from Qiao Nan. How could she have thought that her salary was obtained for her by the familiar stranger?