Zhou He has always been absent-minded, and he didn't eat much for breakfast. When she got on the bus to the scenic spot, she kept her eyes closed. Yan Xu straightened his back and sat next to her.

Her appearance attracted the attention of the people in the car, and she looked at them from time to time.

It took more than three hours from the city to the scenic spots, and Zhou He was not very comfortable, so he did not go to play like other tourists, but went back to the hotel to rest.

Yan Xu was worried about her physical condition and asked if she wanted to find a doctor.

Zhou He refused, saying that it would be good to take a break.

Yan Xu was worried that she was alone, and he would knock on the door every two hours to ask if she was uncomfortable.

When he knocked on the door again in the evening, Zhou He had already gotten up and took out a guide for this side, saying that there was a food street with a lot of special snacks here, please go and pack some for her.

She hadn't eaten since she came, so she took the guide and asked her what she wanted to eat, and left soon after jotting it down.

Zhou He stayed in the hotel, estimating that she had already left, so he left with his bag on his back. only left a note for Yan Xu and asked her to go back to Yucheng.

Zhou He calculated the route early, took a taxi on the road outside, and then turned off his mobile phone.

At this time, there was no car anywhere, so she went back to the city and found a small hotel near the station to stay. The place she is going to is a place called Qingzhen, and it takes seven or eight hours to get to the county by bus from here, and it takes more than two hours to transfer to the town.

The inn is in the alley, quiet in the middle of the night. Zhou He couldn't sleep, but he still kept lying down to raise his spirits. When the sky lit up, she got up and went to the queue to buy a ticket.

The station was deserted in the early morning, and there was no one in the station. She quickly got her ticket.

The first train was at half past eight, and she got on the bus when she got her ticket. Although she had left a note for Yan Xu, she didn't have to think about it to know that she must have called her many times last night. It is even possible that Cheng Wei has been beaten.

Zhou He originally wanted to turn it on, but in the end it didn't open. I simply bought water and bread and got on the bus to Qingzhen.

The car stops and goes all the way, and from time to time there are passengers going up and down. It was already past four o'clock in the county. Zhou He hadn't been in a bus for so long for a long time, he got off the bus and fluttered on his feet, and when he got out of the car, he went to the side of the trash can and vomited.

She didn't eat anything in the car, and all she spit out was sour water.

She originally planned to take a taxi to Qingzhen after getting off the bus, but she was so tired that she found a hotel nearby to stay. Although he had no appetite, he still forced himself to go out and eat.

She hesitated for a long time, but turned on her phone at night. I don't know if I've been calling her or what, the phone just turned on when Cheng Wei's call came in.

Zhou He looked at the number on his phone, but in the end he still picked up the phone and fed it.

Cheng Wei's voice was hoarse and deep, and he was silent on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then asked, "Where are you now?"

Zhou He was also silent and said, "I don't have to worry about where I am. I'll take care of myself. ”

Cheng Wei was irritable on the other end of the phone, and he didn't know what he had smashed casually, so he said coldly: "Do you think the radical method is useful to me? Do you want to tell me where you asked Yan Xu to find you, or do you want me to go to you in person?"

His tone and attitude were tough, and he couldn't help but refute them at all.

Zhou He knew that he had done it. also knew that if he really wanted to find his whereabouts, he could find it.

She was silent for a long time and said, "I'll call Yanxu." ”

Cheng Wei on the other side of the phone was obviously relieved, and said in a dumb voice: "She has been waiting for you at the scenic spot." After a slight pause, he continued, "Wherever you go and what you do." She wouldn't tell anyone, including me. Her duty is simply to take care of you. ”

He thought she was running away from him.

After saying that, he asked Zhou He to call Yan Xu immediately, and hung up the phone after a moment of silence.

He didn't ask anything, obviously telling Zhou He that he would not ask about all her whereabouts in the future.

Zhou He stood with his mobile phone for a while and dialed Yan Xu's phone.

She left the note and left, obviously in a hurry. After the phone was connected, he immediately asked, "Miss Zhou, where are you?"

Zhou He told her where she was, and told her that he would wait for her here, so that she didn't have to worry and took the bus over tomorrow morning.

Yan Xu has already lost her, where will she wait for tomorrow morning. Although he said that he should come down, he immediately called a car and rushed over.

When Zhou He got up the next day, she stood outside the door in dust. Zhou He was slightly stunned, did not speak, and took her to breakfast. Let her go to rest and go to Qingzhen in the afternoon.

Yan Xu said no, saying that he had already slept in the car. Let Zhou He leave her alone.

She was afraid that Zhou He would leave her again, so she was silent for a while and said, "Miss Zhou, Mr. Cheng told me that all I am responsible for is taking care of you and protecting your safety." Wherever you go or what you do, it doesn't matter to me. I will not reveal your whereabouts to anyone. ”

Zhou He nodded, was silent for a while, and apologized for leaving her and said sorry.

Yan Xu probably didn't expect her to apologize, so he was stunned for a while, and said in a low voice: "Miss Zhou, don't mind, I can understand your feelings." ”

The two did not continue on this topic, since she was unwilling to rest, Zhou He went to return the house, and the two bought tickets and got on the bus to Qingzhen.

The bus to Qingzhen was dilapidated and old, and there was a peculiar smell. After the car drove out of the county, it drove more and more away, but Yan Xu didn't ask anything.

The road is not rough, but it gets narrower and narrower. Sometimes you even have to stop to stagger with the oncoming car. It's autumn season, and the roads are desolate on both sides.

The car drove for two hours and stopped in the town, which was just a street in a town. There is only one self-occupied hotel, which has been without guests for a long time, and the proprietress has gone out to work. Only half of the children were sitting and watching TV, and they saw a guest come to the door and shout loudly for Mom.

The proprietress came back in a hurry after about ten minutes, saw Zhou He and Yan Xu with a smile on their faces, wiped their hands on the apron, and said, "I want to stay in the hotel." ”

Her Mandarin has a strong dialect flavor.

Zhou He smiled and nodded, and asked her to open two rooms. He asked if there was anything to eat.

The proprietress pointed to the restaurant opposite and said that she could eat there. There are a few restaurants selling food at the end of the street, so you can go there and eat if you don't bother.

Zhou He thanked her and followed her upstairs.

Putting down her simple luggage, she went downstairs. Ask the proprietress about the school in town. And talked about knowing that someone is sponsoring poor students here, and she wants to write a report on this topic.

As soon as she said this, the proprietress opened up the chatterbox. It's been a few years now, but the local people are still talking about it.

What she is talking about is not how many students Wei Renyi has sponsored. It was the pomp of the year, and there were a lot of people coming, including mayors and county magistrates. The ones that came were all luxury cars that the townspeople had never seen before. From the street to the end of the street, a lot of traffic police and police came that day. Martial law has been imposed around the school, and the surrounding people are not allowed to pass, but can only watch from the periphery.

At that time, reporters also came, and they were taking pictures all the time. Of course, they can't see the big guys, and I heard that the big guys who came at the beginning only took pictures with the sponsored students and the principal of the school.

If it's just a simple funding, where can you make such a big battle? Wei Renyi is just making a name for himself.

Zhou He asked about the children he had sponsored at the beginning, and some of the children he had funded at the beginning were still in elementary school, and a few had already gone to the county seat to study in high school. I've heard that the above has been funding.

Zhou He wanted to check out the school, but today is the weekend, and the school is on vacation. I won't have until tomorrow.

The proprietress talked a lot, and she stopped going upstairs, and when she saw that she wanted to choose a dish, she also helped to choose it. I went to the supermarket later and bought some snacks for the proprietress and came back with a bag of fruit.

The proprietress was warm and simple, and invited Zhou He and Yan Xu to have dinner with them in the evening. Steamed bacon with dried sausages.

The next day, the proprietress accompanied Zhou He to the school, she was familiar with the security guard of the school, and Zhou He saw one of the sponsored children. The child didn't understand anything, his clothes were dirty and rotten, and his shoes had a big hole in his feet. I heard that his father was seriously ill, and his mother went out to work after giving birth to him and never came back.

Such a young child does not understand anything, and when he sees a stranger looking at him, he is uneasy. Zhou He's eyes were very sour, and he knew that he couldn't do anything on this trip. So I went to the shop in town and bought some clothes and shoes for the children. I also bought some food.

Later, she took out the photo of the girl in the video of gratitude and asked the proprietress if she knew the girl.

The proprietress said that she knew her, and said that the girl was much more beautiful than she looked in the photo. Her mother was a well-known beauty when she was there, but unfortunately she died of illness. She should be in high school in the county right now.

Zhou He returned to the county seat the next day and found a hotel next to the county high school and stayed there.

She did all this and said that she had never asked. She was with her, but she was like an invisible person.

On the night of returning to the county seat, Cheng Wei called her at about ten o'clock. He didn't know if he was asleep or still outside, and the phone answered and she fed her, but he didn't speak.

Zhou He was also silent, and no one spoke for a while.

After a few minutes, Cheng Wei asked, "Is there anything uncomfortable?"

When she came out, Cheng Wei probably still hid it from Li Peiyuan and Xu Yuanning. Neither of them has called her to this day.

She was silent for a moment and said, "It's all good. ”

Cheng Wei hummed in a low voice and didn't speak again. After a while, he said again: "Go to bed early, call me if you have something." ”

Zhou He responded with a hello, Cheng Wei said good night and hung up the phone.

The small room was cramped and quiet, and Zhou He put his phone aside and closed his eyes. Her trip went well, and when she came over at noon today, she saw the girl.

She was indeed beautiful, taciturn, and worked part-time as a waitress at a snack bar at the school gate. Everything was just speculation, it was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child, and she didn't even dare to come forward and disturb her.

Things fell into a bottleneck, and the next day Zhou He slept until noon for the first time, and the whole person was so unrefreshed that he couldn't lift his spirits. I didn't go out either, and stayed in a small hotel all day.

She slept in the small hotel for three days, and when she got up on the fourth day, she looked worried and asked, "Miss Zhou, do you want to go to the hospital?"

Zhou He reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "I'm fine." ”

Yan Xu was silent for a moment and said, "I went out the night before yesterday and saw the girl who worked part-time in the store got into a car and left. It wasn't until dawn that he was sent back. ”

These days, she hasn't asked what Zhou He does. Zhou He didn't expect that she was secretly paying attention to this. She couldn't help but be stunned.

Yan Xu paused slightly, and then said: "The driver who sent her back made a call at the door, and it was the security guard at the door who came out to open the door." ”

She was saying that the girl was picked up in the middle of the night, and someone in the school knew about it, and they all turned a blind eye.

If the girl really relied on selling her body, then she couldn't have worked part-time as a waitress in the store. There is a great possibility that she was forced.

Zhou He's childish face appeared in front of his eyes, and his fingers were clenched tightly. The small room was quiet for a while.

After a long while, Yan Xu Cai hesitated and said, "Miss Zhou, this matter is no longer something we can interfere in, if you agree, I will call Mr. Cheng." ”

Yes, she went in and out of the school and the dormitory building in the middle of the night, and it was impossible for the school to be unaware of the leaders. If she continues to follow this, she may harm the child.

Zhou Hesheng felt powerless, was silent for a moment, and said, "Call him." ”

Cheng Wei came quickly, he came in person, and he rushed over in the early morning. Zhou He almost didn't sleep all night, he came over, handed him all the things he had sorted out, and briefly said the purpose of sorting out these things.

Cheng Wei's expression was solemn and he listened very seriously. After Zhou He finished speaking, he said, "You don't care about this matter, leave it to me." ”

Zhou He nodded and stood still. After a while, he asked, "She'll be fine, right?"

Cheng Wei took out a cigarette and put it in his hand, did not light it, and said, "I will do my best to protect her." ”

That's his promise.

Zhou He's eyes were bruised, he paused, and then said, "I haven't slept all night, go to sleep." I live right next door. ”

Zhou Hecheng responded, and Cheng Wei quickly closed the door and went out.

She slept until noon, Cheng Wei and his party did not go out, the small hotel was chartered by him, and there were no other guests.

When she got up, she said that she was staying outside the room, and when she saw her get up, she called Miss Zhou and said, "Mr. Cheng is discussing things with them in the room." ”

Probably heard Yan Xu speak, and after a while, Cheng Wei opened the door and came out. He had regained his nonchalant appearance, and asked, "Are you hungry?" ”

The inn is small with two floors. He was low-key, and although he had chartered the hotel, it looked the same as before.

It's just that today's meal is much more exquisite and rich than before, and I don't know who made it.

Cheng Wei didn't know what to do, and he didn't arrange for Zhou He to go back. She stayed in the hotel.

He had brought some people with him, and he hadn't seen them in the rest of the day, except for Zhou He, who had seen them that day. I think it's all out.

Cheng Wei has been staying in the hotel, but he has a lot of things to do, and he has been on the phone all the time.

I don't know how things are going, and Cheng Wei hasn't heard a word on his side. When he returned to his room after dinner one night, Zhou He was silent for a moment and said, "Is there anything I need to do?"

The men he brought with him were men. If you want to communicate with that little girl, she is undoubtedly the most appropriate.

Cheng Wei's people have indeed made no progress these days, the girl is very vigilant, and she never speaks when a stranger accostes her.

He didn't speak for a while, and after a while, he said, "She should go home this afternoon, there are many people here, and I plan to go with her." ”

Zhou He nodded and said, "I'll go with me too." ”

Cheng Wei knew that she was not at ease, so she nodded in response.

He had already made arrangements for the past, and instead of going directly to the little girl's house, he stayed at a nearby villager's house.

The girl didn't come out after she got home, and her house was still living in a mud-walled house. In addition to his seriously ill father, there are also elderly grandparents in the family.

She came out the next morning and went up the hill to collect firewood. Cheng Wei's people have been staring at her all the time, and as soon as she came out, she came over and told Cheng Wei.

Zhou He followed.

This girl is much more vigilant and mature than the girl of the same year, and as soon as Zhou He approached her, she looked at her vigilantly.

Zhou He has no time to detour, her personality and too many detours will only make her more vigilant.

She tried her best to soften her tone and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. ”

The girl's lips were pursed tightly, and she didn't speak, just looked at her coldly.

She didn't speak, and Zhou He couldn't speak next. So there was silence.

The girl was silent for a while, and finally asked, "What's the matter?"

Her pretty face was still childish, still vigilant.

Zhou He couldn't open his mouth, didn't speak, walked to her side and helped her pick up firewood.

The girl looked at her for a moment, then continued to pick up the firewood. When she finished collecting firewood, probably because she was afraid that Zhou He would follow her to her house, she pursed her lips and said, "If you have something to say, don't follow me anymore." ”

Zhou He asked for a moment and said, "I want to ask, about your school funding......

Before she could finish her sentence, the girl said, "I don't know anything. ”

After she finished speaking, she squatted down and picked up the firewood, and was about to leave.

Her reaction was expected by Zhou He, and she followed and said, "I'm not a bad person. ”

The girl didn't look at her, but kept burying her head and walked forward, saying, "You've found the wrong person, I don't know anything." ”

She was anxious to get rid of Zhouhe, and walked briskly towards the other side of the road. The road was rough and full of thorns. It's not as easy as the road you came from.

Zhou He was afraid that he would follow her and force her to do something, so he had to stop. Watch her back disappear into the trees.

There was nothing to gain from this trip, and she was discouraged. Cheng Wei poured her a glass of water and said, "It's normal for her to be vigilant. ”

It is impossible for Wei Renyi to be free of coercion and temptation, she lives in fear, how can she not be vigilant against strangers. Even if she doesn't think about herself, she has to think about her family.

Zhou He lowered his head and said, "I'll try again next time she goes out." ”

My grandparents are all elderly, and my father is also bedridden. Most of the work in the family had to wait for her to come back. There's no way she's going to stay at home all the time.

As Zhou He, in the afternoon, the girl went up the mountain again. She continued. She went up the mountain this time to lay the grass, and saw that Zhou He's lips were pursed tightly, but she didn't speak.

Zhou He didn't say anything, just helped her on the side.

She was under pressure to follow her like that, and it was only when it was dark that she spoke, "I know you're not a bad person." But I don't know anything, don't follow me anymore. It's useless for you to stay with me any longer. ”

She was leaving.

Zhou He looked at her figure and asked, "Are you going to continue like this?"

The girl's body stiffened, turned around and looked at Zhou He with a sneering face, and asked, "I'm just a poor student who can't even make ends meet, what can I do?"

She blurted out this, and pursed her lips tightly when she finished speaking. I'm about to leave.

Zhou He followed her and said, "If you want to ......"

Before she could finish her sentence, the girl turned to look at her and sneered, "What do you want me to do?"

At a young age, she has seen through the warmth and coldness of this world. We have learned that there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Zhou was speechless and speechless.

The girl didn't say anything more, but continued to walk. said: "Don't follow me anymore, even if you follow me, it's useless." I don't need anyone to save me. ”

There was bitterness between her words.

Zhou He's heart felt powerless, followed her, and when she was about to go down the mountain, she asked, "Have you thought about what to do in the future?"

The girl smiled miserably, looked back at Zhou He, and said, "Do you think a person like me can have a future?"

Zhou He met her gaze and said, "It's not you who is wrong. ”