In the face of my questioning, Xiao Man's eyes were obviously evasive, and he said, "I, I don't know ......"

"You can't be unaware, tell me where she is?" I said, glancing her up and down, "and how are you dressed like that?"

This has officially entered the summer, but Xiaoman is still wearing a hooded sweatshirt, wrapping the whole person like a zongzi.

Xiaoman is still struggling, he wants to get rid of me, but he doesn't have as much strength as mine, and he doesn't toss anymore after struggling for a while without results.

He finally said to me, "I really don't know where Sister Liu Qing is, can you let me go?"

I don't believe he doesn't know, he is Liu Qing's little follower, how could he not know where Liu Qing is?

That's it!

I changed my tone and said, "Okay, I won't ask you where she is, then let me ask you, how do you wear such thick clothes on such a hot day?"

"I, I'm cold, I'm afraid of cold......"

"Say, what the hell is going on?" I snapped, staring at him gravely.

"That's it...... Oh, Brother Xiang Nan, don't ask me, if Sister Liu Qing knew that I told you, she would scold me. ”

I smiled and said, "Look, I just said that I don't know where Liu Qing is, but now it's exposed, right?"

Xiaoman sighed and lowered his head, I don't want to embarrass him, it's been half a year Liu Qing is still angry with me, and I can't figure it out.

I said helplessly: "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I'll just ask you, is she still angry with me?"

Xiaoman didn't hesitate at all, shook his head and said, "No, Sister Liu Qing is not angry with you." ”

"Then why didn't she see me? She hasn't contacted me for half a year?"

"Because, Sister Liu Qing...... Let's ......" Xiao Man suddenly wanted to speak and stopped.

"Okay, it's okay if you don't want to say it, I'll ask you two words, have you been in Chongqing all along?

Xiao Man nodded and replied: "Yes, we have always been in Chongqing, and the past six months have not been very good." ”

"What happened to you? I saw Liu Qing on the street two months ago, when I saw her handing out flyers on the street, what the hell happened?"

Xiao Man seemed to have something unspeakable, and hesitated for a long time before saying to me: "Brother Nan, let's talk about it in another place." ”

At a fast-food restaurant near the station, I sat across from Xiaoman, and he asked for a fast food and devoured it, as if he hadn't eaten for half a month.

But Xiaoman has indeed lost a lot of weight, thin skin and bones, he was originally a technical nerd, and now he looks even more spiritless, like a person who has smoked *.

I went to buy him a bottle of water, helped him unscrew the cap and handed it to him, saying, "You eat slowly, no one will rob you." ”

"Thank you, thank you, Brother Nan......" He thanked me as he ate, and the sound in his mouth was a little funny.

I watched him eat without asking anything else, and in ten minutes he had eaten three bowls of rice, eaten all the dishes on his plate, and drank all the bottles of water.

He burped, looked at me with a smile and said, "Brother Xiang Nan, I'm so hungry, I'm embarrassed!"

"It's okay, if you don't have enough to eat, I'll bring you another one?"

"No, no," Xiao Man waved his hand repeatedly, "I'm full, but I still want to pack one and take it home, okay?"

"Okay," I said, nodding, "but now you should tell me about you and Liu Qing, right?"

Xiao Man was still a little reluctant to speak, but his mouth was short, and he rubbed for a long time before finally saying: "Brother Xiang Nan, I didn't mean to hide it from you, in fact, I have seen all the messages you sent me in the past six months, but Sister Liu Qing won't let me reply to you." ”

She ...... Are you really still mad at me? It's been so long, isn't it?"

Xiao Man shook his head vigorously and said, "No, Sister Liu Qing is not angry for a long time, she just ......"

"It's just what! ”

Xiao Man suddenly lowered his head, sighed heavily and said, "We later invested money to make your previous idea, which is the software of 'City Tour'. ”

I never expected Liu Qing to really do it, this girl's ambition is too big!

But now seeing Xiaoman like this, it doesn't seem to have succeeded, I smiled: "Failed, right?"

Xiaoman nodded, and said with some frustration: "Even the money for software development is not enough, and then we went to attract investment, but we didn't know how to tell people at all, and no one invested in us...... I persuaded Sister Liu Qing to give up at that time, but Sister Liu Qing didn't listen to the persuasion and insisted on doing it, and later ...... We borrowed loan sharks and made the software, but we got into trouble and we didn't know how to run it......"

After listening to what Xiaoman said, I didn't have any twists and turns in my heart, because I had already told Liu Qing not to blindly do this project, because the mobile Internet project itself burns money, and the replacement is too fast.

After I was silent for a long time, I asked him again, "What about now, what are you all doing?"

"The loan shark chased us for money all day long, forcing me and Sister Liu Qing to have no choice, Brother Nan ...... Can you help us?" Xiao Man raised his face and looked at me pleadingly.

No wonder the last time I saw Liu Qing handing out leaflets on the street, I said that I was with her at that time, and it was impossible for me to consume it so quickly, so it turned out to be like this.

I sighed and said, "How much do you owe to the loan sharks?"

Xiao Man stretched out two fingers and said a little sluggishly: "Two, two million......"

This number is not much, but it is not much, but I can't figure out how Liu Qing could borrow so much money.

I asked Xiaoman again, "How did you get such a large sum of money from a loan shark?"

"The person who lent the loan was a little familiar with Sister Liu Qing's father before, and Sister Liu Qing also used herself as a guarantee, if she didn't pay Sister Liu Qing, she would marry him. ”

"Damn! Liu Qing, is she crazy?" I suddenly became excited, and realized that this Liu Qing was really unreasonable.

Xiaoman was still defending Liu Qing, and hurriedly said: "No, Sister Liu Qing has also weighed it for a long time, and Sister Liu Qing did this for her parents, otherwise Sister Liu Qing would not have fought so hard." ”

"For her parents?

Xiao Man said dejectedly: "Isn't Uncle Liu unjustly removed from his military position and sent to a military court, and now he is still in prison, Sister Liu Qing wants to overturn the case for Uncle Liu, but it requires a lot of money." ”

I gradually calmed down, and after being silent for a long time, I asked Xiao Man, "What is the situation of Liu Qing now? Didn't the loan sharks find you?"

"No," Xiao Man shook his head and said, "Sister Liu Qing and I are hiding, but we are so poor that we can't eat." ”

"Can you take me to see Liu Qing?"

Xiao Man was very embarrassed and said: "Brother Xiang Nan, it's not that I don't take you to meet, but Sister Liu Qing said don't disturb your life, and he doesn't allow me to tell you these things." ”

"Didn't you want me to help you repay the loan shark, and you won't let me see her, how can I pay it back?"

"But ......"

"Don't do it, go, take me now!"

After speaking, I stood up, Xiao Man looked at me very embarrassed, and said, "Brother Xiang Nan, Liu Qing will blame me." ”

"Don't worry, she won't blame you, let's go, lead the way. ”

After Xiao Man hesitated for a long time, he finally stood up and said to me: "Brother Xiang Nan, if Sister Liu Qing blames me later......"

I answered, "I'll help you tell you, I forced you to bring me here." ”

After saying this, Xiao Man finally agreed to take me to see Liu Qing, and we left the fast food restaurant together, and Xiao Man put on the hat on his sweatshirt, as if he was afraid that others would recognize him.

I finally understood why on this hot day, he still wrapped himself like a rice dumpling, because he was afraid of being recognized by loan sharks.

We got into a taxi, and Xiao Man said to the driver the name of a place, if I remember correctly, it should be a rural-urban junction.