Tintin had red eyes, and tears were falling down.

She grew up in a single-parent family, and her father ran away with another woman when she was 10 years old, leaving her and her five-year-old brother to follow her mother.

My mother set up a vegetable stall in her hometown, and she could only earn her and her younger brother's tuition fees when she was tired for a month, plus the living expenses of the three of them, and other expenses were not enough at all.

Since Ding Ding was in high school, he has used the winter and summer vacations to work to make money, and when he got to college, he worked part-time in addition to classes.

Before she met Xu Ai, she had been working as a tutor, but the salary of tutors was not high, and now the children are not pampered and are not easy to teach.

She was fired many times, and she didn't make much money, barely enough to live on her own at school.

It wasn't until she met Xu Ai that she had extra money in her hand.

The first time she sent the money home, her mother called her worriedly and asked where she got the money?

After listening to her explanation, her mother was relieved.

At this moment, Ding Ding looked at the money in his hand and cried while saying, "Sister, thank you." ”

"Ouch, a little money moved you like this? It's useless, wipe away your tears, put the money away, go back and review it for me, and I'll see the report card next year." ”

Ding Ding burst into tears and smiled and nodded vigorously, "I will definitely review hard and take a scholarship for you." ”

"Ambitious," Xu Ai raised his hand and patted her shoulder, "When the time comes, you will have to invite me to dinner." ”

"No problem, call my brother-in-law when the time comes. ”

"After the exam, I went straight home, helped my mother do some work, and let her take a break. ”

"Well, I will. ”

"Go ahead. ”

Sending Ding Ding away, Xu Ai suddenly wanted to go home.

She took her mobile phone to call her father, called for a long time, but didn't answer there, she made a video call to Ms. Chen, and it took half a day to pick it up, first heard the sound of rubbing mahjong, and then saw Ms. Chen's well-maintained face.

Ms. Chen was playing vigorously at the poker table, and today she won a lot of money with good luck, and smiled at Xu Ai like a flower, "Ai Ai, what's the matter?"

"Lao Chen, can't you play less mahjong? Every time you call, you are either on the mahjong table or on the way to play mahjong, is it interesting?"

Ms. Chen was not angry, and shook her head while stacking cards over there, "Of course it's interesting, it's much more interesting than raising a girl." ”

"Cut," Xu Ai couldn't help but roll her eyes, and then asked her, "Where's Old Xu?" I just called him, and he didn't answer. ”

"Your dad is probably on the plane right now. ”

"Where did you go again?"

"Sioux City, said he was invited to an academic seminar. ”

"Lao Xu is really busy. ”

Xu Ai pursed her lips, and when she saw that her mother was patronizing and playing cards, she didn't pay attention to her, so she wanted to hang up the phone.

Ms. Chen suddenly looked up at her, "When are you coming back? It's almost the end of the year." ”

"I didn't go back until the day before the New Year. ”

"Then you should come back early this year, and there is no shortage of money you earn at home, what are you doing so hard outside. ”

"Hey, then I'll sell the store directly, and I'll take care of it for you when I go home. ”

Ms. Chen yelled, "Oh, this bear child, I'll lose as soon as she calls......"

Before the words fell, she hung up the video.

Xu Ai, "......"

She really suspected that she was not born to Ms. Chen, probably as she said when she was a child, Ms. Chen went to buy a mobile phone, and someone shoehorned it into one of her bear children for free.

......

Snowflakes drifted in the evening, and in such weather, I thought that there were no guests, Xu Ai stayed in the store until eight o'clock and was about to close the store and go home, when a guest came.

The other party was a little picky, and it took a long time to pick one in the picture, Xu Ai packed the package and received the money to send the guest away, and it was already half past nine.

After closing the store, when Xu Ai went to drive, he found that several nearby stores were closed.

At the end of the year, private cars were parked, and the cars of this area of shops were parked in the open space in the south.

Xu Ai's car was also parked there, the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, she wrapped the scarf around her neck tightly, and walked towards the south with her feet raised.

Along the way, the shops were closed, leaving only the dim streetlights on the side of the road.

Because of the snow, there were almost no pedestrians on the road, Xu Ai walked quietly forward, walking, she felt that something was wrong, so she looked back.

About fifty meters away from her, there was a * smoking on the side of the road.

Xu Ai glanced at him, the other party lowered his head and smoked and didn't look at her, Xu Ai thought he was thinking too much, so he turned around and continued to walk forward.

But after walking a few steps, she couldn't help but look back.

The other party didn't seem to expect her to suddenly turn around at this time, she didn't have time to cover it up, the cigarette was in the corner of her mouth, and her hands were copied into the pockets of her black coat, Xu Ai couldn't help but look at his pocket, which seemed to be carrying something and bulging.

Xu Ai looked back at the parking lot not far away, where it was dim except for the lights, and there was not even a ghost.

She was a little panicked, looked around, and then found that the hot pot restaurant diagonally opposite was not closed, the lights were still brightly lit, and there seemed to be customers coming and going at the door.

Xu Ai didn't have time to think too much, so he raised his feet and ran to the road.

As she ran, the man behind her followed.

And the other party is very fast, as if trying to control her before she crosses the street.

Listening to the approaching footsteps, Xu Ai used the speed of a 100-meter sprint in high school, ignoring the vehicles coming and going on the road, and quickly ran in the direction of the hot pot restaurant opposite.

Fortunately, she wore flat heels today, and she rushed to the door of the hot pot restaurant almost in one go, and there was no approaching footsteps behind her, but she still didn't dare to look back and ran directly into the store.

The guy in the store knew her, and when he saw her running in in a panic, he immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Ai was so frightened that her whole body was trembling, her face was pale, and her eyes were flustered, "Someone is following me." ”

"Huh, where?"

The other party wanted to stretch out his head to look out, but Xu Ai grabbed him, "Don't look, is your boss here?"

"In his office. ”

"I'll go find him. ”

Xu Ai raised her feet and walked in, she didn't dare to look out, she was afraid that when she turned around, she would see the other party standing outside the window, smiling at her......

The owner of the hot pot restaurant is surnamed Li, he is very fat, everyone usually calls him Fat Brother, and the hot pot restaurant he opened is also called Fat Brother Hot Pot.

The fat brother was answering the phone, and he was surprised to see Xu Ai coming in.

So, I hung up the phone after a casual chat with the person on the other end.

He put his phone on the table and asked Xu Ai, "Big sister, what's wrong?"

Xu Ai tightly tugged on the strap of her satchel in her hand, and was a little frightened, "Fat brother, pour me a cup of hot water." ”

She felt chills all over her body right now.

The fat brother saw that something was wrong with her, and while taking a paper cup to pour water for her, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Xu Ai sat on the sofa next to him, his heart still beating so fast.

The fat brother came over and handed her the water cup, Xu Ai reached out to take it and whispered thank you.

The fat brother dragged a chair and sat down opposite her, so close, he found that Xu Ai's hand holding the water glass had been shaking.

I knew she must have met with something.

Knowing that she must be panicked now, he didn't ask her again, sat quietly, and waited for her to take the initiative to speak.

The heat of the water cup passed from her palm little by little, and the panic in Xu Ai's heart disappeared little by little.

She took a sip of hot water, and then told her what had just been followed.

When the fat brother heard this, he frowned, "I won't tell you anything, an employee in my store was robbed of his bag near here yesterday." ”

Xu Ai was shocked, "Why haven't you heard of it?"

"I didn't let me say it, I thought it was just an accident, but I didn't expect ......"

"So what now?"

"I can't leave now," the fat brother pondered for a moment, and then his eyes lit up, "You can ask Officer Zhang to come and pick you up, he is the captain of the criminal police team, who dares to mess with him." ”

The two had come to the restaurant to eat hot pot together before, and the fat brother knew that they were together.

Xu Ai, "He went to other places, and he has been gone for more than ten days. ”

"Oh so," the fat brother thought for a moment, "I'll send you off, send you home, and I'll come back." ”

Xu Ai shook her head, she suddenly thought of someone.

Before leaving, Zhang Bai sent her the mobile phone number of his deputy Zhang Lin, saying that he was prepared.

What did she say at the time?

What can happen to her, she's safe.

Hehehe is still safe, almost not robbed.

took out his mobile phone and called up Zhang Lin's mobile phone number, Xu Ai dialed it directly without hesitation.

The other side quickly picked it up, and seemed to know that it was her, so he opened his mouth and called, "Sister-in-law." ”

"Hello, I'm Xu Ai. ”

"Sister-in-law, I'm Zhang Lin, are you in any trouble? Send me the location, and I'll go over immediately. ”

"I just looked like I was being followed. ”

"Are you safe now? I'll go look for you right away. ”

"I'm at the fat brother hot pot restaurant opposite my flower shop, call me again when you come, and I'll go out to meet you." ”

"Okay, I'll be there in about twenty minutes, you don't come out of it first to ensure your safety. ”

"Okay, trouble. ”

After hanging up the phone, Xu Ai breathed a sigh of relief.

She trusts Zhang Bai, and naturally trusts the people he entrusts.

In less than twenty minutes, Zhang Lin came.

He is tall and big, he is not wearing a police uniform, he is wearing civilian clothes, he has a straight hair, and he looks serious.

When he saw Xu Ai, he greeted him with a smile, and this smile made people feel that he was quite sunny again.

The two sat in the fat brother's office, Xu Ai carefully said the previous tracking again, and the fat brother also told the staff who were robbed last night, Zhang Lin opened his mouth after hearing it, "Leave this matter to me to deal with." ”

Then he looked at Xu Ai, "Sister-in-law, do you have any friends here?"

Xu Ai nodded, "Yes." ”

"Then you go to her side tonight for one night, I can't guarantee now whether the person just now has found out where you live, if so, then it is not safe for you to live at home. ”

Xu Ai was shocked when he heard it.

She immediately got up and walked to the side to call Sheng Jiuduo.