I drove all the way at a fast speed, speculating in my heart about the purpose of Le Yao's coming to Xuzhou, and it was not difficult to hear from her tone that she was in a bad mood.

About a quarter of an hour later, I arrived at the train station and immediately called Le Yao, who told me that she had not gone to eat and was in front of the square of the train station.

I parked the car on the side of the road and walked towards the square in front of the train station, and in the crowd, I finally found Le Yao standing in the cold wind, although the light was not good enough at night, I could still see her solemn expression.

I walked towards Le Yao, and she also spotted me in the look and walked towards me.

I didn't want the atmosphere to be too solemn after the meeting, so I asked with a smile: "Le Dazhi, why didn't you find a place to eat first." ”

Le Yao obviously forced a smile and said, "Wait for you to invite me." ”

My heart was heavy because of her forced smile, and I was even more eager to know what had happened to her, and I needed to rush to Xuzhou to ask me for help.

……

Le Yao and I found a relatively quiet restaurant near the train station, the two of us ordered something, and while waiting for the meal, I asked Le Yao: "Say, what do you need my help with?" ”

Le Yao looked at me with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time before saying, "Zhaoyang, I opened a music bar in Suzhou. ”

I replied in surprise, "You open a music bar!" Didn't you want to open it!! ”

Le Yao's tone was low, and he said helplessly: "I'm in the entertainment industry, it's best if I can be famous, but what if I can't?" Have you ever thought about how I should live? I don't have any job skills, what can I do without investment, how can I support myself? ”

I was silent, feeling in my heart how insecure this world is, most people are struggling, working hard to find the conditions for their own survival, and I asked Le Yao for a long time: "You invested in opening a music bar, Robben and CC should know about it, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then why have I never heard them mention it to me?"

"You didn't agree with me opening a bar last time, so I didn't let them sue you."

At this time, it was hard for me to blame Le Yao for not listening to my dissuasion, and I also understood in my heart why she came to me, so I calmed down and asked, "How much money have you invested in this music bar?" ”

Le Yao's expression was even more gloomy, she was silent for a long time, and whispered to me: "More than one million." ”

I thought I had misheard and asked again, "How much?" ”

"Nearly one and a half million."

"I'm ...... Are you crazy? One and a half million! Bar this thing, you invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to play, aren't you playing with fire by investing so much money? I almost yelled at Le Yao.

Le Yao bowed her head and was silent......

I lit a cigarette, knowing that it would be useless to blame her at this time, I took a heavy puff of the cigarette, and asked Le Yao in a lighter tone: "You sue me, where did you get so much money to invest?" ”

"The salary of the last drama is 500,000, and then ......" Le Yao paused for a long time and mustered up the courage to say to me: "Then I borrowed 1 million loan sharks from a friend." ”

I fell into silence, and I realized the severity of the situation, I didn't expect Le Yao to dare to touch the loan shark, her investment was too blind.

I took another puff of cigarette before I said, "You sue me, how is the bar doing now?" ”

"Can't make ends meet...... The business is in terrible shape. Le Yao replied, my voice was already choked.

I fell silent again, because more than a million dollars were completely beyond my ability to solve.

"Zhaoyang, what should I do now? You want to help me......" Le Yao looked at me helplessly.

I was depressed and uncomfortable, and I finished smoking half a cigarette in one gulp, but I still kept calm and said: "The top priority is to pay back the loan shark first, this thing is too scary to roll in profits, and the operation of the bar will be talked about later." ”

Le Yao nodded and said, "I will find a way to pay back the loan shark." ”

"How are you going to pay it back, where did you get the money to pay it back?"

After my questioning, Le Yao looked helpless and dazed, and said as if she had made up her mind for a while: "It's a big deal, I'm ......."

"What are you doing?" There was anger in my tone.

Le Yao replied slurpedly: "There are rich businessmen ......"

I immediately interrupted and said, "Le Yao, I don't allow you to do this, you have to give me a dignified life, do you hear?" ”

"But what else can be done?"

"I'll figure it out with you, but you have to dispel that thought." I said to Le Yao very resolutely.

Le Yao raised her head at this time, looked at me with tears in her eyes, and said to me for a long time: "I'm sorry, Zhaoyang, I caused you trouble again." ”

I was upset, but I still comforted: "Don't say that, your motives for investing in bars are not wrong, and this is also forced by life." ”

Receiving my understanding, Le Yao's tears flowed down like an embankment, and she sobbed and said to me: "Zhaoyang, the matter of usury...... I will definitely find a way to solve it myself, I will come to Xuzhou to find ...... You just want you to help me run a good ...... Bar, I know you're smart...... There will definitely be a way to help the bar get through this...... You must promise me, okay? ……”

Le Yao's tears made my heart twist, but at this time, I had no way to promise her, if I went back to Suzhou to help her run the bar, it would mean that I would have to give up the job that I had worked so hard to settle down in Xuzhou, and even ...... and even the relationship with Li Xiaoyun.

After a long silence, I whispered to Le Yao: "I'm sorry, I already have a new life in Xuzhou, and Suzhou ...... I really can't go back! ”

My reply filled Le Yao's face with heart-rending pain: "Zhaoyang...... I beg you not to refuse, okay? …… I don't know who else I can rely on but you? I'm so lonely and helpless...... I'm about to break down! ”

My heart tingled for a while, as if I was once again in the kind of choice that made me painful, I knew that a woman like Le Yao seemed to have many friends, but there were very few people who could really help her in trouble, and even if they had the ability to help her, they coveted her body and beauty...... Unless you let go of a woman's dignity, she is truly helpless and lonely.

In the struggle that suffocated me, I finally said to Le Yao: "You let me think about it, think about it!" ”

Le Yao's expression was a little relaxed, and she nodded with tears in her eyes, and the meal she ordered was also delivered by the waiter at this time.

I unwrapped the chopsticks, handed them to Le Yao, scooped a small bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup and handed it to her, and said with a comforting smile: "Let's drink some hot soup first." ”

Le Yao nodded meekly, took the small bowl from my hand, and I didn't have the appetite to eat myself, and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case again, my heart was full of the pain of choice, if I really want to give up my job here and go back to Suzhou with Le Yao, how should I face Li Xiaoyun?

In the smoke, I seemed to see the distorted life again......