Hearing Long Xue's name come out of Tong Lu's mouth, Zhang Cai was obviously stunned, and his hands that were firmly controlled behind him were tightly clenched into fists.

Tong Lu sat beside Gu Chuan, tilting her head to look at the trembling person in front of her, her legs trembling.

"Why don't you say it?" Tong Lu never understood what kind of reason could make such a little girl so submissive, and she never dared to resist when she was bullied.

Zhang Cai lowered her head, she could feel Tong Lu's sympathetic and pitiful expression.

Pantothenic acid in the eye circles, and the liquid that had been endured for a long time finally came out of the eyes.

People like her don't deserve sympathy at all......

Everything now is her own choice, and she has to bear it......

Just like Long Xue said, the rules of this world are like this, you get what you want, you have to pay the price.

The day she got the money, she understood that she had no room to turn over in her life......

I don't know why, the girl in front of her was suddenly surrounded by a cold sadness, and her eyes with tears did not have the slightest brilliance.

At the moment when she met those eyes, Tong Lu felt a little distressed.

She seemed to see herself who had been forced to leave here with her three years ago, with the same despair, without any life.

"Let me talk to her alone." Tong Lu looked at Gu Chuan, who was speechless, and suddenly spoke.

Gu Chuan frowned, although his eyes were full of disapproval, he didn't say anything, just walked out of the door.

It wasn't until everyone in the room went out that Tong Lu got up from her seat and walked in front of Zhang Cai, "What are you afraid of?" ”

The cold fingertips swiped the new scars on Zhang Cai's face, as if they had some kind of magic, driving away the pain and bringing a different kind of long-lost warmth.

Zhang Cai didn't speak, her half-hanging eyelids trembled slightly, and her lips were tightly pursed.

"Are these all from Long Xue?" Untying the rope tied to Zhang Cai's wrist, Tong Lu carefully stroked the bruises on her arm, and her voice was deliberately soft.

Looking up at Tong Lu, Zhang Cai's eyes were a little uncertain, and she pulled her wrist out of Tong Lu's hand and put it behind her back, she seemed a little reluctant to talk about it.

Tong Lu smiled softly and moved the stool over and sat beside her.

"Although I found your mobile phone this time, I believe that this matter must not have been done by you, but I don't know if you know about it?" Tong Lu frowned slightly, and there was no blame in her tone, as if it was simply a question, and she just wanted to know the answer.

Cocking Erlang's legs, Tong Lu's slender fingers lightly tapped on his knees, "I think you have also seen the impact of this incident, I will repay my eyes, I will not let go of the people who calculate me, and naturally I will not affect innocent people." ”

"And I now wonder if you're innocent in this matter?"

Tong Lu's voice was very soft, but in this small and dim room, it was infinitely amplified, and every word was clearly transmitted to Zhang Cai's ears.

Zhang Cai's sharp nails pierced into his palms fiercely, until he felt the wetness of his palms, and he didn't relax his strength.

There seemed to be a cool touch on her wrists and cheeks, and this was the first time she felt care and warmth from others since her grandmother's death.

But she's not innocent......

Thinking of the phone call that Long Xue made in front of her without any scruples that day, Zhang Cai suddenly regretted it, she hated her weakness, and hated why she didn't rush up and snatch the phone.

Then she can tell the truth openly, and then accept this concern with dignity.

Instead of being guilty, as is the case now.

"I'm sorry......" After a long silence, Zhang Cai slowly spoke, but after only saying three words, he couldn't cry, with a deep sense of remorse.

Tong Lu took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to her, without speaking, just patting her on the shoulder.

Looking at the person who was crying in front of her, Tong Lu suddenly felt a little pitiful for her.

Zhang Cai didn't know how long she cried, until the golden sunlight shining through the narrow window gradually turned orange and red, and she gradually stopped crying.

After crying, Zhang Cai seemed to understand something, clutched the wet tissue in his hand, and raised his eyes to look at Tong Lu.

A pair of crying red eyes are full of determination at the moment.

"When Sister Xue called, I was next to me, I'm sorry......" Zhang Cai stared at Tong Lu stubbornly like a child who had done something wrong, waiting for her verdict.

"Later, I thought about telling you about it,......" Zhang Cai stubbornly raised his head, and there was a red circle around his eyes, as if tears were about to fall in the next second.

As he spoke, Zhang Cai began to recall the events of that day.

After listening to Long Xue's call that day, she went to find Tong Lu, but Tong Lu had already left at that time, and only her assistant Lin Zhen was still there.

Zhang Cai didn't like Tong Lu's assistant, so naturally he wouldn't say so much to Lin Zhen.

But since then, until the matter was exposed, Zhang Cai never found a chance to meet Tong Lu.

Listening to Zhang Cai sobbing and telling the ins and outs of the matter, Tong Lu couldn't help pursing her lips.

She knew that Zhang Cai was no wonder about this matter, and if the thing that Zhang Cai wanted to explain to her in the end was true, then she really admired the courage of this little girl.

Obviously so afraid of Long Xue, but he still dared to do this.

Raising his eyes to look at Zhang Cai's face full of tears, those clear eyes were full of negative emotions.

For some reason, Tong Lu is willing to believe Zhang Cai, she is willing to believe in that pure look.

Sighing lightly, Tong Lu's eyes swept over the wounds on Zhang Cai's body, and said softly, "You resign, I'll arrange a new job for you." ”

Tong Lu's words fell into his ears, and Zhang Cai's eyes suddenly lit up, but then dimmed.

It is like a traveler who has lost his way in the middle of the desert and sees a clear lake, only to find that it is a mirage, and his whole body exudes despair and helplessness.

"No," Zhang Cai's voice was very small, if it weren't for Tong Lu listening carefully, she wouldn't even be able to tell what she was saying, "I can't go." ”

Can't go?

Tong Lu raised her eyebrows, a little unclear.

It's just a small assistant, and it's not an important person, how could Long Xue hold on to someone.

"Why?" Tong Lu was stunned and asked.

Zhang Cai pinched the corners of his clothes nervously, and there was no vitality in his eyes.

is obviously a young girl in her early twenties and in the prime of her youth, but her eyes are like those of an eighty or ninety-year-old man, and she can't see any desire to live.

The moment she saw Zhang Cai's appearance, Tong Lu's disgust for Long Xue also reached the extreme.

"I signed a 20-year contract with Sister Xue, and if I leave, I will have to pay a lot of liquidated damages." Zhang Cai tried hard to smile, but in the end, he could only barely pull a stiff arc at the corner of his mouth.

"Twenty years?" Tong Lu's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he hadn't heard the number clearly.

If you sign for 20 years, this is not a contract, this is called a deed of sale......

Zhang Cai nodded, as if he had done a long time of psychological construction before he said the matter.

Zhang Cai had no parents, grew up in an orphanage, and knew that her grandmother brought her home when she was eight years old. The old and the young have a very poor life, but they are also very happy.

It's just that God doesn't seem to tolerate such simple happiness, in the year Zhang Cai was admitted to college, her grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, which was terminal.

Just when Zhang Cai was almost desperate and desperate, Long Xue appeared in front of her like a god.

They used to be high school classmates, but they didn't say a word in three years.

Long Xue told her that she wanted to ask her to be her assistant, give her money to treat her grandmother, and as long as she signed the contract, 50,000 yuan would be immediately credited to her account.

Zhang Cai did not hesitate, in that situation, she did not have any other choice.

can only sell his best twenty years for 50,000 yuan.

But even though she had collected the surgery fee, Grandma didn't persevere, and when the doctor came out in a bloody surgical gown and told her to mourn and change, her whole world collapsed.

There was nothing left in this world worthy of her nostalgia.

So she didn't resist, let Long Xue beat and scold, and even sometimes thought to the extreme, if she was beaten to death, would she be able to see her grandmother again......

Zhang Cai's tone was very flat, as if he had already let go of this matter, but Tong Lu could hear the trembling and sadness hidden behind the soft voice.

got up and hugged Zhang Cai, Tong Lu wanted to comfort her, but she was speechless for a while, she suddenly didn't know what she should say.

"I'm fine." As if he had opened some knot, Zhang Cai wiped the tears on his cheeks, and his eyes were dyed with a faint warmth.

Tong Lu mentioned again that she wanted to help her terminate the contract, but Zhang Cai refused with a smile.

After asking Zhang Cai to be sent back, Tong Lu also walked out of the room.

Gu Chuan was standing outside the door, dressed in a straight suit, but his movements against the wall were a little ruffian.

Tilting his head, looking at Gu Chuan's deep eyes full of affection, Tong Lu's cheeks suddenly became hot.

The words I heard through my phone echoed in my ears again.

This is the first time the two have met since the press conference confession. Tong Lu lowered her head a little shyly, and Gu Chuan, who had always been cold and self-controlled, seemed to be nervous, the hand in his pocket was held tightly, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from his palm.

"Have you eaten?" Gu Chuan looked at the hair on the top of Tong Lu's head, raised his hand and rubbed it.

Thinking about the large plate of desserts he ate before he came, Tong Lu actually said in a ghostly manner, "No." ”

As soon as the words came out, Tong Lu herself was stunned, these two words were like she had grown legs, and she ran straight out of her heart without thinking about it.