Chapter 6: The Blossoms
For the rest of the morning, Feng Lu had been lying in bed in a daze. Secretary Ai came in a few times and brought her medicine and food, but Feng Lu hid in the quilt and ignored it.
At noon, the takeaway ordered by Secretary Ai arrived, and he sent Feng Lu into the guest bedroom. He looked at Feng Lu, who looked haggard, and concealed his distress, but still said softly: "Feng Lu, I don't know what happened to you yesterday, I won't force you to tell me." But as your teacher, I'm ready to listen if you want to talk. Some things may be more comfortable in your heart when you say them, especially if you are still sick now, and it is easier to think about it. You name it, and while I may not be able to help you, we can at least figure it out together! ”
Feng Lu listened to Secretary Ai's soft voice and was moved. Her heart seemed to be alive again, her eyes were shining with tears, and she looked at Secretary Ai helplessly. She had so many words and so many fears in her heart that they almost drove her crazy, and she desperately wanted to pour it out, but to whom did she dare to pour it out? No matter who it is, it certainly shouldn't be this Secretary Ai.
Secretary Ai saw the expectation and hesitation in her eyes, and he hesitated, but still forced himself to sit down on the chair. He said to Feng Lu with a warm smile: "I can be your loyal listener, as long as you want to speak, you can say it to me." Don't worry, no matter what you say, I will keep it confidential for you. ”
His words instead drove Feng Lu's tears down, and her tearful eyes looked at Secretary Ai like that. Of course she wanted to say it, but would it solve her problem? But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, don't you also have to seize it? She is like a desperate drowning person, seeing a glimmer of hope for life, and she wants to desperately grasp this last straw.
Feng Lu looked at Secretary Ai with tears in her eyes: "Secretary Ai, you, can you lend me 100,000 yuan?" Under Secretary Ai's gaze, Feng Lu's head gradually lowered: "I know, this is a lot of money, I really have no other way, please!" Rest assured, I will definitely return the money to you in the future! ”
The smile on Secretary Ai's face disappeared, and he suddenly became serious: "That call from the morning is looking for you for money?" Why are you asking for money? Who's that, your family? Or friends? Or is it something else? ”
"It's a friend." Feng Lu replied with little confidence.
Secretary Ai was even more puzzled in his heart: "What kind of friend can scare you like that?" You have to tell me the truth, and if there is a good reason, I can consider lending you money! ”
"Really?" Feng Lu looked at Secretary Ai expectantly, but he held his face with both hands, and tears gushed out. She couldn't say that if Secretary Ai knew, all the teachers in the academy would know, and then the whole school would know, and then the whole world would know. She thought to herself, "I can't say it, I really can't say it!" I said, everyone is going to scold me to death. She began to cry again, and she really didn't know what she could do but cry.
"Of course it's true, but you have to give me a valid reason to lend you money! You are in such a painful and frightened picture now, I am worried about you, I am afraid that something will happen to you, and now that you have been brought to my home, I must also be responsible for your safety. I was expecting you to be drenched in the heavy rain, so let you take a hot shower here, stay at home for one night, and send you back to school in the morning. Who knew you were sick here, and there was such a big sum of money. If anything happens to you in my house, I won't be able to wash it even if I jump into the Yellow River. So if it's just a matter of money, even if it's such a large sum, I'll lend you as much as I can. You tell me the truth, is there something wrong at home? Or are you experiencing some particular difficulties yourself? I'm your teacher after all, and if you're in trouble, I might be able to give you some ideas. If it's something that can be solved with 100,000 yuan, I can lend it to you now, and then this matter is over with me. Secretary Ai took a tissue to gently wipe away the tears on the young, shiny and elastic face that was still shiny and elastic even if he cried all the time, and then quietly looked at the swollen eyes.
"Yes, it's about money." Feng Lu suddenly cried and threw herself on Secretary Ai, warm tears stimulated his skin through his shirt, and Secretary Ai froze suddenly.
Secretary Ai bit his lip fiercely, and the pain made him slowly calm down. He pushed Feng Lu away, walked out of the guest bedroom quickly, and came to the living room. He sat down on the sofa in a gloomy manner, not knowing who was angry, and angrily took out a bottle of mineral water from the lower level of the double-decker coffee table, and drank several sips in succession.
Feng Lu cried in the bedroom for a while, thinking of what she had just done, she couldn't help but feel ashamed and annoyed with herself. Fortunately, Dean Ai pushed her away in time, but she didn't know if Dean Ai was angry with her because of this, and no longer cared about her life or death. She understands that she is on the verge of a desperate situation, and Secretary Ai is her life-saving straw, and only by grasping this life-saving straw can she have hope of getting through the desperate situation. She wiped away her tears, walked down to the living room, and sat down at the other end of the sofa: "I said, I told you everything." But please lend me money, and don't tell anyone about it. ”
Secretary Ai picked up another bottle of water and handed it to her. He calmed down and looked at her encouragingly, "Okay, you can talk about it." Whatever it is, you say I'll listen! I'll lend you money for the right reasons, and I promise you I won't tell anyone else. ”
"Secretary Ai, I didn't plan to tell anyone about this matter, just forget it if it rots in my stomach. But you are so good to me, I want to believe you, I will tell you now, but please don't say it! If it gets out, I won't be able to live. I have been working as a supervisor and teaching assistant for various departments of the school for the past few years, and I have become accustomed to these jobs, and I like the working environment of the school, so I want to stay and work in the school directly after graduation. Last semester, I found a department that I really wanted to go to after graduation, but my contact told me that I needed to prepare an event fund in advance so that she could do it. I really couldn't come up with the money, so I found an online loan platform and borrowed a sum of money, and I had planned to use this summer vacation to work a few jobs outside of school to repay the money. This holiday, my father had a cerebral hemorrhage and had surgery in the hospital, so I had to go home and take care of my father with my mother. In the past two years, my father's health has not been very good, and my father has had such a major operation, which makes it even more difficult for the family, and I dare not tell the family about borrowing money at all. Now that the loan period has arrived, the online loan platform calls me every day to urge me to repay the money, and today the money has become 100,000 yuan, where can I find so much money? Woo woo, they told me that I had to pay back the money at six o'clock tonight, or else..., just..."Feng Lu's voice became quieter and quieter, and he couldn't go on.
Secretary Ai looked at her quietly, pretending to be an understatement and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"They sent me pictures to my parents, classmates and teachers!" Feng Lu finally said it desperately, not daring to look at Secretary Ai.
"What photo? Naked? Secretary Ai looked at her in shock.
"Hmm. At that time, the online loan platform was worried that I would not repay the debt, so I was required to be naked, take a photo with my ID card, and upload it to the online loan platform as collateral. If I repay the loan on time, the online loan platform system will automatically delete my photo, otherwise it will be sent to my family, friends and teachers. I had already planned to use the vacation to earn this money, and after paying off the money, the online loan platform would delete the photos, and it would be over before I knew it. I didn't even think I would have to pay for it. ”
"Why are you so stupid? How can such a thing be done? So what's the grind? Hurry up and call the police!" Secretary Ai grabbed the mobile phone and was about to dial.
"Secretary Ai, I beg you, don't call the police! As soon as I called the police, they would immediately expose my photos everywhere. As you said, if it's about money, it's over for you. Even if you don't lend me money, please don't call the police, I beg you! Feng Lu grabbed Secretary Ai's hand with both hands, and looked at him pleadingly with red and swollen eyes.
"Okay, okay, I'm not calling the police. I'll give you the money now, you pay it back quickly, and supervise the process of deleting photos on the online loan platform online to make sure your photos are deleted. Secretary Ai saw that her nervous face changed color and her muscles tensed, although he was annoyed in his heart, he was worried that something would happen to her, so he had to agree to let go of these people. He walked into the study, took out a wad of money, and handed it to Feng Lu, "This is what I just took out two days ago and was ready to use." How to give it to you? Do you go to the bank and deposit it in the card, or how do you get it? ”
"No need to go to the bank. They transferred it to me from their lending platform app at the time, and they are still paying it back from this app. You transfer the money to my xx treasure, and then I transfer it to the lending platform APP, okay? ”
Secretary Ai took out his mobile phone and asked, "What is your xx treasure account?" Add it up, and I'll transfer the money to you now. ”
Feng Lu took the mobile phone and successfully added Secretary Ai as a friend, and when Secretary Ai transferred the money, she immediately transferred the money to the online loan platform. In order to prevent the online loan platform from defaulting on the debt, Feng Lu asked Secretary Ai to record her transfer process with her mobile phone, and then she forwarded the video to the online loan platform. After doing all this, Feng Lu trembled and called the caller in the morning, asking him to confirm that he had received the money and delete the photo immediately. When the other party saw that the money had arrived, he happily agreed to Feng Lu's request, and sent a video of the process of deleting the photos on the online loan platform. Feng Lu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she was alive again. After taking pity on her, she almost collapsed after this great joy, and she suddenly felt dizzy for a while, and leaned on the back of the sofa with her left hand, unable to speak for a long time.