Chapter 21: The Abyss

Shen Mengjie was lying on the bed looking at the ceiling with her eyes blank, the silver art chandelier on her head reflected three whiter circles of light on the snow-white wall, the curtains were drawn tightly, the whole room was like night, time was moving forward minute by minute, her heart was getting tighter and tighter, she turned over the mobile phone next to the pillow, so that the shimmering screen was not facing up, but her mind was always inseparable from the mobile phone that was about to ring.

She was terrified of the urging bell that rang punctually every afternoon.

At this point in time every day, when Shen Mengjie was most painful, the loan company called "Rong E" would call her to tell her how much money she owed now, and asked her to go to work tonight, if she didn't go to work to repay the loan, the loan would be more and more......

For Shen Mengjie, this is her unbearable torture, this summer vacation she is like living in hell, and even feels even sadder than in hell, at least the walking dead can feel nothing, but she has to face phone calls every day, the threat of finding the other party's home, those dirty and disgusting adults, and lying to her parents......

"Hell is nothing more than that..... At least if she dies, she won't be so tormented....." She remembered what Sister Qing told her last night, asking her to sleep with that Mr. Zheng for one night, and most of the debt could be paid off, at that moment she was actually a little shaken, she felt that she really couldn't hold on.

Shen Mengjie sat up from the bed, buried her head in her hands on her knees, and couldn't help crying again, she really didn't want to do this, but how did she get to this point?

Huge remorse crawled all over her body like ants, gnawing at her soul, how she wished she could go back to change all this before the summer vacation, but the reality was so cold and cruel, she felt that there was no hope in her life.

Shen Mengjie subconsciously turned her head and looked at the window next to her, "You can jump down and you can be a hundred!" This thought flashed through Shen Mengjie's mind like a flint, and she even felt that maybe this was a relief.....

At this moment, the phone rang again, Shen Mengjie trembled, she looked at the back of the phone and didn't know whether to answer it or not, if the other party wanted to go to work at night, what should she say?

Shen Mengjie's breathing was faster than the phone ringing, she looked at the phone at a loss, she didn't want to answer, and she didn't dare not answer, at this time she felt that the mobile phone was really the most annoying invention in the world.

She picked up her mobile phone tremblingly, looked at the lit screen, and sure enough, it was those few numbers that seemed to be urgent, and they belonged to the landline number of Rong E Microfinance Company.

I don't know how long the phone rang, so Shen Mengjie pressed the answer and whispered, "Brother Qiang." ”

"Shen Mengjie, you have to pay back 6,700 yuan today, are you ready?" A dull and serious voice sounded on the other end of the phone, like a policeman who was torturing a prisoner.

"Brother Qiang, didn't you say that you should repay the interest first every day, and the principal will be paid together at the end of the month?" Shen Mengjie replied with some eagerness.

"That's when you go to work every day.... How many days off did you say this month? After three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, how can I explain to the people of Little Swan? Shen Mengjie, you have to figure it out, that is the opportunity I gave you to make money to pay off your debts, not to ask you to be a princess..."

"But I really ....."

"Don't make excuses, Shen Mengjie, it's not that I didn't give you a chance, now that most of this month has passed, you can't even pay interest every day, how can I believe that you can pay it back at the end of the month? You are forcing me to go to your parents and your school..."

Hearing the other party's naked threat, Shen Mengjie didn't speak, she felt that she was falling into a dark bottomless abyss, and great fear was engulfing her.

The phone was silent for a moment.

"I said, Shen Mengjie, it's not a way for you to go on like this, you will only owe more and more if you continue like this, and if it really comes to next month, your interest and principal will reach 250,000 together..... Brother Qiang really doesn't want to embarrass you, and he also knows that you are a student, and your grades are not bad, or you will consider Sister Qing's proposal, the long pain is better than the short pain, isn't it just a membrane? How nice is it to start a new life without knowing it?"

After a pause, Brother Qiang said earnestly: "If you continue to consume like this, it is only you who will be delayed...."

Shen Mengjie felt that her heart was like ashes, "Let me think about it, let me think about it....."

"Okay, think about it..... Remember to go to work on time at half past seven tonight. ”

Shen Mengjie hung up the phone stiffly, the air conditioner of the air conditioner was cold and a little biting, she felt that she needed the warmth of the sun, so Shen Mengjie lifted the quilt and walked out of bed, opened the heavy purple curtains, which she and her mother went to the curtain market to choose, the carved copper hanging pole is her favorite European style, after the loud sound, the dazzling sunlight overwhelmingly tilted down, and the whole world was white.

But the sun wasn't warm at all.

She looked down at the window, it was a large platform on the sixth floor, and there were a few things on it, including the main unit of the central air conditioner, the clothes that fell from the upper floor, and the withered yellow weeds swaying in the wind.....

She felt a little dizzy, as if a voice was calling her to jump.

Shen Mengjie opened the window, and the heat wave outside poured in, which made her body feel warmer, she climbed on the window sill, stepped on the somewhat cold beige marble countertop, tears flowed out of her eyes again, she felt very scared, and the feeling of powerlessness clung to her heart, making her fall down.....

"It's better to die. Such thoughts grew wildly in her mind, as soon as she died, everything should be over, and the endless phone calls and threats should be over.

Shen Mengjie stretched out her hand and grabbed the edge of the window, and tears fell on the aluminum alloy frame and smashed a small crystal flower.

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Shen Youyi held the steering wheel in one hand and the mobile phone in the other hand and said anxiously: "Xiao Jie doesn't answer the phone, nothing should happen, right?"

"Sister Xi, don't worry, I don't think Shen Mengjie should be so fragile.... Maybe I don't want to answer the phone for some other reason. Cheng Mo, who was sitting in the mini co-pilot, said lightly.

Shen Youyi put down the phone and said to Cheng Mo: "You sit tight, I'll drive faster...."

Cheng Mo said "oh", reached out and grabbed the handle above the window, the 1.2T engine made a laborious whistling, but unfortunately it did not produce much shocking thrust, just a little faster, Cheng Mo couldn't help but think of the mini COOPER driven by Li Jiting, the power is really much more than this, maybe this is the true portrayal of "the book is used when the hate is less", even if Mr. Shen wants to drive faster, he is powerless.

The blue mini scurried in the sparse traffic, fortunately at three o'clock in the afternoon under the scorching sun, there were not many cars on the road along the river, so that Shen Youyi, a new driver with bad driving skills, would not have an accident, seeing that he almost rear-ended again, Cheng Mo's body fell forward because of the rapid braking, and he had to open his mouth to remind: "Sister Xi, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it.... If you get into an accident while driving like this, it will be delayed even longer...."

Shen Youyi grabbed the steering wheel tightly with both hands, and nodded to indicate that he understood, but he still didn't care about the end of the car like that, but Cheng Mo was glad that Shen Mengjie's house was not far away, near the University of Technology on Yanjiang Road.

Shen Youyi drove into the community, leaned towards the side of the road at random, forgot to draw the key, and got out of the car with her mobile phone, she looked up at Shen Mengjie's house on the 23rd floor, and couldn't see the window high, only a round of the sun emitting a scorching light.

Shen Youyi walked hurriedly towards the building while broadcasting the phone, her hands were completely soaked with sweat, and she clicked the screen several times, but she couldn't unlock it with a password.

Cheng Mo leaned over and pulled out the key, got up and got out of the car, locked the door, and followed Shen Youyi's back into the elevator room.

"Hurry up and answer the phone! Hurry up and answer the phone!" Shen Youyi kept pressing the up button of the elevator and said while looking at the phone screen.

However, no one answered, only the sound of empty beeps echoed.

At this time, the elevator reached the first floor, and Shen Youyi didn't care if Shen Mengjie answered the phone, stuffed her mobile phone into Kun's bag, and stepped into the elevator.

On the 23rd floor, Shen Youyi rushed straight to the door of Shen Mengjie's house, knocking on the door vigorously while shouting loudly: "Xiaojie.... Open the door.... Xiao Jie....."

But there was no response from inside.

"Sister Xi, are you sure Shen Mengjie is at home?" Cheng Mo, who was standing on the side, asked softly.

"It should be at home, when I made the first call to her, she said she .....was at home," Shen Youyi replied while banging on the door vigorously.

Cheng Mo reached out and took a black hairpin from Shen Youyi's hair, "Then let me try it....."

Shen Youyi was a little caught off guard and touched her ears, at this time Cheng Mo had already bent down and put the hairpin into the keyhole, at this time it was not the time to care about Cheng Mo's slightly rude behavior, she asked anxiously: "Can you open it?"

Cheng Mo said lightly: "Try to ....."

Time spun forward minute by minute, and the hallway fell silent, save for the slight rattle of the marble locks and the sound of beads of sweat falling onto the terrazzo floor.

"I can't do it, I can only call her parents... Call the police...."Shen Youyi, who was very anxious, took out her mobile phone again, and just as she entered the password and looked for her uncle's phone number, Cheng Mo twisted the door lock with a "snap".

Cheng Mo also breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that this skill could also be used on the body, maybe it was the strengthening of the body that made his senses sharper.

Cheng Mo pushed the door open, and Shen Youyi immediately crashed straight in, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Xiao Jie..... Xiao Jie....."

There was no answer in the room.

Cheng Mo watched Shen Youyi walk quickly into the room facing the door, and then heard a scream!