Chapter 81 A simple student
Following the students, we walked for more than 20 minutes and finally arrived at the residential area.
Low and messy private houses were built haphazardly on both sides of the road. Most of the yards were quiet, as if everyone had gone to work.
The student came to the door of one of the courtyards, opened the door and walked in.
Does he live here?
I followed over and found that this was another short-term rental house built by residents, which could also be called a small hotel.
The door is ajar and opens when pushed.
The yard was not big and was fairly clean. There was a short, fat, middle-aged woman sitting under the eaves picking vegetables.
The student wearing a plaid shirt nodded to the woman, took out the key and opened the door of a room on the first floor. After entering, he closed the door.
"Are you here to stay at the hotel?" The middle-aged woman saw me, put down her vegetable basket and stood up to greet me warmly.
"That's right, eldest sister, do you still have a room here?" I responded.
"Yes, these rooms on the first floor are all for rent. Which one do you like?" The middle-aged woman was very happy and led me to the room. "I clean it every day. There is hot water and everything. It's clean." It’s very good, don’t worry!”
"Are all the first floor rental rooms?" I pointed to the room where the students entered unintentionally.
"Yes, it's all on the first floor." The middle-aged man boasted with a smile, "My price is fair, the house is clean, and it's very comfortable to live in. If you don't believe me, ask the kid just now. He is a college student and won't lie to you!"
"Why are students renting a house at this time? Don't they need to go to school?"
"Sister, I won't lie to you. He said that his family is so poor that he can no longer afford to go to school, so he came here to work to earn some tuition. He is a gentle and honest child, which is quite pitiful."
"Really? That's a coincidence. I'm also looking for a job, so I happened to ask him which factory is recruiting workers."
"Oh, you're going to work there, so my room is the most suitable! It's close to me, and the price is right. It's okay even if you bring a cat. Not to mention, you're such a cute cat. "
The middle-aged woman was even happier.
I chose the room next to the student, and on the pretext of finding a job to renew the lease, I only paid the deposit for one day's rent. Then, he knocked on the student's door.
"Hello, can you excuse me?"
After half a minute, I could feel the student looking at me through the peephole before opening the door.
"Who are you? What's wrong?"
A slightly green young face came into my eyes. He was no more than twenty years old. He was gentle and thin, with a hint of caution in his tone.
"Hello, my surname is Li. I am also a tenant here. I heard from the eldest sister that you are looking for a job in that factory. I want to ask you about the situation there. I happen to be looking for a job too." I smiled.
Wangcai squatted on my shoulder obediently and looked at the student with a crooked face.
"Sorry, I haven't found a job yet." The student looked at me warily.
"It doesn't matter. I heard that there is a factory where the pay is very good. I can take you there with me. Can we talk in the room?" Before the student could refuse, I entered his room.
The student frowned and his eyes became more alert.
The room is not big, just a bed, a cabinet and a table, the simplest and most standard configuration of a low-cost rental house.
His backpack was placed on the table and his glasses case was taken out.
"This is my room. Outsiders are not welcome to enter. Please get out!" The student glanced at the glasses case nervously.
"Aren't you short of money to pay for tuition? Are you not interested in the job I mentioned at all?" I pulled up a chair and sat down, still smiling.
"Finding a job is my own business. I'll say it again, please get out!"
"Don't worry, listen to me tell you the name of this factory. It's not too late for you to refuse." I looked at the student and slowed down, "Lvcheng Electronics Factory."
The student's face changed drastically, and he stood by the door and asked in a panic: "Who are you?"
"Don't worry, I'm not from the factory. I just happened to see you sneaking into the factory." I picked up the glasses case on the table and opened it. Inside were two key models made of chewing gum.
"Do you want to call the police, or do you want to blackmail?" Nervousness was written on his young face, and the student gritted his teeth and tried his best to maintain his composure.
"None of them." I closed my glasses case, "I just want to know, what was your purpose in going to that factory?"
"Why should I tell you?" the student said bitterly, "I didn't steal anything, and there's nothing you can do about it even if you call the police!"
"Child, I just told you that I will not call the police, and I have no intentions against you. I have no ill intentions, I am just curious about what you want to investigate in that factory."
"What does it have to do with you?" After hearing what I said, the student's expression softened a little, but he still didn't have a good impression of me.
"Because I was also investigating that factory and found some very scary things." I guided him step by step, "I want to know if our purpose is the same."
The student was stunned for a moment, looked at me several times, and finally asked tentatively: "Are you looking for someone too?"
My eyes lit up: "You have relatives working there and never come back, right?"
The student hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
His city is not deep, just like his eyes, which have some simplicity and kindness that are not deeply involved in the world, and it is easy to trust others.
"You too?" he asked again.
"Yes, I have a very close classmate who went to this factory and never came back. I was asked by his family to go to the factory to find him."
After hearing my white lie, the student's eyes changed when he looked at me. He became much softer and kinder, with a little bit of incredible surprise, as if he had found a comrade-in-arms.
"My brother went to that factory. It's been two months and there's been no news at all." He relaxed his nervousness, closed the door, and sat on the bed sadly.
"My name is Zhao Xiaohai, and my brother's name is Zhao Xiaojun. I just entered college this year. In order to raise tuition for me, my brother worked two jobs by himself. It's very hard!"
"I wanted to use the summer vacation to do some part-time work to reduce his burden, but my brother didn't want me to suffer that hardship. He never allowed me to go out to work and only asked me to study hard at home."
"Two months ago, he was very happy to get back a job advertisement, saying that he had found a job with a good salary and that after working for a few months, he could earn enough for my four-year college tuition."
As he spoke, Zhao Xiaohai took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket and slowly unfolded it.
A4 paper with a job advertisement printed on it.
The factory is short of people. The monthly salary is 20,000 yuan, food and accommodation are included. If you are interested, please call.
There is no name or address of the manufacturer on the signature, only a phone number.
It should be a recruitment advertisement for Lvcheng Electronics Factory.
"But two months have passed, and my brother hasn't come back yet, and I can't get through on the phone! My brother would never be like this!
"We have been dependent on each other for so many years. No matter where he goes or what he does, he will tell me that if there is no news for three months, something must have happened to him!"