Although it was concealed well, Qin Jinnian still heard some hoarseness and forced effort in the voice.

"Mom, are you... okay?"

Qin Jinnian asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Ah? It's okay, it's okay. What can happen to me, kid? Haha..."

Xia Panlan laughed, but her momentary shock and the hasty tone that made things more obvious afterwards all indicated...

Something happened.

But before Qin Jinnian could ask more questions, the other party coughed twice, cleared his throat, and changed the subject: "You kid, you still remember to call your mother? If you didn't call, I would have thought you had almost forgotten that you had a mother."

There was some resentment in his tone...Whether it was the original owner or Qin Jinnian, they rarely took the initiative to call back.

But before Qin Jinnian could figure out how to respond, his mother took over the topic.

She tried hard to act as chatty as usual. Qin Jinnian didn't say anything, but he could clearly hear the fatigue in her voice.

After a long while, she seemed to come back to her senses: "By the way, Xiaonian, why did you suddenly think of calling? Is your living expenses not enough? Well, I'll give you some later... You are alone in the city center, so take care of yourself. The weather is getting colder now. I will transfer more money to you later, and you can buy some thick clothes, okay? Well, you have to pay attention to personal hygiene when you live alone. Don't go there next time. The house is as messy as a doghouse..."

This is the norm when Qin Jinnian makes phone calls.

Most of the time, it was the original owner’s mother who chattered on the phone, and Qin Jinnian only occasionally responded with a sentence or two... Otherwise, with such a drastic change in personality, it would be impossible to hide it for so long.

I originally wanted to tell my family about Super Power over the phone... After all, No. 5 Middle School will definitely come to look for them next, and it would be troublesome if they didn't know anything about the situation.

But now, Qin Jinnian has changed his mind.

Xia Panlan just chattered for a short while, and then she took the initiative to hang up the phone... Qin Jinnian knew that something must have happened at home.

In the past, the original owner's mother complained that she didn't have enough time to talk to her son, and she never hung up the phone on her own initiative even once.

Even when there were customers coming to the store, he would entertain them while talking on the phone with his son.

But now he took the initiative to hang up the phone, obviously he had more important things in mind.

The call was hung up. Qin Jinnian frowned. After a while, the cell phone rang. There was a paltry 1,200 yuan added to the account that still had a huge amount of 300 million yuan.

Qin Jinnian was silent for a while, let out a breath, and without any hesitation, he got up and walked out.

I called a car on my phone and set off for Tianxin Road...

This is the place that the original owner has the most profound memory of, but one he has never been to since he traveled through time.

…

…

"Is Xiaonian okay?"

"Nothing, maybe they just don't have enough living expenses? ... Boys are older now, living alone in the city center, so it's normal for them to spend more."

Xia Panlan forced a smile and used her mobile phone to transfer money to her son. She initially planned to transfer 2,000 yuan.

But thinking about her daughter, she hesitated for a moment and finally transferred 1,200...

Qin Taiping didn't say much. He nodded while smoking, then he exhaled a long puff of smoke, twisted off the cigarette butt, stood up and said, "I'll call and ask."

"Yeah." Xia Panlan nodded, watching Qin Taiping dialing the phone as he walked out, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, dinner is ready, let's eat first before going."

Qin Taiping didn't look back, but waved his hand: "You and Xiaomian eat first, I'll contact them first."

After saying that, he walked out of the door. Xia Panlan opened her mouth, but finally sighed lightly, turned around and went upstairs.

"Xiao Mian, it's time to eat..."

…

…

When Qin Jinnian got off the car, it was already late and night had fallen.

After sending the car away, Qin Jinnian turned around and looked around. This was a place that was deeply engraved in the original owner's memory.

There are messy streets, dim street lights, and the sound of barking dogs. Most of the houses on both sides of the street are self-built, the tallest of which are no more than four or five stories high, and the shortest are at least three or two stories high.

Under the dim street lights, some children were running around, waving sticks or something like that in their hands, chasing each other in the messy streets, making some hehe and haha ​​sounds with their mouths.

The adults' scolding of "Be careful, you naughty boy. If you poke your eyes, I'll beat you up" mixed with the children's noise was very down-to-earth.

Qin Jinnian stayed there for a while before walking in the direction he remembered.

Slowly, a building with three small buildings that seemed to be quite old came into view. In my memory... that was the original owner's home.

Before he got close, the voice of a middle-aged man making a phone call with a somewhat flattering tone reached his ears.

"Sixth brother, I know, I know, I know that business is not easy nowadays. But you see, I have no other choice. If I had any way, how could I rush you? Ah? Three thousand? That's not enough. The previous payment for the goods is more than 20,000. You can think of a way to spare 10,000... No, no, that's not what I meant... How about this, five thousand, do you think five thousand is okay?... Well, thank you very much, Sixth brother, okay, next time you come over I'll treat you to a drink... Hahaha, okay. Okay, you can just turn it over later..."

The voice sounded familiar, and the laughter on the phone was hearty.

But he hung up the phone soon and silence fell on the other side.

Qin Jinnian frowned and walked over to take a look curiously.

I saw a middle-aged man squatting on a stone bench in front of a stone table in the yard of the house, under the dim street lights, writing and drawing on the stone table in front of him.

The cigarette in his mouth burned out and he threw it on the ground which was already littered with cigarette butts. After he finished writing, he calculated on his mobile phone, then he frowned slightly and lit another one.

After exhaling a puff of smoke, he held the cigarette in his mouth and made another call.

"Hello, is this Boss Zhou? Hahaha, it's me, I'm Lao Qin from Jinmian Wholesale... Hahaha, yes, it's me. Have you eaten? Haha, I have already eaten. Um... It's like this, Boss Zhou, when can you pay me the money you owed me for the goods last time? I'm not rushing you, it's just that I've encountered some problems recently, and now I need some money to make ends meet. If it's convenient for you..."

As soon as the phone was connected, his voice suddenly became full of energy and cheerful, which was completely inconsistent with his decadent image.

But after some bargaining, the result was not satisfactory. Boss Zhou did not agree to pay, but just said to wait and see tomorrow.

After hanging up the phone, the man was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he wrote and drew on the paper on the stone table in front of him. Under the dim light, his brows were furrowed even deeper.

Qin Jinnian watched but remained where he was.

"How is it? How much?"

A familiar voice sounded, Qin Jinnian looked up and saw a middle-aged woman walking out with a bowl of food, with a worried look on her face.

The middle-aged man didn't look back. He took a puff of his cigarette and said, "With the savings, it's about 70,000 now. I still need 30,000."

"There is still a shortfall of 30,000..."

The middle-aged woman frowned, then sighed and put the food aside: "Let's fight later, eat first."

"Put it somewhere, you're not hungry yet."

The man flipped through the account book in front of him and took notes.

The middle-aged woman didn't say anything else. She walked to the stone bench on the other side, sat down, and looked through the account book.

The voice was very low, but Qin Jinnian heard it clearly.

Because...

One hundred thousand yuan? ... In his bank card, there was 301,200 million yuan.

Just as I was thinking about it, a girl came out of the room. She was thin and weak, wearing a thin nightgown. She looked downcast and buried her head. Suddenly she said, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry. But please don't give me the money. I really asked, and in this case, I can only stay in prison for ten days at most. What they said today was just to scare you."

The middle-aged couple stopped talking. The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the girl. After a while, he sighed and said to her softly, "Okay, Xiao Mian, don't worry about this matter... No matter what, Dad can't let you go to jail. But in the future, Dad hopes that you can be sensible and obedient. Okay?"

The girl pursed her lips tightly, tears welled up in her eyes but she was too stubborn to let them fall. She just lowered her head and said nothing.

"Okay, stop talking. It's already happened, so let's just deal with it... Even though I have to pay compensation, I don't think Xiaomian did anything wrong. Let alone the child."

The middle-aged woman was silent for a moment, and finally said so.

Upon hearing this, Xiaomian looked up at her mother. Xia Panlan nodded gently to her, but she couldn't hold back her tears.

I ran to my mother and threw myself into her arms, finally unable to hold back my tears.

Xia Panlan whispered to comfort him, saying that it was okay, even if the sky fell, his parents were still here.

The middle-aged man next to him was silent. Finally, he sighed lightly, said nothing, and continued to look through the account book.

Qin Jinnian stood there for a long time, but in the end he didn't walk over. Instead, he turned around and left.

I have already heard some of the things from their fragmentary conversations. It is roughly that the younger sister Xiaomian got into some trouble and needs to pay a compensation of 100,000 yuan.

One hundred thousand yuan...

It means nothing to Qin Jinnian now.

Not to mention the 300 million yuan of "Zhang San", he still has tens of millions to use.

But he didn't go there directly, but planned to find out first...

What exactly happened.

Xiaomian is still a student and has not had her holidays yet. If she really got into trouble, it would most likely be at school.

As for school...

He thought about it and walked towards the school according to his memory.

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…

The next morning, Qin Taiping took Qin Xiaomian, who was wearing school uniform, to school.

Qin Xiaomian was dressed like a good girl today, without the exaggerated smoky makeup and spirited little sister outfit from yesterday.

At this moment, she was gentle and pure, looking like a pure girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Her hair, dyed purple-blue, was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, but she kept her head down the whole time.

As she walked forward, the closer she got to the school, the more students there were around her, and the more eyes they cast at her. They pointed and talked about something.

Qin Xiaomian gritted her teeth. If her father hadn't been here, she would have started to scold him... What the hell are you looking at? Haven't you seen it? !

She was annoyed by these people... Even though they were just gossiping now, according to her experience, these people would only gossip from a distance at first, but if she found that she did not refute or resist, they would become more and more presumptuous...

But her father was here today, and she saw with her own eyes how depressed and distressed her father and mother were because of this matter last night, so she didn't dare to lose her temper now. She could only grit her teeth and hold it in, then lowered her head and glared at the few people who were talking the most... When they saw her eyes, they panicked for a moment, and indeed they restrained themselves a lot...

This made Qin Xiaomian feel even more disdainful... See, it turns out that evil needs to be dealt with by evil.

These people deserve to be punished! If you can beat them, they will be afraid of you!

After arriving at the school, they went to the principal's office... The incident happened at school and both of them were students. Although they called the police, the police also believed that letting the school mediate was the best option... After all, both of them were students.

As soon as I arrived at the principal's office, I found a lot of people standing there.

They were all young men, each of them was unruly, lazy and unwilling to listen to anything. At first glance, they were the idlers in society. They squatted at the door of the principal's office and smoked. Some teachers were angry but dared not say anything when they saw them.

But when they saw Qin Taiping and his daughter, they all looked over with sneers on their faces.

When Qin Taiping saw this situation, he was immediately shocked... and knew that this was most likely a 'relative' called over by the other party.

He subconsciously stopped and held his daughter's hand tightly.

Qin Xiaomian also noticed this group of people. She clenched her teeth, and it was impossible for her to say that she was not afraid, but she looked at them stubbornly and refused to give in.

One of the men, who was in his thirties and chewing betel nuts, noticed Qin Xiaomian's look and sneered, "I didn't believe it when you said it was just a little pepper, but now it seems to be really strong... Little sister, you are really brave, you dare to hit my brother?"

Qin Xiaomian clenched her teeth and was about to speak, but Qin Taiping had already protected her behind him. He glared at the man who was speaking and said in a deep voice, "Be careful with your words. We had already agreed on how to deal with this matter yesterday. Are you going to change your mind?"

"Change of heart?"

The man looked Qin Taiping up and down, and curled his lips: "Then you have to talk to my uncle, I don't care about these."

After saying that, he looked at Qin Xiaomian with a playful look and stopped talking.

Qin Taiping's heart sank. Looking at the other party's expression, it was obvious that he had no intention of resolving the matter peacefully.

But now that things have come to this, we can only take one step at a time and see what happens.

The two walked into the office, and the principal was sitting at his desk with a gloomy face. The other party had already arrived in the room.

In addition to a slightly fat boy with a bandage on his head, there was also a middle-aged man with a fat face and a gold necklace. He sat on the sofa carefree.

The woman who had painted her face like a ghost, whom I had seen yesterday, had been talking to the slightly plump boy with concern. Suddenly, she heard some noise, turned her head, and saw Qin Taiping and Qin Xiaomian walking in.

The kind smile on his face just now suddenly turned into a ferocious one, staring at Qin Xiaomian: "Little bastard, you are finally here..."

Qin Xiaomian glared and was about to retort.

Qin Taiping opened his mouth and said angrily: "How can you talk like that?!"

"I'm already being polite! This little bitch ordered someone to beat up my son, and I can't say a word to her? She's such a prankster! I just scolded her, so what?!"

Maybe because someone was backing her up today, the woman was extremely stubborn, not caring at all that Qin Taiping's eyes were already bloodshot...

Yesterday she cursed that little bastard, and that little bastard immediately cursed back at her, which almost made her explode with anger.

Later, when she saw that the little bastard was picking up stones and looked like he was going to fight her to the death, she was really scared and didn't dare to scold him anymore.

However, the more she endured, the angrier she became, and the more she backed down, the more she felt she was at a disadvantage... She almost exploded when she returned.

A group of people have gathered here today. No matter what, we must get back yesterday's face!

We must make this little bastard pay a sufficient price!

(End of this chapter)