Chapter 170 [(*^▽^*)]
Liu Jiao finally snapped out of her daze, her eyes darting around. "Me, a woman... can I really live alone?"
Lin Leyou was speechless. "What's wrong with that? Didn't you see the waitresses and shop assistants in the surrounding shops? How many of them are women who come out on their own to find work and earn money?"
"Don't you know how many female workers are in those factories around here? You can find a job anywhere."
"Factory is springing up everywhere now, and many places are hiring. Even beginners can go. They provide training, meals, and accommodation, and even pay wages. You can do it if you get up early every day to make breakfast or run a shop, so why can't you do it if you go to work?"
Hearing him say that, Liu Jiao's eyes brightened slightly. "Then... then where should I go..."
Lin Leyou thought for a moment, "If you trust me, then come with me."
He had actually seen a lot of job postings when he was walking around the area to familiarize himself with the streets, and there were many factories to the north, so they must be hiring all year round.
He led Liu Jiao that way, and Liu Jiao obediently followed behind Lin Leyou.
Lin Leyou finally realized that Liu Jiao wasn't dependent on Zhou Nanyue; it was just that no one was willing to take her down a different path.
Now that he had appeared, he had given her another way out, a better and more acceptable life than her current one, so she gave up on Zhou Nanyue without hesitation.
Liu Jiao lacks her own opinions; she only follows those who are stronger than her. The fact that she had such a bad falling out with Zhou Feng before probably shows that she really thinks her son is an indispensable bond that keeps the family together.
But someone like Zhou Nanyue is destined not to reciprocate in kind.
"By the way, you don't need to bring anything, right?"
"No, no, I... I have nothing left now."
Lin Leyou, "You don't even have a change of clothes?"
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Well... we do have that."
"Perfect timing, we'll be passing by where you live on our way there, let's go."
So Lin Leyou took her to the abandoned house and got some clean clothes, and then headed towards the factory.
It was very late, and there was no one on the street, so no one else saw them.
Lin Leyou looked around and saw no surveillance cameras. That made sense; surveillance wasn't widespread at this time, unlike decades later…
Lin Leyou led Liu Jiao to a nearby factory. Almost all the factories had job postings outside their gates. He glanced at the pay and found the best one to talk to the people inside.
Finally, the gatekeeper called out a woman who looked to be in her thirties. She looked very capable, and you could tell at a glance that she was a strong woman.
"So you're the ones looking for jobs?"
Lin Leyou waved his hand, "It wasn't me, I'm not looking for a job. It was this lady, I found her on the road on my way home tonight. She's run out of money but can't find a job, so I brought her here to take a look."
She looked at the woman carefully and noticed that she seemed a little scared. She could tell that the woman was introverted and seemed like the kind of person who would work hard and not talk much.
"It's already very late..."
Lin Leyou said, "Please have mercy, sister. This lady has nowhere to go right now and will have to sleep on the streets. If you take her in now, she can go to work first thing tomorrow morning!"
The other party thought about it and agreed. Normally, this would not have worked, but some people had resigned and they were short-staffed.
Have you done this before?
Lin Leyou said, "She has no experience, but you can tell from her that she's not lazy. She's very diligent. Just teach her a bit, and the job is simple anyway. She'll be able to get the hang of it in a couple of days!"
He was telling the truth. For ordinary workers like this, as long as they're not mentally challenged or clumsy, they can indeed learn quickly and it doesn't even take two days.
So Lin Leyou sent Liu Jiao to work at the factory. Before she left, he told her not to leave the factory casually, since the workers' dormitories and canteen were also in the factory.
There's no need to leave unless it's absolutely necessary.
Of course she knew that Zhou Nanyue would never go out to work and earn money. As long as she stayed in the factory, she would not run into Zhou Nanyue, nor would she be caught and sold.
Actually, when Lin Le was persuading the mother and daughter to be sold, she was thinking of one of Zhou Nanyue's cronies who had indeed sold his own mother.
She was genuinely terrified because she didn't know when Zhou Nanyue might sell her off.
Lin Leyou watched her walk into the factory before turning around and going home. Little Spider was still watching Zhou Nanyue and his friends. He smirked and didn't go home. Instead, he went to a nearby hotel and slept for the night.
And so, Zhou Nanyue and Lin Leyou waited and waited, but Lin Leyou didn't come back all night. They hadn't slept all night and their eyes were almost bloodshot as they stared at the closed door.
It even scared some people coming downstairs, who thought they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
After a scream, many people came out to see what had happened, but fortunately, they ran downstairs to avoid attracting too much attention.
Breaking into the house in broad daylight is definitely out of the question; we should wait until night.
However, their appearance was reported by those who saw them, and soon two patrolling police officers spotted them.
Seeing them find a secluded corner in the neighborhood and lie down to sleep there, I felt even more strongly that the two of them were up to no good.
Lin Leyou slept in the hotel for one night, but for some reason, she didn't sleep well. The hotel looked so comfortable. Could it be psychological?
Still not used to sleeping well?
He checked the time; it was getting late. He tidied himself up and prepared to go home.
But something completely unexpected happened. Just as he opened the door and was about to walk out, he caught a glimpse of a very familiar figure at the end of the corridor out of the corner of his eye.
Before he could even think, he took a step back, gently closing the door behind him. When he came to his senses, he let out a sigh of relief. If he wasn't mistaken, that figure was…
It's Xue Rui!
Is this for real? Xue Rui is actually in H City? What's he doing here?
Come to think of it, he really didn't know where Xue Rui was from. In his previous life, he only knew that Xue Rui was a big boss! He never expected that Xue Rui was actually from H City!
What do we do now? Should he go out?
Just as he was closing the door, the person at the end of the corridor glanced in his direction, found nothing, and left.
A person followed behind him, who appeared to be an assistant or something similar.
Lin Leyou paced anxiously around the room twice, then hurried to the window, from where he could see the hotel entrance.
He waited for several minutes before he finally saw that familiar figure.
very good!
This time I really saw it clearly. This person is indeed Xue Rui himself. In the real world, he still looks a bit youthful, but his tense expression already has a hint of the future.
As expected of a master!
Xue Rui stood by the hotel entrance waiting for his car. Just then, he subconsciously looked up, but saw nothing. Soon after, the car arrived, and he got in and left.
Lin Leyou had been squatting down quickly, but now he slowly stood up and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the car gradually disappear into the distance.
"I never expected... Xue Rui is actually from here. I really didn't expect that. I thought she was a scion of a wealthy family in the capital or Shanghai."
"Oh dear! Does that mean I won't be able to go out freely anymore?"
"Wait a minute, the villa I bought... Xue Rui wouldn't be living in Jiangnan Villa, would he?"
No, that's quite possible!
This is too difficult, really too difficult. Does he have to buy another house? Of course not!
It's expensive and time-consuming, and villas are really hard to sell in a short time these days unless the price is lowered, he won't take it!
That's not right either!
According to the real estate agent, Jiangnan Villa is a newly completed residential complex, so Xue Rui's wealthy family shouldn't live there.
After figuring it out, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he immediately searched for information about the Xue family on his phone, but since mobile networks are not yet widespread, he couldn't find any useful information after searching for a long time.
After thinking about what to do next, he went to a nearby shopping mall after checking out and bought a hat and a mask. He felt much safer after putting them on, and then returned to his rented apartment complex.
When Lin Leyou returned, she saw two policemen talking and chatting with several elderly people in the community, glancing at Zhou Nanyue intentionally or unintentionally.
Lin Leyou walked to the shade of a tree to cool off. He had already returned to the residential area. He also took off his mask and hat. It was just too hot. In the middle of summer, July and August, how could he wear them all the time?
He sidled over there, watching the old man play chess while listening to the police officers chatting with them. And you know what? He actually overheard some things.
One of the police officers saw him coming and asked, "Young man, do you live in this neighborhood?"
Lin Leyou nodded, "I just rented a place and moved here a while ago."
Police officer, "Do you know those two people over there?"
Lin Leyou glanced over there and saw the two people lying there sleeping. "Hmm... who doesn't know that? The one with the bandage is Zhou Nanyue. His parents used to own a steamed bun shop, but they divorced because he gambled and got into debt. His father left, leaving his mother to take care of him, and that's how he ended up like this."
"I heard that his mother tried to raise money to redeem her son, who owed a lot of money, from that place, but she couldn't raise enough. He was released, but two of his fingers were cut off."
At this moment, the elderly men and women sitting on the side watching the chess game also chimed in.
An older woman whispered, "Isn't that right? This Zhou guy is a real scoundrel. He had nowhere to live, so he beat up his own mother. He doesn't have a penny on him, and I don't even know which underpass he's sleeping under with his mother."
Another older woman whispered, "I saw this brat picking up trash outside before, and he was even punching and kicking his own mother, knocking her to the ground and continuing to hit her! It's terrifying!"
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