My son...is dead?!
Chu Yinyin exchanged a surprised glance with Chen Yan, then quickly said, "Old Cai, where are you now? I'll come over to see you. After you've calmed down, we can talk in person! At the company? Getting ready to leave? Okay, I get it. Wait a moment, ten minutes!"
After saying that, Chu Yinyin hung up the phone immediately, then quickly got up and walked out of the office.
Chen Yan immediately followed, frowned, and asked, "What's going on?"
Chu Yinyin shook her head and said, "I don't know the details. I have to go find Lao Cai first. With such a big thing happening at home, Lao Cai will definitely not be able to come to work. I need to go back and go through the leave application process for him, and at the same time see if there is anything the company can help him with."
"I'm with you!"
Chen Yan said without hesitation.
The two soon arrived at the underground parking lot of the office building. Chu Yinyin was still driving the car assigned to her by the company, but because she had spent most of her time in the Boundless Dimension recently, Chu Yinyin did not let Master Bi from the driver's class follow her, but drove the car herself.
Chen Yan got into the passenger seat and just fastened his seat belt when Chu Yinyin stepped on the accelerator and almost took off.
Fortunately, this office building was just built not long ago, so most of the offices are currently empty and no suitable tenants have been found. The underground parking lot is also extremely empty, with almost no cars parked in the parking spaces. Otherwise, if Chu Yinyin stepped on the accelerator, an accident would probably have occurred.
"How much do you know about Lao Cai's family situation?"
Chu Yinyin asked while staring intently at the road conditions, trying to drive as fast as possible while ensuring safety.
Although she is the leader, Chen Yan has been in the company longer than her.
Moreover, when she was in the dispatch room before, Chen Yan was Cai Dezhang's subordinate. Therefore, Chen Yan knew more about Cai Dezhang's personal situation than she, the leader.
"I don't know much. I only know that Mr. Cai has two children, a son and a daughter. The eldest is a daughter, who should be about 30 years old. She's married and has children. The second is still in elementary school. I heard that when Mr. Cai's daughter was admitted to university, Mr. and Mrs. Cai were not used to being alone, so they had another child.
Mr. Cai must have been in his forties by then, right? He unexpectedly had a son, a welcome development. I forgot what grade Mr. Cai's son is in now, but he's probably in fifth or sixth, so he's probably around 11 or 12. Mr. Cai adores his son and has photos of him in his office.
Chen Yan gave a general account of what he knew.
These were the things he had heard when he was working and occasionally chatting with Cai Dezhang about some family topics.
"Having a child in old age...ah...I hope Mr. Cai won't be too sad. I don't know what happened."
Chu Yinyin sighed.
The atmosphere in the car was somewhat solemn, and both of them lost interest in talking because of the sudden news.
They returned to the company in silence. After parking the car, Chu Yinyin and Chen Yan immediately got out and rushed into the company.
Cai Dezhang was waiting in Chu Yinyin's office.
After the two entered the office, Chen Yan couldn't believe that he saw Cai Dezhang at first glance...
Although Cai Dezhang was already sixty years old, he looked like he was in his prime.
He is full of energy and is decisive in both speaking and doing things.
However, at this moment, Cai Dezhang looked so old.
His head, which originally had only a small amount of white hair, was now completely silver-white.
His bloodshot eyes were filled with dense bloodshot, his gaze was dull, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be more prominent.
The strong smell of cigarettes lingered on his body, and no one knew how many cigarettes Cai Dezhang had smoked before.
"Mr. Cai, what's going on? Tell me in detail, and I'll see how the company can help you."
Chu Yinyin sat next to Cai Dezhang and spoke softly.
Chen Yan stood aside. From Cai Dezhang's physical condition, it could be seen that Cai Dezhang must have not slept all night.
At this age, after staying up all night and suffering a severe mental shock, one can imagine how tired Cai Dezhang is now.
"Boss Chu... cough cough cough..."
Cai Dezhang opened his mouth with a hoarse voice, but after saying just two words, he burst into uncontrollable violent coughing.
Chen Yan quickly took a glass of water from the water dispenser and handed it to Cai Dezhang.
Cai Dezhang took the disposable paper cup woodenly, and after reluctantly drinking two sips of water, he continued, "My son... was bullied by three athletes from the same grade in their school... He was... beaten to death by those three athletes..."
Chu Yinyin and Chen Yan looked at each other. Instead of communicating with each other, they comforted Cai Dezhang softly and slowly asked about the whole situation.
Cai Dezhang's son is twelve years old and has just started sixth grade.
Because the school is not far from home, only about ten minutes' walk, Cai Dezhang stopped taking his child to and from school from the third grade of elementary school.
This also laid the seeds for his son's school bullying.
Cai Dezhang loves his son very much and almost never refuses any material request from his son.
Probably starting from the third grade, Cai Dezhang would give his son some pocket money every day.
The money is not much, just to give my son a basic concept of money, and to let him develop a good habit of keeping accounts.
But it was this daily pocket money that made his son the target of three athletes in the same grade.
At first, the three athletes only took his son to the school toilet to extort pocket money, but later the three athletes found that his son was timid and did not dare to tell the teacher and parents when threatened. This made the three athletes bolder.
His appetite grew bigger and bigger, and the amount of money he extorted from his son also grew.
When his son couldn't produce the money, the three sports students would take his son to a nearby park after school and beat him for fun.
As time went by, his son began to fear going to school, but he thought it was normal for his son to not like going to school, and did not take it to heart.
After all, most children don’t like going to school.
Until yesterday, the fear and depression his son had been building up over the past few days seemed to have reached a breaking point.
Unable to bear the immense pressure any longer, his son chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building...
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