Chapter 35 "No money left?"...
The phone in Shen Xiyu's pocket vibrated. She secretly took it under the desk and saw Liu Jiaoyi's WeChat phone number on the page.
She patted Chen Ningzhou beside her and whispered, "I'm going to answer a phone call."
Shen Xiyu crouched down and went out through the back door, then hid sideways in an empty classroom next to him.
"Hello? What's wrong?"
Liu Jiaoyi, who was standing opposite, asked in a rather serious tone, "Are you at school?"
"I'm in the gifted class. What's going on?" Chen Xiyu had a hunch that if there wasn't something wrong, Liu Jiaoyi wouldn't call him at this time.
"Come to the door and see, there's a man looking for you."
"Have you been looking for me?" Shen Xiyu couldn't think of this person in his mind. If Zhang Weifang had something to do, he would contact him directly and would not go to the school gate to look for him.
"Well, I'll ask everyone I catch. Come out and take a look."
"good."
Shen Xiyu hung up the phone in a hurry, his right eyelid twitching non-stop.
She turned back to the classroom and saw Liang Qi and Sun Yonghai still on the podium, but the two did not look as hostile as before.
"I have something to do, so I'll leave first. You can tell the teacher later." She leaned over and whispered in Chen Ningzhou's ear.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Xiyu packed his schoolbag and said, "I don't know. My friend told me there was a man waiting for me at the door."
Chen Ningzhou was filled with worry after hearing this. "I'll go with you. We don't even know who the other party is."
Chen Xiyu actually found it strange, but he didn't want Chen Ningzhou to waste his tutoring time. "Stay here for now. I need to contact you."
Chen Ningzhou packed his things on his own, not even knowing who the other party was, and came directly to the school gate. He was really worried about Shen Xiyu going alone.
Seeing that he had his schoolbag on his shoulders, Shen Xiyu did not refuse.
Two people walked to the podium.
"Teacher, we have something to do today, so we have to leave first." Chen Ningzhou explained.
Sun Haiyong readily agreed. The school's enrichment classes are very user-friendly and voluntary, so there's a lot of flexibility. If students can't attend after school due to something, the teachers won't say anything.
Liang Qi put down his pen and said, "Teacher, then I..."
Sun Haiyong squinted his eyes and asked, "You have something to do too?"
Liang Qi was feeling irritated. He was originally here to accompany Chen Xiyu, and now that she was gone, why was he still staying here?
"Look at this problem with me again. Is there any more convenient solution?" Sun Haiyong did not hesitate to turn over a question, as if he would not let Liang Qi go until he could figure it out.
Chen Xiyu understood in his heart that this was a discussion with Liang Qi, and he thought that he would not embarrass him any more, so he mouthed, "Wait for you at the school gate."
After seeing Liang Qi nod, Chen Ningzhou and the others left in a hurry.
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At the school gate, a pale man with bulging eyes and a strange look of spirit was sitting on the side of the road, with a girl in school uniform and loose hair standing next to him.
Chen Xiyu recognized the girl from afar as Liu Jiaoyi, but she had no impression of the man next to her from behind.
The two walked forward, and Liu Jiaoyi saw Chen Xiyu as if she had seen a savior. She had wasted half an hour here with this man, and the milk tea she ordered was probably cold.
Shen Xiyu had already received news from Liu Jiaoyi on the way.
The man nervously grabbed everyone at the school gate and asked, "Do you know Shen Xiyu?"
Seeing his strange behavior, everyone didn't dare to say anything even if they knew Shen Xiyu. There were already a few people discussing taking pictures nearby, and the man was cursing at them.
Liu Jiaoyi was lowering her head to order milk tea when the man grabbed her arm and said, "Do you know Chen Xiyu, Chen Xiyu?"
She slapped the man's hand in disgust, but when she looked around, she found that there were quite a few people around, and she instantly realized that this man might have asked quite a few people before her.
Fearing that he would make a big deal out of it, Liu Jiaoyi tried to persuade the man to the side of the road, promising that she had already told Shen Xiyu and that she would be out right away.
Many students left when they saw that there was nothing left to watch.
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"What kind of awful guy do you know?" Liu Jiaoyi said without hesitation, saying bad things about him in front of him. "I'm leaving now. It's been half an hour since I ordered my milk tea." She looked at the order page on her phone in frustration.
When Shen Xiyu walked to the front, she had already recognized the man. She knew that it was fortunate that Liu Jiaoyi had calmed him down this time, otherwise, with his personality, who knows how ugly the situation would have been.
"Thanks, I'll treat you to a drink next time."
"I don't need the money for your cup of milk tea." Liu Jiaoyi was very harsh in her words, and Shen Xiyu was used to it. After all, the other party's words and deeds were inconsistent.
After watching Liu Jiaoyi leave.
Shen Xiyu's gaze turned to the middle-aged man sitting there.
"Get up." Shen Xiyu kicked his shoes. Chen Ningzhou looked at the man and frowned, "Who are you?"
"I'm her brother!" The man raised his voice twice as high as if to boost his morale.
Shen Xiyu didn't want to make such an ugly scene with him outside, and his teeth almost broke after hearing this, "Come with me to the cafe over there."
She turned to Chen Ningzhou and said, "You go first, it's okay."
Chen Ningzhou stopped her and asked, "Do you know him?"
Shen Xiyu sneered, "I know him, I know him very well."
The man couldn't help but shudder when he heard this.
Chen Ningzhou watched the two of them enter a coffee shop on the side of the road. During the whole process, there was no communication between Shen Xiyu and the man.
Hearing footsteps behind him, Chen Ningzhou turned around and saw Liang Qi running towards him with sweat all over his forehead.
"What's going on?" Liang Qi could only barely see Shen Xiyu's back.
A person suddenly flashed through Chen Ningzhou's mind. It was not his fault that he had a bad memory. He had only met that person once with Shen Xiyu, and that was more than half a year ago. Who knew where this person came from now.
But he didn't tell Liang Qi directly. After all, it was Shen Xiyu's own family matter. No matter how good the relationship between Liang Qi and her was, he shouldn't say anything more to Liang Qi.
"Debt collector." Chen Ningzhou frowned, turned on his cell phone and made a call.
Liang Qi could also hear the perfunctory tone in Chen Ningzhou's answer, but given the current situation, it was certain that he had bad intentions.
"Brother Weifang." After the call was connected, Chen Ningzhou briefly explained what happened, "The family came to the school."
The conversation didn't last long, and the other party hung up the phone. Liang Qi remembered this name, it was Shen Xiyu's stepbrother.
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In the cafe, Shen Xiyu specifically chose a seat next to the glass window. Under the surveillance camera, he could just see outside the store, and people outside could also see what was happening inside.
Shen Xiyu changed his gloomy expression and looked at the man opposite him with a playful look on his face.
The man felt scared when he saw her, and couldn't help cursing in his heart, why was this little bitch trying to act so arrogantly towards him?
The two people confronted each other silently. Shen Xiyu was not in a hurry. He ordered a glass of flat white and drank it leisurely without asking the other party if he wanted it.
Li Gu finally spoke impatiently, "Xi Yu, um, I'm a little short of money, can I..."
Coincidentally, at this moment, Shen Xiyu's cell phone rang. It was Liang Qi.
She looked out the window at Liang Qi. Chen Ningzhou had disappeared somewhere. The boy was under a dead tree across the street, holding his cell phone to his ear, and looking at Shen Xiyu from a distance.
Shen Xiyu pressed the hang-up button and turned the phone screen downward to the side.
Shen Xiyu's smile widened, and his tone was a little frivolous, "No money?"
Li Gu was a little embarrassed, but he was determined to make a fortune from this little girl.
Speaking of which, the appearance of Shen Xiyu was truly a windfall for their family.
A few years ago, his parents were suddenly notified by the civil affairs department that the guardianship of Shen Xiyu fell into the hands of his mother in accordance with the legal system.
Li Gu's mother and Shen Xiyu's father are cousins, but her father passed away early, and the older generation of their family also passed away early, so Li Gu's mother broke up with her family a long time ago. Before, she only knew that there was such a person as her, and didn't even know her name.
Anyway, the guardianship came to their family without any reason. Initially, the family was very angry, as they had gained an extra child for nothing. However, after learning more about the situation, it was indeed incredible. Although the inheritance left to Shen Xiyu was not a huge amount, it was still a considerable sum, at least enough for their family to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.
The family immediately felt that they had to have normal expenses to raise Shen Xiyu, so they felt justified in spending the money.
So even though he had only met her a few times, he spent her money lavishly and never even asked about Shen Xiyu's life.
"What? Have you spent all the inheritance?" Shen Xiyu smiled like a fairy.
Li Gu's face froze. "Sister, that's all your money, not ours. How dare we spend it recklessly?"
Shen Xiyu didn't bother to pay attention to his words. "I heard that you recently..." She looked up and observed the other party's reaction. "You got rich, right?"
"Look at what you're saying, Xi Yu. Even if I get rich, I can still come to you to borrow money." Li Gu's face was strangely flushed, his teeth were yellow, and his dark circles were bigger than his eyes. "We are all family, so please help me."
"While I'm still smiling, please come and greet me." Shen Xiyu's smile remained unchanged. "Don't say such disgusting words to me."
Li Gu was sweating profusely. He hated meeting her the most. Although he could always get some out of her, the disdain in Shen Xiyu's eyes always stung him. She clearly looked down on him, but she still seemed patient and happy the whole time, pretending to be so desperate.
"Then...what do you think?" Li Gu kept rubbing his hands on his pants.
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Ten minutes later, Li Gu walked out of the store contentedly, whistling to stop a taxi on the roadside.
Shen Xiyu's fingers tapped the tabletop rhythmically.
It's so easy to take the bait.
She was about to leave when Zhang Weifang arrived, exhausted. Shen Xiyu just wanted to say something to him, so she sat back down and called the waiter to order him a cup of coffee.
Looking outside again, Liang Qi had left at some point.
Shen Xiyu was about to open her phone to ask him where he had been when Zhang Weifang's words interrupted her.
"Is it Li Gu?" Zhang Weifang had already learned from Chen Ningzhou.
"Yeah." Shen Xiyu took his hand off the phone again, "Why did you rush here?"
"Ning Zhou called me."
Chen Ningzhou and Zhang Weifang had met several times before, and they got along well. For a while, when Chen Ningzhou and Shen Xiyu went out to play, they would occasionally call Zhang Weifang along, and as a result, the relationship between the two of them became pretty good.
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