Chapter 33 Poor Students 33 (End) Poor Poor Students
Wu Lan rubbed his eyes, pressed his forehead against the glass window, and carefully identified the figure standing under the tree in the courtyard.
The girl in the light blue dress had waist-length hair. She was talking on the phone, with her head down, kicking the leaves at her feet from time to time under the tree.
The moment she turned sideways, Wu Lan recognized her.
He was a little puzzled as to why Bai Zhi appeared here, but before he could continue thinking, the door behind him suddenly opened.
The man in a suit who had just brought him in appeared again with a serious expression.
Wu Lan was a little scared and wanted to step back, but she forgot that she was standing in front of the window, and her back hit the glass.
With a bang, he hit himself and hurt himself.
Because of the pain and fear, his eye sockets immediately turned red, a thin mist covered his pupils, his face turned pale, and he looked like a poor little being persecuted.
The man in the suit didn't expect that he would scare people. He looked calm on the surface, but he was even more scared than the boy in his heart.
Thinking of Mr. Bai's emphasis, he shuddered inwardly, and then looked at the young man in front of him who was frightened and pale. For the first time, he hated himself so much for having such a fierce and stinky face.
I wanted to check if the boy was hurt, but thinking that there were surveillance cameras all around, I didn't dare approach the boy under Mr. Bai's nose.
He had to pretend to be indifferent and just asked, "Are you okay?"
Wu Lan didn't expect that the other party would still care about him. He shook his head to indicate that he was fine, but still didn't dare to get too close to the man.
"Please, ahem, please follow me."
The man in the suit didn't dare to get close to Wu Lan anymore, for fear that he would scare her again. He had to keep a distance and made a gesture of invitation.
Before leaving the teahouse, Wu Lan looked out the window and found that there was no one under the tree.
I didn’t realize how big this teahouse is when I came here last time.
Following the man in the suit around, just when Wu Lan began to feel a little confused, they stopped in front of a tight dark wooden door.
The wooden door was slowly opened, allowing only Wu Lan to enter the room.
Wu Lan swallowed fearfully and just as she walked into the house, the door behind her was immediately closed. When she tried to open it again, she found that it was locked.
This room is very large, with a huge eagle statue placed opposite the door. The interior colors are extremely simple and elegant, and there are antique designs everywhere.
Wu Lan walked in cautiously. After passing through a huge wooden screen, he stood in the empty hall, looking around the deserted space at a loss.
No, there's someone here!
Hearing the sound of pouring tea not far away, Wu Lan had no choice but to continue walking forward. After passing another screen, he finally saw someone.
A man in a dark Tang suit was sitting there making tea. Sandalwood was burning on the table, and a wisp of white smoke obscured the man's face.
After seeing the wisp of white smoke, Wu Lan finally knew where the faint fragrance in the room came from.
Because he was standing far away, he couldn't see the man's face clearly. Because he was terrified, he wanted to nail himself there and didn't want to get any closer.
It’s a pity that no one heard his voice.
The man who made tea knew he had arrived, and Wu Lan saw him place the small teacup in front of the empty chair opposite.
He mustered up his courage and walked over slowly. He didn't dare look at anyone, so he could only lower his head and look at the tip of his shoes, moving as slowly as a turtle.
In just a few steps, he thought a lot.
He was caught and threatened by the other party. If he couldn't pay the money, his fingers would be cut off, or he would be thrown into the high seas to feed the fish...
The more you think about it, the worse it gets. The more you think about it, the more doomed you become.
Just when Wu Lan was frightened to the point of turning pale, he heard a familiar voice.
"Xiao Lan, have some tea."
Wu Lan looked up at the other person blankly, his mind going blank.
*
"Does my uncle have any guests coming today?"
After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhi was about to walk into the house when she suddenly noticed that there were many more bodyguards in suits today than usual.
She grabbed someone and asked curiously, "What's going on?"
The person being questioned was just a staff member in the teahouse. She didn't quite know what had happened, so she just told Bai Zhi the news she had overheard.
"Ms. Bai Zhi, I heard that the person brought here owed Mr. Bai a lot of money, and Mr. Bai wanted to settle those accounts with him."
"Debts owed, accounts paid?"
Bai Zhi felt very strange. If Bai Yi was just dealing with someone who owed money, would he need to mobilize so many bodyguards?
And they even specially invited people to the teahouse, which is really puzzling.
"Have you seen anyone who owes money?"
"I saw it, I saw it." The girl said with an embarrassed look on her face. After struggling for a while, she finally said, "I just delivered the tea to the waiting room when I saw that person being brought in by the bodyguard."
"He was a very young boy, very handsome, but he seemed very scared, his face was pale."
Suddenly remembering something, she added, "Oh, he's been here once before. He was the friend that Miss Yuan brought with her when you and Miss Yuan were taking photos in the teahouse last time."
"?"
It has been quite a while since the photo was taken. Bai Zhi tried hard to recall it and suddenly her eyes widened in disbelief.
"Are you sure?!"
"Yes, sure. He said goodbye to me before he left, so I remember it so clearly."
"It's over! Xiao Lan, didn't she really offend her uncle?"
Hearing this, Bai Zhi muttered to herself, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. Looking at those tall bodyguards with fierce looks on their faces, she could no longer stand still and quickly walked into the hall.
Bai Zhi knew which room Bai Yi liked to stay in the most. She usually hid in that room, but this time she hurried there.
Not surprisingly, she was stopped at the door by bodyguards.
Seeing that she couldn't get in, Bai Zhi had to find another way. She came to the backyard of the teahouse, which was not guarded by bodyguards. She finally saw Wu Lan and Bai Yi in front of a floor-to-ceiling glass window.
She couldn't hear what the two were saying, but when she saw Bai Yi suddenly reach out to grab Wu Lan's arm, she immediately slammed the glass in front of her anxiously.
The loud bangs caught the attention of the two people.
Bai Yi frowned even deeper as he looked at the unsightly light blue outside the window.
At this moment, the little boy who had just been caught raised his hand and slapped him, then swam away quickly like a fish, and ran far away, hiding in a random room.
Looking at Bai Zhi who was still banging on the window, Bai Yi endured the twitching of his sunburn and walked over.
He opened the window and suppressed his anger: "Bai Zhi, you'd better have a legitimate reason to explain your behavior."
"I, I'll be the hero and save the beauty!"
Facing Bai Yi, Bai Zhi's words were a little stammering, but she straightened her back and pretended to be calm: "Xiao Lan owes you so much money, I will help him pay it back, please don't be violent with him!"
"Which eye of yours saw me being violent towards him?"
Bai Yi felt the pain in his temples getting worse, and the slap on his face was burning. He stopped Bai Zhi who was about to rush in, and took out his cell phone to call someone over.
“I saw it with both eyes!!”
Sometimes Bai Yi really wanted to pry open Bai Zhi's head to see if it was full of water.
After a while, the bodyguards arrived.
He ordered them to take Bai Zhi outside and keep her under guard. Before closing the window, Bai Yi said, "I won't use force on him. You just stay outside quietly."
"If you dare to come in again, you'll lose your pocket money for the next six months."
With a bang, Bai Yi closed the window and no longer cared about Bai Zhi outside. He walked straight towards the room where Wu Lan was hiding.
He knocked on the door gently, and when there was no response he opened it without permission.
This is a room used for a nap, with a large bed and a separate small bathroom.
After opening the door, Bai Yi did not see Wu Lan.
After glancing at the empty bathroom, he closed the door and slowly walked to the other side of the big bed. Sure enough, he saw Wu Lan sitting on the floor with her knees hugged, her head lowered and not saying a word.
He noticed that the boy's narrow shoulders trembled as he approached.
Bai Yi's eyes darkened.
He still walked over and squatted on one knee beside Wu Lan. His voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of scaring her: "Xiao Lan, the floor is hard and cold. Can we sit on the bed?"
Seeing that Wu Lan still ignored him, Bai Yi said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it. Can you be so magnanimous as to forgive me?"
"If you're still angry, slap me twice to cool down."
After he finished speaking, he took Wu Lan's hand and was about to hit himself in the face, but Wu Lan pulled it back.
"W-What are you doing......"
The little guy finally paid attention to him.
Bai Yi moved closer without leaving any trace, and held Wu Lan's hand in a flattering manner. He held it tightly, not giving Wu Lan any chance to retreat.
"Xiao Lan, I know I was wrong, please don't ignore me."
It was the first time that Wu Lan saw Bai Yi act like this. The head of the Bai family, who had been in a high position for a long time, would actually squat in front of him and apologize to him humbly, and even let him beat someone to vent his anger.
To be honest, when he found out that Bai Yi was his biggest creditor, his first reaction was surprise, and his second reaction was anger.
He felt like Bai Yi was teasing him.
And he was played around with by others.
"You already knew I owed you money, so you approached me just to play a trick on me?"
He still couldn't help but ask. Wu Lan felt very sad. He treated him as a friend, but Bai Yi treated him like this.
"That's not the case."
Bai Yi's expression turned serious. He didn't want Wu Lan to misunderstand him. "I never played tricks on you. I really didn't mean to hide it."
"Actually, the first time I met you was not in a teahouse, but at the Bai family."
Looking at Wu Lan's watery eyes that were like black pearls, Bai Yi said in a low voice, "Back then, you came to the Bai family as a part-time waiter. We once met in the corridor on the second floor."
"The second time I saw you was when I recognized you from a photo. Then I kept waiting, waiting for the opportunity to get to know you."
"I don't want to hide it from you, but..."
At this point, Bai Yi paused, "But you are very sensitive about my identity. I am worried that you will hate me after I tell you."
"Now it seems that my guess was correct."
Bai Yi's voice was more bitter, and his expression became lonely, "You hate me."
"Xiao Lan, I don't want to be hated by you."
Wu Lan did not expect these words. He was stunned for a moment. When he saw Bai Yi trying to grab his hand and slap him in the face again, he quickly stopped him.
"Don't hit me...I, I don't hate you."
Unable to pull her hand back, Wu Lan gave up after trying several times and spoke in a muffled voice: "I'm just a little angry. I'm angry that you lied to me for so long."
"I'm trying very hard to pay you back, but you keep raising the repayment amount higher and higher. This is excessive, and I'm under a lot of pressure."
"It was my fault."
Bai Yi took advantage of Wu Lan's lack of resistance and quickly carried her to the bed, explaining in a low voice, "Because I wanted to take this opportunity to meet you, but you always refused."
"I admit that what I did was bad, and I'm really sorry."
He lifted a corner of the quilt and covered Wu Lan's legs. "The floor is very cold when you sit on it. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Ever since he learned that Bai Yi was his biggest creditor, Wu Lan has heard countless apologies and apologies from him.
He pinched the soft quilt covering his legs, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Suddenly, he saw Bai Yi take out a piece of paper and a bank card from his pocket.
"This was the IOU your father signed with me, but I accidentally spilled the ink, so it can no longer be used as an IOU."
Bai Yi handed Wu Lan the paper with the words no longer legible. "So the debt the Wu family owes me is written off."
"I deposited all the money you paid me back into this card. The cardholder is you, and the password is your birthday. This money doesn't belong to me. It's the money you worked hard to earn. I'm just saving it for you."
He held Wu Lan's hand again, his voice pleading: "Xiao Lan."
"Forgive me, okay?"
Wu Lan: “…”
...
Six o'clock in the evening, dormitory.
Qin Qiuwei opened the door and saw Hao Yuqin playing games with headphones on, while Yan Gui was wiping his goggles.
The dormitory was very quiet, and everyone unanimously lowered their volume to reduce noise.
After Qin Qiuyu came in, he glanced at Wu Lan's small bed with the curtains drawn, and asked in a low voice, "Is Xiao Lan sleeping?"
"Yeah, he should be sleeping."
Yan Gui said: "At noon, he said in the group chat that he would come back to sleep after his part-time job was over."
Qin Qiulu also saw the message sent by Wu Lan, but he looked at the time, frowned slightly, and said with some disapproval: "You've been sleeping for too long. You won't be able to sleep tonight."
"Another win, how boring."
After finishing another game, Hao Yuqin took off his headphones, looked up at the small bed, and casually fiddled with his hair.
"It's time to eat. Xiaolan, is she still awake?"
He stood up, stretched his shoulders and neck, and said, "Let me wake him up."
Yan Gui and Qin Qiuyu had no objection. They watched Hao Yuqin step onto the railing and noticed that his expression suddenly changed after Hao Yuqin pulled open the bed curtain.
"Strange, where are the people?!"
The small bed where someone should have been lying was now empty. Hao Yuqin couldn't believe his eyes. He reached out and turned over the quilt to make sure that no one was in the bed.
"Xiao Lan is not here, where did he go?"
Hao Yuqin's words made both of them frown. Qin Qiuluo thought for a moment and speculated, "Could it be that Ji Li took him out to play again?"
"That Ji guy just had lunch with Xiao Lan at noon, and he's so greedy that he wants to monopolize dinner time?"
“How shameless!”
Hao Yuqin snorted and saw Yan Gui take out his cell phone with a stern face to make a call and press the speakerphone button.
After waiting for a while, the call was connected.
The noise on the phone was quite loud, with whistles coming from time to time, and the person who answered the phone was panting.
"Yan Gui? Is something wrong?"
Ji Li's voice sounded very impatient, "I'm busy, I'll hang up if you don't mind..."
"Is Xiaolan at your place?"
Hearing Wu Lan's name, Ji Li paused and immediately walked to a relatively quiet place, "He's not here with me."
"What's wrong with him? Did something happen?"
"Hey, talk!"
"Answer me, damn it..."
Ji Li's voice became more and more urgent. Seeing that Ji Li really didn't know where Wu Lan had gone, Yan Gui hung up the phone expressionlessly.
He looked at the two of them; their expressions were serious, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
The dormitory suddenly fell silent.
Suddenly, Qin Qiu said, "Let's go check where she went. Xiaolan can't just disappear without saying a word."
Yan Gui had already turned on his computer and was typing away. "Well, I'm trying to locate his phone."
"Then I'll ask my brother to help check it out."
After saying that, Hao Yuqin took his cell phone and went to the balcony.
Qin Qiulu also took out his phone and contacted the school security department, "Let me see if the surveillance camera has captured Xiaolan."
The sky outside the window was getting darker and darker, and darkness enveloped the entire city.
*
Ten o'clock in the evening.
Wu Lan looked at the stars outside the window, hugged her knees with her hands and sighed.
He asked 2720【How long have I been here?】
2720 replied quickly, the mechanical voice coldly saying, "Host, it's been a week."
I didn’t expect that I have been here for a week already. Time flies so fast.
Ever since she learned of Bai Yi's identity that day, Wu Lan has been locked up here and cannot go out.
Bai Yi apologized to him and hoped to be forgiven.
The man apologized sincerely, but used very tough means to keep him here, and even took away his mobile phone to prevent him from contacting the outside world.
Wu Lan still remembers how dark Bai Yi's face turned when he saw the messages from his roommates on his phone.
"I forgot that there are so many annoying people around you."
"You were able to save money so quickly, you must owe them a lot of favors." Bai Yi gently touched Wu Lan's head, the coldness hidden in his eyes was rolling.
He said gently: "It's okay, I will help you pay them back one by one."
Wu Lan didn't know what Bai Yi meant by repaying a favor, but looking at the other person's bottomless eyes, he shuddered inexplicably.
He didn't know how long he had been here, he only knew that Bai Yi came to accompany him every day and didn't let him leave.
No matter how hard he coaxed, Bai Yi refused to give in.
【After I disappeared, did anyone look for me? 】
Wu Lan lowered her head, buried her face in her knees, and said in a muffled voice, "According to my disliked personality, no one should look for me..."
2720 didn't answer, but paused before continuing, "The plot unfolds as follows: You were kidnapped by your creditor because you couldn't pay back the money, and endured inhuman torture. On a rainy day, you were abandoned in an alley, barely breathing, awaiting death."
Your roommates were indifferent when they learned that you had been taken away by your creditors, and your departure went unnoticed by anyone.
[Beep! The story about the host ends here. The system has uploaded all your performances to the terminal and is awaiting the scoring results.]
Wu Lan looked up, blinked in confusion, and was a little surprised. [Does this mean I can leave this world?]
2720 [Not yet. You can only leave this world after the rating results come out.]
The system finished speaking and suddenly cleared its throat. "There's no more storyline for you, so I can help you leave this place."
Are you leaving?
Hearing this, Wu Lan immediately perked up. He glanced at the spacious room, sat down obediently, and nodded.
【I don’t want to stay here anymore.】
Although someone brings him food every day, there is no freedom here and it is not fun at all.
2720 nodded and asked Wu Lan to avoid the surveillance in the room and stay in the bathroom alone.
In the blink of an eye, the surrounding environment changed.
...
A month later.
A seaside city far away from the imperial capital.
A thin figure walked slowly towards them, holding snacks he had just bought from the supermarket in his hand and a lollipop in his mouth.
[Only children would skip dinner and only eat snacks. Eating too many snacks will make them stupid.]
Honest advice is hard to hear. Wu Lan licked the candy and said, "I don't do this often. System, you are nagging me."
2720 A faint voice: [You were like this yesterday, and the day before yesterday.]
After being exposed for her lies, Wu Lan blushed and argued, "You remembered it wrongly..."
He didn't want this either.
But he can’t cook and takeout doesn’t taste good, so he can only eat snacks.
Wu Lan walked slowly towards a large house and heard 2720 ask, "Why did you buy such a large house?"
I just like big houses.
After finishing the lollipop in her mouth, Wu Lan wanted to open another one.
A month ago, he came to this seaside city with the help of 2720. He touched his pocket and found a bank card inside.
That was given to him by Bai Yi, and 2720 easily put it into his pocket for him.
Wu Lan used the money in the card to buy a big house by the sea and lived a leisurely life for a month.
Life without having to go to school or work is so comfortable. The days of lazily staying in the big house and playing every day are simply heaven.
Even when I go out, I only meet good people.
When he was lost, passers-by would take the initiative to show him the way; when he forgot to bring money when buying something, the clerk would take the initiative to say that he could buy it on credit; when he was hungry, the kind neighbor grandmother would bring him food.
2720 was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Why don't you ask about their situation?"
Wu Lan paused in opening the candy and said nothing.
He stood there, clenching the candy in his hand.
After a while, he asked quietly, "How are they...?"
2720 [As the plot progresses, the four children of destiny gradually grow stronger and will rapidly grow in their respective fields, becoming figures that cannot be underestimated.]
Hearing this, Wu Lan smiled and said, "That's good~"
Continuing to walk towards home, he passed the intersection and saw a figure beside the fence at the door of his house.
It is eight o'clock in the evening. It is completely dark and the street lights at night cast long shadows.
Wu Lan had lived here for a month and encountered a suspected homeless person for the first time.
He walked over carefully and saw the homeless man's face clearly when he was one meter away.
This turned out to be Ji Li, one of the sons of destiny mentioned by 2720.
Wu Lan was a little stunned.
At this time, Ji the homeless man spoke: "Lanlan, can you take me in?"
"I can cook for you."
Wu Lan touched her flat belly and tilted her head to think that she hadn't had a proper meal in a long time.
And there are several rooms in the big house, more than enough to accommodate one person...
He nodded and let Ji Li into the house.
*
Originally, Wu Lan thought that Ji the homeless man was just an isolated case, but in the next few days, he met Yan the homeless man, Qin the homeless man, Tang the homeless man and the two homeless brothers named Hao.
The kind-hearted and philanthropist Mr. Wu reluctantly took them in and arranged rooms for each of them.
After taking in the homeless man, Mr. Wu's life became more comfortable. He could have everything he wanted.
But there are also bad things. Those homeless people are always noisy and always quarreling over trivial matters.
For example, Wu Lan picked up a clam at the beach. He pried open the clam meat, dug out the pearls inside, and gave them to the homeless people around him.
But there are only a limited number of pearls in the clams. No matter how hard Wu Lan dug and searched, he only dug out five small pearls. The homeless man who didn't get any small pearls would be very angry.
After that, he was forced to pick up clams every day.
They would pry open the clams they picked up, squeeze and dig them, messing up the soft meat, and taking the small pearls hidden inside for themselves.
Finally one day, Wu Lan no longer had to pick up clams.
He was sitting at the dining table, with his legs crossed, waiting for dinner leisurely, when there was a knock on the door of his house.
Seeing that they were all busy, Wu Lan had no choice but to go to the entrance and open the door herself.
It’s Bai Yi, whom I haven’t seen for a long time.
Wu Lan was stunned.
Bai Yi had lost a lot of weight, and his face looked a little gloomy, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Wu Lan was as gentle as before. He walked up to her and pleaded in a low voice:
"Xiao Lan, can you take me in too?"
(World 1 End)
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