Chapter 26 Chapter 26 It seems like he is doing something shameful...
When Zhao Ruyue said that the girl was pitiful, she was not only referring to what Ning Shaoming thought, that her parents were divorced and she had a stepmother, and her life was difficult and pitiful. She was also referring to what happened to the girl later.
Zhao Ruyue was not familiar with the old Fan family or this girl in her previous life, so she didn't know the details of what Fan Xiaorong encountered in Pengcheng.
She only heard that this girl went astray and made a lot of money, but this silly girl sent most of the money to her father back home.
In the end, I was left with nothing except illness.
The place she originally thought was her home ultimately did not accept her.
Why does Zhao Ruyue know all this?
It’s because Lao Fan and his wife are too proud, showing off everywhere that their eldest daughter has made a lot of money outside.
She even told others that Fan Xiaorong had found a rich man in Pengcheng to be her mistress, where she lived in a big house and drove a luxury car, and had plenty of money to spend without having to work.
The two stupid people thought this was something to be proud of and showed off to everyone.
They used the money from their daughter's selling of her body to build a new house in their hometown, and also bought a commercial house and a car for their son in the county town. Most of the expenses for their son's wedding were also paid by Fan Xiaorong.
Among the people who also worked in Pengcheng, there was one who had never gotten along with the old Fan couple. When he went out to play with them during his break, he discovered that Fan Xiaorong was not a mistress of a rich man at all, but was working as a hostess in a nightclub.
Because they couldn't stand the smug looks on the faces of Mr. and Mrs. Fan, they went back to their hometown and told everyone about the money Fan Xiaorong had earned in Pengcheng.
This incident was just like how Lao Fan was caught for soliciting prostitution, and when he was released, he actually divorced his wife and wanted to marry the prostitute. It became a big news in the town for a long time and everyone in the town knew about it.
Later, Zhao Ruyue heard that Fan Xiaorong had never returned to her hometown and seemed to have left with her aunt.
Zhao Ruyue never heard any other news about Fan Xiaorong afterwards.
He thought about Fan Xiaorong's past life, and connected these things with the words Fan Xiaorong said when she gave him something, and then combined them with what had happened around him recently.
Zhao Ruyue vaguely grasped the clues: "Do you think Fan Xiaorong is also a victim of the case of Sun Hongguang and Gao Guangqiang?"
Ning Shaoming thought about it carefully and said, "Yes, it is possible. Otherwise, why would she say that you helped her? You didn't have much contact with her before. If it wasn't for that incident, I can't imagine what she said. You helped her a lot. What exactly did you help her with?"
"It will be easier if we know who the girl who sent the gift is, right? I'll ask her quietly when I find her," Zhao Ruyue put the gold earring back into the small bag. "Tomorrow I'll ask other fellow villagers where she lives and return the gold earring."
She wasn't doing anyone a special favor, so Zhao Ruyue felt she couldn't accept such a valuable item.
She didn't even accept the expensive gifts from the landlord and the Zhou family, so how could they accept things from a little girl who worked so hard at such a young age?
Ning Shaoming was worried about letting her go alone. They were familiar with the fellow villagers who lived nearby. Even if some of the fellow villagers only knew of this person and had little dealings with him when they were in their hometown, after moving here, everyone lived close to each other and became familiar with each other. There was no chance that anyone would slip through the net.
Since Fan Xiaorong is not familiar with them, it means that she lives quite far away from here, and maybe neither he nor Zhao Ruyue has been there.
If she lived in a village in the city that they had never been to, Ning Shaoming would not dare to let Zhao Ruyue go there alone.
"Don't go by yourself. I'll call the chef and my colleagues and switch shifts with them tomorrow. Then I'll go with you."
Zhao Ruyue thought it was unnecessary to go to such trouble: "I am not a child anymore. I don't need anyone to accompany me."
Ning Shaoming insisted: "There are many locals living in old houses here, so the public security is relatively good. Some urban villages are in chaos, with all kinds of people. Safety is the most important thing."
"You're right," Zhao Ruyue just remembered that it was the early 2000s and the public security was not very good. "Well, let's go early and come back early tomorrow, and try to let you take a nap before going to work."
Ning Shaoming said as he walked to the shoe rack at the door and changed his slippers: "I'll go out and make a phone call. I can also ask other fellow villagers where the girl lives. Someone should know. I remember that Lao Fan's daughter and her boyfriend also live here. They are cousins and should be in touch.
Lao Fan’s sister is the same age as my eldest sister. They used to sit at the same table when they were in school. When I came to Pengcheng, my eldest sister told me that I could hang out with her old classmates more often. However, it was too far away and I was not familiar with them, so I never went. ”
Zhao Ruyue said, "Since we are going out to inquire now, I will go out with you. It is not appropriate for you, a grown man, to ask someone where a little girl lives."
Ning Shaoming thought about it and agreed, so he asked Zhao Ruyue to wrap herself up tightly, and the couple went out together.
They first went to Fan Xiaorong's cousin's house. Fortunately, they knew where Fan Xiaorong lived from her, so they didn't have to ask other fellow villagers.
They also learned from Fan Xiaorong's cousin that Fan Xiaorong and Zhao Ruyue worked in the same factory, but lived in a new dormitory in the new factory area.
The factory was very large, with the old and new areas separated by a street. Zhao Ruyue worked in the old area. She and her husband rented a house outside and did not often live in the dormitory, so it was difficult for them to meet.
The factory where Zhao Ruyue worked before was the factory of Gao Guangqiang's brother-in-law.
Now she was almost certain that Fan Xiaorong was also one of the victims.
Gao Guangqiang's matter did not involve his sister and brother-in-law, and the factory is still operating normally.
Zhao Ruyue hadn't been here for a long time. She and Ning Shaoming picked 8:30 in the morning, when the early shift workers were supposed to go to work and the night shift workers had returned to the dormitory to rest, and then they went to the security booth at the gate of the new factory to register and look for people.
After registering, the two of them went downstairs to the dormitory together. At this point, Ning Shaoming could no longer follow them in.
The dormitory on the first floor near the gate is used as the dormitory manager's office. Zhao Ruyue has already resigned and does not have an employee badge, so she has to register again to go upstairs.
The dormitory manager asked Zhao Ruyue: "Who are you to Fan Xiaorong? What do you want from her?"
Zhao Ruyue knew that she was just asking a routine question. The dormitory did not require relatives to enter to look for someone, so she did not arbitrarily give herself an identity. She just said, "I am her fellow villager."
However, it is not easy to state the reason for looking for someone so directly.
Zhao Ruyue made an excuse and said half-truthfully, "My husband used to work with Fan Xiaorong's father in his hometown. His father said that she would not go back for the New Year, so he asked us to bring some things back home for her when we go back."
The administrator nodded knowingly after listening to this, saying that it was normal for him to ask his fellow villagers to bring things back instead of going back himself.
The price of tickets for going back home during the Spring Festival starts to increase half a month in advance. The travel expenses alone will cost half a month's salary.
After working outside for a year, if you want to avoid being laughed at when you return to your hometown, you have to buy yourself a decent set of clothes and shoes, right?
When buying clothes, you can’t just buy them for yourself. You have to buy one for your parents and the elderly as well to show your filial piety.
If you have younger brothers and sisters, you have to buy them some small things, and bring some delicious food back home to eat during the New Year, and also share some with close relatives. It would cost more than a month's salary to spend on these.
There are also various miscellaneous expenses. If you calculate it this way, going back to my hometown for the New Year means working for at least two months in vain! This is all underestimation!
The dormitory manager was also a migrant worker from another place. She calculated the expenses for going home for the New Year and chatted with Zhao Ruyue incessantly.
After Zhao Ruyue finished registering, the dormitory manager took her upstairs.
As the two climbed the stairs, the dormitory manager looked around and suddenly spoke to Zhao Ruyue in a low voice:
"Other people who ask others to send things home usually bring them home themselves and ask for help. You two even came to Fan Xiaorong to get the things. Are your family and Fan Xiaorong's family just from the same hometown, or are they also relatives?"
"Just a fellow villager." Zhao Ruyue saw that she looked a little strange and seemed to be eager to gossip, so she became alert and started to talk nonsense:
"Don't think that my husband and her father used to be workmates in their hometown. In fact, there is a ten-year age difference between them. They can't play together and their relationship is average. It's just that her father and my husband's brother are childhood friends. They grew up together and have a good relationship.
Her father asked his brother to ask us for help in a roundabout way. My husband's brother was too concerned about his reputation to just help bring the things back. He insisted that we come by to see how the girl's living environment was, whether she got along well with her colleagues, and whether she was being bullied. My husband listened to his brother, but he was a man and couldn't get in. I didn't want to come, but there was nothing I could do about it. He wouldn't listen no matter what I said, so I had to go with him. ”
The dormitory manager sighed and complained with deep sympathy: "Men are just like this. They listen to their parents, brothers and sisters, and their friends outside, but never listen to their wives! But it's good for you to come."
After she confirmed that Zhao Ruyue was just a fellow villager, she looked around like a thief and lowered her voice even more.
The voice was so loud that only the two of them could hear it: "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone when you go back. It seems that Fan Xiaorong is doing some shady business!"
"Ah? Really?" Zhao Ruyue frowned and asked in a surprised tone, leading her to continue.
The dorm manager slapped his thigh, his voice was still low, but his eyes were excited, and he looked like a gossiper:
"How can it not be true? I saw it with my own eyes! Just a while ago, I saw men coming to pick her up from time to time, and several different men took turns!
Every time I pick her up, she won’t come back that night. If she has a few days off, someone will pick her up on the day of the holiday and she won’t come back until the night after the holiday! ”
Zhao Ruyue didn't expect that what Fan Xiaorong encountered was so serious, and she felt a little worried and uneasy.
She thought of the earrings Fan Xiaorong gave her, which were not light compared to ordinary earrings.
When Fan Xiaorong works outside, she has to send at least half of her salary back home, and she has to use the rest to buy daily necessities for herself.
Judging from the time Fan Xiaorong had spent working and her salary, the money she spent on the earrings might have been all the money she had saved from working for so long.
This girl spent all the money she saved. Is her life unbearable?
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