Under the cover of night, the aunt stood in the phone booth and dialed a number. After a short while, the call connected, and she said, "It's me. Is Lu Feng there? Let him answer the phone."
Ye Wusheng jogged to Lu Feng's door and knocked, saying, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, are you there?"
"What's wrong?" Lu Feng asked as he opened the door.
"That woman called!" Ye Wusheng said urgently.
Which one?
"I mean the one you met on the train."
"You didn't hang up, did you? Where are you?" Lu Feng asked hurriedly.
"They called my room phone."
Lu Feng rushed out the door and headed towards his room. Once inside, he picked up the phone on the table and said, "This is Lu Feng!"
The voice on the other end of the phone seemed to relax, and said calmly, "How have you been, Mr. Lu, since we parted on the train?"
Her voice was calm, but Lu Feng could hear a hint of weariness in it, as if she had experienced a great deal of change during this time.
"Overall it's alright, how about you?" Lu Feng asked in return.
"Me? After getting off the train, my fate was like a kite with a broken string. I didn't know what would happen next. You cut open the bag with a knife, and all our income was gone. We stumbled into someone's house in the dark, opened the safe, and got a large sum of money and an account book!" The aunt's voice was very calm, but what she said was earth-shattering.
Ledger?
Lu Feng breathed a sigh of relief. The ledger was indeed with her. He asked, "What ledger?"
"The contents of the ledger are outrageous. It shows how much money was collected, which women were slept with, what services were provided for them, and several diary entries. I know this is a hot potato that can't be converted into cash, but I thought of you. You're very rich. I read in the newspaper that you're also planning to open a factory here. This ledger is your business bible!"
"You want to sell it to me?" Lu Feng asked.
"right!"
"How much money do you want?"
"How much are you going to give?" the other party asked in return.
"Fifty thousand yuan!"
"Too little!"
“I’m not going to argue with you anymore. I’ll make an appointment with the bank tomorrow morning, and I can only withdraw a maximum of 200,000 yuan in the afternoon. That’s the limit. And I can tell you, that ledger you have will soon be worthless,” Lu Feng said in a deep voice.
"You businessmen are all so cunning! You clearly want something, but you always try to make it seem worthless. I'm not a businessman and I don't know how to haggle. It's what you said, two hundred thousand!" The aunt said in a deep voice, "Give me your pager number. I'll tell you the address tomorrow afternoon. Only you are allowed to come then!"
As soon as Lu Feng finished giving his pager number, the call was abruptly disconnected.
"Two hundred thousand?" Ye Wusheng asked, completely bewildered.
Lu Feng didn't say anything. This 200,000 was purely for accidental insurance. As long as the real account book arrived, everything would be easy. He could also sense that the other party was very cautious. She only told him the meeting place at the last minute, afraid that Lu Feng would have someone set up a trap for her. She was a seasoned veteran.
"Go to the bank tomorrow morning and make an appointment to withdraw 200,000 yuan," Lu Feng instructed as he stood up.
"good!"
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Bai Meihua lay in bed, unable to sleep. Her mind was filled with images of shopping malls and dance halls. It was like the saying goes: a fish that has seen the ocean is not willing to stay in a stinking ditch.
She used to think that staying in the village was fine. Whenever her cousin went back, although she was glamorous, the villagers said that she was not proper.
Now, her thinking has changed. In her eyes, the people in the village are ignorant, closed-minded bumpkins who have no idea how wonderful the outside world is.
She didn't want to go back. As for her job as a teacher, she wasn't very satisfied with it either. Teaching children was too tiring, and she had had enough of living in the village.
The filthy and chaotic dormitory was stimulating her sense of smell and sight, and her mind was gradually becoming lax, with her cousin's words constantly echoing in her mind.
You're just a passerby in someone else's life. They only got to ride a slow train because they couldn't buy a plane ticket, but you'll be riding slow trains your whole life!
It was already late at night, and she was still awake. The other people in the dormitory came back, laughing and joking. The dormitory was filled with smoke as they talked about today's guests.
A woman saw the white plum blossoms, exhaled a puff of smoke, and asked, "Newcomer, why aren't you on duty yet?"
"What kind of clocking?"
"Sell it!"
Hahahaha!
"Could it be that it's lying on top of the watch?"
"A woman lying on top of a watch, isn't that the word 'bitch'? Hahaha!"
At this moment, Bai Meihua's fragile self-esteem was completely pierced. She pointed at the woman and shouted, "Who are you cursing? I'm just staying here temporarily. Watch your mouth!"
"What? Did I say something wrong? Stop pretending to be innocent, damn it!"
"What are you yelling about? Looking for a beating?"
"Alright, alright, don't cause trouble. These are the people Manager Bai brought."
"Manager Bai, you think you're so great? You're the deputy manager now, but you'll be packing your bags and leaving in a few days. I'm not going to lower myself to your level. But if you piss me off, I'll get a few of my brothers to deal with you!"
Bai Meihua could no longer tolerate this environment. She picked up her things, opened the door, and went out. Along the way, she saw women singing and fawning over bald men.
Outside the private rooms, couples were whispering sweet nothings, amidst the dazzling lights and revelry, with only music filling the air, and even their smiling faces and words seemed to be muted.
She recalled what Lu Feng had told her: "You are a pure and innocent girl. Find a proper job and smile more. Girls who smile a lot are lucky."
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