Huo Feng's arrival brought a sense of security to her world.
At midnight, the boiled water that Yu Sangzhi had cooked was ready to drink. She poured a cup for Huo Feng and also had one for herself.
In order not to disturb Chen Huifen who was still sleeping, Yu Sangzhi brought a kettle and a cup of water and led Huo Feng into her room.
The door is closed...
At this moment, there were only her and Huo Feng in the room.
There was no light on in the room, only a small desk lamp on the desk was on, illuminating the entire room. The atmosphere was quiet and peaceful, even a little warm.
Yu Sangzhi's desk was right next to the bed. She sat on the bed and Huo Feng sat on a chair next to the desk. They drank water and talked.
Yu Sangzhi told Huo Feng everything about her family background without hiding anything.
She said, "When I was in the second year of junior high, my father's company suffered a serious accident and fell into crisis. My father and his partner... Xiaocao's father at the time struggled to keep the company afloat, waiting for an opportunity to turn things around, but in the end, they encountered a business scam. So, in the first half of my third year of junior high, my family went bankrupt."
Huo Feng stared at her seriously, without interrupting or expressing any opinions, choosing to be a quiet listener at this moment.
Yu Sangzhi hugged his knees, his hazy eyes fixed on the table illuminated by the desk lamp. He narrated, "After the company went bankrupt, my family's house, car, and all their belongings were taken by the bank. But besides the bank, Xiaocao's father also took the risk of borrowing online loans with my father... They couldn't afford to repay the loans, and the huge interest and principal fees drove Xiaocao's father to jump from the building. After that, all the debts were left to my father. He couldn't repay them, so he ran away... leaving me and my mother to live in Shanghai, avoiding debt and studying..."
Yu Sangzhi sighed softly. "I spent most of my third year of junior high hiding from debt. I lived in many places: teachers' homes, hotels, youth hostels, parks, subway stations... I was homeless at the time, living in constant fear, afraid that the creditors would come knocking on my door. The online loan companies hired people from the community, and they were very aggressive and violent. Calling the police was useless..."
Hearing this, Huo Feng looked at her with even deeper eyes.
His dark pupils sparkled under the warm yellow desk lamp, and the emotions in his eyes were so strong that they could not be dissolved. One could see the heartache in his eyes at a glance.
Huo Feng knew she had been through a lot, knew her family's circumstances had changed dramatically, and knew she had walked a very difficult road...
He knows all this.
But when he really heard her say that, his heart would still react strongly, still hurt, and feel dull and depressed.
Yu Sangzhi picked up the water cup, took a sip, paused for a few seconds, and continued, "My mother and I are afraid of hiding from debt, so we are very cautious now. We don't want to live a displaced life anymore. We would rather hide forever..."
"So now, have we been discovered?" Huo Feng asked tentatively.
Yu Sangzhi shook his head gently. "I don't know. I just heard that someone suspicious has appeared here recently. We don't know who it is, but we're all scared. What if it's a creditor? What if he comes looking for me? I'm worried that I won't be able to study and I'll have to hide again."
Huo Feng didn't want her to be unable to study.
Hearing this, he was extremely nervous. "Could those creditors know where you live? Is this address exposed somewhere? For example, at your father's former company? Or in the household registration book?"
Yu Sangzhi pursed his lips and said, "None. This is my grandmother's house. My parents don't usually use this address."
Huo Feng frowned, thinking as he said, "Then how else can I expose you..."
So, after thinking for a while, Huo Feng suddenly realized...his Douyin!
Huo Feng hurriedly took out his phone, opened Douyin, and played the two videos he had taken for her before.
The videos have a high click-through rate, and many Douyin users have recognized the school she attended.
In today's society, with the Internet so developed and Tik Tok so popular, the spread through this channel is more terrifying than any other channel.
Huo Feng frowned immediately and blamed himself in his heart.
At this moment, he deleted all the videos related to her on his Douyin. From now on, Huo Feng will not post such videos again and will not cause trouble for her again!
In his heart, Huo Feng warned himself sternly.
Seeing him suddenly playing with his phone, Yu Sangzhi took another big sip of water, put the cup back on the table, and said, "It's late, let's go to bed. You can go to the next room. The quilt is still there. My mom didn't put it away when you slept last time."
As she spoke, Yu Sangzhi had already lifted her quilt and sat down in bed.
Seeing that she was sleepy, Huo Feng didn't plan to leave.
He stood up, turned around, and sat down on Yu Sangzhi's bed.
This sudden action startled Yu Sangzhi. She couldn't help but open her eyes wide and stared at him, saying, "What are you doing? Don't act like a hooligan. I won't let you sleep on my bed!"
Huo Feng was amused by her cute look of alertness. He reached out and rubbed her head, his eyes full of doting, "I won't sleep. I'll watch you sleep. Didn't you say you had a nightmare?"
right…
Just now in the kitchen, Huo Feng asked her: "Why are you not sleeping so late at night?"
Yu Sangzhi replied casually: "It was a nightmare."
She didn't even notice these few words, but Huo Feng remembered them in his heart.
He always paid attention to small details that she herself didn't care about, and it was these small details that made Yu Sangzhi realize that he was a very careful person.
Yu Sangzhi pulled up the quilt, covering half of his face, and blinked his big dark eyes. "I'm not afraid now. I don't need you to accompany me. You should go to sleep."
Unexpectedly, Huo Feng replied to her: "I'm not sleepy now, I just want to accompany you, you should go to sleep quickly."
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