Ding Ding's eyes turned red and tears fell down.

She was a child from a single-parent family. Her father ran away with other women when she was ten years old, leaving her and her five-year-old brother to live with her mother.

My mother set up a vegetable stall in her hometown. She was exhausted for a month and could only earn the tuition for her and her brother. In addition, the living expenses of the three of them were not enough for other expenses.

Ding Ding used the winter and summer vacations to make money since he went to high school, and even worked in college.

Before she met Xu Ai, she had been working as a tutor, but the tutor's salary was not high. Now her child is spoiled and cannot be taught easily. If he says heavier, the other party's parents are unwilling to do so.

She was quit many times and didn't make much money, barely enough to live in school.

It was not until she met Xu Ai that she had spare money.

The first time she sent the money home, her mother called her worriedly and asked her where she got the money?&1t;i>&1t;/i>

After listening to her explanation, her mother felt relieved.

At this moment, Ding Ding looked at the money in her hand and cried and said, "Sister, thank you."

"Oh, a little money will move you like this? You have no prospects. Wipe your tears, pack up the money, and go back and review it for me. I will check the transcript next year."

Ding Ding burst into tears and nodded vigorously, "I will definitely review well and take a scholarship for you."

"Ambition," Xu Ai raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder, "When you get a scholarship, you have to treat me to a meal."

"No problem, I'll call my brother-in-law to go with you then."

"Go home after the exam, help your mother do some work and give her some rest."

"Well, I will."

"Go."&1t;i>&1t;/i>

After seeing Ding Ding away, Xu Ai suddenly wanted to go home too.

She called her father with her cell phone. After a long time, she didn't answer the other side. She called Ms. Chen again. It took a long time to answer the other end. She heard the sound of playing mahjong first, and then saw Ms. Chen's beautifully maintained face.

Ms. Chen was playing hard at the card table. Today, she was lucky and won a lot of money. She smiled at Xu Ai and became a flower, "Ai Ai, what's the matter?"

"Old Chen, you can't play less mahjong? Every time you call, you are either on the mahjong table or on the way to play mahjong. Is it interesting?"

Ms. Chen was not angry, and shook her head while coding cards there, "Of course it's interesting, it's much more interesting than raising a daughter."

"Tsk," Xu Ai couldn't help rolling his eyes at her, and then asked her, "Where is Lao Xu? I just called him, but he didn't answer."&1t;i>&1t;/i>

"Your dad is probably on the plane right now."

"Where have you gone again?"

"Sucheng said he was invited to attend an academic seminar."

"Old Xu is so busy."

Xu Ai curled her lips, and when she saw her mother just spending her cards and ignored her, she wanted to hang up the phone.

Ms. Chen suddenly looked up at her, "When will you come back? It's almost the end of the year."

"I didn't go back the day before New Year."

"Then you will come back early this year. Your family is not short of the little money you earn. Why are you working so hard outside?"

"Oh, then why don't I just sell the store and I'll get it home and rely on you to maintain it."

Ms. Chen shouted, "Oh, this naughty kid, I lose as soon as she calls..."&1t;i>&1t;/i>

Before she finished speaking, she hung up the video.

Xu Ai, “…”

She really suspected that she was not Ms. Chen’s biological child. It was probably as she said when she was a child that Ms. Chen went to mobile phone to buy a phone, and she forced her to give it to her for free.

......

Snowflakes began to fall in the evening. I thought there were no customers in this weather. Xu Ai stayed in the store until 8 o'clock and was about to close the store and go home. At this time, a customer came.

The other party was a little picky and chose it for a long time before he could win one. Xu Ai packed it and collected the money and sent it away. It was already 9:30.

After closing the store door, Xu Ai went to drive and found that several nearby stores were closed.

By the end of the year, private cars must be parked uniformly, and the cars in this store are parked in the open space in the south.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

Xu Ai's car was also parked there, and the snowflakes were getting heavier and heavier. She wrapped the scarf around her neck and walked towards the south.

Along the way, the shops were closed, leaving only the dim street lights on the side of the road.

Because it was snowing, there were almost no pedestrians on the road. Xu Ai walked forward quietly. As she walked, she felt something was wrong, so she looked back.

About fifty meters away from her, there was a * smoking on the side of the road.

Xu Ai glanced at him, and the other party lowered his head and smoked without looking at her. Xu Ai thought he was thinking too much, so he turned around and continued to move forward.

But after walking a few steps, she couldn't help but look back.

The other party seemed to have not expected that she would suddenly turn back at this time. She didn't have time to hide anything. She held the cigarette in the corner of her mouth and handed it in the black coat pocket. Xu Ai couldn't help but look into his pocket, as if she was holding something inside, bulging.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

Xu Ai turned around and looked at the parking lot not far away. There was no dim except lights and there was not even a ghost.

She was a little panicked and looked around, then she found that the hot pot restaurant diagonally opposite was not closed, and it was still brightly lit inside, and there seemed to be guests coming and going at the door.

Xu Ai didn't have time to think too much, so he raised his foot and ran on the road.

When she ran, the man behind her also ran.

And the other party was very fast, as if he wanted to control her before she crossed the road.

Listening to the sound of footsteps approaching, Xu Ai used the 100-meter sprint in high school, and did not care about the vehicles passing by on the road, and ran towards the opposite hot pot restaurant.

Fortunately, she wore flat heels today, and she almost rushed to the door of the hot pot restaurant in one breath. There was no sound of approaching footsteps behind her, but she still didn't dare to look back and ran into the store directly.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

The shop assistant knew her and when she saw her running in panic, she immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Ai was so scared that she was trembling all over. Her face was pale and her eyes were flustered. "Someone followed me."

"Ah? Where?"

The other party wanted to stretch his head out, but Xu Ai held him down, "Don't look, is your boss here?"

“In his office.”

"I'll go find him."

Xu Ai raised her foot and walked in, never daring to look out. She was afraid that when she turned around, she would see the other person standing outside the window, smiling at her...

The owner of the hot pot restaurant is surnamed Li, and he looks quite fat. Everyone usually calls him Fat Brother, and the hot pot restaurant he runs is also called Fat Brother Hot Pot.

Fat Brother was answering the phone, and he was quite surprised to see Xu Ai coming in.

So, I chatted with the person on the other end and hung up the phone.&1t;i>&1t;/i>

He pointed Xu Ai, "Big girl, is there anything wrong?"

Xu Ai held her bag strap tightly in her hand, and was so scared that she was a little scared, "Brother Fat, pour me a cup of hot water."

She felt cold all over now.

Fat Brother saw something wrong with her, and while taking a paper cup to pour water for her, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you? His face is as white as a ghost. Has something happened?"

Xu Ai sat on the sand beside her, her heart still beating very fast.

Fatty brother came over and handed her the water cup. Xu Ai reached out to take it and said softly to thank him.

Fat Brother dragged a chair and sat down opposite her. When he got close to her, he realized that Xu Ai's hand holding the water cup was shaking.

I know she must have encountered something.

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Knowing that she must be very panicked now, she didn't ask her anymore, sat quietly, waiting for her to speak on her own initiative.

The heat of the water cup came from her palm bit by bit, and Xu Ai's panic disappeared bit by bit.

She took a sip of hot water and then told me what she had just been followed.

When Fat Brother heard this, he frowned, "I won't hide it from you. An employee in my store was snatched his bag nearby yesterday."

Xu Ai was shocked, "Why haven't you heard of it?"

"I didn't let me say that it was just an accident, but I didn't expect it..."

"What should I do now?"

"I can't get out of here," Fat Brother thought for a moment, and then his eyes lit up. "You can ask Officer Zhang to come and pick you up. He is the captain of the Criminal Police Team, who dares to mess with him?"

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The two of them had eaten hot pot in the store before, and Fat Brother knew about them being together.

Xu Ai, "He has been away from home and has been walking for more than ten days."

"Oh, that's it," Fat Brother thought for a while, "I'd better send you to you, send you home, and I'll come back."

Xu Ai shook her head, and she suddenly thought of someone.

Before leaving, Zhang Bai gave her his deputy Zhang Lin's cell phone number, saying that he was prepared for any trouble.
To be continued...