Bending the corners of his mouth, he said softly.

Chapter 47

After finishing the call with Lu Miao, Jiang Haoyue regained her spirits.

He went to the bedroom to find his spare crutches, and when he finally stood up tremblingly, looking at his destroyed home, he didn't know where to start to clean up.

"money……"

After regaining his senses, he rushed back to the room and found the "Sturdy Tin Soldier" on the bottom of the bookcase. The money he had saved over the years was in that book.

The book was well put in place, the money was gone.

Turning to the most frequently read page, the yellowed pages are badly worn. The one-legged tin soldier is faintly circled in pencil, with the word "you" marked by an arrow next to it.

Jiang Haoyue rubbed the word with her fingers, and whimpered like a small animal in her throat.

I don't know that the money is enough for Jiang Yi to gamble a few times and buy a few bottles of wine.

That's money he saved for college.

...

When Lu Miao came back, he brought Jiang Haoyue many local specialties from the countryside.

She looked happy when she came to him; when he opened the door, she saw the bruise on his forehead, and her full smile froze.

"Did your father beat you?"

She picked him up and walked towards her house.

Jiang Haoyue broke her hand away: "No, I slipped in the bathroom."

Lu Miao turned around and stared into his eyes: "Really?"

He nodded.

She stared at him for a while and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"Why are you so careless! You haven't fallen in the bathroom for many years, and you fell when I wasn't at home for a few days? Let me see, is the fall serious?"

Lu Miao stood on tiptoe and lightly touched the bruise with her fingers.

Jiang Haoyue didn't hide or exhale, as if the place she touched wasn't hurt at all.

"I have medicine at home, you wait for me."

Leaving a pile of special products brought from his family, Lu Miao rushed home to find the medicine box.

After scrambling to deal with the wound, Jiang Haoyue was stuck with a pink cartoon Band-Aid on her forehead.

"Pfft." Lu Miao, who had been frowning tightly since just now, couldn't help laughing.

"What did you post?" Jiang Haoyue touched his forehead in confusion.

She stopped him solemnly: "Hey, don't touch the wound, the medicine is applied, it will be rubbed off if you touch it."

He honestly withdrew his hand.

Lu Miao suddenly remembered that he had something important to give him.

"Close your eyes."

Jiang Haoyue wondered: "Isn't it good medicine?"

He looked at her: "you are, are you going to give me something?"

"Hey, where are you talking so much?" She yelled at him gruffly: "Just do it."

"Oh."

He closed his eyes, but his mouth didn't stop.

"Can I not accept it?"

"No," she said to him, "give me your hand."

Jiang Haoyue handed her his hand.

Lu Miao took out the safety rope that had been hidden in his pocket for a long time, and tied it carefully around his wrist.

Jiang Haoyue opened his eyes and saw this scene.

She lowered her eyes, a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The long hair was pinned behind the ears, and the exposed pinna was slightly powdered.

"Wear it!"

When he was done, Lu Miao looked up at him, just in time to meet his gaze towards her.

"Wow, you secretly opened your eyes in advance without my permission."

She rushed forward to pinch him in the face.

Jiang Haoyue didn't move as fast as her, and was pinched straight.

"You didn't say you can't open it." His face was pinched flat, and he defended humbly.

She doesn't care about him.

When the pinch was over, Lu Miao let go.

"This is the safety rope I made to keep you safe," she said with inexplicable certainty: "Next time you won't fall in the bathroom."

Jiang Haoyue lowered her head and fiddled with the red rope on her wrist.

"You can't lose it, I'll be angry with you if you lose it." She threatened fiercely.

"Got it," he promised her.

...

Lu Yongfei only learned about Jiang Yi's loan sharking business when he received a call from Lin Wenfang.

Jiang Haoyue deliberately concealed from Lu Miao that she didn't know anything about his family; but Lin Wenfang was different. The women in the building came and went, and there was nothing to hide from each household.

Moreover, during the Spring Festival, loan sharks come to make trouble, and heard that the trouble is very big. The people in the building felt that it was quite unsafe to live next to Jiang Yi, and the landlord also considered that if they did not pay the rent, they would be allowed to move out.

Lu Yongfei talked to Jiang Haoyue on the phone during the New Year. The child greeted him New Year's Day as usual, and didn't mention anything that happened at home.

This time on the phone call, he didn't ask or didn't know, and when he asked, he was startled—Jiang Haoyue was working part-time.

He told Lu Yongfei to leave it alone and not to tell Lu Miao.

How could Lu Yongfei not care, in his opinion, this matter is too serious.

There are only a few days left in the winter vacation, and Jiang Haoyue is a senior in high school again. At this juncture, his classmates are trying their best to supplement their studies. Does this mean that he does not want to continue studying?

This kid has read so well, went to a good university, and has a bright future. How can he self-destruct his future like this?

Jiang Haoyue was stubborn, and Lu Yongfei persuaded him not to persuade him. In desperation, he went to the restaurant where he worked part-time.

The crowded and noisy restaurant was full of lingering fumes.

Without much effort, Lu Yongfei found Jiang Haoyue.

His temperament was out of tune with the atmosphere here, and at a glance, he could see that he stood out from the crowd, busy shuttling among the guests at the table.

Lu Yongfei found the restaurant owner and asked him to resign Jiang Haoyue.

"I'm his uncle. Our children are going to school, so we can't work here any longer."