2003, the twelfth lunar month of winter.

A pretty girl was standing on the side of the road, looking up at the snowy sky with a bright smile on her face.

On the stone steps not far away, another slightly older boy was squatting there without saying a word, even as she laughed and shouted without even looking at him.

The girl seemed very happy, but she would glance at her from time to time.

There was still a touch of worry in his eyes.

After a while, the girl deliberately pouted, walked to the boy and squatted down, and said eagerly: "Let's just play together. It hasn't snowed so heavily for a long time, okay?"

Seeing him just shaking his head lightly, the girl became more and more worried. She unconsciously grabbed his arm and asked, "Are you still worried?"

Ren Xiaowei thought for a while, then suddenly looked at the girl in front of him with a pair of bright eyes.

The girl's eyes were red and she said: "I'm sorry, if my dad hadn't called your school, you wouldn't have been expelled. It's all my fault, it's all me..."

"Don't think so much, okay? I'm not even sad but you're crying. Come on, stop crying, you've turned into a little cat!"

Ren Xiaowei pretended not to care, waved his hand and joked with a smile.

But having said that, how could he really not care at all? After all, he was only half a semester away from getting his diploma.

As long as he thinks that these three years have been wasted, Ren Xiaowei can't help but feel sad. This is probably God's will. Who would have thought that something like that would happen at home.

That day, he suddenly received a phone call from home. On the phone, his mother told him not to leave school in the near future, and not to be deceived by strangers.

I wipe it!

What the hell is a stranger? Am I a three-year-old child? Will I be tricked into a ravine and forced to be a door-to-door son-in-law?

At that moment, a phone call suddenly came.

The caller was a distant relative from his hometown whom he had not contacted for a long time. He was a little confused when he called and talked about all sorts of things.

However, he was still keenly aware that something big had happened to his family.

The facts were quickly verified, and the phone calls one after another made his heart gradually sink to the bottom.

Some of these callers were scolding, while others were crying and stalking me. It took me a long time to realize that they seemed to be here to collect debt from me!

Owe money?

Are you kidding me?

Are they the kind of people who are short of money? Look at what they are wearing...well, they do smell a bit after not taking a shower for seven or eight days.

But can you blame him?

Mom’s side hasn’t received any money for almost a month!

Finally, when he answered his mother's phone call again, he realized that something big had happened at home.

Just a month ago, the building that my father contracted suddenly collapsed, and several investors either ran away or were caught, and it was defeated in the blink of an eye.

In the end, my father was released on bail, but he also had to pay a huge amount of compensation, totaling more than 8 million yuan!

What is the per capita salary at this time?

Eight million, that is definitely a debt that can turn any family into powder.

Of course the same goes for their family!

It was under this circumstance that a phone call from Zhu Xiaoxue's father completely caused Ren Xiaowei to end his college life early!

Zhu Xiaoxue stood up and looked at him and said with concern: "Xiao Weiwei, it's getting late, shall we go back?"

"Okay, go back!"

Seeing how dark the sky was, Ren Xiaowei smiled and was about to go back: "By the way, what time did my mother say she would come home yesterday?"

Zhu Xiaoxue thought for a while and said: "Auntie is afraid of the crowd, so she comes back a little later, probably around ten o'clock in the evening!"

"Okay, let's go back and have a quick meal, and then prepare something for her. In the past few days..." Ren Xiaowei patted the snowflakes on his shoulders and stood up to go back.

At this moment, a sudden eardrum-piercing brake sound suddenly sounded.

Zhu Xiaoxue was so frightened that she screamed: "Ah!"

"Don't be afraid!" Ren Xiaowei was so frightened that his heart was pounding. When he suddenly looked around, he saw a dilapidated motorcycle parked dangerously in front of them.

The dirty wheels were already touching the stone steps.

A middle-aged man in shabby clothes was looking at the two people with a smile.

Zheng Sanjin?

The other party is a well-known little hooligan in the town. He causes trouble everywhere every day with nothing to do. Mom is coming back soon, so it’s best not to mess with him.

"Hey, when did the college student come back? Let's go have a drink with my uncle..." Zheng Sanjin said, and wanted to come up and hook his neck.

Ren Xiaowei grabbed Zhu Xiaoxue's hand and turned away.

"You go find someone else..."

"Hey, you want to leave, why are you in a hurry?" Zheng Sanjin grinned, stepped directly in front of the two of them, and stared at them with a smirk on his face.

"Get away!"

"Okay, it's okay if you don't want to drink with people like me. I worked for your dad for two months some time ago. Just give me your salary and I'll leave!"

"Salary, my dad also owes you money?" He protected Zhu Xiaoxue behind him and asked suspiciously.

"Don't believe him, he's lying. He hasn't left our town at all during this time!"

At this moment, Zhu Xiaoxue, who was protected behind him, hurriedly reminded him.

What?

How dare this guy lie to people like this?

Zheng Sanjin, who was exposed to his face, immediately became angry and reached out to grab Xiaoxue.

"what are you doing!"

He was startled by Zheng Sanjin's unscrupulous behavior and rushed over to protect Zhu Xiaoxue.

"You dare to take action, that's good... hit him!" Zheng Sanjin's face darkened, and he raised his foot and kicked him away.

Seeing Ren Xiaowei rolling on the snow, Zhu Xiaoxue rushed forward and propped him up.

Zheng Sanjin was still unwilling to let him go. He followed him and punched and kicked him, cursing and saying:

"Fight, if you dare to fight against labor and management, aren't you quite capable of fighting? Get up and keep fighting!"

Zheng Sanjin is a well-known little gangster. After a few punches, Ren Xiaowei couldn't help but have blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth.

At this time, Zhu Xiaoxue could only block in front of him, and shouted helplessly at Zheng Sanjin: "Stop fighting, someone is coming, someone is coming..."

"You want me to spare him and bring you the money. If you don't have the money, you'll pay for it with something, do you hear me?" At this time, Zheng Sanjin's eyes were full of madness and he roared at the two of them.

"Go, go quickly..."

"Okay...I'll go!" Seeing Ren Xiaowei's painful look, Zhu Xiaoxue finally compromised.

She stood up and was about to walk into the store, but at this moment Ren Xiaowei endured the pain and grabbed her foot.

"Don't go, he doesn't dare to do anything to me!"

"...Woo!"

Suddenly, she looked at Ren Xiaowei and burst into tears.

After days of worry and fear, and trying hard to pretend to be happy in front of Ren Xiaowei, I finally couldn't stand it anymore.

The two have been childhood sweethearts, and their relationship has been very good since childhood. However, their relationship has deteriorated sharply since the accident.

Now, looking at Ren Xiaowei being beaten, she felt heartache.

At this time, he was kicked hard in the stomach. Ren Xiaowei spat out a mouthful of blood after being hit hard and fell heavily to the ground.

"Don't give it to him, don't..."

At this time, his consciousness was gradually blurring, and he only felt a burning pain in his stomach.

However, Ren Xiaowei knew very well that no matter how unscrupulous Zheng Sanjin was, he would not dare to break the law.

Otherwise, why didn't he dare to go into the house and get it by himself?

Sure enough, Zheng Sanjin became anxious.

Although there was no one outside on this cold day, he was still afraid that the matter would be revealed.

Ren Xiaowei saw Zhu Xiaoxue turning around and rushing into the store in a daze. He stretched out his hands desperately to stop him and shouted silently: "Come back... you can't give it to him, you can't..."

Their family had reached its lowest point, and Ren Xiaowei could never see his parents living on the streets.

He wants to keep this home...

He wants to wait for his parents to come back!

Don't go!

Ren Xiaowei roared.
To be continued...