fish in the financial tsunami

Chapter 24 Su Xiaoyu's Suicide (3)
In the seven-seater van, she was sitting alone in the middle, but Su Lei suddenly held her hand. His fingers were cold, but they were strong. In a blink of an eye, she sat in the front row, beside him.

"Su Lei..." The panic brought about by the scene outside the window was replaced by another surging and complex feeling, the nose was filled with the familiar smell of him, Su Xiaoyu was disappointed, and slowly his cheeks became hot, I just feel hot.

But he didn't look at her. He looked out of the window and didn't let go of his hands. Su Xiaoyu followed his gaze and looked out of the window. There was no light outside the window, and the thick night was filled with darkness. I don't know how many people there are.Suddenly there was a cry, at first it was only sporadic passing by the ear, and gradually the noise gathered, and it came straight to them.

The car braked suddenly, and everyone rushed forward. Su Xiaoyu was unprepared and almost rolled out of the seat. Fortunately, Su Lei held her hand tightly and pulled her back to his side, and then grabbed her head. Press it down, and all the actions are done in one go, which is completely a gesture to protect the child.

It was pitch black, and Su Xiaoyu lay passively on his lap, her nose sunk in the warm fabric, her vision was blocked, but her hearing was more sensitive. The driver's frightened Cantonese came from her ear, "Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun, They came at us, what should we do?"

The noise was overwhelming, but Chen Sulei's voice was still calm amidst the chaos, "Turn around, drive back now."

The driver was already dumbfounded, and didn't know how to react in a daze. Master Wu didn't delay for a second, and the voice had already appeared beside the driver's seat, "Get out of the way, I will drive."

Her current posture is too ambiguous, Su Xiaoyu is still struggling to raise her head when she is scared to death, but the man's hand must be strong, pressing on the back of her head, she can't move no matter what, maybe because she sensed her struggle, he In the midst of his busy schedule, he moved his fingers and smoothed her hair soothingly.

It's over, when she shouldn't be emotional, she actually has a sore nose and swollen eyes, please, please, please, if this continues, she will collapse completely sooner or later, and under such gentleness from time to time, she will be tamed into a docile rice fish.

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The situation was urgent, and the sound of being slapped was already heard outside the car. Old Wu was very skilled. He turned the car around in an almost impossible situation, and stepped on the accelerator to drive in the direction they came. The noise continued. The crowd chased after the car, the car picked up speed, and those terrible sounds finally weakened, became distant, and finally faded away.

Sun Dawen just got in touch with the people in the factory, sweating while holding the phone, he was almost hoarse after listening to the words on the other end.

"Are you crazy? How can you tell them that what I brought back is money, something will happen, something will happen!"

The hand that held her was finally loosened, Su Xiaoyu immediately raised her head, Su Lei was talking, "Mr. Sun, I'm afraid they don't say that, these people have already rushed into the factory."

Sun Dawen hurriedly explained, "Mr. Chen, these workers must have been incited by those suppliers. We pay wages every month, but the full amount has not been paid in the past two months. The factory has only reduced production, not stopped."

Chen Sulei nodded, but the answer was, "Mr. Sun, maybe you think this is enough to calm people's hearts, but as far as I know, Mingjun Industrial, which declared bankruptcy last month, even brought in a container of raw materials the day before the announcement. I don’t think those workers and suppliers have thought that the factory will close down the next day, right?

His voice was very flat, but Su Xiaoyu immediately thought of the tragic experience of BLM disappearing overnight, and the unbearable feeling at that time was still very clear, she couldn't help lowering her head, and secretly took a breath.

There was another sudden stop while speaking, this time even Master Wu's voice became a little anxious.

"Mr. Chen, the road ahead is blocked and I can't drive through."

This road is straight and long, with factory areas on both sides. There are mostly no lights in the middle of the night, and the street lights are far apart. The workers gathered around at some point and blocked the entire road, and the crowds of people in the dark night seemed like a midnight nightmare.

"Old Wu, let's get out of the car, turn on the light, don't turn off the engine." Still in Chen Sulei's voice, Old Wu nodded in response, and jumped out of the car in an instant and opened the door.

Before Su Xiaoyu could speak, he held her hand tightly, and Su Lei had already pulled him down.

The driver wailed, "Our car..."

It was rare for Old Wu to speak in a rough voice, "Is the car more important or the person more important?"

The situation was urgent, but Sun Dawen made a prompt decision, pulled the driver and followed him down. The curb was very high, and Chen Sulei jumped down first, and it was pitch black below. Su Xiaoyu suddenly lost his figure in front of him, and panicked again.

But soon there was a voice in the darkness, it was he who straightened up, opened his hand to her, and said, "Little fish, come."

It was dark all around, there were chaotic footsteps on the road, getting closer and closer to them, there was no road under the curb, and it was dark and desolate.

From childhood to adulthood, from a small town to Shanghai, the ordinary Su Xiaoyu was used to living an ordinary life, suddenly faced with such a critical moment, he should have been afraid, should have trembled, but all he saw was his black jade-like eyes, Deeper and denser than the night, and her in his pupils.

The brain suddenly stopped working, and when he woke up, he had already jumped. He supported her waist with both hands, and she seemed to tilt when she put it down, and then he praised.

"Little fish, you danced well."

Master Wu was the last one to jump down. He had already walked to them and praised her, "We Xiaoyu are very brave."

Feeling ashamed, Su Xiaoyu didn't answer.

Master Wu, is it considered brave if your brain crashes?Does it count?Don't count.

After quickening his pace and walking for a long time, he finally couldn't hear the noise. Sun Dawen had already called the police, but the answer from the other end seemed to make him even more frustrated. After putting down the phone, his voice was heavy.

"The police station said that there are still several intersections blocked by workers, and some people are making trouble at the gate of the town government. There have been many such incidents recently, and they really can't spare any manpower to come. Let us find a safe place as soon as possible."

That's what you need to walk... Su Xiaoyu squatted down resignedly and tightened her shoelaces.

The surroundings are empty, the wind is strong at night, only the whirring sound can be heard, Su Xiaoyu is timid and always feels a little creepy, so she leans towards Chen Sulei without knowing it, warms her hands slowly, and falls to him again In the palm of her hand, he didn't speak, and silently led her along.

The palms were burning, and then the cheeks, the sobbing sounds of the wind seemed to have changed their tone, becoming soft and gentle, some things lingering in the chest slowly shattered, and fell off piece by piece, one by one, I became frightened by the changes I couldn't restrain , Su Xiaoyu stretched out his other hand to cover his chest, trying in vain to cover those scattered debris back.

I don't know if it's because of taking care of her, Chen Sulei didn't walk fast, and gradually fell behind the others. Su Xiaoyu struggled with herself for a long time before mustering the courage to raise her head, but she saw that he was talking to someone again, his hoarse voice blending In the dark, low and inaudible.

In fact, I didn’t walk a long way. After ten minutes, I saw the national highway from a distance. Since the opening of the high-speed highway, the national highway has become much deserted. At this point, there are few vehicles. The road surface has been in disrepair for a long time. to a cloud of dust.

The people who stayed in City S were rushing over when they got the news. Sun Dawen and the driver told everyone to go to the agreed place and wait. They didn't expect to hear screams just as they turned around.

It was Su Xiaoyu who screamed, and the screams were full of panic. The two of them turned their heads and ran over. Under the dim moonlight, they could only see blood dripping from Chen Sulei's legs. Even blood can see the bloody flesh inside.

Even Master Wu's face changed color at this time, and he squatted down immediately to do emergency treatment, but Chen Sulei remained calm, holding Master Wu's shoulder with one hand and talking to everyone, "I scratched when I jumped down just now, it's okay. Sun Sir, you go to the National Highway and wait for the bus, my friends are also rushing over, and they should arrive soon after."

After he finished speaking, he turned his face away, and Su Xiaoyu was standing beside him, his face was still full of horror, he hadn't smiled much all day, but after taking a look at her, he suddenly smiled, with a little smile on his face. Soothing taste.

It really shouldn't be, but she really couldn't help it. Su Xiaoyu, who had always been strong before and was praised for it, dropped her shoulders and cried.

8
Sun Dawen and the driver went to wait for the car, and Master Wu walked to a farmhouse not far away to get some necessities for urgent wound treatment. Su Xiaoyu followed Chen Sulei and sat down on the raised place with red eyes, looking at his wound uncontrollably. Want to see but dare not, pitiful appearance.

He didn't care too much, seeing her put her shoulders together, he asked again, "Is it cold?"

At the end of October, even though this is the south, the wind is always a bit chilly at this point, let alone in such an empty suburb, but Su Xiaoyu shook her head and just asked him, "Does it hurt?"

"It's okay." He said lightly.

"Why don't you tell us, we don't know." She remembered that she was still walking with her head buried in her head, and she couldn't help but want to cry again.

He smiled, "Be careful when running for your life."

Run for your life, she sighed, and then continued, "I don't know what happened to Mr. Sun's factory, and they are quite pitiful."

"Will be fine."

"Really? They are miserable."

"What they have encountered is only a financial problem. Even worse than them can get over it. What can't they do?"

They were all chased to the door by debt collectors, and what's worse?Su Xiaoyu opened her eyes wide, "Is there anyone worse than them? Who is it?"

He looked at her in the night breeze, and answered after a few seconds, with a flat tone, "Me."

She was already stupid, and it was a long time before she heard herself say "ah", and said in a daze, "You lied to me..."

"Bankruptcy." He smiled again, as if talking about an irrelevant person, "I started a private equity fund in China more than ten years ago, which was quite large. It suddenly collapsed in 98, and the index fell like a dive. Those bosses' money I was also in vain, and a few of them couldn’t bear it, and the debt collectors chased me, almost killing me, and I went to the United States when I had nowhere to go. If you want to talk about running for your life, I have more experience than any of you.”

In the silent midnight and the dim moonlight, his side face was still calm under such light, but she was shocked to hear it, and couldn't help asking, "You just went to America alone? What about your family?"

"I'm an only child, and my parents passed away early, but there was still someone by my side at that time." He smiled, but that smile gradually became cold, which made her feel cold, and she wanted to stop him from talking, but it was too late.

"It was my ex-wife. She was before the bankruptcy, but not after the bankruptcy." The smile on his face was still there, "I used to think, if she saw me later, would she regret it? But in the end, I forgot again. Xiaoyu," he looked at her suddenly, and sighed softly because of the expression on her face, his voice became gentle, "I shouldn't have said these things, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, huh?"

She wasn't afraid, no, she was just sad, so sad that she didn't know what to do, and she felt a tingling in her throat and a sore nose. She worked hard for a long time before she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Did she see it? Did she regret it?"

He was silent for a long time this time, so long that she didn't expect an answer.Another delusion, the delusion that his eyes looking at her became far away, through her face, and fell to a place that she would never be able to reach.

But he finally answered, only one sentence, and his voice was very low.

"She can't see it."

There was a soft touch on the fingers, and when he looked down, he saw Su Xiaoyu's hand, gently grasping one of his fingers, trembling, but he never let go.

He looked at her quietly for a long time, and when he spoke again, his voice was gentle, "Xiaoyu, I'm telling you this, just to let you know that none of us can predict what will happen in the next second, can we?"

She understood, just like the moment he jumped off the curb just now, she had hallucinations, fearing that she would never see him again, if she never saw him again, would she regret it, would she resent her past decision?
Her eyes were moist and sparkling under the moonlight, like a deer, just looking at them like this made me feel beautiful, how wonderful, at this moment, she was by his side.

Prosperity and decline, everything is reincarnation.He is a person who has struggled from complete defeat and life-and-death situation. He thought that he would never be affected by the expected ups and downs. He did not expect that this financial storm would be devastating and affect everything. One more stroke to erase.

After learning the news, many dusty memories burst out again, chaotic and gloomy, and those fragments from long ago are always lingering in front of my eyes.

But it is different when looking at her, she is a little fish, she squints and smiles when she is happy, and cries when she is unhappy, as simple as a cup of hot chocolate, so just looking at her like this makes her feel warm, life and death are impermanent, but he Once I felt weak, so I relied on the feeling of her being around, so I didn't want to let her go, I just wanted her to stay.

Not wanting to look away, he just looked at her like this, and slowly asked the last question, "Xiaoyu, I miss you by my side, happy, if not, you can leave, okay?"

She moved her finger, but didn't answer, nor let go.

What else is there to say?There are many examples of self-seeking in this world, such as praying mantis giving birth, spiders mating, moths fighting a flame, and finally, Su Xiaoyu falling in love with Chen Sulei.

(End of this chapter)