After exchanging contact information with Ji Ning, Zhou Rin chatted with him that night, mainly talking about tutoring.
He offered a very high hourly salary, and introduced Zhou Cun's situation. He portrayed him as an average mathematician with a lot of room for improvement. It wasn't too difficult to convey. There was no reason for Ji Ning to refuse. After agreeing, it was finally agreed that if there are no special circumstances, counseling will be held every Sunday morning.
Generally speaking, Zhou Rin had nothing to do every Sunday morning and could stay at home. He asked Ji Ning to be Zhou Cun's tutor to meet Ji Ning. If he was not at home, it would be meaningless.
It was the first time that Zhou Rin took Ji Ning to recognize the door. He personally drove to the school and entered Ji Ning. After the commercial car drove into the villa area, a look of surprise appeared on Ji Ning's face, as if he did not expect it. Zhou Rin's family conditions would be so favorable.
"Hello, Teacher Ji."
After entering the villa, the teenager Zhou Cun smiled and stood at the door to greet Ji Ning. Ji Ning nodded at him, changed his shoes and entered the living room, asking, "Then where are we taking classes? Zhou Cun's room. ?"
"Just in the living room." The boy smiled, "My room is a bit messy, I'm sorry to let the teacher see it."
"That's fine too."
Ji Ning nodded and said nothing. He sat on the sofa with the boy, drank some tea, nodded and smiled at Zhou Rin, and started today's class.
He had already informed the teenager about the progress of the school and made preparations in advance. The two quickly entered the state and explained some issues.
Zhou Rin also sat aside, slender legs folded together, and listened quietly without saying a word.
It was his intention to give lectures in the living room, because he was worried about leaving those two alone in a closed room, and in the living room, he could see their situation at any time. Another reason was to avoid letting Ji Ning see them. Go to the large and small Mathematical Olympiad trophies and competition certificates in the bedroom bookcase.
Soon half of the class passed, and when it was time for a break, the teenager claimed that he was going to the bathroom and temporarily left the living room.
Zhou Rin looked at Ji Ning who was arranging manuscript papers, like an older brother who was concerned about his younger brother's schoolwork, and asked Ji Ning, "Mr. Ji, how did you feel about teaching my younger brother just now?"
"Zhou Cun is really smart. No matter what the problem is, he can understand it at one point."
Ji Ning smiled, then frowned slightly, and said a little uncertainly, "So actually, I haven't figured out his level yet. He asked me some questions, some of which are very basic, and some are more advanced. I feel like there are some things that he shouldn't be able to avoid, but instead seems to be intentional..."
Zhou Rin was silent. In fact, in order for Ji Ning to give Zhou Cun tutoring, Zhou Cun also made a lot of preparations in advance. After all, he really did not need tutoring in ordinary coursework, and he collected those questions from his classmates.
With Zhou Cun's mathematical level, these questions seemed to him to have no difference, they were all the same simple, so he simply asked them all, but inadvertently made mistakes and failed to disguise them well.
"His basics are okay." After pondering for a while, Zhou Rin said, "It's just that he often makes some simple mistakes, maybe it's because he's not careful enough."
"okay, I get it."
Ji Ning nodded. After that, the teenager came out and went through the second half of the class. After the successful conclusion, Zhou Rin wanted to drive Ji Ning back again. Ji Ning immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't bother Mr. Zhou, I know how to get in the car. Just go back by yourself."
"It doesn't matter, it just happened to be on the way. I have something to do over there."
At Zhou Rin's insistence, Ji Ning had to get into his car again. On the way back, Zhou Rin said casually, "Does Teacher Ji really like mystery novels?"
"Ah, yes, I'm..." Ji Ning responded in a daze, "How did you know?"
"I saw your avatar. It's a string of initials, which should be the message left by the perfumer in "The Mystery of Perfume" before he died."
The handsome Alpha hooked his lips and smiled, and his eyes swept over the people around him: "I am a book fan of Kayden."
"What a coincidence? Me too, he is my favorite mystery novelist." Ji Ning showed a surprised expression, "He is very unpopular in China, no one has heard of him, you are the first person I have ever liked. his people."
"I'm also very surprised." Zhou Rin said, "Why don't we talk about him later?"
"That's great, and I'd love to talk to someone about him too. And Samantha Green, has Mr. Zhou heard her name? She's Kayden's friend and a mystery novelist."
"… "
The two chatted happily all the way. Zhou Rin drove into the school and parked the car downstairs in Ji Ning's dormitory. Ji Ning got out of the car, stood outside the car and waved at Zhou Rin, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, then I'll go back first, be careful on the way."
"Okay, see you next week."
Zhou Rin sat in the driver's seat and watched Ji Ning enter the dormitory before starting the car, leaving the school and returning home.
The so-called drop-off was naturally because he wanted to get along with Ji Ning alone, and the coincidence of being a fan of books was naturally created by him. He had already known Ji Ning's preferences like the back of the back, just to have more common topics with him.
As time passed, Zhou Rin and Ji Ning became more and more familiar with each other. In addition to meeting each other in class, the two also made an appointment to go to a mystery novel fan activity together, and also made an appointment to watch a few suspenseful movies. Getting better and better.
"Going well?"
Noticing that Zhou Rin, who was sitting on the sofa, put down his mobile phone, there was a faint smile on his lips, and he seemed to be in a good mood. The boy walked past him with a book and asked with a smile.
"is acceptable."
Zhou Rin closed the chat page between him and Ji Ning, looked at the boy, glanced at the book in his hand, paused, and asked, "Are you reading "The Mystery of Perfume"?"
"Yes, I heard you and Teacher Ji mentioned this book when chatting, and I became interested, so I bought a copy." The young man nodded, "It's really exciting."
"If you are interested, you can also take a look."
Zhou Rin said so, lowered his eyelashes, and tightened his hand holding the phone slightly.
He knew that his brother would also be interested in mystery novels. In the past, when he was at home, he would occasionally see them chatting about related plots. Now the teenager has shown such a tendency, which reminded him of the past immediately, and couldn't help but Somewhat upset.
He suddenly looked up at the young man and asked, "What kind of person do you think Ji Ning is?"
The boy thought for a while and replied, "He's very good. He's good-looking, gentle, smart and patient. I can't pick out any flaws in him." Then he smiled slightly, "It's a good match for you."
"Do you really think so?" Zhou Rin asked.
"Yes, if you can be together, it's really good." The teenager nodded, "Parents and moms will definitely be happy too."
"I'll be with him."
Zhou Rin and the boy looked at each other for a few seconds, and spoke in a low voice.
"Will."
The teenager blinked and smiled softly: "Okay, I will celebrate for you then."
…
In the blink of an eye, and it was coming to Sunday, Zhou Rin sent Ji Ning a message as usual. In addition to teaching Zhou Cun, he also planned to invite Ji Ning to watch a movie in the afternoon, and by the way, he could stay at his house for dinner at noon.
"I'm sorry, I can't make it this Sunday. I'm in a hurry. I'll make up the class for Zhou Cun later."
However, in the message, Ji Ning responded like this, and Zhou Rin replied, "It's okay, you look at your own situation. What's the matter, is it important? Do you need help?"
"It's okay, I'll handle it myself, thank you, see you later."
After a few chats, Zhou Rin looked down at the chat record and frowned slightly.
Although it wasn't obvious, he could see the urgency and anxiety in Ji Ning's tone, as if he was really in trouble.
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. He called Ji Ning directly, but no one answered. The situation may be more serious than he thought. Zhou Rin immediately pushed other things, drove away from the company, and went to Ji Ning's school. , drove directly to the downstairs of his dormitory.
He walked to the door of the dormitory building and was about to register his identity when he accidentally bumped into Ji Ning's roommate. He had met this roommate several times when he sent Ji Ning back, and they left an impression on each other.
"Mr. Zhou?" The roommate showed a surprised expression after seeing him, and immediately responded, "Did you come to find Ji Ning?"
"Yes." Zhou Rin nodded, "He said he was in a hurry, I'm not very worried, so I'll come and have a look."
"He went home." The roommate said, with a worried expression on his face, "It seems that something happened to his house... When he left, I saw that his face was very bad, and I asked him what was going on, and he also He didn't tell me, he just said he was going home."
Zhou Rin's heart sank when he heard the words. In his original experience, Ji Ning's family was also in business, but then the company went bankrupt unexpectedly and became heavily in debt. As a result, his parents fell ill. Could it be the current situation
He immediately continued to call Ji Ning, but there was still no answer, so he went to the office building of the department, checked the address of Ji Ning's house from the counselor's roster, and hurried to the city where Ji Ning was located.
However, when he arrived at the address, Zhou Rin found that the house had already been sold. Ji Ning and his family did not live here. It was night time and Ji Ning could not be contacted. In desperation, Zhou Rin was about to go to the hotel. When he checked in, he unexpectedly received a message from Ji Ning.
"Sorry, I've been busy during the day, and now I see that you have called me a lot. Is there any urgency?"
"Is it convenient to answer the phone?" Zhou Rin replied immediately.
"convenient."
Zhou Rin immediately dialed Ji Ning's number, and the phone was picked up after a while, and Ji Ning's voice came from the other end: "Zhou Rin?"
As the two became familiar with him, Ji Ning's name for him had long ceased to be so alienating. Zhou Rin could hear a slight hoarseness in his voice, and after listening to his heart, he softened his tone and asked, "You How's it going?"
"I'm... ok." Ji Ning said, "Thank you for caring about me. Did you call me in a hurry to find me?"
"I'm afraid of your accident." Zhou Rin said, "I'm sorry, I went to your school to find you, met your roommate, learned that you were home, and asked your home address without your permission. I'm near your house, I hope you don't get angry."
"Are you outside my house?"
Ji Ning's voice sounded astonished, but there was no anger at all: "How did you find this place?"
"I heard something happened to your house." Zhou Rin said, "I'm really worried about you, Ji Ning, I want to see you. Can you tell me where you are?"
"Thank you for caring about me so much..."
Ji Ning thanked him, unable to hide the bitterness in her voice: "We can meet, I can't let you come in vain, but it's not convenient for me to leave for a long time, so I have to trouble you to come over. It's a little far from my house."
"It's okay, I drove here." Zhou Rin's tone became more and more calm, and he said in a soothing tone, "We met and said, don't be sad, there is me."
"Row… "
Ji Ning suddenly choked up a little, hearing Zhou Rin's heart getting more and more painful, she just wanted to rush to his side to accompany him right now. After receiving the address, she immediately drove to the vicinity.
This very old community is all narrow alleys, and the car can't get in. Zhou Rin parked the car outside and hurried in. According to the house number given by Ji Ning, he found a dilapidated three-storey building. In a small building, send a message to Ji Ning.
"I went downstairs."
"Okay, I'll be out right now."
But after a while, Zhou Rin heard the sound of someone walking downstairs on the stairs of the small building. The condition of the small building was so bad that even the lights in the corridor were broken. Ji Ning used the flashlight on her mobile phone to illuminate the stairs , walked down in a hurry, came outside the building, and smiled at Zhou Rin.
"I didn't expect you to come here."
Standing under the dimly yellow street light, Zhou Rin could see that although Ji Ning was smiling, the smile was reluctant. Her face was pale and her eyes were a little swollen, as if she hadn't had a good rest for a long time.
"You live here now?"
Zhou Rin looked up and glanced at the dilapidated window of the small building, and her tone sank, but it was not aimed at Ji Ning.
Looking at Ji Ning's haggard brows, Zhou Rin felt sorry for him and wanted to touch his face or hug him, but she didn't want to scare people, so she put down the hand she was about to raise, and clenched it slightly. finger.
"There's something at home, and I'm really short of money, so I have to move here for the time being." Ji Ning pursed her lips and lowered her eyes, "I'll move out when I have more money."
"What happened?" Zhou Rin actually already knew, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he had to let Ji Ning say it first.
"...My family is in business. My dad wanted to expand the scale, but was cheated by his partner and made him a guarantor. The partner ran away with the money, and the debt was all counted on my dad's head... "
Maybe he finally had someone to talk to. Ji Ning's voice trembled as he spoke, he raised his hand and wiped his eyes, and said in a low voice.
"My family owes a lot of money, and my parents are very sick, but I really don't have the money to hospitalize them... Zhou Rin, I know it's bad for me to say this, but can I... Can I borrow it from you? Some money? The condition of this house is too bad, they must not be able to live here, I-"
His voice stopped abruptly, his red eyes widened slightly, and it was Zhou Rin who held him tightly in his arms.
"It's okay, it's okay."
Zhou Rin put one hand around his waist and raised the other hand to caress his hair. The light was dim, and his breath was filled with the faint scent of epiphyllum, but at the moment he had no thoughts, he just felt badly.
"I'll help you, you don't have to worry about anything."
"Zhou... Zhou Rin..."
The Omega in his arms also hugged him back, his body was trembling all the time, and the sound of crying gradually came.
"I'm really scared. The debt collectors threatened my parents before, saying they would..."
"You and your family will be fine, I assure you."
Zhou Rin let go of Ji Ning gently, raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, her voice was soothing, with the strength to comfort people, she said softly, "It will all pass, you have a good rest tonight, I will come back tomorrow. you."
Ji Ning rubbed her red eyes and nodded lightly. Zhou Rin said a few more words to him, and then watched him walk into the small building.
After Ji Ning's figure disappeared, Zhou Rin's expression suddenly sank. She took out her mobile phone and made a call. She said in a cold voice, "I have something to ask you for help."
…
In the past few days, Zhou Rin has pushed aside a lot of company matters and has been staying here to help Ji Ning.
He found a special person to deal with Ji Ning's parents' company, and contacted a senior nursing home to let his parents move in to recuperate; the debtor had been brought back and was being investigated by the police. Those debt collectors called, Be very polite this time, saying that the debt has been paid.
How did Ji Ning and his family know that Zhou Rin did all these things for them. Zhou Rin was their family's benefactor. His parents almost knelt down and thanked Zhou Rin, but they were helped by Zhou Rin in time.
"I don't even know how to thank you..."
On the way back with Zhou Rin, Ji Ning sat in the co-pilot and looked at Zhou Rin beside him with a complicated expression: "I will definitely pay you back that money, even if it takes a lifetime, I will pay it back. ."
Zhou Rin smiled a little. He really wanted Ji Ning to repay him with his whole life, but it was not money, but something else.
"We're friends."
He said to Ji Ning, "No matter what happens, I will accompany you. If there is any trouble, feel free to come to me. I am always welcome."
Ji Ning didn't speak, looked at his profile in silence, then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep unconsciously. Zhou Rin didn't bother him. He didn't stop the car until he drove back to Ji Ning's school and woke Ji Ning softly, "It's here."
"Hmm..." Ji Ning rubbed her watery eyes and was stunned for a few seconds before slowly unfastening her seat belt and said, "Thank you..."
Zhou Rin smiled softly, caressed his face lovingly in his heart, and said, "Go back and sleep again."
"it is good."
Ji Ning woke up a little, nodded obediently, Zhou Rin got out of the car, helped Ji Ning take out the suitcase from the trunk, stood outside the car, and watched Ji Ning go back as usual.
But this time, Ji Ning didn't leave. Instead, she looked at Zhou Rin and said, "Get in the car."
"It's okay." Zhou Rin said, "I'll wait a while."
"Every time you watch me leave," Ji Ning lowered her eyes and said, "This time I want to see you leave."
Zhou Rin's heart was soft, and the corners of his lips twitched in response: "Okay."
He got into the car, sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seatbelt, and started the car. Ji Ning suddenly came over and knocked on the window.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Rin rolled down the car window, "Forgot to bring something?"
"No, I just wanted to say, pay attention to safety on the road, and send me a message when you get home."
"it is good."
"And there's..."
Ji Ning opened her lips, a faint blush appeared on her face, and said in a low voice.
"I don't mean anything else, I will definitely pay you back, but I want to say... I probably don't want us to be just friends."
Zhou Rin's heart skipped a beat, wanting him to speak more clearly, he immediately reached out and unfastened his seat belt, but Ji Ning ran very fast, and immediately dragged his suitcase into the dormitory building.
Zhou Rin got out of the car, forgot to remove the car keys, and wanted to chase upstairs, but suddenly received a message from Ji Ning on his phone.
"Don't come up, I, I dare not see you..."
"Shall we meet again in a few days?"
"Don't forget to let me know when you get home."
Zhou Rin took a deep breath, restrained her excitement, and called Ji Ning's cell phone, but Ji Ning never answered, and sent him a message: "I don't dare to talk to you either..."
This is just deliberately torturing him...
Looking at the message on the phone, Zhou Rin shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, so he had to send him a text message: "It's okay to talk like this?"
"...We'll talk about it when you get home."
Zhou Rin had no choice but to put away his mobile phone and drive back home. His fast heartbeat never slowed down along the way. He entered the house, and his excitement did not completely calm down.
At least the boy sitting in the living room with his cell phone could see that he was very happy, so he put down his cell phone and stood up to greet him with a smile.
"Brother, you're back, you seem very happy? Is Teacher Ji okay?"
"Yes, it's all settled." Zhou Rin's brows and eyes were filled with a gentle smile, responding to the boy.
"That's good." The boy said, "I've been worried these days, it's alright. Are you thirsty? I'll pour you a glass of water."
"thanks."
Zhou Rin nodded slightly and sat on the sofa. Suddenly, a bell rang from the coffee table. It was the cell phone that the teenager put on it, and the screen was bright. Zhou Rin's eyes swept over subconsciously. Instantly stopped.
The screen saver of the teenager's mobile phone is a light-colored watercolor painting, with a large blank background and only a light-colored flower in the middle.
With just one glance, he suddenly recognized the variety of the flower.
That's a flash in the pan.