Li's mother was caught playing cards.
When Lai Yang and Yuan Shengda arrived at the door of the police station, Li Dian had just arrived. He was sitting on the iron chair at the entrance of the police room in a daze.
His eyes were bloodshot and red, and he was on the verge of emotional collapse.
It’s no wonder. Anyone with a mother like this would probably have a breakdown.
Yuan Sheng walked up quickly, sat next to Li Dian and asked what was going on. Lai Yang also listened carefully.
"Someone reported the gambling place my mother went to, so she was also arrested. She gambled a lot of money, and the police have just made a judgment. Now she will be detained for ten days and fined 2,000 yuan...
Lai Yang's Adam's apple suddenly moved.
He glanced at Yuan Shengda. Her oval face was also full of shock, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Fines are minor matters, but the main issue is ten days of detention? Who can bear this
Although Lai Yang didn't have much good feelings towards Li's mother, she was Li Dian's mother after all. It could be seen from Li Dian's pale face that he must be anxious and hateful.
"Laiyang, can you lend me some money right now? I'm still short of money to pay the fine."
Li Dian rubbed her eyes and looked towards Lai Yang. All the cash her mother had on hand had been taken away by the police as gambling money, and she didn't have any savings in her card. Now Li's mother was really penniless.
"I have the money, but I don't think I can just give it to you so easily. I need to have a good talk with your mother this time."
"What do you mean?" Yuan Shengda asked curiously.
Li Dian reacted quickly. He looked at Lai Yang, and after a while, he stood up and walked towards a police office.
Ten minutes later.
Lai Yang and Li Dian were taken to an interrogation room, where Li's mother was also sitting.
All the ornaments on her body were taken off, including the pearl earrings. She was wearing an orange and white detention uniform, and her domineering look was gone.
But for some reason, Lai Yang did not feel relieved after seeing this scene. Instead, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
He glanced at Li Dian beside him. Although there was no expression on Li Dian's face, his breathing had obviously become much heavier. After he pulled out a stool and sat down, he looked at his mother and quickly moved away.
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Lai Yang saw these small details clearly. At this moment, the police comrade temporarily left the interrogation room and just closed the door when Li's mother's cold voice came.
"Li Dian, have you paid the fine?"
"Not yet. I want to talk to you first."
Mother Li's expression froze for a few seconds, and she snorted, "Talk to me? You are happy to see me like this, right? If you hadn't taken the money from home, would I have come to Shanghai? Would I have gone to those unfamiliar places to play cards? Tell me, who caused all this? Who made me like this? You still want to talk to me now, what to talk about!!"
Li's mother was a little excited and slapped her hands on the table several times. She only calmed down when the police opened the door and reminded her.
After shouting, she folded her arms and gasped heavily.
Li Dian, who was sitting opposite, had countless words to say, but when he was face to face with his mother, he was a little speechless. He just clenched his fists tightly, and his nails turned blue.
Lai Yang looked at Li's mother and said, "Auntie, the police station wants a fine of 2,000 yuan. Can you pay it?"
Mother Li quickly raised her head and glared at Lai Yang, then shouted angrily, "What money should I take? You still owe me 100,000 yuan, give me back the money!"
"We agreed to pay the 100,000 yuan on April 2nd, so now you still have to find a way to pay the 2,000 yuan fine yourself."
"Li Dian, did you hear what he said?! I'm your mother, I raised you up, and you..."
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Li Dian finally shouted, looking at his mother with red and swollen eyes: "I can pay the money, but you have to write me a letter of guarantee, promising that you will never gamble again! Otherwise, I won't pay the fine, you figure it out yourself!"
This was the first time that Li Dian acted tough in front of his mother, and his mother was stunned.
Lai Yang glanced at Li Dian. In fact, they had already discussed it before they came in. Li's mother's card playing was a chronic disease. Without some drastic measures, there was really no way to cure it.
"It must be clearly stated in the guarantee letter that if you gamble again in the future, you will have to pay me back all the fines and the 50,000 yuan that I will soon return to you."
As soon as Li Dian finished speaking, his mother sat up straight.
"What do you mean 50,000? You have to pay me 100,000! How did it become 50,000?"
Lai Yang was also a little confused about the situation, but Li Dian's lips were trembling at this time, and his voice was extremely deep.
"We are in a very bad situation right now, and we can only give you 50,000!"
"What do you mean you can only give me 50,000? You..."
"Mom! I won't talk about the suffering and pain I've endured since I came to Shanghai. Now I only have this one theater left. I'm working very hard to maintain its development. Just like you said, I didn't graduate from a professional school, and my family doesn't have any resources and can't help me at all. So Lai Yang and I have always been walking on ice and it's been extremely difficult."
Lai Yang was suddenly touched by these words, and his nose suddenly felt a little sour.
"For this theater, we not only have to find ways to create content, but also to promote and sell tickets. In order to return the 100,000 yuan you asked for, Laiyang has invested a lot of money to hold a show for 1,000 people. Until now... the box office is not very ideal... I really want to tell my family about these words and these hardships, I really want to tell my dad... and I want to tell you... "
Li Dian wiped his tears and sighed heavily: "But in the end, I can only swallow my anger... So, Mom, I don't expect you to understand me... I just hope that when you think about your money, you can also think about... I am not an outsider, I am your son..."
Lai Yang didn't know how much of these words Li's mother took to heart.
But judging from her depressed look, she must be feeling bad too. Moreover, she was taken to the police station and was already in a low mood.
So in the end she didn't say much. Lai Yang borrowed paper and pen from the police, and Li's mother hurriedly wrote a few words of assurance.
When she finished writing and threw the paper over, Lai Yang knew clearly in his heart that she did not have a complete enlightenment because of those words just now. She was just forced to agree tonight because she was helpless.
After finishing all this, Lai Yang borrowed more than a thousand yuan from Li Dian to pay the fine. Li's mother was detained directly from tonight. When she came out, the performance of the theater with a capacity of a thousand people had just started.
But the most worrying thing now is the ticket sales. For now, it would be good enough if the show does not lose money.
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