Liu Chaoyang's face was colorful again.
He also knew that the five thousand yuan was too low, but he was afraid that Su Tianzi would open his mouth, so he lowered the amount first, and then slowly increased it if the other party was not satisfied with it.
Unexpectedly, Su Tian didn't play his cards according to the routine at all, and directly said that he would sell the bracelet to himself for 175,000.
He is also from the imperial capital. Of course, he knows that this kind of luxury is basically worthless if it is made like this. Let alone 175,000, even if it is half the price, no one will want it.
Officer Liu coughed to hide his accidentally leaked smile.
He was convinced by Su Tian, he was able to speak softly enough to choke to death, he had to learn this skill.
"Since it's going to be private, everyone, don't play with those empty heads, just tell the real price."
Liu Chaoyang blushed, gritted his teeth and said, "How much do you want?"
Su Tian: "Let's see it this way. You and your wife will meet and discuss how much money you can pay, and we'll talk later. Can you, Officer Liu?"
Officer Liu said of course, "Yes."
Liu Chaoyang stood up and went to discuss with Lin Xiuping in disgrace.
Su Tian said to go out, stood up and walked out the gate of the police station.
The others knew what she was doing, and they all pretended to be fine. The eldest lady was the most amazing, and she took out a lot of melon seeds from her bag and invited everyone to eat.
Ever since she was too poor to eat instant noodles last time, she suddenly got the beauty of these cheap snacks, and she had to carry a bag everywhere.
While rubbing his eyes, Wang Haoxue gasped and ate melon seeds, which made You Pinyan very speechless.
"Don't cry, isn't it just a bracelet, and I can buy an identical one for you when I go back?"
Police around: "..."
Day, it's great to be rich, so hurt them poor people.
Wang Haoxue said with red eyes: "But that's not the one Tiantian gave me."
You Pinyan: "... then you should eat more melon seeds."
Wang Haoxue sobbed and said, "Okay."
There was an open space outside the police station, and the sun was very strong. Liu Kaiyan sat silently on the flower bed, with his head down, wondering what he was thinking.
Su Tian walked over, sat next to him, and said, "I asked Uncle Liu to discuss the compensation with Auntie."
Liu Kaiyan let out a "hmm".
Su Tian: "What do you think?"
Liu Kaiyan: "I'm sorry."
Su Tian smiled: "It's not your fault, why take other people's mistakes to yourself?"
Liu Kaiyan did not answer.
Because they were his parents after all, even if he wished he had never been born, it couldn't change that
— the blood that those two people gave him flowed in his body.
He hates it, he hates it, but he can never change that.
Liu Kaiyan raised his head, revealing a pair of red eyes.
He didn't cry, but his eyes were bloodshot.
"Su Tian."
He called her by first and last name.
It's been a long time since he called her that.
Su Tian: "Huh?"
Liu Kaiyan: "The two of them have no money, and the family only has 20,000 yuan in savings at most."
Su Tian: "Yes."
Liu Kaiyan: "I'll pay back the money for the bracelet. Give me some time, and I'll pay it back at three cents per month."
The monthly interest rate is three cents, that is, the annual interest rate is 36%, which is already the highest limit of private lending allowed by law, and any higher amount will be regarded as usury.
Su Tian turned her head to look at him. Under the sunlight, her irises glowed a mellow brown, like honey.
Her eyes were so focused that it was hard to hide.
Liu Kaiyan looked away in embarrassment, stared at the ground again, and said, "I... I..."
"Liu Kaiyan, have you thought about the consequences of doing this?"
Of course he thought that as long as he offered to pay back the money for them, he would never be able to get rid of them before, unless he left here, left Los Angeles, and went to a place where they couldn't find...
"I'm going to leave school..."
The young man's voice was hoarse, his thin shoulders were silent and steep, and he was so lonely that it made people worry.
He didn't look at Su Tian, but stared at the ground and said, "I'm going out to work to make money, don't worry, I will pay back the money."
Su Tian sighed softly, "Liu Kaiyan, you are only seventeen years old, you don't have to push yourself so hard, you can actually be more self-willed."
Teenagers always have the right to be willful.
Liu Kaiyan smiled, and Su Tian spoke in a tone as if she was seventy or eighty, not to mention, he never had the right to be willful.
"Well, I have an idea, do you want to hear it?"
In the next second, Su Tian's adult tone changed into that of a delicate girl again.
Liu Kaiyan's heart moved, and he couldn't help but look up at her.
She smiled in the sun with crooked brows and eyes, and her whole body seemed to be glowing, like a cunning little fox.
Su Tian waved at him, "Come here, I'll tell you..."
Liu Kaiyan stared at her blankly, and by the time he realized it, he had already listened to her.
Su Tian whispered a few words in his ear, and asked, "How is it? Do you think it's feasible?"
Liu Kaiyan's throat moved, and he was suddenly speechless.
He has never been so ashamed, and he has never been so grateful to fate.
How can he be able to meet Su Tian, get in touch with her, know her, and be friends with her.
The dark life of the previous seventeen years seemed to be less difficult.
Su Tian saw that Liu Kaiyan looked at him and said nothing, thinking that he didn't agree with his method, and said, "What's wrong? Let's talk about it and then we'll think of another way."
"no."
"Um?"
"Tada..."
His address to her changed from "Su Tian" to "Tian Tian."
"Um?"
"I... can I give you a hug?"
Su Tian was stunned for a moment, looked at the young man with an uneasy expression, smiled, and nodded: "Of course."
Liu Kaiyan moved his fingers quietly, but did not move for a long time.
Su Tian was helpless, "Don't be too shy."
"no… "
Liu Kaiyan turned his face away, blushing slightly.
Su Tian smiled, and when he was afraid to look at him, he took a step forward and hugged him gently.
The boy in his arms instantly froze into a statue.
Su Tian patted his stiff back lightly, looked up at him and smiled.
"Liu Kaiyan, you have to work hard!"
Many, many years later, Liu Kaiyan never forgot Su Tian's words and his smile at this time.
She gave him a hug when he was at his most desperate, helpless, self-destructive and wanted to exile himself.
He slowly closed his eyes, hugged her hard, and when he let go, he was a young man in high spirits again.
Su Tian and Liu Kaiyan returned to the police station together, just as Liu Chaoyang was brought back by the police, it seemed that he had discussed with Lin Xiuping.
Liu Chaoyang didn't dare to play tricks again this time, for fear that Su Tian would sell the badly broken bracelet to him again, he gritted his teeth and said, "We'll pay 20,000 yuan, so let's forget about it?"
Su Tian raised his eyebrows: "The price of our bracelet is more than 180,000 yuan. Now 30,000 yuan is not worth it. Isn't it a bit..."
Liu Chaoyang: "But our family only has so much savings now, and we really can't afford to pay any more..."
He looked at Liu Kaiyan and said anxiously: "Kaiyan, you know about our family's situation, tell your classmates, no matter how many we have, we really can't afford it."
Liu Kaiyan kept a silent face, as if he didn't hear it, neither speaking nor moving.
Liu Chaoyang looked at Liu Kaiyan and said angrily, "Are you really going to watch your mother go to jail? After all, we have worked so hard to raise you up, so you don't have any sense of gratitude?"
Liu Kaiyan remained silent.
Liu Chaoyang: "Okay, okay, we have raised a white-eyed wolf!"
"What do you want Liu Kaiyan to say?"
Su Tian interjected unhurriedly, interrupting Liu Chaoyang's grief.
She said directly: "Liu Kaiyan and I are just ordinary classmates. At most, he will give him a 5% discount when he comes to buy desserts. Do you think his face is worth hundreds of thousands?"
Liu Chaoyang was speechless for a moment.
He choked for a long time, and finally said: "Then how much do you want? No matter how much we have, our family really can't afford it."
Su Tian thought for a while and hesitated and said: "Or else, it happens that our dessert shop needs to hire someone to help, so you or your wife can work for my mother to pay off the debt. I will give you a salary of 1,500 a month, plus a bonus In addition, 150,000 yuan will be paid off in eight years and four months at most. What do you think?"
Liu Chaoyang's face twisted, eight years and four months? Work for her family's dessert shop
Are they all masters and doctors, going to work in a small dessert shop? !
How can it be
Su Tian: "It seems that you don't want to, why don't you ask your wife?"
Of course, Lin Xiuping is even more unlikely to agree, she has a higher self-esteem than Liu Chaoyang.
Su Tian was also very helpless, "Then what do you say? You don't have the money, and you don't want to work to pay off the debt. It seems that we have to meet in court."
Officer Liu sat aside, took out his cell phone silently, lowered his head, not knowing what he was doing.
Liu Chaoyang felt that he had never been so ashamed in his life. Even when he was exiled from the imperial capital to this small county, he still felt that he still had dignity.
But now, he found that his dignity and the education he was proud of were not worth a fucking fart at all.
Do you really want to work part-time in a small dessert shop to pay off your debts
No, no, they can save money and pay back slowly.
right!
"How about I write an IOU to you? Repayment in installments?"
Su Tian smiled, "How are we going to calculate the interest? If the annual interest rate is 36%, we can barely accept it."
After all, Liu Chaoyang has a high degree of education, and he can figure out what the concept of 36% annual interest rate is in a second. The speed at which they make money is probably not equal to the speed of interest growth.
what to do? what to do
He was sweating profusely.
Suddenly, he saw Liu Kaiyan who was silently sitting next to Su Tian.
With a flash of inspiration, he pointed to Liu Kaiyan and said, "Let Kaiyan go to work in your shop!"