Chapter 21: Heart to Heart

Shen Sangyu walked into the alley and took a look at He Huai. Though he looked badly beaten, his injuries seemed superficial.

“Boss He, did you offend someone?”

He Huai, asked this by a little girl, felt like crying and said helplessly, “Something went wrong with my business.”

Shen Sangyu kindly suggested, “You can call the police.”

He Huai smiled bitterly and said, “I already called the police, but it’s useless. My money was taken away by Li Tianming… the one who had dinner with us at the Peace Hotel that day!”

Hearing this, Shen Sangyu finally had some recollection.

Li Tianming hadn’t spoken much at the dinner table that day. She originally thought he was He Huai’s employee, but she hadn’t expected him to be a partner.

“How much money did he take from you?”

He Huai choked up and gritted his teeth, “30,000!”

That was all the money he had!

Now Li Tianming not only took all his money but also bribed gangsters to beat him up!

If Shen Sangyu hadn’t helped him just now, he would have been either dead or disabled!

Shen Sangyu couldn’t help but feel that He Huai was a little pitiful. She didn’t mention this matter too much, fearing that He Huai would feel uncomfortable, so she said: “Do you want me to take you to the hospital?”

He Huai immediately shook his head.

After a pause, He Huai looked at her cautiously, his eyes pitiful: “Well… I haven’t eaten for two days, can you take me to eat?”

Shen Sangyu: …

Half an hour later –

He Huai was in a small noodle shop, this was the third bowl of noodles he had eaten.

After finishing the last mouthful of soup, He Huai covered his mouth and said to the boss who was still cooking noodles in a vague voice: “Boss, another bowl!”

The boss who was cooking noodles looked at him deeply, then grabbed a handful of noodles and put them into the pot.

Shen Sangyu didn’t have a watch on her, but she knew from the sky that she had missed the morning bus home and could only wait another four hours.

The new noodles were served, and He Huai seemed to be hungry and buried his head in eating.

Shen Sangyu sighed slightly, she had roughly understood He Huai’s situation.

The man in front of him was 22 years old. His family had some money, but his parents always felt that he was not mature enough. In order to prove himself, he took 30,000 yuan and went out to make a living.

As a result, the money was swindled by his friend. Now his friend went abroad, so the police could not catch him.

He didn’t have a penny for two days, and he didn’t dare to let his elders know. He was starving for two days.

Now he can eat as fast as the second brother.

“Comrade Sangyu, thank you so much today. Don’t worry, give me an address, and I will pay you back when I have money.”

He Huai finished the two taels of noodles in the bowl in a few bites.

When she looked up, she saw Shen Sangyu’s speechless and helpless expression.

She thought she was worried that he would not pay back the money, so she quickly said that he was not eating for free.

Shen Sangyu naturally trusted He Huai.

Although she had only met He Huai once, He Huai knew Director Xu and Boss Qian, which showed that he was a decent person.

It was just that He Huai’s matter reminded her of her teacher in her previous life.

In his previous life, the teacher was just like He Huai, ignorant of the immensity of the world.

Later, both his parents died in an accident, and he himself became lame in one leg. He then lived a hard life for ten years.

The teacher once told her that if someone had advised him when he was lost, perhaps he would not have become irreversible.

His parents died because of him, and his leg was broken because of his youth and impetuosity, which delayed his treatment.

When he knew he regretted it, time did not go back because of his regret. It was like a train, carrying different passengers along the way.

He Huai was a little scared by Shen Sangyu’s look. He touched his handsome face and asked in a low voice: “Sang, Comrade Sangyu, why are you looking at me?”

Shen Sangyu came back to his senses and realized that he seemed to have thought too much.

Shen Sangyu smiled slightly and said: “Boss He, what are you going to do next?”

He Huai was stunned for a moment: “When my parents are better, I will ask them for some money to continue my business.

I am not bragging. I think the next few years are the right time to do business, so next time I plan to go to Shenzhen to see, maybe I can be the first batch of people to eat crabs.”

Shen Sangyu was surprised at He Huai’s business vision.

Although he was cheated a little, he had to say that from a long-term perspective, He Huai was indeed right.

In two years, there will be a big boom in the first batch of people going into business.

But Shen Sangyu shook her head: “What will you do after you go to Shenzhen?

What kind of business will you start? If you still fail, will you continue to ask your parents for money?”

Thirty thousand yuan will be a lot of money after forty years. He Huai has some brains, but he thinks too simply.

There are so many people who go into business, but only a few are really successful.

Perhaps it is the success of his parents that makes He Huai think that making money is very easy.

Sure enough, He Huai was overwhelmed by Shen Sangyu’s love, and now he stared at Shen Sangyu blankly.

He subconsciously asked: “Then…what should I do?”

“Read…”

“No.”

Before Shen Sangyu finished speaking, He Huai waved his hand and said with a bitter face: “I have had a headache when reading since I was a child.”

Shen Sangyu: “…”

He Huai saw that Shen Sangyu didn’t speak, thinking that she was angry.

So he secretly glanced at her, but Shen Sangyu was also looking at him, and he didn’t know what she was thinking.

For some reason, he and the little girl in front of him met twice in total, but he always felt like he knew them in his previous life.

He said helplessly: “Don’t worry, I didn’t know the person well this time, I will definitely not make the same mistake next time.”

After hearing this, Shen Sangyu nodded: “Just don’t do anything you regret.”

He Huai was stunned.

He looked into Shen Sangyu’s eyes, those eyes were like stars in the sky, and what she said just now was not just a casual remark.

But why did she say that?

Before He Huai asked, Shen Sangyu said first: “I used to have an elder who loved me very much, and his family had some money.

He also liked to do business like you, but in the end his family was broken up.”

He Huai’s heart seemed to be tightly pinched by something, and he couldn’t breathe through his mouth and nose.

“What happened later?”

Shen Sangyu lowered her brows: “He was very good later, but also very lonely, and died before he was fifty.”

Shen Sangyu felt that she shouldn’t say so much to a man she had only met twice, but when she thought of what her teacher had said to her, if someone had helped him at that time, maybe it would be better.

“He Huai, think carefully about everything and don’t do anything that you will regret.”

A soft voice sounded in his ears. He Huai’s face turned pale and his fingers curled up: “I will.”

Then, He Huai changed the subject and his expression changed faster than turning a page: “Comrade Sangyu, can you do me a favor?”

Shen Sangyu: “…”