rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 424 I went out to meet a friend

Ever since he was reborn, Chen Li has consciously avoided lying.

This can be regarded as an experience from his previous life, because often a lie ultimately requires countless lies to support it.

But in fact, Chen Li still inevitably needs to lie in life.

For example, rebirth~such as the system, are all Chen Li's ulterior secrets.

Therefore, in order to cover up something, Chen Li needs to constantly make up some lies to complete the cover-up.

For example, Chen Li now, after he made up the identity of a friend of Qi Xiaobo's brother, he had to continue to make up lies about this identity.

"I'm not from Urumqi, but my second father is from Licheng. Every time I go to his place, I pass by Urumqi."

"Your brother helped me once before, and that's how we got to know each other."

"I didn't get the news until a long time after your brother passed away."

"I was passing by Urumqi this time and happened to hear a friend mention your mother's car accident, so I came over to visit."

To be honest, if you really want to tell the truth, this lie was not very rigorous.

But in fact, no one will study the authenticity of this lie, because Chen Li's purpose is actually very pure.

He is here to help, not to seek any benefits from Qi Xiaobo and his family!

So when faced with such a lie that was not very rigorous, Qi Xiaobo easily regarded the lie as fact.

"Uh~Chen...Brother Chen, I'm sorry!"

"I just thought...!"

After the anger dissipated, Qi Xiaobo's mood returned to calmness, and his character problems emerged again. The guy began to stutter again because of nervousness.

Fortunately, Chen Li had long been accustomed to this guy's character, so he asked directly:

"Brother You owes someone money?"

"Um!"

"How much is owed?"

"More than 10,000~but now it's only 6,000 short!"

"Actually, it was enough. It's just that this time my mother..."

“Is Auntie’s medical expenses enough?”

"That's enough!"

“What about the cost of post-operative care?”

".!"

When Qi Xiaobo stutters, the best way is to ask him. It is much more convenient to ask him to answer directly than to ask him to tell.

But when Chen Li asked about the cost of post-operative care, Qi Xiaobo fell silent.

Obviously ~ the cost of this piece is definitely not enough.

In fact, Chen Li has known this for a long time, and he came here for it.

Although Qi Xiaobo's mother had surgery in her previous life, the Qi family had to scrape together the cost of the surgery, and the Qi family could not afford the post-operative care costs.

In the end, Qi's mother only stayed in the hospital for a short time before going through the discharge procedures after the operation.

It seemed like there was nothing wrong with this, but in fact, Qi's mother's physical condition was not suitable for being discharged from the hospital at that time.

Especially since it is often not very convenient at home, it may even affect Qi’s mother’s physical recovery.

However, the cost of nursing care stumped the Qi family. In the end, Qi's mother had no choice but to be discharged from the hospital early with her body still not fully recovered, and thus the root cause of the disease was revealed.

A few years later, Qi's mother passed away, and this incident was remembered by Qi Xiaobo for the rest of his life.

"You use this money to pay off the debt."

"Can I swipe my card here at the hospital? You can take me to the place where I pay."

"No"

Qi Xiaobo subconsciously prepared to refuse, but as soon as he said a word, he shut his mouth again.

He knows that it is not appropriate to accept other people's kindness so rashly!

If the family could come up with money, he would definitely continue to refuse it.

But the family really can’t get any money.

In the past few days, Qi Xiaobo's father had borrowed money from almost every place he could, but the money he borrowed was simply not enough to support his mother's subsequent care expenses.

Today my father went to see his former comrades, saying that he should be able to borrow some money.

But when his mother had surgery before, his father had already borrowed money from his former comrades.

No one's money comes from strong winds. Even if you want to help them, you may not be able to do so.

Therefore, in this situation, Qi Xiaobo simply could not say no.

Refuse? Why do you refuse?

His mother is still lying in the hospital bed, and his father is still running around for nursing fees.

If his father had not borrowed the money this time, his mother might have had to be discharged from the hospital early.

In other words, if he rejects Chen Li this time, he may be rejecting the opportunity for his mother to get better.

So at this moment, Qi Xiaobo closed his mouth directly after saying one word, and led Chen Li to the hospital's payment office honestly.

Fortunately, hospitals these days support credit cards, so Chen Li swiped 20,000 yuan at once.

Qi's mother's surgery fee has been paid, but if it's just for nursing care, the 20,000 yuan is enough for Qi's mother to fully recover.

"Thank you, Brother Chen!"

After Chen Li paid the fee, Qi Xiaobo bowed directly to Chen Li, his head almost hanging to the ground.

And when he raised his head, his eyes were obviously red, and he almost looked like he was about to cry.

Qi Xiaobo in 1999~actually just turned eighteen.

Although he is considered an adult at this age, in fact, before he has been tempered by society, Qi Xiaobo is still just a child.

At this time, Qi Xiaobo was actually confused.

I thought I was almost in despair, but suddenly a friend of my brother fell from the sky, and this friend of my brother was a bit fierce.

He is very strong when we meet him, and he even likes to pat him on the head.

But Qi Xiaobo is not disgusted at all, at least not now.

Since he is his brother's friend, he should be his brother. So getting slapped on the head is nothing.

Moreover, the other party also helped his family solve the problem, which made Qi Xiaobo completely confused at this time about what to say and do.

In fact, if Qi Xiaobo had calmed down a little, he should have paged his father quickly and asked his father to handle it.

But Qi Xiaobo, who was only eighteen years old, had not thought of this at all at this moment.

Basically, what Chen Li said was what he did.

Faced with the expenses that Chen Li helped advance, although Qi Xiaobo did not refuse, he still knew that no one's money came from strong winds.

So Qi Xiaobo asked the nurse to borrow pen and paper, and then wrote an IOU of 28,000 yuan to Chen Li.

The IOU was written very irregularly. If Chen Lizhen really had any ill intentions towards Qi Xiaobo, he would probably be able to write a lot of articles just based on this IOU.

But Qi Xiaobo wrote very seriously, and Chen Li did not stop him.

"Brother Chen~ Don't worry."

"I, Qi Xiaobo, keep my word. I will return this money to you as soon as possible."

Qi Xiaobo, who has not been too tempered by society, although he knows that 28,000 yuan is a lot of money, Qi Xiaobo believes that he will definitely be able to earn this money soon.

Hmm~ This is the same as what Chen Li thought when he gave up re-study and went to work outside in his previous life.

At that time, Chen Li thought about going to work in a factory and earning a monthly salary of about one thousand yuan including food and accommodation. He would use two hundred yuan for himself and save the remaining eight hundred yuan, so that he could save ten thousand yuan a year.

But in fact, after entering the factory, I realized that if I want to get one thousand yuan, I have to work overtime for several hours every day.

It’s okay to be tired~ But after working so hard for a month, I got a salary that I couldn’t save at all in the end.

If you go out for a walk, you will lose one-fifth of your money. If you go out for a few more times, a month's salary will not even be enough.

Of course, maybe Qi Xiaobo can save money. After all, being in debt and not being in debt are completely different concepts.

But Qi Xiaobo is neither educated nor talented. Even when he works in a KTV, he can only be a waiter.

With his current salary, it would probably take years and months to repay the 28,000 yuan.

However, Chen Li didn't say anything, just nodded, and then took the IOU written by Qi Xiaobo.

"Okay~ Auntie is still resting, so I won't disturb you!"

Chen Li stuffed the IOU into his empty wallet, and then looked at Qi Xiaobo, who had yellow hair on his head.

"Don't dye your hair anymore. You'll look like a gangster."

After saying that, Chen Li turned around and prepared to leave.

"Oh~ I will! Brother Chen"

Qi Xiaobo agreed, and then when he saw that Chen Li was leaving, he wanted to stay.

It's not that he planned to keep Chen Li for anything, it was just a subconscious reaction. He felt that at least his mother should meet this brother's friend!

But Qi Xiaobo shouted and didn't know what to say. Then when Chen Li turned around and stared at him, the guy was stunned.

"You're so stupid!"

Chen Li looked at the eighteen-year-old Qi Xiaobo and inexplicably laughed and cursed in his heart.

Then, as if Chen Li remembered something, he took out his business card from his wallet and handed it to Qi Xiaobo.

"Go back and take care of your mother!"

"When your mother recovers from her illness, call me and I will find a job for you then."

After saying this, Chen Li turned and left, even though he felt Qi Xiaobo following him for a long distance without stopping.

This scene seems a bit unrestrained, as you leave after doing a good deed. However.

"Fuck. Why the hell did I just give all the money to Bo Zai?"

"What the hell."

At the entrance of the hospital, Chen Li, who was just about to take a taxi, looked at his empty wallet and was speechless.

I just went to get dressed and completely forgot that I had to take a taxi back to the hotel.

Chen Li had no choice but to find the hospital security guard and ask about the location of the nearby cash machine.

Fortunately, there are usually bank branches or cash machines near the hospital. Chen Li withdrew two hundred yuan, but then he felt distressed because of the handling fee deducted from the money withdrawal.

It's quite funny to say that even though he spent a total of 30,000 yuan tonight, Chen Li didn't even feel distressed.

But at this time, Chen Li felt a little pain because of the two hundred yuan deducted handling fee from the cash machine.

The main reason is that the handling fees for inter-provincial and inter-bank withdrawals are quite high these days.

In fact~ when he swiped his card at the hospital before, the handling fee was also deducted.

But at this time, the few yuan handling fee charged by the bank for withdrawing money made Chen Li feel extra distressed.

Everyone understands this emotion!

"Um?"

After withdrawing the money, Chen Li took a taxi back to the hotel.

However, when he returned to his room, Chen Li saw the door of the room not far away opened, and Wang Yan and Chen Xue's little heads poked out, and then Chen Tingting's little head also poked out of the room.

Tonight, these three girls were arranged in the same room, but it was obvious that Wang Yan, the little traitor, betrayed Chen Li. At least Chen Xue and Chen Tingting already knew something.

Seeing this, Chen Li waved to the three of them.

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

Chen Xue was the first to respond to Chen Li's wave, went directly to the door of Chen Li's room, and immediately questioned Chen Li.

"That's right~ Brother Li, it's best not to go out and run around at night."

Chen Tingting and Chen Li got closer today because of the gifts prepared by Chen Li, so the girl also reminded her at this time.

Only Wang Yan said nothing, lowering her head and pretending to be nice.

The appearance of this girl made Chen Li angry and want to laugh. In the end, he couldn't hold back and directly raised his hand and rubbed Wang Yan's head.

"I went out to meet a friend."

"I'm going to do some business here in Western Xinjiang, so I went to find a friend to find out more about the situation."

Now that he has been informed, Chen Li has no choice but to fabricate a lie again. After all, he can't honestly say that he went to help his brothers in his previous life, right?

When it came to business, Chen Xue and Chen Tingting immediately stopped thinking about it.

After all, although Chen Li is considered their peer, Chen Li, their elder brother, is obviously different from them.

"Doing business? Is it very profitable?"

Chen Xue asked casually, but Chen Li didn't answer and the girl didn't continue to ask.

Because Chen Li suddenly dug out a bag of snacks from his suitcase.

Wang Yan was a little confused because she and Liu Qingqing actually helped pack Chen Li's suitcase when he was in Yanjing.

She remembered that when she packed it up in the morning, there were no snacks in her suitcase?

Of course, although it was strange to have an extra bag of snacks in the suitcase, Wang Yan only subconsciously thought that Chen Li put it in later.

In fact, Wang Yan had no idea that Chen Li had just "taken" this pocket snack from the system space into the suitcase.

With Wang Yan's current experience, to put it bluntly, this girl probably doesn't even understand the concept of a system, so it's impossible to think too much about it.

Most of these snacks were prepared for Chen Xue, because when Chen Xue came to Xijiang for the first time in his previous life, he suffered a lot in the end because of his unaccustomed eating habits.

Speaking of which, twenty years later, the term "acclimatized" seems to be mentioned less and less.

But in the early days, being acclimatized was actually a very painful thing.

The so-called acclimatization refers to the inability to adapt to the climatic conditions or eating habits of a place.

When Chen Xue came to Xijiang for the first time in her previous life, she fell ill because of the climate and unaccustomed diet here.

So this time, in order to avoid this situation, Chen Li stored a lot of things in the space rented by the system.

Snacks, medicines, and even various condiments.

For this reason, Chen Li packed a suitcase by himself and did not let Liu Qingqing and Wang Yan do anything, in order to deceive others.

So when Chen Li dug out those snacks, Chen Xue immediately jumped on them excitedly.

"Wow~ It's all my favorite food."

"Brother, you are so good!"

"Long live my brother!"

(End of chapter)