Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

Three o'clock in the afternoon.

Yan Chijuan and Zhang Jingya were brought to the same room and sat down facing each other.

The police comrade looked through the transcripts of several parties involved, pondered for a while and then said: "We understand the matter almost. After Ms. Zhang found Classmate Yan, she robbed Classmate Yan's property without authorization as a mother. One thousand yuan already belonged to him.

For larger amounts, even if it is not a crime of robbery, it must be at least a crime of robbery."

"Comrade police, did you make a mistake somewhere?" Zhang Jingya became anxious upon hearing this, "I clearly didn't say that just now."

The police comrade looked up at her and said unhurriedly: "You and the other people present have inconsistent confessions. What the others said can corroborate each other. Only Ms. Zhang, your statement is basically inconsistent."

How can it stand up?"

"I'm her mother!" Zhang Jingya couldn't control her anger and slapped the table, "Those people are all outsiders! Of course they've colluded and talked about it together! My daughter must have been a bad example to them!

"

Hearing her remarks, the police comrade couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Turning the pages of the transcript in his hand, he ignored Zhang Jingya's unreasonable troubles and only said: "Then I will ask you a few more questions, and I hope you will answer them truthfully."

Zhang Jingya nodded repeatedly: "That's for sure."

"Ahem." The police comrade cleared his throat, glanced at the poor girl Yan Chijuan, and asked, "Four years ago, you divorced Mr. Yan Hongzhi, and Yan Chijuan lived with you, right?"

"...Yes, that's right." Zhang Jingya nodded hesitantly, but still added, "That guy Yan Hongzhi cheated on her during marriage, I will definitely get a divorce."

"Well." Comrade policeman continued, "Half a year after your divorce, you married a man named Li Wangguo?"

"Is there a problem with this?" Zhang Jingya's face looked a little ugly, "How difficult is it for a woman to raise a child? I have to find a man to rely on."

"Yeah, no problem." The police comrade remained rational and asked, "Then what we found here is that you and Mr. Li Wangguo just went through the divorce procedures a week ago, right?"

Zhang Jingya: "...Does this have anything to do with what happened today?"

The police comrade did not answer her words and continued following the above words: "Then we learned at the Internet cafe that actually since Yan's sophomore year of high school two years ago, she has been living alone in the Internet cafe.

I haven’t had any dealings with you, right?”

"Why, how could there be no contact..." Zhang Jingya suddenly stuttered and hesitated, "I give her daily living expenses, otherwise how can she get the money to live in an Internet cafe by herself?"

"Classmate Yan, has your mother ever given you living expenses?" Comrade policeman turned to Yan Chiju and asked softly.

Yan Chijiu shook his head: "No."

This ruthless blow instantly angered Zhang Jingya.

She stood up from the chair in a hurry, pointed her finger at Yan Chijuan angrily, and yelled: "You little bitch! Did you become so angry after you found a man outside?"

"I finally understand! You really didn't go to your dad!"

"Did you find those unscrupulous male classmates to keep you? Ah?!"

"Are you a mean person? You are so shameless! Why did I give birth to such a thing like you!"

"I felt something was wrong when I saw the fancy dress you were wearing today. It turns out you were raised by a bunch of brats, right?"

"You don't even know how to look for rich men when you look for men, and you look for a few male classmates who won't even rent you a house, but can only give you the money to pay for an Internet cafe. You don't think you're cheap?!"

Yan Chijuan, who was sitting across from him, tensed his petite body, clenched his fists tightly, bit his lip and said nothing, staring at a point on the table, trying his best to endure his depression and grievance.

The two police comrades standing nearby couldn't stand it, so they quickly pulled Zhang Jingya back to her seat and asked her to stop outputting garbage.

The police comrade who was sitting and asking questions was obviously more calm. After Zhang Jingya calmed down, he said calmly: "You are mother and daughter after all. We definitely hope to deal with it as a civil dispute and turn big issues into trivial matters."

It would be best if you could resolve it through negotiation."

"Of course, this all depends on whether Student Yan is willing to make an understanding. If you don't agree, then we can only act in accordance with the rules and detain him first."

"Classmate Yan, do you think you should discuss this with your mother?"

Yan Chijuan was silent for a few seconds, then looked up at Zhang Jingya who was sitting across from him, stood up, and said nothing, but suddenly stretched out his hand and made a gust of wind.

Snapped!

A slap fell on Zhang Jingya's extremely angry and twisted face.

"You dare to hit me?!" Zhang Jingya covered half of her face and stared at Yan Chiju in disbelief. After she realized what she was doing, she started to fight back.

The room suddenly became a mess.

Two police comrades nearby quickly grabbed Zhang Jingya, who was furious.

Only Yan Chijuan stood there quietly, his face like a dead leaf falling into the mud, like a puppet whose soul had left its body, looking at people without focus.

On the side, Zhang Jingya, who was arguing with a police comrade, angrily protested after being stopped.

"You are covering up!"

"No, no, let's calm down. The same goes for classmate Yan. It's wrong to hit people. This uncle is going to criticize and educate you."

"She hit me to criticize and teach me, but if I hit her, she would be detained? How can this make sense?!"

"Ahem, Ms. Zhang, this is the same code. You used violence in the process of robbing other people's property. Student Yan can only be regarded as impulsive. If you feel it is serious, you can go to the hospital for an injury diagnosis. If the diagnosis is confirmed,

If you are slightly injured, you can sue Mr. Yan, and we will never cover up anyone!"

…

At 3:30, the proprietress of the Internet cafe had already left. Xu Xing also asked Li Zhibin and the others to go to the Internet cafe first without wasting time, while he stayed and waited for others with the network management girl Yao Yuanyuan.

While waiting for someone, Xu Xing sat on a bench, stroking his PHS in his hand. He turned to look at Yao Yuanyuan aside and suddenly asked: "I remember that there are private rooms on the second floor of your Internet cafe?"

"Ah?" Yao Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Yes, what's the matter?"

"Are there usually many people opening private rooms?"

"It's not that many." Yao Yuanyuan thought for a moment, "Unless there are a lot of people coming to play together and there are no empty seats, someone will open a private room, which is usually empty."

In this period of 2012, Internet cafes have actually begun to decline. Starting from 2013, domestic Internet cafes began to transform into comprehensive Internet cafes and no longer engaged in a single Internet cafe business.

For example, the Internet cafe opened by Yao Yuanyuan's family does not actually make much money from its own business every month. What makes more money is relying on the surrounding shops of the Internet cafe.

For example, the food and small supermarket next to the Internet cafe, as well as the milk tea shop opposite, are actually opened by the Internet cafe proprietress. At least half of the business every month is consumed by customers in the Internet cafe.

Inside the Internet cafe, in the lobby after entering the store, the three-seat seats that Yan Chijuan usually sits in belong to the 2-yuan area with lower configuration.

Go to the middle of the hall, and there will be five seats in a row, which is the 3 yuan area.

In the deepest part of the hall, there are more private seats with blocking space, similar to booths. They belong to the 4-yuan area and have better computer configurations.

Moving to the second floor of the Internet cafe, half of it is a specially designated smoking area. Customers who are addicted to smoking can go here to play on the computer without harming the customers on the first floor. The price is also 4 yuan.

The remaining half of the space is divided into five private rooms. There are five computers in them. The whole room can only be packed together, and it costs 25 yuan an hour.

Usually few people come to this part of the private room. After all, there are more than 200 computers on the first floor and the smoking area on the second floor, which is usually enough.

Most of the time, the private rooms are used by Yao Yuanyuan when her classmates come to play, or when the proprietress has children from relatives who come with friends.

"Then your private room is empty anyway, why not let me cover it for a month at a cheaper price?" Xu Xing thought for a while and then said to Yao Yuanyuan.

"Monthly subscription?" Yao Yuanyuan was a little surprised, "Are you sure? Monthly subscription is not cheap."

Regular customers like Yan Chijuan, even if they live in an Internet cafe every day, actually spend no more than three hours on the computer every day on average, which is 6 yuan a day and only 200 yuan a month.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough blocks.

During the summer vacation, Yan Chi’s expenses will increase. He has at least 10 hours of computer time every day, which costs 600 yuan a month.

As for a private room, it costs 25 yuan an hour. Even if it is cheaper, assuming you have 8 hours a day, it will still cost 6,000 yuan a month.

It's better to go out and rent a house.

"So doesn't this make it cheaper for you?" Xu Xing had this idea before, but he was never in a hurry, and he never met the owner of the Internet cafe. Just talking to the network administrator would have little effect.

But now that Xu Xing knows that Yao Yuanyuan is the daughter of the boss's wife, doesn't he have to sort out the relationship to see if there is any advantage he can take advantage of?

"I can't make the decision." Yao Yuanyuan said very vigilantly, "Go and talk to my mother."

"That's right." Xu Xing cleared his throat and said seriously, "My parents gave me some money during the summer vacation and asked me to use it to practice on a summer entrepreneurial project. I plan to make a game myself."

"It just so happened that Yan Chi was jealous that she knew how to program, so I was wondering if I could hire her to work for me."

"But look, I don't have much money, but I have to have a space for a game studio, right?"

"I think your private room is pretty good. Ask your mother if it can be cheaper."

"If you can make it cheaper, then I can also offer a higher salary to hire Yan Chijuan to work."

"And during this period, Yan Chijuan can live in the private room directly, so he doesn't have to sleep on a chair on the first floor every day."

Listening to Xu Xing's words, Yao Yuanyuan, a young girl full of sympathy, suddenly felt moved at the thought of allowing Yan Chijie to live in a private room and even earn tuition fees safely.

What happened today had quite a big impact on her. If that crazy woman came to the Internet cafe to cause trouble for Yan Chi in the future, Yao Yuanyuan would be a little bit unbearable.

It would be much safer if Yan Chiju could be moved to a private room.

After thinking about it for more than a minute, she still said cautiously: "I can't make the decision on this. I'll ask my mother when I get back."

Xu Xing didn't mind either. Looking at her expression, he knew there was something serious about it. He just nodded and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for your good news."

"Then I won't wait any longer." Yao Yuanyuan felt that this matter had to be asked earlier, and it would be a good thing to have Yan Chiju move to the private room earlier, so she stood up in a hurry and said, "I'll go back and ask now."