Chapter 79: Zhou Rin (Saturday)
After exchanging contact information with Ji Ning, Zhou Rin chatted with him that night, mainly talking about tutoring.
There was no reason to refuse, and they agreed quickly. Finally, it was agreed that if there were no special circumstances, counseling would be held every Sunday morning.
Generally, Zhou Lin has nothing to do every Sunday morning and can stay at home. He asked Ji Ning to be Zhou Cun's tutor to meet with Ji Ning. If he is not at home, naturally It doesn't make sense.
For the first time in class, Zhou Rin personally drove to the school and entered Ji Ning in the name of bringing Ji Ning to recognize the door. After the commercial car drove into the villa area, Ji Ning's face appeared She looked surprised, as if she didn't expect Zhou Rin's family to be so advantageous.
"Hello Mr. Ji."
After walking into the villa, the teenager Zhou Cun smiled and stood at the door to greet Ji Ning, Ji Ning nodded at him, changed his shoes, entered the living room, and asked, "Then we are in Where is the class? Zhou Cun's room?"
"Just in the living room." The boy smiled, "My room is a bit messy, I'm sorry to let the teacher see it."
"That's fine too."
Jining nodded and said nothing. She sat on the sofa with the boy, drank some tea, nodded and smiled at Zhou Rin, and started today's class.
He had already learned about the progress of the school from the teenager and made preparations in advance. The two soon entered the state and explained some issues.
Zhou Lin also sat aside, her slender legs folded together, and listened quietly without saying a word.
Lecturing in the living room was actually what he meant, because he was worried about leaving those two people alone in a closed room, and in the living room, he could see their situation at any time, another reason It was to prevent Ji Ning from seeing the large and small Mathematical Olympiad trophies and competition winning certificates in the bedroom bookcase.
Soon half of the class passed, and when it was time for a break, the teenager claimed that he was going to the bathroom and temporarily left the living room.
Zhou Rin looked at Ji Ning who was sorting out the manuscripts, like a brother who was concerned about his brother's schoolwork, and asked Ji Ning, "Mr. Ji, how did you feel about teaching my brother just now?"
"Zhou Cun is really smart. No matter what the problem is, he can understand it at a glance."
Jining smiled, then frowned slightly, and said a little uncertainly, "So I haven't figured out his level yet, he asked me some questions, some of which are very basic. , and some are higher, I always feel that there are some that he should not be able to do, but seems to be deliberately proposed..."
Zhou Rin said nothing. In fact, in order for Ji Ning to tutor Zhou Cun, Zhou Cun also made a lot of preparations in advance. He collected it from his classmates.
With Zhou Cun's mathematical level, these questions are indistinguishable to him, they are all the same and simple, so he simply asked them all, but inadvertently there were mistakes and he failed to disguise them well.
"His basics are okay." After a moment of indulgence, Zhou Rin said, "It's just that he often makes simple mistakes, maybe it's because he's not careful enough."
"Okay, I see."
Jin Ning nodded, then the teenager came out and went through the second half of the course. After the successful conclusion, Zhou Rin wanted to drive Ji Ning back again, Ji Ning immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't bother Zhou. Sir, I know how to take a car, so I can go back by myself."
"It doesn't matter, it's on the way. I have something to do over there."
At Zhou Rin's insistence, Ji Ning had to get into his car again, and on the way back, Zhou Rin said casually, "Does Teacher Ji really like mystery novels? "
"Ah, yes, I'm..." Ji Ning responded in a daze, "How did you know?"
"I saw your avatar. It's a string of initials, which should be the message left by the perfumer in "Perfume Mystery" before he died."
"What a coincidence? Me too, he is my favorite mystery novelist." Ji Ning showed a surprised expression, "He is very unpopular in China, no one has heard of him, you are still me The first person I met who liked him."
"I was also very surprised." Zhou Lin said, "Why don't we talk about him later?"
"That's great, I'd love to find someone to chat with him too. And Samantha Green, has Mr. Zhou heard her name? She's Kayden's friend and reasoning novelist."
“…”
The two chatted happily all the way. Zhou Rin drove into the school and parked the car downstairs in Ji Ning's dormitory. Ji Ning got out of the car, stood outside the car and waved at Zhou Rin, saying: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, then I'll go back first. Be careful on the way."
"Okay, see you next week."
Zhou Rin sat in the driver's seat and watched Ji Ning enter the dormitory before starting the car, leaving the school and returning home.
He has more in common.
As time goes by, Zhou Rin and Ji Ning become more and more familiar with each other. In addition to meeting each other in class, the two also made an appointment to go to a mystery novel fan activity together, and then made an appointment to watch Several suspenseful movies, the relationship is getting better and better.
"Going well?"
Noticing that Zhou Lin, who was sitting on the sofa, put down his mobile phone, and there was a faint smile on his lips. He seemed to be in a good mood. The boy walked past him with a book and asked with a smile .
"Ok."
Zhou Rin closed the chat page between him and Ji Ning, looked at the young man, glanced at the book in his hand, and asked, "Are you reading "The Mystery of Perfume"?"
"Yes, I heard you and Mr. Ji mentioned this book in the chat, and I became interested, so I bought a copy." The boy nodded, "It's really wonderful."
"If you're interested, check it out."
Zhou Rin said this, lowered her eyelashes, and tightened the hand holding the phone slightly.
He knew that his brother would definitely be interested in mystery novels. When he was at home, he would occasionally see them chatting about related plots. Immediately remembered the past, can not help but a little upset.
He suddenly looked up at the young man and asked, "What kind of person do you think Ji Ning is?"
The young man thought for a while and replied, "He is very good, good-looking, gentle in temper, smart and patient, I can't pick out any shortcomings in him." He smiled slightly. , "It's a good match for you."
"Do you really think so?" Zhou Rin asked.
"Yes, if you can be together, it's really good." The teenager nodded, "Parents and moms will definitely be happy too."
"I'll be with him."
Zhou Lin and the boy looked at each other for a few seconds, and spoke in a low voice.
"Definitely."
The boy blinked and smiled softly: "Okay, then I will celebrate for you."
…
In the blink of an eye, and it was coming to Sunday, Zhou Rin sent Ji Ning a message as usual, in addition to giving Zhou Cun a lesson, he also planned to invite Ji Ning to watch a movie in the afternoon, by the way, you can do it at noon Stay at his house for dinner.
"Sorry, I can't make it this Sunday. I'm in a hurry. I'll make up for the class in the future."
However, in the message, Ji Ning replied like this, Zhou Rin replied, "It's okay, you look at your own situation. What is it, is it important? Do you need help?"
"It's okay, I'll handle it myself, thank you, see you later."
After chatting a few words, Zhou Rin looked down at the chat record and frowned slightly.
Although it wasn't obvious, he could see the urgency and anxiety in Ji Ning's tone, as if he was really in trouble.
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became. He called Ji Ning directly, but no one answered. The situation may be more serious than he thought. Zhou Rin immediately pushed other things and drove away The company went to Ji Ning's school and drove directly downstairs to his dormitory.
He walked to the door of the dormitory building and was about to register his identity, but unexpectedly met Ji Ning's roommate. He had met this roommate several times when he sent Ji Ning back, and they stayed with each other. impression.
"Mr. Zhou?" The roommate showed a surprised expression when he saw him, and immediately responded, "Are you here to find Ji Ning?"
"Yes." Zhou Lin nodded, "He said he was in a hurry, I'm not very worried, so I'll come and have a look."
"He went home." The roommate said, with a worried expression on his face, "It seems that something happened to his house... When he left, I saw that he looked very bad, and asked What happened to him, he didn't tell me, just said he wanted to go home."
Zhou Lin's heart sank when he heard the words. In his original experience, Ji Ning's family was also in business, but then the company went bankrupt unexpectedly and became heavily in debt. As a result, his parents fell ill. Could it be the current situation?
He immediately continued to call Ji Ning, but there was still no answer, so he went to the office building of the department, checked the address of Ji Ning's house from the counselor's roster, and drove in a hurry He arrived at the city where Ji Ning was located.
However, when they arrived at the address, Zhou Rin found that the house had already been sold. Ji Ning and his family did not live here. In desperation, Zhou Rin was about to check in at the hotel, but unexpectedly received a message from Ji Ning.
"Sorry, I've been busy during the day, and I just saw that you called me a lot. Is it urgent?"
"Is it convenient to answer the phone?" Zhou Lin replied immediately.
"Convenient."
Zhou Rin immediately dialed Ji Ning's number. After a while, the phone was picked up and Ji Ning's voice came from the other end: "Zhou Rin?"
With a tone of voice, he asked, "How are you?"
"I...I'm okay." Ning said, "Thank you for caring about me. Are you in a hurry to call me?"
"I'm afraid that something will happen to you." Zhou Rin said, "I'm sorry, I went to your school to find you, met your roommate, and learned that you went home, without your permission, I asked for your address, and now I'm near your house, I hope you don't get angry."
"Are you outside my house?"
Ning's voice sounded very surprised, but she didn't have any angry emotions: "How did you find this place?"
"I heard something happened to your family." Zhou Rin said, "I'm really worried about you, Ji Ning, I want to see you. Can you tell me where you are?"
"Thank you for caring about me..."
Jining thanked him, unable to hide the bitterness in her voice: "We can meet, I can't let you come in vain, but it's not convenient for me to leave for a long time, I have to trouble you to come over and leave. My home is a bit far."
"It's okay, I'm driving." Zhou Rin's tone became more and more calm, and he whispered in a soothing tone, "Let's meet and say, don't be sad, there is me."
"Line..."
Jining suddenly choked up a little, hearing Zhou Rin's heart aching more and more, she just wanted to rush to his side and accompany him right now. After receiving the address, she immediately drove to the vicinity.
This very old community is full of narrow alleys and cars can't get in. Zhou Rin parked the car outside and hurried in, following the house number given by Ji Ning , found a dilapidated three-story building and sent a message to Ji Ning.
"I went downstairs."
"Okay, I'll be right out."
But after a while, Zhou Rin heard the sound of someone walking downstairs on the stairs of the small building. The condition of the small building was so bad that even the lights in the corridor were broken. The flashlight on the mobile phone illuminated the stairs, hurried down, came outside the building, and smiled at Zhou Rin.
"I didn't expect you to come here."
Standing under the dim street light, Zhou Rin could see that although Ji Ning was smiling, her smile was reluctant, her face was pale and her eyes were a little swollen, as if she hadn't had a good rest for a long time. .
"You live here now?"
Zhou Rin looked up and glanced at the dilapidated window of the small building, her tone lowered, but it was not aimed at Ji Ning.
Looking at Ji Ning's haggard brows, Zhou Rin felt sorry for him and wanted to touch his face or hug him, but she didn't want to scare people, and the hand she was about to raise was Put it down, clenching his fingers slightly.
"I have something to do at home, and I'm really short of money, so I have to move here temporarily." Ji Ning pursed her lips and lowered her eyes.
"What happened?" Zhou Rin actually already knew, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he had to let Ji Ning say it first.
"...My family is in business, my father wanted to expand the scale, but was deceived by his partner, he made him a guarantor, the partner ran away with the money, and the debt was all counted On my dad's head..."
Maybe she finally had someone she could talk to. Ji Ning's voice trembled as she spoke, she raised her hand and wiped her eyes, then whispered.
"My family owes a lot of money, and my parents are very sick, but I really don't have the money to hospitalize them... Zhou Lin, I know it's bad for me to say that, but I Can I... can I borrow some money from you? The condition of this house is too bad, they will not be able to live here, I—"
His voice stopped abruptly, his red eyes widened slightly, and it was Zhou Rin who held him tightly in his arms.
"It's okay, it's okay."
Zhou Rin wrapped one hand around his waist and raised the other hand to caress his hair, the light was dim, and his breath was filled with the faint scent of epiphyllum, but at the moment he had no other thoughts , it just hurts badly.
"I'll help you, you don't have to worry about anything."
“Zhou… Zhou Lin…”
"I'm really scared. Those debt collectors threatened my parents before, saying that they would pay if they didn't..."
"You and your family will be fine, I assure you."
You have a good rest, and I will come back to you tomorrow."
Jining rubbed her red eyes and nodded lightly, Zhou Rin said a few words to him, and then watched him walk into the small building.
After Ji Ning disappeared, Zhou Rin's expression suddenly sank, she took out her phone and made a call, and said in a cold voice, "I have something to ask you for help."
…
In the past few days, Zhou Rin has pushed aside a lot of company matters and has been staying here to help Ji Ning.
He found a special person to deal with Ji Ning's parents' company, and contacted a senior nursing home to let his parents move in to recuperate; the debtor has been brought back and is being investigated by the police. The debt collector called, this time very polite, saying that the debt had been paid.
How did Ji Ning and his family know that Zhou Rin did all these things for them. Zhou Rin was their family's benefactor. His parents even almost knelt down and thanked Zhou Rin. Zhou Rin supported him in time.
"I don't know how to thank you..."
I will pay for it in time.”
Zhou Rin smiled a little, he really wanted Ji Ning to repay him with his whole life, but it was not money, but something else.
"We are friends."
He said to Ji Ning, "No matter what happens, I will accompany you. If there is any trouble, feel free to find me, I am always welcome."
Jining did not speak, looked at his profile in silence, then slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep unconsciously. Zhou Rin didn't bother him. He didn't stop the car until he drove back to Ji Ning's school and woke Ji Ning softly, "It's here."
"Hmm..." Ji Ning rubbed her watery eyes and was stunned for a few seconds before slowly unfastening her seat belt and said, "Thank you..."
Zhou Lin smiled softly, caressed his face lovingly, and said, "Go back and sleep again."
"Good."
Jining woke up a little, nodded obediently, Zhou Rin got out of the car, helped Ji Ning take out the suitcase from the trunk, stood outside the car, and watched Ji Ning go back as usual.
But this time, Ji Ning did not leave. Instead, she looked at Zhou Rin and said, "Get in the car."
"It's okay." Zhou Lin said, "I'll wait a while."
"Every time you watch me leave," Ji Ning lowered her eyes and said, "This time I want to see you leave."
Zhou Lin's heart was soft, and the corners of her lips curled up and said, "Okay."
He got into the car, sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seat belt, and started the car, Ji Ning suddenly came over and knocked on the window.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Rin rolled down the car window, "Forgot to bring something?"
"No, I just want to say, you pay attention to safety on the road, and send me a message when you get home."
"Good."
"And..."
Jining opened her lips, a faint blush appeared on her face, and whispered.
"I don't mean anything else, I will definitely pay you back the money, but I want to say...I probably don't want us to be just friends."
Zhou Rin's heart skipped a beat, wanting him to speak more clearly, he immediately reached out and unfastened his seat belt, but Ji Ning ran very fast and dragged his luggage immediately The box got into the dormitory building.
Zhou Rin got out of the car, forgot to remove the car keys, and wanted to chase upstairs, but suddenly received a message from Ji Ning on her phone.
"Don't come up, I, I dare not see you..."
"Shall we meet again in a few days?"
"Don't forget to let me know when you get home."
Zhou Rin took a deep breath, suppressed her excitement, and called Ji Ning's cell phone, but Ji Ning never answered, and sent him a message: "I don't dare to talk to you either..."
This is torturing him on purpose…
Looking at the message on the phone, Zhou Rin shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, so he had to send him a text message: "It's okay to talk like this?"
"… wait until you get home."
Zhou Rin had to put away his mobile phone and drove back home. His fast heartbeat never slowed down along the way. .
At least the teenager sitting in the living room with a mobile phone could tell that he was very happy, so he put down his mobile phone and stood up to greet him with a smile.
"Brother, you are back, you seem very happy? Is Mr. Ji okay?"
"That's good." The boy said, "I've been worried these days, it's fine. Are you thirsty? I'll pour you a glass of water."
"Thank you."
Zhou Rin nodded slightly, sat on the sofa, suddenly a bell rang from the coffee table, it was the phone that the teenager put on it, and the screen lit up, Zhou Rin's eyes swept over subconsciously , but stopped for a moment after seeing the screen saver of the mobile phone.
The screen saver of the teenager's mobile phone is a very light watercolor painting, the background is largely blank, and there is only a light flower in the middle.
Just a glance, he suddenly recognized the flower variety.
It was a flash in the pan.