Li Dazhuang's sister is named Li Ya, which Ye Cangtian learned from Li Dazhuang's own words, so he mentioned it to Xu Weiwei last night. He had thought the girl might forget about it in her busy schedule, but to his surprise, she had found the information first thing in the morning.
After ending the call with Xu Weiwei, Ye Cangtian looked up at Li Dazhuang and said with a smile, "Dazhuang, we have news about your sister!"
"Really? Where is Xiaoya?" Li Dazhuang's eyes widened upon hearing this. Although he had no issues with food or lodging at Haitian Pharmaceuticals these past few days, and had a good job, he was constantly worried about his sister who was attending university. Hearing Ye Cangtian suddenly say he had news about his sister made Li Dazhuang incredibly excited.
Ye Cangtian smiled and nodded, then said, "Go get ready. Take a half-day leave today, and I'll take you to see your sister!" As he spoke, he thought for a moment, then took out a wad of cash from his pocket and placed it in Li Dazhuang's hand. "Take this money first!"
"Brother, I can't take your money. I have food and lodging at the company, and I don't need to spend money!" Li Dazhuang hastily shook his head, declining in his deep voice.
Ye Cangtian couldn't help but smile and chuckled, "Look at your clothes, what state are they in? Are you going to see your sister like this? Take the money, go buy a set of clothes later, and a mobile phone too." Li Dazhuang's clothes were indeed shabby. From fighting with those hooligans at the train station a few days ago, they were already torn and tattered. If he went to school dressed like this, he might not even be able to enter the school gate!
Li Dazhuang stammered for a long time, then finally, with a blushing face, accepted the money and said somewhat incoherently, "Brother, you are too good to me. I'll return this money to you after I get paid!"
Ye Cangtian didn't mind. He didn't even consider the few thousand yuan as a big deal. He genuinely wanted to help Li Dazhuang. Li Dazhuang was simple, honest, and diligent, and he had been very serious about his work in the security department these past few days. Although a bit goofy and often causing humorous situations, it was precisely this personality that made him likable.
Perhaps eager to see his sister soon, Li Dazhuang quickly changed his clothes, a simple and honest smile on his face, and got into the car with Ye Cangtian. The car belonged to Tang Xinwan. Ye Cangtian had driven her to the company that morning, and the keys were still with him.
As soon as he sat in the car, Li Dazhuang looked around with curiosity. "Brother, this car is so comfortable to sit in, even more so than the green-skinned train I took to get here!" Li Dazhuang was somewhat cautious, afraid of soiling the car. He grinned, his eyes full of longing, "When I earn money in the future, I'll buy one for Xiaoya too. That way, she won't have to stand on the train all the time when she comes home, and she won't have to walk for half a day on mountain roads to get back to the village."
Ye Cangtian couldn't help but feel amused and exasperated, but he nodded. "Follow me and work hard, and these things will come true very soon!"
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Yangzhou University Town!
In a dormitory room in the girls' dormitory building, Li Ya had no classes that morning, but she still got up early to study. The dormitory was a six-person bunk bed style, and her bunk was on the upper level. The furnishings were simple but extremely neat. The girls in the two adjacent bunks were sitting on their beds, one scrolling through Weibo on her phone, the other using a mirror to apply makeup. The latter casually asked, "Xiaoya, are you still going out to find a part-time job today?" They all knew yesterday that Li Ya wasn't working at that restaurant anymore. Although they didn't know the reason, they knew it was definitely because Xiaoya had been troubled by the boss.
Li Ya put down the book in her hands and nodded, "I'll go look around the school area in a bit. Finding one that doesn't pay much shouldn't be a problem!"
Another girl put down her phone and couldn't help but say, "Doesn't Xiaoya get a scholarship every semester? You also worked for two months during the summer break. Shouldn't the living expenses for this term be enough?" They knew Li Ya came from a poor family, and in fact, their own families weren't wealthy either, but they weren't as desperate for part-time jobs. Li Ya managed a smile, not explaining anything. Although with the scholarship, her living expenses for the semester were sufficient, she wanted to save some money to buy her brother a mobile phone. This was because every time she wanted to call her brother, she had to call to the village and ask someone to relay the message. It was always very inconvenient!
Suddenly, the dormitory door was pushed open. Three girls, dressed up colorfully, walked in from outside. These were the other three girls in this dormitory. These three often stayed out all night, frequented places like nightclubs, and last night they hadn't returned at all. As the three returned to the dormitory, Li Ya and the others stopped chatting. Although they were in the same dorm, they were completely different people, and those three girls often associated with various idle individuals from society. Therefore, Li Ya and the others rarely interacted with these three.
One of the girls glanced at Li Ya, who was reading, and felt inexplicably annoyed. This was probably the attitude of a poor student towards a good student! Her name was Zhang Yi, a typical academic slacker, who spent her days hanging out in nightclubs and bars. She had recently gotten a boyfriend. However, she was dumped by her boyfriend last night, so she was in a bad mood and found everything displeasing. Her eyes rolled, and a cold smile suddenly appeared on her face.
"Oh no, where did my necklace go?" Zhang Yi pretended to rummage through her bunk. The other two girls who were with her were stunned, then also started helping her search. After searching for a while, they didn't find it! Zhang Yi looked up at Li Ya and the other two, asking, "Did you see my necklace?"
"No!" Li Ya and the other two girls shook their heads.
"That's impossible, I clearly put it under my pillow!" Zhang Yi pretended to frown.
"Could it be that they three secretly took it! We were not back all night, who knows if they rummaged through our things." A heavily made-up girl said with a cold sneer.
Li Ya frowned, and the other two girls' expressions changed slightly. They gritted their teeth, "You're slandering us, how could we rummage through your things."
Zhang Yi looked coldly at Li Ya and the other two, then suddenly said, "Let me search your beds, see if my necklace is with you!"
"What right do you have to search? We didn't take your things!" one of the girls who was with Li Ya said with a cold face.
"If you don't let me search, you must have something to hide!"
"Xiao Yao, let them search! We haven't done anything wrong, so we have nothing to fear." Li Ya closed the book in her hands and said. The other two girls then unhappily got off their beds, allowing Zhang Yi and the others to search their beds.
Soon, Zhang Yi and the other two rummaged through Li Ya's and the others' bunks. The other two didn't find anything. But at this moment, Zhang Yi suddenly exclaimed "yī," and then pulled out a golden necklace from under Li Ya's bedsheet.
"You still say you didn't take it? How did this necklace end up with you, Li Ya, explain yourself!" Zhang Yi said with a cold smile, raising the necklace in her hand.
Li Ya's face turned pale. She had tidied her bedsheet herself that morning. How could this necklace have appeared under her bedsheet? She looked at Zhang Yi with a pale face, feeling a little angry. She knew she had been framed!