"Do you know where sister went?" Yi Pin smiled and took out the airplane model he had carefully prepared for the little boy.
Since he had never worried about food or clothing in his childhood, he never thought that there were kids in the world who didn't even have toys.
He saw the little boy playing with mud all day yesterday. It made him feel a bit sad for the poor kid. So he went to buy an airplane model on purpose today.
"Sister went out with the aunt who brought a lot of money!"
The little boy spoke in a childish voice, with a smile on his lips. He seemed to like the airplane model very much.
Yi Pin stood still on the spot. Hearing this, his mind suddenly went blank.
"What does the aunt look like?" Yi Pin frowned. As always, he calmed himself down before asking slowly.
"A fat aunt!" The kid's attention was always on the toy.
"Does she have short hair?" Shen Yu frowned tightly and asked in a probing way.
"Yes!"
The kid's answer hit Yi Pin like a thunderbolt, leaving him puzzled.
If that was really the case, then something must have changed.
"Did they say where they were going?" Yi Pin took a breath and tried to calm himself down.
"They said they were going to the cake shop next door and would bring me some delicious desserts!"
Yi Pin searched all the cake shops next door according to what the little boy said.
Finally, he saw the two people in a tea house in the corner. He took out his phone and took a photo.
Sure enough, it was the girl and Ms. Zhou.
He didn't know what they were talking about, but their expressions were rather solemn.
Yi Pin thought he'd better not tip them off. He couldn't act recklessly like last time and end up in a difficult situation.
So he found a seat nearby and sat there.
The two talked for a long time. The little girl's expression was very solemn, mixed with a bit of sadness and guilt.
She looked just like someone who had done something wrong.
Then the woman bought the little girl some cakes and desserts. After that, they walked out.
The woman kept looking around and finally left slowly.
The two parted ways on the roadside. One took a car and left, while the little girl was left there, walking slowly.
Yi Pin silently followed her.
On such a long road, she didn't even take a bus. She just walked slowly. Her back was twitching, as if she was crying.
Finally, when she was almost home, Yi Pin called out to her.
The girl turned around in shock. She instinctively hid the things in the bag behind her and wiped away her tears.
"I've already said I don't know. Please don't come anymore."
The girl was obviously a bit angry and impatient as she spoke.
"You clearly know what happened. Once you take that path, you'll be committing a crime. Do you understand? It's not too late. You can tell me and I can help you. You're still so young. You can't let your life be ruined like this."
Yi Pin said with a cold face and a sincere expression, staring straight at the girl in front of him.
He really felt sad for the girl. She really looked so simple and kind. If she did something she couldn't take back, what would happen to the little boy?
"I don't need your concern at all. Stop pretending to be nice here." Tears welled up in the girl's eyes and streamed down her face.
"Of course you rich people would say so. Yes, you don't care about money. You're not worldly. You're elegant. But that's because you've never experienced hard times. You've never felt hungry. You've never rummaged through the trash cans secretly at night. You know nothing but keep talking. We poor people will do anything for money. You just stand on the moral high ground and condemn..."
The girl roared out of control, with a look of sadness on her face.
Big tears rolled down to the ground.
Yi Pin was instantly stunned on the spot. Maybe this girl had suffered a lot in the world. He really couldn't empathize with her.
"But being poor is not an excuse for you to hate society. If you're poor, just work hard to improve yourself and make money. Why do such things? Think about it. If you do, you'll surely spend the rest of your life in self - blame. Don't you have any dreams? What about your dreams? Your future? Your prospects?"
"Humph, dreams? Dreams are something for you rich people to pursue. My dream is just to become rich, to live in a warm house and not have to endure the cold wind every winter. Do you know? I can't even afford my tuition fees. I have a younger brother to take care of..." The little girl kept sobbing, as if she had poured out all the words in her heart for so long.
"You'll never understand how inferior poor people are. Why do some people have houses and cars from the very beginning and don't have to do anything, while we can't even solve the most basic problem of food and clothing? We live in this world without dignity. If it weren't for my younger brother, I would have gone to find my parents long ago!"
Yi Pin didn't say anything anymore. He just listened. Obviously, this girl had accumulated a lot of grievances. She didn't know how to vent them, and there was no one to listen to her.
Then the girl hugged her head and cried, "Do you think I want to be like this? Do you think I want to go against my conscience and do these things? But what can I do? That's how I can make money quickly! Money is the most powerful thing in this world. With money, I can live in a good house and go to school..."
Yi Pin frowned. He didn't know how to comfort the girl in front of him.
"But have you ever thought about your younger brother? If you do these illegal things, you'll surely be punished by the law sooner or later. How can you let him live alone and forlorn? And you're his sister. Do you plan to set such an example for him?"
Yi Pin walked over and gently hugged the girl's thin body.
He gently patted her back.
"You've endured for so long. Just hold on a little longer. Soon... you'll be able to go out to work and make money. You'll be able to support your younger brother. The world is not as bad as you think. You have to learn to fight for it."
The girl sobbed. Her tears fell on Yi Pin's shoulder.
Yes, no one in this world wants to be a bad person. Or rather, they weren't all bad people from the very beginning. They were just forced by life or had experienced some unknown things.
But after all, it's a choice. You can choose to do it or not. A single thought may ruin a person.
After calming the girl's emotions, Yi Pin slowly said, "You must choose the right path. Contact that person tomorrow and return the money..."
But then he thought, why not turn the situation around? This way, they could collect evidence, and it would also give the girl a chance to atone for her sins.
"Can I do anything to help?" The girl rubbed her eyes and looked up.
"Yes. First, tell me the whole story from the beginning to the end. Then... you may need to collect evidence! What she did counts as bribery!"