Suddenly there were footsteps behind him. Qi Yuan frowned and turned around suddenly to see a woman who looked like she was in her early twenties walking up the stairs.

As if startled by his gaze, the woman paused, swallowed, and whispered: "Well... police officer, I am the youngest sister of the family. When I saw you guys coming up, I just wanted to ask...

Asked if there was anything I could do to help."

"Oh?" The corners of Qi Yuan's mouth raised slightly, his serious expression quickly disintegrated, and he turned to a relatively relaxed smile and said, "What do you call it?"

"My...my name is Lou Xiuyun." She seemed a little nervous, and she still hasn't recovered yet, and her words were stammering.

"Ms. Lou Xiuyun." The smile on Qi Yuan's face remained unchanged, and he waved to her to come over, and then asked: "How many brothers are there in your generation?"

"Three, the eldest brother is the oldest, the eldest sister is second, and the next one is me." She swallowed again before continuing: "I just graduated this year and haven't found a good job yet - the employment situation this year is too difficult.

Now, I still haven’t found anything I like.”

Her condition gradually improved and she spoke much more fluently.

After a pause, she sighed softly and said with emotion: "It's getting harder every year. I heard from the seniors in the previous batches that the salary has never increased, but the working hours are increasing every year.

Overtime is becoming more and more severe every year, there is no overtime pay, workers’ rights and interests are not protected at all, and relevant laws and regulations are ineffective.

Not only that, but I don’t know when the evil trend started. Now those companies not only require working during working hours, but also continue to work when they go home. They would like to let us work for them twenty-four hours a day. If it were not for fear of too bad impact,

They would all let us live in the company."

Then she curled her lips again, shrugged and said: "But there is no way, this is a vicious cycle. As long as there is a struggling person in the company who is forced to find something to do during working hours, only starts working when it is close to get off work, and then stays and works overtime 'justifiably', don't His colleagues will be led by him to be more 'diligent'.

And as long as one company works overtime, the bosses of other companies will not be able to do it. They will look at their employees who get off work on time and find it unpleasant, as if their employees have made a big mistake when they get off work on time. If you don't get off work overtime, you will lose millions...

So that’s it, everyone started working overtime, and after they all worked overtime, they went one step further and competed with each other to see who worked the most overtime...

To put it bluntly, it is the stepping effect. Officer, you all know the stepping effect, right?

That is to say, a group of people are watching something. Once someone in the front row stands up on tiptoes to see more of something, then everyone has to stand on tiptoes in order not to block their view. As a result, what they finally see is

It's the same amount as before, but it takes a lot more effort.

Isn’t this current trend just a stepping-stone effect? ​​It’s just because of something..."

As soon as she talked about this topic, not only did she feel less nervous, but she also spoke faster and faster. Barabala said a lot in one breath, and various nouns came out of her mouth one after another.

Qi Yuan couldn't help but curl his lips.

Perhaps nowadays, there are indeed many messy problems, and the problems are not small. However, during the epidemic, these problems have been magnified, becoming worse and more serious. The majority of employees do not dare to resign easily, and they are unable to organize to resist the 996 phenomenon.

strength……

Even 996 is not only normalized, but also taken for granted.

But Lou Xiuyun, who has never had any work experience, said this and said it clearly and logically, which makes people feel very ridiculous.

It's like a scumbag clenching a fist with one hand, waving the newspaper vigorously with the other hand, shouting loudly that studying is useless, and severely criticizing exam-oriented education.

No matter whether reading is useless or not, no matter what the advantages and disadvantages of exam-oriented education are, those who fail to master it have no qualifications to criticize it.

Because it’s not that reading is useless, it’s that they are useless.

What's more, there are many people who are not good at reading, and there are also many people who don't want to read. But after so many years, I have never seen many people regret that they have read.

For Lou Xiuyun, this is indeed the case.

Many jobs these days are indeed a trap, but for Lou Xiuyun, it is not a trap. Her stress does not come from work, but from not having a job, and then the anxiety that is amplified, which resonates with 996 anxiety.

After all, he is a child who thinks very highly of himself.

Qi Yuan shook his head, but he never thought that he was only one year older than Lou Xiuyun at most.

But the strange thing is that Su Ping did not interrupt Lou Xiuyun, but listened patiently to her story before asking: "So, have you been staying at your brother and sister-in-law's house during this time?"

Lou Xiuyun nodded and said softly: "Well, I have lived here for more than three months - of course I am not free, I also help with the work."

As she spoke, she spread her hands.

Qi Yuan took one look and couldn't help but curl his lips.

Not to mention, these hands are pretty good-looking, with fair skin, slender fingers, and neat palm prints. They are also painted with nail polish and have some rhinestones and scallops on them.

At first glance, it doesn’t look like working hands.

Plus her pretty, rosy face, clean and neat clothes...

How could she have the nerve to say that she helped with the work?

"etc!"

Qi Yuan suddenly realized that Lou Xiuyun, who had just made a long speech, now "shamelessly" claimed that he had been helping with work...

Apart from the fact that Lou Xiuyun's temper is too bad, are there other possibilities? For example, what is she hinting at...

Is it about Ning Huayin’s work intensity? Or is it hinting that Wu Yimei has suffered domestic violence?

But as Lou Zhongyun's sister, Lou Xiuyun should be on his side, right? Or is it out of empathy for being a woman? Or...

No, if Wu Yimei really suffered from domestic violence for a long time, Tu Zhongxin would definitely be able to check it out and at least mention that the victim was scarred and had many old injuries.

But Tu Zhongxin never said a word of these words.

Therefore, the possibility of domestic violence can be ruled out.

And judging from the scene where Lou Zhongyun comforted his daughter just now, Lou Zhongyun doesn't look like a domestic abuser. He has a good temper and is quite patient, and his daughter is not afraid of her at all.

Apart from the victims themselves, the ones who are most stimulated by domestic violence are actually the children who witness it with their own eyes. However, judging from the little girl’s behavior, she has no fear of her father and is still reasonable, which rules out the possibility of domestic violence.

Possibility of domestic violence.

And although the screams were a bit harsh and made people instinctively upset, Qi Yuan could understand the little girl in that situation, so he mostly admired the little girl and thought she was quite sensible and well-behaved.

After all, when they first arrived, the little girl just sat quietly on the small chair, silently and without saying a word.

So, if it wasn't domestic violence, what news did Lou Xiuyun want to reveal? Qi Yuan racked his brains and couldn't think of any other possibility.

Still having no idea, Qi Yuan couldn't help but glance at Su Ping, but seeing Su Ping also looking thoughtful, he knew that Su Ping probably wouldn't be able to figure it out for a while, and couldn't figure out the reason.

After a few seconds, Su Ping frowned and said, "Well, let's not hang around on the stairs, let's go in and chat?"

"Okay." Lou Xiuyun nodded, and she seemed to gradually become nervous again.

Entering the room on the second floor, Lou Xiuyun immediately reached out and pointed to the room on the left and said: "This is the master bedroom of my brother and sister-in-law. It faces south, has better lighting, and has a separate bathroom."

Then he pointed to the right and continued: "This is the guest room. I will stay here these days. It also has an independent bathroom."

After saying that, she pointed her finger back to the left side - there were actually three rooms on the left side, and at this time she was pointing to the one in the middle and said: "This is a utility room and a balcony for drying clothes, a living balcony, a gas

The tanks and water heater are placed in this room, as well as the washing machine.

The last room is Xiao Yanyan's room, which also has an independent bathroom. Yanyan is actually very sensible. She lived alone when she was four or five years old. She would go to the toilet by herself in the middle of the night and never made any noise. She was so good.

Very.”

After a pause, she finally pointed to the ceiling and said: "There is another floor above, but there are only three rooms above, all of which are used as guest rooms. During the New Year and holidays, there will be slightly more people coming. The guest rooms are

If you have more, you can use it, and then the living room can be used to dry clothes."

Another long speech, Balala said a lot, but Qi Yuan still couldn't understand what she meant, and he still didn't know what she wanted to imply.

Instead, Su Ping asked: "So, your brother, sister-in-law, and his family usually live here?"

"Yes, they usually live in a world of three." Lou Xiuyun said, "There will be more people during the holidays.

However, in the past few months, there have been more people than usual. From time to time, friends come over to drink. When they get drunk, they go to the third floor and find a room by themselves to lie down. They lie there until dawn and then leave. Then they come over again at night and continue drinking.

Get drunk and find a room on the third floor."

"Drink?" Su Ping asked thoughtfully, and then without waiting for Lou Xiuyun to answer, he muttered to himself: "Drink..."

After muttering several times and pausing for two or three seconds, Su Ping continued to ask: "Have many people been invited to your house for drinks in the past?"

"It's not 'our' family, it's their family." Lou Xiuyun corrected seriously.

Qi Yuan frowned slightly at this time. Unfortunately, there were too few clues at the moment and he still couldn't figure out what Lou Xiuyun wanted to say.

At this time, Lou Xiuyun continued: "But speaking of it, this kind of thing seems to have happened during this period of time, probably shortly after I graduated, and the people are not fixed, some are very unfamiliar faces, and some are with the same people.

The eldest brother’s family has been friends for more than ten years.”

"It wasn't like this before?" Su Ping asked additionally.

Lou Xiuyun shook his head and said firmly: "It wasn't like this before.

Although my eldest brother is said to be an easy-going person and actually quite popular in terms of popularity, and he would meet up for dinner and drinks from time to time, but in my memory, it has never been as frequent as during this period.

Besides, whether it’s drinking or eating, it’s all about coming and going. How can there be any reason to desperately invite others to come to your own home for dinner? Fish, meat and wine every day, a lot of money, according to my eldest brother’s personality in the past

I definitely wouldn’t do such a thing.”

Su Ping nodded slightly, but what Lou Xiuyun said made sense.

When Qi Yuan heard this, he understood that Lou Xiuyun thought there was something wrong with Lou Zhongyun during this period - but it was strange that she had already focused her words on this, so why bother to pretend that something was wrong?

At the same time, Lou Xiuyun's eyes suddenly turned twice, as if he was recalling something, or organizing his words and thoughts.

After nearly half a minute, she continued:

"By the way, I almost forgot to mention it. I also think there is a big problem that is illogical and unreasonable - our village is very small. It doesn't take long to walk from the entrance to the village to the end of the village. There are only so many people in the entire village.
To be continued...