2060, stuck in the quagmire(1/2)
"I don't understand what the nightmare you are talking about is? Is everything related to that woman?"
Seeing that Xu Tiankai was in such a state of desolation, Gu Chen also asked him heartbrokenly.
After all, meeting his first love again is a good thing for Xu Tiankai.
Although the girl from back then seems to be different from what he imagined, it can also be seen that the two went round and round and finally came together.
Xu Tiankai smiled bitterly and shook his head, but also said with sadness and anger: "Maybe she gave me the ecstasy soup."
"After that night, our relationship was officially confirmed, so I would go to the bar and pick her up from get off work if I had nothing to do."
"Whenever a customer took advantage of her, I would help her. Gradually, the number of people who dared to mess with her in the bar gradually decreased, but what followed was a steady decline in her performance."
"Until one day, after I got off work, I rushed to the bar where she worked, but she was nowhere to be seen, and no one answered her phone when I called her."
"I realized something was wrong, so I kept in the bar and asked her colleagues, but no one knew her whereabouts."
Seeing Xu Tiankai's frown, Gu Chen asked: "Then where is she?"
Xu Tiankai shook his head: "I don't know either. Later, on my way home, I found someone squatting downstairs in my house."
"When I saw it, it was her. At that time, she had a slap mark on her face, as if she had been beaten."
"I couldn't bear my bad temper at that time, so I asked her what was going on?"
Taking a deep breath, Xu Tiankai tried to calm down and then said: "Later I found out that she had owed a huge sum of money for a long time."
"Selling drinks at a bar brings in money quickly, so she keeps working there to pay off the debt as soon as possible."
"And these are things I have never mastered before, so I asked her, how could she owe so much money?"
"Later I found out that when she was studying in college, there was a prevalent trend of comparison with her dorm mates."
"And she has a roommate who is a moderate internet celebrity. She wears various clothes in turn every day, never repeating the same thing, and her makeup is beautiful."
"Over time, her roommate became a celebrity in the school and was sought after by many people."
"She felt that she was better than her roommate in appearance and figure, and she felt extremely unbalanced. When she learned that her roommate had been relying on loans to maintain her image as an internet celebrity, she took this step decisively."
After giving a wry smile, Xu Tiankai looked at Gu Chen and shook his head helplessly:
"I don't know what's so good about being an internet celebrity? In order to become famous, she took out all kinds of loans without any scruples."
"When all the platforms exceeded their limits, she began to borrow money from the public again. Although her fans were increasing, the debt that came with it was so heavy that she couldn't breathe."
"In this way, in the few years after graduation, she kept changing jobs, and even worked as an Internet celebrity anchor, but she was always tepid."
"In this way, I was being called for debts by creditors every day. I really had no choice, so under the introduction of a friend, I went to the bar to work as a bunny girl and sell drinks."
"So..." After listening to Xu Tiankai's story, Gu Chen roughly understood the reason and asked:
"So that day, when she was beaten, it was the creditor who did it?"
"Yeah." Xu Tiankai nodded.
"Then what does this have to do with your debt? Do you want to pay off her debt?" Gu Chen asked.
Xu Tiankai continued to nod.
Gu Chen frowned and said angrily: "Xu Tiankai, you should be self-aware of how capable you are, and don't let your family suffer by not paying off your debt."
"I know, I know all this, I just... I just..."
Halfway through his words, Xu Tiankai stopped talking.
Gu Chen hurriedly asked: "What are you just?"
"I just don't know how much she owes?" Xu Tiankai held his head in his hands, with a look of regret on his face, and continued to explain to Gu Chen:
"That night, I looked at the slap marks on my face and told her distressedly that no matter what, it was wrong to hit a woman."
"So, that night, I was so excited that I told her to take me to find an explanation from my creditor."
"You want to fight with me?" Gu Chen seemed to have guessed the outcome.
After all, if the girlfriend is bullied, the boyfriend must seek justice.
And Xu Tiankai did not deny it. He nodded and confirmed: "Yes, I took her to a late-night snack stall."
"After identifying the person who hit her, I went up and took a wine bottle, and it opened flowers on the person's head."
"Originally, I wanted to teach that man some lessons, but I didn't expect that many people at the late-night snack stall were his companions."
"Just like that, I was surrounded by this gang. They dragged me to the corner and beat me violently. Finally, they brought her over and humiliated her in front of me."
"In the end I couldn't stand it, and when my head got hot, I warned her that I would help her pay off her debt."
"Just like that, her debt suddenly became my debt."
"That night, I transferred 100,000 to them."
At the end of his speech, Xu Tiankai also sighed heavily.
Gu Chen frowned: "Is this the end?"
Xu Tiankai shook his head: "100,000 yuan, I thought it was basically enough, because she told me that she owed them 100,000 yuan."
"But later I found out that this didn't include interest and the person's medical expenses. Moreover, she owed more than just these."
"After careful questioning, I found out that she owed hundreds of thousands of idle funds to major platforms and society."
"I saw how pitiful she was at the time, so I had no choice but to sell my car and start raising money here and there."
"Because I loved her, I was willing to pay for it, so I bit the bullet and started borrowing money like crazy from major platforms. As a result, I didn't have enough money, so I asked my family for some more."
With a faint sigh, Xu Tiankai also smiled self-deprecatingly: "Maybe I'm too stupid? It was only later that I discovered that the debt she owed seemed like a bottomless pit that could never be filled up."
"Later, I also started to borrow money from the public, but she suddenly disappeared, as if she had disappeared from the world."
"Don't you wait a moment." Hearing this, Gu Chen also had a look of doubt on his face:
"You said that you repaid the loan for that woman, even if you borrowed money to repay the loan, but in the end the woman disappeared?"
"Yeah." Xu Tiankai looked haggard and choked up as he said:
"In order to help her pay off her debt, I have been living like a ghost or a ghost. Because I failed to pay the loan when it was due, I was often beaten up in the street by this group of social people."
"And on major platforms, I have long been blacklisted and cannot borrow money from the platform at all."
"In society, the conditions and thresholds for borrowing money are very low, but the interest rates are high, so there is nothing we can do about it."
"She's gone and I can't find her, but these borrowers can find me."
"So, in order to prevent these people from harassing my family, I started hiding from debts everywhere."
"But no matter what, we can always be found by these people."
Turning his head and glancing at Gu Chen, Xu Tiankai also choked with sobs and said: "It's just this group of people. I hid from them for a week, but in the end I was discovered and was blocked here and beaten up by this group of people."
"I even doubt myself now, why did I agree to do such a stupid thing as helping her pay off her debt?"
"Xu Tiankai." After hearing what Xu Tiankai said, Gu Chen couldn't help but remind him based on his years of experience in handling cases:
"Have you been tricked? Could the woman you are talking about be with them?"
"Impossible." Seeing Gu Chen expressing doubts about his girlfriend, Xu Tiankai immediately retorted:
"She is my girlfriend. She is just hiding from debts. How could she trick me? Moreover, we have been together. She must be hiding to avoid harassment from these people and not to worry me. No.
Tell me where to go."
"And she will definitely come to me again at a suitable time. She will definitely do it."
"Are you so sure?" Seeing that Xu Tiankai seemed to be getting deeper and deeper into trouble, Gu Chen also felt that something was not quite right about the whole incident.
According to my years of experience in handling cases, this situation is usually extremely abnormal.
Although that woman was Xu Tiankai's first love.
But these subsequent actions made Gu Chen feel that this was very similar to a case he had handled before.
Many young women, in the name of falling in love, use various tricks to trick men who take the bait.
As a result, many seemingly smart men ended up being defrauded of money by various tricks, some even in the name of marriage.
And this situation is very similar to Xu Tiankai's current situation.
It can be seen that Xu Tiankai is now completely trapped in it, and it is difficult for him to recover from this state.
Gu Chen hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Xu Tiankai, what is the name of the girl you are talking about?"
"Zhou Min." Xu Tiankai said.
"Do you still remember her ID number?" Gu Chen asked again, and took out his mobile phone to record it.
"Remember." Xu Tiankai looked up at the sky and said thoughtfully: "Her ID number is..."
After informing Gu Chen of Zhou Min's situation, Gu Chen asked for Xu Tiankai's contact information and then said:
"Let's see, Xu Tiankai, I will help you investigate this Zhou Min and see where she is?"
"Also, you should go to the hospital to check your injuries first. Judging from how beaten you were, you probably don't even recognize yourself now."
Having said this, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone and said: "Open the payment code."
To be continued...