Chapter 35: Her Life Was Never Good when They Were Away.

"Before signing the cooperation agreement, please return the money to Meng Qingyan and tell him that I appreciate his kindness, but I want to make a living with my own ability."

After what happened yesterday, Jiang Li didn't know how to face Meng Qingyan.

Through a door, he saw her most humble appearance.

Seeing him again would only make her think of what happened that night and her lowly self.

So not seeing each other is the best way for each other.

This also prevents Lu Yan from going crazy again and involving him, an innocent person.

"You are... It's not good for me, an outsider, to interfere in your relationship. Besides, we are all decent people. It's better to break up in person and make it clear. Don't you think so?"

"Boss Fan misunderstood. Dr. Meng and I are just ordinary friends. He took care of me a little more because he might sympathize with me being blind."

To be precise, she and Meng Qingyan didn't have much relationship.

Speaking of alumni, when they were in college, they were in adjacent universities but different schools. They only occasionally participated in a few club activities together.

There were a few times when other students were absent. The two of them volunteered once or twice alone, but there was not much communication.

In the past year or so, Meng Qingyan, as her attending physician, had been checking her eyes more often.

But Jiang Li believed that she had never had any interaction with him beyond doctor-patient, and even added his work number on WeChat.

As a friend of Meng Qingyan, Fan Peng knew very well how unique the insignificant friendship in Jiang Li's eyes was.

But he had a shameful thought. His friend had tried so hard for so long but failed to impress the beautiful fairy-like girl in front of him.

If he treated her well in the future, it would not be considered as backstabbing his brother, right?

Fan Peng received the money and transferred the money to Meng Qingyan's card number through his mobile phone in front of Jiang Li.

"Can we sign the contract now?"

Fan Peng was cheerful and humorous, and his rough but delicate personality easily made people let down their guard.

He even took Jiang Li's situation into consideration. He prepared a bilingual version of the contract, prepared a PDA for the blind, and inserted an electronic Braille USB flash drive with the contract, so that Jiang Li could modify the contract in person with the PDA if he had any objections to the contract.

Jiang Li's tuning work was affected by Bai Mengchu's case. In the past few days, the blind organization has not called to take orders.

So Fan Peng said that he got the advantage of the current cooperation, and it was also a good transition for Jiang Li at present.

Fan Peng offered a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan in the contract in the form of a fixed salary.

There are about 50 pianos in the piano store that are regularly placed for sale and used for training and teaching children's courses. Jiang Li is responsible for the tuning and maintenance of these pianos in the store every month.

The store recycles and resells about 20 to 30 second-hand pianos at the minimum every month. These tuning and repair work are all Jiang Li's responsibility. Unlike the previous 20 pianos, the store can reimburse the consumption costs of replacing parts and maintenance.

In addition, the working hours are flexible. Jiang Li only needs to ensure that the tuning work in the store and the newly recycled pianos is completed. She does not need to work for the rest of the time, and has enough free time to do other things.

Jiang Li checked the Braille version of the contract and signed her name after she had no objection.

Fan Peng pushed the 10,000 cash that Jiang Li put on the table back to her, "The contract says that half of the salary will be prepaid at the beginning of each month. You can take these. The remaining salary will be settled with other employees by the accountant at the end of the month."

In the past, the work of tuners was scattered. This was the first time that Jiang Li received a long-term cooperation. She was not sure about the salary payment method of others, but she did not refuse the advance payment.

She has been planning to go to the prison to settle her father's account in recent days. After she tuned 20 pianos and received the first payment last week, the visiting time she applied for happened to be today, and she planned to go there after discussing the cooperation.

Putting the 10,000 cash returned to her by Fan Peng and the extra 10,000 withdrawn from the ATM just now together, Jiang Li pressed the bag with her hand and pulled it in front of her to protect it.

With this money, her father's life in prison will be easier.

I just don't know if I can see him this time. I can talk to him even if I can't see him...

Fan Peng drove the pickup truck used by the piano store, took Jiang Li and two young and strong guys from the piano store to the customer's house to check the second-hand piano to be recycled. There was no problem with the piano. The rest was up to Fan Peng and other staff to make a price and sign the purchase agreement.

Jiang Li rushed to visit the prison in the morning, and said something to Fan Peng. Fan Peng hurriedly handed her a concert ticket.

"It's a team-building activity of the piano store. Everyone will have one. When the concert is over, everyone will go to sing K together. It will also be a welcome party for you to join the big family."

Jiang Li asked about the time and was a little surprised.

It turned out to be a group ticket for Bai Mengchu's concert tomorrow.

Lu Yan was able to accompany Bai Mengchu on a business trip with a leg injury, and he would definitely attend the concert on time tomorrow.

Jiang Li didn't want to see the two of them showing their affection in public, but she couldn't resist the enthusiasm of Fan Peng and his colleagues at the piano store,

so she finally agreed.

Jiang Li took a taxi to the new district prison where her father was.

I waited in the meeting room for fifteen minutes.

Time passed by bit by bit.

Jiang Li looked at the closed door on the other side of the glass partition with empty eyes, and the expectation in his heart was consumed bit by bit.

The prison guard reminded her that the visiting time she applied for was up. Jiang Li was reluctantly urged to get up. Just as she turned around, she suddenly heard the faint sound of the door opening behind the partition. She immediately turned back to sit back in her seat and picked up the phone in front of her.

"Dad, is that you?"

The sound of his voice was uncontrollably choked.

She covered her mouth and bit the back of her hand to prevent herself from crying.

"..."

The prison guard who came out from the other side of the partition picked up the phone receiver and coughed lightly to remind the person opposite, "I'm sorry, Miss Jiang, your father still doesn't want to see you, and he asked the prison to refund all the money you paid every month. I’ll arrange for the prison guards to take you to handle the refund procedures.”

"This money will stay in my father's account. He will always be in need. Did he say anything else?"

"Your father has proposed to meet your mother alone. You should go home and inform your mother to make an appointment to visit at another time."

For more than a year, Jiang Li came every month during visiting hours, but her father was always reluctant to see her.

He hasn't used any of the money she put into his account, and now he has to return the original amount to her.

"Xiao Li, take care of yourself, don't interfere in your brother and I's affairs, and live your own life."

Before being taken away, her father held Jiang Li's hand and repeatedly warned her worriedly.

But when her father and brother were away, she couldn't live a good life no matter what...

After more than a year of hard work, there was no progress in my father's case, and there was still no trace of my brother's whereabouts with the private detective.

Her father and brother protected her very well in the past, but now when faced with such a big change, she always doesn't know where to put her efforts to truly help them.

After leaving the New District Prison in a daze, Jiang Li stood at the gate, not knowing where to go for a moment.

The phone rang with an incoming call announcement. This was the first time Secretary Shen called her since she moved out of the villa.

I have a bad feeling that arises spontaneously...