Tenant’s Secret Love

Chapter 90: Please help me

I drove very fast all the way, speculating in my mind about Violetta's purpose of coming to Xuzhou, and it wasn't hard to hear from her tone that she was in a bad mood.

About a quarter of an hour later, I arrived at the train station, and then called Violetta, who told me that she hadn't gone to eat, and was in front of the square of the train station.

I parked my car on the side of the road, and then walked towards the square in front of the train station, in the crowded crowd, I finally found Violetta standing in the cold wind, even though the light at night wasn't good enough, I was able to make out her gloomy expression.

I made my way towards Violetta, and she spotted me in the overlook as well, coming up to meet my face.

I didn't want to make the atmosphere too gloomy after meeting her, and asked with a smile, “Big shot, why don't you find a place to eat something first.”

Violetta, obviously forcing a smile, said, “Waiting for you to treat me ah.”

My mood because of her forced smile and heavy more urgently want to know in the end in her body what happened, need to rush to Xuzhou to seek help from me.

......

Violetta and I found a relatively quieter restaurant near the train station, the two of us ordered something, and while waiting for our meal, I asked Violetta, “Say, what exactly is it that you need my help with?”

Violetta looked at me with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time before she said, “Lucas, I opened a music bar in Suzhou.”

I was surprised and said back, “You opened a music bar! Didn't I tell you not to open it!!!”

Violetta said in a low tone, full of helplessness, “I'm in the entertainment industry, so it's best if I can become famous, but what if I can't? Have you thought about how I should live? I don't have any job skills, what else can I do if I don't invest, and how am I supposed to support myself?”

I was silent, in my heart I lamented how insecure this world is for people to live in, most people are struggling, working hard to make conditions for their own survival, for a long time I asked Violetta, “You invested in opening a music bar, Robben and CC should know about this, right?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Then how come I've never heard them mention it to me?”

“You didn't agree with me opening a bar last time, so I didn't ask them to tell you.”

At this time it was hard for me to blame Violetta for not listening to me, and in my heart I understood what she came to me for, I calmed down and asked, “How much did you invest in this music bar?”

Violetta's expression became even more gloomy, silent for a long time, whispered to me, “More than a million dollars.”

I thought I heard wrong and asked again, “How much?”

“Nearly one and a half million.”

“Holy s**t ...... are you crazy? One and a half million! This bar thing, it's fine for you to invest a few hundred thousand for fun, aren't you playing with fire by investing so much money?” I almost yelled at Violetta.

Violetta bowed her head in silence ......

I lit up a cigarette, knowing that blaming her again at this time will not help, heavily inhaled a mouthful of smoke, and then lightened the tone of voice and asked Violetta, “Tell me, where did you get so much money to invest?”

“There was 500,000 for the last movie, and then ......” Violetta paused for a long time to gather enough courage to say to me, ”and then got a friend to borrow a million dollars from a loan shark.”

I fell into silence, more aware of the seriousness of the situation, I did not think Violetta dared to touch the loan sharks, her investment is really too blind.

I took another heavy drag on the cigarette before saying, “Tell me, how is the bar's business situation now?”

“The income is not enough to cover the ...... business situation is very bad.” Violetta's voice had choked up as she answered me.

I once again fell into silence, because more than a million dollars had completely exceeded the scope of my ability to solve.

“Lucas, what do I do now? You have to help me ......” Violetta looked at me with a helpless face.

I have a hard time suppressing my emotions, a mouth will be a small half of the cigarette finished, but still kept calm and said: “The first priority is to pay off the loan sharks, this thing interest rolls on interest is too scary, the bar's operation later.”

Violetta nodded and said, “I'll find a way to pay off the loan sharks.”

“How will you pay it back, where will you get the money to pay it back?”

After my questioning, Violetta looked helpless and bewildered, and said as if she had made up her mind in the middle of the day, “Big deal, I ......”

“What are you doing?” My tone was full of anger.

Violetta mumbled back, “There are rich businessmen ......”

I immediately interrupted and said, “Violetta, I forbid you to do this, you must live with dignity for me, do you hear me?”

“But what else can be done?”

“I'll think of a way together with you, but that thought you have to give up for me.” I said very firmly to Violetta.

Violetta then looked up at me with tears in her eyes for a long time before she said to me, “I'm sorry Lucas, I got you in trouble again.”

I was annoyed in my heart, but still comforted, “Don't say that, the matter of investing in the bar, your motives are not wrong, this is also forced by life.”

Getting my understanding, Violetta's tears flowed down like an absolute embankment, she sobbed and said to me, “Lucas, the loan shark thing ...... I will definitely find a way to solve it myself, I came to Xuzhou to find... ...you, is that I hope you can help me run a good ...... bar, I know you are very smart ...... will have a way to help the bar through the difficult times ...... you must promise me okay? ......”

Violetta's tears made my heart like a knife, but at this time I have no way to promise her, if I go back to Suzhou to help her run the bar, it means that I have to give up the hard to stabilize the work in Xuzhou, and even ...... even and Daphne's feelings.

After an extremely long silence, I whispered to Violetta, “I'm sorry, I already have a new life in Xuzhou, and Suzhou ...... I really can't go back!”

My reply filled Violetta's face with heartbreaking pain, “Lucas ...... I beg you not to refuse, okay? ...... Besides you, I don't know, who else can I lean on? I'm really so lonely and helpless ...... I'm about to collapse!”

My heart stung for a while, as if I was once again in the kind of choices that made my pain unbearable, I know well that a woman like Violetta, who seems to have many friends, can really be able to help her in distress very few, even if the ones who have the ability to help her are coveting her body and beauty ...... Unless she puts down her woman's dignity, she is really helpless and lonely.

In a burst of struggle that made me choke, finally said to Violetta, “You let me think and consider!”

Violetta's expression lightened slightly and nodded with tears in her eyes, while the ordered meal was also brought up by the waiter at this time.

I unpacked the chopsticks and handed them to Violetta, and scooped up a small bowl of silver ear and lotus seed soup and handed it to her, saying with a comforting smile, “Drink some hot soup first.”

Violetta nodded meekly, took the small bowl from my hands, while I myself do not have a little appetite for food, once again from the cigarette box to pull out a cigarette and light it up, the heart is filled with the pain of choice, if I really want to give up this side of the work with Violetta back to Suzhou, how am I going to face Daphne?

In the smoke, I seem to see the distorted life again ......