Chapter 16
The spider tower and the climbing wall were next to each other. After work, Chen Ting didn't look around carefully, but he didn't see the necklace. He thought that he probably fell into the sponge pond under the climbing wall.
The sponge pool was filled with powder and light gray high-density sponge blocks. It was no less difficult to find a necklace than to find a needle in a haystack. Chen Ting had not searched in the sponge pool for an hour and a half, but later he couldn't stand the heat, so he climbed the edge of the pool and turned it out.
The central air conditioner of the venue will automatically turn off when you get off work. A fully enclosed isolation net is made in the trampoline park for safety reasons. Although the venue is spacious enough, the air will not circulate for a long time, and it will inevitably feel boring after staying for a long time.
This lukewarm season is stuck here. Before the summer clothes are changed, the fleece-lined spring work clothes are too thick. Given that the boss does not come here often, many employees will secretly change into black sweatshirts that are thinner than work clothes to serve as work clothes at work. The store manager understands that everyone is so popular, so he turned a blind eye.
Chen Ting didn’t have any clothes to change, so he could only replace the two sets of work clothes he got when he started working every day.
The weather in April is already twenty-four or five degrees, and the indoor temperature is even higher. A thin layer of sweat beads seeped in the tip of his nose, and the sleeves of his sweatshirt are pulled high, sitting by the pool and pulling the neckline to breathe.
Chang Kaixin took out a bottle of sports drink from the freezer, walked over and sat down next to him: "Here, please drink."
"Thank you." Chen Ting didn't take it, wiped the sweat that fell into his temples with the back of his hand, unscrewed the water and poured it into a large mouthful of water, and his eyes fell into the sponge pond for a moment.
"Sorry, Weiwei, it's delaying your get off work." Chang Kaixin felt a little sorry, "Why would I treat you to a meal later?"
"No." Chen Ting did not shake his head, and the corners of his lips formed a gentle curve, as if comforting her, "I always want to find it, otherwise a child who comes to play tomorrow may be scratched, which will be even more troublesome."
"Yes..." Chang Kaixin replied in a low voice with her eyes down. She casually kicked away the sponge block close to the pool wall, "It won't be that it fell out here, why don't we take out all the sponges and look for it?"
"I've searched for other places." Chen Ting didn't screw the bottle cap on and put it next to him, and jumped in on the edge of the table. He turned his head and raised his face and said, "Let's open it first and look for it, maybe..."
It seemed that something in Chen Tingwei's sight was reflected from the shaking light, and he stopped talking. Perhaps because of his usual use of electronic products, his eyes were a little astigmatized, and it was a bit difficult to see things for a long time, so his eyes, which were thin and long at the end of his eyes, narrowed slightly, and he could see clearly the pendant where the broken light was flickering.
"Huh? Maybe something?" Chang looked at him in confusion, and was about to jump in as he spoke, but was stopped by Chen Ting's voice.
"Wait a minute, don't move!"
Chang Kaixin was stunned by him. The leg that stretched down was stuck in the air. I didn’t know whether to fall or take it back, so I had to keep the posture of not jumping or not, and looked at him: “What’s wrong?”
Chen Ting walked towards her without taking a step, wading the sponge blocks all over the pond, and reached out to pinch the thin chain stuck in the seam of her legs: "Is this?"
Chang Kaixin followed his words and looked down, but unexpectedly the center of gravity was unstable and suddenly fell down, and two frightened screams came out of his mouth: "Hey hey--"
Chen Tingwei pulled the chain out with one hand, and the black shadow above his head was caught off guard. He didn't have time to dodge, but Chang Kaixin, who was trapped, smashed it straight, leaning back and crashing into the sponge pond.
Chang Kaixin was very thin, and he had no two taels of flesh on his body. It was actually not too heavy when he fell on him. Chen Tingwei's temple suddenly jumped. He originally raised his hand to protect Chang Kaixin, but when his head hit the soft sponge, he immediately felt a dizzy that almost made him faint. The strong discomfort made him clench his hands, which had been lifted halfway, and he couldn't recover for a long time.
Chang happy forehead hit his collarbone. She grinned in pain, covered her forehead and opened it from him, and felt funny again: "Hey, I'll go, I'll kill me."
After not waiting for the echo for a long time, Chang Kaixin patted Chen Tingwei and asked him with a smile: "Hey, Weiwei, why can't you get it back?"
She turned her head and saw that Chen Ting had not maintained her previous position, her body was half-sinked into the sponge pond and motionless, frowning in pain, and cold sweat was covered with cold sweat on her forehead.
Chang Kaixin was shocked and quickly stood up: "Weiwei?"
After screaming for a few times, Chen Ting didn't respond to her. Chang happy was frightened and hurriedly touched his cell phone from his pocket to call an ambulance. Before she could take the phone out of her pocket, someone gently touched her wrist.
Chen Ting's blood-colored lips were still tightly pursed into a thread, and his eyes were closed. It took a while before he took his arms back and put them in front of him. His breath sounded a little weak: "I'm fine."
Chang Kaixin jumped out of his chest before he stopped his heartbeat, so anxious that he patted his arm: "I scared me to death, I thought I had smashed you to death! Are you okay? Is it uncomfortable or what's going on?"
She dragged Chen Tingwei's arm and wanted to pull him up, but Chen Tingwei gently broke free.
"I'll take a little slower." Chen Tingwei's lips moved twice. After a while, his eyes slowly opened, and his eyes were a little dim, "...I felt a little uncomfortable just now."
I am always worried and worried: "Why are you feeling uncomfortable lately? Have you been going to the hospital for a check-up? If not, go and have a look this Saturday. How can you always do this?"
Chen Tingwei responded casually, and took advantage of her strength to sit up slowly and put the necklace in her hand into Chang Kaixin's hand: "Call that customer later and call someone to come and pick it up."
Chang Kaixin said yes, but couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his forehead, and then touched his own: "You can't have heatstroke, right? Why is it a little hot when I touch it? Otherwise, don't wear it so thick tomorrow, the boss is not here anyway."
Chen Tingwei's face was still a little pale. The palpitations that had been calmed for half a month were inexplicably surging again. His heart was so tight that he couldn't breathe. He adjusted his breath silently, then stood up with his body and said to Chang Kaixin: "I understand. Let's go, it's time to get off work."
Chen Ting had not locked the door, Chang Kaixin had finished calling the customer, and was squatting on the curb, lowering his head and holding his cell phone to look.
"Happy when I left." Chen Ting did not call her.
Chang Kaixin responded, but didn't move, and his fingers were still scratching on the screen.
Before Chen Ting walked in, he suddenly heard her scream and stood up happily, put his phone in front of him: "Wow, this necklace is from Bulgari, and it costs nearly 80,000 yuan on the official website!"
After saying that, she felt glad again, and she patted her chest and breathed: "Oh my God, you don't have to worry about losing such expensive things... Fortunately, this young lady is a good person, and we have found the necklace. If someone changes me, I won't be able to pay for a year..."
Chen Ting had never heard of this brand, but when he heard the exaggerated price, he still felt that the necklace in his pocket was a bit hot, so he took his hand out of his pocket and asked, "When will the customer come and pick it up?"
"She said she was having a meal nearby and she arrived around nine o'clock."
Chen Ting didn't nod and said, "I'll come here to see me off later. You live far away, so it's inconvenient to travel."
"Okay." Chang Kaixin put her phone up, looked up at the side of the road, and grabbed Chen Tingwei's arm, "I'll treat you to schwanstein. You'll help me find it for so long today."
Chen Tingwei said: "No, you go. I have something to do today and I want to go back early."
"Aren't you living in an employee dormitory? What's the matter?" Chang looked at him happily and dragged his arm and urged, "Let's go, it won't take long to go back after eating."
Chen Ting refused any more.
Chang Kaixin glanced at him, sighed in his heart, and said that's OK.
She knew that Chen Tingwei's financial situation was a bit difficult.
I had previously mentioned when I was chatting with colleagues in the venue that they were working there were dormitories for employees in other places, and Chen Tingwei also lived together.
When he moved over, he didn't bring anything with him, nor had he ever seen him order takeout and play games. He thought he didn't like these, so everyone couldn't ask him on his own initiative. But last time, Shen Tingwei's roommate went back late, and happened to meet Chen Tingwei cooking noodles in the kitchen and asked him if he wanted to add some sauce. He said he was not used to it.
She is not a person who is particularly soft-hearted, but she feels so sad when she hears this.
Young people are generally not prone to falling into a debt crisis. If Chen Ting has not lived so hard, it is easy for people to guess whether something has happened to him.
Logically speaking, they have a good relationship. If they have something to do, they will come over. However, Chen Ting has never mentioned borrowing money to her before, so he is always happy and embarrassed to ask, and he can't even help.
After the two separated from the intersection, Chen Ting slowly walked along the sidewalk for a while. The temperature dropped a little at night. Occasionally, when he walked faster, the refreshing evening breeze blew on his face. The palpitations did not pass, but instead the panic in his heart became more and more serious.
He hesitated to take out a handful of change from his pants pocket and count it. In fact, there is no need to count it. Apart from the transportation costs that were spent on the day of looking for a job and the necessary expenses a few days ago, the remaining amount was calculated every day, and even if you count it, you would not be able to count it.
He stopped and his eyes fell heavily into the small shop on the street.
"Fifty-nine of the electronics, fifteen of the test strips."
The female clerk in the pharmacy raised her eyes from her cell phone, and her expression changed from indifference to Chen Tingwei's face. She pretended to be careless and glanced out the door casually.
"Just test paper."
Chen Ting replied unnaturally, took out fifteen dollars from his pocket and put them on the counter.
The gossip expression that the female clerk had not yet pressed down on her face was fleeting. She rolled her eyes, took out a box of pregnancy test papers from behind the counter and threw them on the table. She said angrily: "I would like to remind you first, the test papers are not accurate. Let your girlfriend try it a few more times, it is best to use them in the morning."
Chen Ting politely said thank you without stuffing the box into his top pocket. When he turned around and left, the female clerk behind him turned up the volume of the TV series, suddenly spat, pulled up and cursed: "Bah, scumbag!"
Chapter completed!