Usury

  We originally returned to our residence at 2 am after work, and Chen Sang and I chatted in bed until we fell asleep at 8 am. We were woken up by the non-stop doorbell ringing at 3 pm.

  I thought it was the sister next door coming to find us, opened the door, only to discover that it was a young delivery boy. Chen Sang came out wearing a low-V-neck semi-transparent nightgown. The young man saw Chen Sang like this, his whole face turned red, and he stuttered to ask who Chen Sang was, telling us that there was an express delivery for Chen Sang.

  Chen Sang asked me if I had been shopping online, and I said no. In the past, 90% of my money was spent on online shopping, and most of the things I bought were useless junk that Chen Sang would throw away after a few days. Lately, I've been thinking about saving money and getting out of this cycle, now I don't even dare to touch the computer.

  Chen Sang also didn't know who had sent her the express delivery. The young man took out a square box and handed it to Chen Sang for her signature, his head didn't dare to lift up, and his ears were all red.

  After signing, Chen Sang stretched out her hand to hold the young man's arm and teased him, asking if he was a virgin. She also told him that delivering express mail had no prospects, and now men with salaries of two or three thousand yuan were looked down upon by women, and might not even be able to find a wife. She said she thought he didn't look good and asked if he was interested in changing his line of work, which would make money quickly. If he was interested, he should come find her. The young man was scared and quickly ran away.

  She burst out laughing behind me, her hand on my shoulder saying, men all like to visit prostitutes, next time we go find ducks, let's have a chicken visiting ducks.

  I didn't respond to her, took out the scissors and cut off the seal on the box. When I opened the box, I was shocked by what was inside and let out a sharp scream.

  A bloody finger, next to which was placed a small spirit phone that had been there for who knows how many years. I felt like the scene was just like something out of a Hong Kong cop drama.

  Chen Sang often saw men chopping people, cutting off hands and arms when she was in junior high school. (Don't think it's unrealistic, I used to see a group of people with knives going to chop people when I was walking home from self-study in high school, my dad took me to detour.)

  She calmly picked up the phone, dialed a number from her address book and called back. I didn't know what the other person was saying, all I heard was Chen Sang scolding someone, she said if you want to chop, just chop, even if I die, it has nothing to do with me. After finishing speaking, she hung up the phone.

  No need to guess, I already know that Chen Sang's mother borrowed money from a usurer and now they're coming for the debt. Everyone knows that if you borrow money from a usurer and don't pay it back, they'll stop at nothing, those people are mostly gangsters, and their bosses behind them are especially ruthless, not even fearing to take lives.

  I asked Chen Sang about the specific situation, and she told me that his mother had been caught by loan sharks. Now they are giving warnings, starting tomorrow they will cut off one of her fingers every day.

  Actually, these people are also aware that Chen Sang's mother doesn't have much money, but she has a daughter who can make money, so they dare to lend her money to gamble. Chen Sang's mother's bets are getting bigger and bigger, and it's definitely not without their instigation on the side. Over the years, most of Chen Sang's money has gone into those people's pockets.

  Chen Sang took out a cigarette from under the shoe cabinet and lit it, I smelled the scent of marijuana in the air, she would smoke marijuana whenever she was anxious. I asked her what to do, she said even if that person died, it had nothing to do with herself.

  It wasn't her mom's first time being caught, and she had said so many times before. But in the end, she still paid to bail out her mom, only for her mom's debt to grow even bigger next time.