After the lock was replaced, the locksmith left.
Ye Shuang stared at the small advertisement for lock opening pasted on the white wall beside him, lost in thought.
But soon, his doubts about the advertisement lessened a lot. After all, the liquid marks in the lock cylinder indicated that it wasn't the first time someone had poured chemical agents into it.
There were so many households living here. If it was really the locksmith's way to increase customers, it was unlikely that they would specifically target this one household.
Could it be the mischievous children in the neighborhood?
Ye Shuang thought about it. Children were probably only likely to stuff tissues or something like that. Using chemical agents to corrode the door lock didn't seem like something a child would do.
"And it's no use calling the police. There's no surveillance in this old neighborhood, and there hasn't been any substantial loss yet."
Ye Shuang finally thought it would be more secure to install a surveillance camera. However, there was no network cable in Bai Yuyou's home. He could only find a way to pull a network cable and then install a surveillance camera.
"I should apply for broadband," Ye Shuang thought. He felt that to live a better life here, both the internet and a computer were necessary.
When it was time for dinner, Ye Shuang told Bai Yuyou about this. The girl didn't seem to understand it very well and just asked,
"Does it cost a lot of money?"
Hearing this, Ye Shuang just twitched the corner of his mouth. Then he gave Bai Yuyou some popular science about it. But the girl not only had no internet and no mobile phone, but also no television at home.
In this era of information, she lived like a primitive person.
Ye Shuang suddenly thought that it wasn't strange for Bai Yuyou to have such a personality since she had been living in a muddled way.
"How do you pass the time when you get home?" Ye Shuang asked.
"I sleep, and then..." Bai Yuyou thought for a while and pointed at the small bench on the balcony. "I sit there, and then it will soon be dawn."
For countless nights, she had spent them like this. Occasionally, she could also look at the neon lights and the moon outside the balcony.
"Aren't you bored?" Ye Shuang looked at the girl.
Bai Yuyou gently shook her head. She didn't know what boredom was because she had always lived like this.
Once in that dim little room, there was only a window that could be opened a little bit. She sat by the window, hugging her arms and slowly waiting for the dawn.
Sometimes she could even be in a daze for a whole day.
The sunlight spilled down. She sat in the dark corner of the attic, listening to the hustle and bustle of the traffic outside the window.
Perhaps recalling her past experiences, for some reason, Bai Yuyou suddenly reached out and grabbed the sleeve of Ye Shuang's clothes, asking in a low voice, "Will you disappear?"
Despite their short time together, the girl had developed a strange emotion, and she was too clumsy to express her true feelings.
Ye Shuang looked at her but didn't speak because he found that he couldn't even lie to the girl in front of him with a white lie.
Bai Yuyou slowly lowered her hand.
After a moment of silence in the air, Ye Shuang finally said, "I won't disappear."
After all, how could a living person disappear suddenly? Ye Shuang thought. He didn't think he was lying.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Bai Yuyou seemed to be in a much better mood and continued to eat the food on the table. When she ate, her cheeks were puffed out, making her look as cute as a little hamster.
After dinner, after a short rest, Ye Shuang used his phone to get the latest news. Later, he bought a mobile phone for Bai Yuyou online.
After all, it was for a girl to use. He bought a mobile phone with a slightly higher configuration, costing more than three thousand yuan. With this price, the entry-level flagships of major brands could basically be used smoothly.
And the logistics speed was very fast now. It could basically be delivered the next day.
Of course, he didn't forget to buy a surveillance camera.
After applying for a network package at the online business hall and making an appointment with the master to handle the broadband network, Ye Shuang realized that he still had a lot of things to do.
The way of life in Bai Yuyou's home was too primitive. The first thing Ye Shuang had to do was to let this child get into the normal rhythm of modern life, and then teach her more common sense of life and how to obtain information from the outside world.
Ye Shuang didn't know why he was doing this. He just felt that he really couldn't just leave her alone.
Moreover, it was really not safe to leave Bai Yuyou's cash in the house. It would be more secure to deposit it in the bank.
"How much cash do you have?" Looking at Bai Yuyou, who was about to undress and take a shower not far away, Ye Shuang asked. Then he added,
"Of course, I don't mean anything else. I just think it's more secure to put the money in the bank."
"Also, don't be naked in the living room!"
Bai Yuyou blinked her eyes innocently and then silently put down her skirt.
She went back to her room and soon dragged out a box. It was filled with stacks of banknotes, and Ye Shuang could hardly believe his eyes.
Ye Shuang made a rough estimate. There were at least several million yuan.
"There's really so much cash."
Ye Shuang somewhat doubted if this was really left by Bai Yuyou's mother.
"It's better to deposit it all. It's too dangerous to keep it at home," Ye Shuang said.
Bai Yuyou nodded obediently and pushed the box in front of Ye Shuang. "All of it, for you."
Looking at the stacks of money in front of him, Ye Shuang let out a sigh. "You're really too trusting. Aren't you afraid that I'll take all the money and never come back?"
Hearing this, Bai Yuyou just tilted her head and looked at him. "Would you?"
This question, as if it had hit the soul directly, made Ye Shuang smile helplessly. "I really can't do anything about you."
Looking at the stacks of money in the box, Ye Shuang thought for a while and took out his phone to make a call.
After a while, a man's voice came from the other end of the phone. "Who is it?"
"It's me."
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, and then the man suddenly swore. "Damn it! Where have you been these days? Your phone couldn't get through. Do you know I've been really worried about you?!"
"Alright, let's not talk about that. I want to deposit some money with you. Help me get a large-denomination certificate of deposit."
"Deposit money? Weren't you made bankrupt by that woman? The minimum amount for a large-denomination certificate of deposit in my bank is 800,000 yuan. You can't deposit just a thousand or two thousand yuan."
"I know."
There was another few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, and the man's voice became a little softer. "Did you turn things around? Or were you taken in by a rich woman?"
"I didn't turn things around, and there's no need to. I'm just helping someone deposit some money," Ye Shuang twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard the word "kept woman". Then he looked at the box and said,
"There's probably several million yuan in cash. It's too heavy to carry."
"Several million yuan in cash?! Damn it! You're not doing something illegal, are you?"
"Get lost. I'm innocent. I've never committed a crime. I'll give you an address. Come and pick me up to go to the bank tomorrow."