Shocking! This student is phenomenal!

Kyoto, in a dilapidated basement suite.

Two families live there, sharing a kitchen and living room.

They were having a meal together at that moment.

One of the women was eating her meal with a melancholy expression, her face full of sorrow.

This woman was Xiang Yayun, who had helped Su Jiang and the others during the day.

That's the waiter who let Su Jiang in at that karaoke bar, risking breaking the rules.

"Ya Yun, honestly, you have such a good job, and you don't even cherish it. Is it really necessary for you to lose your livelihood for these few students?"

Another woman at the dinner table, who looked somewhat like Xiang Yayun, kept complaining while angrily stuffing rice into her mouth.

This person was Xiang Yayun's older sister, Xiang Chagu.

The two sisters came to Kyoto together to make a living, but they didn't have much education.

There are simply no good jobs available.

At first, they were very enthusiastic, thinking that Kyoto was full of opportunities.

But once I got here, I realized that it wasn't like that at all.

For uneducated people like them, living in Kyoto is really worse than living in the countryside.

The only jobs they can find here, besides cleaning, are serving dishes in restaurants.

3500 yuan a month is simply not enough.

After all, renting a basement apartment with two bedrooms and a living room costs 2000 yuan a month, which is already the cheapest option.

If you lived in a small upstairs apartment with sunshine, you could imagine that it would cost at least 4000 to 5000 yuan a month.

Most of my wages go to the landlord, and even if I live frugally, I don't have much left. If I get a minor illness or injury, it goes without saying that I'll be broke every month and even have to pay out of pocket.

After searching for a long time, the two of them found a job as cleaners at Hi Sing KTV, which paid 4500 yuan a month. They went there happily.

Not only did he bury himself in his work, but he also helped the KTV with whatever he could every day.

They were quickly appreciated by their junior manager and promoted to a position as door receptionists. Although the two were not exactly the same, they were somewhat similar.

They could also be used as twin greeters, albeit barely.

My salary jumped from 4500 to 7000. The key is that I don't have to work hard; I can just stand.

Just when they thought life was getting better and better.

Xiang Yayun's actions today have undoubtedly disrupted their lives.

"You're such a pitiful person, yet you felt sorry for others. Now look what's happened—they've left so gracefully, and what about you?"

Xiang Chagu still had some reproach in her eyes.

Sitting at the table was an elderly woman, the mother of Xiang Yayun and Xiang Chagu.

She looked to be in her fifties or sixties, with graying hair. Her hands trembled constantly while she ate, and she couldn't even hold the food properly.

He looked sickly.

Hearing Xiang Chagu's words, Xiang Yayun's mother asked curiously, "Yayun, what exactly happened?"

"Mom, it's nothing, I'm just feeling a little uncomfortable."

Xiang Yayun lowered her head and said in shame.

She knew that if she lost her job, it would mean less money for her mother's medical treatment.

"Did someone bully you over there?" Xiang Yayun's mother put down her chopsticks with some heartache and reached out to touch Xiang Yayun's hand with trembling hands.

"If someone is bullying you, then you shouldn't do it anymore. I'm getting old, and you can send me back to my hometown. I don't want to be a burden to you. Now I'm here, and I'm taking up a room."

"Everyone says that land in Kyoto is incredibly valuable, so I'm bound to spend several thousand more this month."

Xiang Yayun's mother felt sorry for her daughter.

It is said that daughters are their parents' little cotton-padded jackets, but when daughters are too sensible and work too hard, Xiang Yayun's mother feels both happy and guilty.

"Mom, what are you saying?"

Xiang Yayun quickly said.

"No one bullied me, it's just that I can't stand the way things are done there."

"Every time I see a kind-hearted young girl go in and get completely drunk, coming out disheveled and unable to tell which way is which."

"There were also some girls who looked timid, but were forced into such places to pay off their debts."

"If those girls don't want to, they will be beaten and controlled. If someone tries to rescue them, even the rescuer will be beaten."

Upon hearing Xiang Yayun's words, the dinner table fell silent.

Xiang Yayun's mother was so shocked that her eyes widened.

"How can such a place still exist? Have you called the police?"

She came from a rural area, and in fact, even poor people like her in this society haven't lost their conscience.

It possesses the true, good, and beautiful aspects of life.

There's a saying that's quite true: the reason why rich people become rich is because they can do things that ordinary people can't do and say things that ordinary people can't say, and that's how they become wealthy.

"Mom, what are you saying? We're employees of that place. If we call the police, what will we eat and drink?"

"Moreover, to put it bluntly, we are just ordinary people with little influence, so we can't really help much. We might as well just keep our heads down and do our work, not think about anything, not say anything, and pretend we didn't see anything."

"These people got hurt here, and they have only themselves to blame. Why did they even bother going to this place in the first place!"

Xiang Chagu felt as if she wasn't a good person.

She retorted angrily, feeling that her mother's words were unreasonable and too one-sided.

Their mother immediately fell silent. She didn't say a word.

I don't know how to respond to this topic.

"It's okay, I'll look for a job again tomorrow." Xiang Yayun forced a smile.

"I really can't continue working there."

"I often can't sleep at night anymore because of the girls' cries and screams inside, their drunken and confused state, and the helpless scene of them squatting at the store entrance crying after being hurt."

"These scenes have been piercing my heart for so long that I'm almost depressed."

"I can't help, and I can't change anything. I can only run away. I don't want to see this scene again."

As Xiang Yayun spoke, tears streamed down her face.

She is kind and gentle by nature, and would rather suffer herself than see others suffer. She has been like this since she was a child.

"Hey, you've played the good guy, but now I'm being dragged down by you. They only gave us these positions because we look alike."

"If you leave, how can I stay? I have to leave too!"

Xiang Chagu said something with a touch of self-deprecation.

"sorry."

Xiang Yayun lowered her head, feeling extremely remorseful.

"Hey, let's go look for jobs together tomorrow."

Xiang Chagu is also the kind of person who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

While wanting to criticize, they still tacitly agreed to stay with their younger sister.

Dinner was particularly depressing, with all three of them feeling very heavy-hearted.

Just as they returned to their rooms to prepare for sleep...

Xiang Yayun's phone suddenly rang.

The caller was an unfamiliar number.

"Who would call me so late at night?"

She muttered something under her breath as she answered the phone.

To be honest, the two sisters were so poor that they didn't even want to call their boyfriends.

Calling them is considered a waste of phone credit.

"Excuse me, are you Ms. Xiang Yayun? This is Jiangnan Hot Pot."