Chapter 56: Enoch wants to find Vera

Enoch has passed the critical condition, his health condition is gradually stabilizing. Once again, it can be said that the number of old people is not over yet, but fortunately, there are no significant complications left after the incident. Indeed, God was very merciful, creating a second chance for many people, including Enoch. Just hope the person given the opportunity knows how to take it well. And if you miss it, there will be nothing next time. As for the two people who caused the scuffle that injured Enoch, they were still roaming the law, or rather hiding. The police have not been able to catch them yet. The fugitives are always good at hiding, hiding themselves to avoid being pursued.
Everything is going well. But instead of continuing to stay in the hospital for complete treatment, for less than a week Enoch insisted on going home to rest comfortably, freely, and avoid being bothered by people. Enoch hated the hospital, hated the peering eyes of his rude attitude, as well as the way he treated everyone around him. Above all, he was afraid that the treatment costs were quite expensive. Given his current financial situation, Enoch feared that he would not be able to handle it. He's been unemployed for several years now and has always lived on the money left by Vera's mother. That amount of money is getting less and less because the father and son spend it profligately. The money is in the bank and there is no way to get it, while Vera is missing. But now his health is in such a bad state, who will apply for a job? But healthy people are not sure there are tenants. His qualifications were fine, but his temper, especially his bad past, would hinder him from finding a job. To put it bluntly, Enoch doesn't want to go back to work, anyone who lived a rich life in the past, shows up for me here with other people, now it's very embarrassing to work as a hired worker. Indeed, Enoch seemed to be stuck, not knowing how to get money.
In the end, because Enoch's wishes were too steadfast, Lani was forced to reluctantly comply with his father's wishes. In fact, Lani also longed to get out of the hospital soon. The study work is in the exam period, so it is still busy with birthday events, party. Lani was really tired of having to go to the hospital to take care of Enoch. She went to the hospital every day to show everyone that she was a dutiful daughter to Enoch, but Lani was not sincere. Lani believes that she has already spent money on the nurses and doctors to take care of Enoch, so she doesn't need to be by her father's side all day. But now Enoch wants to go home, which limits Lani's freedom. Enoch staying at home meant that Lani couldn't play through the night, and couldn't sleep at her boyfriend's house. Instead, he had to stay at home to look after what Enoch needed. It is true that it is peaceful and healing, everything makes Lani feel frustrated and uncomfortable.
In the past few days, Lani has been begging and asking for money from her boyfriend to spend and pay for her life. But Lani's boyfriend is not a bank, not to mention asking forever. In addition, Ben has begun to show an attitude of being bored with Lani, he often avoids Lani at school, even Lani calls and takes a long time to answer the phone, sometimes he can answer the phone whenever he wants if not, it's okay. Lani wasn't stupid enough not to notice the change early on. Once, Lani even caught Ben having fun with another girl. Lani wasn't jealous, just angry that her wallet was lost. In the end, the two sides also came to a decision to go their separate ways. On the day of parting, Lani did not hold back on big Ben. She is also not very sad or miserable. For Lani, men are just a means to provide money for her to spend freely, not for serious love. Ben is just one of the tools that go through Lani's life. Now Lani throws away the old one, looking for the new one. And the new one is more expensive? New is very good, but at the same time, it also contains a very high potential risk. Despite knowing that, Lani was not afraid, she was confident that she was capable of catching another better prey than Ben.
Yes, confidence is commendable. I hope Lani doesn't take the bait.
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The morning before school, Lani needed to stop by the room to talk to Enoch.
"I need money to pay tuition." Without knocking or asking for advice, Lani burst into Enoch's room with a request: "Today is the deadline, Father."
Enoch, who was lazily lying on the bed, let out a sigh. Enoch was still unable to move, Norwalk. Because he was afraid that the wound would take a long time to heal, he stayed in bed all day. Feeling like a disabled person, frustrated, uncomfortable.
Enoch turned to look at Lani. His daughter's face was always the same, always scowling every time she asked for money. He usually didn't ask many questions every time Lani asked for money. But today he needed a reasonable, convincing explanation.
"Did you just pay the tuition fees? Didn't you just pay a bunch last month?" Enoch asked in a complaining voice: "Which of your schools have to be rich, why are the expenses so unreasonable?"
"I don't want that." Lani complained, reassuring her father: "The fees are for academic purposes only."
That reason is not convincing at all. Enoch calculated that since Lani entered college, the amount of money he had spent on his daughter was several times more than that of Vera. Vera does not play, does not ask, she also works part-time to pay her personal expenses. And the most remarkable thing is that Vera received a scholarship, so the tuition fee is exempted from the school. Meanwhile, Lani, is clearly different from heaven and earth from Vera. Being provided with everything by Enoch, asking for anything is immediately available, now it has become a real bad habit. Moreover, academic achievements are not worthy of pride. In terms of behavior, there is no point compared to Vera. Indeed, since the accident that nearly lost his life, Enoch always had comparative thoughts between Vera and Lani. Enoch didn't know why it appeared, it just happened to pass through his brain from time to time. And made Enoch think.
In front of the direct, hidden look Enoch's suspicion is towards him. Lani felt for the first time that her lie was not working. Whenever he asked for money for his studies, Enoch would respond immediately, no questions asked. However, this time really made Lani not know how to handle it right. It was all due to the current financial situation, the reserve money was running out, Enoch had no way to fill it up, so he started thinking about tightening spending, which made Lani not happy at all.
After a moment of deliberation, Lani finally defended herself from the pressure Enoch was putting on her.
"It's just a mandatory amount that each student has to pay to be able to take the exam." Lani said, suddenly turning harsh: "I have never felt ashamed and humiliated in front of my friends when I attacked my teacher to remind me of the cost in front of the class, Dad. At that time, I just wanted to die. shrug it off so people don't make fun of it and ridicule it."
Well, nothing Lani couldn't come up with, a blatant lie, was trivial to Lani. Lani had no trouble getting Enoch to believe what he said. Having said that, Enoch could sympathize with the hypothetical situation Lani was talking about. Being him in that case, he also felt like disappearing lest all eyes are directed at him. Whatever the case, this time Enoch felt that he couldn't trust Lani as easily as before.
"I'll talk to your teacher about it. You don't deserve to be laughed at by your friends." Enoch pretended to be angry when he heard that Lani was offended.
"It's not necessary, Dad." Lani was afraid that Enoch would do the real thing, so he quickly intervened: "I don't think it's a big deal, that teacher will probably be reprimanded by the school. You don't have to worry about such trivial things. Don't make things difficult. should be troublesome, shouldn't be, father."
Lani's eyes implored Enoch.
In essence, Enoch just wanted to gauge Lani's reaction. If she told the truth, Lani would cry and complain, wanting Enoch to get justice for her. Unexpectedly, Lani had a completely different behavior than before, making Enoch even more certain that Lani was lying.
"If you say so, then fine," Enoch announced in a low voice, causing Lani to heave a sigh of relief.
Knowing that there was something really wrong with Lani's purpose of asking for money, Enoch didn't want to find out anymore. Arguing with Lani only worsened Enoch's mood, so he lowered his voice:
"Currently our financial situation is tight, I plan to tighten spending a bit." Enoch's announcement made Lani wince in disappointment.
"Understood Lani, we'll be running out of spare money soon." Enoch has the persuasive words: "You need to be frugal, and I think you should get a part-time job after school so you can..."
"Do you want me to go to work?" Lani indignantly exclaimed: "Then where do you put your face? Friends will laugh at you."
Lani didn't want to, definitely couldn't stand being caught by someone she knew while selling food at a supermarket, or serving at a bar. Come to think of it, Lani didn't even think about it, let alone do it.
"It's a temporary solution." Enoch explains the magnitude of the problem: "Wait until I find a way to get the money in the bank, everything will be in order."
"Until?" Lani said hotly, "I'm not saying the money can't be taken."
"We can't give up so easily. Lani, that's a lot of money, enough for the two of us to live happily ever after."
Hearing Enoch's words, Lani calmed down a bit, but she felt confused.
"How do we get them?" Lani asked the decisive question, and Enoch had little difficulty answering.
"I think there'll be a way after we find Vera."
"Vera." Lani exclaimed, "Why should I look for her? Don't tell me that only Vera can get the money. Last time she was left out by herself?"
"I believe Vera knows how to get money." Enoch asserted in a firm voice: "Last time he deliberately pretended to be stupid to trick his father."
"How did that happen?" Lani was taken aback by the information. She did not believe what Enoch said at all. If Enoch was right, wouldn't that mean Lani did something stupid by selling Vera?
"Father remembered something very important," Enoch said as he recalled the conversation between Vera and Vera's mother when she was steaming.
"What is that, father?" Lani gulped, nervously asked: "Don't tell her it's about keys, passwords?"
"Exactly." Enoch's assertion again worried Lani.
"And does it have to do with Vera?" Lani asked in a probing voice, not wanting it to be true.
"Right." Enoch frankly said that made Lani feel down. If that's true, then Lani has caused a very bad thing.
"Is it true what you say?" Lani vaguely didn't want to believe it: "If Vera knows why is she hiding it?"
Suddenly Lani's eyes widened, she cried out with discovery: "He deliberately hid from us to get money alone. He wanted to escape from us, so he planned in advance? I see that is very likely. capable father. That bastard really is older than we thought."
"According to my father, he couldn't remember where the key was at that time," Enoch spoke up in defense of Vera, causing Lani to raise an eyebrow in displeasure.
After a moment of silence, Enoch continued: "Vera was shocked at the time and so was my father when he learned the truth about the will."
"Assume what you say is true, how do you get the money?" Lani changed the subject, wanting to quickly end this nonsense. She didn't have time to chat with Enoch.
"I remember Vera's mother gave Vera something before she closed her eyes. I believe it was the key. And yet there was a moment of silence in their conversation. When I looked in, I saw Vera's mother talking. put it in its ear." Enoch recounted what he had seen with his own eyes that day. The day Vera's mother passed away forever due to a debilitating illness.
"Are you sure I'm not mistaken?" Lani again wanted to verify the accuracy. She was afraid that Enoch would find out about her selling Vera. If it is revealed, Lani is really the one who caused a big deal when he lost a large amount of money in the bank, just because of the simple thought of wanting Vera to suffer and suffer.
"Absolutely not." Enoch said firmly: "I've been thinking about it these past few days, and I've discovered that I've forgotten that detail. Now we need to find Vera first."
"Why look for Vera?" Confused, Lani wanted to quell Enoch's intentions: "We can find the keys and get the property without Vera."
"No, it's only Vera that gets the property. Otherwise, there's no point in having the key or knowing the password." Enoch emphasized Vera's importance: "I wonder where she is now? Knowing that you should be a little nicer to Vera. Honestly, you were too reckless."
"Is it possible that he withdrew money from the bank and ran away?" Enoch put into words his worry and anxiety: "Oh, if that was the case, it would be boiling hot. We really have reached the end of trouble, misery. Oh my god, what happened. this mess? It's all my father's fault."
After hearing that, Lani felt a little comfortable, at least Enoch's prediction was very unlikely. Vera believes that maybe Vera has been sold abroad, or she is still in this country, locked in a corner, only there to serve the sexual needs of men. If I let Enoch know what happened, I really don't know what will happen? But Lani also regretted knowing a large amount of money, satisfying her needs without wings, was lost with Lani. That was really bad.