JING LINGLI NEEDED MONEY

She had been busy running errands for Mo Youyou when she had the call from home and after picking it up,she got to know that her mother's condition had worsened.

Jing Lingli was the second child out of three in her family but since the dissappearance of her brother,the first born role was rolled unto her shoulders.

Her mother had been sick for many years now after their father died and her younger sister was only ten,which means she had to struggle all by herself.

Due to their financial problems,she had to drop out of school in sixth grade just to help take care of the family,but since she was determined to get into the entertainment industry,she did not give up learning but continued studying at home.

After taking care of the bills and all with the money that she gets from the menial jobs that she does,she saves the rest and when it was more than enough,she was able to register for a media and entertainment examinations and passed out with flying colours.

Later,with her certificate she was able to secure a job in An Entertainment Group as an assistant.

But even still,her pay wasn't enough to get her mother proper medical attention.

With fear and worry,she walked towards Mo Youyou who was sitting behind her dressing mirror,putting on makeup.

"Uhhhm,sorry Miss Mo,I got a call from home that my mother's illness had worsened."As she spoke to her,Jing Lingli kept playing with the hem of her shirt nervously.

"So what should I do about that?"Mo Youyou asked rudely.

"I was hoping if I could take the time off and go see how her condition is."

"Are you done with the stuffs I ask you to do?"

"I still have some left to do,but I would come back early to finish them up."In a swift moment,Mo Youyou turned towards the young girl,glaring at her.

"You dare not try that,Lingli.....You have to finish with every single thing before you leave and oh,before I forget,you need to wait for me here till I return before you can go."

"But my mom...."Jing Lingli wanted to protest but was stopped by the look Mo Youyou was given her.

"The next time you try to talk back at me count yourself fired....You work for me so I decide if you can go somewhere or not,now do you understand?"

"Yes..."Jing Lingli had nothing else to say and watched with teary eye as Mo Youyou grabbed her purse and walked past her.

She sighed as she walked out of the room and closed the door shut behind her.

Jing Lingli wiped the tear from her face with the back of her hand,and continued to do the tasks assigned to her.

After thirty minutes,she was done with the tasks and sat down to wait for Mo Youyou and since she had been going back and forth running errands for her,she was really tired and sleepy and it wasn't long before she dozed off into a deep sleep.

Two hours later,Mo Youyou walked into the room and spotted Jing Lingli sleeping on her bed.

With a sudden rage and anger,she rushed to the bedside and gave the unsuspecting girl a hard slap on the cheek before pulling her down from the bed.

"How dare Lingli?Oh so because you're my assistant you think you have the right to use my stuff?Why the hell did you lie on my bed?"She fumed in anger,shouting on top of her voice.

The half sleepy Lingli managed to get up from the floor with a heavy flood of tears streaming down her face,"I'm really sorry Miss Ye,I didn't sleep on the bed intentionally,I was tired and decided to take a rest so I sat on the bed,I didn't know when I slept off."

"Shut up!I'm really sorry Miss Ye,I didn't sleep on the bed intentionally."Mo Youyou mimicked her and laughed."Do you even have a bed in that gutter you're coming from?Is it not the floor that you sleep on?"

The tears kept pouring down Jing Lingli's face as Mo Youyou continued to rain insults and abusive words on her.

"I'm off to take my bath,by the time I'm back,make sure you change this bedsheet and put a new one on the bed."And with that,Mo Youyou left the room into the bathroom.

After spending another 20 minutes showering,she came out and when she was satisfied with the bed before she allowed her assistant to go and by then,it was almost getting to eleven o'clock.

Since Jing Lingli was worried sick about her mother,she made up her mind her that she'd go home at all costs.

Immediately she came out of the hotel room,she got a taxi and jumped in but because the money she had on her was not enough,she had to get down at some point and walk home.

After 10 minutes of walking,she finally stood in front of the old wooden house that served as their apartment and after she knocked the almost broken wood that served as the door,it was pulled open and her sister,Jing Jinha,stood in front of her.

With just one look at her face and eyes, Jing Lingli knew she had been crying.

"Mama,she had been bleeding since I called you."Her younger sister sniffed and run into her embrace.

"Have you given her,her drugs?"Jing Lingli asked worriedly as she hurried into the room where her sick mother laid with her sister trudging behind her.

" She took the last drug yesterday and there was no money in the house to get her another one."Jing Jinha spoke to her sister with teary eyes as she sat beside her mother and her sister.

Jing Lingli carried her mother unto her laps as she caressed her face and sobbed,closing her eyes to prevent the tears from spilling.

She had no money on her now to even get her mother her drugs.

What was she going to do?

Without wasting another moment,she got up from the bed and walked to the old chair that was sitting behind the crumbling wall and picked a blue straight dress that belonged to her mother and hurried back to her side.

With the help of her sister,she managed to wear the dress for her unconscious mother.

"Get changed into something else Jinha, let's take mother to the hospital."She gave others to her sister who suddenly dashed out of the room and later reappeared,dressed in a flowery pink strapless dress with her hair tied in a messy bun.

A soft smile tugged at the lips of Lingli when she saw her little sister looking so beautiful and innocent and wished she had more to offer her.

"Come over and help me carry mama."She called out to the little girl and she walked to them.

After several attempts,they succeeded in carrying her out,but since they couldn't get any car around in their environment,Jing Lingli had to carry her mother on her back.

Due to the fact that her mother was heavy,they had to stop several times for her to catch her breath and rest before continuing further,but after almost fifty minutes,they got to the nearest hospital.

Immediately the nurses on duty spotted them,they rushed towards them with a stretcher and helped her mother down unto it before speeding away with her.

Before she could take a step and follow the nurses inside,Jing Lingli lost consciousness and fell to the ground.