第十六章.金錢大危機!
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「漢賽爾,我有件事要告訴你。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAsGphJyCaYx
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不思議節假期剛結束,凱帝與漢賽爾便送葛麗特到米唐轉運站去,在女孩返校後的第二個早晨,難得比漢賽爾更早起且已經吃完早餐的糖果屋老闆,面色凝重地對自家員工說道。415Please respect copyright.PENANAGlzyttEzKp
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「幹嘛?」漢賽爾打了個大呵欠,端起面前的生菜水果沙拉。415Please respect copyright.PENANAFSrsVHRGcv
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「是很重要的事情,希望你先有心理準備。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAwShtMbMpRj
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聽對方認真的語調,漢賽爾也不自覺地從半睡半醒的頹廢姿勢改為挺直背脊,他從沒看過凱帝這麼嚴肅的模樣,難道說這傢伙終於打算跟他交往了嗎?415Please respect copyright.PENANABkn7B7UfM6
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就在男孩胡思亂想著他會不會聽見「我們結婚吧」之類的詞時,青年的發言便將他從美夢中徹底打醒:415Please respect copyright.PENANA6yfSN5fpjA
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「我破產了。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAbfeyxDmuSU
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「噗──!」漢賽爾把滿嘴的沙拉全噴到白桌上、一部份則囫圇吞進了喉嚨導致他咳嗽連連,凱帝拍了拍漢賽爾的背、一面拿衛生紙將桌面擦拭乾淨。415Please respect copyright.PENANAMyWruCcxRr
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好不容易將食物嚥下後,漢賽爾才抬起頭來,睜著因劇烈咳嗽而泛淚的眼眶,不可置信地說道:「破產?!怎麼可能!我、我昨天才看過帳目表……不思議節這幾天不是都有賺嗎?!少騙我!」415Please respect copyright.PENANAtVotCyzlfW
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「私人項目是沒記在帳目表裡的。」415Please respect copyright.PENANA2H02vTk3hf
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凱帝冷靜地說道,見他真不像開玩笑的模樣,漢賽爾驚愕得連手裡的餐盤都掉了,在後者開始鬼吼鬼叫「你這傢伙是把錢花到哪裡去了」之前、前者便逕自解釋起來:415Please respect copyright.PENANAAHhkYj1eHE
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「從耶拉到奎伯特學院的交通費是十萬,來回就要二十萬。從九月到現在,已經差不多花掉了兩百萬。」見漢賽爾似乎要說什麼的樣子,凱帝搶先截斷了對方的話頭,露出安撫性質的笑容:「我沒有要怪你跟葛麗特的意思喔,不用跟我道歉。其實剛剛說破產也不太對,我的存款還夠撐到明天啦。」415Please respect copyright.PENANABnqfVz8bWZ
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漢賽爾愣愣地說不出話,怎麼會有這種就連別人害自己破產都要反過來安慰對方的濫好人啊!415Please respect copyright.PENANAXnW6clBzpO
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「……什麼時候……」415Please respect copyright.PENANA4eOuBhkZYs
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「嗯?」415Please respect copyright.PENANAh7oVChoiRG
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「什麼時候發現的?!」漢賽爾跳了起來,拉住凱帝的衣領大聲質問,好像他才是被欠錢的那個,「這種事情應該老早就知道了吧!?為什麼不告訴我!如果你早點說的話,我就會和葛麗特說假期不用回來,不思議節也繼續營業了啊!最賺錢的假期才剛過,要再等到那種人潮起碼也得到新年──」415Please respect copyright.PENANAjIjFzodE6c
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「……昨天。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAh9aokS3aK6
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「哈啊?」415Please respect copyright.PENANAf7TxnYrUly
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凱帝往後縮了縮,漢賽爾本以為那句話末端是逗點而非句點,半晌才聽凱帝說道:「昨天才發現的,因為我平常也不會特別注意存款有多少,所以……」415Please respect copyright.PENANARbeEbT9kXt
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「明明是開店的人為什麼連這種事都沒發覺!到底會不會理財啊!混帳!」415Please respect copyright.PENANAp2O0Uk7iNh
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漢賽爾幾近崩潰的大吼一聲,才頹然鬆開凱帝的領子,四肢軟爛地坐倒在沙發上,臉色就像葛麗特突然跟他說她明天就要奉子成婚般慘烈……不,跟破產比起來,還是葛麗特突然跑去結婚比較可怕!漢賽爾渾身打了個冷顫,甩甩頭把腦海中可怕的想法甩掉。415Please respect copyright.PENANANTGLMTMRVK
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雖說小兄妹一向過得拮据,但漢賽爾從未體驗過真正破產的滋味,應該說,他一直以來就是為了不要落到那般境地而拼命努力的,明天晚上他們或許就連吃飯錢都湊不出來什麼的,實在難以想像!415Please respect copyright.PENANAHKDLoFDd4I
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別人都是因為吃喝嫖賭破產,怎麼他們不過是付個交通費,錢就不翼而飛了呢?415Please respect copyright.PENANAfTvhQW0odH
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腦子裡一團混亂的漢賽爾聽見凱帝幾不可微地輕嘆一聲,讓他猛然抬起頭來,嚇了以為自己又要挨罵的凱帝一跳:「對不起。」415Please respect copyright.PENANA9ovzEKRp2w
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「我說了你不用道歉──」415Please respect copyright.PENANAw7v33elYJn
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「不行,讓我說啊!該死!要是你連對不起都不讓我說的話,我還拿什麼臉坐在你面前啊!」漢賽爾把原本就亂糟糟的黑髮抓得更亂,他躍下沙發,在上司面前膝蓋「碰!」的一聲撞擊地面,跪下來行了個超級誇張的大禮,動作大到連桌子都被他推開,「明天是吧?我一定會賺到足夠的錢來還你的,給我等著──」415Please respect copyright.PENANAWPyFcFWzKF
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語畢,漢賽爾便起身衝向窗戶,驚呆了的凱帝這才回過神來、一把抓住小店員的衣服免得他飛離窗外,「等一下!你要去哪裡?」415Please respect copyright.PENANAzBKApok0LK
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「當然是去找能賺錢的工作。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAqdynLshKyL
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漢賽爾想都沒想地說,凱帝搖了搖頭,「我不覺得有人會雇用一名童工,就算有,也不會是你想像中那種能賺大錢的工作。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAbkUgiTC48Y
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經凱帝這麼一說,漢賽爾這才冷靜下來,乖乖回到房間裡。415Please respect copyright.PENANAuGGoTGinjt
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「那要怎麼辦?」415Please respect copyright.PENANA3174i5p5xL
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這大概是男孩頭一次在自己面前露出如此無助的模樣,彷彿無家可歸的小貓,讓凱帝瞬間升起將人摟入懷中的衝動,但最終他仍沒有那麼做。415Please respect copyright.PENANAd5kmRTuJUj
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糖果屋老闆摸了摸店員的腦袋,「我也不知道,一起來想辦法吧?」415Please respect copyright.PENANAHLsyaYPH0P
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快破產就算了,食物還能靠吃店內甜品果腹,最慘的是明天還是上個月的能源帳單繳費日最後期限,非生出錢來付不可,而以糖果屋一天的業績,絕對不可能付出那筆錢。415Please respect copyright.PENANA5r3VLX3m1w
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想來想去,似乎只有向人借款這個選項。415Please respect copyright.PENANAulcE2CtxOp
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雖然漢賽爾百般不願跟人低頭,但也別無他法。而商店街內的熟客中,最有錢的就屬衛家,他們所需的金額對衛家而言不過是零頭而已。415Please respect copyright.PENANARIMMHnZWIC
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兩人考慮了一陣子,最後決定在糖果屋的午休時間一同去拜訪衛家,剛好那天早上衛命暝也有來,凱帝向橙髮男孩略微提及要去他家的事,衛命暝一口答應,在正午時分領著他們前往衛家住宅。415Please respect copyright.PENANA6vpbBdRWPE
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明明衛先生不過是藥商,衛家卻金碧輝煌到不可思議的地步,房屋佔地數百坪,站在前門望去完全看不見房子的尾巴、堪比皇宮。精美雕花的鐵門高聳入天,在入口大門往兩旁開啟時,還能聽見在兩側恭迎的僕人們整齊劃一的喊聲:「歡迎回來!衛少爺!」415Please respect copyright.PENANAa6cZyhWAio
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早已習慣這種場面的衛命暝看都不看下僕一眼,大剌剌地走進門,凱帝與漢賽爾雖到過衛家幾次,每次見到這種陣仗都還是會受到小小的震撼。415Please respect copyright.PENANAvtf85LPBOj
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「我爸他今天不在家,找我媽應該也行吧?老闆。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAImlu53rZ45
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穿過兩側都站滿僕役的大道後,衛命暝抬頭朝凱帝說道,後者思忖半晌,點了點頭。415Please respect copyright.PENANA4ERuKnmfqg
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很快地,衛命暝帶著兩人去到通往臥室的區域,這還是只在客廳喝過茶的糖果屋店長店員初次深入衛家,寬敞的走廊鋪了紅地毯,牆壁上擺著一排炫富用的動物標本、花瓶、雕塑,他們倆難掩好奇地左右張望,等到衛命暝說了聲「到了」才回過神來,隨男孩的腳步踏進艷紅門板之後。415Please respect copyright.PENANAHHbttuQYv3
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一名有著紅色長髮的女子穿著泳衣趴在躺椅上,身邊全是拿芭蕉葉搧風的僕人──明明都快冬天了,這個房間卻像夏天般溫暖,頭頂有個光魔法製造的假太陽,腳下是人工沙灘,遠處甚至還有不知怎麼弄到房裡的海浪,種種的一切皆足見衛家財力之雄厚,看傻了的漢賽爾不自覺地就將「土豪」二字脫口而出,幸好沒人聽見。415Please respect copyright.PENANAEyNliVJSjl
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「媽,老闆說他有事找妳跟爸爸。」衛命暝喊道,在母親抬起頭時,便往海岸走去,「我去玩潛水艇喔。」一說完,男孩頭也不回地走了,一副不走快點就會被抓回去做作業的模樣。415Please respect copyright.PENANAHC02w3WOwr
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衛太太這才從躺椅上坐起,一彈指,身旁的僕役立刻搬來兩張椅子,讓漢賽爾與凱帝坐下。415Please respect copyright.PENANAZxrO5cOTb5
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「這不是黑林老闆嗎?怎麼了?我先生出差去了,有什麼事都先跟我說吧。」415Please respect copyright.PENANAqoAFvaidca
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凱帝與漢賽爾互看一眼,將他們今日的目的娓娓道來。415Please respect copyright.PENANAtK60DIrnVy
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衛太太聽完後點了點頭,「原來是這樣啊……先借你們一點錢當然沒問題。對了,我剛好知道一份薪水很高的工作,你們兩個都能勝任,要不要試試看?」415Please respect copyright.PENANAKxvFa4KFMZ
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「什麼工作?」漢賽爾立刻反問,只要能償還積欠凱帝的債務,無論什麼他都願意做!415Please respect copyright.PENANAFQWGQXF9CL
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「就是──」