How dare they! The money was all earned by him, how could Daddy and Mommy be like this?
Did they think this would stop him? Impossible!
If he had no money, he'd borrow from others!
Ruì Ruì, Gē'er, Jǐng Tián, who among them didn't have a million or so?
However, no one would lend him money.
Gē'er and Jǐng Tián's excuses were identical.
"My money is tied up in the stock market and I can't get it out. I only have a hundred or so on me, do you want it?"
Ruì Ruì said, "I've already boasted to Daddy and Mommy that I won't let them pay a cent for my study abroad in Northern Europe. If you can't give me a definite repayment date, then I can't lend it to you, as I have to cover both our tuition and living expenses."
Zhàn Jǐng Ruì had a girlfriend, which was no secret among the four siblings.
His trip out this time would take at least one or two months, and the expenses were not a small sum. If he really took Ruì Ruì's money, it wouldn't be good for him to be short of cash in front of his girlfriend.
At critical moments, these family members were more unreliable than the last; he had to rely on his friends.
He called his best friend, but the call wouldn't go through; he had been blocked.
He tried several more friends, all of whom had blocked him. WeChat was the same; they had even removed him from group chats.
Needless to say, Daddy had done this.
Just going up the mountain, and he and Mommy were treating it like a major enemy. Jiāng Jǐng Yù was truly furious.
"Mr. Lu, could you possibly..."
Lù Jiā Yǐng watched him fumbling with his phone, getting more and more annoyed. She knew what had happened just by thinking about it.
"No. We've only known each other for less than three hours, so lending money is out of the question."
"..."
"If you truly have backbone, then do this job well. Make your father and mother look at you with new eyes, leave them speechless, and then you can strive for what you want."
Jiāng Jǐng Yù saw through it.
She was clearly Daddy and Mommy's lackey, and had probably colluded with them, spending the whole morning playing along with him.
Suddenly, he felt like the whole world knew what Daddy and Mommy were thinking and was cooperating with them in a play, leaving him like a clown.
Jiāng Jǐng Yù felt a bit ashamed and a bit annoyed.
"I don't care about all this, buddy! If I say I'm not serving, I'm not serving!"
He stubbornly left the company.
The driver had taken him there in the morning. Now, he couldn't touch the money in his card, not even enough to take a taxi. He could only sulk at the company entrance.
After sulking for a few minutes, Lù Jiā Yǐng didn't come down to chase him.
Alas, two legs couldn't outrun four wheels. After much thought, he couldn't let himself suffer. He resentfully sent a message to Jǐng Tián.
"I need a taxi. Transfer some money."
Jǐng Tián transferred him 80 yuan, along with a screenshot of her balance.
"I really don't have any more. Don't ask me again."
He then asked Gē'er, which was even worse; she transferred him 60.
"Fine, you two can act, pretend. Don't ever ask me for anything in the future. If you ever need me, I'll make you both taste ten times more bitterness than you're tasting now!"
He took a taxi home. Jiāng Nán Fāng was in the living room corner tending to her plants, continuing her perfume business in a desultory way.
Hearing him return, she was eager to say something to him with great interest. Jǐng Yù, with a dark face, walked past her directly and went upstairs.
Jiāng Nán Fāng could guess what had happened with her toes, so she didn't ask anything else. Looking at his retreating back, she said leisurely.
"Are you having lunch then? If you are, I'll have them make more. If not, I won't make yours."
This was his own mother.
At critical moments, true feelings are revealed. Very good.
Jǐng Yù stewed for two seconds, then turned back resentfully: "I'm not eating!"