CHAPTER 112: CHAPTER 112: LENDING MONEY TO MY BROTHER

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiaoyan transferred four hundred thousand yuan to her father.

Not long after the transfer was complete, Lin Xiaoyan had just finished washing up when she saw several missed calls from her brother.

Before she could call him back, her brother called again.

"Brother?"

Lin Hao finally got through to his sister. Listening to her voice, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Brother? Can you hear me? Brother?"

"Yes, I heard you..." Lin Hao replied hoarsely.

"Brother, you..." Lin Xiaoyan suddenly didn’t know what to say.

In the past, the siblings would talk about everything. Every time Lin Xiaoyan came home, she’d share whatever happened at school with her family.

After her brother started working, he often bought her tasty treats and gave her pocket money...

When did they start feeling a bit like strangers?

It seemed to have been since her brother got married.

They hadn’t sat down and talked alone in a long time.

Lin Hao was also thinking about their childhood...

"Yanyan, I heard from Dad that you’re going to lend me money..." Lin Hao spoke slowly.

Since his wife wanted the sister’s room earlier, he had been harboring resentment, which ultimately stemmed from his lack of ability and money.

Because he had no money, his wife was aggrieved, his sister was aggrieved, and his parents were troubled.

So, in a moment of chance, while he was on his phone, he stumbled across an ad, a lottery.

He just wanted to try it out, and unexpectedly won two hundred yuan, then... it spiraled out of control.

When he came to his senses, he realized it was a scam.

But by then he was already trapped, with interest compounding daily and debt collection messages and calls...

Now not only his wife knew, but even his colleagues knew.

Recently, he’s been in extreme pain, regret, guilt, frustration, and helplessness... all hitting him at once.

He even borrowed a little from friends, but it couldn’t fill the gap.

Until last night, when his parents said his sister was going to lend him money, he was extremely shocked.

His first reaction was, how could his sister possibly have so much money? Was she scammed outside? Or did she sacrifice something...

After his parents assured him, although he didn’t know why his sister had money, they said it was obtained through legitimate means, and that she was outstanding at work, earning company rewards.

Also, that his sister only had this four hundred thousand, and gave it all to him. These words made Lin Hao even more remorseful.

"I’m sorry, Yanyan." Lin Hao said hoarsely.

Listening to her brother’s words, Lin Xiaoyan felt a sour ache in her heart, her eyes heated up, and she wanted to cry.

"It’s okay, brother, pay back the money, then bring sister-in-law back, apologize to her properly, ask her not to be angry, and, brother, never touch those things again, they’re all scams!"

Lin Hao: "I know, I absolutely won’t touch them again. From now on, I’ll just work hard and make money to pay you back."

"No rush, soon the baby will be born, after the baby is here, expenses will increase..."

The siblings talked for a while more, then ended the call.

At this moment, Lin Fu and Lin Mu were sitting beside Lin Hao, and their hearts were heavy listening to their children’s conversation.

When did sibling conversations become so distant?

Sigh~

"Write down the IOU, and put your fingerprint on it!" Lin Fu sternly instructed his son to write the IOU.

Lin Hao nodded silently, took out a pen and paper, and began to write the IOU.

After the IOU was written, Lin Fu read it over, ensuring there were no issues, then carefully put it away, taking out his phone to transfer the forty thousand yuan his daughter had just sent him, to his son.

"If you ever find yourself in this kind of situation again, we absolutely won’t help you!"

"If Lanlan divorces you by then, that’s on you!"

Furious, Lin Fu turned and left. He didn’t want to see this scoundrel.

Lin Mu looked at her son, who was silently hanging his head, and her heart ached.

"Son, this time... sigh, go and bring Lanlan back first thing tomorrow morning, and make sure you apologize sincerely, okay?"

Lin Hao nodded, "Mom, I understand."

"I’m sorry for causing you all trouble because of me..."

Lin Mu waved her hand, "It’s fine, isn’t it just a parent’s job to back up their children.

Sigh, and to think we as parents didn’t save up a family fortune for you."

"In our day, the more kids, the better. Everyone worked on the farm, and as long as there was food, you could raise kids.

But now it’s different, without money you can’t do anything.

With parental support, life is easier, without it, it’s much harder."

Lin Mu reflected, "Like our family, your grandparents passed early, without parental support, do you know how hard life was for your Dad? After marrying him, our life was really tough back then..."

Lin Hao listened silently to his mother’s words, recalling how poor the family was when he was a child, how many relatives looked down on them.

Later, Dad worked on construction sites, contracted work... only then did the family’s situation improve.

"After you bring Lanlan back, live well." Lin Mu finished and also got up to leave.

Once the parents had left, Lin Hao looked at the money on his phone, sighed deeply, and then paid off all his debts.

Afterward, he sent a text to his wife, apologizing, letting her know the debts were settled, and that he would pick her up tomorrow to bring her home. From now on, they would live well, and he promised never to touch those things again...

Early the next morning, Lin Xiaoyan woke up early. It had been a month since she’d been to the shop, and she felt very happy at the thought that the milk tea shop now completely belonged to her.

Oh, and there’s the house and car too!

No need to squeeze into the subway today, Lin Xiaoyan rode her little electric scooter to work.

Upon reaching the milk tea shop, Lin Xiaoyan was surprised to see the door already open.

She pushed the door open and was stunned to find that the interior layout had completely changed!

"You’re back!" Jiang Rong said expressionlessly upon seeing Lin Xiaoyan.

"Since you’re back, I can leave now."

Lin Xiaoyan looked at Jiang Rong and took out gifts she brought back from Beijing.

"Thank you for taking care of the shop these past few weeks; it’s been hard work."

Jiang Rong was taken aback by the gifts Lin Xiaoyan handed her.

"No need to thank me, Xuan Shiyi already paid."

"I know, but these are small gifts I bought in Beijing for you."

Jiang Rong looked at the gifts, reached out to take them, "Thank you."

Next, Jiang Rong and Lin Xiaoyan reviewed last month’s sales figures.

"So much!!!" Lin Xiaoyan exclaimed, shocked at the sales figures on the computer.

"Yes, I changed the shop’s layout to draw in wealth, the business should be fine now."

Jiang Rong took out a file folder from the cabinet, "These are the property and business certificates for this shop, and the house and car Xuan Shiyi gave you..."

Lin Xiaoyan quickly took them.

"Li Wen has gone back to school, but he’ll come back to work part-time on Saturdays and Sundays. Liu Xin’s issues are resolved; she resigned a few days ago to return home, and her salary has been paid to her."