CHAPTER 240: CHAPTER 11: THE GOOD BROTHER WHO BORROWS MONEY

Zhu Yuwen groggily got out of bed in the morning and it was already 7:00. He slept too deeply last night and didn’t hear the alarm, so he rushed all the way without having breakfast, desperately trying to catch the subway...

Only then did he manage to clock in just before work.

Seeing him so disheveled, a colleague couldn’t help but jokingly ask, "What, went out stealing last night?"

Zhu Yuwen waved his hand, took a loaf of bread from the cabinet, and devoured it hastily, sighing:

"Don’t even mention it. A college friend insisted on treating me to dinner last night, calling me out late at night for barbecue... We used to have a pretty good relationship, so I went. Turns out, he wanted to borrow money!"

He lamented continuously, as if it really was like that.

"In the end, after borrowing the money, he got drunk, and I ended up paying for the barbecue. It started to rain heavily, and I had to send him home..."

Borrowing money is a topic young people today would rather avoid. His colleague looked sympathetic, thinking he understood well:

"Yeah, last time after completing a project, I posted on WeChat Moments, and that very night, a long-lost acquaintance messaged me wanting to borrow 5000 bucks... I’m still paying off a car loan and rent every month, where would I get 5000 bucks?"

"Besides, it’s said now that the one who owes money is the master—but Zhu Yuwen, let me remind you, when you drink with friends, be careful. You know Old Huang from our neighboring project department, right? They drank together, and then the other person had an incident that night; their family reported it to the police asking Old Huang for compensation!"

For young people today, even having barbecue isn’t easy!

The colleague didn’t notice Zhu Yuwen’s expression and patted his shoulder after speaking, "But we’re still young, should be fine. Just make sure to send them home and pay attention, that would be enough."

Zhu Yuwen’s face turned green.

No problem?

How would he know if there’s no problem?

He took off himself last night, didn’t send him at all, what if...

Damn, should have just spent those three or five hundred bucks and booked a room last night!

Primarily because seeing the way he borrowed money got him annoyed...

It’s ridiculous!

Zhu Yuwen felt a wave of anxiety, almost unable to swallow the bread.

...

While he was panicking and contemplating if he should make a phone call, a message from Su Tiankuo popped up.

After glancing at the message, his face was no longer green, but dark as night.

The colleague, sipping tea and looking for ways to slack off, noticed his grim face and nosily leaned over to ask, "What happened?"

Recalling the earlier topic, couldn’t help but gasped in shock:

"Your friend really got into trouble after drinking?"

Zhu Yuwen looked somber:

"Trouble? Not at all, he’s absolutely fine! No, he borrowed 1000 bucks just last night, and now he’s texting saying he’s out of money, wanting to borrow 3000 more."

"And he’s incredibly self-righteous about it, as if I’m supposed to just give it to him!"

Colleague: ...

All he could do was give an awkward chuckle, "Your friend really knows how to spend... what line of work is he in?"

Zhu Yuwen gave a cold laugh, "Unemployed, living off his parents, been doing so for more than a year."

Colleague: ...

Lending money to someone like that, isn’t it just throwing it away? When would you ever get it back!

But seeing Zhu Yuwen’s unpleasant face, he chose to stay silent.

...

Facing his colleague, Zhu Yuwen had one story, but on his phone, it was another:

"Buddy, it’s not that I won’t lend it to you, it’s just that I haven’t even paid my rent for this month, and I’m living off my credit card now!"

"How much is your rent?" Su Tiankuo curiously asked.

Just like his ex-girlfriend, always talking about the pressure of rent, but it’s just a bedroom after all. Preferring to spend a few extra hundred rather than living somewhere less convenient, while always going on about saving money, what kind of savings is that?

Especially since Zhu Yuwen’s place is in an even better location than his girlfriend’s, making the monthly rent for just a secondary bedroom 1800 bucks.

1800, nearly enough to cover three months of rent where he is.

He cavalierly said, "I’m not hiding anything from you, I’ll definitely have income at the latest within a month, and it won’t be small. Then I’ll get you a better place—right now, you only have a bedroom, and the rent is so expensive. Better to just move in with me, get up a little earlier for work, a month will go by in no time."

Zhu Yuwen’s face twisted.

Get up a little earlier?

Is it just about getting up a little earlier?

Where Su Tiankuo lives, for work he’d have to first walk 10 minutes to take a 47-minute suburban bus, then switch to a 40-minute subway ride, and transfer one more subway... to get to his company’s building.

Morning rush, morning rush, probably standing all the way.

Commuting 4 hours a day, still thinking about working while living there?

They’re in sales. If a client suddenly needs something, by the time he gets there, it’d be too late!