Chapter 8: The Stingy Brother

“Isn’t this family fund just like that? Didn’t Dad stop receiving money a while ago?”

As soon as Meng Yuanliang finished speaking, Meng’s mother snapped, “Your dad never received any money!”

Su Mei was furious about this and didn’t bother asking her daughter how she knew about the situation.

“No way, didn’t the fund set up for 30 years?” Meng Yitong asked, shocked.

This family fund was originally set up for the children in the family.

Meng Yitong and Meng Yuanliang were the third generation of the family, and they were not particularly favored by Old Master Meng, so they hadn’t received any money, but that was understandable.

But how could her father, the eldest son of the family, not have received any money?!

Looking at her daughter’s surprised expression, Meng’s mother sneered and said, “Your grandmother used to be very calculating. Fortunately, she’s gone, or if there were grievances now, you’d have to suffer in silence.”

As Meng’s mother spoke, she noticed Meng Yuanliang grinning in the corner and quickly changed the subject, “By the way, Yuanliang, you need to give your sister half of that money. If it weren’t for her, you wouldn’t have gotten it.”

“Got it, Mom! Thanks, Sis!” Meng Yuanliang had been talking non-stop ever since he received the call from his sister.

It was no wonder, he was in desperate need of money.

Among the second-generation rich in the capital, there shouldn’t be anyone worse off than him.

A 50,000 yuan allowance each month was barely enough for an 18-year-old freshman.

Forget about driving a luxury car like his friends from childhood; he had to wait for sales to buy a pair of sneakers.

Now that the money hadn’t even been issued yet, Meng Yuanliang had already planned how to spend it.

But as soon as he got his hopes up, his sister’s words dashed them.

“Ahem, by the way, can you give me the money from the past two months?”

Meng Yitong said, a little embarrassed.

She didn’t want to spoil the mood, but she had no choice—she still had more than 600,000 yuan in debts!

“Why?” Meng Yuanliang seemed to have been struck by lightning.

What was going on? Not only was he not getting the money from the past two months, but his usual 50,000 yuan allowance would also be taken away.

“I have a use for it!” Meng Yitong stammered, replying vaguely.

She really didn’t want her mother and brother to know that the original owner had been keeping a young man on the side and racked up a huge debt.

Although it wasn’t her doing, others would still think it was her fault, and Meng Yitong didn’t want to face the social death that would come from this revelation.

“You’re in debt too?” As soon as Meng Yuanliang saw his sister’s embarrassed expression, he immediately guessed the truth.

He’d always wondered how his sister, who spent money so lavishly, could possibly survive on just 50,000 yuan a month. It was impossible that she wasn’t in debt!

What Meng Yuanliang didn’t know was that his sister not only received the 50,000 yuan family fund each month but also an additional 100,000 yuan from their parents.

But even then, the money wasn’t enough.

“Yi Yi, you owe money? Why didn’t you tell Mom if you were in trouble?” Su Mei, upon hearing this, became anxious.

“Mom, I was just running a shop with some friends, but it didn’t work out, and now I owe some money,” Meng Yitong explained, which was also true.

However, the original owner only lost 40,000 yuan when opening the store, but Meng Yitong planned to put all the external debts onto this matter.

After all, compared to borrowing money to support a young playboy, it sounds better to say she lost money in business.

After hearing this, Su Mei looked at Meng Yitong with an indescribable expression. She opened her mouth several times but eventually said nothing and went to the bathroom.

Now, just hearing the words “doing business” made her nervous. After all, she had been terrified of losses because of Meng Dad.

Back then, she was also the daughter of a well-known coal mine owner, bringing tens of billions in family assets as a dowry to the Meng family.

At that time, when she was young and impetuous, unwilling to suffer in the Meng family, she dragged Meng Dad out to start a business. They started several businesses, but not only did they lose all their family assets, they also owed billions in debts.

In the end, the two of them returned to the old house with their tails between their legs, and since then, they never dared to mention the words “doing business” again.

It seemed that Yiyi had inherited her father’s luck—whatever she touched, she lost.

Thinking of this, Su Mei sighed deeply. She only hoped that the Qin family, with their large business, could support it.

“Sis, you’re so pathetic. Luckily, I didn’t listen to you before.” Meng Yuanliang bluntly mocked.

Meng Yuanliang remembered how, a few months ago, his sister tried to convince him to invest his New Year’s money.

Luckily, he was smart enough to think his sister was unreliable, so he refused. Otherwise, things would have been even worse than now.

Meng Yitong, hearing this, remembered how the original owner and her best friend had complained about her stingy little brother.

Looking at the tall, handsome, and youthful boy in front of her, it was hard to imagine that this person liked to snap up clearance sale items and was very thrifty.

“Then why did you run so fast after you received my call this morning?” Meng Yitong responded without holding back.

Perhaps because the original owner looked so much like her, or maybe because the family was so warm, Meng Yitong had completely immersed herself in this role within one night.

Now, in her mind, the original owner was like another version of herself in a parallel world—bold and carefree, exactly how she had always wanted to live.

Whether it was a change in mindset or the influence of the original body, Meng Yitong had slowly shed her previous cautiousness since crossing over. Now, all that was left was boundless courage and enthusiasm, filling her with strength.

“Hehehe…” Meng Yuanliang scratched his head awkwardly and laughed.

He realized that he had acted a little wrongly—he didn’t listen when asked to pay money, but when she gave him money, he ran faster than a rabbit. That didn’t seem right.