Chapter 20: The Small Person

The average monthly income in Jiangcheng is only about three to four thousand yuan. Before Su Mengli’s parents divorced, their combined income was only six thousand yuan.

To earn one hundred thousand yuan, even without eating or drinking, it would take Su Mengli’s parents a year and a half. Taking into account their usual expenses, it would take three to four years to save up one hundred thousand yuan.

And now, Ye Xue casually took out such a sum of money. How could Su Mengli accept it?

Ye Xue said, “Mengli, as my little sister, I sincerely gave you this money. What’s wrong with that? Besides, the monthly profit of my law firm is more than this amount.”

“So, you can rest assured and take this one hundred thousand yuan. Don’t think too much about it. I just hope you can live a comfortable life,” Ye Xue said, then she stuffed the card into Su Mengli’s hand and quickly left.

Su Mengli looked at the bank card in her hand, feeling complicated. She never expected that after experiencing so many unfortunate events, she would finally see a rainbow after the clouds cleared.

Money isn’t everything, but without money, it’s impossible to do anything. With money, there is a sense of security, and this applies to anyone.

If it weren’t for Ye Xuan and Ye Xue’s help, given Su Mengli’s current situation, her parents would have treated her as a tool to be used for their own benefit. No matter how sad and desperate she was, what could she do?

She was still a middle school student, and she needed money for her clothing, food, shelter, and transportation. Even if she tried to save, she still needed money.

At that time, she would have no choice but to choose one of her parents to ensure that she wouldn’t starve to death and protect herself from being taken advantage of.

The situation of surviving in such a dilemma was extremely difficult to imagine!

But now, with the wholehearted help of Ye Xuan and Ye Xue, Ye Xuan first gave her thousands of yuan in cash and arranged a place for her to stay. And Ye Xue gave her a bank card with one hundred thousand yuan.

This money was enough to support her through the college entrance examination. Even if she saved some money, it would be enough for her tuition and living expenses for four years of university.

She had enough confidence and didn’t need to worry or compromise. She could finally do what she wanted to do.

Su Mengli felt more and more grateful to Ye Xuan and Ye Xue. She was afraid that she would never be able to repay this kindness in her lifetime.

The next day, Ye Xuan’s sick leave was over, so he came to school as usual.

In the class, everyone was discussing the tiger with wings. There were various opinions, and the discussion was very lively.

Ye Xuan walked quickly to his seat and sat down.

When Su Mengli saw Ye Xuan, she felt as if she had found her backbone. “Ye Xuan, is your body better now?”

Ye Xuan directly replied, “I was fine from the beginning. I just didn’t want to go to class, so I took two days off.”

Su Mengli nodded and took out a bank card. She said, “This is the bank card my sister gave me. There is one hundred thousand yuan in it. I think it’s inappropriate for me to keep it. Can you help me return it to her?”

Ye Xuan smiled and said, “My sister really went all out. But I can’t take this card. It’s for you, not for me. If I take it and return it, my sister will definitely scold me.”

Su Mengli blushed and whispered, “But she gave me the money because of you.”

Su Mengli wanted to say that her sister gave her the money because she treated her as her sister-in-law, but it would be too embarrassing to say it directly, so she softened her words.

Ye Xuan said, “Mengli, you misunderstood. This has nothing to do with me. She gave you the money simply because she likes you as her little sister, really!”

“But why? There must be a reason, right?”

Ye Xuan thought for a moment and said, “Maybe it’s because she sympathizes with you. Beautiful women sympathize with beautiful women. My sister hopes you can be happier. Anyway, just keep the money!”

Su Mengli saw that Ye Xuan was determined, so she had to put the bank card away.

At this moment, a boy came to Ye Xuan and patted his shoulder. He said, “Xuan, I heard you have a girlfriend now? You follow her around all day and don’t pay attention to us, your good buddies! This won’t do, you have to treat me to a good meal tonight!”

Ye Xuan looked up at the person and sneered, “Oh, it’s you, Wang Bo. Can’t you speak properly? If you don’t know how to talk, then shut up!”

Ye Xuan and Wang Bo were good friends for the past two years, so Ye Xuan shouldn’t have this attitude.

But Ye Xuan knew very well that soon the announcement of the rebirth of spiritual energy would include the Awakening Spiritual Shere as part of the college entrance examination.

After Wang Bo awakened a B-class talent, he immediately became proud and didn’t pay attention to Ye Xuan anymore.

Originally, Su Mengli had a very high talent, so she didn’t have much interaction with her classmates. She was isolated in the class and didn’t have many friends.

Therefore, she naturally distanced herself from her classmates and gradually became estranged. This was normal.

But someone like Wang Bo, who awakened a B-class talent and was only one level higher than Ye Xuan, directly looked down on him and didn’t recognize him anymore. This was rare.

You should know that Wang Bo’s family conditions were average, and Ye Xuan treated him as a friend. In the past three years of middle school, Wang Bo had eaten thousands of yuan worth of meals paid for by Ye Xuan.

And after Wang Bo had gotten a little bit more ability, he immediately turned his back on Ye Xuan. How could Ye Xuan be polite to him?

Wang Bo’s face changed when he was scolded by Ye Xuan. “Ye Xuan, did you eat gunpowder? Did I provoke you?”

Ye Xuan didn’t bother to explain anything to him and said directly, “Get lost and don’t disturb my studying!”

This Wang Bo was a complete small-minded person. After eating so much from Ye Xuan, he immediately turned his back on him as soon as he had a little success. Moreover, he was afraid of those who were stronger than him.

Ye Xuan didn’t bother to seek revenge on him, but he wouldn’t give him any good treatment either. He just told him to get lost!

Wang Bo was indeed afraid of Ye Xuan. He was very practical and knew that Ye Xuan’s family conditions were much better than his own. He couldn’t afford to provoke Ye Xuan.

Therefore, he said with an angry face, “Ye Xuan, I didn’t expect you to be this kind of person. I was wrong about you!”

After saying that, Wang Bo walked away angrily and returned to his seat.

Su Mengli watched this scene and whispered, “Did you argue with him because of me? There’s no need for that. He is your friend.”

Su Mengli didn’t know Ye Xuan’s thoughts and thought that Ye Xuan was angry with Wang Bo because of what he said about following a girl all the time.

She also knew that Ye Xuan and Wang Bo had a good relationship, so she didn’t want Ye Xuan to lose a friend because of her.

Ye Xuan said lightly, “Friend? Not anymore from now on.”

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