Chapter 30: How About You Lend It to Me?

Sun Congxing told his fabricated story to Zhao Yuzhu, asking her for her opinion to see where the problem was. Zhao Yuzhu listened and thought it was quite good! Indeed, Sun Congxing still had a few tricks up his sleeve; his ability to sweet-talk was impressive, pushing all the blame onto the woman in the countryside. Didn’t that make him the victim?

“You think it’s good, but why did Yunyun ignore it? Does she not believe it?” Sun Congxing couldn’t help but ask.

Zhao Yuzhu didn’t know, so she feigned impatience, “Who told you to lie first? If you ask me, you and my cousin should just break up! Alright, it’s getting late, you should pack up and go to work. It’s not easy for your family to pull strings to get you a temporary job, don’t mess it up.”

Sun Congxing was in a hurry to go to work, but he was also somewhat ready to give up on Su Lüyun, “I waited for her all night, got bitten by mosquitoes like this, and she didn’t even look at me. I think she’s probably determined to break up with me!” She even brought up her maternal uncle, the deputy director, to threaten him. And he was really afraid of losing his temporary job.

Zhao Yuzhu’s face tightened; she was just trying to scare him, not actually make him give up on Su Lüyun! She quickly said, “Yes, your face is so swollen, I can’t bear to look, but to say my cousin really wants to break up with you, I still don’t quite believe it. You two even held hands before, didn’t you?”

“You even know that?” Sun Congxing looked at her in surprise.

“Of course, my cousin ran to tell me herself. You didn’t see her shy expression, telling me that when you held her hand, it was like an electric shock. If she didn’t have feelings for you, how could she be like that?!”

Zhao Yuzhu’s words were like a strong dose of stimulant injected into Sun Congxing’s heart! It also brought Sun Congxing back from his dismay. Yes, how could Su Lüyun not like him? Before, if he had been willing, he could have even gone further! He was just afraid that Zhou Changdong would come back and kill him for destroying a military marriage, so he only limited himself to holding hands!

“And if she didn’t like you, would she even lend you money? I remember she lent you fifty yuan, right?” Zhao Yuzhu looked at him.

“I had an urgent need then,” Sun Congxing now truly believed that Su Lüyun had told her everything, so he could only try to cover it up.

Zhao Yuzhu had also learned about that by accident, and she despised him immensely in her heart. To actually borrow money from a woman, if it were her, she would tell such a man to get as far away as possible! Of course, she was happy to see Su Lüyun get deeply involved and didn’t say a word to stop her.

“My cousin is very short on cash right now. If you want to gain her favor, it’s best to pay her back the money. That way, you’ll leave a good impression on her!” Zhao Yuzhu said.

“Pay back the money?” Sun Congxing looked conflicted, “I… where would I get the money?” Not only did he not have a single penny, but he also owed a mountain of gambling debts!

“Zhou Changdong received three thousand yuan in demobilization compensation. If my cousin divorces him, even if she gets a third, that’s a thousand,” Zhao Yuzhu smiled.

With just one sentence, Sun Congxing’s spirits lifted! What had he endured a night of mosquito bites for? Wasn’t it precisely so Su Lüyun would divorce, get her share of the family property, and marry him? And he also knew from Zhao Yuzhu that the Su family had given a very generous dowry when their daughter married! Getting property from the Zhou family, and the Su family would give another dowry… What was his two hundred yuan gambling debt compared to that? Wouldn’t it be paid off in minutes? And he’d still have a lot left over; wouldn’t he live a life of luxury from then on? In an instant, Sun Congxing had already planned out how to spend the money!

“If you’re willing to listen to me, go pay her back. That would be a timely help for my cousin, and your impression score will definitely increase greatly. Then you’ll have a chance to get back together with her!” Zhao Yuzhu looked at him and said, “As for today’s matter, I’ll go speak to my cousin for you, after all, you’re so sincere!”

Sun Congxing immediately thanked her, “It’s all thanks to you. If you hadn’t given me advice, I really wouldn’t know what to do!”

“I’m just doing it because of your sincerity, and also because I know my cousin has feelings for you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother with idle matters!” Zhao Yuzhu finished speaking, then waved her hand, “Alright, go to work. Pay her back the money as soon as possible!”

“Wait,” Sun Congxing quickly called out to her, “How about you lend it to me? Not much, just fifty yuan. You can go pay my cousin back for me!”

Zhao Yuzhu’s eyes widened; she wanted to curse him out! He actually dared to ask her for money! Her expression became slightly stiff, “If I had it, of course I would lend it, but the little private money I painstakingly saved up was all taken by my cousin yesterday. I’m afraid I can’t help you!” In reality, she still had some, but how could she possibly lend it to Sun Congxing? Never!

Sun Congxing quickly said, “I know you have it. Just lend it to me this once. Later, I’ll pay you back fifty-five yuan, the extra five yuan as interest!” He couldn’t borrow money anywhere else; there were plenty of people demanding he pay back his debts!

“You go figure something out yourself,” Zhao Yuzhu said, then directly left with her basket. Giving advice was fine, but asking her for money was not!

Because time was running out, Sun Congxing had no choice but to rush to work first.

Meanwhile, Su Lüyun was already buying groceries at the market. It was only when she was paying for groceries that she suddenly remembered that this Sun fellow still owed her fifty yuan! When she first married, she had directly become a small rich woman. Not only did she have the family fortune Zhou Changdong gave her, but her maiden family, in addition to providing her with new cotton quilts, new clothes, and other dowry items, also gave her several hundred yuan as a secret stash! Except for the house she could still see, most of that money was basically gone. This showed that she had truly been a big spender in the past three years!

But no rush, one by one, she would get it all back. She didn’t believe that Sun fellow would give up so quickly, and even if he did, wouldn’t Zhao Yuzhu still instigate him? The Sun fellow blocking her on the road today was probably also at Zhao Yuzhu’s instigation! Su Lüyun’s eyes were cold!

“Yunyun, are you here to buy groceries?” Hearing someone call her, Su Lüyun turned and saw Aunt Qian.

“Yes, Auntie, are you here to buy too? Would you like to see these loofahs? I think they’re quite good,” Su Lüyun replied politely.

Aunt Qian smiled and said, “They are good, I’ll buy a few.”

After buying loofahs together, Aunt Qian paid and said, “Yesterday, you even asked your mother-in-law to send over such a large bowl of chicken soup. I even kept the chicken blood. There’s no need to be so polite.”

“What’s the big deal? You’ve taken good care of me in the past, Aunt Qian, and you even helped me rebut them when they spoke ill of me, and praised my foresight.” Because Aunt Qian had a good relationship with Chen Aihong, of course, she wouldn’t speak ill of Su Lüyun, who was her daughter-in-law. She had even helped her speak up before.

Aunt Qian smiled, “You truly had foresight. You were absolutely right to decisively buy this house back then!” The reputation of being a spendthrift woman came from that time when she bought the current house for seventeen hundred yuan without batting an eye. But it was seventeen hundred yuan then, and how much is it now? She estimated that, given the current situation, it might even rise to three thousand yuan or more in the future!