"Because of this, you didn't want to come to me and my mom," Bai Lu picked up her fork and said, "Honestly, you and your mom are really naive. Even if our family doesn't help you pay back the debt, can't we still be friends?"
"No," Zheng Yuanjie lowered her face slightly, "Sister Bai Lu, you don't know. Ever since our family owed other people money, we have always lowered our heads in front of others."
Debtors are always considered inferior. Sister Zheng avoids old friends so she doesn't have to feel less than them, so she simply turned a blind eye to them.
Bai Lu knew her mom wouldn't look down on Sister Zheng, but some things, even if said by others, are hard for the person involved to accept. If she and her mom treated Sister Zheng better, Sister Zheng would probably feel even more inferior.
"About repaying the debt, if you really can't repay it and someone forces you—" Bai Lu said.
