"Nian'an, I—I really have no way out. I can't pay back this money, Brother Niu will beat me to death. I still have two daughters to raise. Can you... help me out?" Ji Shuqin looked at Xu Nian'an with puppy-dog eyes.
If it were before, Ji Shuqin definitely wouldn't have asked. But, after her parents came back from South City, they said her aunt's family was doing well—even had money to support two kids to study in Ningbei. And, looking at Xu Nian'an and Xu Nianhua in their stylish new clothes, they sure didn't look strapped for cash.
And Xu Nianhua's partner—he looked like a person of some status, definitely not ordinary.
Xu Nian'an didn't rush to answer. He exchanged a glance with Xu Nianhua first, then asked, "What did you borrow those two hundred yuan for?"
