Chapter 32: The Truth of Five Years Ago
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Chi Enen couldn’t believe her ears and asked incredulously, “How much did you say?”
“6… 60,000…” Lin Meiqi herself felt guilty, but then she remembered she was Enen’s only aunt and regained some confidence, “Enen, do you have any money on you? Lend me several hundred thousand to tide me over.”
Chi Enen violently shook off her hand, furious to the extreme, “Didn’t 1 give you 5 million before I went abroad? Have you spent all of it in just five years?”
Five years ago, her grandfather suddenly suffered a heart attack and lay in the Intensive Care Unit, urgently needing 3 million for heart bypass surgery.
At 18, she was at her wits’ end and ended up on a yacht filled with rich people. By a twist of fate, she had an affair with Li Beijue, and afterward, she stayed by his side, intending to ask him for a loan when he was in a better mood. But soon after, she discovered she was pregnant, and just at that time, a woman claiming to be Li Beijue’s mother approached her, offering her money to leave.
On one hand was her grandfather in the Intensive Care Unit, and on the other, a child who might become an illegitimate child, she clenched her teeth, took the money, and left.
But who could have thought that in a mere five years, the life-saving money she got for the first time was squandered by them?
How could Chi Enen not be furious?!
“Enen, you can’t say that,” Lin Meiqi said resentfully when it came to the 5 million, lifting her neck and starting to rant, “You did give us 5 million, but that money wasn’t for us to spend. You know as well as I do, just the heart surgery for your grandfather took up 3 million, and the remaining 2 million went to hospital and medication fees, leaving hardly anything left. These past years, do you think your grandfather’s medication costs nothing? Do you know how expensive his medication is? A single purchase costs two or three thousand, and no amount of money can last with such expenses. If it wasn’t for this, would your uncle and I have gone into business? Without doing business, we’d have never ended up with such a huge debt.”
“No matter how expensive the medication, 2 million wouldn’t be used up!” Chi Enen was decisive, “You’re just aiming too high, don’t push the blame onto grandfather.”
Lin Meiqi stiffened her neck, but the rest of her words were choked back.
This naughty girl, how did she become so sharp after spending a few years abroad? She used to be so clueless, didn’t she? When she was told to leave the remaining 2 million for her grandfather’s medication, she obediently handed over the rest of the money.
Seeing that being forceful wasn’t working, Lin changed her tactics.
“Enen.” Lin Meiqi ignored Chi Enen’s retreat, lunging forward to grab her hand and dropped to the ground with a thud, “Enen, are you really going to ignore me? I’m your only aunt, your mother’s only younger sister.”
“…1 don’t have money,” said Chi Enen, somewhat powerless.
She really didn’t have any money.
If it were 60,000, she might have thought of a solution, but 6o,ooo…where was she supposed to find that?
“How could you possibly have no money? Didn’t you manage to take out 5 million before? If you could do it before, you can definitely do it now.” Lin Meiqi was certain, not giving a second thought to how that 5 million was obtained and how tortuous the process was. She only knew this convenient niece had a way to get money for her use, “Enen, go back to that kind-hearted person who gave you the 5 million, with the relationship you had in the past, he would surely still be willing to help you.”
Wasn’t she indirectly suggesting she go back to Li Beijue’s bed?
Enen laughed derisively at her shameless words, pulled her hand away, “I’m not that capable, and we have no relationship. Let go!”