Chapter 1249: The Fool's Daughter (28)

"How could I possibly not help? Tianling is my own younger brother." Song Jinghua became flustered. "I'll help, Mom, I will. It's just that five hundred thousand is really too much. I can't come up with that much right now."

She and Tang Lide had originally managed to save over a million yuan.

But after lending Liu Chunyue's family five hundred thousand, paying Tang Zhiming's medical expenses, and later giving another hundred thousand, they no longer had even five hundred thousand left. The thought of having no savings at all made her uneasy.

"Then how much do you have left?"

"Less than four hundred thousand." Song Jinghua said, "Mom, how about this? I'll scrape together forty thousand—no, four hundred thousand for you. I really can't manage any more."

Seeing her mother's pitiful expression, she even thought about requesting an advance on next month's salary. With that, she should still be able to gather four hundred thousand.

Since her younger brother wanted to buy a house in the city, she had no objections.

A house wouldn't depreciate sitting there. If she could help, she should. Missing such an opportunity would become a lifelong regret.

Even though having no savings made her anxious, how could she refuse to help her own family?

Back then, she and Tang Lide had started from nothing, struggling and drifting around the city before finally securing a place of their own. She understood better than anyone how desperately people without a home longed to have one.

And this wasn't just anyone.

He was her own younger brother.

How could she not help?

Tang Guo listened from her room and made no attempt to intervene.

At the current rate, all her foolish parents would have left was this apartment.

Of course, even this apartment probably wouldn't survive in the end. They would become completely penniless.

It didn't matter.

As long as she was here, she'd make sure they had food to eat. They wouldn't starve to death.

Old Madam Song stayed at Tang Guo's house for two days. Once she got the money from Song Jinghua, she packed up the gifts Song Jinghua had bought for her and left without lingering.

One evening, when Tang Guo came home from work, she found Song Jinghua sitting alone on the sofa in the living room with a troubled expression.

Tang Guo sneered inwardly and walked over to sit beside her.

"Mom, why are you sitting here frowning? Did something happen?"

"N-No, nothing."

Song Jinghua thought Tang Guo didn't know that she had lent all of the family's money to Old Madam Song. She had even requested an advance on her salary and borrowed a few thousand yuan from coworkers.

Now she was completely broke and even owed money to others.

Ever since life had improved, she hadn't experienced this kind of panic that came from having no money in her hands.

Acting on impulse and lending out everything had left her with a trace of regret.

But when she thought about how Old Madam Song was her mother and Song Tianling her younger brother, she felt it was only natural.

Hadn't they lent plenty of money to the Tang family? Why couldn't they lend some to her own side?

If a little money caused conflicts with her parents and siblings, wouldn't that be a joke?

After all, her natal family would always be something she could rely on.

Tang Guo could easily guess Song Jinghua's thoughts.

Yes, a woman's family after marriage could indeed be a source of support.

But that depended entirely on what kind of family they were.

As for Old Madam Song's household, their hearts had been biased beyond measure long ago. Apart from coming to Song Jinghua to suck her dry, Tang Guo had never seen them help her in the slightest.

"Mom, are you really okay? Your complexion doesn't look too good."

Tang Guo asked with genuine concern written all over her face.

Feeling guilty, Song Jinghua quickly stood up. "Nothing's wrong. Why are you worrying about nonsense? I'm going to make dinner. Xiaoguo, go clean the house."