Chapter 1252: The Fool's Daughter (31)

"It's because I feel we get along well, Miss Tang. Aren't we friends now? Helping a friend is only natural."

"Oh, then President Yuan must be a very loyal friend. Being able to know someone like President Yuan truly is a blessing earned over three lifetimes."

System: Host is handing out good-guy cards to Yuan Shuo by the stack, and they're completely free.

After stuffing herself with private cuisine, Tang Guo naturally only took a couple of bites during dinner that evening.

Seeing that she barely ate, Song Jinghua couldn't help asking, "Xiaoguo, is the food not to your taste?"

"Mom, I've been trying to lose weight lately."

System: Trying to fool ghosts? Who was the one who ate so much this afternoon?

"I see."

Tang Guo could clearly feel Song Jinghua relax with relief. Smiling, she said, "I'll head back to my room. You two take your time."

Not long after returning to her room, she vaguely heard movement outside. Closing her eyes, she watched everything happening through the System.

"Your elder brother's family needs to borrow money again?" Song Jinghua's voice trembled. "Didn't we lend them five hundred thousand last time? I know family should help family, but we only lent them half a million not long ago. Why do they need so much again? If we keep lending money like this, our family is going to fall apart."

"You're exaggerating." Tang Lide set down his chopsticks. "We're only lending out our savings. Big Brother already told me that when he pays us back, he'll even include bank interest. Big Brother has always been fair and honest. He'd never cheat me."

"Besides, this time it's really an emergency. That old woman's family is refusing to let your brother go. No matter how much they negotiate, those people only want money. Otherwise, they'll sue him."

Tang Lide sighed. "Big Brother is already at his age. If this goes to court, where will he put his face? In the end, he decided to pay. You know the situation his family is in. We lack nothing right now. We're just using our savings to help him. We're blood brothers. Could he really embezzle my money?"

Tang Guo: Of course. They never intended to repay it in the first place.

"Haven't they always written an IOU whenever they've borrowed money?"

Tang Guo: Isn't that just to reassure fools like you?

"Jinghua, if we calculate our savings, we should still have close to four hundred thousand left, right? I can't scrape together five hundred thousand, but I can request next month's salary in advance tomorrow and make up four hundred thousand for Big Brother."

Song Jinghua's expression became ugly.

"Lide, why don't you ask Big Brother and Sister-in-law to think of another solution? Third Brother's family has been doing better and better these years. Why not borrow from him instead?"

"Third Brother's family isn't well off either. Mengmeng is still studying. They've saved that money for her future overseas education. No matter what, we can't delay Mengmeng's studies abroad."

The two argued back and forth for a long time over whether to lend the money.

Eventually, Tang Lide sensed something was wrong.

After questioning Song Jinghua several times, she finally told the truth.

She had already lent the money to her younger brother, Song Tianling, for buying a house.

She had even taken next month's salary in advance.

Their family no longer had any savings.

"Jinghua, how could you lend out all the money?" Tang Lide was so angry that he nearly choked. "At the very least, you should've kept some. And you didn't even discuss it with me before lending it out. No wonder we've been eating vegetarian food lately. So we're broke!"