Chapter 155: Not Borrowing

Qin Xue on the other end of the phone said somewhat anxiously: "Jiao Jiao, Lu Chi just called me, saying he has something very important to discuss with you, and wants you to call him back."

"Lu Chi has something very important to discuss with me? What does he want from me?"

"I don't know either, anyway it sounds quite serious, it seems like… borrowing money."

Qin Xue tentatively said the two words 'borrow money'.

No one would voluntarily lend money to someone they dislike, right?

Besides, the Lu family is wealthy; how could they possibly be short of money?

Qin Xue increasingly felt this was just an excuse to get in touch with Su Yun Jiao.

In any case, Qin Xue simply did not want Su Yun Jiao to have any contact with Lu Chi.

So she simply stated Lu Chi's purpose outright.

"I have no money to lend him; you just tell him that for me."

Su Yun Jiao hung up the phone directly.

Qin Xue got the answer she wanted, and then she made a rare call to Lu Chi.

On the other end, Lu Chi answered the phone quickly.

"How was it? Did Su Yun Jiao speak with you?"

"Su Yun Jiao did answer the phone, but… she said she had nothing to discuss with you and wouldn't lend you money, then she hung up. Lu Chi… I've done my best, but Su Yun Jiao really seems not to want any contact with you."

Qin Xue said this with a sense of grievance.

"Have you already explained the whole situation to Su Yun Jiao? She really won't lend me money?"

"It's true, I told her everything; Su Yun Jiao only said she wouldn't lend you money, then she hung up."

Lu Chi was already irritable, and hearing Qin Xue say that made him feel even more vexed.

"Forget it, I'll think of another way."

Having said that, Lu Chi didn't wait for Qin Xue to say anything else before hanging up.

Qin Xue, looking at the hung-up phone at school, felt increasingly that her assumption was correct.

Lu Chi was merely looking for an excuse to get in touch with Su Yun Jiao.

She would not let Lu Chi have his way.

She wanted Lu Chi to know that the only person around him was her.

Su Yun Jiao had just hung up when the phone at Jingyuan rang.

The tutoring teacher also didn't expect that two calls would come in this morning alone.

"Miss Su, this is a call from your friend."

"Let me guess if this friend is Lu Chi."

Liu Ma nodded somewhat embarrassedly.

It really was Lu Chi.

Lu Chi had never before called Jingyuan.

This time I don't know what happened.

Su Yun Jiao had no choice but to follow her mother downstairs to answer the landline.

On the other end, Lu Chi heard Su Yun Jiao's voice and immediately stated his purpose: "Su Yun Jiao, I just had Qin Xue call you—did she call you?"

Having learned from the previous incident, Lu Chi would not so easily believe Qin Xue's words.

But this time Lu Chi received an affirmative answer from Su Yun Jiao's mouth: "She called me; you want to borrow money, right?"

"I really need one million right now; can you lend it to me?"

Lu Chi's words were full of urgency.

Su Yun Jiao didn't expect Lu Chi to actually want to borrow one million.

Although one million is not a small sum, for the Lu family's savings it should be just a drop in the bucket.

"What's the point of borrowing money from me out of the blue?"

"My mother owes money outside; we are really short of this one million. I've sold everything I can sell. Can you help me? If we can't repay in three days, those thugs will cut off my mother's fingers."

Lu Chi was very anxious.

But Su Yun Jiao replied dismissively: "What does your mother's gambling debt outside have to do with me? Moreover, over the years your mother has embezzled part of the inheritance my father left me; didn't she tell you about this? How dare you still ask me for money?"

"What?"

Lu Chi had no idea about this.

Su Yun Jiao then said: "To ensure my healthy growth, before I came of age, five hundred thousand was deposited into my account each year; this five hundred thousand is my living expenses, meant to guarantee my quality of life, but all of it has been embezzled by your mother, hardly any spent on me. You can calculate yourself how much of my money your family has swallowed over the years, and yet you still have the nerve to ask me for a loan?"

Lu Chi didn't know any of what Su Yun Jiao said.

He had originally wanted to say that Su Yun Jiao had spent so many years of their family's money, but the words suddenly choked in his throat, and he couldn't utter a sentence.

Su Yun Jiao said: "Lu Chi, you're at least a high school student; after I've said all this, will you still ask me for a loan?"

Lu Chi could not speak.

He didn't know that their family had taken money for raising Su Yun Jiao.

He never imagined that his mother had sequestered all of Su Yun Jiao's money.

And it's likely that this money is now gone.

"Since you won't, I'll just treat what you just said as if I hadn't heard anything."

Su Yun Jiao hung up the phone.

And Lu Chi stared at the hung-up phone for a long time without uttering a word.

At that moment, Zheng Hongyu walked down from upstairs.

Lu Chi turned and glanced at Zheng Hongyu standing in the stairwell, asking: "Mom, did you spend all the money the Su family has given Su Yun Jiao over the years?"

I… who told you that! Is it Su Yun Jiao? This dead girl, living in our house for so long, how dare she slander someone?

Zheng Hongyu obviously unwilling to admit this.

But Lu Chi, from his mother's reaction, already understood that everything Su Yun Jiao said was true.

Lu Chi stood up and said, "Just how much money did you spend from Su Yun Jiao's family? Explain yourself clearly."

Seeing her son actually questioning her over a woman, Zheng Hongyu immediately said, "Raising a child doesn't need money? Whose side are you on, mine or someone else's?"

Zheng Hongyu took a breath and said, "Anyway, that money's already spent, and Su Yun Jiao hasn't asked for it—why bother calling her just to embarrass yourself? I don't believe those people would really dare to lay a hand on me."

Having said that, Zheng Hongyu went straight upstairs.

Lu Chi clearly knew their family's situation made legal recourse impossible, and if those people really wanted to chop off their fingers, it wasn't out of the question.

Lu Chi could only resort to figuring out the value of his beloved car—though it couldn't sell for over a million, tens of thousands should be possible.

As for the remaining money, let's see if we can scrape together a bit more.

Seeing that it was already evening.

After Lu Jingqing returned from the company, Su Yun Jiao came downstairs to greet him: "Brother Jingqing."