Chapter 116: 114. My Sister is a Rich Person! (Seeking first subscriptions, seeking monthly tickets!)

At eight o'clock in the evening, Liu Mao finally sobered up. He shook his head, finding it only a bit dizzy, with no headache to speak of.

Liu Mao saw a figure sitting by the bed, motionless, and was startled for a moment, but soon realized it was his own wife.

"Why are you sitting there? You scared me," Liu Mao said irritably, then turned on the light.

He quickly noticed that Xiao Chunhua's expression was unpleasant, as if she were angry with someone.

"Who provoked you again?" Seeing her like this, Liu Mao felt a headache coming on.

Xiao Chunhua said angrily, "Who? Who else could it be but your daughter and son-in-law? I really don't know what they are thinking. Why, is it not embarrassing enough for our family already?"

Liu Mao took a sip of water and said helplessly, "What happened this time? Look at how angry you are."

"Heh, the good deed your son-in-law pulled off..." Then, with a look of mockery, Xiao Chunhua told him about the car incident.

After listening, Liu Mao was stunned. He also subconsciously assumed that Zhang Sicheng and the others had rented it for the sake of appearances. Coupled with Xiao Chunhua's firm assertion that Zhang Ran had gone to return the car in a rush, and his own head still feeling foggy, he had no doubts at all.

Although Liu Lu and Zhang Sicheng seemed to have changed a bit during this visit, in the minds of people like Liu Mao, they all believed it was just a change in clothes or something similar.

Besides, how could they not know the situation of their own daughter and son-in-law?

Even though they rarely kept in touch, they still knew a thing or two about their circumstances.

"Sigh, let them be. I'm going to Lao San's place first," Liu Mao said with a sigh. Although he felt uncomfortable inside, he could endure it.

"Why go find Lao San so late?" Xiao Chunhua asked subconsciously.

"What else for? To borrow money. I might as well take advantage of the fact that I still have some alcohol in my system to go borrow it. By the way, let's not ask Xiao Lu and the others for money this year, sigh." After saying this, he sighed heavily again.

The reason he went to Lao San's place first was because Lao San was the wealthiest among his brothers; he wanted to see how much he could borrow, and then scrape the rest together from others.

"I'll go with you, so you don't end up sleeping on the side of the road halfway there." Xiao Chunhua still felt for her husband, so she got up to help him put on his clothes and wrapped him in a thick overcoat.

When Liu Mao and his wife arrived at Lao San's house, they found that the family had just started eating.

"Second Brother, come, come, have you eaten? Sit down and have some." Seeing them arrive, Lao San quickly stood up to offer a seat.

Liu Mao and his wife walked in, exchanged some pleasantries, and then asked, "Why are you eating so late?"

"It's all because this dead girl slept until now. She slept from the time she finished lunch until now. I really don't know how she spends her days," Lao San's wife said irritably, pointing at Liu Hui, who was eating nearby.

Liu Hui said, "You can't blame me for this. I didn't sleep at all last night."

Liu Jia Laosan knew that Liu Mao and his wife must have something going on to come over at this hour, so he ate very quickly.

"Second Brother, is there something you need coming over so late?" After pouring tea again, Lao San asked.

Liu Mao felt a bit embarrassed, but for the sake of his son, he still spoke up: "That, Lao San, are you well-off right now?"

As soon as these words were out, Lao San knew the intention of Liu Mao and his wife. He thought for a moment and said, "Things are okay lately. How much do you need, Second Brother?"

"Uh, how much spare cash do you have on hand right now?" Liu Mao felt even more awkward.

Lao San asked in surprise, "Second Brother, have you run into some kind of trouble?"

This meant he wanted to borrow as much as he could get.

Liu Mao sighed and said, "What else could it be? It's about Xiao Kai getting married. The bride's side wants a dowry of 280,000, plus a house and a car, sigh."

After finishing, he sighed again; he didn't know how many times he had sighed in the last two days.

At this moment, Xiao Chunhua couldn't help but say, "Tell me, what kind of bad luck has our family had? That dead girl Xiao Lu ran off with someone for nothing, and now she's even embarrassing us, sigh."

Lao San also knew that Xiao Chunhua was talking about the car, so he subconsciously nodded, but stopped himself quickly.

But their conversation was overheard by Liu Hui, who was still eating nearby. "Second Aunt, what do you mean by that?"

She had gone to sleep right after eating a little when she got home, so she didn't know the situation yet.

"Xiao Hui, you don't know the situation. Your sister actually rented two cars just for the sake of appearances. Now the whole village is laughing at us. I don't know how I'm going to go out in public from now on.

Let me tell you, don't you ever learn from your sister. When looking for a partner, keep your eyes open. Don't be like your sister, acting like a fool..."

Xiao Chunhua was still rambling on when Liu Hui couldn't help it anymore. "Second Aunt, are you mistaken? Those cars weren't rented by my sister and her husband."

"Hmm?" Liu Mao, Xiao Chunhua, and Lao San all looked at her, not knowing what she was talking about.

Seeing everyone looking at her like that, Liu Hui organized her thoughts slightly and said, "Dad, I actually forgot to tell you. I'm working at my sister's company now."

Lao San was stunned when he heard this. "What did you say? Didn't you say you found a job at a foreign company? And isn't Xiao Lu working at a hospital? Why did you go to a hospital?"

Seeing that he had misunderstood, Liu Hui quickly explained, "No, how should I put it? Let's just say the job I told you about last time was actually a scam. The job was fake, and they even swindled us out of 20,000 yuan."

As soon as she finished speaking, her mother said nervously, "What? Why didn't you tell us? Are you okay?"

Interrupted repeatedly, Liu Hui became a bit impatient. "Mom, can you let me finish what I'm saying? I'm fine."

Then, ignoring the others' gazes, she told them about her experience and mentioned that the place she worked now had an investment from Liu Lu—a one-million-yuan investment, at that.

This meant that Liu Lu was now her boss.

She also mentioned that Zhang Sicheng owned a game company, leaving Liu Mao and the others with vacant, dazed expressions.

They felt like they were listening to a heavenly book; although they recognized every word, they couldn't understand the meaning when put together.

How did the two who were living such a hard life just a moment ago suddenly become bosses?

And they had such nice cars, and according to Liu Hui, they also had a house, fully paid for, worth at least ten million.

"Xiao Hui, is what you said true? You aren't fooling your Second Aunt, are you?" Xiao Chunhua's voice was trembling.

Liu Hui said with a very serious expression, "Of course it's true. I saw all of this with my own eyes. Didn't my sister tell you all of this?"

Only then did she feel a bit puzzled. Logically speaking, since Zhang Sicheng had already driven the car over, he didn't intend to hide anything. Why didn't Second Aunt and the others know?

Hearing Liu Hui's words, Xiao Chunhua gave a wry smile. She wondered why Liu Lu had seemed to have something to say but held back all afternoon.

This was also Xiao Chunhua's own fault. If she hadn't been sulking with Liu Lu over the car incident and ignoring her, it wouldn't have come to this.

And as for Liu Mao, he had been drunk under the table by Zhang Ran on the spot and had only just woken up.