âThat wonât do. Weâll settle scores with each other. No matter how good our relationship is, itâs better to be clear about money. Otherwise, youâll lose your only two good friends if you spoil us,â Li Meng said.
A personâs heart would never change, and habits were especially scary. If Xiao Huan were to always be the one giving, they could end up enjoying it too much. In time, they could become too used to her generosity, and their hearts would slowly change. They could forget and never give back.
âI know, I havenât finished yet. This money needs to be returned with interest. Give me more when the restaurant earns money!â Mu Huan knew that no matter what kind of relationship one had, one had to have a balance. If one wanted to maintain it forever, one couldnât be overly biased and preferential.
âYou have to ask for interest below the market price!â Li Meng said with a smile.
âOf course!â
Just as they were about to part ways, Mu Huan looked at them and said, âBoth of you know that Iâm now very rich, and this money belongs to me. So, no matter what happens in the future, you have to come to me. Donât think of other ways to solve your problem. If you want to borrow my money, Iâll want you to return it. Itâs not like anythingâs changed. Donât hold on to your pride so much that you canât let it go.â
She was going to be very busy and wouldnât have the time to pay attention to them. She hoped that they would take the initiative to talk to her about anything. She didnât want them to act like Wu Xingye did before, when he didnât tell her about what had happened at home and went instead to gamble.
âWhat do you mean by pride? I donât know what that is! I donât have that thing!â Li Meng said.
Mu Huan looked at Wu Xingye.
Wu Xingye immediately said, âThat thing has long been crushed and thrown away by me!â
âAlright, then, you guys go to the market. Iâm going back to the laboratory.â
After separating from the two of them, Mu Huan was about to take a cab back to school when she saw a famous jewelry store across the road. She recalled that Bo Junyanâs mother had given her a greeting gift, so she should also return some gifts.
Hence, she walked toward the store.
This store was indeed well-known and had many precious items.
When Mu Huan took out a diamond necklace and looked at it, the girl who was next to her while checking out a bracelet looked over.
âThat diamond necklace looks really good!â
âYes, it does.â Mu Huan nodded.
âHowever, this doesnât suit your age. I think this necklace suits older people,â the girl said.
âIâm just buying for an elder.â
âAre you buying it for your mother? Your mother is so fortunate to have such a filial daughter!â
Mu Huan smiled without saying anything.
âDarling, come over here!â The girl next to her turned to look at a man who was looking at a ring not far away.
The man quickly walked toward the girl.
The girl immediately hugged the manâs arm flirtatiously. âLook, sheâs so young and yet sheâs already buying such an expensive diamond necklace for her mother. My mother has worked so hard to raise me, yet I havenât bought anything for her. Why donât you let me pick a necklace for her too?â
âDidnât you just buy your mother a present last time?â
âLast time is last time, isnât it? Why donât you buy another one...â the girl said coquettishly.
âFine... fine... Iâll buy it. You can choose whatever you want!â With that, the man looked at the counter employee and said, âBring over all the necklaces that are suitable for elderly people. Itâs fine!â
Seeing this, the counter employee felt that they were going to make a big sale today and hurriedly brought over more and better items for the two to pick from.
Because the counter employee had brought out more, Mu Huan put down the necklace to see if there was anything better.