Chapter 29

I Will Sponsor

Huang Jingting took out a bank card from her pocket and handed it to Hong Huajin. “We managed to raise 410,000 Yuan this time, but two of our friends who are patients need immediate surgery. Our situation is relatively better, so we can only give you 30,000 Yuan this time. It’s not much, but it’s enough to cover He Jie’s treatment fees for a few months. We’ll think of something else for the follow-up.”

With tears in his eyes, Hong Huajin took the bank card with both hands.

Ming Liuyi looked at He Yanfeng’s clenched fist, as if he was bottling something up inside.

Ming Liuyi suddenly asked, “Head Secretary Huang, if I make them an offer in private, is it against the foundation’s principles?”

“I’m fine with it,” Huang Jingting replied, “but you need to think it through by yourself.”

Ming Liuyi suddenly smiled. “I’m not donating. I’m willing to lend money to He Yanfeng, but there are conditions.”

He Yanfeng suddenly looked up at Ming Liuyi and, without waiting for her to continue, he immediately said, “I refuse.”

Ming Liuyi’s expression became a little awkward. To be honest, she had thought that the script would be, “I agree, no matter what the conditions are!” She did not expect the other party to turn her down right away.

You Lingling gave Ming Liuyi a complicated gaze. “Sister, are you even human? To think you’d take the opportunity to set your terms? Even though Feng rejected you, why don’t you tell me what those conditions are?”

Ming Liuyi looked into He Yanfeng’s eyes. “Why won’t listen to my conditions first?”

“I want to rely on myself,” He Yanfeng said honestly.

Ming Liuyi pretended to sigh. “To be honest, I didn’t pursue further studies after I graduated from high school. But I want to study now, so I need to find someone to tutor me.”

Hearing this, He Yanfeng’s eyes wavered, but he still did not relent.

Ming Liuyi did not want to give He Yanfeng too much pressure about accepting her help, so she tried a different tactic. “I’m at my wit’s end and my husband became a vegetable. Aside from money, my life has nothing else, and I’m quite bored with that. I want to enrich myself with knowledge.”

“How do you plan to study?” He Yanfeng finally asked.

Ming Liuyi thought for a moment and said, “I want to catch up on English. It’ll be more convenient for me when I travel.”

“Aren’t you planning to study?” He Yanfeng coldly replied. “Why do you still want to have fun?”

“Yes, I plan to study abroad,” Ming Liuyi quickly corrected.

You Lingling was the first to laugh, and everyone else burst out laughing as well.

Huang Jingting said, “Feng, she’s telling the truth. Liuyi’s family is well-off, and she donated 200,000 Yuan on the first day. If it weren’t for Lingling stopping her, she would’ve continued to donate every day. So don’t worry, sponsoring your studies would not burden her at all.”

He Yanfeng looked at his mother, seemingly asking for her opinion. Hong Huajin nodded with joyful tears in her eyes. As a mother, how could she not hope for her child to have an outstanding future? Moreover, she believed in her son. He would definitely be able to repay Ming Liuyi.

He Yanfeng looked at Ming Liuyi again. “Then, how much do you want to loan me?”

To test the waters, Ming Liuyi said, “How about two million? Is that enough?”

Everyone at the table was shocked. Two million? That was too much. He Yanfeng was still a student. Even if all his family’s expenditures were put together, he still had no need for that much money!

He Yanfeng stared blankly for a moment, then got up and took out a sheet of white paper. Solemnly, he wrote down the details of the IOU, and handed it to Ming Liuyi. “Within three years, I will definitely return the principal amount, with interest.”

Ming Liuyi accepted the IOU. “Hurry up and eat. The wontons are getting cold.”

He Yanfeng bit his lips and said in a low voice, “Thank you.”

The tears in Hong Huajin’s eyes fell uncontrollably, but she quickly wiped them away and ate a few more wontons to try to hide it.

You Lingling was still in shock, and she pulled Ming Liuyi’s hand. “Mrs. Moneybags, me, too! Could you loan me two million, as well? The kind of loan that doesn’t have an IOU, no interest, and no deadline, okay?”

Ming Liuyi smiled and said, “Then, what can you teach me? Mathematics?”

You Lingling immediately cried, “It’s not fair, math is too hard...”

Ming Liuyi gave her a wonton. “Even having a mouth full of food won’t keep you quiet.”

You Lingling huffed and took another bite of wonton. “Ms. Hong’s wontons are so delicious!”

Ming Liuyi said, “Ms. Hong, can I bring a bowl of this back with me? I want to let my husband try it.”

“Me, too. My fiancé will definitely like it,” You Lingling said.

Hong Huajin knew that they were talking about their vegetative family members. A myriad of emotions welled up inside her as she nodded.

After Ming Liuyi and the other two ladies left the He family, Huang Jingting finally spoke up, “Liuyi, I know Feng is a good kid, so I didn’t stop you. But you can’t be so impulsive in the future. You should know that the world is big and everyone has different ideas. Some people wouldn’t be so grateful, and may even become worse, do you understand?”