Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1767 Ode to Joy + The First Half of My Life 31

Qu Xiaoxiao was forced to flee back to her own home by Fan Shengmei's mother. Fan Shengmei's mother was too ashamed to knock on the door and make a fuss, but she turned around and encountered Qu Xinxin, who had come to visit Qu Xiaoxiao on the orders of Ms. Qian.

Qu Xinxin's clothes were not actually more expensive than Qu Xiaoxiao's, but her tall and slender figure and outstanding appearance made her seem very precious!

Qu Xinxin walked past Fan's mother expressionlessly and without looking to the side, and directly opened the door to Qu Xiaoxiao's house in 2203. It is clear that she knows Qu Xiaoxiao, and even gave her the key, which shows that their relationship is very close.

After considering it over, Fan's mother thought that if she couldn't borrow money from Qu Xiaoxiao, she could borrow money from the tall, pretty lady who had just passed by. Perhaps the tall, pretty lady was more sensitive than Qu Xiaoxiao and would find it harder to refuse.

As soon as Qu Xinxin entered the room, Qu Xiaoxiao pulled her up and down and looked her over for a while before explaining, "That Fan Shengmei in 2202, her brother was detained for assaulting someone in their hometown. Now he needs money to compensate the victim before the victim will forgive him, so her parents simply brought their grandson to Shanghai to stay with her."

"But I never expected Fan Shengmei's parents to be so bizarre!"

"Xinxin, you don't know, before you came here, Fan Shengmei's mother actually grabbed me and wanted to borrow money. She asked for 100,000 or 200,000 yuan right away. When she saw that I was in a bad mood, she lowered it to 20,000 yuan. She said that Fan Shengmei and I are neighbors and we see each other all the time, so there's no need to worry about her running away and not being able to pay it back!"

"I was worried that you would be harassed by that old woman."

Qu Xinxin was a little incredulous at what she had just heard. She frowned slightly and asked, "Aren't there two young girls living in 2202? You said Fan Shengmei's parents came, along with a nephew? Don't those two young girls have any issues with Fan Shengmei? Doesn't Fan Shengmei know to find another place outside? If I remember correctly, Fan Shengmei was doing quite well at your agency, right? She should be able to come up with five or six thousand yuan, right?"

Qu Xiaoxiao handed Qu Xinxin a cup of hot cocoa, finding it quite unusual for Qu Xinxin to ask such a series of questions. "It's rare to see you express so many opinions. Should I lend you 20,000 yuan, considering that the old woman did entertain you for once?"

Qu Xinxin was speechless. "I just felt that I had witnessed the diversity of species once again."

Qu Xiaoxiao carefully considered Qu Xinxin's description and couldn't help but burst into laughter, collapsing onto the sofa.

After laughing, Qu Xiaoxiao gossiped about everything that had happened recently, and finally couldn't help but feel sorry for Fan Shengmei: "To be honest, I really feel sorry for Fan Shengmei. Even if you can't completely sever ties with her parents and brothers, you shouldn't keep giving and receiving from them!"

"I heard that this time it was because her brother, who was working as a security guard, beat someone up. It turned out the other person was also a thug, and he ended up in the hospital and wouldn't come out. They even sent her brother to the police station for detention. When her sister-in-law saw this, she packed her things and went back to her parents' home, without even taking her child. She's a tough woman, and she seems to be doing something big!"

Qu Xinxin couldn't help but chuckle, "So Fan Shengmei is just taking advantage of those two girls' soft nature. Her father must be under seventy, right? He's a grown man, didn't he ever consider the safety of those two girls?"

Qu Xiaoxiao pouted towards 2202, quite dissatisfied with Fan Shengmei's behavior. "Yeah, she just takes advantage of the fact that Xiao Qiu and Guan Guan are two girls who are soft-hearted. She only cares about ordering takeout during the day while she's at work, and she doesn't care how many things her troublesome nephew has broken for Xiao Qiu and Guan Guan."

"It's none of my business," Qu Xinxin said indifferently. "People will always unconsciously pursue what they couldn't get in their youth, but Fan Shengmei is someone who got into such a good university on her own. Once she has experienced that kind of despair, she probably will never be able to obey her family like that again."

Upon hearing this, Qu Xiaoxiao leaned closer and asked curiously, "Xinxin, what you just said sounds a bit like you've made an absolute prediction. Have you discovered something?"

Qu Xinxin found it amusing: "Didn't you just say that Fan Shengmei's brother was detained for assaulting someone? The Fan family needs money right now. Even if Fan Shengmei has money, she probably can't withstand the torment from her parents and brother. Especially since Fan Shengmei only heard about her parents' so-called difficulties over the phone before, now that her parents are right in front of her, she will definitely find that almost none of the difficulties and troubles they mentioned before exist."

"She secretly believes she is the pillar of the family and enjoys the feeling of being valued. But what if she discovers that this so-called attention is just an illusion, or that her parents are secretly treating her like a fool? Given how much she values ​​her reputation, how can she continue to tolerate it?"

As for Qu Xinxin glancing at Fan's mother and noticing that she was at risk of being separated from her companion, there's no need to say it aloud.

Sure enough, when Fan Shengmei got home from get off work and listened to her mother's nagging, she went out to look for her father and found him collapsed next to a trash can in the fire escape.

Fan Shengmei cried out in alarm and rushed over. Andy, who had heard the commotion and gone to check on the situation, immediately gave relatively professional advice: "Don't move him, call an ambulance right away!"

Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer were also drawn over by Fan Shengmei's exclamation, making the already cramped fire escape even more congested.

Qu Xinxin and Qu Xiaoxiao also went out to check the situation. After seeing Fan's mother running over crying, Qu Xinxin quickly pulled Qu Xiaoxiao back a few steps and called out to Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer, who had been pushed away by Fan's mother, "Xiao Qiu, Xiao Guan, in this situation, Ms. Fan and her mother will definitely have to go to the hospital. I'll have to trouble you to take care of her nephew."

Guan Juer secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although Qiu Yingying felt that she could finally help a little, she still craned her neck to pay attention to the situation in the fire escape.

Andy was annoyed by Fan Shengmei's crying mother, so she simply withdrew. But seeing Fan Shengmei also wiping away tears, she bluntly said, "If you are really in trouble, I can lend you some money."

Fan Shengmei felt extremely ashamed when someone offered to lend her money. In particular, her mother reacted even faster, kneeling down in front of Andy and trying to hug Andy's legs. Fortunately, Qu Xinxin was quick to pull Andy away, preventing Fan's mother from succeeding.

But the words that Mrs. Fan had prepared were still unaffected, and she said them earnestly: "Miss An, you are such a good person. My old man is unconscious and will definitely need a lot of money. I won't borrow more than 100,000 yuan. Xiao Mei will definitely be able to pay you back!"

"She earns almost 20,000 yuan a month, she's rich!"

Fan Shengmei already felt incredibly embarrassed seeing her own mother kneeling and begging Andy for money, but she never expected her mother to dare to ask for 100,000 yuan so readily. At the same time, her heart was breaking, and some of her self-deceiving excuses were finally about to crumble.