School Beauty's Invincible Martial Expert

Chapter 206 Coming to Borrow Money

"Sister-in-law, you can't deceive people about this." Xiao Mei said anxiously.

"Even if the Provincial Committee rewarded us with five hundred thousand, what's it got to do with you?" Mother Xiao looked at the group, puzzled.

As the question arose, the group immediately became embarrassed. Xiao Mingguo looked at his younger brother, Xiao Minghua, Xiao Minghua looked at his older sister, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Mei turned her gaze back to her eldest brother, Xiao Mingguo. They looked at each other, each waiting for the other to speak.

"Of course, it's got nothing to do with it!" Xiao Mei quickly shook her head and said, "We're all family, how could we be after that money."

"Right, where's Xiao Han?" Xiao Mingguo asked, "I haven't seen our Xiao Han yet. I was planning to give him a red envelope."

"He's not at home!" Mother Xiao shook her head, then said, "He's been out for a few days now, the reporters were bothering him so much that he left."

"I see." Xiao Mingguo nodded.

In fact, their visit to Xiao's family this time was for an unspoken purpose—they had come to borrow money. In their eyes, Xiao's family got the money too easily, and it wouldn't be too much to ask to lend them a bit. However, they had indeed treated Xiao's family poorly over the years, hence they had always been too embarrassed to ask.

Xiao Mingguo gave his younger brother a look.

"Sister-in-law, actually, there's something I've been meaning to trouble you with," Xiao Minghua sighed.

"What is it?" Mother Xiao asked, curious.

"You see, Dahai is not very successful," Xiao Minghua sighed again before continuing, "Not like your Xiao Han. So, I need to plan his future out early. Better to be prepared. I'm thinking about buying him a house, he's not young anymore and is about to get married. So, I was hoping to borrow some money from you to make the down payment."

"How much are you short?" As soon as Mother Xiao heard this, her heart softened. After all, Xiao Dahai was her nephew. If her nephew was getting married and needed to buy a house, how could she, as his aunt, not help? And after all, it was only Xiao Mingguo who had been against her family, Xiao Minghua hadn't really done anything to her—he had neither helped nor harmed her.

"That... I'm short by fifty thousand," Xiao Minghua quickly said.

"Okay then, come get fifty thousand from me tomorrow," Mother Xiao reluctantly agreed, understanding the family situation of Xiao Minghua: their household wasn't doing so well. Both spouses' income probably couldn't cover one square meter in LJ city. That's why Mother Xiao was willing to extend a helping hand.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Xiao Minghua, who had not expected to borrow the money so smoothly, was especially excited.

Xiao Mingguo, standing on the side, was also stunned by how smoothly the borrowing had gone.

"Sister-in-law," Xiao Mingguo hurriedly spoke up, rubbing his rough hands together, then he said, "My child is getting married soon, and I'm planning to buy a car. The kid isn't very capable, but he has his standards when it comes to cars. I'm currently short by over a hundred thousand, what do you think..."

Mother Xiao didn't expect her eldest brother to ask for such a large amount of money. She hesitated.

Just as Mother Xiao was hesitating, suddenly, a voice came from outside: "Don't lend it!"

The crowd hastily looked towards the source of the voice, and it turned out to be Xiao Han coming in from the outside. Mother Xiao was overjoyed, "Xiao Han, you're back?"

"Mom, sorry to make you worry," Xiao Han replied.

"You, child, you worried me to death," Mother Xiao looked at him, then asked, "Where have you been these days?"

"I stayed at a classmate's place for a few days!" Xiao Han answered.

"Xiao Han, you..." Just as Xiao Mingguo was about to speak, Xiao Han immediately said, "Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, Aunt. You all know the situation of my family, don't you see that there isn't a single decent piece of furniture here? Borrowing money is definitely out of the question, but if it's other things, we can consider offering some help."

"Xiao Han, your brother is preparing to buy a house for his marriage, aren't you going to help?" Xiao Minghua asked anxiously.

"Xiao Dahai is the same age as me, if he needs to buy a house, so do I," Xiao Han replied, "Wasn't the house grandfather left behind taken by you all? I know you sold it and each family got a share of thousands. My family didn't get a cent."

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, Xiao Minghua immediately fell silent.

"It's all in the past, why bring it up?" Xiao Mingguo was also visibly embarrassed.

It was over that house that Xiao Han's family and the rest had fallen out. If it weren't for that matter, their relationship would have remained cordial. But due to the interests attached to that house, faces were torn on both sides. Ultimately, it was only because Xiao Han's father gave up the house that they got their way.

Ever since, the relationship between Xiao Han's family and them had hit rock bottom. They never expected Xiao Han to receive such generous prize money, prompting them to make a visit.

However, this also made Xiao Han realize what it means to be fair-weather friends.

"We can let bygones be bygones," Xiao Han said with a smile, "But let's not bring up borrowing money again."

"You…" Xiao Mingguo frowned and said, "We're in trouble, and you won't help?"

"When our family was in trouble, who among you helped?" Xiao Han sneered disdainfully, "The year my dad died, not only did you not lend a hand, you even kicked us when we were down. And you had the gall to think about taking a share of the condolence money?" Explore more stories with My Virtual Library Empire

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mingguo immediately slammed the table and stood up.

"You little bastard, what nonsense are you spouting!" Xiao Mingguo roared furiously.

"Whatever I said, you know in your heart!" Xiao Han let out a cold snort, "My family has never begged you for anything, we didn't need to before, and we won't need to in the future!"

"Fine, fine, fine!" Xiao Mingguo trembled with rage.

"Sister-in-law, won't you do something about this child!" Xiao Xiaomei hurriedly said.

"I..." Mother Xiao hesitated, but she still tugged at Xiao Han's arm, saying, "Xiao Han, let's not bring up past events. Isn't it good for the family to sit down and talk things through peacefully?"

"I would like to have a truce, but they don't!" Xiao Han was full of defiant pride.

"Xiao Han, what kind of tone is that to take!" Xiao Minghua forced a bitter smile and said, "We are all Xiao family members, and we all have the same blood flowing in our bones. Even if we were wrong in the past, we should let it go now, right?"

"Fine," Xiao Han nodded, "But, our family really doesn't have any money to lend."

"How can you not have money?" Xiao Minghua asked urgently, "You've already collected over six hundred thousand, so why are you so unwilling to lend a little to us?"

"Lending you money is a favor; not lending you money is my right!" Xiao Han retorted without hesitation, and then added, "Besides, didn't you all disagree with my taking the college entrance exam before? Saying I could only get into a Junk University?"

The Xiao siblings suddenly looked embarrassed, especially Xiao Mingguo, whose face turned red and then pale.

Xiao Minghua sighed and said in a subdued voice, "Xiao Han, now that you're successful, don't forget about your poor relatives."

"When I wasn't successful, you never remembered that you had this poor relative!" Xiao Han countered and then mentioned, "By the way, my family is also planning to buy a house. And I have already taken a liking to a house in the downtown area; it's priced at one million three hundred thousand."

Hiss...

Xiao Han's Eldest Uncle, second uncle, and aunt all sharply inhaled a breath of cold air.

At that price, one can buy a very nice house in LJ City; not only is the location good, but the neighborhood environment is also excellent. At this point, Xiao Xiaomei quickly asked, "Which house are you looking at?"

"Evergrande City!" Xiao Han replied.

"My god, Evergrande City costs more than ten thousand per square meter," Xiao Xiaomei exclaimed.

"Right!" Xiao Han nodded and said, "I'm interested in a one hundred and sixty square meter house. The developer, knowing that I was the top scholar in the college entrance exam, offered me a friendly discount. The original price was more than two million for the house, but they're only asking for one hundred and twenty thousand from me."

Wow...

Everyone was immediately stunned. This was too shocking.

"This can't be real, can it?" Xiao Xiaomei asked in astonishment.

"Of course, it's real." Xiao Han nodded and continued, "A few days ago, the president of Evergrande City came to me, asking me to endorse their advertising campaign, and I agreed. He said he would give me a million, but I didn't agree. Instead, I picked out a house and asked him to knock off a million.

In a couple of days, an educational device brand wants me for an advertisement, and that will be around fifty thousand. Another training institution wanted me to do their advertising for twenty thousand, but I refused…."

Xiao Han counted on his fingers, thinking and speaking at the same time.

That was all money. This made Xiao Mingguo and Xiao Minghua's eyes nearly pop out of their heads. They hadn't realized Xiao Han's worth was so high. A random endorsement deal was worth several hundred thousand. Xiao Mingguo, who had been about to explode with anger, suddenly lost his fire. Xiao Han's income in one month was probably more than he could earn in his entire life.