Why Else Would I Hide Money If Not for You?

"Okay, Brother. If anything comes up, I'll call you right away. It's been almost five minutes already, so we're hanging up now!"

Little sister Li Ying timed her call with Li Ye precisely, hanging up and letting out a long breath.

It was only after arriving on Hong Kong Island that Li Ying learned just how expensive things were here. A casual meal cost more than ten dollars—wouldn't a phone call cost dozens? Back on the mainland, a bowl of noodles cost only a few cents, while a long-distance call cost several yuan!

Though they were staying at Jin Peng's home after arriving on Hong Kong Island, they couldn't possibly make him pay the phone bill, could they?

Honestly, Li Ying was not a stingy child. But she had come to Hong Kong Island with more than eight thousand yuan, originally thinking herself flush with wealth! Yet after calculating the treatment fees, medicine costs, and all the rest, those eight thousand yuan did not seem so plentiful after all.

"What were you babbling to our brother about just now?"

"What?"

Li Ying had been carefully tallying up every expense in her mind when she suddenly heard her Older Sister Li Juan coldly berate her from across the room.

Li Juan sternly said, "What were you saying to our brother about splitting open? Was that something you should have said? Aren't you ashamed?"

"Ashamed?"

Li Ying's eyes blinked brightly, then she said with a laugh, "What am I ashamed of? Xia Yue and Cui Aiguo should be ashamed! Tong Mingyue should be ashamed!"

"You still won't admit it! You still won't admit it! Mother, look at Ying—"

Older sister Li Juan directly pulled Han Chunmei over and began criticizing Li Ying. "Juan is only fifteen this year, yet she told Big