"Just pass on a message..." Zhao'er felt somewhat guilty about it. This girl really did have excellent character. It was no small thing for her to refuse to accept it so readily.
"Take it. Look at you, child. Pavilion Master Xia is about to get upset. How about your father takes it for you? I'll give it back once you're a little older." Uncle Tu urged her as he reached out to take it.
Zhao'er simply slipped it back into her sleeve and snorted, "I'm already grown up, okay? Anything I give you disappears without a trace. Dad, do you remember what you took from me last year..."
"All right, all right, don't bring that up. I'll give it back to you later. We're family—why are you being so formal?" Uncle Tu said guiltily.
"That was something I borrowed from Young City Lord Shenxue first, though." Zhao'er complained. The moment Red Lady heard this, she reached out and twisted Uncle Tu's ear, gritting her teeth as she said, "You borrowed money from the child again? What did you promise me last time?"
Uncle Tu wailed in distress and hurriedly said, "Red Lady, I really had an urgent matter... But don't I have Heavenly Crystals now? I'll pay it back right away..."
"Hmph. You actually have the nerve to borrow money from a junior." Red Lady was furious. Uncle Tu clasped his hands together in a gesture of supplication, then casually took out a storage pouch and stuffed it into Zhao'er's hands. Zhao'er looked inside and muttered, "You didn't include the promised interest."
"It wasn't borrowed for that many days..." Uncle Tu said helplessly.
The whole family was brimming with homely warmth. It seemed that surviving in Sky City was far from easy. Just as I was considering how to improve