She pushed through the crowd and took a look inside.
A plump, middle-aged woman with short, curly hair stood with her hands on her hips, furiously shouting at the thin, frail-looking middle-aged woman opposite her.
"I'm only borrowing two thousand yuan from you. What's the big deal? Compared to what your son did to my daughter back then, what does this little bit of money matter?"
"Besides, it's not like I won't pay you back. I'm just a little short on cash lately and want to borrow two thousand yuan to tide me over. How could you make such a fuss over this tiny amount of money?"
"Chu Yi's mother, it's not that I don't want to lend it to you. We really don't have that much money at home.
"You know my situation. I run a little street stall now and can't earn much in a month. I still have a family to support. How could I have that much spare money?"
"Hmph. Then how much money do you have?"
"I..."
Su Qiao shoved through the crowd and rushed inside, blocking the thin, frail woman. She glared coldly at the fat woman.
"Hmph. No matter how much money my mother has on hand, she can't possibly lend it to you. Giving you money would be like throwing meat buns at a dog—once it's gone, it's never coming back."
"Qiao'er..."
When Li Mei saw that her daughter had returned, she grew somewhat flustered.
Whenever they ran into this sort of situation in the past, her daughter would get so angry that she refused to eat and wouldn't speak to her for several days.
Liu Su hadn't expected the duck that was almost in her mouth to fly away. Furious, she put her hands on her hips and cursed.
"You little