Wang Yue watched Zhuang Xu walk more than ten meters away, then turned around and got ready to head back inside with Jiang Rui.
But just as he opened the door, he heard Zhuang Xu call out from behind them.
"Hey, Wang Yue, does what you said still count?"
Jiang Rui had a very good impression of Zhuang Xu. Besides, Zhuang Xu was his classmate's older brother, so he answered without a second thought. "Of course it does!"
Then he quietly tugged on Wang Yue's sleeve and asked, "Right, bro?"
Thinking of Jiang Rui's classmate Zhuang Fei, who was Zhuang Xu's younger brother, and knowing the two brothers were close, Wang Yue figured that even if he said no, Jiang Rui would probably ask Nie Xiguang for help.
Apart from being a little awkward, Zhuang Xu was a decent person, so Wang Yue looked back at him and said helplessly, "If you're willing, come by my company tomorrow to sign an employment contract. We'll also sort out an advance on your wages.
"You needed the money urgently, so I lent it to you first. Once you get your advance tomorrow, you can pay me back."
If Wang Yue had offered this before Zhuang Xu spoke up, Zhuang Xu might have thought he was deliberately humiliating him.
But Zhuang Xu had already taken the first step himself. Now, hearing Wang Yue say this, he could tell Wang Yue genuinely wanted to help.
People were strange that way.
Taking the first step was always the most humiliating part.
Once you set that embarrassment aside, everything else came naturally.
Zhuang Xu nodded. "My mother's sick, and I really do need the money urgently. If you could lend me fifty—"
Wang Yue cut him off. "I'll transfer fifty thousand to you in a minute.