We Borrow the Money, the Boss Pays It Back

While Xia Libing took "Baby Alice" to Citong City, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, and Little Apple took Little Chubby Girl to Peng City—Little Chubby Girl's long break was over, and she had to return to class.

At noon, after receiving Lao Xia's notification on WeChat, they began watching the time. Once the planned moment arrived, Tang Baona called Mom Xiang.

Although Tang Baona had written out what to say and how to say it beforehand, and had even "rehearsed" twice with Yang Zhen'er, she still kept looking at the "script" on her tablet while talking on the phone to avoid forgetting her lines.

But once she actually began talking to Mom Xiang and settled into the conversation, Tang Baona still grew nervous. Several times, she nearly burst out laughing and had to cover the phone's microphone, suppressing a "kukuku" laugh beside it before continuing.

Unexpectedly, that actually made her conversation with Mom Xiang sound even more like she was hesitating to speak, distracted, emotionally unstable, and absent-minded. It served the purpose of the call even better.

After the call ended, Tang Baona's pretty face was flushed red, her eyes watery with tears. At last, she could no longer hold it in and collapsed onto the table, laughing hard for a while. Yang Zhen'er and Little Apple, watching beside her, couldn't help laughing too.

After quite a while, Tang Baona finally let out a long breath. She was done laughing.

Yang Zhen'er rubbed her hands together eagerly. "Nana, let me call Auntie too, hehe."

"Hehe my ass!" Tang Baona raised a hand and smacked Yang the Third on the forehead. "Lao Xia was worried you'd go off-script, so she specifically told us not to let you randomly 'add scenes'! When you go to Citong to pick up Alice later, remember not