Pu Yu stared at the words on the IOU, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. One fell onto the paper with a soft patter, blurring the "Yuan" in his name.
"Consider this money a loan from me."
Yuan Su looked at her, his voice low and firm. "I'm the creditor, so I make the rules. If I say there's no rush to pay me back, there's no rush."
"But..." Pu Yu clutched the envelope, her fingertips turning white with the force.
"No buts."
Yuan Su cut her off and pressed the envelope back into her hands, his voice carrying a note of insistence. "Keep it safe. Don't make this trip a waste of my time."
Pu Yu still didn't dare accept it.
It wasn't as though she didn't understand what ten thousand yuan meant.
Yuan Su still had debts of his own to repay, and he had to look after the ailing Auntie Lu. She had no idea how much effort it had taken him to scrape this money together.
"Do you want to watch Grandma Li end up bedridden and paralyzed?"
Yuan Su spoke abruptly, his tone so calm it was almost cruel.
Pu Yu shuddered.
Of course she didn't.
The doctor's words echoed in her ears like an alarm bell.
-The nerve damage is irreversible. Delay any longer, and she'll be paralyzed.
She really had run out of options.
Pu Yu lowered her head and looked at the tear-stained IOU, her voice quiet and faintly trembling.
"Aren't you afraid I won't be able to pay you back?"
Yuan Su looked at her eyes, red from crying, and the handprint on her face that made his heart ache for her. An almost imperceptible smile tugged at his lips.
He leaned forward slightly, closing the distance until only