Even Selling a Kidney Would Be Too Late

Yu Hui couldn't bear to watch any longer and shouted, "My sister already has it hard enough! She's sick, and when she fainted, you didn't care. Now you're still arguing here. Stop it! If they're going to chop someone up, let them. Stop pushing my sister!"

As he spoke, he helped me up. "Sis, I'll take you back."

Mom and Dad didn't dare stop us. With Yu Hui supporting me, I left that home with its foul, suffocating atmosphere.

In the residential complex's garden, the only sound left was my crying.

Yu Hui looked at me. "Sis, I... I'll think of something too."

Think of what? Three days, fourteen million. In our current situation, there was nothing we could do.

Even selling a kidney would be too late!

By the time I returned to the villa, it was late at night. Only one dim light was on in the empty living room.

I sank weakly onto the couch. Tears kept streaming from the corners of my eyes. Whenever I wiped them away, more came, so I simply stopped wiping them.

Six million had already weighed on me so heavily I couldn't breathe. Now it was fourteen million, and there was even less I could do.

Back at the hospital, Gu Hansheng had already treated me that way when I asked to borrow six million. Now that it was fourteen million, who knew how he would humiliate me!

But Gu Hansheng was my only option.

I picked up my phone. He still hadn't replied to my earlier messages.

Just then, Auntie Zhang, the housekeeper, came out and was startled to see me in the living room.

"Miss Yu, why didn't you make a sound?"

"Has Gu Hansheng come back?"

Auntie Zhang shook her head. "Would you like me to call him home?"

"N-not yet."

I hadn't figured out what to say.

He was surely with his white moonlight, Shen Nian. There were still three days left. There would be a chance to tell him.

I went back to my room and didn't sleep all night.

Throughout the next day, Mom called several times, constantly asking whether I'd managed to borrow the money.

I finally lost patience and shouted, "If I really can't borrow it, I'll just die with you, all right?"

Mom was left speechless by my retort and finally hung up.

I leaned against the bed and couldn't help sobbing aloud.

Just then, Yu Hui called too.

"Sis, don't worry. I'll get the money." Yu Hui sounded excited. "I'll transfer it to you. Don't give it to Mom. When it's time to repay the debt, do it yourself."

Before he had finished speaking, a payment notification arrived on my phone. It was one million.

Impossible.

Yu Hui had been nothing but a wastrel before. How could he possibly get one million in a single day?

"Yu Hui, how did you..."

Yu Hui's voice came from the other end. "Hiss... easy, easy!"

"Where are you?"

"Sis, don't worry about it. I can get another two million tonight."

Then a woman's voice came from his end. "You really have a death wish..."

He hung up before she finished.

Frantic with worry, I hurried back home.

Yu Hui had thrown his weight around since childhood. With our parents favoring him, he had behaved like a typical spoiled young master.

I did know that Yu Hui had changed a lot since things went wrong at home. He had also borrowed money from his old fair-weather friends.

There was no way he could have scraped together one million in a day through legitimate means.

I had to find out what he'd done.

After everything that had happened to our family, if something happened to Yu Hui too...

I didn't dare imagine it.

When I arrived home, Mom was lying in bed, looking like a dead pig unafraid of scalding water.

Dad sat nearby, smoking nonstop, with several liquor bottles on the floor.

I had no time to dwell on the oppressive atmosphere at home.

"Dad, where's Yu Hui?"

"Who knows where that brat's gone."

"When did he leave?"

"He came back for a bit last night, made a few calls, then left."

"Do you remember what he said on the phone?"

Dad looked a little impatient. Just then, Mom sat up. "Hanhan, stop worrying about Yu Hui. Worry about me! If we don't get the money, our whole family will die here!"

I couldn't be bothered with Mom and kept questioning Dad. "Do you remember what Yu Hui said on the phone yesterday?"

Dad seemed to realize how anxious I was. He thought for a moment. "All I heard was something about getting money and underground something..."

"An underground boxing ring?"

My heart jolted.

Dad nodded. "I think that's what he said."

I knew about this. A few of Yu Hui's old fair-weather friends ran underground boxing rings where people gambled.

The rules there were complicated. Some people wanted fast money and went there to throw fights. They could make several million from one match. Presumably, Yu Hui hadn't been paid as much because he wasn't a famous fighter.

I called Yu Hui. At first, he didn't answer. Only after I called repeatedly did he pick up.

I went to the hospital. Seeing his face swollen beyond recognition broke my heart.

That once-willful young master could now work hard for his family too.

I looked at him. "It really hurts, doesn't it?"

"Sis, I'm fine."

"And you still say you're fine! Your face is swollen like a pig's head!"

Yu Hui suddenly laughed, pulling at his wounds. He frowned. "Hiss... Sis, don't make me laugh!"

"You're not going back today!" I looked at him sternly.

"No, I've already arranged it with that friend. Five matches over these three days, and I can get five million!"

"They'll beat you to death!" Growing anxious, I couldn't help shouting.

Yu Hui shook his head. "Don't worry. It's all arranged. All I have to do is lose. I-it'll be fine."

How could it be fine? If they didn't fight for real, people would notice.

"I'll think of something. You... don't go back tonight."