CH 11

Lu Qi stared at her with a pair of darkened eyes, and did not say anything. Lu Yuan couldn’t help herself and laughed out loud, using a finger to poke him on the forehead.

“Oh you! Stop trying to think of ways to scam money out of us. A man must be strong by himself. Mom said that I can’t secretly slip you anything, in case you fool around.”

“I never planned on asking mom for money. If I have to suffer, then I will suffer as a man. Just take care of yourself.”

Their father had passed away early and both of them were raised entirely by their mother. As she grew older, her health began to deteriorate and the entire family became dependent on her retirement pension.

Lu Yuan was not bad at studying. Her leaving straight for the workforce after high school was partially because she wanted to try to succeed, to rise up, while the other part was in order to feed her family. It seems glamorous, but no one knew about the pain of her struggling by herself out in the world, away from her family.

The two of them idly talked for a bit before Lu Yuan checked her phone for the time and discovered that 3 hours had already passed.

“Ack, it’s getting late. I have to go.”

Lu Qi stood up and picked up her work bag full of papers.