Chapter 480 — The Cousin Calls Again
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"I'm in my third year of high school. I'm very busy—I may not have the time..." Wang Xinyan said indifferently.
Though her words carried a hint of refusal, her excuse was precisely the kind no one could find fault with. Unhappy as he was, Kang Jinglong could only say, "There's always time for a meal, surely? Just letting me treat you to a meal—to build up some rapport!"
"Well... we'll see how the time goes," Wang Xinyan said with a frown. But with Kang Jinglong having put it that way, she had no way out. Seeing the eager look in her father's eyes, she felt profoundly depressed.
In any case, she would put him off for now. She was still young; if she stalled, perhaps something would change. At this thought, Wang Xinyan felt a little more at ease.
Seeing that Wang Xinyan no longer opposed so fiercely, Divine Doctor Kang's expression softened somewhat. "Guifeng has reserved a table at the hotel. Let us all go over together!"
Tang Zhi did not know how she had gotten through the day. She stumbled home that evening and found her mother, all smiles, discussing the purchase of a shopfront with her father.
"Yun'er is back?" Mother Tang looked at Tang Zhi delightedly, not noticing that her daughter's mood was off. "Your father and I are looking at a bigger shopfront—one with an upper and lower floor would be best. Our house is big enough for the mortgage; we won't need to put down much. Five hundred thousand will certainly do it!"
"Oh..." Tang Zhi answered faintly. The words at the tip of her tongue would not come out. She had meant to ask her mother for the five hundred thousand back, but in these circumstances, how could she? Dejected, Tang Zhi went to her room, shut the door behind her, threw herself onto the bed, and wept in grievance.
She cried and cried until she fell asleep...
Tang Zhi went to her room to study every day after school, so Mother Tang found nothing at all strange about it.
Who knew how long had passed when Tang Zhi was woken by a clamor of voices. Dazed, she climbed out of bed, intending to wash her face and then return to her books. But when she pushed open the door, she saw her younger brother Wang Luwei and his girlfriend Xiaodan sitting on the sofa at home, their faces full of hesitation.
"Yun'er, you're awake? I saw you sleeping just now and didn't dare call you!" Mother Tang brightened at the sight of Tang Zhi getting up. "You wear yourself out with school every day, so I didn't want to disturb you. Good thing you're up — we need your help with Little Wei's business!"
Tang Zhi was taken aback. "What's happened to Little Wei now?"
"Sis... you have to help me!" Little Wei looked at Tang Zhi with a face full of dejection, pleading, "You have to save Little Dan!"
"What is it this time? What trouble have you gotten into now?" Tang Zhi was already in a foul mood, and hearing that Little Wei had landed himself in trouble again hardly improved it.
Little Wei could tell she was displeased, and dared speak even less.
If Little Wei could see it, so could Mother Tang. She shot Tang Zhi a glare. "What, now that you've made something of yourself, you won't look after your brother?"
"Made something of myself? What are you talking about!" Tang Zhi frowned. "I never said I wouldn't look after him!"