Chapter 62

At the private room, they drank multiple rounds after the meal. Godfrey and Lydia were slightly tipsy, and Flora took the opportunity to remind her husband of his job. "Lydia, I need your help with something," Ferdinand said.

Lydia waved her hand. "Whatever it is, just tell. I'll definitely help you if I can," she said carelessly.

"My wallet's been a bit tight lately. Since Yvonne is so successful now, I want to borrow some money," he replied.

Flora quickly chimed in, "We wouldn't ask you if we had any other way. You have money now, Lydia.

Surely you'll help us?"

Lydia immediately became more conscious when she heard the words 'borrow some money'. She was well-aware of her brother's characteristics. It was a 99 percent probability that she would not get her money back once she 'lent' it to him.

"How much do you want to borrow?" she asked.

Her brother raised two fingers.

"Two thousand?" she said.

"What are you thinking, Lydia? Would I ask you if it was just two thousand?" Ferdinand said, irritancy in his tone.

him anyway to save face, teeth-clenched. It had not been easy for her to achieve this status; she had to

thousand," her brother said, his

had sloshed cold water all over her. Although she did live a better life now, she did not have that much money

a five-star hotel for your meals.

to say something flattering to raise the chances of getting the money. "You're different from before, Lydia," she said. "Surely you can part with twenty thousand. I see you living such a luxurious life

but she really

saw her mother's conflicted expression. "Uncle, Aunty, why don't you apply for a loan from the bank, if you really need

implied that they had no capacity to return the money- then why should they lend money to

talking to your mother," she said. "A younger person shouldn't interrupt

helped you bolster your reputation when you were still unmarried, Lydia. So many relatives said that you married into a faux-rich family. If the relatives know about you lending money to

very much to fight for her reputation among her relatives, but the price of twenty thousand was too much. Besides, she

those

want to visit your family home with pride this year?" he

and she could not help but think about how she would go back to her family

she agreed.

thousand to lend to Ferdinand. The only way

"Mom..."

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