Zhu Bufan turned and left, and Liu Ying immediately sensed something was amiss. This young man had always given money to Shao Meiru, so why did he give it to her this time? He stayed here and didn't leave probably because of Shao Meiru, and this time he walked away, he might never return.

The Shao family's situation was not great. On the one hand, Shao Meiru's father had just passed away not many days ago, the perpetrator had not been found, and no compensation had been received. This disaster had left their family in heavy debt, with nothing in their hands.

She was seriously injured, Shao Meifang had to take care of her, and Shao Meiru still needed to go to school. This family simply couldn't sustain itself any longer. Although Zhu Bufan had an ulterior motive, he was still a decent person. During the two days he came to the Shao family, he first paid off 100,000 yuan of debt and then provided living expenses for Shao Meiru; he truly did all he could to help.

But now that he left like this, what should they do?

"Zhu Bufan, stop right there, stop!" Liu Ying shouted at the top of her lungs, but Zhu Bufan felt there was no need to stay, and left with a heavy heart. For a stranger, what he had done was already beyond what was morally required.

"Meifang, quickly go and stop him!" Liu Ying struggled for a long time to get up but couldn't, so she could only call Shao Meifang over to stop him. Shao Meifang immediately rushed over and grabbed Zhu Bufan's arm.

"Let go, I need to go to work, I don't have time to waste on chitchat with you!" Zhu Bufan was a little annoyed, and his tone became harsh.

Shao Meifang couldn't stop Zhu Bufan at all; he reached out to open the door and darted outside, but suddenly the door to Shao Meiru's room inside opened. Shao Meiru ran out with red and swollen eyes and said, "Zhu Bufan, please don't leave, our family needs you, I need you, too..."

After saying this, she threw all caution to the wind, rushed forward, and threw herself into Zhu Bufan's arms, sobbing.

The words that Liu Ying had given her earlier were completely ineffective at this moment. She indeed needed Zhu Bufan very much, and there was no need to say whether she liked him or not. It was Zhu Bufan who saved their family. Without Zhu Bufan's help, Liu Ying would not have survived, and she, Shao Meiru, would have eventually died at the hands of Zhan Feilong.

"Alright, alright, don't cry Meiru, I didn't say I wouldn't come back. What are you so worked up about?" Zhu Bufan patted Shao Meiru's shoulder, comforting her: "I'm just going out for work. I'll come back to accompany you after I've earned some money. Otherwise, what would our family eat?"

"Mhm, you can go then, I'll wait for you at home..."

"Don't you need to go to school?" Zhu Bufan asked with concern. Shao Meiru had mentioned before that she was a student, but he had never seen her go to school.

"Zhu Bufan, I plan to drop out and stay home to take care of my mom. She's in such a state, and I can't rest easy going to school, so..."

Her explanation was very reasonable, but it was clearly just a pretext. In truth, she didn't want to increase the burden on Liu Ying. Supporting a university student was not easy. It was manageable when her father was alive, but now it was not so easy.

The money that Zhu Bufan gave seemed like a lot, but Liu Ying was just recovering from a serious illness and had to eat nutritious foods to regain his health. All the money went to that.

"Okay, okay, just go to school with peace of mind. Let Meifang take care of Auntie. You just need to help out after school. Leave the rest to me."

That was exactly what Shao Meiru wanted to hear. As soon as he said these words, Shao Meiru didn't hold back with Zhu Bufan anymore. She dove straight into his arms. At that moment, her pretty face turned into a red apple again.

On the side, Shao Meifang, mouth agape for a long time, ultimately didn't say a word.

Zhu Bufan and Shao Meiru went out together. At the entrance of their residential area, after seeing Shao Meiru off in a taxi, Zhu Bufan sat down in the security room at the entrance. According to the arrangement made earlier, Zhan Feihuang said she would drive over to pick him up.

So he waited for her, wondering whether his little wife would keep her promise and come to pick him up. If she did, that would be great; if not...

"Husband, husband! I'm here." While Zhu Bufan was lost in thought, Zhan Feihuang's voice reached him from afar. The little beauty was waving at him from a dozen meters away, holding a small food container, yet there was no sign of her car.

"Fei Huang, you've arrived!" Zhu Bufan walked briskly towards Zhan Feihuang. It didn't matter whether she had brought the car—as long as she had come.

Zhan Feihuang quickly walked up to him and handed him the food container, saying: "Zhu Bufan, try this quickly, my mom specially made this eight-treasure porridge for me... I saved a bowl just for you. It's so delicious—drink it while it's still warm."

Little Sister Huang was a bit naive, letting slip her words right away. This bowl of porridge was personally made by Du Yujiao for her precious daughter; the girl probably hadn't had the heart to drink it herself and brought it over for Zhu Bufan to taste.

As expected, Zhan Feihuang's next words confirmed Zhu Bufan's thoughts: "Zhu Bufan, I'm still not full yet, let's go get some breakfast. You're treating, okay?"

"Let's go." Zhu Bufan led her towards the breakfast shop.

Zhan Feihuang was indeed easygoing. Such a delicate and pampered lady from a wealthy family didn't put on any airs—a ten-yuan meal had her served and satisfied. No wonder Du Yujiao was doing everything she could to secure benefits for her.

If Du Yujiao wasn't there to supervise, Zhu Bufan reckoned that even if he were a beggar, the girl wouldn't have any complaints. What he needed was this kind of "feisty woman"—easy to support. His mentality was slowly changing now.

Shao Meiru was gradually becoming his "sister," and Zhan Feihuang his "wife." A transition period was necessary.

"Zhu Bufan, my sister took our car today; she said she needed to get to school urgently and told me to run over to pick you up myself, I couldn't win against her..."

"Ah, what's the big deal? We'll just go buy a car later. I'll spend the money to buy you one!" Zhu Bufan said magnanimously.

"Really? Husband, you're the best. I want the same BMW model as my mom's. Let's go buy it later," Zhan Feihuang said excitedly.

Zhu Bufan, however, frowned and fell into thought.

Did he sell that fat man some medicine yesterday? It was for two people, and altogether, Zhu Bufan would get 200,000 yuan. Then he could do as he pleased, couldn't he? Even if Zhan Feiyu was bossy, she wouldn't be able to swallow Zhu Bufan's money.

Her taking Zhan Feihuang's money was an exercise of her "supervisory authority," but Zhu Bufan had nothing to do with her—why let her manage his money?

Yesterday Zhan Feiyu said she had transferred Zhu Bufan's money to his account, but he never received a transfer notification on his phone. Just now, he checked the ATM at the entrance of the residential area, and the money indeed had not been deposited.

If he encounters Zhan Feiyu today, he must ask her about it. Once he gets the money, he'll immediately buy a car for his wife.

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