Chapter 1008 - 1050: Only Money in Their Eyes
"Okay! I’ll call you later!" Huo Junmo nodded, and after making arrangements with Ling Yueyue, he drove away.
Ling Yueyue stood at the school gate, watching Huo Junmo’s car disappear at the end of the road, then quickly walked to the side of the street, hailed a taxi, and headed to the hotel where Ling’s father was staying!
This time, when Ling Yueyue arrived at the hotel where Ling’s father was staying, Ling’s father hadn’t gone out but was obediently sitting on the hotel bed waiting for Ling Yueyue!
Upon arriving at the hotel, Ling Yueyue asked with concern, "Did you have breakfast?"
Ling’s father nodded honestly, "I did!"
Ling Yueyue didn’t ask what Ling’s father called her about yesterday, but said calmly, "Since you’ve eaten, let’s go! It’s just next to the bus station, we should make it to the 9 o’clock bus!"
"...!" Ling’s father sat on the bed, not moving, looking hesitant.
Seeing him not move, Ling Yueyue took out her wallet from her bag, pulled out three thousand yuan in cash, and handed it to Ling’s father, "Here’s three thousand yuan, I borrowed it from a friend! Take it back and give it to Mom!"
Ling’s father reached out to take the money from Ling Yueyue’s hand, looked up at her with a complicated expression, opened his mouth as if to say something, but said nothing, looking as though he had a lot to say but couldn’t.
Seeing Ling’s father’s expression, Ling Yueyue said impatiently, "Just say whatever you want! Even though you never treated me as your daughter, I always considered you my parents!"
After pondering for a while, Ling’s father couldn’t help asking, "Yueyue, the man who left with you the day before yesterday... What’s your relationship with him?"
Actually, after returning from Huo Tian Group yesterday, he had been worried that Huo Junmo might have told Yueyue about him going to Huo Tian Group to ask for money! He was afraid Yueyue would be angry and blame him!
After pondering all afternoon yesterday, he couldn’t sit still and wanted to call Yueyue to test the waters!
However, he called her several times in a row, and she didn’t answer! Later, when he called again, her phone was off! He was restless the entire night, feeling that she might know, which was why she didn’t answer his calls!
Today, he was still worried about whether she would come to buy him a ticket and send him home!
Just as he was hesitating about whether to call her again, there was a knock on the door! Seeing her appear, he finally breathed a sigh of relief! Moreover, her expression and demeanor didn’t show any sign that she knew he had looked for Huo Junmo!
Since she didn’t know, he was completely relieved!
However, he was still somewhat puzzled, wondering if Yueyue was really being kept by Huo Junmo? Why would someone wealthy like Huo Junmo be interested in someone as rural and unsophisticated as Yueyue?
He was perplexed and curious, wanting to find out something to explain to his wife!
Yesterday’s plan to ask Huo Junmo for money didn’t work out, and if he didn’t do something, he certainly wouldn’t have a good time when he got back!
So, he could only think of other ways to make amends! Hopefully, his wife wouldn’t kick him out by then!
Ling Yueyue raised an eyebrow, asking with a sneer, "What? Saw someone with a luxury car and got ideas?"
If she could, she really didn’t like talking to her parents this way! However, years of experience made her have to be on guard!
Her parents were too money-hungry, almost willing to lose face, dignity, and even sell their daughter for money!
Two years ago, when she was just eighteen, her parents secretly promised her to a lame man in the village for money! They even accepted a ten-thousand-yuan betrothal gift! They said they would marry her to him once she reached the legal age!
If that man hadn’t foolishly come to her school looking for her, she might never have known about it!
When she found out, she had made a fuss, cried, and argued! Unfortunately, her parents remained unmoved, determined to marry her off to that lame man! They even said that after raising her so long, contributing to the family was only right and natural.
At that time, she truly hated her parents, wishing she could publicly sever ties with them!
If it weren’t for her best friend, who persuaded her and helped her return the ten-thousand-yuan betrothal gift and call off the engagement, she would probably be married to that lame man instead of Huo Junmo now!
She worked hard in the city, juggling work and study for so many years, just to escape that life of rural drudgery! No matter what, even if she starved to death here, she would never go back!
Ling’s father quickly shook his head to deny, "No, that’s not what I meant! I’m just concerned, just asking about you!"
"No need! During the past twenty years, you never cared for me! I didn’t need it before, and I certainly don’t need it now!" Saying this, she took out her phone and glanced at the time, frowning with dissatisfaction, "Are you going back or not? There’s not much time left! I have to go to work soon; I don’t have time to waste with you here!"
Seeing Ling Yueyue’s displeased face, Ling’s father quickly said, "I’ll go back, I’ll go back! Of course, I’ll go back! Why would I stay here?"
Ling Yueyue said impatiently, "Then hurry up! Otherwise, I won’t care about you anymore!"
"Oh!" Ling’s father nodded, carefully putting away the three thousand yuan Ling Yueyue gave him!
Having learned from past experience, he didn’t dare put the money where it was visible but instead placed it in the inner pocket of his clothes! Any rustle of movement, he would feel right away!
"Let’s go!" Ling Yueyue glanced at him, said no more, turned, and walked toward the door!
As she walked, she didn’t forget to remind him, "This time, the journey is a bit long, make sure to be cautious when sleeping at night, don’t let your money get stolen again! This bus only goes to the county town, you’ll still need money for a ride to the village! If the money gets lost, I really can’t help you!"
Ling’s father obediently nodded, "I know!"
Ling Yueyue’s lips moved, after thinking for a while, she couldn’t help but say, "Also, this money is borrowed from friends, yesterday’s three thousand and last time’s twenty thousand were also borrowed! You should know, my monthly salary is only two thousand yuan, even if I don’t eat or drink, a year’s salary isn’t enough to pay off the debt! So, this year, don’t call me for money anymore! Asking for more is pushing me to my grave! Even if you kill me, I have no more money to give you!"
Her parents seemed like a bottomless pit, unable to be filled no matter how much was given!
If she didn’t say so, she would really fear her parents suspecting her! After all, she used to always be drained of money by them! Now if she suddenly gives them this much, if she doesn’t say something, they’d surely think she’s secretly hoarding money!
It’s not that she minded them suspecting her of hiding money; she just feared her father might link it to Huo Junmo, suspecting her relationship with him.