Chapter 17: Borrowing Money

From disdain to ecstasy, she directly pushed Shen Jue over. "Auntie! I'm buying a drink!" Rong Qingqing quickly handed over the crumpled five yuan belonging to Shen Jue in her hand, "Give me a one-yuan bottle of water or a drink!" The Boss Lady glanced at Rong Qingqing, muttering, "The richer they are, the stingier they become." Then she turned around, rummaged a bit, and handed over a box of winter melon tea. "Here you go, I kept this for myself, but since you're insisting on a one-yuan drink, I'll give it to you. Everything here is imported, and I've never met anyone as stingy as you!" This was the second time in his life that Shen Jue was called stingy, and on the same day no less. Shen Jue just felt his temples throbbing, and it took all his patience not to push Rong Qingqing away and walk off alone. He wanted to see what tricks Rong Qingqing was up to! After handing over the winter melon tea, the Boss Lady didn't take the money from Rong Qingqing's hand but instead pointed to the QR code in front of her. She continued, "In this day and age, who still uses cash? Scan the code for payment!" Seeing that Rong Qingqing stood still staring at her, the Boss Lady reluctantly changed her expression. Explaining, "You insist on giving me cash, but I don't have any change. If you don't have your phone, why not buy a five-yuan drink?" Shen Jue had gradually lost his patience and directly took the five yuan from Rong Qingqing's hand, "Just get anything." Rong Qingqing almost jumped up! "No way!" She hurriedly snatched the money back and huffed, "I'm not buying!" "Rong Qingqing!" Shen Jue growled, "Have you had enough?" The Boss Lady looked them over and suddenly understood, "So you've been quarrelling the entire time to mess with us market vendors? If you're not buying, then don't!" "Let me tell you, I'm the only stall in this park. If you don't buy here, you won't find anything else!" The Boss Lady was quite smug. "Who's a couple with him?" Rong Qingqing pouted, already fuming inside. Truly an inflexible Boss who doesn't even have any change while running a stall! Shen Qiao and Mrs. Shen were watching from the side for a while, and Shen Qiao, now an angry firecracker, was furious with Rong Qingqing. Her brother had never been looked down on like this before! "So you just have to bother my brother, huh?" Shen Qiao asked Rong Qingqing, "You want my brother to spend one yuan to buy you a drink, right? So I'll lend my brother the money and pay first. He can repay me later. Miss Qingqing, how about that?" Rong Qingqing's eyelid twitched. That idea wasn't bad. Rong Qingqing called out to the dog system, "There's no rule saying Shen Jue can't borrow money, right?" "It's allowed, but the task reward will only be issued after Shen Jue repays the money. If Shen Jue never repays it, the System will not consider the task complete." Hmph. Rong Qingqing wasn't worried at all; she had thick skin and could urge Shen Jue to pay back as soon as they got home, and keep urging until he did! But... Rong Qingqing looked at the obviously already angry Shen Jue, unsure if he would agree to borrow one yuan from Shen Qiao. "So, how about it?" Shen Qiao urged. Only then did Rong Qingqing respond, "Ask your brother, if he agrees to borrow, then it's okay." Hearing Rong Qingqing's words, Shen Jue immediately told Shen Qiao to go and pay; he didn't want to stay here a second longer! Shen Qiao quickly pulled out her phone, scanned one yuan to the Boss Lady, and then tossed the winter melon tea to Rong Qingqing with a not-so-friendly tone. She even cursed, "Annoying pest!" "Let's go home." Shen Jue finally lost the last shred of his patience, maneuvering his wheelchair to leave first.