Chapter 5 — Three Thousand Yuan Every Month, In Return The Whole Family Is Ruined

I put my phone away, preparing to return to my room. Walking to the door, I suddenly remembered something. I turned my head.

"Next week your cousin is getting married, it's customary to give money."

Vuong Lan's face immediately turned pale.

“How much… do you need?”

I held up five fingers.

“Not much, 5,000 yuan.”

"What?!" she almost shouted, "Are you crazy? Where did I get all that money!"

I smiled slightly.

“But just like this time.”

“Must write a debt note.”

“Including interest.”

“Anyway, this amount of money… is not small anymore.”

Having finished speaking, I didn't wait for her reaction, turned around and went straight into the room, closing the door. Outside, Vuong Lan's angry curses were immediately heard, mixed with Chu Minh's weak voice to intervene. I lay down on the bed and took out the 360 yuan note. Under the light, Vuong Lan's scrawled signature looked like a joke. Vuong Lan, you think you have everything figured out. But no. You just walked into… the first trap I prepared for you. This drama… has just begun. What she once imposed on me. I'll make you... pay it back double. The second month's salary came very quickly. On the afternoon of the fifteenth, Vuong Lan's and my phones vibrated almost at the same time. The bank message appeared exactly like last month's, each person had exactly 3,000,00 yuan, not more than a penny. This time she was no longer angry like before, but her face was still extremely unsightly, because she clearly understood that 6,000,00 yuan was all the money the whole family could live on this month. When I got home, she was sitting on the sofa, holding the newly purchased expense book, bent over calculating each item as if she wanted to force each coin to bloom. Hearing the door open, she didn't bother to raise her head, just coldly let out a sentence.

“Pay me last month's electricity bill.”

The tone was similar to that of a creditor collecting a debt. I laughed.

“Mom said it wrong.”

“It's my mother who owes me, not my mother's debt.”

Her face immediately turned red like pig liver.

“Where is the debt paper?”

She gritted her teeth and asked. I leisurely took out my wallet, pulled out the paper that I had kept carefully, and showed it in front of her.

“360 is bad, please watch it again.”

She grabbed it, tore it to pieces on the spot, then immediately operated the phone. A few seconds later, my phone vibrated. 360 yuan transferred.

"Done! Both sides are out of debt!"

She said as if she had vented her anger. I slowly sat down opposite.

“Mom, don't rush.”

"The electricity bill is done, what about the money for my cousin's wedding, what do you think?"

The woman stopped. His eyes immediately showed panic.

"I have no money!"

She almost screamed.

“This month I only have this much, I still have to eat and pay management fees, I don't have a penny!”

I nodded, my voice light.

"No problem."

"I'll take care of the congratulatory money myself."

“Anyway… I'm used to it.”

I stood up as if preparing to leave.

“Stop!”

Vuong Lan's voice popped up. I stopped, knowing clearly that she had taken the bait.

“Do you… really have money left?”

I answered without hesitation.

“It's just some personal money I saved up in advance, not much, but enough to last.”

That's a lie. But she believes. Because she couldn't think of any other reason. Her eyes flashed with calculation.

“Tam Duyet ah…”

The voice suddenly softened, as if changing to another person.

“We are one family.”

“Your money… isn't it also this family's money?”

“The family is having a hard time now, you should... take it out to help everyone get through it over?”

I looked at her, only feeling amused. Finally, the real face is revealed.

“Mom said that's not true.”

"This money was mine before I got married, it's money my family gave me, it has nothing to do with this house."

"Besides, didn't mom always say that the family's finances should be managed by her?"

“Why are you turning to target my own money now?”

Every sentence I say is as sharp as a needle. Vuong Lan's face is sometimes blue and sometimes white.

“I… I'm just for this house!”

She still tried to keep her mouth shut.