C2 Lending Money

Ever since she was young, she had always been proud of having a judge as her father. When she was in university, she had thought about applying for the judiciary, but her interest wasn't great. In the end, she chose finance.

In fact, she had long ago felt that her family was too 'rich'. When they were married, her dowry was quite generous, and they had moved into a three-story villa. She had always felt that her father was making a lot of money, but she hadn't thought too much about it.

It wasn't until a month ago, when her father hadn't been home and news of his huge embezzlement spread, that Lu Yao found out that her father had been arrested.

His mother was crying so hard that her eyes were blinded and her hair was turning white.

Lu Yao was calm enough to contact the lawyer while comforting her mother, trying to find a way to pay back the stolen money bit by bit.

She sold all the houses in her family, including her dowry and car. She shamelessly moved to Shao Yunchen's apartment, but she was still short of 2 million. Her relatives were afraid of her family, let alone borrowing money.

In this half a month, she had tried to contact all her good friends, but she couldn't find a single cent to lend.

There were still twenty days until her father's sentencing. If she didn't raise enough money to pay him back within those twenty days, her father would probably come out of prison with a head full of white hair.

Her husband is an investor.

Thinking of this, she wanted to borrow money from him. Lu Yao hesitated. She took out her cell phone from her pocket, opened her contact book, and slid down to look at the number that she was familiar with.

At the beginning, she commented on Shao Yunchen's husband and purposely added a name so that his name would be at the very front of the contact list.

However, in these three years, the number of times Shao Yunchen had called and texted her could be counted on one hand. Over time, she changed her husband to Shao Yunchen. If there was nothing important, she wouldn't disturb him.

"Hello, who is this?"

The call was picked up very quickly, but what made Lu Yao shiver was that the person who answered the phone was a woman. She was naturally very familiar with the way she asked questions, as if she had received many such calls.

Seeing that Lu Yao did not make a sound, she asked again, "Hello?"

It took Lu Yao a long time to recover her wits. When she opened her mouth, her voice was hard to hear, "I'm looking for Shao Yunchen, is he there?"

"Brother Chen is in a meeting." The woman's call was casual and natural, as if she was the one holding authority: "Can you tell me what your surname is, and which customer is it? I don't think Brother Chen saved your number …"

Lu Yao hung up the phone in a hurry without waiting for her reply. Her hands were shaking, and in the end, her phone dropped. With a dull thud, she rushed to pick it up.

Lu Yao looked at her face from the broken screen. She didn't know when she had started crying, but it looked like she had lost her family.

She and Shao Yunchen had been married for three years. Three seasons. According to other people, they could be considered an old couple, but Shao Yunchen had never saved his number.

Was it that hard to put her in the address book?

And that woman …

Lu Yao shivered when she thought of that phone call from three minutes ago.

Shao Yunchen's attitude was always so cold. Lu Yao had suspected that he might have fostered other women outside the family, but since the two of them had signed a contract, if he was to be cheated, the divorce must be allowed to leave the family.

Lu Yao had always trusted him. However, the phone call today, the other party's ambiguous address to Shao Yunchen had changed her mind.

He got off work at 5: 30 in the afternoon. As he was driving past the supermarket, he stopped by to buy some fresh fruits and vegetables.

The cellphone in the living room was playing music, so Lu Yao, who was busy in the kitchen, naturally didn't hear the door open.

"Ah!

Lu Yao screamed and pulled out her finger, which was covered in blood.

Before she could react, there seemed to be someone approaching from behind, and a big hand grabbed her fingers and held them under the tap to rinse them. His hot palm caused Lu Yao to miss two beats too.

Other than his lips, the man's body was always warm.

"When you buy fish, won't you let others help you?" Shao Yunchen said. He wiped her finger clean with a tissue and put a bandage on it. The action looked gentle, but his face was still light.

Lu Yao muttered softly, "I forgot about it just because I was anxious to buy something …"