Mom also complained, "Today when we went to visit your Aunt's family, sohow they heard you've been making money recently, and they just opened their mouths to ask us for a loan."
While saying this, the expression on Mom's face was obviously a bit unnatural.
Back when our family was poor, these relatives almost all kept their distance, but now that they know we're doing better, they're all trying to find ways to cozy up to us again.
"Did you lend them the money?"
Musen asked with a smile.
"Of course we didn't. The money you earn is yours, and that's ant to be saved for your future marriage. Why should we lend it to them?"
Mom obviously still held a grudge.
But that made sense. Constantly smiling at others is actually disrespecting oneself.
"Besides, we're saving up for our future grandkids' baby formula. You're making money now, but that girl's family is from Huhai after all. You might need to buy a house there in the future. As a man, that's expected of you. Your dad and I aren't capable of much, but we'll try to save enough for a down paynt..."
Mom used to think about saving up money for her son to get married.
Now that her son had a girlfriend, she had begun thinking about buying a house. The girl's family was from Huhai, so it wasn't unreasonable for them to expect the man to have a house there as well.
But the housing prices in Huhai were terrifyingly high, with down paynts reaching millions.
"Mom, you don't have to worry about that. I can handle it."
Musen said, as he stood up and walked to the desk. Then he suddenly noticed the small hidden drawer in the middle of the desk was slightly open.
He used this drawer to keep so of his secret treasures.
When he pulled it open to look, he saw photos and envelopes that imdiately reminded him of Yao Mingyue.
What caught his attention, though, was a remote-control car inside the drawer.
He took it out.
And was hit with the mory—wasn't this the remote-control car he had always wanted?
He rembered that five or six years ago, this little RC car was not cheap either, costing several hundred yuan.
If he had begged his family previously, they might have bought it for him, but after the family's crisis, a few hundred yuan was nearly half a month's living expenses for the whole family.
Naturally, it was impossible to spend that much on a toy.
He saved up little by little, intending it to be a birthday present for himself.
But in the end, he had chosen to buy Yao Mingyue the Barbie doll she had always wanted.
He thought there'd be no chance for him and the little car, but to his surprise, a month later on his birthday, Mom still brought him that remote-control car as a gift.
Therefore, this gift held extraordinary aning to Musen and he'd always cherished it.
"This little car, you've kept it all this ti."
Mother Xu also recognized the little car.
"Of course, I kept it. At first, I didn't think I'd get it, but then on my birthday, Mom, you still gave this gift. You really do care about ."
Musen said, cradling the little car with an emotional look.
But then Mother Xu hesitated, looked at her son, and said, "Silly boy, this wasn't from ."
"What?"
"What do you an, 'what'? We were so poor back then, a remote-control car? I should look at you as if you're a remote-control car."
"Wasn't this your birthday gift to ..."
Musen was also confused. If not from Mom, then who else could it be?
No one else knew that he wanted this thing.
"It was a birthday gift, but not from . Ming Yue asked to give it to you. Didn't she ever tell you?"
Mother Xu looked at her naive son, wondering how after so many years he still didn't know.
Musen was stunned. He looked down at the remote-control car in his hands.
It was from Yao Mingyue...
Yes, aside from Mom, he had only ever talked about his likes with Yao Mingyue.
But back then they were both very poor, and Yao Mingyue didn't have much pocket money either.
The two often fantasized about what they'd buy for themselves on their birthdays.
A Barbie doll cost only a couple of hundred yuan; if Musen could save enough money, she surely would have saved enough too. Only, the little car would take longer...
So, every ti Yao Mingyue looked at Barbie dolls in the store but didn't buy one, it wasn't because she couldn't afford it, but because she was saving for this, right...
Grasping the little car, Musen walked straight out the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To find Ming Yue."
Mother Xu watched her son's retreating figure and sighed silently, wondering why she always felt that her darling son was increasingly off track.
Musen went directly to Yao Mingyue's house. The two families had keys to each other's hos, and he headed upstairs without hesitation.
He knocked on Yao Mingyue's door.
"Wait a mont..."
Yao Mingyue seed to be in the middle of sothing, pausing for a few seconds before coming to open the door.
Seeing it was Musen, she looked surprised.
"Why are you here?"
"I have sothing to ask you."
Musen entered her room directly.
Yao Mingyue's room was simple in style, but every detail exuded delicacy.
There were a few books on her desk, as if she had just been writing sothing there.
"What do you need for?"
Yao Mingyue blocked his line of sight as if she were afraid he would discover sothing.
Musen held out the toy remote-control car: "This, did you give this to before?"
When Yao Mingyue saw the little car, her eyes flickered for a mont, but she didn't deny it: "Yes, I did. If it wasn't , was it perhaps bought by your little girlfriend?"
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