135: Chapter 135 Gossip Pierces the Heart, Good Intentions Are Hard to Refuse

"Hey, have you heard? There's a sophomore boy at our school who took out online loans for his girlfriend! Now he owes 200,000!" Jiang Jinyue began her gossip mode.

Shen Muyan nodded repeatedly: 'I know, I know that boy! He's in my year, I've seen him at school events before. His girlfriend just spends too much money.'

Su Wantang said: "Really? I don't know much about what's going on at your school, but I've heard about it too! It seems like several boys have ended up like that, people have even come to the school looking for them."

Tang Luochuan's brows twisted into a knot, and he glared fiercely at the girls.

Shen Muyan stuck out her tongue and hurriedly said: "Keep it down, keep it down!"

Tang Luochuan felt annoyed internally: "Did I tell you to keep it down? I was telling you to stop talking! Saying things like that right now, isn't that stabbing my cousin in the heart?"

Jiang Jinyue completely failed to grasp the meaning in Tang Luochuan's gaze and continued: "The key is that some of them even say it was our Luochuan who started it. When did our Luochuan ever take out online loans? Who can borrow that much money from online loans?"

"Exactly! Exactly!"

"And there are some girls dating three boyfriends at once, making three boys support her alone! She's not satisfied herself, and she's started taking out online loans too! I've seen a few sophomores and juniors who used to be quite frugal, but now they've started buying expensive items!"

The three girls chattered away.

Tang Luochuan even suspected that this was being said for Cousin Jianhua's benefit.

"They know about it?" Tang Luochuan looked at them in surprise, not daring to interject.

Cousin Jianhua also pricked up his ears and listened for a while, instantly associating it with Meng Fanyi.

During this period, he had indeed not been living happily.

His salary from last month had just been paid, and it was already bottoming out.

Otherwise, when Luochuan offered to treat them today, he would have definitely fought to pay the bill.

"I'm just too weak... and I thought about things too idealistically." Cousin Jianhua sighed again, lamenting that he had indeed thought of things too idealistically.

In the environment where he grew up, his father always handed his monthly salary to his mother.

His mother was thrifty, managed the household chores, and would also go out to work part-time.

The family lived quite well.

But people are different, and his plans were the same—to marry Meng Fanyi and for the young couple to build their lives together in the Magic City.

He had even thought that after Meng Fanyi graduated, they would work together and save some money, and life would just keep getting better.

But now, things were not like that at all.

Just after his salary was paid, she demanded 10,000 yuan, saying it was for buying study materials.

An excuse that even a dog wouldn't believe, yet Cousin Jianhua believed it.

At the time, he was just hot-headed and gave it to her directly.

"Cousin, are you and your fiancée living together?"

"No? Why?" Cousin Jianhua looked up at Luochuan.

The boy smiled without smiling: "You're already married, and you don't live together?"

"She dislikes my apartment because it's small, sigh... it's a shared rental! 1,600 a month! You know how this place, the Magic City, is. Anything decent costs seven or eight thousand!"

"There are also those for three or four thousand..."

"I've looked at those too, but the commute is too long, and my line of work involves frequent overtime! I really can't handle that."

Luochuan nodded, looking at Cousin Jianhua's thinning hair—it really was the typical programmer hairstyle.

"How about this, I'll find you a place! I'll pay the rent! For three years! Once your fiancée graduates, you two can work hard on your own!" Luochuan suddenly spoke up.

He certainly wouldn't buy Cousin Jianhua a villa, but helping him rent a place for seven or eight thousand a month for three years wasn't impossible.

It was mainly for his mother's sake; he still remembered Zhu Xiumei's words telling him to keep an eye on his cousin.

"That won't do! You're still in school. What nonsense are you talking about!" Cousin Jianhua flatly refused. This wasn't helping him; it was a slap in his own face.

He felt that the current Luochuan was no longer the little brat from the past. Regardless of how he made his money, he could be sour and envious, but that was that.

He didn't want to take advantage of him!!

Feelings of envy and jealousy are human nature! That cannot be stopped.

But adhering to his own life principles—that was a matter of his own character.

"The food is here. Wait until I get paid next month, and I'll treat you again!" Cousin Jianhua said this.

His 20,000 salary was taken by Meng Fanyi for 10,000, plus he had to pay back Huabei and his credit cards.

Paying rent, utilities, food! And other social expenses, there was simply no surplus left.

"Listen to me, how about this! I'll find you a place first and rent you a house for three years! You... you can pay me back when you have money later."

"Oh! If I wanted to rent, I could just ask my parents. Do I need to ask you?" Cousin Jianhua interrupted impatiently.

His demolition compensation was basically all with his parents.

His parents' intention was also to wait until Meng Fanyi graduated and found a job, and wait until life was stable before giving it to the two of them.

However, Meng Fanyi's share had already been taken by her.

Because of this, Cousin Jianhua's parents felt that this girl Meng Fanyi spent money extravagantly, so they simply withheld Cousin Jianhua's share directly. Otherwise, whatever Cousin Jianhua had in his hands, this woman would take.

Furthermore, a house costing seven or eight thousand didn't fit their current consumption level.

More importantly, it was about saving money, even though some people say money is earned, not saved.

But that applies to a very small minority; for most people, saving money steadily is the most important thing.

"Cousin, we are all family. Saying it like that is being too distant! Luochuan means well, we can talk about the money later." Wantang spoke up at this moment.

She didn't understand exactly what had happened, but she was the best at reading the situation and could tell that Luochuan really wanted to rent a house for Cousin Jianhua.

Even if she didn't understand, it was never wrong to support Luochuan.

"Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that..."

"You and your fiancée haven't lived together for three years?"

"But!"

"Money can be earned slowly. Maybe you'll be making a million a year in the future! You can pay Luochuan back then..."

Wantang was so quick-tongued, giving him no room to speak: "It's settled!"

Luochuan listened with satisfaction. He was helping Cousin Jianhua rent the house precisely to get Meng Fanyi and Cousin Jianhua to move in together.

If they moved in together, and Meng Fanyi continued to livestream, and Cousin Jianhua understood the situation, then that was fine.

If the couple wanted to be as twisted as they liked, Luochuan wouldn't say a word of nonsense.

But if Cousin Jianhua was unaware of this, then if they moved in together, surely Meng Fanyi wouldn't openly cheat on his cousin, right?

Cousin Jianhua was blocked by everyone's back-and-forth remarks until he had nothing to say. He could only lower his head, pick up his teacup, and take a big gulp, his brows furrowed so tightly they could crush a mosquito.

How could he not want to live with Meng Fanyi? But she would either say the Dormitory was convenient for studying, or that sharing a rental with her best friend was more comfortable. To put it bluntly, she just disliked his small and remote shared rental, thinking it was embarrassing.

Luochuan looked at his frustrated appearance; he knew exactly what was going on, but said lightly: "I'll look for the house tomorrow! Don't worry about the money for now."

"If you're going to say that, then I'll just ask my parents directly."

"Hey!! This... don't tell Uncle about it yet... hmm... Cousin, I want to open a company in the future!" Luochuan's voice suddenly dropped, sounding very serious.

"Open a company?"

"You're quite capable of staying up late, right?"

"Uh... yes..."

"That's good, let's eat! Hahaha, let's eat!" Luochuan was happy. How could he possibly lose money? When looking for employees, one has to find those who can endure hardship.

If they ate a bit more, he could just give them a bit more money, and that would be settled.

But his own time was very precious; how could he waste it on disgusting things like starting a business?

As for Uncle's side, Luochuan considered it very carefully. If this matter blew up, it was best not to let it reach his parents first.

It would be enough for Cousin Jianhua and Meng Fanyi to solve it themselves.