On the way, Shen Xingran couldn't help but complain to Qin Feixue about Gu Wan smashing the TV in the hotel that day, and what she had been doing all along, causing other children to come to her place to take things and cause damage.

She didn't want to tell other people about these things before because she was afraid of being embarrassed.

But now she is not afraid anymore. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Those who should be ashamed are those who did such things.

Moreover, she particularly liked Qin Feixue and was willing to tell her these things.

Although she is only eighteen years old, she has the maturity of her peers. She can understand everything she says and she won't say anything she doesn't like to hear.

Comparable to a close friend.

Qin Feixue was furious after hearing this: "So Gu Shi is now staying in the same hotel as you were in before? Did he come to see you later?"

Shen Xingran nodded: "I haven't looked for it."

It would be better not to look for her. She is too lazy to care about Gu Shi and his sister now. It is so comfortable and leisurely to be alone.

"Didn't Gu Wan come to see you either?" Qin Feixue asked. Based on her understanding of Gu Wan, she would not let go of Shen Xingran, this 'cash cow', so easily.

"No, Gu Wan is still very afraid of her brother. I guess she wouldn't dare to do that unless Gu Shi allowed her to."

"Her brother is sensible." Qin Feixue breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise Gu Wan would be quite difficult to deal with. Now she had avoided a lot of trouble.

"Then can he pay back the money he owes you?" Qin Feixue asked again.

Shen Xingran shook his head: "I don't know. The money is all in his mother's hands. The money I'm going to take and the money Gu Shi gave me were not all used by her to subsidize her family and her other sons. Some of it is in his own hands."

"But whether it will be given to Gu Shi...it's hard to say."

Qin Feixue frowned: "How could it be."

How could there be such a family who would rather give the money to her mother's family than leave it for her own son?

Shen Xingran continued, "Gu Shi is the first child in the family. Logically, parents should favor the first child, but this is not the case in his family. Not only is there no favoritism, but everything is given to his younger brothers and sisters, except for him."

"As for pocket money, it's always been given to his younger brothers and sisters, not him."

Qin Feixue thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because he's the eldest in the family that they want to train him. Aren't the older ones allowed to give way to the younger ones in most families?"

Shen Xingran shook his head: "It's different. When we were young, my parents would also ask my brother to take care of me and Xingzhou, but they would still give us what we deserve. He even got more pocket money than Xingzhou and me, because my parents thought that older children would need more money, so they gave him more."

"And many times I felt that his mother was deliberately stirring up family conflicts. She was happy to see Gu Shi having a hard time."

Qin Feixue's eyes suddenly widened: "He can't be..."

She has seen this kind of scene many times in the hospital. There are all kinds of people who come to do paternity tests because their parents are not kind to them, and some of them turn out not to be their biological children.

Just because he is not her biological son, she sucks blood from him unscrupulously.

Shen Xingran and Qin Feixue looked at each other: "No way..."

Then she thought of the difference between Old Mrs. Gu's treatment of Gu Shi and her other children... It was really terrifying to think about it.

Forget it, she is leaving soon, why think so much?

"It depends on whether his mother will give it to him." Shen Xingran said, and the two ended the topic.

At this time, Gu Shi was anxiously waiting for his mother's call.

After separating from Shen Xingran that day, he telegraphed home, saying that he needed money urgently and asked his mother to remit some money to him, and also attached his contact number.

He knew his mother, and considering how cautious she was with money, she would definitely call and ask.

But after a few days, his mother still hadn't called him, so he had no choice but to call the team and ask them to help convey the message.

Fortunately, this time the phone finally rang.

He breathed a sigh of relief and answered the phone with trepidation.

"Hey, is it the hour?"

"It's me, Mom. I sent you a telegram a few days ago. Didn't you receive it?" Gu Shi asked tentatively.

The other end of the phone paused for a few seconds: "Mom received it. If I hadn't seen that you attached an unfamiliar address, I would have thought it was a scam, so I ignored it."

"Later, someone from the team came to my house to inform me that I was not a scammer. What's wrong with you? You want so much money. What's the emergency?"

Mrs. Gu's voice was a little defensive, as if the person asking her for money was not her son, but someone with ulterior motives.

His heart tightened, and he said in a serious tone: "Mom, I need it urgently now."

"What's so urgent? And you need so much money? What's the matter? Have you gotten into trouble and need money to settle it?" Old Mrs. Gu asked several questions in a row, seeming a bit aggressive.

Gu Shi's heart tightened again, as if a ball of cotton was stuffed in it, blocking it, unable to move up or down.

"No, it was Gu Wan who broke someone's TV in the hotel. She has to pay for it. She also spent a lot of Xing Ran's money, so she has to pay it back."

When Mrs. Gu heard that this matter was related to Shen Xingran, she exploded directly: "How old is Xiaowan? How much money can she spend on Shen Xingran? She is probably trying to frame you! Besides, what's wrong with a sister-in-law giving some money to her sister-in-law? It's only natural. The TV in the hotel costs thousands, can't Shen Xingran pay for it? She makes so much money and still asks you for money. How stingy. Humph, what did I say? This Shen Xingran is not a good person. He only knows how to ask you for money."

Gu Shi felt mixed emotions. He said softly, "If I really got into trouble and needed money to take care of it, would you give it to me?"

There was silence on the other end of the line for a few seconds, and then Mrs. Gu's voice rang out: "Hello? Xiaoxiao, can you hear mommy? What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly. Ouch, is this phone broken?"

Then there was a beep and the call was hung up.

Gu Shi tightened the phone in his hand. At this moment, he felt as if there was a thousand pounds of weight on his body, making it hard for him to breathe.

He didn't expect his mother to refuse so decisively, and even to look at Shen Xingran in this way, treating her money as her own and using it as if it were her own right.

And when he said he was in trouble and needed money, she remained indifferent.

Four thousand yuan, most of which he paid every month from the subsidy he received when he joined the army at the age of sixteen to his current salary in his thirties.

Even before he got married, he turned in all his salary. Even if he spent some of it, his mother's salary was already more than four thousand.

And the money she asked Xingran for before...

He couldn't understand why his mother was willing to give the money to her parents' family and other brothers, but was unwilling to give it to him.

He was reluctant to spend a penny and even ignored his career.

Isn't he his mother's biological son? The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. He walked aimlessly on the street like a wandering soul.

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