The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

"My uncle raised me for five years. During those five years, my mother and grandfather left me some money, and now it's all gone to you. How much can your family afford? Besides, I've already raised you for five years. You can't take advantage of me anymore. Don't think I'm the daughter of a rich family. Haha! I'm just a family-oriented adopted daughter. I'm not as glamorous as you think." Yun Shu said self-deprecatingly, and at that moment, a tear slowly slid down her cheek.

"I don't care about all that. Anyway, when Xiaoya goes to Nancheng, you go to the station to pick her up. If you don't, I'll go to the Gu family and make a scene, or I'll throw your mother's memorial tablet out of the Xu family ancestral hall!"

"You don't..." Yun Shu hadn't finished speaking when the phone hung up. They always threatened her like this, and she was truly fed up with her uncle's family.

Yun Shu felt very tired at this time. In her memory, her uncle had been very good to her. It was just that her aunt was too harsh, so after her maternal grandparents passed away, her aunt intensified her abuse of Yun Shu, often secretly not giving her food. Her uncle was diagnosed with liver cancer in the hospital and, after being told he wouldn't live more than a year, decided to bring Yun Shu to the Gu family. If she stayed with the Xu family, he feared that after he passed away, Yun Shu would be tortured to death by her aunt. Fortunately, the Gu family eventually accepted Yun Shu, although as an adopted daughter. At least Yun Shu could stay, even if she wasn't valued, at least she could grow up.

When Yun Shu turned 18 and went to university, she moved out of the Gu family's dormitory and started writing books and working to earn money. She never asked the Gu family for money again. Whenever she had extra money, her aunt would call and say that the family was having difficulties in this and that, and that her younger cousins ​​were almost starving.

Yu Shu thought back to the five years she had spent at her uncle's house after her mother's passing, and how kind her uncle had been to her. She harbored resentment towards her aunt, but she still wanted to help her uncle's children whenever possible. So, whenever she had money, she would send some to her aunt every month. However, over the past year, her aunt had become increasingly unreasonable, demanding more and more money from her. Last month, she sent back two thousand yuan. Her monthly salary was only a little over three thousand yuan. If it weren't for the additional shares she received from Yu Ruo's bar, which provided extra income each month, she would have a very difficult time making ends meet, especially since she needed to save money to buy a house.

Lately, she felt that her dream of buying a house was getting further and further away. After Yu Ruo finished her graduation thesis, she would have to think about finding a part-time job or going back to writing books. Otherwise, with her cousin coming to visit, there would be expenses for two people. She didn't want to rent a house anymore and live in this place with Xu Ya. If Xu Ya disliked it, she could go back to live in a big house.

When I went back to sweep her mother's grave last year for Qingming Festival, I found that my aunt's family had built a new two-story house.

She said she earned the money from her job, but Yun Shu didn't want to reveal it. Over the years, she had sent a lot of money to her aunt, at least 100,000 yuan. At this time, building a small two-story house would cost about the same amount.

Back in 2002, money still lasted a long time, unlike this year, when prices have suddenly risen a lot. For example, recently, during the rainy season, vegetable prices have become ridiculously expensive, with each pound of vegetables costing more than 50 cents more than before. Even more outrageous is that eggs have suddenly become more than a dollar more expensive, making them unaffordable.

My aunt had three children: my eldest cousin Xu Ya, my second cousin Xu Jing, and my youngest cousin Xu An. My aunt always doted on my younger cousin. In 1987, they were fined a lot by the family planning office for having more children than allowed, and the family's financial situation deteriorated significantly. My aunt was also lazy and didn't like to work. After the money left by my grandparents ran out, my aunt started to torment Yun Shu.

Because of a phone call from her aunt, Yun Shu didn't sleep well all night. The next day, when Xiao Mingkun brought her breakfast, he saw that she was in poor spirits, yawning constantly, and had heavy dark circles under her eyes.

"What's wrong? Didn't you sleep well last night?" Xiao Mingkun put down his breakfast, walked over to Yun Shu, and lifted her head. He had never seen Yun Shu so listless before, and he was a little worried.

"Hey! Don't mention it... I don't want to talk about it, and don't ask me..." Yun Shu walked to the dining table, picked up her chopsticks and started eating breakfast, but she couldn't eat much, so she pushed it all to Xiao Mingkun.

"Are you sick? Or is something bothering you?" She doesn't even want to eat. Seeing that she has no appetite, she must be going through something difficult.

Yun Shu shook her head, went into the inner room to get her bag, and prepared to go to work.

Xiao Mingkun tidied up the breakfast on the table. Seeing her like that, he knew that Yun Shu would never speak when she didn't want to.

He was very worried, so he went up to her and said, "Take a day off and get some sleep at home. If you can't, I'll support you. It's not like I can't afford to."

"No, I'm about to be promoted, I can't take leave, it will affect my performance evaluation. Also, thank you Mingkun, I know you can support me, but I don't want to depend on you right now." Yun Shu shook her head and objected. The two of them were just boyfriend and girlfriend, not married yet, Mingkun had no obligation to support her! Besides, she also had her aunt's family behind her, it wasn't that simple to support them.

It was only then that Xiao Mingkun realized that Yun Shu was actually quite stubborn. Seeing her like that, he could only sigh and say, "I'll take you to the hospital. It's best not to go into the operating room today, for your safety and the patient's safety."

Yun Shu's eyes widened immediately after hearing this, "I understand, I won't harm the patient, but medical accidents can still happen, humph!"

After hearing this, Xiao Mingkun smiled wryly. Yun Shu looked much more energetic, and her face had some color in it, not as pale as before. Only then did he dare to take her hand and prepare to send her to work.

Yun Shu usually takes the bus to work by herself because the hospital and Xiao Mingkun's company are in opposite directions, and she doesn't want him to drive her. Sometimes, if she gets up early, Yun Shu walks one or two stops and then takes the bus to the hospital, treating it as exercise. Otherwise, she either works or stays at home, so she doesn't exercise much, and since she's prone to illness, not exercising is bad for her health. This time, Yun Shu didn't refuse Xiao Mingkun's offer to drive her to work because she didn't want to walk or take the bus that day; she wanted to be lazy all day, and since her boyfriend was there to help, she figured she might as well use it.

Seeing that it was still early, Xiao Mingkun deliberately drove slowly and told Yun Shu to sleep a little longer, promising to wake her when they arrived. Yun Shu wasn't sleepy, but she felt weak all over and listless, as if she were about to get sick.

What usually takes ten minutes to drive took Xiao Mingkun half an hour this time. If time hadn't been a constraint, he would have driven slower so Yun Shu could sleep a little longer. After dropping Yun Shu off at the hospital, Xiao Mingkun said to her, "Wait for me after get off work, I'll come pick you up and take you home."

Seeing the worried look on Xiao Mingkun's face, Yun Shu felt a little guilty and quickly nodded. Xiao Mingkun watched her enter the hospital before driving away.