Jiang Yining understood and smiled. "Aunt, I was planning to call you tomorrow. I wanted to have dinner with you and pay back the 200,000 yuan I owed my uncle."

Ying Yun asked in surprise, "Ningning, where did you get so much money?"

She originally just wanted Jiang Yining to pay back some of the money first and had no intention of forcing the girl. Her husband and son would not allow her to do so, and she had no choice as her family was worried about money.

Jiang Yining said embarrassedly, "Aunt, I'm married and have obtained the marriage certificate, but I haven't held the wedding yet. I was thinking of bringing him back to meet my uncle in the next few days."

Ying Yun was shocked. What was important now was not the repayment of the money, but that Jiang Yining had already obtained the marriage certificate.

Her husband loves his niece, so she has to find a way to tell him this in a gentle way.

It wasn't a good idea to ask too much over the phone, so she said, "Ningning, your cousin has taken a few days off. Let's see if you guys are free to come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yining felt troubled. Her uncle's family needed money, and she could no longer pay it back slowly like before.

Jiang Yining could only call Zhang Qiao and ask her, "Qiaoqiao, can you lend me some money?"

"What's wrong?"

"My cousin wants to buy a house and wants to pay back my uncle's money as soon as possible."

Zhang Qiao asked, "How much do you need?"

Jiang Yining's voice dropped several notches. "Two...two hundred thousand."

Zhang Qiao spoke frankly, "I only have 100,000 yuan in savings, but don't worry, I'll go home tonight and ask my parents for another 100,000 yuan."

Hearing Zhang Qiao say this, Jiang Yining breathed a sigh of relief, "Qiaoqiao, thank you."

Zhang Qiao laughed and said, "Why are you being so polite to me?"

After ending the call, Jiang Yining washed his hands. As soon as he turned around, he saw He Chi standing outside the kitchen. His thick black eyebrows were slightly furrowed and his expression was a little cold.

He Chi didn't know how long he had been standing there, but looking at his reaction, Jiang Yining understood that he had heard everything.

She knew that He Chi was angry, angry that she would rather borrow money from others than use her own family's money.

Jiang Yining bit her lip and sighed secretly.

A too big house is not necessarily a good thing.

She raised her head and looked directly at He Chi, her eyes very stubborn. "I know this money is a small matter to you, but this is the money my mother owes for her medical treatment. I have to pay it back myself."

Although He Chi handed over the family's financial power to her, Jiang Yining found it difficult to convince herself to spend He Chi's money with peace of mind.

Jiang Yining was not sure whether he and He Chi could continue to be together.

She didn't want He Chi to look down on her.

He Chi saw tears welling up in her eyes and frowned. He walked forward and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips.

"You should pay it back. I didn't tell you not to pay it back. Why are you crying?"

He spoke in a gentle tone, as if he was coaxing her.

Jiang Yining didn't want to cry but she couldn't hold back her tears.

"I didn't cry."

He Chi chuckled, "Well, you didn't cry, it's just that your eyes burned when you were cutting tomatoes just now."

Jiang Yining was amused by his words.

He took Jiang Yining to sit on the sofa in the living room and patiently reasoned with her, "Two hundred thousand is nothing to our family, but it may be a considerable amount of money to your friend's family."

"They're not in a rush to use the money now, but everyone has emergencies in life. If they do need it urgently, where are you going to find them two hundred thousand yuan?"

Jiang Yining sat on the sofa, but He Chi stood.

She suddenly became at a loss, raised her eyes and looked at He Chi, "I..."

Jiang Yining couldn't deny what He Chi said.

He Chi added, "I guess my uncle borrowed quite a bit of money from you guys back then. If you had put that money in a bank deposit for nine years, you would have earned quite a bit of interest."

"My advice is not just to pay off the money you owe."

He looked at Jiang Yining and said, "Because in the eyes of others, your current situation is much better than theirs, while they are in urgent need of money. They helped you in the past, and now it's their turn to need help, but you haven't shown any appreciation at all. This might have chilled their hearts in helping you in the first place."