Seeing her resolute attitude, Shen Ru also felt somewhat embarrassed.

So she quickly changed the subject: "By the way, what about Qin Yiheng? Since Qin Yiheng is called a miracle doctor, don't people go to him for treatment? Don't those high-ranking officials and nobles get sick? If they come to Qin Yiheng, they must pay him a lot of money, right?"

It's not enough that they're only targeting themselves; they also want to drag Qin Yiheng into it?

Jiang Yan's savings certainly couldn't be that little bit, not to mention Qin Yiheng's, otherwise how could she dare to start a business?

But why did she give all her money to help Shen Ru? And why did Shen Ru think that all her money was prepared for her?

They calculated it clearly.

Thankfully, there was no third person in the family, otherwise she would have included them too.

"I really don't have any more, I still need to spend money," Jiang Yan said gently, suppressing her temper.

But Shen Ru wouldn't listen to any of that.

She only gleaned one piece of information—Jiang Yan still had money, but she wasn't going to use it to help herself.

"Yes, yes, I know you need money to live, but you don't need that much, do you? Lend me the money to tide me over. If he hadn't given me three days, I wouldn't be in such a hurry. Thirty million? I've been earning that much for a lifetime, isn't that enough? Lend it to me, and I'll pay you back slowly."

Shen Ru had seen a glimmer of hope for life. She held Jiang Yan's hand and shook it pleadingly.

At times like these, she'd do anything to borrow money.

They used to say they would never have 30 million in their lifetime, but now it seems they don't have that much anymore.

Thirty million, that's a number that can be both high and low!

“Yan Yan, we’ve been best friends for four years in college. I know I’ve done some things wrong, and you don’t like them, but our friendship is there. Now that I’m in this kind of trouble, you can’t just abandon me.”

Shen Ru spoke with such confidence, as if Jiang Yan had broken some law by ignoring her.

"Besides you, no one else can come up with that much money all at once. Even if I scrape together what I have, I still won't be able to raise it in just two days."

Shen Ru had a plan: "You...you can lend it to me first, and then I can borrow money to pay you back."

Now that things have come to this, Jiang Yan no longer holds any hope for Shen Ru.

Therefore, everything she did afterward was just an act.

“Chen Ru, this…” Jiang Yan looked reluctant, but also somewhat helpless.

Seemingly sensing that Jiang Yan was softening, Shen Ru tried even harder to persuade her, playing the emotional card with great enthusiasm.

"Yan Yan, do you still remember that we were roommates from the very first day of school?"

Shen Ru's voice even became lighter, and a wave of nostalgia immediately washed over her.

“At the beginning, we didn’t get along. Although we never had a proper fight, we did have some unpleasantness. In the end, wasn’t it me who humbled myself first and said to you, ‘Let’s get along well,’ and that’s how we became best friends for so many years?”

"Back then, we would discuss everything we understood or didn't understand in class together. We were together every day. Qiwei had been trying to pursue you ever since then. Wasn't it always me who stopped him? Otherwise, you would have suffered a lot long ago."

As Shen Ru spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. They were watery and made her look rather pitiful.

“When we first entered school, we were not used to it and the pressure was quite high. You fell ill after the first quiz. I was the one who took care of you the whole time. I even took leave to take care of you, which caused me to miss classes and time, but I didn’t complain at all.”

Her voice began to choke.

"Later, the clubs we joined were basically the same. You don't like socializing, so I made sure to get along well with the upperclassmen so I could find out about things in advance. I told you everything in detail. I never complained about doing all this, and I didn't ask for anything in return because I genuinely considered you a friend."

Finally, tears welled up in my eyes.

If it weren't for the fact that the situation was really inappropriate, Jiang Yan felt that she should persuade Shen Ru to study acting, which would definitely be much better and more promising than her being a white-collar worker in the company.

"After graduation, if we hadn't had different jobs and you hadn't had so many things to do to take care of your mother, our relationship wouldn't have come to this. Yan Yan, tell me, can't we go back? If this were back in college, and I encountered a similar problem, you would definitely be more anxious than I am and want to help me. Why has it turned out like this now?"

Shen Ru was already wailing in pain, looking heartbroken.

"If you hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known you remembered it so clearly..."

However, Jiang Yan and she seemed to be from two different worlds.

Shen Ru herself was moved to tears by such a moving speech, but Jiang Yan didn't feel any empathy for her at all.

Shen Ru didn't notice anything wrong with Jiang Yan's condition at first. She was still immersed in her own world, pulling out tissues and crying so hard that the tissues were scattered all over the floor.

She sobbed, "Waaah, I care so much about our relationship, of course I remember it clearly, waaah..."

"Are you sure it's because you care about the relationship that you remember it so clearly?"

Jiang Yan's voice turned cold, and she pulled her hand away from Shen Ru's, taking the bank card with her.

Shen Ru then realized that things were not developing as she had imagined.

After she said so much, stirring up memories of the past, how could Jiang Yan remain completely unmoved?

In fact, Jiang Yan really is capable.

"From the beginning, if you can truly recognize your mistakes and sincerely apologize, you will have many options."

Jiang Yan's emotionless voice made Shen Ru forget to cry.

Her eyes were bloodshot, and her body was trembling slightly for some reason.

Jiang Yan continued, "Just now, if you had taken the card and left, you would still have had a choice."

“Because once this money is given to you, it’s yours. If you have any conscience, return it to me when you have the money. If you don’t, well, you’re not going to be interested in these things anyway. As long as you don’t bother me anymore, it’s up to you. Consider it a settlement for all the years of friendship you’ve been talking about.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Ru suddenly realized something and her expression became extremely flustered.

"No, Yan Yan..."

She wanted to say something, but Jiang Yan didn't give her the chance.

"I know that people's greed can sometimes be limitless, but I hoped you would do it even once in a while, again and again. However, you still disappointed me..."