Liu Chunyan walked forward quickly and said, "I want to borrow some money."

Shi Nian was speechless. "Don't I know you? You borrowed money and never paid it back. There's no way you can borrow money. Get out of here!"

Liu Chunyan retorted, "Why haven't I paid it back?"

Shi Nian asked, "You can borrow money, but first pay me back the 20,000 yuan you owed me!"

"When did I owe you money?"

"When I was a junior, you took advantage of the fact that I was studying in another city and couldn't come back. You lied to me that my sister had surgery and Zhang Jiahao didn't have much money. You cheated me out of 20,000 yuan. It wasn't until I went home during the holidays and asked my sister about it that I realized I was cheated by you. It's only been a few years, have you forgotten?"

Shi Nian snorted coldly, "Thanks for your reminder, otherwise I would have almost forgotten about it."

Liu Chunyan looked calm, "Really? I don't remember. Don't change the subject."

She ignored Shi Nian and walked straight to Feng Sihan, "Xiao Feng, your brother-in-law is in a hurry to pay off the mortgage. You can lend him 500,000 first, and he will pay you back slowly in the future!"

Feng Sihan said calmly, "It's not my decision whether to lend it or not. It's Nian Nian's decision that counts."

He asked, "Borrow it?"

Shi Nian pulled the corner of his lip expressionlessly, met Liu Chunyan's eyes, and said word by word, "No."

Liu Chunyan said in an unhappy tone, "You gave Xiao Wang 500,000 yuan, why can't you lend 500,000 yuan to your brother-in-law?"

She rebuked in dissatisfaction, "It's not like we won't pay it back, why are you so stingy?"

"Liu Chunyan, do you know there is something called a bank loan?"

"How high is the interest rate on a bank loan? Why would I borrow that stuff?"

"Then why should we lose the interest we deserve and lend you the money at the risk of you not paying it back? You are so funny."

"I'm your mother, Li Youcai is your brother, isn't it your duty to help us? Just because you married into a good family, you can't wait to cut ties with your natal family?"

Shi Nian could no longer bear it, "I can't even hate him enough, and you still want me to help him? What are you dreaming about!"

She was in a bad mood, so she held Feng Sihan's hand, pulled him and turned away.

Liu Chunyan wanted to follow, but the way was blocked by Feng Sihan.

She met his cold black eyes, and the place where he hit her wrist began to ache again.

Liu Chunyan was distracted for a moment, and the two figures had disappeared.

She was so angry that she stamped her feet, unwilling to go back empty-handed, and paced back and forth at the entrance of the corridor.

Ten seconds later, the security guard ran towards her.

Liu Chunyan turned around and ran, but was driven out of the community by the security guards.

Shi Nian and Feng Sihan returned home in a very bad mood.

She quickly adjusted herself and her mood turned from gloomy to sunny.

Today they got all the money back from Wang Fan, and the heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground. She no longer owed Feng Sihan, and could continue to accept his care for her calmly.

Shi Nian walked to the window and looked down through it, just in time to see Liu Chunyan being driven away by the security guard she had called.

After lunch, Shi Nian went back to his room and took a nap.

She remembered about the key, and as soon as she arrived at the store in the afternoon, she searched the whole house for Fang Ning.

"Senior?"

The store door was open, but Fang Ning was nowhere to be seen.

Shi Nian didn't find anyone and was confused.

Where did he go?

Shi Nian picked up her phone and unlocked the screen only to find that Fang Ning had sent her a message three minutes ago.

[Niannian, I'm going to pick up the supplier's car and will be back soon.]

Shi Nian replied quickly.

[Okay, I'm already at the store.]

She stood inside the store, her eyes fixed on the locked cupboard.

Shi Nian took out the key and tried to see if she could open the cabinet lock.

She tried the last key and there was a click in the lock.

Shi Nian pulled the key out and accidentally opened the cupboard door.

The cupboard was not cluttered with clutter as Fang Ning had described; instead, it was unusually tidy.

There was a gap in the cabinet door, but not even a speck of dust fell inside.

Shi Nian noticed the iron box in the corner and couldn't help but reach out his hand curiously.

What's this?

She picked up the iron box, but her attention was attracted by a white mobile phone pressed under the iron box.

Why does this phone look familiar?

When Shi Nian came to his senses, he had already picked up the phone.

She looked at it back and forth and suddenly stopped. Why does it look so much like Xinyue’s phone?

Wasn’t Zhao Xinyue’s phone lost? How did it appear here?

Shi Nian was confused and frowned slightly.

Isn’t this Xinyue’s phone?

This phone is obviously a women’s model and shows signs of use. If it’s not Zhao Xinyue’s, then whose is it?

Why did the senior lock his cell phone in the cupboard?

Shi Nian's heartbeat suddenly became faster and another thought flashed through his mind.

Could it be that Fang Ning cheated on her?

Shi Nian frowned even more deeply, and after looking at it over and over again, she still felt that this phone belonged to her best friend.

She pressed the lock button, but the screen did not light up.

She hesitated whether to turn on the phone to take a look, and suddenly Fang Ning's voice came from behind her, "What are you doing?"

Shi Nian was startled by the cold voice that came from her ear. She stood up hurriedly and turned around, bumping into the cupboard door.

Fang Ning looked at her suspiciously, with a look of scrutiny and displeasure.

It was the first time that Shi Nian saw him look so serious, and she suddenly felt embarrassed as if she had been caught peeping into someone else's privacy.

Fang Ning lowered his gaze to her hands behind her back, frowned and asked, "What are you holding?"

"I found a bunch of keys in the corner of the bathroom this morning. Didn't you say the key to the closet door was lost? I thought it was here, so I wanted to come over and try it this afternoon."

Fang Ning suddenly asked, "Did you touch anything inside?"

"I don't."

Shi Nian quickly handed the phone to him, "I thought this phone looked a bit like Xinyue's, so I picked it up to have a look, but it seemed to be out of battery, so I didn't turn it on, and I didn't touch anything else."

Fang Ning's brows relaxed a little, his expression softened, and he turned back into the friendly senior in her memory.

Fang Ning took the phone from her hand, "This is Xinyue's."

Shi Nian was surprised. "I remember Xinyue said that her phone was lost in the store and she never found it... Why is it here with you?"

"My friend found her phone in the staff dormitory and contacted me to get it, but I had already bought a new phone for Xinyue. The old one was broken and couldn't be turned on, so it was left with me."

Shi Nian seemed to believe it but not to believe it, and nodded.

Fang Ning stretched out his hand towards her, "Niannian, give me the key."

"Here."

Shi Nian thought he was going to lock the door, so she stepped back and stood aside.

Fang Ning turned to her and said, "Go to the warehouse and push a small cart. We will bring the newly delivered pet toys over."

"OK."

Shi Nian found the cart from the warehouse and returned to the store. Fang Ning was already waiting for her at the door.

Fang Ning put a few boxes on the cart, took the cart from her, and they went back to the store together.

Fang Ning stopped by the cupboard and took down the box. "Niannian, let's put the pet toys here. You clean up here first, and I'll go to the warehouse and move the rest over."

Shi Nian opened the cupboard door and found that the cupboard was empty. The things that were originally inside were gone.