Chapter 350 Lu Jiayi Borrows Money

When Lu Jiayi rushed back from the hospital to borrow money, Shen Xuewei was still in the library.

When she returned to her dormitory after reading in the library, she found the atmosphere unusually heavy.

Just as I was wondering, Su Shu, with a gloomy face, casually threw down the comb in her hand, grabbed her bag, and left the dormitory.

Shen Xuewei watched her departing figure and asked:

"What's wrong with Su Shu?"

Huang Xin hesitated, then whispered, "Weiwei, could you... could you..."

She didn't dare to ask whether they could make it to the end, so she simply tugged at Lu Jiayi's hat.

"Never mind, Jiayi, you can tell Weiwei yourself."

She stood behind Lu Jiayi, who was originally lying face down on the table, so Shen Xuewei couldn't see her expression.

When she looked up, Shen Xuewei noticed that their eyes were swollen like walnuts.

Having just been rejected once, Lu Jiayi didn't know if she could borrow money from Shen Xuewei.

But thinking of her grandmother's illness, she still mustered up the courage to speak to Shen Xuewei:

"Weiwei, could you... could you lend me some money? I can write an IOU, and I swear I'll work hard to pay you back after graduation."

Having been in college for so long, she sometimes takes advantage of her roommates, and she also helps Su Shu clean for two thousand yuan.

However, she has never asked anyone for money all this time.

She has self-respect; so many people in the whole school failed to get into Shenbei University, but she was the only one who did.

Before coming to Shanghai, she carried with her the expectation of leaving her hometown and the dream of giving her grandparents a better life in the future, hoping that everything would get better and better.

But Shanghai is too big, and Shanghai University is too big. She has to put in 200% effort to become the best one.

While her classmates were participating in club activities, she was studying; while her classmates were having a blast in Shanghai on weekends, she was tutoring her child.

She only allows herself to sleep for six hours a day, and the rest of the time she must make progress every minute and every second, just to realize her dream as soon as possible and to make herself and her grandparents live a good life.

But why did fate treat her this way? Why did it have to bring such bad things upon her most important loved ones?

Over the past three years, after deducting living expenses and tuition fees, she has managed to save 30,000 yuan.

However, this small amount of money is just a drop in the ocean compared to the exorbitant medical expenses.

The medical standards in Shanghai are better than in the countryside, but the cost is far beyond what ordinary families can afford, let alone someone who is still a student.

She couldn't get any more money, but she wouldn't just stand by and watch her grandmother pass away.

No matter what method she uses, she will definitely get the money to treat her grandmother's illness.

Before Shen Xuewei entered, she had already borrowed from Huang Xin and Su Shu.

Huang Xin's monthly living expenses were limited, but even so, they still lent her 20,000 yuan.

As for Su Shu, it was as expected; we couldn't borrow her book.

For now, the only hope is that Shen Xuewei can lend her some money.

Huang Xin chimed in, "Yes, Weiwei. If... if you have money, could you lend it to Jiayi? If she can't pay it back in the future, I'll help her pay it back."

If she had that much money, she would definitely have lent it to Lu Jiayi herself.

Unfortunately, she only had 3,000 yuan a month for living expenses, and she spent money extravagantly. She also needed her grandparents to help her out from time to time, so she couldn't lend that much to Lu Jiayi at all.

If she had known, she would have tried to be more frugal with her money.

Shen Xuewei was taken aback, not expecting it to be about borrowing money.

The atmosphere in the dormitory was like that before I entered, so Lu Jiayi must have already tried to borrow from Su Shu, but she didn't get it from him.

As for how much money to borrow, judging from Lu Jiayi's desperate yet pleading eyes, she estimated it was no small sum.

To be honest, her first reaction to Lu Jiayi's request to borrow money was to refuse.

Her initial impression of Lu Jiayi was so-so. Although they are now fairly familiar roommates, their relationship is not that of good friends.

Faced with a loan request that clearly involved a large sum of money, Shen Xuewei did not want to lend it out casually.

She moved her lips as if to refuse, but Lu Jiayi, as if anticipating her refusal, knelt down resolutely in front of Shen Xuewei.

"Weiwei, I wouldn't be begging you like this if I hadn't really had no other choice."

"For the sake of us being roommates for three years, please help me out, okay? I promise I will pay you back the money I borrowed within three years."

Shen Xuewei was startled by her sudden kneeling and took several steps back until she reached the dormitory entrance.

"Don't do this."

Shen Xuewei sighed, trying to soften her tone so as not to add pressure to Lu Jiayi, who was already clearly in a state of emotional collapse.

"If you want to borrow money from me, you should at least tell me why you need to borrow money and how much you want to borrow."

"I can't guarantee I'll lend it to you, but if you're willing to ask, I'm willing to see how things go."

Huang Xin quickly pulled Lu Jiayi up from her kneeling position. "Jiayi, get up first. Let Weiwei come in so we can talk properly."

She pulled Lu Jiayi up and made room for Shen Xuewei to sit at her desk.

Facing Shen Xuewei's gaze, Lu Jiayi tried her best to calm herself down and forced a flattering smile.

“My grandmother is sick. She has lung cancer, and it was already in its late stage when it was discovered. If she doesn’t receive treatment, she may not live much longer.”

"But if we want to treat her properly and want my grandmother to live longer, the doctor said we need to prepare at least several hundred thousand yuan."

“I don’t have that much money right now, but I want my grandma to live one more day.”

"Weiwei, I want to borrow 300,000 yuan from you. I will write an IOU, with a three-year term. I will definitely repay you with interest within three years."

Shen Xuewei knew that she had gone back to her hometown and brought her grandparents up for medical treatment.

But I never expected that the other person's condition was so serious, that it had reached the late stage of lung cancer.

Even in a major city like Shanghai, with its top-tier medical standards, this disease is usually incurable with current medical technology.

The best outcome of various treatments, such as chemotherapy and targeted therapy, is simply to live a few more years.

Knowing this would be the outcome, Lu Jiayi was still willing to take on a huge debt, which shows that her relationship with the old man was exceptionally deep.

Perhaps it was because Shen Xuewei had also recently lost her grandparents, so looking at her now gave me a sense of shared sorrow.

The silence was so long that Lu Jiayi's eyes were filled with despair, thinking that Shen Xuewei would not lend her money. Finally, Shen Xuewei nodded gently.

"Okay, I'll lend you this money. I hope your grandmother can stay with you a little longer."

Having spent so much time together, Shen Xuewei knew that Lu Jiayi was a shrewd and goal-oriented person.

However, at the same time, her character is trustworthy.

Living in the same dormitory, Lu Jiayi knew that Shen Xuewei and Su Shu both had some expensive bags and jewelry in their closets.