Fang Qiao neither said yes nor no, but instead asked, "Why eat at Quanjude if you didn't bring enough money? There are other state-run restaurants nearby, and your workplace isn't far either. You can eat at another one."
"That would be so embarrassing. The lady is already seated at Quanjude. It would be so shameful to leave now." Fang Lu pleaded, "Sister, please help me. I'm dating this lady. If things go well, we might even get married this year. I can't let it all fall apart over a meal, can I?"
Fang Lu always said he would get married at the end of the year with every girlfriend he dated, but he kept saying it until he was thirty before he finally got married.
Fang Qiao didn't believe his nonsense: "Eat what you can afford. If you don't have money, don't try to put on a show. Otherwise, you'll have to brag later."
"Sis, if you don't want to lend it, then don't, but you don't have to curse me, do you? I'm getting along really well with that woman." Fang Lu's lips drooped immediately, and her face turned extremely sour.
Fang Qiao didn't care about his sour face or not, and said perfunctorily, "Okay, I take back what I just said. You should get along well with him and try to get married by the end of the year. I'll give you a wedding gift then. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
"Hey, don't go yet." Fang Lu quickly grabbed Fang Qiao's arm. "Sis, can't you lend me some? Can you really bear to watch your brother embarrass himself in front of that woman?"
Fang Qiao pretended to be in trouble: "I really don't have any money. I came back from the countryside and I don't even have a job. My sister-in-law and niece are living at home. Now your brother-in-law is the only one earning money to feed five people. I'm a woman who has to rely on others to make a living. I really don't have any spare money."
"Alright." Fang Lu lowered his eyes in disappointment. "Then you can go back."
Unable to borrow the money, Fang Lu's enthusiastic attitude immediately turned cold, and he turned and left after speaking.
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