SAG -Chapter 93 An Unfamiliar Cousin

Liu Hui didn’t know what to do either.

She had never expected that the job, which had seemed so good and had been promised so well during the interview, would turn out to be a trap.

They had come to the big city of Shanghai full of hope, thinking they had found good jobs.

Who could have imagined that they would now be penniless after being scammed?

Not only that, each of them still owed twenty thousand yuan.

“Liu Hui, didn’t you say you have a cousin in Shanghai?”

“Why don’t we go stay with her first?”

“At the very least, we need a proper meal. I haven’t eaten all day.”

After crying for a while, the girl on the right no longer had the strength to cry. She thought of the most practical problem first.

Hearing her classmate’s words, Liu Hui subconsciously touched her stomach.

She had not eaten all day either.

“Alright. I’ll call her now.”

As long as she didn’t have to tell her family about this, contacting her cousin Liu Lu was currently the best option.

The call connected quickly.

“Hello, Cousin. It’s Xiaohui.”

“Mm, I came to Shanghai.”

“I’m at…”

“Okay. I’ll wait for you.”

After hanging up, Liu Hui fell into a daze again.

She was simply too weak from hunger and didn’t even want to move.

Originally, Liu Hui had planned to contact Liu Lu only after her job stabilized.

She knew Liu Lu’s family wasn’t very well off either. Everyone had work and responsibilities.

So she didn’t want to trouble her cousin.

When it came to this cousin, Liu Hui didn’t quite know what to say.

Before she went to university, Liu Lu had been her idol.

For the sake of marrying the man she loved, Liu Lu had argued fiercely with her family and had nearly cut ties with them.

To a young girl, that was practically the stuff of dreams.

Even now, although Liu Lu and Zhang Sicheng returned home every year before the New Year, they only stayed for one day, and her parents still never gave them pleasant looks.

Back then, Liu Hui had never understood her second uncle and aunt’s attitude.

She had always believed that marrying for love was the best outcome.

But after starting her internship in her senior year, Liu Hui experienced the hardships of life and gradually began to understand how her second uncle and aunt must have felt.

She didn’t know exactly how Liu Lu had been living all these years.

But judging by the fact that she and Zhang Sicheng had worked in Shanghai for so many years and still hadn’t even bought a car, their life definitely wasn’t good.

Liu Hui actually felt sorry for her cousin.

Liu Lu had such a good personality and was beautiful too, yet because she had married for love, she had lived such a difficult life until now.

Liu Hui and Liu Lu had always had a good relationship.

It was just that after Liu Lu got married, they contacted each other less and less.

Liu Hui and Wu Xin sat there in a daze.

Neither of them wanted to speak.

It wasn’t that they had nothing to say.

They were simply too hungry to have the strength.

Half an hour later, a MINI stopped in front of them.

Liu Hui and Wu Xin instinctively looked over and saw an unfamiliar beauty get out of the passenger seat.

Liu Hui then lowered her head again.

But soon, she noticed two figures standing in front of her.

Then she heard a familiar voice.

“Xiaohui.”

Liu Hui looked up and saw a woman who looked both familiar and unfamiliar.

Familiar, because that face belonged to her cousin Liu Lu.

Unfamiliar, because Liu Lu now looked completely different from the woman in her memory.

In the past, whenever Liu Lu returned home during holidays, her clothes were always outdated and cheap.

Nothing she wore cost more than two hundred yuan.

Even when visiting relatives, her entire outfit would at most cost five or six hundred yuan.

But now?

Although Liu Hui could not immediately identify the brand of Liu Lu’s clothes, she could tell at a glance that they were expensive.

Her hair and makeup were both exquisite.

At first glance, Liu Hui had almost failed to recognize her.

“Cousin?”

Liu Hui called out instinctively.

“What? You don’t recognize me anymore?”

Liu Lu said happily.

She had always liked this younger cousin who had followed behind her since childhood.

It was just that as they grew up, and after Liu Lu had her own family and child, they gradually contacted each other less.

“Cousin, is it really you?”

Liu Hui rubbed her eyes again.

“If not me, then who else could it be?”

“By the way, why are you sitting here?”

Just as Liu Hui was about to speak, her and Wu Xin’s stomachs growled at the same time.

Both of them immediately looked embarrassed.

“You haven’t eaten yet, right?”

“Come on. I’ll take you to eat.”

“Who is this?”

Liu Lu asked while leading the way.

“This is my classmate and roommate, Wu Xin,” Liu Hui introduced.

“Hello, Cousin.”

Wu Xin quickly greeted her while secretly observing Liu Lu and Ning Qing.

Soon, Wu Xin became surprised.

Forget Ning Qing.

Even the clothes and shoes Liu Lu was wearing were clearly worth a lot.

Hadn’t Liu Hui said this cousin of hers wasn’t doing very well?

If this wasn’t doing well, then what counted as doing well?

After the four of them got in the car, Liu Lu suddenly didn’t know where to drive.

She rarely went shopping and wasn’t very familiar with this area.

Ning Qing noticed and smiled.

“Sister Liu, I’ll give you directions. I know a restaurant nearby that’s pretty good.”

As Liu Lu drove according to Ning Qing’s directions, Ning Qing turned to the two girls in the back seat and smiled.

“Hello, I’m Ning Qing. I’m a friend of Sister Liu. You can just call me Ning Qing.”

Liu Hui and Wu Xin were not so clueless as to call her directly by name.

“Sister Qing.”

“Sister Qing, how much does this car cost? It’s so pretty.”

Liu Hui’s eyes were full of envy.

For newly graduated girls like them, this kind of car was a dream car.

Ning Qing pointed at Liu Lu.

“This is her car. Ask her.”

“Hm?”

Liu Hui froze instinctively.

She might not have had much feeling for clothes, but cars were different.

“Cousin, this is your car?”

Liu Hui could hardly believe it.

When Liu Lu had gone home last year, she and Zhang Sicheng had still looked poor and plain.

How had she bought such a nice car this year?

“Yes. I bought it yesterday,” Liu Lu said.

She normally wasn’t someone who liked showing off.

But for some reason, when she said these words in front of this younger cousin, a feeling of pride suddenly welled up in her heart.

In truth, Liu Lu had always known that she was the negative example in their extended family.

Many of her aunts, uncles, and elders used her story to educate their children.

Liu Hui became dazed for a moment, then quickly asked, “Did Brother-in-law buy it for you?”

She was suddenly a little suspicious.

Could her cousin have…

Liu Lu said, “No. Your brother-in-law’s father bought it for us.”

“Your brother-in-law and I both have one.”

“Hm?”

Liu Hui became even more confused.

She vaguely remembered that Zhang Sicheng’s parents had passed away long ago.

How had a father suddenly appeared?

“It’s complicated. I can’t explain it clearly in a few words.”

“When there’s time, I’ll tell you properly.”

“For now, just know that he is your brother-in-law’s biological father.”

“We’re here. Let’s eat first.”

With that, Liu Lu parked the car, and the group followed Ning Qing into the restaurant.