Su Li remained silent.
She turned her gaze toward Bai Huizi.
Su Li didn’t feel much of an emotional ripple regarding the request from her former neighbor.
Perhaps because she had suffered in the past, she felt she should help this uncle.
“This matter depends on Sister Bai’s wishes. I cannot help you,” Su Li said calmly.
The middle-aged uncle’s fate had nothing to do with her. She had always let go of the urge to help others and respected their destinies.
‘I feel a bit contradictory,’ she thought.
Even if she held onto this belief, she still donated a portion of her money every month.
She wanted to help children who shared her past fate and were powerless to change their circumstances.
Perhaps in her heart, children and adults were different.
Seeing the light in the middle-aged uncle’s eyes gradually dim, Su Li’s expression remained unchanged.
“Since that’s the case, for the sake of Little Su Li, I’ll give you three more days,” Bai Huizi said coldly.
Seeing the middle-aged man bowing and scraping in gratitude, she grabbed Su Li’s arm to leave.
“That man was just laid off, and yet he’s still paying exorbitant tutoring fees for his child. Now his wife is making a scene about divorcing him. I don’t think staying in S City is a wise choice for him.”
Su Li remained silent and didn’t answer. After a moment, she said calmly, “Sorry, I don’t have parents. So I can’t understand.”
Actually, if she wanted to say some comforting words, she could.
Although she hadn’t dealt with clients who had daughters, she had dealt with those who had adopted daughters, as well as clients who were daughters themselves.
Naturally, she had heard plenty of complaints about life. If she communicated using a formula, she certainly could.
But she felt Bai Huizi was trying to tell her something through this matter.
Su Li thought of Cat. ‘If Cat had to go to school and learning other things required more money, I would be willing to provide it for her. But there is no money left at home, yet they still sign the child up for tutoring; I don’t quite understand that. If it were Cat, she certainly wouldn’t want to spend money on such things. Cat would definitely study hard when it was time to study.’
Hearing Su Li’s words, Bai Huizi was actually stunned. She picked up her phone and directly transferred 100,000 yuan to Su Li.
“Sorry, Sister should have realized that sooner,” Bai Huizi apologized.
“I originally just wanted to ask Little Su Li if you thought I was being too cruel. After all, I’m so rich. With just a nod, I could save a whole family.”
Bai Huizi had never considered whether Su Li had parents.
In her eyes, giving her little pet some money was enough.
Since she had accidentally touched upon this topic, Bai Huizi apologized. This was her upbringing.
“Sister Bai doesn’t need to worry about it; I just didn’t really know how to answer your question. Besides, I don’t think what you did was cruel. Not everyone knows how to be grateful. It’s possible that people are grateful at first, but over time, they get used to it and think it’s what they deserve. Sister Bai doesn’t owe anyone anything. Just like how you transferred 100,000 yuan to me, I wouldn’t take that money to help others, even if this 100,000 yuan could cover their rent for a whole year.”
Su Li didn’t care about Bai Huizi’s reaction. When she was at her most difficult, people had indeed helped her.
But she always adhered to the Principle of Equivalent Exchange.
If others helped her, she would help them elsewhere. That was normal, just like her transactions with other clients.
“If Sister Bai thinks she is cruel, then I am just as cruel,” Su Li said calmly.
Bai Huizi’s hand remained on the transfer screen, Su Li’s light words echoing in her ears.
She felt her heart thumping. Su Li’s eyelashes didn’t even flutter when she spoke, as if she were talking about the weather forecast.
She suddenly turned Su Li’s face, and a lipstick mark unexpectedly landed on the other woman’s cool lip corner.
“Sister seems to like you more and more.”
When her nose brushed against the stray hairs behind Su Li’s ear, she smelled a familiar fragrance.
The person in her arms was as stiff as a jade carving, her breathing so light it was almost non-existent, which only made Bai Huizi hold her tighter.
The silk shirt pressed a red mark into the side of Su Li’s neck. Bai Huizi used her thumb to smudge the smeared lipstick.
Su Li’s long eyelashes shimmered with a pale gold light under the sunlight.
Bai Huizi suddenly laughed and left a deeper kiss mark under the corner of Su Li’s eye.
Hearing the notification for the 50,000 yuan deposit, Su Li looked at Bai Huizi and saw her holding her happily.
‘For rich people like Bai Huizi who occasionally have sentimental questions, I don’t mind speaking from their perspective,’ Su Li thought.
Bai Huizi’s generosity was beyond her expectations. Su Li didn’t know if Bai Huizi had suddenly made money somewhere.
It was normal for Bai Huizi to make money; otherwise, she wouldn’t be handing out tens of thousands at a time.
“What? Are you scared?” Seeing Su Li dazed and silent, the corner of Bai Huizi’s mouth curled up.
“Sister just thinks Little Su Li is worth it. The thing I lack the least is money.”
As she spoke, she pulled Su Li’s arm and headed toward the next unit.
“I wonder if she’s home. If she isn’t home, that would be a bit difficult — “
“Oh, it’s Little Su! I haven’t seen you in a long time. Did you move out?”
The Grandma from 401 sighed as she grasped Su Li’s other arm after seeing her.
“It was wise of you to move, Little Su. You have no idea — the girl living with you now piles delivery boxes in the fire escape all day long.”
She pointed to a moldy plastic bag behind the security door.
“The weather was quite damp last week, and it attracted a nest of cockroaches that crawled through the cracks into my kitchen.”
“Exactly!” An office worker in pajamas chimed in while opening a package.
“One time I worked overtime until 2:00 AM and ran right into the Malatang soup base that Ms. Chi left outside. The red oil was flowing down the stairs.”
She gestured exaggeratedly. “My newly bought sheepskin boots were almost ruined!”
The gathered neighbors complained one after another, finally looking at Bai Huizi.
“Landlord, can you please do something about this kind of person? Living with her really affects our daily lives.”
“If you don’t believe us, come with us, and let’s go take a look.”