The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 377 Pretending to be Irresponsible3_1

As expected, a figure appeared at the door. It was Zhong Minghui. Seeing that everyone had noticed him, he had no choice but to brace himself and walk in.

"Xiaoya, I came to apologize to you... I wronged you before, but I promise that I will take good care of you for the rest of my life..."

His mother hurriedly chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes, Xiaoya, you two will be getting married soon. Once you have a child, I’ll help out with everything..."

Yan Xixi sensed something was off. Without waiting for Xu Xiaoya to respond, she cut them off immediately, "Sorry, it’s too late, we need to get going. Please make your way home."

Zhong Minghui immediately turned to her, bowing humbly, "Miss Yan, since you’re Xiaoya’s close friend, please give us another chance..."

Yan Xixi thought for a moment before responding indifferently, "You’ve already severed ties with Xiaoya, so there’s no ’giving another chance’ to speak of. Xiaoya funded your education for years, never precisely calculating the cost. Yet, you conned her out of 300,000 for your house. Letting you off the hook is simple. Just pay the 300,000 back."

"Miss Yan, where do we get that kind of money? Minghui has been unemployed for nearly a year, and nothing is going right. He can hardly afford the mortgage payments. It’s not that he doesn’t want to pay the money back; it’s just that he genuinely has no way to produce it. Please give us some more time... For the sake of the many years he and Xiaoya were together, don’t push Minghui to his breaking point..." In the end, the old woman was choking with sobs and simply knelt down. "Begging you, don’t force us to sell our house. If we do, Minghui will be finished... Xiaoya, you were once so in love with Minghui, can you really bear to see him brought to despair?"

Xu Xiaoya remained silent.

Zhong Minghui panicked and grabbed Xu Xiaoya’s hand. "Xiaoya, please! The Third Young Master gave me a year, ordering me to gather the money to pay you back within that time. But I really can’t come up with that much money right now... Can we postpone it, please? Just for a little while..."

Only then did Xu Xiaoya realize that Zhong Minghui’s initial lie about his mother having a terminal illness was merely a stalling tactic—because the Third Young Master had ordered him to repay the 300,000 within a year. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Hearing the name ’Third Young Master’ mentioned, Yan Xixi also paused. So that was it, she thought. This despicable swine! Back then, he was certain Xu Xiaoya had no backing, so he and his beastly mother used her and then callously discarded her. They even brazenly brought his mistress home, beat Xiaoya, and nearly killed her. And now, here he is, kneeling and begging like a dog.

As Xu Xiaoya hesitated, Yan Xixi suddenly spoke sternly, "What do you mean, you have no way out? Sell the house, and you’ll have the money, won’t you?"

Zhong Minghui pleaded, "Xiaoya, do you truly not have one bit of affection for our past relationship?"

The old woman burst into hysterical sobbing, "Where will we live if we sell the house?"

Yan Xixi sneered, "Where were you living before you bought the house? Don’t forget how you got the 300,000 for it—it was Xiaoya’s hard-earned money! That money, you can’t avoid returning every single cent of it!"

It was then that Zhong Minghui finally drew out a card, his expression filled with despair. "Miss Yan, I’ve sold the house as you wished. I’m a pauper now. But please, I beg you, ask the Third Young Master not to trouble me anymore. Please, leave me a way to live."

Yan Xixi ungraciously snatched the card from him, indifferently remarking, "The money Xiaoya spent on your education is now written off. From now on, as long as you don’t come bothering Xiaoya again, I guarantee no one will trouble you."

Mother Zhong tried to say something else, but Zhong Minghui pulled her out the door.

It wasn’t until the two of them had completely disappeared into the distance that Yan Xixi finally heaved a sigh of relief. With a wry smile, she handed the card to Xiaoya. "Xiaoya, this money is finally back. Don’t feel bad; he’s not worth it."

Xu Xiaoya took the card, bursting into laughter. "I’m not upset at all. In fact, I’m secretly thrilled we have an extra 300,000 for our capital! Ha-ha, we really have to thank the Third Young Master. If it weren’t for him, I would have been swindled for life, and there’s no way I’d ever have gotten this 300,000 back... Ha-ha, we absolutely must thank the Third Young Master..."

She laughed and laughed, and somehow, the laughter turned into tears.

Yan Xixi turned her head away, tears falling down her face as well.