tell you more details later!""Oh, okay." Upon hearing that this person had helped Mu Han, Summer agreed and took out a silver needle, preparing to kneel down and start the treatment."Miss Mu, is that...Chapter 1043: Are You a Beggar

For many white-collar workers, weekends are meant for sleeping in, and Lu Hui was no exception. Usually getting up before seven every day, today he slept until almost ten o'clock without waking up, until his phone rang.

"Hello, may I ask who's calling" Without hesitation, Lu Hui picked up the call; he never turned off his phone even at night for fear that the company might suddenly need him.

"Is this Mr. Lu Hui" A rather charming voice came through the phone.

"Yes, may I ask who you are" Lu Hui tried to recognize the owner of the voice from his memory but could not find a match in his brain; he concluded that he did not know this person.

"I'm Ning Jie. My husband borrowed ten yuan from you yesterday and said he would repay you with one hundred thousand yuan. If it's convenient for Mr. Lu, may I ask for your address We'll come over to pay you back right now." The charming voice quickly explained, though her words made Lu Hui rather confused.

"Huh What did you say" Already not fully awake, hearing this left him even more bewildered—is he still dreaming

After the person on the other end of the line repeated what was said earlier, Lu Hui finally understood and remembered the ten-yuan incident. He recalled the strange fellow he encountered yesterday morning, a violent man who seemed sick but was energetic enough to beat up an emergency doctor; this guy dressed like he wasn’t a beggar yet had no money, borrowing four yuan from him while claiming he would return forty thousand yuan. Lu Hui ended up giving him ten yuan instead, and the guy claimed he’d repay one hundred thousand.

"Miss Ning, you really don't need to pay back this money. It's only ten yuan; it’s no big deal." Upon remembering the incident, Lu Hui quickly spoke up.

Lu Hui hadn’t expected the person to actually return the ten-yuan loan or repay him one hundred thousand yuan. At that time, he was in a hurry for work and forgot about it afterward. He never imagined someone would call him now, ready to pay back money and even offering one hundred thousand!

"Mr. Lu, my husband is a man of his word. If he said he will repay you one hundred thousand yuan, then he will do so. Please tell me your address; we’ll be over shortly to make the repayment," Ning Jie insisted from the other end of the line.

"Miss Ning, even if there is a need for repayment, it’s only ten yuan at most. I wouldn’t dare accept one hundred thousand yuan from you…" Lu Hui was dumbfounded and responded, but he was interrupted before he could finish.

"Mr. Lu, I told you my husband keeps his promises regardless of the amount of money involved. We will repay you exactly one hundred thousand yuan; not a single cent less. Please give us your address so we can find you," Ning Jie seemed slightly impatient on her end of the line.

"Well… Alright then, I live in the city village area near Xi Gang. Once you arrive, just call me back." Lu Hui was confused but ultimately provided his address, thinking it might be a mere formality and that they wouldn't actually come to see him.

After the caller hung up, Lu Hui was still staring blankly for quite a while. Then he heard a slightly puzzled voice from beside him: "Lu Hui, who called What did you mean by Miss Ning and ten thousand for ten dollars What were you talking about"

The one who spoke was naturally his live-in girlfriend Su Qin. In the central city where Lu Hui used to work, her family background wasn’t bad either; her father was a civil servant, though not a high-ranking official. However, their financial situation was still decent, and on top of that, Su Qin herself was quite attractive. Thus, in that place, she had many suitors who were better off than Lu Hui in some aspects, but ultimately, Su Qin chose him and moved to this coastal city with him to start a new life. Because of this, Lu Hui always felt guilty towards his girlfriend and hoped to provide her with a good life in this city.

However, after coming here, Su Qin began to feel uneasy about their relationship. She only realized how many beautiful girls there were in Wanggang City. This was normal since, in such a country where men outnumber women, the number of women in Wanggang City surpassed that of the men by quite some margin. It wasn’t unusual for a city like this to have more beauties.

Su Qin had good conditions back home but was just average here. Her salary now was far less than Lu Hui’s, and since she was away from her parents, she often felt insecure about it all. As such, she became even more concerned for him. When she heard the name Miss Ning mentioned in his call, she immediately grew vigilant.

Lu Hui knew what his girlfriend was thinking, so he didn’t hide anything from her and told Su Qin everything that happened, from beginning to end.

"Is it real or fake" Su Qin sounded doubtful. "Can there really be such a thing"

"I don’t know either," Lu Hui said helplessly. "Originally, I didn’t want her to pay back the money since it was only ten dollars, but she insisted on repaying me and kept saying that her husband would honor his word. I couldn’t do anything about it. Let’s see if they really show up later."

"Su Qin, don’t take this too seriously; it might just be a joke."

"If they really give us ten million, then we'll be lucky," Su Qin suddenly got excited, "We currently have ten thousand in savings. With this additional ten thousand and borrowing another ten thousand from my parents, we could buy a smaller house for around one million yuan, and with thirty thousand we can make the down payment!"

"Su Qin, if they really want to give me ten thousand, should I accept it" Lu Hui was still conflicted. He felt that asking someone to repay ten thousand when he had lent them only ten dollars didn't seem right.

"Take it! Why not Anyway, the other person doesn’t care about ten thousand yuan. If you don’t take it, they’ll be unhappy!" Su Qin said without hesitation.

Lu Hui thought about it and realized that she was probably right; when he had just said there was no need to repay the money, the woman on the phone seemed a little upset.

So, Lu Hui gritted his teeth and decided that if someone really wanted to give him ten thousand yuan, he would accept it!

Ning Jie and Xia Tian had just gotten into a taxi and were heading towards Xi Gang's urban village. After the unpleasant experience of taking the bus last time, Xia Tian clearly wouldn’t take the bus again.

Logically speaking, they should have bought a car by now, since they had recently earned ten million yuan from Wang Lixing (who was no longer around). However, the problem was that neither Xia Tian nor Ning Jie knew how to drive.

Ning Jie used to have one leg shorter than the other and was nearsighted, so she never learned how to drive. Even after her condition improved, she usually trained martial arts under Song Yumei or had someone else take care of her affairs. Moreover, she had a dedicated driver back then who made it unnecessary for her to learn driving. Consequently, up until now, just like Xia Tian, she could only smash cars but definitely couldn't drive them.

Perhaps it was because most people were still sleeping during the weekend that there wasn’t much traffic on the road; within half an hour, the taxi had arrived at Luhui's mentioned Xigang village inside the city.

"Sir, Xigang Village is right across. You need to cross over via that pedestrian bridge, but I can't turn around here due to the layout of the street, so unfortunately, I won’t be able to take you there. It would be faster for you two to get off here."

The taxi stopped at the roadside and the driver said this.

"Alright then, let's go down, my dear." Upon hearing that it would be quicker if they got out, Xia Tian immediately agreed and handed the driver one hundred yuan, saying, "No need to give me change."

The driver verbally thanked Xia Tian for his generosity but inwardly cursed him as a fool. Wasn’t he just trying to show off in front of women Why would someone who could afford a car rental still tip the driver

Unfortunately, Xia Tian couldn't read minds; otherwise, he might have reclaimed his money and even smashed the taxi.

Right now, Xia Tian was leading Ning Jie towards a pedestrian bridge, planning to cross it into what Luhui referred to as Xigang Village. He believed that he always kept his promises and since he had promised to repay someone ten thousand yuan, he would do exactly that. After all, for him, ten thousand yuan was just small change, no big deal.

Just as he took a few steps, someone stopped him. A woman’s voice rang in his ear: "Young man, wait! Donate one dollar!"

Summer looked and found that the person blocking his way was a middle-aged woman in her forties. He curiously stared at her and asked: "Why should I give you a dollar Are you a beggar"

Hearing this, Ning Jie immediately wanted to laugh. Many other people who were stopped by the same middle-aged woman also found it amusing; his mouth was really sharp! She was clearly fundraising for charity, yet he called her a beggar and asked her such serious questions. This was truly humiliating!

The woman surnamed Bai, whom everyone addressed as 'Sis Bai', claimed that she was collecting donations for the Hope Bay Charity Society. Everyone was supposed to donate one dollar each. That wasn’t so bad in itself, but this person insisted that every single person should at least give a dollar and started moralizing with those who refused, causing many people to be annoyed. Several of them were especially frustrated because they didn't have loose change on them. Though they wanted to just donate the one dollar and get out of there, they only had hundred-dollar notes and didn’t want to give that much. It was already unpleasant being forced to make a donation, but having to hand over a hundred dollars was going to hurt their hearts.

"Young man, why do you talk like that Who is the beggar here I’m not a beggar! I'm collecting donations on a voluntary basis. Do you know what fundraising means Have you heard of helping others for the sake of happiness Do you understand..." Sis Bai immediately became displeased and started lecturing Summer.

The crowd nearby looked at Summer with some sympathy; they found dealing with this woman troublesome too. They had already experienced her nagging, but they couldn’t afford to argue with her here or risk being labeled as unsympathetic people.

But Summer spoke up then: "I know I don't owe you anything and that you're asking me for money, so you’re a beggar. A few days ago, another beggar told me that all beggars are frauds, so you must be a fraud too! I hate frauds the most, so I’m not giving you a single dollar!"n caused by Xia Tian because how else would a perfectly fine villa suddenly collapse"You're wrong! I don’t believe in karma at all; you murderers killed my son and now I’ll sue you, and make sure you’...