Chapter 11: Wen Ren Hui Yin

  Zhou Jian opened his address book and first dialed the phone number of his high school classmate Zhang Dezong, "Dezong, how have you been lately?"

  "I can still manage somehow in that rundown school."

  "Hey, I'm a bit tight on cash lately, can you lend me 500 yuan? I need to go out of town for a couple of days and I'll pay you back then." What he said was that he wanted to borrow money, but in fact Zhang Dezhong still owed Zhou Jian 500 yuan. At the time, Zhang Dezhong's girlfriend needed to go to the hospital for a minor surgery, Zhou Jian didn't know what specific illness it was, anyway it was a woman's disease and not something a virgin could get, so he couldn't use family money. Zhang Dezhong then asked Zhou Jian to lend him 500 yuan, Zhou Jian didn't say much and sold his favorite Dragon King Sword in the online game "Broken Sky" to come up with the cash. For a high school student, 500 yuan was not a small amount of money. Later on, Zhou Jian also didn't ask Zhang Dezhong for it back, after all this was something related to Zhang Dezhong and his girlfriend that couldn't be discussed with family.

  Later, Zhang Dezong didn't get into college and attended vocational school. 500 yuan was still manageable, even if he was short on cash; at worst, he could just pay him back in a few days.

  "Oh... 500, huh." Zhang Dezhong's voice was somewhat embarrassed. "Recently I've been tight on cash too, and my living expenses are still being covered by classmates. I do remember borrowing 500 yuan from you before, but... I broke up with Xiao Qian..."

  Zhou Jian felt that something was off about this, what do you mean, are you telling me to break up with Xiao Qian and then go ask her for the 500 yuan? You've forgotten how carefree and romantic you were with Xiao Qian back then? You got the girl pregnant, gave her gynecological diseases and don't even want to pay for the surgery fees?

  If it were someone else, Zhou Jian would have hung up the phone long ago. However, in his heart, he still considered Zhang Dezhu as a brother, "Dezhu, I'm not asking you to return the money, I'm really short of money to spend, and I'll pay you back in two days."

  "Jian Ge, brother really doesn't have money now either."

  "Alright, I understand."

  Zhou Jian hung up the phone and let out a sad sigh. After graduation, they went their separate ways, and as time went on, their lives intersected less and less. Who still considered him a brother?

  After some thought, Zhou Jian dialed Li Yunfu's phone number again. It turned out that Li Yunfu's situation was similar to Zhang Dezhuang's, also because his girlfriend owed Zhou Jian 500 yuan. The difference was that he wanted his girlfriend to have an abortion.

  The high school Zhou Jian attended had a bit of a messy relationship between boys and girls, many girls were taken advantage of. At the time, Zhou Jian made some money playing online games, although his family was not well off, he could make money by selling equipment, so when his friends encountered situations where they couldn't ask their parents for help, they could only borrow from him.

  "Yunfu, are you financially comfortable? Can I borrow 500 yuan from you? I need to go on a trip and I'm in urgent need of money. I'll return it to you in two days."

  "Brother Jian, what bad timing! Recently, I started a Taobao store with my classmates and we just stocked up on some goods that haven't sold yet."

  "Oh, I see. What's your store's website? What do you sell? I'll check it out when I have time."

  "This... " Li Yunfu smiled awkwardly, "My store is small, there's nothing good to see, let's just forget it."

  "Hehe, you're not unaware of my family's financial situation, I can't afford to shop at big stores either."

  "Alright, Jian Ge, I'll tell you another time, my classmates are waiting for me to have dinner now, hang up first..."

  The phone on the other end was busy, and Zhou Jian couldn't express his feelings. For 500 yuan, he lied with ease, and the friendship he had paid out before was too damn cheap.

  He shook his head, deleted Li Yunfu's number, scanned the phone book and dialed Sun Li's number. At that time, because of Li Yunfu's relationship, Zhou Jian was also very close to Sun Li. Zhou Jian made this call not to ask for the 500 yuan abortion money back, but just to know if his friendship was so cheap.

  "It can't be that bad, right?" A exaggerated voice came from the other end of the phone, "Didn't you make a lot of money playing online games in high school?"

  "I'm not playing that game anymore, I've switched to a new one. I've invested quite a bit, but I haven't made any money yet."

  "So you borrowed money to continue investing? This is indeed a gambler's mentality. I've told you before that playing online games isn't reliable, but you wouldn't listen. Calm down and focus on studying instead." Sun Li said as she hung up the phone with a slap.

  The result was as expected by Zhou Jian, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and there was only one last call to make, Liang Xinsheng.

  When Liang Xinsheng was in high school, he played online games with Zhou Jian. Zhou Jian was more skilled and had better equipment on him. He never hesitated to share the good stuff he got with Liang Xinsheng, which added up to be worth several hundred according to market price at that time.

  "Brother Liang, I'm a bit short on cash lately, can you lend me some money?"

  "Zhou Ge, didn't you make a lot of money playing online games? How can you still be short on cash?"

  Zhou Jiandao: "I don't play that game anymore, I've sold the account and paid for accommodation. Recently, I've been playing 'Shenmo'."

  "Shén Mó" ah, that's a bottomless pit, Brother Zhōu! This thing is different from the online games of the past. If you're not careful, you might fall in and never get back out."

  "It's okay, I feel like I can make a living now."

  "Wishing you wealth, Brother Zhou. I'm done with online gaming now, it's time to focus on more serious things. I'm a bit busy at the moment, let's catch up next time, bye."

  The busy tone came again from the other end of the phone, as if Zhou Jian had never mentioned borrowing money.

  At this moment, Zhou Jian's heart was filled with a hundred flavors, and the road of life was like a fleeting guest. In the blink of an eye, they became strangers!

  I have lived for eighteen years and thought I had many friends, but in fact, there are only a few who can help me in times of need.

  Looking back, he made friends while playing online games, and most of them were fair-weather friends. These people would treat you like a close brother when they're having fun, but once things get tough or they're far apart, who still puts you in their heart? Zhou Jian thought about what he had invested back then and found it laughable.

  No longer making phone calls, Zhou Jian logged into "Gods and Demons" and found the underground gold coin trading post had sold 100,000 gold coins.

  Get off work and have dinner.

  It was already six o'clock in the evening, and Zhou Jian was preparing to sneak into Peng City tonight. Stealing things at night was more suitable, after all, he didn't know if White Cloud Fairy would go out during the day.

  Just as they were about to finish dinner, Zhou Jian's phone rang. He looked at the number and was stunned - it was actually her?

  Wen Ren Hui Yin... a girl who has always been in Zhou Jian's communication records, but has never contacted him before.

  She is Zhou Jian's high school classmate, with a very special surname, double surname Wen Ren.

  Wen Ren Huiyin is a very pure and quiet girl, she has a pair of curved and light eyebrows, a pair of black and bright eyes. No matter how irritable or depressed you are that day, as long as you see her smile lightly, all troubles will melt away like ice and snow.

  Heaven is sometimes so unfair, it not only gave Wen Ren Hui a pure and beautiful appearance, but also a rich family background...