Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Mom, don't worry. I'm going to send it tomorrow."

That afternoon, Xianglan received a call from her parents saying that her mother was ill, so she took 1,000 yuan in cash from the noodle shop and planned to send it to her family at the bank the next morning. But in the evening, Xianglan's mother didn't receive the money, so she called Xianglan directly, "What, you're sending it today? The banks are closed at this time. OK, OK, I'll find an ATM and send it to you later."

After Xianglan hung up the phone, she picked up the backpack hanging on the corner and walked out. It took her half an hour to find a 24-hour self-service bank. After entering Xianglan's mother's card number, she had to take out the money and put it in the box, but she couldn't find the one thousand yuan after searching for a long time.

"Where did my thousand dollars go?"

"If I lose this thousand yuan, what will I do with my mother's illness?"

"How could I be so careless as to lose my money?"

Xianglan returned to the Kang family in a daze. When the maid saw her like this, she followed her into her room. "What's the matter, Xianglan, what happened?" the maid asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay, Mom." Xianglan said it was okay, but her face was covered with tears. The mother thought about it and guessed, "I know, maybe that bad boy A Guang made you angry again, right? Don't pay attention to him, don't pay attention to him, he has been so stubborn recently."

"Mom, it's not A Guang's fault. I was careless, I..." Xianglan started to cry and didn't explain what happened for a long time. At this time, Lao Guang came back, "Mom, are you here?" He greeted her.

"Look at you, you always have that bad temper. I'm being nice to you." The mother complained as soon as she saw Da Lao Guang. Da Lao Guang looked confused and responded, "Mom, what did I do wrong again?"

"What did you do wrong? Look at your wife, she's crying again. Do you think you did anything wrong? Hurry up and comfort her." After saying this, the nanny walked out, giving them time and space to let the couple have a good chat.

Da Laoguang sent the maid to the door, closed the door, turned around and said to Xianglan with a little resentment: "Wife, what are you doing? You know what I'm saying. I hate it most when people say bad things about me behind my back."

Xianglan became even more depressed after hearing this. She cried, "How could I say bad things about you behind your back? I was just telling mom." Before she finished, Da Laoguang interrupted her impatiently, "Alright, alright, even if you didn't say bad things about me behind my back, but you cried in front of mom, and once you cry, mom will definitely think it's my fault."

"Hubby, can you please listen to what I have to say?" Xianglan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "I just said that I was careless."

"What are you being careful about?" Big Brother Guang interrupted again.

Xianglan lowered her head and dared not look at the boss, and said cautiously: "I said that I accidentally lost a thousand yuan."

"Ah?" Big Brother Guang exclaimed, "You lost a thousand dollars? Why?"

Xianglan didn't know where she lost the money. She saw the money in her bag when she went out just now. The boss didn't ask any more questions just because she kept crying. But he didn't comfort her either. He just said a few words and then took a shower and went to bed.

Xianglan was in a bad mood for several days because of the money she lost. Later, she even stopped going to the noodle shop and stayed in her room all day, complaining to herself, "This one thousand yuan is more than Xiaohong's monthly salary. How could it be lost? This one thousand yuan can buy a lot of things." Xiaohong is an employee of their noodle shop.

"Xianglan, Xianglan, the TV is so funny, come out and watch it." The mother opened the door and walked into Xianglan's room and said to her, thinking that if she watched more TV, she would feel more at ease. "Mom, I was so careless, how could I lose a thousand yuan?"

"It's hard to say. I used to do that. I once threw my wallet into the trash bin." The mother told her past scandal, hoping that Xianglan would be happier. "It's only a thousand dollars. Don't be angry. Forget it."

But Xianglan seemed not to hear what her mother said. She muttered, "One thousand yuan, just lost it. It's not a small amount, it's one thousand yuan."

"How can it be lost just like that? It's only a thousand dollars."

Xianglan came and went with just these two sentences, which scared the nanny. She shouted outside: "Uncle, uncle, come, come, hurry up." After the old man walked into Xianglan's room, she whispered in his ear about Xianglan's situation. The old man thought for a while and said to Xianglan: "Sister-in-law, go to sleep if you want to. It's just that you lost your money. You have nothing to do. One thousand yuan is not too much, but it's not too little. Just think of it as a loss to ward off disaster."

"Dad, if I hadn't lost that thousand dollars, I could have bought Tianyou a lot of toys that can develop his intelligence. Tianyou would definitely study better after playing with these toys, and if he studies well, he can get into a prestigious university, and if he gets into a prestigious university, he can find a good job. Don't you think how great it would be if I hadn't lost that thousand dollars? Why did I lose it?" Xianglan kept saying the same thing over and over again, blaming herself all the time.

The old lady couldn't do anything about her, so she quietly called a meeting with other people to discuss Xianglan's lost money. Everyone learned about this matter, and A Yao sighed: "Sister-in-law, did you lose so much this time?"

"Yes, your mother and I heard it with our own ears." The old man also sighed.

"No wonder. These past two days, she only eats a few bites and then says she's full. She keeps nagging all day long. She looks worse than the frost in June." The second sister-in-law said so, while the second brother frowned, "What can we do? Even the eldest sister-in-law is confused. The eldest brother is abnormal to begin with, and Tianyou is the only one left. How miserable is that? Do you know which orphanage is better?"

The mother slapped the second brother from behind with a speechless look on her face and scolded him, "Hey, what are you talking about? You really are! Anyone would feel bad if they lost a whole thousand dollars."

"Mom, don't even mention the full thousand dollars. Last time, Sachiko had her bag cut and three hundred dollars was taken away. She came back and asked me to take it all back. That's just my words. If I knew who it was, I would definitely beat him up." A Yao said.

After hearing what A Yao said, Lao Dou suddenly had an idea and said, "Everyone knows that my sister-in-law lost a thousand yuan and is now heartbroken. I suggest that A Zong and A Chan, the couple, sponsor the thousand yuan to my sister-in-law, okay?"

"Ah???" The second brother and his wife both jumped up in surprise. The second sister-in-law said, "Master, I don't think your suggestion is a good one. You will spoil them like this."

"That's right, old man. We are not printing money, and we are not the richest in the family. Why should we pay for the support of the eldest sister-in-law?" The second brother was naturally unwilling.

Of course, the old man knew who had money in the family, but since he was the youngest son, he could only ask the second richest brother and sister-in-law to pay. Kang Qirui ate the melon and ate himself, so he had to express his opinion: "I don't agree with giving money, old man, I..."

Before he finished, A Yao interrupted him and said, "You mean you don't want to give money, but you have many reasons not to give money, right? You mean that the eldest sister-in-law is very proud. If you give her money like this, it's like treating her like a beggar. If she wants to do more, she might become stupid. So you shouldn't give her money. Am I right?"

"Smart as a whim." Kang Qirui rolled his eyes and made a sharp comment.

Ah Yao couldn't hold back his expression anymore, he asked, "So what do you mean?"

"My point is very simple. We are all adults. You should bear the consequences of your own affairs." Kang Qirui stood up and looked around, then said, "If someone loses money, someone will give it back to her. How will she or other people learn from the lesson and take good care of their things in the future? If the eldest sister-in-law loses money today, do you have to give her money back? If the second sister-in-law loses money tomorrow, do you have to give her money back? If you lose money the day after tomorrow, do you have to give it back? Anyway, someone will give it back to you. Money and things can be left anywhere without taking good care of them. Is that what you want?"

The more Kang Qirui spoke, the more severe his tone became, like a professor scolding a student. Zhu Wanling pulled his clothes to ask him to speak more gently, but Kang Qirui did not follow her instructions and continued to speak seriously: "We have six children in our family. We adults have no rules, so how can we educate the children? We tell them that they don't need to keep their things, and if they are lost, someone will replace them. Is that right?"

"Secondly, don't you think your proposal is too morally blackmailing? The second brother is rich and the eldest sister-in-law lost money, so the second brother has to use his own money to compensate the eldest sister-in-law? What's the logic behind this? Is it a crime to be rich?"

"My sister-in-law lost her money, and she is very distressed and sad. As relatives, we do need to comfort and help her, but this is not the way to help. Let's take a step back and say, do you really think that if we give the money back to my sister-in-law, she will take it? Will she be happy?"

Based on Kang Qirui's understanding of Xianglan's character and personality, Xianglan would never accept her family's money to give her money, and she would never take the money. The reason why Kang Qirui was so angry was that Lao Dou A Yao's behavior would affect the child's education, and the family is always the child's first teacher.

Secondly, he felt that although they said they were doing it for Xianglan, they actually did not respect her. Their thoughts and actions were actually an insult to someone with Xianglan's personality. The fact that Xianglan fell in love with an ordinary worker like the boss was enough to show that she was not a money-grubber.

She lost money, and she complained to herself and blamed herself. It was just the regret and remorse about this matter, and she was blaming herself. Kang Qirui believed that she did this not for someone to pay for her.

Seeing that everyone had somewhat understood, Kang Qirui continued, "What we should do now is to find a way to alleviate the sister-in-law's complaints about us and encourage her to maintain an optimistic attitude. If she really needs money, we can lend it to her, but we definitely can't give it to her." (End of this chapter)