From humble beginnings to the pinnacle of life

Borrow? But given my family's situation, none of our relatives acknowledge us, so there's no way they'd lend a hand.

As for the brothers who used to run food delivery together, we are all ordinary people who earn money through physical labor. Our hard-earned money is hard-earned, and none of us can come up with such a large sum of money. I also can't bring myself to ask for it.

I frowned and racked my brains, but I couldn't come up with a single clue.

Just when I was at my wit's end, my phone suddenly vibrated slightly in my pocket.

I thought it was some junk text message, but when I looked down, my eyes widened instantly, and I stared at my phone screen in disbelief.

A bank deposit notification popped up on the screen: 300000.00 yuan has been successfully deposited into your account.

Exactly three hundred thousand, not a penny more, not a penny less!

I looked up abruptly and instantly saw Su Qing not far away.

At that moment, she was holding her phone and gently waving it at me, a sly and smug look on her face.

I instantly realized that I had been tricked by this brat.

The guilty tone she gave just now was so convincing; she completely fooled me!

I was both annoyed and amused. I got up and strode over to her: "You little brat, are you deliberately messing with me?"

She laughed mischievously, becoming smug, then returned to her normal demeanor, playfully saying:

"I just wanted to see if you would panic or blame me when you were broke. I didn't expect you to be so good-natured and not resent me at all."

I glared at her, annoyed. "It's my own mess, why should I blame you? Even if I really don't have the money, it has nothing to do with you."

"So I lied to you, are you blaming me now?" she asked deliberately, blinking her bright eyes.

I sighed helplessly and said, "What's the use of complaining? Do you expect me to curse my big spender?"

"You dare to try!" She immediately raised her chin, glared at me fiercely, and was full of arrogance.

I was amused by her and said seriously, "Stop joking, thank you so much, you really helped me solve a huge problem this time."

Su Qing rolled her eyes at me, feigning disdain, and said, "Stop with the formalities, I don't fall for that mushy stuff. I told you yesterday, if you want to thank me, you have to show some real sincerity."

"Okay, tell me what you want me to do, and I'll agree to anything," I replied readily.

She pouted her pink lips, tilted her head and thought for a long time, then said seriously:

"To be honest, I haven't decided yet. Can we keep it for now? I'll let you cash it out later once I've thought it through."

I said, half-laughing and half-crying, "There's such a thing? You can even reserve favors for later?"

"Sure, I'll think about it sometime and then we'll talk about it. Isn't that the same thing?"

I was speechless, but since she helped me solve such a big problem, I went along with her.

"Fine, fine, whatever you say, I'll do whatever you say."

"We have to pinky swear! No backing out!" She immediately extended a slender, white little finger, her eyes extremely serious.

"Aren't you childish?"

"Hurry up!" she said forcefully.

I couldn't refuse her, so I could only reach out and gently hook my little finger with hers, and cooperate with her to stamp and finalize the agreement.

I picked up my phone again to confirm, and it was indeed 300,000.

Still curious, I asked her, "Seriously, where did you get so much money?"

"I told you, but you don't care."

"Well, you've got a trick up your sleeve, haven't you?"

Su Qing pursed her lips, offered no further explanation, and then got up and walked outside, saying as she went:

"I'm not going to chat with you anymore, I'm going out to buy some gifts."

I was stunned for a moment before I realized what she was talking about.

I never expected that she would remember it, and actually do it.

I immediately called out to her, "Are you really planning to talk to those merchants?"

Su Qing stopped and turned to look at me, a hint of smugness in her eyes: "How about it? Don't you think I'm a particularly responsible employee?"

"Actually, you don't need to be in such a hurry. We have a stable business now, and your foot..."

"I told you it's okay," she replied, her voice unusually firm. "This is the first time I've seriously wanted to do something well, and nobody can stop me. I just want to prove that I'm no less capable than my sister; what she can do, I can do too!"

After saying that, she walked straight out.

Looking at her stubborn and obstinate back, I couldn't help but shake my head and sigh softly.

I know this young lady is just sulking.

She had always lived in her sister's shadow, harboring a deep-seated desire to prove her own worth.

Watching her retreating figure, I couldn't help but shake my head and sigh softly.

With the 300,000 yuan, I immediately called Wang Jie back, and we went to the used car market together.

I found the boss I had talked to yesterday, thinking he would sign the contract readily.

To my utter surprise, the car dealership owner, who was so enthusiastic yesterday, completely changed his attitude today, speaking with a cold and indifferent expression:

"The price of this batch of cars has gone up; the total price is 400,000 yuan, and we won't sell it for a penny less."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jie, who was standing nearby, immediately exploded and went up to argue with the boss:

"Boss, show some respect! The price we agreed on yesterday has jumped to 400,000 overnight?"

"Besides, these cars of yours are simply not worth that price. You won't find such outrageous quotes anywhere else on the market!"

The car dealership owner was incredibly adamant and wouldn't listen to any explanations.

"This is the price right now. If you can afford it, buy it; if not, look elsewhere."

We looked at other places, and although they had some, we weren't satisfied with the car condition and price, and they were too scattered.

Wang Jie patiently tried everything, from kind words to harsh ones, but the boss remained unmoved and adamant.

I had a bad feeling about this. We were chatting fine yesterday, and he was even worried that we wouldn't buy anything, so he kept offering us cigarettes and buying us water.

In just one night, his attitude completely reversed?

The key issue is that the price increase is outrageously unreasonable, completely contrary to normal business practices.

There's definitely something wrong here!

I immediately stopped Wang Jie, signaling him not to waste his breath.

I walked up to the shop owner and went straight to the point: "Boss, let's be frank. Did someone come to you beforehand and try to stop you from selling the car to me?"

The boss glanced at me sideways, his eyes darting around, but he didn't say a word.

But his reaction already told me what the problem was; someone must have spoken to him and told him not to sell.

I continued, "You agreed on a price yesterday, but then suddenly raised it on the spot. That's incredibly dishonest of you. If word gets out, who will dare buy a car from you again?"

The boss looked around, afraid of being overheard, carefully closed the office door, and then sighed helplessly.

"Young man, I'm just a small business owner, an employee. Please don't make things difficult for me. I really don't dare sell the car to you. If I do, my car dealership will never be able to operate normally again."

I leaned close to his ear and asked, "Fine, I won't force you. Just tell me honestly, who came looking for you?"

The shop owner hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "To be honest, two groups of people came early this morning. One of them is the head of our used car market management bureau. He came personally to give us a heads-up and made it clear that you are not allowed to sell me a car, or he will make things difficult for me every day."

My eyes darkened instantly, my mind filled with doubt.

I'm just a small courier station owner, and I have no grudge against the Market Supervision Administration. They have no reason to target me like this.

I then asked, "Besides the Market Supervision Administration, who else?"

"There were also a few strange men who looked fierce, like gangsters."