Liu Yuqian held onto Liu Dakui's arm and pleaded, "I promise I'll live a good life with Brother Kai Xuan, and I definitely won't cause you any trouble!"
"Sigh..."
"Forget it!"
Liu Dakui sighed helplessly, "I'll be going to work tomorrow. I'll subtly mention this situation to Kai Xuan!"
"If he's interested in this matter, then we'll discuss the next steps!"
"If he's not interested, then neither of you should embarrass me!"
Liu Dakui knew that if he didn't agree today, they wouldn't get past this hurdle.
The reason for this situation wasn't complicated at all.
The scarcer material possessions were, the stronger people's desire to possess them became.
Liu Yuqian's own salary was very high; she didn't lack money.
However, she would never marry a man whose conditions were inferior to hers. This was almost an ingrained way of thinking for women.
She (believed) her own conditions were excellent and that she should marry a strong man to be worthy of her excellence.
As her father, Liu Dakui understood his daughter's personality very well.
Since this matter couldn't be avoided, he had no choice but to reluctantly facilitate it.
In fact, Liu Dakui was quite fond of his disciple, Liu Kai Xuan.
To have passed the intermediate technician qualification exam at such a young age, he was destined to surpass his predecessors.
If he could have Liu Kai Xuan as his son-in-law, it would be a tremendous blessing.
For his daughter's happiness, what did it matter if he, as a father, had to put on a brave face?
...
One morning after breakfast, Huang Ying, Lin Ying'ai, and Guo Yanling, three women, came to Liu's house to find Liu Kai Xuan.
Previously, they had promised to help Liu Kai Xuan get the money back from the Jia family.
This wasn't just an empty promise; none of them had forgotten.
Today was the last of the three-day deadline, and they had come for this reason.
"I've really troubled you three aunts!"
Liu Kai Xuan responded and immediately went with the three women to the Jia family's house.
Qin Huairu's acting talent was incredible. As soon as she saw Liu Kai Xuan bringing several neighbors to demand money,
In less than a moment, she squeezed out tears.
After Liu Kai Xuan and his group entered, Qin Huairu was already in tears.
"Qin Huairu, stop crying!" Huang Ying said coldly, "First, return the 5 yuan you borrowed from Kai Xuan!"
"You promised to return the money within three days. You can't try to default again today!"
Qin Huairu looked distressed, her eyes filled with tears, and said, "I have to go to work now. When I come back tonight, I will definitely..."
"Enough!"
Before Qin Huairu could finish, Guo Yanling interrupted her, "Qin Huairu, stop being so hypocritical!"
"If you don't give us the money now, you won't be going to work!"
"The three of us will block your doorway. You're not going anywhere!"
"I..."
Qin Huairu saw the three "fierce women" standing at the door, their expressions menacing, clearly not joking.
She knew it would be difficult to get out of this, but she really had no money in her pocket.
"Wuwuwu..." Thinking of the injustice she felt, Qin Huairu burst into tears.
At this point, Huang Ying said, "Qin Huairu, save your energy!"
"It's not easy for your Jia family, and it's not easy for the Liu family either!"
"Look at Kai Xuan, raising a young girl by himself. He's also struggling!"
"You borrowed that 5 yuan from him. Why shouldn't you return it?"
"That's right!" Lin Ying'ai added, "Qin Huairu, stop crying!"
"The IOU is right here in black and white. If you can give us a reason for not returning the money today, we'll leave immediately!"
Guo Yanling's emotions were even more intense, "If you continue to default today, we won't let you work either!"
"This is the consequence of being a shameless deadbeat, humph!"
Qin Huairu replied with a forced smile, "I really have no money on me. You have to let me go out and borrow some!"
"Then we'll go with you!"
Next, Qin Huairu, under everyone's watch, went to Sha Zhu's house.
He Yushui wasn't home today. Qin Huairu's bloodsucking tactics were effective, and she managed to get two yuan from Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu now only had two yuan in cash left. The remaining money had been deposited into a savings book under He Yushui's urging.
However, Qin Huairu played the pitiful card well, successfully "moving" Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu immediately pledged that he would go to the bank to withdraw money to help Qin Huairu repay her debt.
Since Sha Zhu promised to help Qin Huairu repay the debt, Liu Kai Xuan also had to hurry to work.
They agreed that Sha Zhu would gather the remaining three yuan within the next two days.
...
At eight o'clock in the morning, Liu Kai Xuan arrived at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill precisely on time.
That day, Liu Dakui, for the first time, left his office and came to the production line to work.
After work began, Liu Dakui and Liu Kai Xuan, master and disciple, chatted happily.
After some meandering conversation, Liu Dakui steered the topic to Liu Yuqian.
"Kai Xuan... our Qianqian is actually a typical sharp-tongued, soft-hearted person!"
"I personally feel that for a couple to live together, shared interests are very important!"
"You are both in machine repair, working side by side every day, and your development directions are the same!"
"From this perspective, you can be considered like-minded!"
"Mmm!" Liu Kai Xuan replied casually, "Master is right, it's indeed like that!"
At this point, Liu Dakui changed the subject again, "Kai Xuan, although there were some unpleasant incidents between Qianqian and you before!"
"But you can rest assured that with me, your master, here, if you and Qianqian get together in the future, I will never let her act out again!"
Liu Kai Xuan nodded and replied, "Alright, Master. I'll think about this carefully. Let's focus on work for now!"
"Uh... alright then!"
Liu Dakui was slightly taken aback. He wanted to say something more but didn't.
Liu Kai Xuan's meaning was already very clear.
It was simply this: I don't think your Liu Yuqian is good enough for me right now!
However, out of consideration for their master-disciple relationship, Liu Kai Xuan didn't say it directly but gave Liu Dakui some face by refusing implicitly.
Liu Dakui understood Liu Kai Xuan's intention and didn't want to say more.
However, Liu Yuqian clearly hadn't grasped Liu Kai Xuan's meaning.
Liu Yuqian thought Liu Kai Xuan was genuinely going to "consider" it, and she immediately approached him.
"Brother Kai Xuan, my dad also strongly approves of things between us!"
"Don't worry, now that I've chosen you, I will definitely live a steady life with you!"