The heavens set sail from the courtyard

When Shen Lin saw Xie Meilan standing at the door, she subconsciously wanted to close the door, but Xie Meilan pulled the door with both hands first.

"Sister, is Shen Lei here with you? I want to see him."

"Don't call me sister, I can't stand it." Shen Lin was worried that Xie Meilan's appearance would affect the relationship between her brother and Hu Haili.

"You should leave quickly! Shen Lei is not here with me."

Xie Meilan begged desperately: "I saw Shen Lei's car downstairs, I know he is at home, please let him come out to see me, okay?"

Shen Lin said coldly: "I don't think it's necessary to meet! Don't you already have Mr. Lu?"

Xie Meilan's eyes dimmed when she heard this.

Seeing that his wife had not returned from opening the door, Na Wei ran over to check on her.

"Honey, who's here?"

When Na Wei saw Xie Meilan, he was also stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look back at Wang Gang in the restaurant.

"Go away! We don't welcome you." Shen Lin said harshly.

"Shen Lei, Shen Lei." Xie Meilan shouted into the house.

Wang Gang finally heard Xie Meilan's voice, put down his chopsticks and walked to the door, and everyone else followed him.

When Xie Meilan saw Wang Gang appear, she immediately said excitedly: "Shen Lei, I have something to talk to you about."

Hu Haili didn't know Xie Meilan, but she could guess a little from the expressions of other people.

Wang Gang generously introduced her to Hu Haili: "This is Xie Meilan, my ex-wife."

Hu Haili nodded to Xie Meilan and said, "Hello, my name is Hu Haili, Shen Lei's girlfriend."

Xie Meilan let go of her hand after hearing that.

Wang Gang said to Hu Haili: "I'll send her away. You guys eat first."

Hu Haili said gently: "Why don't you let Ms. Xie come in and have something to eat."

"No need. Don't let outsiders affect our appetite." Wang Gang said calmly.

Na Wei pulled Shen Lin and signaled everyone else to go back to the restaurant to eat first. Wang Gang went straight outside and talked with Xie Meilan in the corridor.

"You came out pretty quickly?" Wang Gang mocked Xie Meilan.

"Lu Jie admitted to all the charges and the police released me." Xie Meilan lowered her head and played with the corner of her clothes with her fingers.

"Since everything is fine, why did you come to see me?" Wang Gang asked.

"Shen Lei, I know you hate me, but I have no choice but to come to you." Xie Meilan said pitifully: "Can you lend me some money?"

Wang Gang raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully: "You're out of money so soon?"

Xie Meilan said with a bitter face: "I don't have a job now, and I can't even pay the rent. Can you lend me 5,000 yuan for emergency? I will pay you back when I find a job."

Wang Gang laughed and said, "I thought you came to me to plead for Lu Jie, but it turns out you came to borrow money."

Xie Meilan said with a gloomy face: "I know Lu Jie has brought this upon himself, and I have no face to beg you, but I am really desperate and have not eaten for a day."

As she was talking, Xie Meilan's stomach began to growl, and it seemed that she was indeed hungry.

Ever since Lu Jie went in, Xie Meilan has been worried and frightened, so she naturally couldn't eat or sleep well.

After the police investigated thoroughly and released her, Xie Meilan realized that she had no money left and even her credit card had been maxed out.

During the time she lived with Lu Jie, the two did not lower their living standards and spent a lot on food, clothing and other daily necessities, and it was always Xie Meilan who paid the bills.

When Xie Meilan came to her senses, she found that not only had she used up all her savings, but she also owed a lot of credit card debts.

Because she couldn't pay the rent, she was kicked out by the landlord and didn't know where to stay tonight?

Now that she was penniless, Xie Meilan first asked people she knew for money, but no one was willing to answer her. She was so hungry that she shamelessly came to Wang Gang to borrow money. "Shen Lei, we are husband and wife after all, can you help me?" Xie Meilan pulled Wang Gang's arm and begged.

Wang Gang shook off Xie Meilan's hand and said, "We have long since broken off our friendship. You should borrow money from someone else!"

Xie Meilan asked anxiously: "Shen Lei, are you really so heartless?"

Wang Gang snorted coldly: "You are the one who is unfeeling first! I don't think I owe you anything."

Xie Meilan said excitedly: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this situation now. You really don't help me."

Wang Gang said disdainfully: "You ended up like this because you were blind and thought you had hooked up with a rich man, but unfortunately Lu Jie's money came from an illegal source. Sooner or later, you will go to jail."

Xie Meilan gritted her teeth and said, "If it weren't for you, Lu Jie and I would have gone abroad to enjoy our lives, and we wouldn't have ended up with nothing now."

"You haven't changed. You always think you are not wrong and others are wrong." Wang Gang said coldly: "Lu Jie is in trouble now because he is greedy. He has a high-paying job but always wants to make money that he shouldn't touch.

As for you, you don't know your own worth, and you think you can turn your life around by relying on a man. You have nothing, and it's all your own fault."

Xie Meilan felt so ashamed of what Wang Gang said that she felt more resentful.

Wang Gang said again: "If I were you, leave Beijing as soon as possible. I remember that Lu Jie borrowed 5 million yuan and you were the guarantor!"

Xie Meilan looked up in shock.

"If Lu Jie goes to jail, the blame will fall on you."

Only then did Xie Meilan remember the loan of five million.

"But the money has been taken away by the police. Why do they want me to pay back the debt?" Xie Meilan said in shock.

"The lending company doesn't care how the money is used." Wang Gang gloated, "Five million is not a small sum. Since the borrower is in jail, it's natural for you, the guarantor, to pay the money back. They are not pushovers."

Xie Meilan was really scared at this time. She knelt down in front of Wang Gang and begged desperately: "Shen Lei, I know I was wrong. Please help me this time!"

Wang Gang didn't care what Xie Meilan said. He just took out a hundred yuan and said, "For the sake of our relationship, I'll give you this hundred yuan as a way to get rid of the beggar. I hope the people from the finance company can't find you."

Xie Meilan cried and shouted her ex-husband's name, but Wang Gang resolutely returned to Shen Lin's house. When he opened the door, he found Shen Lin and the others had been leaning against the door and eavesdropping.

"Ah, I'll go to the kitchen to get some soup." Shen Lin said awkwardly.
"Sister Lin, let me help you." Li Xiaoyue hurried over.

"I'll get another bottle of wine." Na Wei pretended not to eavesdrop and ran to the wine cabinet.

"Brother, I'll help you choose the wine."

Several people dispersed, but Hu Haili stayed and stood at the door waiting for Wang Gang to come in.

"It's okay, let's continue eating and not let irrelevant people affect our mood."

Hu Haili could still vaguely hear Xie Meilan crying, and couldn't help but ask: "Should we really not care about her?"

Wang Gang sneered: "She just came here to act pitiful, don't bother with her."

Hu Haili said: "I felt that she was crying very sadly."

Wang Gang shook his head and said, "Don't be fooled by her. Xie Meilan graduated from a prestigious university. How could she be so poor that she can't even afford a meal? As long as she lowers her requirements, it won't be difficult for her to find a job that can support herself.

Besides, she has so many classmates and colleagues, isn't it easy to borrow some money for food?"

Hu Haili was puzzled and asked: "But I don't think she is pretending?"

Wang Gang took Hu Haili into the restaurant and said, "She is testing me. If I am soft-hearted, she will push me further. Today she will lend me some money, tomorrow she will ask me to take her in and let her live in my house, and then she will ask me to help her pay off her debts."

Hu Haili still found it a little unconvincing.

Wang Gang laughed and said, "I know Xie Meilan better than anyone else. I can't be fooled by her tricks. She will cry for a while and then leave."

As Wang Gang expected, Xie Meilan cried outside the door for a while, and seeing that Wang Gang remained indifferent, she took the 100 yuan and left. (End of this chapter)