365 Mom still wants to witness you getting married and forming a family... (1/2)

Ping! Pei Ge closed the door once she entered the house. Changing into her indoor slippers, she called out, ”Mom, I'm back!”

Zhang Manhua quickly placed the picture frame back on the table when she heard her daughter's voice.

”Ge Ge, you're back. Are you hungry? Mom will cook some noodles for you.” She got up off the sofa and welcomed her daughter with a smile.

”You don't have to, Mom. I bought you some cake, so let's eat it together!” She walked into the living room with a grin. Her heart would squeeze every time she thought of her mother's illness.

Still, she knew that showing a bitter face to her mother would not help cure the latter's sickness.

Hence, besides finding ways to raise money, what she must do now was make sure that her mother remained in a good mood to fight off her illness.

She laid a box on the coffee table, and after opening it up, exquisite-looking desserts greeted their eyes.

”They look beautiful,” her mother praised the many desserts in the box.

”The desserts from that shop are really pretty and delectable. Mom, try them! This black forest cake is really good!” She passed a spoon to her mother.

Her mother received the spoon and scooped up a portion of the cake to eat.

Seeing her happily eating the cake, she also picked up a spoon and started digging in.

”Oh, right. Ge Ge, you went to your second uncle's house…” Zhang Manhua suddenly asked after a few bites of dessert.

Despite not wanting to hurt her mother's feelings, she knew that keeping her mother in the dark about their relatives' true colors was even worse.

She was not a saint and did not want to cover up for them.

Still, she really could not understand it. Her relatives used to treat them really well.

In fact, her second uncle had handled every issue after her father's death. He had even paid off all her father's debts, which had appeared out of nowhere.

Now… Her mother was sick, and they only wanted to borrow 200,000 yuan, so why was it this hard for their relatives to extend a helping hand?

”Mom, I failed to borrow money.” She put her spoon down. For some reason, even the fragrant and sweet cake suddenly tasted bland.

”Sigh… Mom guessed as much. It is really a tall task to ask for a loan from your second auntie.” Zhang Manhua sighed, not the least bit surprised by this outcome.

She shook her head at this and clarified, ”It's not second auntie; it's second uncle.”

”Huh? What? Your second uncle?” Zhang Manhua was slightly stunned. She reflexively shook her head in disbelief. ”That's not possible. Your second uncle wouldn't reject our request to borrow money.”

”Mhm. He didn't say he doesn't want to lend us money; he only said that there's a condition, and that is I become a corporate spy. He mentioned something about checking on a project, but I know that what he actually meant is that I should steal corporate information for him,” she mocked.

If it were not for that 'drunken' incident from last time, she would probably still foolishly find excuses for her second uncle's behavior, but now…

She could not even think of an excuse for him.

The last time she revealed her real relationship with Ji Ziming to Pei Zhenghui, she had made it clear that Pei Shishi should not know about it.