Of course, Shen Weimin could tell that Xu Changqing's words, though they sounded like complaints, were really her way of expressing her happiness that he had so many brothers and friends who staunchly supported him.
Setting aside his other childhood friends, his Brother He Ping was definitely partial to him. And sure enough, that very night, Brother He Ping used the remaining 12,500 yuan as an excuse to give him another idea.
He claimed that Shen Weimin and his young fiancée must have scraped together everything they had to cover the 12,500 yuan gap for the house payment. Then, on top of that, he gave Shen Weimin five hundred yuan, saying he'd borrowed it from someone for him.
His reasoning was that a grown man with a partner couldn't be without cash, lest she look down on him. Refusing the money? That would be looking down on his brother. How could he let him be strapped for cash while on his turf?
