While I was eating, I secretly observed the changes in Annie's expression, and I saw her shift her gaze to the screen of her mobile phone again. She frowned slightly and obviously had lost her previous interest, and she was sliding the screen of her mobile phone randomly.

After I finished eating, Annie finally spoke to me, her tone slightly gentler than before.

"Brother, tell me honestly, are you hiding something from me?"

I was a little confused and didn't know what Anne was referring to, so I replied: "No, what can I hide from you?"

"You still don't admit it?"

"Admit what?" I was a little surprised. Did Annie already know that I owed Mu Xichun money? But even Li Liang didn't know that Annie knew this.

"I met Brother Xiangdong yesterday, and he told me everything about you!" Annie looked at me, motionless, as if she wanted to catch some information from my face.

My head suddenly grew bigger. I was so afraid that I would let Annie know about it. I couldn’t help but secretly scolded Xiang Dong that it was not funny. He still blurted out the things I had repeatedly told him. He must not be able to bear with me because I was living so hard.

And because there is nothing we can do.

"Annie, listen to me. I can really handle this matter, so I didn't tell everyone. I know you all want to help me, but I really can't rely on you for everything..."

"The way you deal with it is to live in a warehouse and work part-time night shifts? As a friend, how can I watch you suffer like this?" Annie's eyes flashed with tears in desperation.

"Annie, it's not that I don't want to accept your help. I know you will definitely help me if I ask, but I really want to solve this matter myself."

"You know my life has always been a mess. I just want to prove through this incident that I can take responsibility for my actions. Annie, I beg you, can you just leave this matter alone?"

My tone was almost pleading.

Anne frowned and said nothing after hearing what I said. In fact, how could Anne not understand what I meant? Just as I could understand her thoughts, she just didn't want to see me suffer.

"Okay, I'll follow you, I don't care, but can you also promise me one thing?" Annie said after a moment.

"What do you want me to promise you?"

"I promise you to ignore this matter, but you can no longer live in this place. You can either rent a house now or move to my house. If you find it inconvenient, you can also move to my photo studio, where

Although it is an office building, the living facilities are complete, so you won’t have any problems living alone.”

"..."

I bowed my head in silence and didn't speak for a long time.

Anne stared at me without saying a word and suddenly turned her head away, gently brushing the corners of her eyes with her hand. I knew that my stubbornness finally made her burst into tears, and I couldn't help but feel guilty in my heart.

After a while, Annie turned around, her eyes still warm, and her tone became softer and she spoke to me.

"Brother, it's not that I have to interfere with your affairs to frustrate your self-esteem, but I really can't bear to see you suffer for something that I can definitely help you solve. Do you understand? This really makes me sad for you.

Do you know?"

Annie said another line of tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.

I reached out and handed her a tissue, but she turned her head and wiped away her tears with her hands.

I wanted to say something but I was at a loss for words and didn't know what to say.

Seeing that I was still silent, Anne lowered her head and packed the lunch box, turned around and walked out without even looking at me.

I chased him a few steps and was about to say something like "I'll send you off", but I didn't say anything. After thinking about it, I decided to forget it.

I sat slumped in the chair, feeling very unhappy. In fact, Anne was wrong.

I don't want to accept her help not because of my pride, but when you accept enough gifts from others

You can no longer accept help from others with peace of mind, even if the person helping you doesn't care.

I know very well that the money you owe can be repaid, but you may never have the chance to repay other things other than money in your lifetime.

Only I know what I owe Anne, and I know that I will never be able to repay it in my lifetime, and I will never be able to accept her kindness no matter what.

What I look forward to is to have the opportunity to do something for Anne, but the reality always backfires. I don’t even understand how I can live my own life, so how can I help others and reduce my own psychological burden.

All I can do is sigh secretly every time I think of all the things Annie has done for me over the years: Annie, Annie, how should I face you for the rest of my life...

The next morning when I went to work, the front desk of the company called me and said that there was a lady without an appointment who wanted to see Mr. Mu. I asked who it was and the front desk said she didn't know her.

I refused directly without thinking, and didn't bother to inform Mu Xichun that the lack of appointment was probably not a work matter. It was probably a media reporter or a tabloid writer, so I just left him alone.

But the front desk said that this girl said she must see Mr. Mu, otherwise she would wait at the front desk, and she also said she had important things.

I thought for a while and sighed, thinking that this person was really annoying. Maybe he really had something important to see Mu Xichun, so I picked up the phone and informed her.

The appointment was arranged in the reception room. Mu Xichun left shortly after I informed the front desk, and I was too lazy to follow.

Logically speaking, I have to keep up and do some waiting work, but for a long time I have been too lazy to go see anyone with Mu Xichun unless she called me personally.

As time passed, she seemed too lazy to argue with me, and would not bother herself by asking me to go with her if it was not necessary.

About ten minutes later, Mu Xichun came back. He walked up to me, stopped and said to me: "I am your friend in the reception room, so you should go and meet me. I think it is better for you to decide this matter!"

After saying that, she walked straight into the president's office without waiting for my reply. The moment she turned around, she smiled meaningfully, which made me feel strange and inexplicable.

It was only when I opened the door to the reception room full of doubts that I finally understood the meaning of that smile.

The person sitting in the reception room was none other than Anne, who I had just met yesterday. I was stunned for a moment, and thinking of Anne's leaving figure yesterday, I suddenly understood her purpose at the moment.

"Annie? Why did you come to the company and why didn't you say hello to me?" Although I was already somewhat sure of Anne's purpose, I still asked out of caution.

"I told you in advance that you would still let me come?" Anne looked at me and said.

"Then why are you coming to the company?" Although I had a rough guess, I still asked.

Annie didn't speak, but opened her handbag and took out a bag.

I took the bag and opened it and took a look. Sure enough, my suspicion was confirmed. There were neat piles of money in the bag, about 100,000 yuan. She really came here because of me.

I didn't expect Annie to come to Mu Xichun in person without telling me. I guess Annie was sure that I wouldn't take the initiative to accept her help, but she couldn't stand my miserable situation, so she decided to kill me first and then show off.

If Mu Xichun accepts it, then I have nothing to do if I don't agree, but now it seems that Mu Xichun, a monster-like woman, is not in her plan.

"Annie, I know you want to help me, but I can really solve it myself!" I really didn't know what to say to make Anne give up this idea, so I had to repeat the same old talk.

"You always say you have a solution. Tell me what solution you have. How long will it take for you to pay back the 100,000 yuan from your salary plus the money you earned from working in the bar? Three months? Five months?

The weather is getting hotter day by day. Do you want to sleep in that hot warehouse all the time?"

Anne was obviously a little excited.

I bowed my head and was speechless.

"I don't understand. We have been friends for many years. I can obviously help you easily. Isn't the point of friends just to help each other? Why do you take your man's dignity so seriously? There is really no relationship between us.

Is this necessary?"

Anne stood up from her chair excitedly, her eyes filled with tears. Her eyes were wide open and she seemed to be trying her best not to let the tears flow out.

"Annie, I don't want to stick to any man's self-esteem. In front of you, any man's self-esteem is bullshit."

"Throughout the years we have been together, you have always been giving to me. You were the one before and you still are now. I owe you enough. I just don't want to owe you more! Do you understand?"

"This is another burden for me and I will never be able to pay it off in my lifetime, do you understand?" Seeing the tears in Annie's eyes, I really couldn't control my emotions.

I originally thought that I should never say this. It would be better for her to mistakenly think that my pride was causing trouble than for her to understand that I refused her help because I was afraid of owing her, which would hurt her even less.

But I couldn't bear it after all.

But after I finished speaking, I regretted it. Anne looked up at me. The tears she had been holding back for a long time finally came out of her eyes and rolled down. There was endless sadness in her eyes.

She said slowly: "So that's it!"

She smiled bitterly.

"I understand! You never owed me anything. It was all of my own free will. Everything I did had nothing to do with you. You don't have to feel guilty at all!"

Anne looked at me and smiled sadly, tears streaming down her face.

My heart couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain. There was a time when this strong girl in front of me would shed tears as she does now, and there was a time when she would be as sad as she does now!

I once thought that if there was such a moment, I would definitely let the person who made her cry sad die without a burial place, but now the culprit is myself!

Why did I hurt the person I least wanted to hurt? I really wanted to slap myself a few times, if it would make Annie less sad.

I took Annie's hand and asked her to sit down again and wiped the tears from her face, but as soon as she wiped it clean, it became wet again with tears.

Annie remained motionless and didn't react at all to my movements.

I squatted in front of Annie and held her hand and said: "Annie, listen to me, it's not as you think. I have kept all your contributions to me over the years in my heart, and I have never dared to be kind to me."

forget."

"As a friend, I have always wanted to find opportunities to repay you, but you know, I have accomplished nothing over the years and have no ability to help you. On the contrary, you have been helping me."

"It's just that I can really solve this matter by myself this time. Listen to me, I have already paid back almost half of the money from my own salary and the bar's commission, and it won't take long to pay it off. I will resign by then.

Find another job, or let me go to work in your studio, didn't you say you wanted me to help you?"

Anne slowly turned around and picked up the money in the bag and said to me with tears in her eyes: "Brother, I don't care about the future. I just want to ask you whether you want the money or not!"

"...Annie, I..."

I was speechless for a moment!

"Brother, you don't need to say anything, I understand!" Annie wiped the tears on her face, tried to calm down, put the money back into her bag, stood up and walked out.

I reached out and held Annie's arm, trying to explain further: "Annie, it's really not what you think. Can you believe me for once?"
Chapter completed!