She scrolled up through the chat history and noticed that people in the group had already been discussing it for a while.
【Song Tang posted several Moments selling bags today.】
【Did something happen to her family?】
【I heard the Song company is having some cash flow problems recently.】
【Even so, she’s selling bags? Those bags aren’t worth that much money anyway.】
【Who knows. It just looks strange.】
【Does Lin Yanchen even care? That’s his girlfriend after all. Selling bags so publicly, it’s kind of ridiculous.】
Pei Qing frowned slightly.
Song Tang.
She had seen this girl a few times before and remembered her quite clearly.
Every time she showed up, she wore heavy, strange makeup and dressed in an exaggerated way. She also seemed a little small minded in how she spoke and acted.
At the time, she thought her son had rather odd taste in choosing such a girlfriend.
But she did not interfere.
After all, her son was still young and dating was normal. She would not meddle.
As long as he did not rush into marriage, that was enough.
But what was going on now?
Song Tang was selling bags on Moments?
Pei Qing felt speechless.
Her son’s girlfriend had fallen to the point where she needed to sell bags?
Even if she did not like Song Tang, Song Tang was still her son’s girlfriend.
Selling things like this in public, what would people think? Outsiders would assume the Lin family was mistreating their son’s girlfriend and not even giving her money to spend.
Pei Qing looked again at the screenshot.
Was Song Tang’s profile picture a recent one?
It looked like a bare faced photo.
From this angle, she actually looked quite pretty. Much more pleasant than before.
The Song company really was experiencing cash flow issues recently. Could it be that Song Tang was selling bags to help the family raise money?
Pei Qing leaned back on the sofa, her expression softening slightly.
If that was the case, then this girl did have some redeeming qualities. At least she knew how to share the burden of her family instead of being a spendthrift.
But was it really her place to be selling bags?
Those bags would not raise much money anyway.
After thinking for a moment, Pei Qing picked up her phone and called her son.
After a few rings, the call was answered.
“Mom,” Lin Yanchen’s voice came through.
Pei Qing got straight to the point. “Your girlfriend is selling bags on Moments. Did you know that?”
Lin Yanchen paused. So even his mother had heard about this?
“Yes, I know.”
“You know? And you’re letting her do it?” Pei Qing frowned.
“They’re her own bags. She can do whatever she wants with them.” Lin Yanchen’s tone was calm and indifferent.
Pei Qing felt her son was being too wooden.
“Yanchen, she’s your girlfriend at least. You’re not giving her any money at all?”
“Your mother remembers you’re not usually this stingy.”
Lin Yanchen was silent for a moment.
“Mom, I have this under control. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Pei Qing sighed. “Alright then.”
“I won’t interfere with young people’s relationships.”
“But do you know what people are saying outside? They’re saying you’re stingy in relationships and your girlfriend has no money so she has to sell bags. Does that sound good?”
Lin Yanchen replied casually, “Let them say whatever they want. Don’t worry, Mom. I know what I’m doing.”
“Fine.” Pei Qing did not press further.
But then she remembered something.
“Yanchen, I saw Song Tang’s profile picture. She actually looks quite nice.”
“When you have time, bring her to see your grandmother.”
“Even though I’m not satisfied with this girlfriend of yours, your grandmother doesn’t have much time left.”
“She has always wanted to see you settle down before she passes.”
“Why don’t you bring Song Tang over?”
Lin Yanchen immediately refused. “No.”
Unless he had lost his mind, there was no way he would bring Song Tang to see his grandmother.
If his grandmother saw her, she might close her eyes even sooner.
Forget it. No need to explain further.
His mother did not know how this girlfriend came about anyway. There was no point saying more.
“Mom, I’m busy. I’ll hang up now.”
“Hey, you—”
Before she could finish, the line had already gone dead.
Pei Qing tossed her phone aside.
Fine, she could not control young people’s affairs.
The next morning, sunlight spilled into the room.
Song Tang groggily heard her phone vibrate with a WeChat notification.
She slowly opened her eyes and stared blankly for a moment.
She had slept quite well last night.
After regaining her senses, she reached for her phone on the bedside table.
9:30 a.m. Not too early, but as a full time daughter, she did not need to go to work.
She opened WeChat.
The person who messaged her was named Xi Shuting.
After scrolling through the chat history, the original owner’s memories surfaced.
Xi Shuting was the original owner’s so-called “best friend,” known in their circle for partying and constantly hanging out in bars and nightclubs.
Half of the original owner’s extravagant spending records, often twenty or thirty thousand a night, were instigated by her.
Song Tang opened the message.
Xi Shuting: 【Tangtang, are you free tonight? Let’s go to the bar and hang out. We haven’t gathered in a long time.】
Song Tang stared at it and sneered.
Inviting her to the bar again, clearly planning to make her pay.
She rolled her eyes and replied bluntly.
【Not going.】
Xi Shuting replied instantly: 【What’s wrong? I haven’t seen you come out to play recently.】
If Song Tang remembered correctly, the original owner had only been at a bar with her a few days ago, spending two hundred thousand on drinks.
Song Tang: 【I don’t want to go.】
Xi Shuting: 【What’s going on with you lately? I heard about you selling bags. Don’t tell me you’re out of money?】
Song Tang: 【Yes, I’m out of money.】
Song Tang: 【So when are you returning the five hundred thousand you borrowed from me?】
Earlier she had seen it in chat history.
Xi Shuting had borrowed five hundred thousand from the original owner last year.
The original owner had transferred it immediately without hesitation.
After that, there had never been any mention of repayment.
Silence! Song Tang waited half a minute but got no reply.
She was not in a hurry. She calmly put down her phone and went to wash up.
While brushing her teeth, her phone vibrated again.
She rinsed her mouth, wiped her hands, and picked it up.
Xi Shuting: 【Tangtang, you know my situation. I’m short on money right now. You never used to rush me.】
Song Tang raised an eyebrow.
Short on money?
She opened Xi Shuting’s Moments. The latest post was from last night.
A dimly lit bar booth, tables full of liquor bottles, captioned: 【Friday nights are meant to be this fun】
Song Tang took a screenshot and sent it back.
Song Tang: 【Short on money but you go to bars every night?】
Xi Shuting: 【……】
Xi Shuting: 【Tangtang, you’ve changed.】
Xi Shuting: 【You never used to treat your friends like this.】
Reading this, Song Tang almost laughed out loud.
Was this starting to be emotional manipulation?
She did not bother replying properly and typed directly:
Song Tang: 【Cut the crap.】
Song Tang: 【You have one day to return my five hundred thousand.】
Song Tang: 【Otherwise I’ll post you on Moments.】
After sending it, she tossed her phone aside and continued brushing her teeth.
On the other side, Xi Shuting stared at the three lines of text, her hands trembling with anger.
Post her on Moments?
Was that something a friend would say?
But then she suddenly realized Song Tang might actually do it.
She had seen with her own eyes how Song Tang sold bags on Moments.
Several posts in a single day without hesitation.
If she could do something so embarrassing, what else would she not do?
And now that Song Tang was short on money, she was probably desperate.
Xi Shuting clenched her teeth, gripping her phone tightly.
The thought of repaying five hundred thousand made her heart ache.