Zhao Yifan sat on her bed listening to the question posed by Lin Jiao, who was removing her makeup. She frowned.
“I have no idea, maybe we’re overthinking. Didn’t Xu Xia call Yang Hui again just now to confirm that the reason why General Manager Li was so courteous to Chen Hao was because he saved his daughter?”
“Regarding that painting incident, I guessed Li Zhenguo was trying to find a reason not to make things difficult for Chen Hao. Chen Hao did rescue his daughter and that itself is a massive favor already!”
Zhao Yifan reasoned.
“Then it makes perfect sense. Hmph! I thought that Chen Hao suddenly became rich today. I nearly had the shock of my life!” Lin Jiao gave a long sigh.
“Why don’t you continue calling him Brother Chen Hao?”
A group of girls teased.
“Who would call him that. Damn it, how could he waste a favor just like that. If I had that kind of favor, I would have asked General Manager Li to arrange a position for me. That way, I would not have to worry anymore!”
“It’s true. Chen Hao, on the other hand, used up his favor completely in just one day. Sigh, I really worry about his IQ!”
The girls chattered away.
Zhao Yifan was enjoying the conversation. The more Chen Hao suffered, the more relaxed she felt.
It was a very strange feeling indeed…
However, Chen Hao did not think too much about it. The moment they got back to their rooms, all of them fell asleep in an instant because they enjoyed themselves too much today.
The next day, when they were preparing to go to class, he saw Yang Hui and the rest of them in the dormitory. They were putting money into envelopes and writing their names on the evelopes.
Chen Hao looked at the group messages and found out that the class monitor had tagged all their classmates in the group chat, telling them that their tuition fees were due today.
“Chen Hao, for your tuition fees, will you be waiting for the student subsidies for another half a month? Or…?”
Actually, Yang Hui wanted to ask if General Manager Li had given Chen Hao some cash to pay for his tuition fees or something along those lines.
However, when he recalled the painting that was worth 1 million, he did not ask any further.
He was afraid that his best friend Chen Hao had gone back to being just a poor boy.
Chen Hao smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I still have some money left. It’s enough to pay for my tuition fees. Oh by the way, you guys can go to the classroom to pay first, because I need to withdraw some money!”
Chen Hao didn’t seem to be lying.
Yang Hui thought that he really did have some money left.
Thus, he felt relieved.
Chen Hao arrived at the bank located at the campus entrance.
“I would like to withdraw 5,000!”
Chen Hao gave them the card through the window.
As a result, the service staff inside was stunned.
She picked up Chen Hao’s bank card and looked it over from the front and back.
Finally she asked Chen Hao in surprise,
“What’s wrong with your card? The card services were changed by somebody!”
His card services were changed?
Chen Hao was stunned.
Actually, the female service staff noticed that Chen Hao’s attire looked quite ordinary. He looked like a poor student at one glance.
Hence, her tone was a bit impatient.
However, other than a few VIP customers, only a few people could alter their banking card services.
She explained, “Yes, your banking card underwent some major changes in the UnionPay service. You can only withdraw a minimum of 200,000 at once. You cannot withdraw 5,000 at all!”
The female service staff gave him a once-over.
No matter how she looked at this student in front of her, he did not look like a rich person at all.
So, who set up his bank card?
Chen Hao knew who did it in an instant.
Other than his sister Chen Xiao, who else could it be?
My dear sister, is it so wrong to be thrifty? Damn it, how could she set a minimum limit for my bank card. Does she want our family to go bankrupt?!
He immediately called his sister.
Very soon, his call was answered.
“Sister, did you do anything to my bank card?”
“Yes I did. I adjusted the minimum withdrawal amount. I had no choice. This is because you are not behaving like a rich kid. My dear brother, with the way you are now, how are you going to establish a foothold in our family? You should slowly adjust to this kind of lifestyle!”
Chen Hao was stunned into silence.
“Oh, by the way. I would have given you a call today if you had not called me. Other than the bank card, I have also set some minimum withdrawal limits for you recently. Do you still remember the shopping cards that I gave you?”
“There’s still approximately 10,000,000 worth of credit inside. I have set the end of this month as the expiry date. In other words, if you do not spend all the money in these shopping cards by then, then that 10,000,000 will end up in another person’s pockets!”
“Damn it!!!”
Chen Hao’s eyes nearly turned red.
Such cruelty!
Such cruelty!
She was essentially forcing him to bankrupt the entire family!
“You better grow up fast. Don’t let your sister and parents worry about getting you out of the shadows of poverty…”
With that, his sister hung up the phone.
“What’s wrong with you? Do you want to withdraw your money or not? If you do not want to do that, don’t waste our time!”
Unbeknownst to him, there were already 5 to 6 students standing behind him. All of them wanted to withdraw their money.
The person who uttered those words was a well-dressed guy who had his arms around a pretty female student. He cast a look of disdain in the direction of Chen Hao.
The tuition fees were due today, thus a lot of students came here to withdraw money.
Seeing Chen Hao on the phone for such a long time and looking at his attire, anybody could see that he had definitely ran out of money and was currently calling his parents to amass some.
“Gosh, how long do you need to gather the money? Our classes are starting soon. Haha!” A girl asked with disdain, with a boy’s arm around her waist.
“I’ll withdraw now!”
He had no choice since more and more students were coming to the bank.
Chen Hao thought that he would better hurry. He would withdraw 200,000 first.
Then, he informed the service staff at the bank counter.
The female service staff was a bit skeptical.
However, she punched in the amount.
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