Chapter 1774: Chapter 1774

Luo Qiao saw her expression and knew something big must have happened: "How much do you need?"

Tiong Qiufeng held back the tears in her eyes: "I’m still short of sixty thousand."

Luo Qiao patted her hand: "Did something happen?"

Only then did Tiong Qiufeng speak: "Earlier, my husband resigned and partnered with someone to start a company. It was doing well at first, but later, because of poor decisions, it lost money.

Normally, even with the loss, we wouldn’t be tight for money since I’m working. But my son fell ill, seriously ill. I really had no choice but to thick-skinnedly come to you to borrow money."

Actually, her husband’s relatives and friends didn’t want to reach out and help after knowing about his business failure, but her son’s condition is severe, urgently needing this money to save him.

Her family scraped together some, but it wasn’t enough, and she had no choice but to think of Luo Qiao.

Luo Qiao looked at her: "When do you need it?"

Tiong Qiufeng didn’t expect Luo Qiao to be so straightforward, and expressed some gratitude: "Thank you, Qiaoqiao, the sooner the better."

Luo Qiao nodded: "I have some in my car. I’ll find a place later to get you some more."

Tiong Qiufeng was genuinely surprised that those relatives and friends weren’t as reliable as Luo Qiao, whom she met through work earlier.

After the two finished speaking, they returned to their seats.

Luo Qiao looked at Xiao Ya sitting on the side, nudging her with her elbow: "Second sister-in-law, learn from the experience next time, don’t scare people like this. Luckily mom and dad and the grandparents don’t know about your situation, otherwise, they would be worried sick, and my second brother would probably get beaten."

Xiao Ya said embarrassingly: "Isn’t this why I hurriedly invited you for a meal upon returning? Sister-in-law, I beg for your forgiveness, please don’t mention this to the family."

As she spoke, she clasped her hands together: "I’m begging you, sister-in-law."

Luo Qiao looked at her like this: "Alright, if this happens again, there will be no mercy."

Xiao Ya quickly responded cheerfully: "Yes, ma’am."

After chatting for a while, they stood up, preparing to leave.

But when they got to the front desk, the server said: "Your bill has been settled by someone."

Xiao Ya was puzzled, as they came late and didn’t know about Qi Junrui’s matter, Ji Lin teased Luo Qiao: "Look, he’s starting to show off."

Shen Juan felt anxious; she had to go home and tell Luo Chen about this, see how adeptly he deals with these things, impressing the girl is less important than winning over the future mother-in-law, truly clever.

Luo Qiao asked: "Can I ask who helped settle the bill?"

The server had no choice but to answer: "It was our young owner, Qi Junrui."

Ji Lin asked: "Did he pay himself, or was it comped?"

The server thought, no need to pay for it, yet asked so thoroughly: "It was comped."

Xiao Ya still asked: "Could you let us know, how much was our dinner bill tonight?"

The server handed her a receipt, Xiao Ya took it, glanced at it with Luo Qiao, then returned it, nodded, and thanked them. Only then did the few leave.

As soon as Ji Lin stepped out the door, she jokingly said: "Looks like from now on, we’ll need to invite Qiaoqiao when dining here."

Luo Qiao snorted: "Impressive."

Everyone gave Luo Yichen standing outside a thumbs up, and Ji Lin said: "Your bodyguard is here. We’ll be leaving now."

Tiong Qiufeng didn’t know Lu Yichen would come and felt somewhat awkward.

Luo Qiao smiled: "Wait for me a moment."

Luo Qiao got in the car, took out some cash, and after taking what’s in Lu Yichen’s hand, she handed it to Tiong Qiufeng: "Here’s a hundred thousand, better to be prepared. I hope the child gets better soon. Inform me in advance for surgery day, I’ll come over to see."

Tiong Qiufeng’s face was full of tears: "Thank you, Qiaoqiao."

Luo Qiao patted her shoulder: "Let’s go, I wouldn’t be at ease letting you take a taxi. We’ll give you a ride."

Tiong Qiufeng didn’t stand on ceremony, especially since carrying such a large amount of money is not very safe.

After giving her a ride to the door, watching her go upstairs, the couple then left.

The real intention of today’s dinner was for everyone to cheer her up, just that no one mentioned it.