Troubled Waters Works Volume 1 Chapter 11 The Plan for the Bonus
When Pei woke up, it was already the second day in the morning. She got out of bed and felt sore all over her body, as if she was about to fall apart.
There was no one in the house, she carefully wrapped herself in a sheet and hid in the bathroom, washing herself with warm water.
Apart from the aching muscles and joints, her private parts also felt uncomfortable. Only after warm water was poured on her body did she feel slightly better. The scenes from last night kept flashing in her mind, and she didn't dare to linger, quickly leaving the hotel.
Back home, she saw Ni Wancheng sitting in front of the dinner table and couldn't help but pause: "Dad isn't working the night shift? Why aren't you sleeping?"
Ni Wancheng raised his head, looking at her with difficulty, and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Just now when I came back, I met several neighbors at the gate... They said you were on TV? Participating in some beauty pageant?"
Pei Yi was taken aback.
These months, she and Ni Wancheng, Chen Yuan whenever they have time, go to the hospital to take care of Huanran, basically no time to watch TV and read newspapers. So, from registration, she didn't worry at all that her parents would know. She was just thinking about how to give the prize money to Ni Wancheng after receiving it.
Pei Di lowered her head, her fingernails gripping the edge of the dinner table: "The champion of that competition... has a prize of 500,000."
Ni Wancheng guessed what she was doing and his heart skipped a beat: "You——"
"This month, she was rescued twice... Must hurry up, right? If I win the championship, I can have her surgery done immediately."
"No!" Ni Wan Cheng stood up excitedly, "Don't need you! I'll think of a way myself!"
"What are you going to do?" Pei asked excitedly. "Are you going to gamble again?! Gambling won't make you rich, it'll only pile up your debts!"
"I'll go borrow!" said Ni Wancheng. "I can find Ma, the manager of the casino, or... Old Ou! They have usury, I can borrow some from them!"
"That's usury!" Pei cried, "What can we use to repay? Our only house has been mortgaged to the bank! What if we can't pay it back later? Will they take me and Fanran away... just like on TV?"
"No..." Ni Wancheng howled, squatting down to the ground in pain, holding his head and crying, "Pei Yi... I'm sorry... it's all Dad's fault! It was Dad who harmed you..."
Pei Yi also burst into tears, reaching out to pull him up: "Get up quickly! You've changed, it's great..."
Ni Wancheng sat up, with tears streaming down his face. He knew that Pei Yi was right, but this shouldn't be Pei Yi's responsibility!
Pei Yi said to him: "Wait until I get that $500,000 prize money, and then I'll give it to you. You can give it to mom and just say you borrowed it from a friend or boss. Just don't let mom know that I participated in this competition..." If Chen Yuan found out, she would definitely kill her!
"Pei..." Nian Wan Cheng's heart ached even more upon hearing this, but he involuntarily nodded in agreement.
"Father is on night shift, go to sleep quickly."
Ni Wancheng nodded and walked to the bedroom door, suddenly turning his head to ask: "What if... I mean what if. What if you can't get the championship?"
Pei's eyes flashed, not daring to let her see her abnormality, and said in a low voice: "I have confidence in myself, and the teacher who arranged our practice also said that I am the best among all. Even if we can't get the championship, the ranking won't be too low, and there will still be some prize money. And everyone who participates in the competition can sign with them to become a star. Although I don't want to be one, if the money is not enough, I'll just sign with them and let them pay me some money first."
Saying that, however, was just to comfort Ni Wancheng. Ni Wancheng listened and felt slightly at ease, but his heart ached unbearably. It was all his fault; if he hadn't been so fond of gambling in the first place, things wouldn't have turned out this way!
