Chapter 1846: A Bit Leaking Through the Fingers

They just wanted to amuse themselves by mocking and humiliating her with words.

She didn’t even think about why all her friends answered the phone, but she couldn’t borrow a penny. All the resentment they had built up towards her piled on now, ridiculing her, watching her as a joke.

It was unclear if Li Jiaojiao was too pampered for too long, or if her emotional intelligence was inherently low. Sometimes, she couldn’t even recognize the sarcasm in others’ words and joined in their laughter foolishly.

Song Jin couldn’t be bothered to listen. He sat down at the table, placing the takeaway he was carrying on it, unzipping the eye-catching bright yellow delivery uniform. He took off his helmet, and his overly long hair was soaked with sweat, clinging to his scalp.

The bathroom was on the right as one entered the door, with the sound of running water coming from inside. The walls were transparent glass. Song Jin had complained to the front desk, and they finally brought over a white curtain to cover it.

On his left was the sound of shower water, and on his right was the chirpy laughter, making Song Jin’s head almost explode. He shouted, “Stop it!”

Li Jiaojiao’s voice immediately ceased, and she quickly grabbed the phone and said, “Hello,” but the “friend” on the other end had already hung up.

“You’re crazy, why are you yelling!”

Li Jiaojiao threw the phone onto the bed, got off the bed, and casually threw on some clothes. She nudged Song Jin with her foot, “I’m out of phone credit, recharge it for me now.”

Song Jin didn’t lift his eyelids, his voice cold and hard, “No money.”

“What about the money you made today; isn’t it just a few hundred bucks? Can’t you take it out?”

Song Jin exploded in an instant, standing up with a roar, “A few hundred bucks? Delivering food now, at most, I earn a little over one hundred bucks a day, and I still have to cover the rent and three meals a day. Where do I have money to top up your phone credit?”

Li Jiaojiao was startled, probably not expecting Song Jin to dare to be fierce with her. Her privileged temper flared up instantly, “That’s your own incompetence. Don’t blame me for not making money. Other men let money slip through their fingers, and it’s better than you pinching every penny.”

“Then you’re calling one after another, calling them good brothers and godfathers. How come none let a bit slip through their fingers to you?”

“What crap are you spewing from your mouth? What are you to even talk about me!”

“And what about you! Look at you now, never grooming or getting out of bed, making hundreds of calls, where’s the damn money? Why don’t you take out some!”

Li Jiaojiao hadn’t accepted the fact that her family had fallen from power, or perhaps she knew full well but pretended not to, because after all, the Li Family’s downfall was all her doing. Her foolishness sent her own mother into jail, and during the days of her detention, the company had long been divided among a group of shareholders. Although the truth of her father’s death was largely hidden and no substantive evidence was found, rumors couldn’t be stopped.

Chairman Li, a woman suspected of murdering her husband, had no right to remain in the company.

After the fact, Li Jiaojiao was scared too. Once she snapped out of it and realized what she had done, her first thought wasn’t how to get her mother out; instead, she ran to her grandparents’ house hoping to freeload there. Forget about mother-daughter affection, it was not as important to her as finding a new meal ticket.

The result was predictable. She was well aware that her mother killed her father and had kept it secret for years. How could her grandparents show her a good face? She was driven away without even getting through the door.

Li Jiaojiao indeed tasted the bitterness of having no way out, leaving her no choice but to cling to Song Jin now.

Their statuses were different now. If she continued to treat him as before and pushed Song Jin to the edge, she wouldn’t be able to maintain even her current condition.