My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 362: Lending Money to He Wenyuan

Meanwhile, after leaving Liu Hongchang's house, Zhang Lei headed towards He Wenhui's house. Zhang Lei was determined to help her to the end and prevent He Wenhui from running into Liu Hongchang again, thus ruining Liu Hongchang and Yang Maixiang's promising relationship.

As he was walking, he suddenly saw a crazy girl running towards him. Zhang Lei tried to dodge, but the girl seemed to have a GPS and kept running straight towards him.

Zhang Lei was fine, but the girl who bumped into him immediately covered her head and said, "Hey, how do you walk? Watch where you're going!"

Zhang Lei said, somewhat speechless, "Did you even get the facts straight? I was trying to hide, and you just kept rushing in. Who wasn't watching?"

The girl immediately became angry: "Who are you? I've never seen you before!"

Zhang Lei was speechless: "Who are you? Why should I let you know who I am?"

The girl said, "My name is He Wenyuan."

Upon hearing the name He Wenyuan, Zhang Lei was somewhat surprised: "What? Your name is He Wenyuan?"

He Wenyuan tilted her head and looked at Zhang Lei, saying, "Yes, it's me."

Zhang Lei looked at He Wenyuan, thinking how small the world was, and said, "It's you? Isn't your sister He Wenhui?"

Upon hearing Zhang Lei call out his sister's name, He Wenyuan was immediately puzzled: "Who are you? How do you know my sister's name?"

Zhang Lei looked at her and teased her, saying, "I not only know about your sister, but I also know that your mother has eye problems."

Looking wary, He Wenyuan asked, "How did you know?"

Zhang Lei stared at her without saying a word, which made He Wenyuan a little uneasy. He quickly changed the subject: "Why are you running around in such a hurry?"

Hearing Zhang Lei's question, He Wenyuan immediately felt a little guilty: "What I do is none of your business!"

At this moment, He Wenyuan suddenly looked at Zhang Lei and said, "Since you know my sister, you must be her friend. Could you lend me some money?"

Hearing about borrowing money, Zhang Lei thought of He Wenyuan's character in the TV series—somewhat vain. Zhang Lei considered this; perhaps it was an opportunity. So he said, "Okay, how much do you want to borrow?"

He Wenyuan thought for a moment: "Three, no, five yuan."

Upon hearing that he needed to borrow five yuan, Zhang Lei, without even looking up, took out five yuan from his pocket and said, "Okay, here you go."

Seeing Zhang Lei's generous manner, He Wenyuan hesitated to accept the money. Zhang Lei then placed the money in her hand, saying, "Didn't you ask to borrow money? Now that I've lent it to you, why are you hesitant to accept it?"

He Wenyuan looked at Zhang Lei: "What wouldn't I dare to accept? But I don't even know your name yet."

Zhang Lei said with a smile, "My name is Zhang Lei. Tell your mother or your sister that I took your mother home before, and they should know who I am."

Hearing this, He Wenyuan was somewhat surprised: "You really gave me the money?"

Zhang Lei said with a smile, "It's not for you, it's a loan."

After saying that, Zhang Lei left without looking back.

Watching Zhang Lei leave, He Wenyuan was momentarily at a loss, but after thinking about it, he realized he already had the money and should hurry up and buy what he wanted.

Zhang Lei was no longer in a hurry to go to the He family. After all, an opportunity had arisen, and he could go directly to He Wenyuan and find a chance to get close to He Wenhui.

Soon it was evening.

When Liu Hongchang returned home, he saw his elder brother Liu Yunchang, sister-in-law Wu Xiaoying, and mother Wang Cuilan waiting for him. He asked with some confusion, "Brother, sister-in-law, Mom, why aren't you all asleep?"

The eldest brother, Liu Yunchang, looked at Liu Hongchang and said, "Hongchang, tell me, what did you do today? Why are you so late?"

Looking at the family, Liu Hongchang said, "I went out for a walk."

Hongchang's sister-in-law, Wu Xiaoying, laughed and said, "Hongchang, don't lie to us. Mom already told us. Didn't Yang Maixiang come today? Tell me, what did you two go out to do together?"

When Liu Hongchang heard his sister-in-law ask this, he said, "Nothing much. Yang Maixiang said she wanted to go to the movies with me, so we went together."

Hearing this, Wu Xiaoying smiled even more broadly: "Mom, you're right. It seems we should find Hongchang a wife."

Liu Hongchang awkwardly replied, "Sister-in-law, what are you saying? When did I say I was going to get married?"

Liu's mother, Wang Cuilan, said, "Hongchang, you're not young anymore. When your brother was your age, he had already married his wife. It's time for you to settle down and start your own family."

Liu Hongchang looked at his mother and said, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? Maixiang and I are just friends."

Liu Yunchang, standing nearby, remarked, "Friends? Who has a female friend and goes to the movies together?"

Wu Xiaoying, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "That's right, Hongchang. Mom said Yang Maixiang is pretty good. By the way, what does her family do? Tell us so we can give you some advice. If her family is too poor, then we can't accept her."

Liu Hongchang angrily said, "Sister-in-law, Mom, what are you doing? Yang Maixiang has her own job. Although she works as a cashier on the bus, it's a secure job."

Upon hearing that it was a secure job, Wu Xiaoying became even more interested: "Do you know what her family does?"

Hearing his sister-in-law ask this, Liu Hongchang said, "Sister-in-law, don't say that. Maixiang and I are just ordinary friends."

Liu's mother, Wang Cuilan, said, "Hongchang, your sister-in-law is just worried about you. Besides, I think Yang Maixiang is pretty and has a good personality. You two can try talking about it. I'm not in a particular hurry for you to get married, but I just think that since you've been single all this time, it would be nice to have someone who cares about you and helps you take care of the family."

Hearing his mother say this, Liu Hongchang replied, "Mom, I'll make my own decisions. You don't need to worry about me too much. Anyway, I'm going back to sleep now."

Seeing Liu Hongchang like this, Liu's mother angrily scolded, "You, you really don't know what's good for you!"

Liu Yunchang, standing nearby, added fuel to the fire: "Mom, did you see that? My brother is like this, can't you believe it?"

Wu Xiaoying pulled Liu Yunchang back, telling him to stop talking. Liu's mother glared at him and said, "It's getting late, you should go back to sleep too."

When Zhang Lei got home, he saw several people still playing mahjong at his table and quickly stopped them: "What's wrong with you guys today? I went out during the day and came back at night, and you were still playing mahjong."

The group looked around and realized it was indeed dark, but no one had noticed.

Lou Xiao'e smiled awkwardly and said, "Honey, you're back? Have you eaten?"

Zhang Lei looked at Lou Xiao'e and the others and said, "You all know I haven't eaten yet? You're all pregnant, and you've been sitting here all day. Don't you know your own situation?"

The group exchanged awkward glances. Zhang Lei quickly checked on them, then looked at Ding Qiunan beside him and said, "Qiunan, you're back? You're playing mahjong with them too. Don't you know you should tell them to stop?"

Ding Qiunan said with a smile, "Honey, isn't this just for fun? We don't usually have much entertainment or anything to relax with, but now that we have these mahjong tables, everyone's happy."

Zhang Lei looked at the group and said, "No, you can do this for fun occasionally, but you can't sit like this all day long. You can take it, but the baby in your belly can't."

The group looked at each other, knowing their own situation, and gave each other an awkward smile.