Gu Jiajie walked up to Wu Zhiren, his face full of emotion, looking downright saccharine. In a heavy voice, he said, "Zhiren, don’t worry. If the ointment is gone, it’s gone. When Xiao Jin comes back, I’ll ask her where she bought it. I’ll make sure to buy a few bottles for you then."
"Alright, you’re a true brother!" Wu Zhiren didn’t overthink it and showed a very happy expression.
On the side, Liu Pingyuan’s face turned peculiar as he stifled a laugh with his fist against his lips. In the end, he couldn’t hold it back and pointed at Gu Jiajie and Wu Zhiren, laughing heartily.
Even Gu Jiajie’s face held a mischievous smile, the expression on his face was both strange and contorted as he looked at Wu Zhiren.
Their appearance left Wu Zhiren utterly bewildered, then he quickly understood something.
They were obviously treating him as a scapegoat, preparing to use him as a shield if a beating was incoming.
The touching sentiment in his heart instantly disappeared. He shrugged off Gu Jiajie’s hand from his shoulder, pointed at the two laughing brothers, "You two wait, next time someone beats you up, see if I’ll still protect you!"
"Brother, we’re just happy to have such a good brother like you. Naturally, if there’s any good stuff, we want you to have it first." Gu Jiajie approached again, putting his arm around Wu Zhiren’s neck.
After speaking, he nodded towards Liu Pingyuan: "Pingyuan, don’t you agree?"
"Yeah, among us brothers, who is closer than who? Naturally, if there’s any good thing, we think of our brothers first."
Wu Zhiren hummed, casting a suspicious glance at the two of them.
After a while, he spat out two words: "So fake!"
Real and undromantic words, perfectly fitting for these two mischievous friends.
"Hey... Zhiren, that’s not fair. We’ve been brothers for so many years..."
The three had grown up causing trouble together, knowing each other inside out.
They were always reckless in fights, known infamous in both Qingshan Village and the town. During group fights, to protect each other, the three of them had all suffered injuries, either light or severe.
Unfortunately, this time they ran into a tough opponent.
"Gurgle gurgle..."
In the midst of their teasing, someone’s stomach began to growl loudly.
Gu Jiajie lowered his head, staring at his stomach, and cursed quietly.
Liu Pingyuan laughed, his smile wide and bright, but just as he was about to speak, his stomach growled too, freezing his smile instantaneously.
But his skin was thick, so he lightly coughed and stood up to call his brothers: "Alright, let’s stop joking around, let’s go out and eat, we can talk about everything after we eat."
"Xiao Jin took that kid out, so let’s not go out and just eat at the hotel. Who knows what might happen if we go out."
Gu Jiajie was still a bit wary, especially since they were carrying over seventy thousand in cash with them.
"Alright! Then let’s go downstairs to eat."
After the three of them went downstairs for a meal and returned to their room, Gu Jin still hadn’t come back.
Feeling bored in the room, the three of them took out the over seventy thousand in cash from the money bag.
After counting, the total was seventy-three thousand two hundred sixty-three yuan and forty-five cents. Because the small change was inconvenient to carry, they exchanged some of the money for hundred-yuan bills.
Looking at such a pile of cash, there was a complex light in Gu Jiajie’s eyes, along with something weighty.
He raised his eyes to his two brothers beside him, and in a grave voice, said, "Without Xiao Jin, we wouldn’t know if we could even get this money, or if we’d live to spend it."
"That is indeed true, she deserves a share of this money," Liu Pingyuan concurred.
Wu Zhiren added, "I have no objections, being alive is the greatest fortune to me."
Gu Jiajie took three bundles of hundred-yuan bills tied with plain strips from the table and placed them aside.
"We’ll give these thirty thousand to Xiao Jin, and split the rest between us, how about that?"