I insist

Chapter 160: Talking about money is vulgar

"burden?"

Song Miqiu snapped out of her daze, staring blankly at Yan Yufan, pointing at herself, "Do you think I have a burden?"

She raised her hand and immediately retorted, "How could I possibly have a burden? Money is just an external thing, merely something to fill my stomach. How could it be a burden?"

When the topic of money came up, Song Miqiu thought of what Yan's father had told her before. She couldn't help but take out her chopsticks, tap one on the edge of the bowl, and whisper to Yan Yufan about what Yan's father had said back then.

She never imagined that Yan's father was someone who wouldn't even give up his own life. If she hadn't been in the palace at the time, even though Yan's father had medicine on him, the people around him wouldn't have known.

At the same time, they were also curious about Yan's father's illness, and more importantly, they were afraid that the disease might be contagious to them.

Although Song Miqiu believed that many people had contracted the disease, many of them had never been exposed to it and might even think it was an infectious disease.

She immediately understood the situation when she saw the palace maids' expressions of not understanding the illness.

Furthermore, once contracted, this disease is almost always incurable.

If it weren't for the medicine in the system, Song Miqiu thought she wouldn't have been able to help anyone, let alone swear an oath to Yan's father.

Thinking about this gave Song Miqiu a headache.

When she thought about the relationship between Yan's father and Yan Yufan, she ate without holding back.

Song Miqiu stuffed her cheeks full, and thinking about Yan's father, she couldn't help but say, "I think your father might still be thinking about this. When you go back, you need to talk to him more."

She sat up straight and tried to swallow the food in her mouth, but it got stuck in her throat. Song Miqiu quickly patted her chest to relieve the discomfort.

Song Miqiu quickly picked up the soup beside her and poured it over herself for a while before letting out a heavy sigh.

She adopted a self-important air, smiling as she said, "Money is just an external thing. As long as you have life, it's never too late to make money. Besides, if you have the ability, you can get back to where you were before, no matter when you start."

Yan Yufan nodded. He understood that Song Miqiu was referring to his father.

At the same time, he also strongly agreed with Song Miqiu's point of view. He suddenly remembered what Song Miqiu had promised Yan's father, and frowned as he asked, "When you promised my father before, did you say whether you would give him money if he was cured?"

“This…” Song Miqiu paused for a moment, met Yan Yufan’s curious gaze, and shook her head, “At the time, my uncle was a little emotional, and in order to appease him, I didn’t mention anything about money.”

Yan Yufan nodded, indicating that he understood.

Just as Song Miqiu was wondering what the other person was going to do, she saw him take a silver pouch from his belt and place it on the table.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Yufan took out a silver note from inside, placed it on the table, and moved towards Song Miqiu's direction.

“This is…” Song Miqiu tilted his head, trying to see the amount on the banknote.

Her pupils contracted, and she abruptly looked up at the other person, asking in confusion, "Why are you giving me a five-thousand-tael silver note all of a sudden?!"

Perhaps because the amount was quite large, Song Miqiu's voice kept rising as she asked questions.

"It's for the treatment costs, of course. Thank you on behalf of my father."

“No.” Song Miqiu returned the five thousand taels of silver, her expression slightly serious. “Since you said it was for you, I cannot accept this money.”

"Why?" Yan Yufan asked with a curious smile.

He could tell that Song Miqiu was a bit of a money-grubber. Although she believed that money was more important than life, he felt that money was definitely more important than anything else as long as her life was not threatened.

He felt bad that this novice was wasting the resources she had.

Is it vulgar to talk about money among friends?

Yan Yufan paused, not expecting this result. He threw his head back and laughed, "I thought you would just take the money."

He did indeed think so for a moment, because Yan Yufan's eyes lit up when he saw Song Miqiu clearly see that it was a five-thousand-tael silver note.

It was as if if others didn't want it, the five thousand taels of silver would be hers in the next moment.

"What do you think I am!" Song Miqiu said with a laugh.

While chatting with Song Miqiu, Yan Yufan placed the shrimp he had peeled by hand into a dish.

He placed the plate full of shrimp in front of Song Miqiu and said with a smile, "Try these shrimp, they're very fresh. The restaurant manager said they were just brought in these last two days."

Song Miqiu didn't stand on ceremony. Since Yan Yufan had given it to her, she couldn't refuse his feelings.

She held the shrimp with her chopsticks, dipped it in the sauce, coated it completely, and then put it in her mouth.

With a mouthful of shrimp, Song Miqiu gave Yan Yufan a thumbs-up in surprise. She swallowed the shrimp forcefully, "Just as you said, these shrimp are really fresh. No wonder their dishes are so expensive."

As she ate her food, she pointed at the dishes with her chopsticks and commented, "These dishes are mostly very fresh and delicious, which is commensurate with their price."

"Of course, this restaurant has only been open for a short time," Yan Yufan replied with a smile.

Besides being busy with the tasks assigned to him by Yan's father these past few days, he was also keeping an eye out for fun places in the capital, thinking about when to take Song Miqiu out to play together, and that's how he discovered this place.

Yan Yufan had been thinking about coming over to try the food sometime, but he never expected that his friend would invite him over for dinner yesterday.

After the meal.

Song Miqiu subconsciously touched her stomach, hiccuped, and lowered her head in embarrassment.

She covered her mouth and quickly picked up the water glass next to her and poured it into her mouth.

"Have you eaten enough? I'll take you back." Yan Yufan stood up and said, pointing out the window, "The Yan family carriage is right in front of the restaurant. You definitely don't have a carriage, and walking back will surely make your feet ache."

"No need, I'm going to see Ming Taicheng."

Ming Taicheng?

Yan Yufan recalled the medical sage and looked at Song Miqiu with confusion, "Why are you looking for Ming Taicheng out of the blue?"

“Naturally, Ming Taicheng has what I want.” Song Miqiu looked at Yan Yufan strangely, not understanding why he was asking her a question.

She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and was about to get up to say goodbye and leave when Yan Yufan stopped her.

"Since we're going to Mingtai City, why don't I go with you?"

"No need," Song Miqiu quickly refused, looking at the other person with amusement. "You don't need to look for him, so what are you going to do?"

"Of course I'm worried about you." Yan Yufan insisted on going with him.