The apartment.

Zhang Taotao hung up the phone, looked at Su Tiannan, and said, "Your brother is asking me for money. Does he know you're here with me? Testing me?!"

"Liuzi?" Su Tiannan was also taken aback.

"Who else could it be? Your second brother doesn't have much brains. Ever since you had your accident, he's wanted to kill me. How could he call me to borrow money?" Zhang Taotao pouted.

"How much is he borrowing?" Su Tiannan asked.

"He didn't say, but I guess it won't be too little, and it won't be too much." Zhang Taotao frowned as she looked at him. "What I'm worried about now is, does he know you're here? I'm telling you, I can take you in, but I can't let everyone know!!!"

Su Tiannan took a sip of soup. "He doesn't know about our connection. This shouldn't be a test."

"Then should I lend him the money?" Zhang Taotao asked like a little wife. She didn't even understand why she needed to ask this "deadbeat's" opinion.

"Heh." Su Tiannan looked at her and smiled inexplicably.

"…Uh, I…what I mean is, I'm more familiar with you, and I owe you a favor." Zhang Taotao quickly tried to backtrack.

Su Tiannan waved his hand and replied, "Don't explain. If you want to mess with me, just say it directly. I'm always ready."

"Sick!" Zhang Taotao got up to leave.

"If you have the money to spare, lend it to him," Su Tiannan called out. "If he can't pay you back, I'll sell my eggs to pay you back."

Zhang Taotao rolled her eyes. "Go pull your shit!"

Su Tiannan smiled as he watched Zhang Taotao's back. He suddenly felt that being a "hooligan" was pretty good. In the past, he was too proper and paid too much attention to his image, which always gave people the feeling of being an old soul in a young body. That was why his life was boring and lacked fun.

After they finished communicating, Zhang Taotao dialed Su Tianyu's number. "Speak, how much?"

"Is five million available, CEO Zhang?" Su Tianyu asked.

"Yes, when will you pay it back?" When Zhang Taotao was discussing business, she was no different from a man—decisive and efficient.

"Within a year, I'll calculate the interest for you."

"Let's make this clear in advance. I like to get the ugly stuff out of the way first," Zhang Taotao replied seriously. "If you're really short on money, you can tell me you need two years to pay it back, but if you say one year, then you have to keep your promise and make the payment when the time comes. Don't make me chase you, and don't drag things out."

Su Tianyu smiled. "Don't worry, I'll do what I say."

"Send me your account number, and I'll have someone transfer it to you later."

"Thank you, CEO Zhang. May our friendship last forever!"

"…Mm!" Zhang Taotao hung up the phone and walked to the bathroom.

…

Inside the Seaview Hotel in the Old Triangle, Su Tianyu looked at the phone with a playful smile on his face.

"What are you smiling about?" Su Tianbei asked, puzzled.

"…I asked her to borrow money, and she hung up first, saying her dog was pooping." Su Tianyu looked at him and asked, "When the phone rang, she asked directly how much I wanted to borrow. Don't you think that's a little strange?"

Su Tianbei asked naively, "What's strange about it? Is it strange that she agreed so readily?"

"Yeah, it's a little too readily. I thought she would reject me for five million," Su Tianyu nodded.

"Damn, does she like you?" Su Tianbei thought for a moment and asked.

Su Tianyu looked at his second brother like he was an idiot. "…How did you analyze it to this point?"

"Five million, is that a small amount? To just casually lend it to you, either she needs something from you, or she definitely wants to get with you," Su Tianbei replied.

Su Tianyu looked at him speechlessly and asked, "Where did Big Brother run away?"

"District One!" Su Tianbei replied.

"Where has Zhang Taotao been recently? Do you know?" Su Tianyu asked again.

Hearing this, Su Tianbei suddenly realized and slapped his thigh. "I know! You mean, Zhang Taotao helped Da Sha escape from prison, and they're together!"

"…!"

Su Tianyu looked at him and got up directly. "Get out, I'm not talking anymore!"

"You only say half of what you mean, it's annoying, you know?!" Su Tianbei also stood up.

…

Evening.

Before going to Jiangzhou, Su Tianyu met Gui Mengjun in private.

"Brother-in-law, there's something I'm struggling with right now." Su Tianyu smoked a cigarette, stood at the entrance of the villa, and said to Gui Mengjun, "Jiangzhou wants to sell me a factory at half price."

Gui Mengjun thought for a moment. "That steel factory?"

"Yeah!" Su Tianyu nodded.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Gui Mengjun immediately understood the reason. "You're a favorite of Lao Li's. He wants to befriend you."

"I know that, but I can't guarantee him anything. I'm afraid I'll accept this favor for nothing, and I won't be able to repay the favor in the future." Su Tianyu blinked and replied.

"Then what do you mean?"

"If I don't accept it, it seems like I'm not giving him face." Su Tianyu sighed. "Alas, the most important thing is, I'm afraid he'll interpret this as me deliberately drawing a line between us…You said we're still doing the military supply business, and there will inevitably be times when we need his help in the future. I don't want to put him in an awkward position."

Gui Mengjun nodded slowly. "You've thought it through very thoroughly."

"I have to think it through thoroughly!" Su Tianyu softly expressed his thoughts. "So, this is what I'm thinking…!"

After listening to Su Tianyu's plan, Gui Mengjun nodded slowly. "Yes, that's the way to do it! It neither explicitly rejects Jiangzhou nor does it distance the relationship, very clever!"

"Brother-in-law, don't praise me." Su Tianyu immediately waved his hand. "The plan is good, but there's a bit of a difficulty now."

"What difficulty?" Gui Mengjun asked.

"Lack of money." Su Tianyu replied smoothly. "The financial power of the Tongji Association is not in my hands, and Jiangzhou's intention is very clear, he doesn't want to rely on the association's connections…But I don't have that much money myself."

Hearing this, Gui Mengjun felt a bad premonition in his heart.

"…What do you think I should do?" Su Tianyu asked with a smile.

"Get a loan, a loan is more convenient," Gui Mengjun replied immediately.

"Borrowing so much money in Dragon City will definitely not be able to hide it from the association and Lao Li, I don't want them to know." Su Tianyu replied with his hands behind his back. "Alas, although my family has never been considered poor, we've never had any rich relatives. Nowadays, don't talk about anything with people except money. As soon as you talk about money, they pretend to be confused, it's difficult!"

Gui Mengjun blinked his small eyes. "Yes, don't talk about anything but money now."

"…Alas, forget it, I'll think of a way with my third sister." Su Tianyu waved his hand and replied, "Two of her classmates are in the loan business."

"I thought you were shameless, but I didn't expect you to be so shameless." Gui Mengjun held back for a long time. "So, these two 'brother-in-law' calls come at a price!"

"What brother-in-law are you talking about? Are you that rich relative?" Su Tianyu asked.