Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 435 - 191: Repaying Money? Are You Obsessed with Money?_4

They had previously posted too many "jokes" on the forum. If Qin Mu caught even one, they’d likely end up in a cell for a long time.

It couldn’t... really be discovered, could it?

Ma Ming was also startled when he saw these discussion posts. He was the creator of this forum. If a problem truly arose, he’d be the first to face it. After all, he had provided the platform and needed to fulfill his supervisory responsibilities. Coupled with Qin Mu’s various outlandish suing methods, he might end up in jail without even knowing why.

Should we... wait and see for a couple of days?

Looking at the forum’s backend, Ma Ming swallowed hard. The forum had developed to its current state; daily active users had already exceeded two hundred thousand, and the regular traffic was very high. Furthermore, he had met many like-minded people on the forum. They were all fans of Qin Mu. Occasionally, when they encountered issues of moral coercion, skirting the law, or infringement, they would seek help on the forum. Qin Mu had provided solutions for many of these issues in his videos. For those not covered, the vast number of netizens would brainstorm and offer suggestions. Overall, the atmosphere of the forum was quite good. He was somewhat reluctant to shut it down.

「At that moment.」

"Ma Ming, are you there?"

A message suddenly popped up on his WeChat. Ma Ming paused for a moment then opened the message. It was from his college classmate, Meng Lei. During their college years, the two had been very close.

"Yeah, what’s up?" he replied after a moment’s thought.

A few seconds later, his college classmate revealed his purpose, "It’s like this, I’ve run into some trouble and was hoping to borrow some money from you."

Ma Ming looked at the message and couldn’t help but frown. During college, their relationship had indeed been very good. But Meng Lei had always had a bad habit: he liked to borrow money from others for just about anything. After borrowing money, he’d pretend to forget and never proactively mention repaying it. Many of their college classmates had lent him money.

Ma Ming thought for a while and replied, "I lent you money more than a year ago, and you still haven’t paid it back."

Although they were close, he truly didn’t want his money to be like a meat bun thrown to a dog—gone for good.

Not long after, Meng Lei sent another message, "You mean that thing last year? You’re still hung up on such a small amount of money?"

His words were full of nonchalance. Seeing this, Ma Ming was infuriated and directly countered, "Even if it wasn’t much, it was money I earned through hard work. You said you were borrowing it, and it’s been over a year. Isn’t it time to pay it back?"

Perhaps he wouldn’t have been so insistent if he hadn’t watched Qin Mu’s videos. But one of Qin Mu’s videos aptly pointed out that, most of the time, backing down only makes the other person think you are weak and easily bullied. Others gain the benefit, while you are the only one hurt.

However, after sending that message, Ma Ming felt a twinge of regret. Perhaps I was too blunt, he thought.

Yet, Meng Lei sent another reply: "Ma Ming, we were brothers for four years of college. Don’t you think saying that is too hurtful?"

"Besides, I only borrowed a little from you last year. You still remember it after all this time? You’re really petty."

"Honestly, if I hadn’t run into trouble, I wouldn’t be asking you."

"Fine, just pretend I never mentioned borrowing money."

This barrage of replies made Ma Ming tremble with anger again.

Whenever Ma Ming brought up the money, Meng Lei would immediately play the sentiment card, heaping all sorts of complaints on him, as if not lending more money was somehow Ma Ming’s fault. Their friendship showed signs of fracturing.

A few minutes later, Ma Ming took a deep breath, calmed himself, and replied, "In that case, can you pay back the money you owed me from last year now?"

At this point, he no longer wished to cherish their so-called "brotherly bond." Having such a ’brother’ is just my bad luck, he thought. Now I just want my money back.

However, Meng Lei quickly replied, "For such a paltry sum, are you obsessed with money or something?"

His message was followed by several speechless emoticons.