Rong Yan could tell that the mother and daughter were living in straitened circumstances. She figured that half of those fifty yuan was likely borrowed from someone else.
And she was right, because before the divorce, Sun Mei's salary was handed over to her mother-in-law without a cent spared.
The month of the divorce… she left with nothing but the clothes on her back, fortunately still having the last month's salary unclaimed.
But after deducting expenses, there was hardly anything left, and she had borrowed those fifty yuan from her workshop team leader, promising to repay ten yuan a month from her salary until the debt was paid off.
After all, the remaining half of her salary was needed for their mother-daughter livelihood.
When Rong Yan insisted on returning twenty-five yuan to her, Sun Mei could no longer hold back her tears.
"Mr. Rong, thank you…"
The rest of her words were choked by sobs.
