She held onto my hand tightly with her round arms, and her double chin kept trembling.
"Cora, can you lend me some more money? I've ordered too much takeout food these past few days, and my allowance is not enough.
"I know you won't refuse me."
Before that, she didn't stop ordering more than a dozen takeouts every day to gain weight. When the allowance her parents gave her was not enough, she shamelessly asked me to lend her some more money.
She even said, "We're fellow villagers, so it's like being family. It's not a big deal for family members to borrow money from each other."
After getting into university, she was the only one I could call a friend. For the sake of the so-called friendship, I could only grit my teeth and lend her money. Sometimes, when I didn't have enough money, I would take on part-time jobs as a tutor.
But when I asked her to repay the money, she became impatient.
"It's not like I wouldn't pay it back. Why are you rushing me?"
But in the end, I couldn't get any of the money back.
Looking back, I was really stupid, sacrificing my life for the unequal relationship.
I didn't want that kind of friendship anymore.
"Aren't you doing this for your boyfriend? Let him pay.