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 ti.
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 thods, 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 t 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 infringent, 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 sowhat reluctant to shut it down.
「At that mont.」
"Ma Ming, are you there?"
A ssage suddenly popped up on his WeChat. Ma Ming paused for a mont then opened the ssage. It was from his college classmate, ng Lei. During their college years, the two had been very close.
"Yeah, what’s up?" he replied after a mont’s thought.
A few seconds later, his college classmate revealed his purpose, "It’s like this, I’ve run into so trouble and was hoping to borrow so money from you."
Ma Ming looked at the ssage and couldn’t help but frown. During college, their relationship had indeed been very good. But ng 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 ntion 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 at bun thrown to a dog—gone for good.
Not long after, ng Lei sent another ssage, "You an 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 ti 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 ti, 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 ssage, Ma Ming felt a twinge of regret. Perhaps I was too blunt, he thought.
Yet, ng 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 rember it after all this ti? You’re really petty."
"Honestly, if I hadn’t run into trouble, I wouldn’t be asking you."
"Fine, just pretend I never ntioned borrowing money."
This barrage of replies made Ma Ming tremble with anger again.
Whenever Ma Ming brought up the money, ng Lei would imdiately play the sentint card, heaping all sorts of complaints on him, as if not lending more money was sohow Ma Ming’s fault. Their friendship showed signs of fracturing.
A few minutes later, Ma Ming took a deep breath, cald himself, and replied, "In that case, can you pay back the money you owed 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, ng Lei quickly replied, "For such a paltry sum, are you obsessed with money or sothing?"
His ssage was followed by several speechless emoticons.
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