Her excuse this time was to pay off the deposit on a new apartment. It was not convincing, with the awkwardness of her unusually thick voice. She sounded in a dilemma, her situation was more embarrassing than before. If ever there was any understanding person in this world, who was once an unconditionally devoted sister and now still a possible giver, Mei was the one.
Despite the fact that months earlier our family had bought an apartment, which drained all our money, we three sisters agreed to give Mei ten thousand each with an advance of three-months salary.