At the second watch, she asked for help in a delicate situation.
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"Sister Huahua, you sought out this marriage yourself, it was you who painstakingly wished to marry into this family," Lian Manman said as she saw Lian Huahua about to complain and play for sympathy, growing impatient. She was sympathetic, quite indeed, but she didn't want to waste it on someone like Lian Huahua. "Regarding today's trip to the city, our master has spoken, whatever the outcome, it will be up to me. If you find it too hard, you can come back with me to Thirty Mile Camp."
Lian Huahua was indeed not speaking her heart's truth, she just wanted to let Lian Manman know that obtaining this money wasn't easy for her either. Things hadn't gone as she had planned, and she had to take out the private savings that Song Hailong kept with her, and also draw several months' allowance in advance from the steward, to finally gather enough money.