Chapter 443 - 193: Classmate Group Inquiry, Sealed Memories!_4

"What’s going on? Meng Lei, what happened to you? What did Ma Ming do to you?"

"There’s a strong smell of gunpowder here—what happened between you two?"

"Ma Ming is a pretty decent guy—how come he’s being hypocritical now?"

"You’re all classmates; Meng Lei, you’re being a bit too harsh, aren’t you?"

"..."

Classmates began to join in droves, lining up to watch the drama unfold. They were incredibly curious about what had transpired between the two.

As you know, since graduating, the college group chat had rarely seen any activity. It was almost a dead group.

But because of Meng Lei’s remarks, the activity in the group chat soared. Many classmates who had been lurking finally showed up.

Not long after, Ma Ming saw the series of questions Meng Lei had posted and replied in the chat, "Let me explain what happened."

"Here’s the deal: Meng Lei owes me eighteen yuan, and he hasn’t paid me back yet—he even blocked me."

"So I sued him."

"The trial is in four days at the Yangcheng Court. If any of you are interested, you can come and sit in on the trial. There are plenty of seats for observers."

After he explained the situation, the previously lively chat suddenly fell silent. They all went back to lurking, seemingly digesting this sensational news.

Seeing this, Meng Lei exploded with anger again. He angrily retorted in the chat, "Guys, come judge this—suing a classmate over eighteen yuan, is that reasonable?"

"Four years of friendship as classmates, is that worth less than eighteen yuan?"

"If I had borrowed eighteen yuan from you and hadn’t paid it back, I would’ve just laughed it off. I certainly wouldn’t have made a fuss!"

After firing off these messages, he kept staring at the group chat, waiting to see the classmates rise up against Ma Ming.

Suing a classmate over eighteen yuan... It’s downright insane. What Ma Ming is doing is simply inhuman!

However, a few minutes later, the classmates seemed to have digested the drama and started to speak up.

"Meng Lei talks like it’s so easy, but who can actually borrow eighteen yuan from you? When I was broke and needed bus fare in college, you wouldn’t even lend me two yuan."

"To be fair, suing over eighteen yuan is unnecessary. I lent him 200 yuan a few years back and haven’t said anything. Just consider the money I lent thrown to the dogs."

"If it wasn’t for Ma Ming, I almost forgot. @Meng Lei, when will you return the 288 yuan you owe me?"

"You guys have all lent Meng Lei money? He just borrowed 2,000 yuan from me yesterday..."

"..."

In the group chat, these classmates seemed to have awakened their dormant memories. They started digging up old debts. The chorus for repayments grew louder.

Seizing this opportunity, they began to collectively demand repayments. Some had lent a few dozen yuan, some a few hundred, and others one or two thousand yuan.

Even one female classmate claimed she had lent Meng Lei 20,000 yuan several years ago and he hadn’t paid it back yet!

"@Meng Lei, if you’re going to pay back the money, please also return ours. It’s been several years now, and with inflation, the money has devalued. We won’t even charge you interest."

"@Meng Lei, you still owe me a few dozen yuan. Isn’t it about time you paid it back? You promised to return it in a couple of days; now it’s been two years."

"If it weren’t for Ma Ming bringing this up, I really would have forgotten. Back in college, I paid your internet fee of 100 yuan, and you never paid me back."

"On graduation day, you said you had no money in your card and asked me to buy you a train ticket, but you never transferred the money to me."

"..."

Every classmate’s memory suddenly became unprecedentedly clear.

This sudden turn of events left Meng Lei dumbfounded. He frowned and gulped nervously.

Have I... have I really owed that much money before?

His memory was very vague. He didn’t remember these things.

It was only after these classmates mentioned them that he vaguely recalled there might have been such incidents.

But now he was clearly the one being sued. Yet these classmates were only concerned about their own interests, completely ignoring his plight. This truly chilled his heart.

Forget classmates like these! And this group? I’m better off leaving it!

Watching the messages in the group chat, his face flushed red with anger, and he left the group chat in a huff.

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ps: There’s another Chapter this afternoon.