On the sofa beside the ground floor front desk, Kan Yinlong, Zhu Lei, and I sat in a row, while the boss and his wife sat on a side sofa. On the coffee table before us stood several cups of hot tea and a stack of cash.
Disregarding the boss's heartbroken expression, I unwrapped the money, divided it into three equal piles, and slid two of them across to Kan Yinlong and Zhu Lei respectively. "Take it," I said. "The three of us split this evenly."
Zhu Lei gave a faint smile, pushed the money back toward me, and said, "Keep it. I'm not short on cash."
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