"We are friends, is there anything hard to say between us? If you need anything, just speak up anytime, and we will all step forward to protect you." Jian An'an smiled very gently, giving a sense of reassurance.
Under her encouraging gaze, Xu Qiaoqiao seemed to finally make up her mind. She bit her lower lip and began, "Here is what happened. Ou Jue's parents have been relentlessly pestering me lately. After I flatly rejected them, they went to threaten my parents, and even used cutting off the research institute's funding as an excuse to force my parents to resign. My parents have dedicated their entire lives to the research institute; making them leave at a time like this is harder for them to bear than death."
"There is such a thing? Is there anything I can do to help? How much funding does the research institute need? I still have some personal savings, why don't you take them for now to tide things over?" Jian An'an offered her help without a moment's hesitation.
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