I felt sorry for Raymond as I met his gaze, so I said, "Why don't you just listen to your brother and study hard?"
But I had always said so after the transfer was completed, which made it sound like a lecture with the benefit of hindsight.
Raymond scratched his ears, sprang to his feet impatiently, put his hands on the edge of the desk, and leaned toward me.
He was so close to me that I could even feel his warm breath. I almost got cross-eyed by staring at him blankly, but he still didn't say anything.
"Are you interested in a win-win deal? If you can win my brother's heart within three months, I'll give you all the money I have."
He spoke as he showed me the account balance on his phone.
I counted the digits and agreed at once, "Deal."
Looking at his balance of one million dollars, I grabbed him by the collar and said decisively, "It's no bother to do you this favor at all."
Raymond straightened up and added, "Of course, you can't tell him about what I do at school. If you can't get him, I'll still give you 300,000 dollars as a deposit."
It wasn't until this moment that I finally understood how spending money like water was.