At two in the morning, the older sister of a student I sponsored suddenly woke me with a relentless barrage of calls.
"Lin Min, are you insane? Why is the living allowance you give my sister Han Ningning only 5,000 yuan? Is this sponsorship, or are you throwing a few scraps to a beggar?"
Her string of accusations left me stunned, but I forced myself to explain through my sleepiness,
"My assistant has always handled the sponsorship. I don't know the details!"
But not long after I hung up, she called again.
"Call your assistant right now and raise Ningning's living allowance to 10,000 yuan a month!"
I refused tactfully without a second thought. "The company has policies governing sponsorships. Raising the amount just for Han Ningning would violate the rules!"
To my surprise, early the next morning she stormed to my front door and berated me, eyes red with anger:
"That money belongs to my Ningning! Who are you to refuse to raise her living allowance? Are you trying to embezzle it?"
I was so angry that I laughed!
