Favors Are Not Obligations

Protagonist helped neighbors with parcels for free. Fran Hale treated this kindness as an obligation. She refused to pay for logistics, and demanded 3200 yuan. Protagonist stopped service. Fran Hale took over, charged fees, but mismanaged, damaging parcels. The Village Committee launched an official centralized parcel delivery service. This showed mutual help is kindness, not responsibility, rejecting moral kidnapping.