Luo Zhiyong was also furious about this matter, waving his hand dismissively, "Whatever."
Fang Pingying glanced at Luo Zhiyong, then added, "Yes, it doesn’t matter to us whether we break his arms and legs or even kill him. He borrowed the money, he spent it, and it’s his responsibility. Go find him for it."
Those high-interest lenders had their own set of principles, after all. The money wasn’t borrowed by Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong, and they were looking for repaynt only because they couldn’t find Zhiming, hoping against hope.
They initially thought the family had many ways to make money, and two thousand yuan wasn’t a big deal—that they would certainly help pay it back.
But now, seeing Fang Pingying’s tough stance, they were out of options.
The man in the lead tried to intimidate Fang Pingying, pointing at her and shouting, "This woman is really..."
Fang Pingying was not intimidated, figuring they could just take it to the Police Station, where she had no reason to pay the debt irrespective of the situation.
Before the man could finish, she spoke with even more resolve, "I want to clarify once again that this money has nothing to do with , I will not pay it back. You should go find Luo Zhiming. If you co looking for trouble with , I won’t be easy to talk to. Here in the provincial city, I won’t be bullied by anyone."
"Juzi, Pingying, what exactly happened?" Fang Pingying had barely finished speaking when Zeng Weiguo approached from a distance. Arriving closer, he addressed the debt collectors with a frown, "Shuanzi, what are you doing here? Whose money are you here to collect?"
Zeng Weiguo was called over by Juzi, who, guessing he had arrived, was also coming down from upstairs.
Descending the stairs, Juzi called out, "Uncle."
Shuanzi recognized Juzi as the girl who was just with Fang Pingying. Hearing her call Zeng Weiguo "Uncle," Shuanzi imdiately bowed and scraped, handing a cigarette to Zeng Weiguo with a pleasing look, "Brother Zeng, you know them?"
Having mixed in the provincial city for many years and running a significant business, Zeng Weiguo naturally knew many people from both the legitimate and underworld societies. This Shuanzi was a well-known local ruffian in the provincial city, who specialized in collecting debts and such matters.
Zeng Weiguo accepted the cigarette symbolically, frowning as he asked the man nad Shuanzi, "This is my niece, and this is my granddaughter-in-law. What, they don’t owe you money, do they?"
"No debts, no debts, there’s just been a little misunderstanding. We ca to ask around and didn’t expect they would be relatives of Brother Zeng," Shuanzi seed reluctant to discuss too much with Zeng Weiguo and quickly said, "Brother Zeng, we’ll leave now and will treat you to a al next ti."
However, before leaving, he addressed Luo Zhiyong, "Mr. Luo, this ti I’ll give face to Brother Zeng and let this debt go. But I am a businessman, and there are rules in business. I’ve lent out the money and naturally want it back. Please notify your brother to co and repay the money within five days. At most, considering Brother Zeng’s face, I won’t charge him interest for these past few days."
Debts must be repaid; that’s only fair, and Luo Zhiyong had nothing to say in response.
After Shuanzi and his people left, Zeng Weiguo frowned and asked, "Pingying, Zhiyong, this Shuanzi is not soone to be trifled with. What exactly is going on?"
Fang Pingying and the others did not want to say too much, but Juzi spoke up for them, "It’s the younger brother of Battalion Commander Luo who put up the na of Battalion Commander Luo to borrow money, and those high-interest lenders have co knocking."
Zeng Weiguo was also aware of Zhiming’s situation but saw it as a family matter for Luo Zhiyong and his family and didn’t probe further, simply asking, "How much does he owe?"
Juzi said, "Including principal and interest, a total of two thousand yuan."
Zeng Weiguo pondered for a mont before saying to Luo Zhiyong, "Zhiyong, you’d best find your brother and handle this matter. If this Shuanzi cos knocking, I’m afraid your family will not have peace."
"Okay." Luo Zhiyong agreed, then turned to address Zeng GuoWo, "Uncle Zeng, thank you for your help today."
Zeng Weiguo nodded, then rembering that he had an appointnt with Fang Pingying to discuss purchasing land, he said to her, "Pingying, let’s talk about our matter tomorrow, you take care of your family issues first today."
Fang Pingying, not wanting to postpone important matters, asked, "Is it urgent? Otherwise, we could talk at my place too."
Zeng Weiguo said it was not urgent, "We’ll talk at the supermarket tomorrow, and also gather so more opinions."
Hearing this, Fang Pingying nodded, "Alright, we’ll head to the supermarket tomorrow morning at the sa ti."
After exchanging a few more words, Zeng Weiguo ntioned he had to leave. Juzi also felt it wasn’t right to interfere in their family matters, so she said to Fang Pingying, "Sister-in-law, I’ll go to the shop. If you need anything, just call , I’ll be at the shop all day."
Once Juzi and the others had left, Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying looked at each other. As they walked towards their ho, Fang Pingying said, "We’ll talk when we get back."
Luo Honglan, who was at ho with the two children and heard that soone had co looking for Luo Zhiyong for trouble, was worried at ho. Upon seeing Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong walking back, she imdiately ran over anxiously, "Big brother, sister-in-law, are you both all right?"
Fang Pingying nodded at her, "We’re fine."
"What exactly happened? Juzi ca up and said big brother owed people money, what’s going on?" Luo Honglan really thought it was Luo Zhiyong who had borrowed money and spoke with displeasure, "Big brother, why would you go borrow money from others? If you really needed money, why not co to and sister-in-law?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Zhiyong exploded in anger and shouted, "It wasn’t , it was your wonderful second brother Luo Zhiming. He borrowed high-interest loans outside and even dragged into it as a guarantor. Now he’s gone back to the countryside, untraceable, and they ca knocking on our door."
"Again, Luo Zhiming, causing so much trouble, always implicating others, why doesn’t he just go die," Luo Honglan heated up again upon hearing it was about the family mbers, and yelled, "Big brother, call ho and let Luo Zhiming co and repay the money himself."
Fang Pingying also agreed, urging Luo Zhiyong, "Yes, Zhiyong, you call back ho and tell Luo Zhiming to co to the city and pay the money himself."
Luo Zhiyong had already planned on doing this without needing Fang Pingying and Luo Honglan’s urging.
He made a call to the ho of the Village Branch Secretary, asking for Luo Zhiming to co and take the call.
After waiting for around ten minutes, guessing that Luo Zhiming had likely arrived, Luo Zhiyong dialed again and the person on the other end of the line was Luo Zhiming himself.
Luo Zhiming sounded surprised on the other end of the phone, "Big brother, why are you calling ?"
Luo Zhiyong’s voice on the phone was grim, "Luo Zhiming, you rember the good deeds you’ve done in the city, don’t you?"
"I..." Luo Zhiming’s voice was clearly guilty, "What deeds? I’ve not done anything."
Even though the principal was five hundred yuan, it was no small sum at that ti, and he would surely rember having borrowed money.
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