Chapter 505: 505: Catch the thief and the loot (8)
Shu Yu’s lips curved slightly, "Actually, if you don’t want to involve the authorities, there’s another way."
Fubao asked dryly, "What, what way?" She had an ominous feeling that Brother Lianger seed like he was going to swindle soone. Or was it just her imagination?
Shu Yu spoke calmly, "In this past year, all the grain, oil, silver coins, if you add it all up, how much did you take from us? Now, just return that amount. And if you can repay this debt in full, perhaps, we might let you off the hook?"
Involve the authorities?
What’s the fun in involving the authorities? At most, one would get a few beatings or be locked up for a while, but the past losses cannot be recovered.
Shu Yu rembered when Dong Dabao first ca to the Liang family. That year, things at ho were very difficult. Although he was haughty, he knew right from wrong, good from evil, had a sense of proportion, and was not as pretentious as the usual scholar caring only about face.
Those who achieve great things do not obsess over trifles.
Had they received the help of the Dong family back then, maybe, just maybe...
Shu Yu looked towards her elder brother, a pain tinged with sourness flickering through her eyes.
Back then, her elder brother took risks for her sake, and later, he beca the accountant at a tavern in town. But it was after Dong Dabao arrived at their ho, after Dong Dabao crippled his right hand, that her elder brother did sothing significant.
And that act was not the one at Black Wind Camp.
Even Shu Yu had to probe multiple tis before she gradually understood a bit of the situation.
Aunt Wang balked at the idea of repaying money, clamoring her disagreent.
Fubao, usually subdued by her Old Lady’s bluster, erupted in defiance today. She knew this was the best outco, better than being taken to the Governnt Office. But Fubao was clearly thinking too simply.
The Wang family had taken so much from others over the past year. Fubao and her mother had no idea how much, neither did Dong Huiying nor the brothers of the Liang family, but Dong Xinyuan had so knowledge of it.
When she revealed a figure, it left the mother and daughter dumbfounded.
"Oh Heavenly Lord, just let
die!"
Aunt Wang wailed and carried on, bitterly complaining that the Liang family was pushing them too far, that they were trying to drive her and her daughter to death, etc. But Dong Xinyuan had no patience for such words.
"Paths are made by walking—who else can you bla? If you had known this day would co, why did you do as you did in the past!"
Afterwards, Dong Xinyuan took her elder sister and headed out, issuing a final ultimatum before leaving.
"Whatever thods you consider, I’ll give you a grace period of three days at most. If you don’t repay the debt in three days, don’t bla
for not showing rcy!"
After all the commotion in the middle of the night, she was quite exhausted. But Dong Xinyuan, this plump little chili pepper, had one deanor on the outside, and another when dealing with her elder sister.
"Elder sister, let’s go back to sleep, shall we?" She grinned obsequiously, then hooked her elder sister’s arm and returned to the Liang family’s house next door.
The brothers of the Liang family exchanged glances, Liang Zhichen’s expression serene but his eyes darkened slightly.
He watched Dong Xinyuan affectionately link arms with Baobao, his lips tightening slightly.
At this mont, he felt a surge of jealousy.
Even though she was a woman, even though she was Baobao’s blood sister, he couldn’t help the emotions coursing through him.
"Ah..."
He sighed deeply.
...
Dong Huiying and Dong Xinyuan returned to the eastern room of their ho. After washing their feet, the sisters climbed onto the kang bed.
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