Chapter 137: Creditors Come Knocking (Part 2/2)

When the family bought this house, his father had borrowed quite a bit of money, over thirty thousand, with a promised interest rate, which until now had not been repaid.

Calculated, the original thirty thousand had rolled into almost forty thousand by now.

Zhao Qingfeng, seeing his aunts leading them upstairs, gave Liu Li a look.

Liu Li understood and went downstairs, pretending to be a passerby and left the community.

Five minutes later,

Zhao Ming and his group also came upstairs and knocked on the door.

Zhao Qingfeng opened the door, saw it was Zhao Ming, and chuckled, “Brother, what brings you here?”

Zhao Ming really wanted to laugh.

Thinking to himself that his younger brother was truly foolish.

A complete waste!

Now with only 250 points in the mock exams, an absolute failure, there was no need for him to pretend any longer!

He snorted coldly, proudly saying, “Zhao Qingfeng, who are you calling brother? Are you even a part of the Zhao family, or just a bastard born from your mother and some random man!”

Zhao Qingfeng still smiled, “Brother, you weren’t like this before, we used to get along, what happened today?”

Zhao Ming spat, “Pfft, get lost, I don’t have time to talk to a loser like you! Feng Hongmei, look who I brought! Murderers must pay with their lives, debtors must repay their debts. What, I heard you want to sell the house early and run away from the county, right? That won’t work. I’ve brought all the creditors here, you can’t escape, repay the money now!”

They had informed all the creditors a few days ago and spread rumors that Qingfeng’s mother wanted to flee.

The creditors had no ill intentions.

Since they had lent money in the past, it showed they had good relations with Qingfeng’s father.

However,

Their money was hard-earned, all coming from their own sweat and labor.

With Zhao Ming using the mock exam scores as leverage, his lies sounded like the truth, making the creditors worried. They needed money too, and if Qingfeng’s mother really wanted to sell the house, they insisted she repay the debts first, then run if she must.

As Zhao Ming finished speaking,

He, along with the aunts and creditors, squeezed into the small house.

Soon, many neighbors followed, and quickly, the small living room was filled with forty to fifty people.

Many well-meaning neighbors started to persuade,

Hadn’t it been agreed to wait until after the exams to discuss this?

Zhao Xiuhua waved her hand, disdainfully rebuking them, “Stop your useless chatter, we’re not here to cause trouble, this is acting righteously! If Feng Hongmei runs away, who will repay the debts, will you?”

Her words silenced the neighbors.

The three aunts, proud and pleased, kept making eye signals to the creditors.

Although embarrassed, the creditors ultimately wanted their money back.

“Hongmei, if you really plan to sell the house, then please repay us first before you leave.”

“When Brother Zhao borrowed money, we were all very straightforward, you can’t just sneak away, right?”

“We’ve brought the IOUs, written in black and white. We’re saddened by his passing, but debts are debts, we must settle them, sorry.”

There was nothing to be sorry about.

Zhao Qingfeng didn’t resent these creditors; he was grateful instead.

Without their generous help back then, his family couldn’t have afforded this small house.

Having a place to live was secondary.

If they lived somewhere else, how could he be with Shen Lingyao all the time?

So,

He was more than thankful.

Before anyone else could speak, Zhao Qingfeng stood up, walked over to one of the creditors, took the IOU to check, and politely said, “You must be Uncle Sun, I remember you, you even held me when I was little. Let me see, my dad owed you two thousand, I can repay it, but I can’t repay you this.”

As he finished,

The three aunts burst into laughter.

“What do you mean, not repaying two thousand, are you going to pay two hundred instead?”

“Really funny, I told you, their family are all misers!”

“Friends, don’t listen to his nonsense. Just like I told you before, if not, we’ll start moving the furniture, take the TV, radio, sheets, quilts, everything that can be taken, even the property deed, don’t leave anything for them!”

“Here, I’ll help you, Zhao Ming, give me a hand, let’s start with this TV!”

“Shen Lingyao, don’t block the way, move aside! You still don’t know what Zhao Qingfeng has done, right? Wait till the day of the exams, I’ll tell you, so you can see for yourself!”

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