"Sister! Save me! You have to save me!" Meng Xuejun grabbed Meng Xueyun's leg and collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, his face covered in snot and tears, and burst into loud sobs.

Meng Xueyun froze, her mind went blank, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.

Wasn't he working as a big boss in Gangcheng with Zihan?

How did it turn out like this and come back?

Business failed? Bankruptcy?

What about Xiaohan?

How is Xiaohan doing?

They wouldn't...

Are they coming back to ask for money again?

Thinking of this, she was startled.

She subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Ye Zhenghua sitting at the dining table.

Ye Zhenghua was also looking at her, his sickly face filled with the same shock and wariness as hers.

The couple exchanged a glance and reached a consensus: trouble was brewing.

In the past, Meng Xueyun might have felt sorry for Meng Xuejun.

After all, she was his only younger brother.

But ever since Meng Xuejun and Meng Zihan swindled her and Ye Zhenghua out of their severance pay, and after Ye Zhenghua fell ill, she was berated by Meng Zihan for trying to pay for Ye Zhenghua's medical expenses. After that, she completely lost all hope in the two of them.

Her dear niece, Meng Zihan, advised her to ignore her husband's life or death.

Her good younger brother, Meng Xuejun, would rather gamble the money than pay her back.

These two, father and daughter, are like two rocks that can never be warmed, like leeches that only crawl on her and suck her blood!

She wasn't afraid of anything else, except that if she fell ill one day, they would treat her with the same cold attitude.

At that time, Ye Zhenghua, that heartless bastard, might be swayed by their sweet talk again.

No, I must keep the money in my own hands.

Meng Xueyun's heart hardened instantly.

She felt her face burning as she looked at the probing gazes of Ye Linnan and Ye Linbei behind her.

I was so looking forward to their return over the weekend, hoping to mend our relationship, but Meng Xuejun, that troublemaker, ruined it all.

She tried to pull her legs out of Meng Xuejun's arms, but he held her tightly.

She was both angry and anxious. She bent down and grabbed his shoulder hard, yelling impatiently.

"Get up! What are you crying for? What kind of behavior is this! Explain yourself clearly, what exactly happened? Weren't you and Zihan doing business in Hong Kong? Why did you come back alone?"

After being yelled at, Meng Xuejun's crying subsided a little, but he still lay on the ground and refused to get up.

He sobbed, "It's...it's all gone...the business is gone, my company...it's all...it's all been mortgaged to the casino..."

"Nonsense!" Ye Zhenghua spoke up from across the dinner table.

He was still recovering from a serious illness, and his speech was a little slurred. "It shouldn't be like this! Xiaohan came back a while ago, wearing designer suits and carrying designer bags. She was very extravagant and even generously paid for all my medical expenses. How could she just disappear like that?"

When Meng Xuejun heard this, his heart was bleeding.

Meng Zihan is such an idiot, how much will the medical expenses be?

If you gave it to him to gamble, wouldn't he have won back his losses long ago?

Maybe we can even make back the money we spent on starting the company!

How could I have fallen for that scoundrel Zhou Shixian's schemes and ended up with such a huge debt?

But now is not the time to talk about these things.

He was still counting on Meng Xueyun and Ye Zhenghua to pay off his debts!

Meng Xuejun suddenly raised his head, his face flushed red as he tried to explain.

"That's all fake! Her business is just an empty shell, a sham!"

"She...she hooked up with a big boss, and he set up a shell company for her to keep things under wraps! Now she's fallen out with that big boss, and he beat her half to death. She's still in the hospital!"

He took a breath and cried even harder, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"That damned bastard, after dealing with Xiaohan, he's now targeting me! He tricked me into gambling, set me up with a mountain of debt, and now he's saying he'll kill me if I don't pay him back!"

"Sister! Please save me! You can't just watch your only brother die!"

He spoke with tears streaming down his face, but to Ye Zhenghua, it sounded like the biggest joke ever.

He suspected something was wrong with Meng Zihan's company when they were at the hospital last time.

A legitimate business can't make that much money right from the start.

Even if Meng Zihan is truly capable and can make a fortune, why would she need to be so subservient to other bosses?

It's true that Meng Zihan's company has problems, but he doesn't believe a word Meng Xuejun says.

Why would a gambler need to be tricked into gambling?

Perhaps he got itchy fingers and went back to the casino, lost everything, owed some big shot money, and had nowhere else to turn before running back!

Meng Xueyun clearly shared the same thought.

"So what's going on now? Who do you owe money to? How much do you owe? This is a society governed by law. You can't just take your life if someone says they want to. Why don't you call the police?"

"Call the police?" Meng Xuejun shook his head frantically. "I dare not! I dare not! He's rich and powerful, and he has connections in both the legitimate and underworld!"

"Otherwise, how could he just say he'd help Xiaohan start a company like that! Xiaohan was beaten half to death by him, and even when she called the police, no one paid any attention to her!"

“I was really careless this time. He tricked me into gambling and set a trap for me. I owe him 80,000 yuan! He said if I don’t pay him back within three days, he’ll chop me into eight pieces and throw me into the sea to feed the fish! Sister, please save me! Only you can save me this time! You’re my own sister!”

"Eighty thousand?!"

Meng Xueyun screamed.

When Meng Zihan called last time, she said that Meng Xuejun had taken the payment for the goods to gamble and owed 100,000 yuan.

In the end, he couldn't repay the money and even lost his company. It still wasn't enough, and he was being chased by debt collectors every day.

Now that the money hasn't been repaid, the company is gone, and Meng Xuejun is even in debt for another 80,000 yuan.

The debt adds up to nearly 200,000 yuan.

Even if they sold their entire family of four, they still wouldn't be able to afford it.

Meng Xueyun had less than 20,000 yuan in retirement savings, so even if she wanted to help Meng Xuejun, she couldn't.

Meng Xueyun's gaze toward Meng Xuejun was filled with disgust and annoyance.

Every time this younger brother appears, nothing good ever comes of it.

Meng Xuejun, however, failed to see Meng Xueyun's attitude towards her and still regarded her as a kind older sister who doted on him.

He knew that 80,000 was no small sum, but given Meng Xueyun's previous temperament, she would have helped him raise the money even if he had to beg and plead with everyone.

Once he gets the money and settles things with Zhou Shixian, he can go back to Hong Kong and live a carefree life.

How Meng Xueyun repays the money is none of his business.

Thinking of this, he decided to add fuel to the fire, crawling over on all fours and grabbing Meng Xueyun's leg tightly once again.

"Sister! My dear sister! Please have pity on me! I'll repay you double when I have money! Please, save me!"