Qiao Gaoyang's disguise these past few days has been effective. First, it successfully bought him time; second, the gifts he gave also worked, making the Leng family "accept" him as their prospective son-in-law.

Most importantly, there's tomorrow's show.

"Ready?" Lu Zhengjun asked, looking at the newly written letter severing ties in his hand. "Do you need me to go with you tomorrow?"

After all, it's a negotiation, and having more people might come in handy.

But Qiao Gaoyang didn't want too many people to get involved. After all, people like the Leng family had criminal records, and being targeted by them wouldn't bring any good.

"No need, Mr. Jiang will cooperate anyway," Qiao Gaoyang said.

The so-called cooperation was that Jiang Chenglin contacted Yuan Daqu, who provided loans to the Leng family.

They were all influential figures in the suburbs. Although they didn't have much contact, they still had to give each other face.

Jiang Chenglin relayed a message, instructing Yuan Daqu to collect the usurious loans a day in advance, in order to drive the Leng family to the brink of ruin and pave the way for Qiao Gaoyang to successfully sign the severance agreement.

"By then, they won't have the option to set conditions."

The next day, the Leng couple got up very early, just to wait for Qiao Gaoyang to come and deliver the money.

"Bang—bang—"

A rapid knocking sounded at the door.

Xu Fangfang thought it was Qiao Gaoyang, so she rushed to open the door with a big smile, only to hear an impatient knocking sound.

"Xiao Qiao, why are you knocking so early in the morning—"

As she paused, Xu Fangfang saw the person at the door, her smile vanished instantly, her expression stiffened, and she instinctively tried to hide inside, closing the door behind her.

"Hey, why are you closing the door? Are you saying we're not welcome?"

Yuan Daqu, accompanied by a group of his henchmen, forced his way to the door, slammed the door shut, preventing Xu Fangfang from closing it, and swaggered in.

They acted as if they were in an empty place, completely at ease.

Yuan Daqu sat down on the sofa without saying a word, only giving his underling a look.

The younger brother was quite shrewd; he took a step forward and stared at Xu Fangfang.

"Sister, you borrowed two hundred yuan from us last month today. We agreed that it would be for one month with an interest of fifty yuan. Now we're here to collect the money. Two hundred and fifty yuan. Where is the money?" The other person held out her hand, seemingly smiling, but there was no smile in her eyes.

"Big brother, isn't the money due tomorrow?" Xu Fangfang asked.

Upon hearing the commotion, Leng Qisheng and Leng Yaozu immediately tensed up and trembled upon seeing the people.

"Who the hell told you it would be tomorrow? It's today! One month, that's today. Tomorrow is just one day overdue, and that's more than fifty percent interest!" the henchman shouted, brandishing a machete tucked into his waistband and stomping his foot on a chair, clearly making a threat.

"But we won't have the money until tomorrow!" Leng Qisheng shouted, terrified, feeling as if the blade was gleaming coldly.

"Ha, are you kidding me? Only tomorrow? You mean there aren't any today? You think I won't—" The man pulled out a machete from his waistband, held it up to the three of them, and said, "If you don't pay, I'll chop off your hands and feet!"

"No, brother!" Leng Qisheng was so frightened that his legs went weak and he begged for mercy, "Tomorrow, really tomorrow I'll have the money. My son-in-law said he'll give me the money today, and I'll definitely pay it back tomorrow."

"Pah! Do you think I'm stupid?" The underling didn't believe it at all. The blade was getting closer and closer, almost touching their faces.

"Son-in-law? You only have this one good-for-nothing son. Where did you get a daughter? Son-in-law? Dream on!" the younger brother shouted, having lost his patience.

Leng Yaozu, who was called a good-for-nothing, could only hide behind his parents at this moment, not daring to say a word.

“I do have a daughter, and my son-in-law is a businessman. He said he would come to give us money today,” Leng Qisheng said, hoping to reach an agreement and get Yuan Daqu to give them one more day.

Just one day is fine.

"Big brother?" The younger brother couldn't make up his mind, so he could only look at Yuan Daqu.

Yuan Daqu was not someone to be trifled with. He glanced at Leng Qisheng and spoke with considerable indifference.

"Postponed by one day? Why should we postpone it for you?"

Loan sharks charge interest rates on a daily basis. Do you really expect them to give you a one-day extension for free?

"How about... how about giving a little more interest?" Leng Qisheng suggested, since Qiao Gaoyang had promised that as long as the money was in place, the dowry, living expenses, house purchase, and car purchase could all be covered in one go, so even if the interest increased a bit, it wouldn't be a problem.

“Okay, then postpone it for one day, and I'll pay you back three hundred,” Yuan Daqu said.

"Three hundred?!" Leng Qisheng exclaimed in surprise.

"Brother, this is too much! You promised only fifty yuan in interest per month, but it's only been one day longer, how come it's increased by another fifty?" Xu Fangfang couldn't accept it. After all, they hadn't even received the money yet, and this was no small amount. Giving it all to Yuan Daqu for nothing, how could she not feel the pain?

Why not do something better with the money instead of letting loan sharks profit from it?

"You're even offering conditions now? Our boss is only giving you a day off because he thinks highly of you and is giving you face. Otherwise, stop talking nonsense and pay up now! Immediately! Otherwise, we'll chop off your hands and feet and throw you out!" the henchman threatened.

Just when things were at a stalemate, there was another knock on the door.

"Bang—bang—"

"Uncle and Aunt, it's me, Xiao Qiao!" Qiao Gaoyang called out from outside the door. He had actually arrived quite some time ago and had been listening at the door for a while. He felt the time was right before he came out.

"My son-in-law is here! My son-in-law is here!" Xu Fangfang's face lit up with joy, and she was no longer so afraid of the group of loan sharks.

I was scared just now because they couldn't repay the money.

Now that the money is in our pockets, we can pay it back, so what's there to be afraid of?

"Get out of the way! It's just money, my son-in-law brought money with him!" Xu Fangfang said, rushing over to open the door for Qiao Gaoyang.

When the door opened and he saw so many people, Qiao Gaoyang appropriately showed a bit of surprise.

"This? Uncle and Aunt, are these guests?" Qiao Gaoyang looked at the large machetes hanging from the waists of his underlings and forced a smile. "Hehe, quite unique, bringing weapons with them when they come to visit."

"Are you the Leng family's son-in-law?" Yuan Daqu asked. "Are you here to pay off their debts?"

Qiao Gaoyang nodded in response, then looked at Xu Fangfang and asked, "Auntie, who are they?"

From the beginning, Leng Qisheng and his wife didn't want Qiao Gaoyang to know about their loan sharking, mainly because they were worried about scaring him away. But now that they had accidentally stumbled upon it, they couldn't hide it anymore, since this group of people were carrying knives and didn't look like decent people.

"Xiao Qiao, you've come to give money to your aunt and uncle, right? To be honest, our family owes some money. Give me the money first, and after your aunt pays it back, we can talk about everything else slowly," Xu Fangfang said, anxiously asking Qiao Gaoyang for the money.