"Aunt Wen, my family really can't come up with that much money all at once."

I can write you an IOU, and then I'll pay you back slowly when my family has the money."

Wen Shujuan: "Don't try to fool me. Will your family admit it later?"

“Aunt Wen, you watched me grow up, I consider you an elder. How could I lie to you? Besides, you know how I’ve always felt for Ruomei. Even for her sake, I wouldn’t dare lie to you!”

Wei Aiguo: Ruomei? Xiaoyan's classmate! Shen Changchuan's daughter! Are they talking about Shen Ruomei?

The woman in the room was indeed Shen Ruomei's biological mother, Wen Shujuan.

The woman inside seemed to be convinced and remained silent for a long time. "No, you have to pay the full amount. If you don't pay, I won't do it."

“Aunt Wen, you’re asking for a lot of money. My family will sell everything we own to raise it for you. Don’t come back empty-handed and lie to me later,” Su Rui said.

“That bastard Shen Changchuan doesn’t listen to me, but Shen Ruomei is my daughter. If he doesn’t do what I say, I’ll go to her school and cry every day.”

"I won't even need to ask; Shen Changchuan will have to do what needs to be done for her daughter's sake," the woman called Aunt Wen said viciously.

Wei Aiguo heard noises outside the wall. The small backyard was completely exposed; there was nowhere to hide.

Wei Aiguo climbed onto the roof by stepping on the back wall.

It was the person who had been following Su Rui who went into the backyard. They were trying to eavesdrop, and that's how they figured it out!

It was a small house, but it had front and back yards. So the people inside could talk without restraint, unafraid of being overheard.

Su Rui: "Give me a few days and I'll raise the money."

“…You’ve paid me, so I’ll definitely do things for you. I’ll take half of the money.” As she spoke, Wen Shujuan reached out and took the money from Su Rui’s hand.

Su Rui dodged backward. "Give me a receipt. Otherwise, if you leave this room and then deny it, who am I supposed to turn to?"

“I definitely can’t do that,” Wen Shujuan said.

“We should just follow the proper procedures!” Su Rui said. “Here are some paper and pens.”

There was silence in the room for a while.

"Forget it, I don't want the money, and I'm not going to do the job." Then came the sound of the door opening.

"Aunt Wen, Aunt Wen! What are you doing?" It was Su Rui's anxious voice.

“I gave you a receipt. After I’ve done this for you, you can just take the receipt and ask me for money. Wouldn’t that mean I did it for nothing?” Wen Shujuan may not be good at anything else, but she’s shrewd when it comes to money.

Before Su Rui arrived, his mother repeatedly instructed him to find a way to get Wen Shujuan's receipt. If things weren't handled satisfactorily, he could hold her accountable.

She was just about to write it, but who would have thought he would suddenly change his mind?

"Aunt Wen, we've come this far, how can you just back out like that?" Su Rui asked anxiously.

Wen Shujuan breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, the Su family was more anxious than she was. Who was to blame for her getting to this point? It was the Su family!

Why did Wen Shujuan refuse to give a receipt? Because she intended to take the money and not do anything.

If you know you're not going to do anything for someone, would you still leave a receipt so they can come looking for trouble?

"Go home and prepare the money. Give it to me all at once when you've got it all." Wen Shujuan left without any hesitation.

In Su Rui's eyes, Wen Shujuan showed no mercy whatsoever.

Wen Shujuan was extremely flustered. If he kept making her write a receipt, how could she refuse? She had to leave quickly!

Wen Shujuan left, and Su Rui angrily punched the table.

His dad wanted to give up on his brother, saying that as long as he could save his life, that would be enough. He and his mom felt that even saving his life was difficult!

His brother burned not only fabric, but also trucks. Adding to that the money he embezzled in the past, he took out all the ill-gotten gains, using every penny the family could muster, and still wasn't enough.

So Suri's mom tried to find a solution from other angles.

Shen Changchuan would absolutely listen to his daughter. After all, Wen Shujuan was Shen Ruomei's biological mother. Su Rui's mother had mentioned this matter to Wen Shujuan when they met. Wen Shujuan agreed without hesitation, but she wanted 1,000 yuan.

It's strange that Wen Shujuan doesn't want money. Wanting money is her true nature.

If she wants money, just give her the money. But if you make her give you a receipt, you can control her later.

But the family really had no money left. His father wouldn't allow them to do anything anymore.

Su Rui's mother could only have her son secretly take out the gold bars to buy them.

Wei Aiguo abandoned Su Rui and got together with Wen Shujuan.

Wei Aiguo quietly followed, without Wen Shujuan noticing.

Wen Shujuan's family occupied one more room than required by regulations when they lived in the house, but no one has mentioned it over the years.

After Wen Shujuan got divorced, someone leaked this information.

Wen Shujuan got divorced, and now there's one more person in the family. They're even offering to return one room of the house to her, which the Wen family is naturally unhappy about.

People in government don't say that. This house was allocated by Mr. Wen's work unit. If Wen Shujuan wants a house to live in, she should go to her own work unit and find her supervisor.