The family complained bitterly, and Brother Long warned them before leaving, "As long as the IOU is in my hand, you must pay back whatever is due."

"I'll take the money and train tickets today. If you still want to run away, and my friends at the train station find out, I'll chop off your son's hands and feet!"

When Gu Dakai heard these words, his heart trembled.

"How much does he still owe?" Gu Dakai asked, "Didn't we agree beforehand that he would owe this much? Why did you plunder so much and still..."

"Then you'll have to ask your son!"

Brother Long left a word and turned away.

After they all left, Gu Ruizhuo collapsed on the ground. Bai Cuiyan was stunned for a moment, as if she had been hit hard.

The old man sat on the ground, banging his cane with both hands, as if he was wailing before his death, "How could our family's life become like this? How could it become like this!"

The old man kept repeating this sentence, and the family sat here until dawn.

Some neighbors got up and hurried back home after hearing the noise.

Gu Ruizhuo was dejected. Gu Dakai stood in front of him, holding up the belt. "Did you go gambling again? You borrowed money again, right? So even if they took the 60-plus yuan I had on me, it still wouldn't be enough to pay off my debt!"

In addition to the 60-odd yuan, there is also money for train tickets.

Gu Ruizhuo lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, with a hint of evasion in his eyes, which was obviously the reaction after doing something bad.

"I'll just beat you to death!" After all, he is his own son. Just by looking at him, Gu Dakai knows whether he has done anything bad or not.

He raised the belt and hit him twice more. Gu Ruizhuo finally sat on the ground, unable to lift his hands, and stopped struggling. "Then just beat me to death. I don't want to live anyway."

"Who are you threatening?" Gu Dakai's eyes turned red with anger again. "Didn't you say that the last incident with Ma Er taught you a lesson? Why do you still want to gamble?"

"Ma Er is Ma Er," Gu Ruizhuo retorted softly, "We've stopped being friends for a long time. I'm in another place now, and I won a little money a couple of days ago, so I only got two or three more yuan from selling the scrap. Otherwise, how do you think I could have gotten so much?"

Gu Ruizhuo was still quibbling.

Having said that, he suddenly rushed up and grabbed Gu Dakai, his eyes red, like a person possessed by evil spirits, "Dad, let me tell you, it's really too easy to win in a casino."

"I know you should still have some money. Why don't you give it all to me? I'll take a gamble. If I can double it, I can pay back Brother Long's money, and our family can leave right away."

"This is the last time. It will be easy if we win. We might even be able to buy a bigger house!"

"Dad," Gu Ruizhuo was completely crazy, "You don't know that some people not only win a house, but also drive a nice car and get married. If I could live like that, you wouldn't have to worry about me, right?"

Looking at his son acting so crazy, Gu Dakai kicked him on the knee and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Then he rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife, and pinned Gu Ruizhuo's hand to the floor. "Since you still want to gamble, I might as well chop off your hand tonight to prevent others from chopping off your leg in the future!"

Gu Dakai raised the knife in his hand. Bai Cuiyan cried out and rushed over, "Are you crazy? This is our son. If you cut off his hand, how will he live in the future?"

Gu Dakai simply couldn't listen now. He felt very uncomfortable seeing his son become like this.

The old man didn't want to discipline Gu Dakai at first, because he felt very uncomfortable when he thought about Gu Ruizhuo going to gamble again. If he wasn't old, he would have wanted to go up and beat him up.

But when it came to the point of having his hand cut off, the old man had no choice but to intervene.

Gu Ruizhuo was a little crazy just now. He wanted to use the remaining money at home to try again. Maybe he would win.

However, seeing his father pressing his hand to the floor and about to chop it off, Gu Ruizhuo was a little scared, with snot and tears coming out. "I won't dare to do it again. Don't chop off my hand."

The commotion at their house was so loud that everyone in the entire compound came to the door.

"What happened in this house? Why are they screaming?"

"Why don't we knock on the door and take a look? If anything happens, we can report it to the neighborhood committee. If something serious happens..."

While everyone was still speculating, Bai Cuiyan opened the door, her eyes red as she looked at the neighbors and said, "Everyone, go back. We are disciplining our son. It's nothing serious."

Someone quickly came in to take a look, and Bai Cuiyan turned around to block his sight, "Everyone, go back. There's nothing going on at our house. Don't stay at our door."

The neighbors looked at each other, obviously not believing it, but they couldn't rush in to see, otherwise the situation would be different.

I can only leave.

When I left, I wanted to look inside again, but Bai Cuiyan simply closed the door.

The family sat in the living room. Gu Ruizhuo was still crying. The old man sighed heavily, "If you cut off his hand, won't he still rely on you to support him in the future?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Gu Ruizhuo now just wanted to save his hands. "From now on, I will go pick up bottles. You guys follow me every day. I promise I will never gamble again."

"So how much do you still owe?" Gu Dakai threw the knife on the ground. "Tell us everything now. If they come to you in the future, we can help you."

"Otherwise we really won't care about you anymore!"

Time and time again, Gu Dakai really felt too tired.

“This number.”

Gu Ruizhuo was dejected for a long time, then he stretched out two fingers and compared them. Bai Cuiyan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the two fingers. "It's not bad, it's only twenty yuan. Let's pool our money together and help you pay it back. Then we can go."

"This city is really not suitable for us at all. We have been particularly unlucky since we came here." Bai Cuiyan did not blame her son for these things, but felt that the city of the imperial capital was too big and too tempting, so her son could not resist it at all.

Gu Dakai's eyes flew over, as cold as a knife.

However, Gu Ruizhuo didn't say anything. Gu Dakai's eyelids twitched, and he stood up again. "You mean you owed another two hundred?"

Gu Ruizhuo finally nodded. When Gu Dakai was about to rush over to hit him, he quickly hugged his head and said, "Dad, I was really confused for a moment. I won many times that night. Who knew I would lose so badly later."

Gu Dakai beat Gu Ruizhuo up again.