How could Yang Ling'er possibly want everything here to be taken away by the gambling den? This is all that her family has; how will they survive if it's gone?

"Mother, how could you be so heartless? You let the gambling den take everything from us. How are we going to live now?"

Bai Shouye felt that this mother really didn't care about him as her son, otherwise how could she be so heartless?

Not only did Mo Yan want to hit someone after hearing this, but even the people at the gambling den thought it was shameless.

If we take your money, you won't be able to live, but you don't care about the elderly and the young at all.

"Isn't this the man you chose? Isn't this the man you wanted to elope with?"

Why can you only share the good times but not the bad?

It is only natural for him to pay back his debts.

"Hey you!"

Mo Yan turned around and looked at the people in the gambling den.

Those few fierce-looking lads stood ramrod straight, as if afraid of being beaten up for not obeying.

That really hurt.

"Tell me, am I right?"

Right or wrong? Of course it's right, even if it's wrong it has to be right, not to mention it's right to begin with.

"That's right, we only hire people who are in debt and have no business dealings. We have a lot of professional ethics."

They would never be so shameless as to bully the elderly and weak.

Of course, this old lady is not weak, but would they admit that they were simply outmatched?

That's impossible; that means they're too kind.

"How could you do this? I already said I have a big yard and lots of stuff at home. I want to keep this for myself."

Bai Shouye was furious. The people at this gambling den were shameless; they weren't doing what they had agreed upon.

"Pah! Do you think we're as heartless as you, abandoning our own mothers and reuniting with a mistress with no status or title?"

We have a moral bottom line; filial piety is the most important virtue, and we respect the elderly and care for the young—don't you understand?

The people at the gambling den started spitting at Bai Shouye and then walked over and slapped him.

Of course, they glanced back at the big boss's expression and found that he was actually clapping.

"Good for him! This shameless bastard deserves to be beaten to death."

Mo Yan spoke up directly, saying that she was actually trying to shift the blame and get the gambling den people to cause her trouble. She deserved to be beaten to death.

You feel that your mother controls you, so you plot to frame her and make her lose everything.

They are worse than animals.

Encouraged, the gamblers worked even harder; they were determined to get revenge after being beaten so badly yesterday.

But what could they do if they couldn't beat the old lady? They had no choice but to fight Bai Shouye.

"Stop hitting! Stop hitting!"

Yang Ling'er kept shouting from the side, "Husband, husband..."

Of course, he just shouted it out and never really thought about helping or anything.

Bai Shouye was beaten so badly he couldn't speak; he was already missing two teeth.

Suddenly, a constable arrived. It turned out that the little girl had summoned him sometime earlier.

Oh, how do they know each other? Because Bai Shouye has a close relationship with that constable...

What are you doing?

"Uncle Wang and his gang want to beat my father. Please help us!"

The people at the gambling den frowned; they weren't afraid of trouble, but they knew trouble was coming.

"What do you mean by that?"

Mo Yan walked out from behind them. The constable looked at his aunt in shock and asked, "Aunt, what's going on?"

"Bai Shouye went to the gambling den and deliberately lost money, accumulating a huge debt. He then used the money to buy a house here, hoping to live a good life with Yang Ling'er."

"If he makes me, his old mother, bankrupt and destitute on the streets, what's wrong with me beating him up!"

Author's Note: I'll catch up on sleep and update this afternoon. I'll also add an extra chapter as an apology.