Chapter 80 You Threatened Me

"Um."

Li Banxia responded and then revealed the purpose of her visit.

"...I've calculated it. Since Su Youfu started giving you money when he joined the auto parts factory, over the years, he's accumulated more than 23,000 yuan in cash, plus some welfare items, all kinds of food, drinks, and daily necessities. I don't need the rice, flour, cooking oil, cloth coupons, meat coupons, sugar coupons, and the like. I just want the money, this amount..."

Li Banxia extended her index and middle fingers, "Twenty thousand, and the rest... consider it a wedding gift from your aunt to you and the director's daughter."

Feeling a bad premonition, Lin Jiefang was stunned and couldn't quite process the shock of Li Banxia asking him for 20,000 yuan.

He opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to refuse to return the money.

“Aunt Li, it’s like this. My mom and I have needed money for rent, food, clothing, and school over the years. Uncle Youfu used to give us only a few dozen yuan a month, and that money… has been almost spent. We haven’t saved any money. It’s not that we don’t want to give you any.”

After complaining about being poor, she forced a dry smile and said, "Please forgive me, Aunt Li."

Li Banxia looked at him quietly.

If she hadn't known how much money they had spent on their wedding in their past life, she would have been completely fooled by his pitiful act.

As the saying goes, dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats beget sons who know how to dig holes.

Someone like Lin Jiefang, who could climb to such a high position, would also be able to pretend and deceive, just like his mother.

She smiled and said, "Jiefang, I heard a rumor in the family quarters that someone said you were born to your mother and Su Youfu behind my back..."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Jiefang felt a chill run down his spine and repeatedly shouted to stop, "Absolutely impossible!"

He broke out in a cold sweat and explained to Li Banxia, ​​"Aunt Li, this is a rumor! I have a biological father. My father is a native of the countryside. I also have grandparents, uncles, aunts, and a young aunt who can all testify for me. I was delivered by my third grandmother. My relationship with Uncle Youfu is nothing more than a relationship of support."

Li Banxia hummed in agreement.

He said, "I believe you. Once I get the money, my feud with your mother and Su Youfu will end here. I will move out of the auto parts factory's residential area and won't say another word about you two, or even say anything unpleasant..."

Li Banxia glanced at him, her brows furrowed. "Just thinking about how I treated your mother like a sister, and how she cheated on me with the man I love, makes me sick. I never want to see them again in my life, but I can't get the money..."

Li Banxia shook his head and smiled bitterly.

She raised her eyes slightly to look at Lin Jiefang and said, "Jiefang, I'm not reconciled! They've ruined the best years of my life, and I wish I could get rid of them as soon as possible! If it weren't for the fact that you're still a child and that exposing their adultery would affect your career, I would have directly called them out by name and broken off all ties with them yesterday when we were arguing!"

Lin Jiefang's forehead broke out in a cold sweat, and his palms became damp.

"Aunt Li..."

Li Banxia responded with a smile and said, "It's the same if I ask your mother for the money, but you know, I need to have a legitimate reason to ask her for the money. If she doesn't give it to us, we'll definitely start arguing, and then people in the family quarters will hear everything we say, whether it's something we should or shouldn't say. If that happens, as the victim, can you... forgive me?"

Li Banxia returned the words to Lin Jiefang and quietly waited for his next reaction.

Twenty thousand is not two thousand or two hundred. Getting it back won't be easy. Before coming here, Li Banxia was prepared to use both soft and hard tactics, and if that didn't work, to make a scene.

It all depends on Lin Jiefang's choice.

She was too tired from her past life, so she prefers to use words rather than force.

Su Youfu was an exception; she just wanted to beat him to death and didn't want to say a single word to him!

Of course, there is another reason: Lin Jiefang climbed too high in her previous life, and she, an ordinary citizen, could not compete with her.

Lin Jiefang's expression suddenly changed, feeling that Li Banxia was threatening him.

Thinking that he was about to propose, he figured that if he could marry the director's daughter, who had an uncle who was the secretary-general of the municipal government, his career would be secure for life.

But if Li Banxia confirms the affair between his mother and Su Youfu, and it spreads in the family quarters, the director will definitely find out, and his plan to marry his daughter will most likely fall through.

Just thinking about it made Lin Jiefang's blood almost freeze, and he felt suffocated.

But what Li Banxia said wasn't entirely unreasonable. She clearly had the opportunity to expose his mother and Su Youfu's affair, but she probably didn't because she wanted the 20,000 yuan. If he had successfully proposed, the engagement would have followed immediately.

Making a deposit requires money, a bride price requires money, and a wedding requires money.

He does have a salary, but that little money is only enough to support himself and his mother. If he gives the money away, how will he get by?

If he doesn't pay, he'll have nowhere else to turn!

Lin Jiefang's mind raced, his expression shifting between light and dark. Li Banxia didn't urge him, but simply watched him quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Jiefang's vest was almost completely soaked.

He tentatively tried to negotiate with Li Banxia, ​​"Aunt Li, I have more important uses for that money. Could you... postpone paying me back? I'll pay you back in installments, I promise at least a thousand a year, and I'll increase it when my salary increases later, what do you think..."

Li Banxia shook her head.

He said, "Jiefang, I can't wait any longer. Su Youfu and I can't live together for another day. If I don't get the money from you, I'm going to go find your factory leaders, and then I'll take them back to confront your mother..."

Lin Jiefang's head suddenly went blank.

If we confront the factory leaders and his mother, everything will be exposed to everyone. With a mother who seduces a married man, his future is completely ruined...

Lin Jiefang's pupils contracted sharply, a chill ran down his spine, and he blurted out, "You're threatening me!"

Li Banxia sighed.

“Jiefang, it was you and your son who did wrong first. There’s a cause for every effect, isn’t there? I made my stance clear from the beginning. I didn’t intend to blackmail you with their dirty deeds. I just want money.”

She looked up at the fear in Lin Jiefang's eyes and said, "People should always have some sense of propriety and shame. Jiefang, you can't expect me to keep giving in, can you?"

Lin Jiefang, “…”

He avoided Li Banxia's gaze, feeling utterly ashamed and indignant.

With a pale face, he apologized to Li Banxia, ​​"Aunt Li, I didn't mean it that way. I'll pay you back, but the money is with my mother, and I need to go back and discuss it with her..."

"discuss?"

Li Banxia looked at him, sighed, and nodded. "If I go back with you, your mother will definitely make a scene. There will inevitably be people in the family quarters who will laugh at us and ask what happened. You should go back and discuss it. I'll wait for you here."

At first glance, what she said seemed reasonable, but where is this?

It's the main entrance of the auto parts factory.

If we leave her here alone, who knows if she'll run off to their factory leaders?

Even if she doesn't go to the factory management, during the break, when some employees come out and ask her a question or two, she might accidentally let it slip...

Just thinking about it made Lin Jiefang's face turn green.