The original agreement was that the money would be returned once the wedding banquet was held, but now it has been delayed again and again. He has lost his patience and must get a deadline today no matter what.

But he didn't expect that after he said this, the two elders kept looking away.

As if worried about being seen through, Zhou's father quickly said to Shen Liang, "I'll discuss it with your mother-in-law and get back to you later."

After saying that, the two elders went to the stairwell next to them.

Shen Liang spat coldly at this. He looked sneaky as if he was doing something shameful. Could it be that the Zhou family really ate up his betrothal money?

Just as he was about to eavesdrop, Shen Liang's cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and looked at the caller ID. It was actually a call from the loan department. Shen Liang's hands trembled, and he walked to the other side holding the phone.

At this time, the two elders were worried about the return of the betrothal money.

"Old Zhou, now you want us to pay back the betrothal gift. Where can we get so much money?"

A year ago, the Zhou family was indeed prosperous. After all, they had the title of people's teacher and their daughter worked in a public institution. They were proud of themselves in front of relatives and had a lot of face.

But just half a year ago, something unexpected happened to the Zhou family.

Father Zhou saw that his young colleagues were all investing in stocks, and thinking that he had some spare money, he decided to invest as well. Who knew that he would become obsessed with it, especially since he could make tens of thousands or even thousands of dollars a day. As a result, Father Zhou's appetite grew bigger, and he invested more and more money.

Who knew that the stock market would be bad later and all the investment money would be lost in a few days. At that time, Zhou's father could only sell them at a low price, but he had already lost a lot of money and was heavily in debt.

In order to maintain the reputation of the Zhou family, although Zhou's mother was very angry, she did not tell anyone about it.

Just at this time, Shen Liang appeared and was willing to spend money on Zhou Qing, so the Zhou family came up with this idea to make Shen Liang the scapegoat.

This time, Shen Liang took out a betrothal gift of 800,000 yuan, and the Zhou family also hinted, both explicitly and covertly, that everything in the Zhou family would belong to Shen Liang in the future, and they would even give him a dowry, which made Shen Liang willing to pay so much money.

Now all the money has been used by Zhou's father to pay off his gambling debts. The Zhou family can't even come up with 100,000 yuan, let alone 800,000 yuan.

But now Shen Liang was too nervous and even hurt Zhou Qing because of it. I'm afraid that if he doesn't give an explanation tonight, Shen Liang will not give up.

Zhou's father was also very troubled and kept pacing on the spot anxiously.

After a long time, he stopped and said with a calculating look on his face, "How about this, continue to paint a rosy picture for Shen Liang and delay it for another day."

Zhou's mother shook her head and said, "I don't think that's a good idea. Look at how he refused to give up until we get an explanation. It's clear that he has his eyes set on our family."

If the Zhou family had not fallen on hard times, they would not have married Zhou Qing to a divorced man. The key point was that Chen Liang had a bad character and was a shifty person. When he first came to the Zhou family, he used his eyes to find out everything about the family.

Even when talking about gifts, there were subtle hints that gifts should be returned.

This doesn't mean he really likes their daughter. He clearly wants to marry a free wife and is even coveting their family property.

But there is no other way. The Zhou family is in such a situation that they need a fool to fall into the trap.

Although Shen Liang is unreliable, he is indeed easy to fool.

"Then what do you say we should do? Eight hundred thousand plus the return gift, that's more than one million. You know what our family's situation is like now."

Zhou's father said irritably that his daughter was pushed and fell, and the baby in her belly was still unknown what was happening. Now they had to bow to Shen Liang for the betrothal gift. His pride over the years had made him always superior to others, but now he had to bow to his son-in-law in a humble manner. He couldn't stand this.

Mother Zhou was also very angry, and after hearing what Father Zhou said, she was even more furious. "You are the one who created this situation. If it weren't for your greed, our family would have to rely on a divorced son-in-law to survive. Anyway, I have given you a solution, you can do it yourself."

Seeing his wife angry, Zhou's father hurriedly comforted her, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say and continue to coax that fool."

"That's more like it."

Anyway, at this point, they have no way to retreat.

Just as the two elders were about to continue brainwashing Shen Liang, Shen Liang was begging them in a gentle voice about the loan.

"Boss Cheng, please give me five more days, and I promise to return it on time."

"Okay, just five days. If we exceed the deadline, we will follow the agreement. The interest will be compounded, and it will be a lot of money. You better take care of yourself."

After the other party finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

The smile on Shen Liang's face froze, and he clenched the phone so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

Then, he kicked the wall hard.

After he had almost vented his anger, he was about to go find the Zhou family elders with a gloomy face to ask for a deadline, but when he turned around, he ran into them outside the emergency room.

Shen Liang was not vague and asked directly, "How is it, have the father-in-law and mother-in-law discussed it?"

Father Zhou pushed his glasses, then looked at Shen Liang with a serious face, "Let's talk about the money later, let's talk about Qingqing first."

Zhou's mother also shouted, "That's right, look, Qingqing is still in the emergency room, her life or death unknown. You pushed this person, if something happened, there would be two deaths. Now you don't consider Qingqing, but all you talk about is money. Chen Liang, we marry our daughter off so that you can pamper her, not so that she can be your punching bag."

Facing the accusations from the two elders, Shen Liang's expression became even uglier.

They were clearly talking about the return of the betrothal money just now, but now these two people have brought the topic to Zhou Qing. How can Shen Liang not be angry?

Just as he was about to lose his temper, Zhou's father brought up the law to scare Shen Liang, "If anything happens to Qingqing, our Zhou family can call the police and have you put in jail."

Hearing the word "jail", Shen Liang immediately felt a little scared.

Zhou Qing's parents are both teachers, one teaches Chinese and the other teaches politics. If they really want to be held accountable, he really cannot escape the blame.

But they wanted to use this to divert the issue of the betrothal money, and he, Shen Liang, was not a fool who could be fooled by them.

"You can call the police, but you're not keeping your word and withholding the betrothal money. This should be considered extortion. I wonder if you'll both go to jail for this crime."

Shen Liang has had enough of Zhou Qing, this crazy woman. He married a wife to honor his mother and take care of her husband, not to keep a flower pot and have a temper like a little princess at home every day, making things difficult for his mother and even treating him as a credit card machine.

Now that he has a new backer, the Zhou family is no longer of any use to him.

As long as he gets the betrothal money back, he can divorce Zhou Qing immediately.

Father Zhou didn't expect Shen Liang to bite back. He immediately said with a gloomy face, "As long as you treat our daughter well, we will naturally return the betrothal money. But if you dare to lay a hand on Qingqing again, our family will not return the betrothal money."