Chapter 9 Debt Collection on the Street
Chapter 11
Chapter 10
When Gu Qiuyue looked at Mr. Tang, he was also looking at her, his eyes churning with emotion: "So that's how it is..." His voice was hoarse, and he waved his hand wearily, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden: "Forget it...you guys...live happily." He turned to Xie Shiyu, his eyes full of entrustment: "Shiyu, it was Qiuyue who proposed the marriage, and you are familiar with her family situation...Since you agreed, don't use this to criticize her in the future."
Leaving the study, the rain had stopped, and a gentle breeze blew after the rain, but Gu Qiuyue's steps were unsteady. Her marriage was already a foregone conclusion, but she had really "sold out" completely? Had her intelligence been lowered by time travel? She looked at Xie Shiyu in astonishment. She remembered that this person didn't even exist in the book! What was going on?
Xie Shiyu's voice interrupted his thoughts: "I will return to the team immediately. You will follow me in three days."
"But my food and oil supplies are in the countryside, and I also have luggage..." Gu Qiuyue struggled.
Xie Shiyu shoved a stack of banknotes into the other side with a stern face. His movements were rude, but his tone hinted at excitement. "Buy some clothes. We'll buy daily necessities when we get to the base." After a pause, he added, "I'll have someone transfer your food and oil registration to the family compound. You don't have to go back."
Gu Qiuyue took the bill with body temperature, her fingertips felt slightly cold. Not returning to the place where her original body died, her fate might be changed - this was the only consolation in this transaction.
But the phrase “ask someone to transfer it” sounds like “cutting off your retreat”?
The next day, downtown department store.
Gu Qiuyue was picking out cloth when a sharp voice rang out: "Sister Qiuyue, it's really you!"
Looking back—they were on a narrow road! Bai Xiaolian and Chen Xiangsong, the adulterous couple, were there too.
Bai Xiaolian had already taken her arm affectionately: "Sister Qiuyue, you are back? You are not leaving, are you? Brother Xiangsong has asked a lot of favors for your return to the city, why didn't you come to us?" She hinted that Gu Qiuyue relied on charity to return to the city, which attracted the attention of those around her.
Gu Qiuyue suddenly pulled back her arm and glared at Chen Xiangsong coldly: "Control your woman and don't disgust me."
"Sister Qiuyue, why do you say that to Brother Xiangsong? We are just friends..." Bai Xiaolian looked aggrieved.
Gu Qiuyue ignored him and said directly to the salesperson: "Pack it up and check out."
Chen Xiangsong was about to lose his temper, but Bai Xiaolian hurriedly pulled at his sleeve: "Brother Xiangsong, Sister Qiuyue suffered in the countryside, so she is like this. Let's save her some face..."
But these seemingly comforting words only fueled Chen Xiangsong's anger. He glared at Gu Qiuyue, "Gu Qiuyue, how can you become so vulgar after not seeing you for a few years? Apologize to Xiaolian!"
"Apologize?" Gu Qiuyue sneered, "What's wrong with that? Didn't you return to the city as a couple back then? Now you're shopping together, are you having an affair?" It was a precise strike, and the onlookers' eyes were as sharp as needles.
Bai Xiaolian's face flushed like a pig's liver, and Gu Qiuyue shouted, "Don't go! This is a good time to settle old scores, so that no one can spread rumors and take advantage of me!"
"Sister Qiuyue, do we still need to settle accounts between us? 'Suffering a loss is a blessing'..." Bai Xiaolian still wanted to control her.
"Do you want this blessing?" Gu Qiuyue interrupted sharply, her eyes like knives. "I took the exam to get the place to return to the city. How can you say you're at a disadvantage by cheating and stealing it?"
Chen Xiangsong immediately jumped up and said, "Gu Qiuyue, you gave up your place voluntarily. We also sent you about 500 yuan for living expenses over the past three years, which was enough to buy your place."
"Living expenses?" Gu Qiuyue sneered, "I haven't seen a cent!"
"You are greedy!" Chen Xiangsong was furious, but Bai Xiaolian pulled his sleeve tightly. Her face was pale and her eyes were evasive.
"Tsk," Gu Qiuyue shook her head sympathetically. "Chen Xiangsong, you're such a brainless idiot. Are you blind too? Can't you see the guilt written all over your 'good partner's' face?" She said sarcastically, "'Sending you a few years of living expenses'? You've already entrusted it to her for 'handling'? Guess how much she's 'saving' you?"
Chen Xiangsong suddenly stared at Bai Xiaolian: "You... didn't send it?!"
"I... I sent it! Brother Xiangsong believed me..." Bai Xiaolian was flustered.
"Whether it was sent or not, the post office has the records," Gu Qiuyue said slowly, "Let's check now and we'll know immediately."
Bai Xiaolian was exposed and simply played dirty: "Even if... I forgot to send it, but you are back now, right? If it weren't for Brother Xiang Song..."
"Stop!" Gu Qiuyue sneered, glancing at Chen Xiangsong with disdain. "Just you? Can you help me get back to the city?" Without waiting for a rebuttal, she continued, "Who said I'm going back to the city? I'll be leaving in a few days. Bai Xiaolian, you're still a good storyteller. You know the truth!"
Bai Xiaolian was so embarrassed that she wanted to pull Chen Xiangsong away, but Gu Qiuyue stopped her in her tracks: "Where are you going when the bill hasn't been settled yet?"
"We... don't owe you anything, right?" Bai Xiaolian's voice was weak.
"No debt?" Gu Qiuyue raised an eyebrow. "The return to the city quota that was swindled away, isn't that a debt?"
Chen Xiangsong said impatiently: "You gave it up voluntarily."
"Voluntary?" Gu Qiuyue's eyes suddenly sharpened. "You were the one who changed the captain's name without telling me! What did you promise after the incident? What happened?" She pressed closer. "Can you trust a man's words? A sow climbing a tree!"
"I promise to help you find connections as soon as possible..." Chen Xiangsong gritted his teeth and prevaricated.
"Not even a dog would believe your words!" Gu Qiuyue said firmly. She quickly pulled out a notebook and pen from her bag and shoved them at him. "You really want to promise? Write it down in black and white and sign it!"
Bai Xiaolian said in panic: "Sister Qiuyue, let's forget about the receipt..."
Gu Qiuyue suddenly smiled maliciously: "Okay."
When the two of them relaxed, she said coldly: "He has no ability anyway, so what he wrote is just waste paper."
"Gu Qiuyue!" Chen Xiangsong swung his fist in anger.
Gu Qiuyue was prepared and grabbed Chen Xiangsong's wrist and pushed hard. Chen Xiangsong staggered back and almost fell.
Bai Xiaolian screamed: "Why are you hitting people! Brother Xiang Song is injured!"
"None of my business!" Gu Qiuyue's eyes were cold as she slapped the account book. "Now, let's settle the accounts!"
"What account?" Bai Xiaolian pretended to be stupid.
"You're pretending to be stupid!" Gu Qiuyue said loudly, "You've been eating and using me for two years in the countryside. Do you think I'm innocent? I'm not your parents. I have no obligation to support ungrateful people! Here are the accounts!" The onlookers were in an uproar.
Bai Xiaolian blurted out: "How do you keep accounts?!"
"Don't keep track of your account and wait for your life to be sucked dry?" Gu Qiuyue sneered, pointing to the book with her fingertips: "Chen Xiangsong, from October 1971 to February 1973, he ate for free 58 times, and exchanged his food coupons and meat coupons for two Zhongshan suits and two Dacron shirts, which turned out to be 112.8 yuan in cash. Bai Xiaolian, 'borrowed' vanishing cream, soap, brown sugar, malted milk, etc. for 37.5 yuan, and 'borrowed' money to buy two more clothes, plus the military coat he still hasn't returned, totaling 112.5 yuan, for a total debt of 225.3 yuan."
Chen Xiangsong's face turned pale and he was shaking with anger: "Gu Qiuyue, you..."
"Want to deny it? And there's still the money you paid for the spot," Gu Qiuyue folded her arms and pondered for a moment, "Eight hundred yuan isn't too much!" Glancing at everyone, she smiled again, "It's just as well that the neighbors can be witnesses."
Under immense pressure, Chen Xiangsong gritted his teeth and admitted defeat: "I'll return it!"
"Just the principal? Wishful thinking!" Gu Qiuyue was merciless. "There's interest too!" She quickly calculated, "The principal is 1,025.3 yuan, plus the bank interest, rounding off, let's say 1,010!"
"One thousand and one?! You are robbing me!" Bai Xiaolian screamed.
"Too much?" Gu Qiuyue said with a half-smile, "Okay, let's go to the street office now and argue about the quota for returning to the city. Is money more important, or is your reputation and work more important?" This hit the two people's sore spot.
Chen Xiangsong's face was ashen as death. He glared at Bai Xiaolian fiercely and said with gritted teeth, "Okay! One thousand and one!"
"Words are not enough!" Gu Qiuyue quickly wrote the IOU and handed it over the pen, "Sign! Seal it!" He took out the ink pad and handed it over like magic.
In full view of the public, Chen Xiangsong signed and sealed the document in humiliation.
Gu Qiuyue put away the IOU and pronounced a verdict like a queen: "Listen, Chen Xiangsong, Bai Xiaolian, one day! I only give you one day!"
Her eyes were as cold as ice. "Tomorrow night, before six o'clock, bring the money here to pay it back! If you're even a cent short, I might as well not come..." She waved the IOU, a cold smile on her face. "I'll take this IOU and the evidence of your past misdeeds and storm into your workplace. I'll have a good chat with your boss and see who's too shameless!"
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