She took out a piece of paper from her bag. At the beginning was written the apprenticeship agreement, and at the end was Ma Kaiping's signature and fingerprint!

"This apprenticeship contract states that I will teach you skills and you will work for me for twenty years. I will get half of the income from the twenty years. Twelve years have passed now. In addition to paying me for twelve years, you still have to work for me for another eight years."

Ma Kaiping looked at the contract in Fang Zongtao's hand in disbelief.

He had forgotten about the contract.

She continued, "I've made two public appearances since I came back. Even Chen Zhen came back from out of town by ferry. You, a local, pretend not to know. Do you think I've forgotten you, or that you owe me something?"

Ma Kaiping looked so pale that he couldn't even give an explanation.

She continued, "Originally, I didn't intend to take out this contract. Unfortunately, who allowed you to break the rules I set? Tell me, should I quietly throw you into the river to feed the fish? Or should you pay me back what you owe me?"

When Ma Kaiping heard that there were two choices, he of course chose to stay alive.

"Brother Zongtang, I'll give you money. I'm willing to give you money."

She sneered and corrected him word by word: "It's not giving, it's returning."

Just as Ma Kaiping was about to get up from the ground, he heard her continue, "The money for Yu Ruyi will be taken from your spouse's family. You must change back to what you were ten years ago!"

Ma Kaiping thought that he could get rid of Fang Zongtang by offering half of his wealth, but he never expected that she wanted all his wealth.

What's the difference between this and asking for his life!

"Brother Zongtang, I have followed you for two years. Can you please give my whole family a way to survive?" Ma Kaiping knelt down again.

This time he knelt down willingly.

She laughed as if she had heard a huge joke, "What you said is too funny. I left a way out for your family? When you said this, why didn't you think about the fact that you left a way out for my family when I disappeared ten years ago?"

She looked at Ma Kaiping with disdain and continued, "Do I have no offspring or no family? Why don't you think about leaving a way out for my whole family?"

Zhang Xingzu was so angry that he kicked Ma Kaiping twice.

She continued, "Ten years ago, besides you, there were six other people following me. At that time, I had to support more than a dozen people by myself. Why don't you think about how they would live if I suddenly disappeared?"

Chen Zhen couldn't bear it anymore, so he went with Zhang Xingzu to beat Ma Kaiping.

She sighed, looked around at the people who came to watch the fun, and said in the tone of a victim: "Ten years ago, you rotted on the street, and stray dogs would avoid you when they saw you. I picked you up. At that time, you were about to die of starvation and disease, and you didn't even have a decent set of clothes. If it weren't for me, the grass on your grave would have been replaced more than ten times."

When Ma Kaiping heard this, he couldn't help but cover his face and cry.

She looked at you expressionlessly: "Now you have hands and feet, no injuries, and are dressed decently. Do you dare to say that it was not given to you by me?"

When Ma Kaiping heard this, he covered his face and cried even louder.

"Brother Zongtang, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. I beg you to be magnanimous and leave a way out for me and my family!"

She looked at the spineless man with displeasure, snorted coldly, and asked with malice.

"If you don't want to, you can sue me, right?"

"I didn't put a knife on your neck and asked you to take things out. If you don't want to, you can resist me~"

As she spoke, she sneered and waited quietly for Ma Kaiping's reaction.

Ma Kaiping didn't react at all.