"Five thousand." Su Peipei clutched her chest, almost choking on her breath. "That's too much, I..."
"I'll give you six months."
Su Peipei fell silent.
Su Xiao snorted, "A jade pendant may not be worth five thousand, but you should understand the significance it represents. Also, your theft charge... do you think it's worth five thousand?"
“Okay!” Su Peipei nodded through gritted teeth. She agreed. In fact, she had a plan. Given six months and room to maneuver, she believed she could earn the money.
However, the sob story still needs to be played.
"Xiaoxiao, half a year is too short. Even if you sell your second sister, you won't get this much money. Two years, I will definitely give you the money in two years."
She understood that two years later, the national policy would be more lenient, and it wouldn't seem too abrupt for her to suddenly take out a large sum of money.
"Three months." Su Xiao wasn't buying it. She was a little annoyed, wondering if she had said too little. However, if she said any more, she figured Su Peipei would be suspicious again. After all, prices were what they were these days, and for most people, five thousand was an astronomical sum.
"Alright, alright, six months it is." Su Peipei quickly stopped her, her tone filled with reluctance.
"Come out and come with me to write an IOU."
"Why do you need an IOU? Don't you trust my character?"
"Ha, what kind of person are you?" Su Xiao glanced at her, his expression full of sarcasm.
Back in Su Xiaoxiao's room, Su Xiao asked Su Peipei to sit down. "Write it down, write down the whole story of what happened today."
Su Peipei had already sat down, and upon hearing this, she was immediately displeased. Just as she was about to retort, she saw Su Xiao's determined gaze and knew she couldn't escape. This girl was becoming more and more difficult to deal with.
Su Peipei was indignant, but she still carefully wrote the IOU.
Su Xiao picked it up, looked at it, laughed, and threw the paper at her, saying, "Do you think I'm stupid? Rewrite it!"
Su Peipei was clutching the paper, which was already being crushed into pieces.
"Don't waste everyone's time. You don't want to stay at my house until dawn, do you?"
“You…” Su Peipei’s chest heaved violently.
Su Xiao had no pity for her. Seeing her start writing again, she added, "If you don't write the word 'theft,' I'll take you straight to the police station as soon as it's light."
Su Peipei's fingers gripped the pen, her fingertips turning white.
This time she didn't delay and quickly wrote the IOU.
Su Xiao looked at it and made her add a few more lines. After going through it three times, she finally let her go.
"Can I go now?" Su Peipei didn't want to stay here for another second, so she put down her pen and got up to leave.
Su Xiao slowly folded the IOU and said casually, "Wait, leave the jade pendant behind."
Su Peipei stopped in her tracks, her brows furrowed. "The jade pendant is broken; there's no use for you keeping it."
"Even if it's broken, it's still mine." Su Xiao looked at her coldly.
Su Peipei looked bitter and resentful. She didn't know if the space would still exist if the jade pendant was left behind, and a stalemate ensued.
"No, Second Sister, why are you so obsessed with this jade pendant? Does it hold some unknown secret...?"
"No." Su Peipei said excitedly, took out the jade pendant, gritted her teeth, and threw it hard on the ground. Instantly, the jade pendant, which was originally broken into three pieces, shattered into pieces that could not be put back together.
Su Peipei smiled, her eyes sparkling, and raised her chin arrogantly, saying, "It's just a broken piece of jade, who cares?"
After saying that, he left without looking back.
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