Qu Jingyun was immediately frightened and pale. She hurriedly grabbed him and pulled him back with all her might:
"Are you crazy?! What do you want to do?!"
Until the final falling out, Du Anping didn't really want to bring the matter to Qi Mingyuan's attention. He just wanted to scare Qu Jingyun so that this woman wouldn't always think that she could escape his control.
"If you don't want me to go find the Qi guy, just give me the money right away. If you keep nagging me, there's no room for negotiation!"
For more than ten years, Du Anping had been pestering her like a debt collector. Qu Jingyun felt like crying but couldn't even cry. Her voice softened unconsciously.
"Brother Du, I really don't have any money on me right now. Today is the day the Qi family is having a wedding, so why would I carry any money with me? If you don't believe me, I'll open my bag and show you. I'm not a human being if I lie to you."
While swearing and swearing, she actually opened the handbag in her hand and handed it to Duan Ping.
Du Anping took a glance and found that there was no money in it except for a few bottles and jars.
His eyes fell on Qu Jingyun's exposed wrist. After being raised in the Qi family for more than ten or twenty years, Qu Jingyun was no longer the pale and skinny refugee woman. The emerald green and translucent jade bracelet around her fair and plump wrist was particularly eye-catching.
Before Qu Jingyun could react, she felt a pain in her hand and saw the imperial green jade bracelet on her hand being pulled off by Du Anping.
That was the tenth anniversary of her marriage to Qi Mingyuan. Qi Mingyuan gave her an imperial green jade bracelet worth over ten thousand yuan. She usually took good care of it and was reluctant to wear it for fear that it would be bumped or scratched. But today, on this occasion where she had to show off in front of everyone, she brought it out to show off, but she didn't expect it to be snatched away by Du Anping!
Qu Jingyun was filled with anger and regret, his eyes almost popping out of his head as he begged anxiously:
"Brother Du, I can't give you this bracelet. Give it back to me!"
But once something is in Du Anping's hands, how can he return it?
He raised the bracelet above his head, not quite understanding what was going on, and looked at it in the dazzling sunlight. Although he didn't understand women's jade jewelry, the bracelet was so green and transparent, so it must be expensive.
Du Anping put the bracelet into his trouser pocket with a playful smile, and with one hand blocked Qu Jingyun who rushed over to grab it, and threatened:
"Since you don't have any money today, just pawn this bracelet to me. I'll give you three days to redeem it with a thousand dollars. If you don't see the money after three days, I'll take it to the pawnshop and pawn it for life. I'm telling you clearly, don't blame me if you can't redeem it!"
After hearing this, Qu Jingyun felt like he was about to spit out a mouthful of blood from his throat.
Du Anping is truly insatiable, and now he's asking for a thousand yuan?!
Even if she had the money, she couldn't give it to him!
Qu Jingyun has figured it out. Although Du Anping can help her do some shady things, this man is like an ever-expanding bottomless pit. He will only want more and more. In the end, his desires will be insatiable and he will definitely drag her into the abyss with him.
This person cannot be kept. As long as Du Anping is alive in this world, she will never have peace!
Qu Jingyun took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down his angry and agitated mood. A vicious idea gradually took shape in his mind.
She concealed the fierce murderous intent in her eyes and deliberately softened her voice:
"Brother Du, this bracelet is not worth a thousand yuan. It's just a little toy I bought for fun, just to show off. There's no use for you to keep it, so just give it back to me!"
"If you really need money urgently, you don't have to wait three days. After today's wedding, I'll give you the gift money I received as an emergency measure. Is that okay with you?"
Du Anping's eyes lit up when he heard this. Why hadn't he thought of this?!
At a wealthy wedding like the Qi family's, the guests are all prominent figures in Ning City, so how could the gifts be small?
I’m afraid it’s more than the thousand yuan he wanted!
Qu Jingyun finally said something he liked to hear today. Du Anping's smile grew, but the next words he said still made Qu Jingyun feel cold in his heart:
"Okay, then when can you give me the gift money? Once I get the gift money, I will return the bracelet to you."
Qu Jingyun clenched her fists instantly. She had never expected the cunning Du Anping to be so stubborn. Her determination to kill him became even stronger. She suppressed her anger and said:
"After the banquet, when most of the guests have left, come find me in the private room at the end of the corridor behind Fengxi Hall. I'll find a way to bring you the gift money."
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Du Anping stared straight into Qu Jingyun's eyes, which made her feel uneasy:
"I'm warning you, don't play tricks on me. If I don't get the money today, I'll go to the Qi family and ask Qi Mingyuan for it myself tomorrow!"
Qu Jingyun forced himself to nod calmly, said no more to him, and turned to go into Xiefang Garden.
The wedding venue is located in Fengxi Hall, and the scene is decorated in a particularly festive manner.
From the entrance of Xiefang Garden to the entrance of Fengxi Hall, large red lanterns were hung high along the road. The red was bright and dazzling, like a scorching flame. The lanterns were also inscribed with golden "囍" characters, which sparkled in the sun.
Not only that, the ground was covered with red carpets, and the wooden carved railings on both sides of the passage were wrapped with red satin, tied into beautiful bows, gently fluttering in the wind.
Every few steps in the corridor, there is a wedding table covered with red satin, on which is placed a pair of dragon and phoenix candlesticks. On both sides of the candlesticks are various exquisite fruit plates filled with red dates, peanuts, longans, and lotus seeds, which are full of meaning.
Qu Jingyun walked in and felt more and more depressed as he looked at the red scene.
When she married Qi Mingyuan, she only invited a few of his business partners to have a meal together. It was nowhere near the grand ceremony of Qi Shengzhi's wedding.
After all, Qi Mingyuan still didn't pay enough attention to her, and her treatment wasn't even as grand as the one he gave his son to marry off.
She secretly complained in her heart, and her resentment towards Qi Shengzhi increased a little.
But before she entered Fengxi Hall, she heard the sound of music coming from inside the hall.
Qu Jingyun was shocked. The wedding ceremony started without even waiting for her?!
She hurried forward and saw Qi Mingyuan sitting on the stage with a smile on his face as soon as she entered. The armchair next to him was empty, and Qi Shengzhi, wearing a well-fitting black suit, stood beside him, looking towards the door with a smile on his face.
Qu Jingyun was immediately filled with rage. Needless to say, this was definitely Qi Shengzhi's doing - he deliberately started to salute her while she was away, just to slap her, Qu Jingyun, in the face in front of all the important people in Quanning City!
Her face flushed red as she rushed to the stage. She wanted to see whose face would be humiliated by not allowing the mother-in-law to go on stage?!
But the next second, Assistant Ding, who had been waiting at the door, grabbed her and whispered:
"Madam, this is Mr. Qi's request. He wants you to sit at the main table here and you don't have to go on stage."
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