Zhou Shuyi was shocked when he heard this. How could his father owe the Lin family money?
Lin Xiuyan smiled slightly when she saw his expression: "I know. Today is the day of Dad's funeral. You just lost your father and you are very sad. I can understand that."
"So I'm not here today to collect debts, I just wanted to tell you about this."
"After your father is buried, I will come to your house to collect the debt. The amount is a bit large, so be prepared."
Zhou Shuyi was shocked again, because in his mind, Zhou Lingshan's business was extremely successful.
In addition, with the backing of the Prince of Pingnan's mansion, he rarely needs to borrow money from others.
He looked at the IOU in Lin Xiuyan's hand and reached out to snatch it.
He was surprised again when he saw the handwriting, because the signature on the top IOU was indeed Zhou Lingshan's handwriting.
Moreover, the amount on that IOU was not small, a full 50,000 taels of silver.
He flipped through the pages and found that all the IOUs were written in Zhou Lingshan's handwriting, and the contents of the IOUs ranged from medicinal herbs to furs to shops to money.
He roughly calculated that the total value of the items on the IOU was over a million taels of silver.
He gritted his teeth and said, "How could my father possibly borrow so much money from your father?"
Lin Xiuyan replied, "How would I know? Why don't you go down and ask your father?"
Zhou Shuyi: "..."
His eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he looked like he was about to fight Lin Xiuyan to the death.
Lin Xiuyan covered her lips with her hand, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Look at my memory, your father is already dead."
After she finished speaking, she took all the IOUs back from his hand and said, "Now that you know about this, I won't bother you any longer."
“I am a very humane creditor. I will come to collect the debt in a few days. Today, you should focus on your father’s funeral.”
Ye Junfei praised her, "I love your nature of repaying evil with good."
"Given his previous rudeness, if it were me, I would make him pay back the money today."
Lin Xiuyan's lips twitched. He had gone a bit too far with his praise, so she tried to pull it back.
She coughed lightly and said, "Everyone has difficult times. No matter how bad he is, he just lost his father, so he needs some time to adjust."
Zhou Shuyi: "..."
This couple is so shameless!
Lin Xiuyan smiled slightly, said nothing more, and took Ye Junfei's hand, saying to Zhou Shuyi, "Young Master Zhou, see you another day!"
Her smile was gentle and charming, yet it sent a chill down Zhou Shuyi's spine.
At that moment, he had a feeling that this person might come to cause him trouble every now and then.
He was unaware of just how terrifying she was; in fact, he was secretly thinking to himself:
If she dares to cause him trouble, he'll teach her a lesson!
Most of the people who came to the funeral today were Zhou Lengshan's close friends, and some were members of the Hu family.
Lin Xiuyan and Ye Junfei's behavior seemed somewhat arrogant, and immediately someone there spoke up for the Zhou family.
Someone stopped them, saying, "The actions of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess after visiting the Zhou residence today were far too much, weren't they?"
"Brother Zhou has just passed away, and you not only come to our door to attack us, but also to demand repayment of debts. This is simply outrageous!"
Ye Junfei's eyes narrowed slightly, but Lin Xiuyan smiled. She was least afraid of people who came to her for trouble. (M.cascoo.net)
She said calmly, "Don't speak ill of others if you haven't experienced their affairs!"
"How about I call Lord Zheng over and give you another whack with the stick?"
The man's face turned bright red with anger: "This is utterly absurd! Where is the slightest bit of gentlemanly conduct in your actions?"
Lin Xiuyan shoved the IOUs in her hand into the man's face: "You have such a gentlemanly demeanor, and you have such a good relationship with the Zhou family."
"How about this, you return this silver on behalf of the Zhou family. This way, you will not only show your noble character, but also save me the trouble of chasing after the debt later."
The man saw that the top IOU was worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and he had no way of taking out the money to pay off the Zhou family's debts.
He said with a dark face, "This is something the Zhou family owes you, not something I owe you. Why should I pay it back?"
Lin Xiuyan shrugged and said, "It seems that your so-called gentlemanly conduct is nothing more than this!"
The man's face instantly turned purple. He flicked his sleeves and walked to the side.
Lin Xiuyan said loudly, "Anyone who thinks it's not gentlemanly for me and the young master to come to pay respects at Zhouling Mountain today and also to inform Zhou Shuyi about repaying his debts can stand up."
"I want to experience your gentlemanly conduct, and I also want to be a gentle and kind creditor."
Those who had initially wanted to stand up for the Zhou family all abandoned the idea.
Lin Xiuyan's words were incredibly damaging.
Even though Zhou Lingshan was very good at interpersonal relationships when he was alive, no one dared to take on the Zhou family's debt of over a million taels of silver.
Ye Junfei smiled slightly when he saw this scene. When Lin Xiuyan wanted to argue with someone, he really had never seen anyone who could out-argue her.
Most of the people who were on good terms with Zhou Lengshan did so for personal gain.
Now that Zhou Lingshan is dead and Zhou Shuyi is a good-for-nothing, it's only a matter of time before the Zhou family falls into ruin.
A small portion of the people who came today were hoping to gain some benefits from the Zhou family before the mansion was completely ruined.
Recently, Ye Junfei has obtained four guards from the Prince of Pingnan, demonstrating his abilities. Apart from the Princess of Pingnan's faction, no one wants to offend him.
Ye Junfei saw these things clearly.
He said calmly, "The IOUs and promissory notes in Xiuyan's hands were all personally signed by Zhou Lingshan."
“Zhou Lengshan owes the Lin family so much money, we can’t just pretend nothing happened.”
"My husband and I are not here to collect a debt today, but we just need to clarify things."
After he finished speaking, he cupped his hands in greeting to the crowd, and then gracefully and calmly left with Lin Xiuyan.
Lin Xiuyan thought he was just a show-off; in front of others, he always managed to put on such an elegant and magnanimous act.
After leaving the Zhou residence, Ye Junfei asked Lin Xiuyan, "Where did these IOUs come from?"
Lin Xiuyan replied, "Of course it's Zhou Lengshan who owes my father!"
Ye Junfei glanced at her, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Lin Xiuyan had no choice but to answer honestly: "Qingwan wrote this yesterday."
Ye Junfei: "..."
Lin Xiuyan spent the whole day at Ye Qingwan's place yesterday, and he was too busy to ask about her.
I never expected that the two of them would come up with such a bunch of things.
Lin Xiuyan praised Ye Qingwan: "I really didn't know that Qingwan had this skill before. Her handwriting imitation is exactly the same!"
Ye Junfei glanced at her. From the time they met until now, she seemed to have never praised him like that before!
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