Chapter 2 Money Comes, Money Comes (Revised)
Mr. Yang could hardly believe his ears.
"You still dare to ask us for money?"
He Changyi sincerely asked in return, "Why wouldn't I dare?"
Brother Yang said unhappily, "What kind of money are you asking us for? We don't owe you anything!"
He Changyi was easy to talk to, and upon hearing this, he said, "Okay, then let's settle the score."
"I graduated from nursing school in 1984 and was assigned to a health center. My starting salary was only fifty yuan, which later increased to one hundred and fifty yuan. Taking the midpoint and calculating my monthly salary at one hundred yuan, I have paid at least eight thousand yuan to your family over the years—"
Sister-in-law Yang quickly interjected, "You live at home, don't you have to pay for food, water, and electricity?"
He Changyi said magnanimously, "Okay, I'll take the loss. Half of my salary will be for living expenses. You should at least return the remaining four thousand yuan to me."
Brother Yang and Sister-in-law Yang exchanged a glance and brought up the same old topic again.
"You think raising you from a baby didn't cost any money?! You should be giving money to our family instead!"
It's the same old excuse again.
He Changyi sighed in frustration, deciding not to get entangled with them any further.
She finally took her hand out from behind her back, and what was colder than her fingers was the gleaming boning knife that had just been used to slaughter a sheep.
"I'm not here to reason with you."
He Changyi gripped the knife in reverse, stepped forward, and plunged the tip of the knife deep into the wooden round table.
"Give me my money back. Or, I can come and collect it myself."
Facing a table full of people with varying expressions, He Changyi suddenly revealed a sinister smile.
"However, if I were to collect it myself, I might not only take four thousand dollars."
Brother Yang slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
"You dare threaten me! You—"
Just as he was about to pounce on He Changyi, before anyone could see clearly, the boning knife appeared like a venomous snake across his neck.
"Don't move."
Brother Yang stood frozen in place, not daring to move an inch. His fierce expression was fixed on his face, and his lips trembled slightly.
He Changyi still had the heart to joke.
"I'm a little cold and my hands aren't very steady. It would be bad if I accidentally cut my throat."
She sighed regretfully.
"I quite like this piece of clothing, but it would be very difficult to wash it if it got splattered with blood."
This is true. This is the burial garment that He Changyi prepared for herself. If she is still unable to escape the control of the plot when the original book ends, this garment will sink to the bottom of the river with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Yang were both terrified and stood there helplessly.
Jiang Weiguo shouted sternly, "Let him go! Yang Daniu, you're committing a crime!"
He Changyi said nonchalantly, "Come on, who are you trying to scare? It's just a family conflict. Even if I did hit him, the police wouldn't do anything about domestic violence."
Sister-in-law Yang said in a trembling voice, "Don't kill him, I...I...I'll get you the money right away..."
He Changyi gave her a bright smile.
"Your sister-in-law really knows how to take care of people. Don't forget, it's four thousand yuan, not a penny less."
Yang Fangfei hid behind Jiang Weiguo, looking at He Changyi with a complicated expression.
Why has my older sister suddenly become completely different from before...?
It's like a wild beast that's been locked in a cage and has finally been released, eager to taste fresh flesh and blood.
It's terrifying.
madman……
He Changyi noticed Yang Fangfei's gaze, nodded with his chin at Jiang Weiguo, and kindly reminded him:
"Get a divorce from this old man as soon as possible. In two years, he'll smell like an old man, get up eighteen times a night, have frequent urination, urgency, and incomplete urination. Even Viagra won't make him stand up. The sentence he'll say to you most often is, 'Sorry, I'm not in the mood/not feeling well today.' You're so young, why are you living like a widow?"
Yang Fangfei's face turned bright red, whether from anger or embarrassment, it was hard to tell.
Although he had never heard of Viagra, Jiang Weiguo instinctively felt that it was not a good thing to say.
"Yang Daniu, you're only doing this for a moment of pleasure. Don't you plan to leave yourself a way out?"
He Changyi's face fell.
"I've wanted to say this for a long time: stop calling me Yang Daniu. This name is just too damn awful. So you named your biological daughter 'Fangfei,' but just gave your adopted daughter some random 'Daniu.' Your Yang family is really shameless."
When Yang's mother spoke again, she repeated her previous words through gritted teeth.
"I shouldn't have picked you up and brought you home at the train station!"
He Changyi replied casually:
"If you had left me where I was, my biological parents might have come looking for me soon."
After waiting for a while, and not hearing any rebuttal from Yang's mother such as "I'll freeze to death," He Changyi looked over with some curiosity, but Yang's mother hurriedly avoided her gaze.
He Changyi's heart skipped a beat, and a trace of doubt welled up in his mind.
Just as she was about to press for further questions, Sister-in-law Yang hurriedly came out of the inner room with the money in her hand.
"All the money in the house is here..."
He Changyi noticed at a glance that the amount of money was incorrect.
"Sister-in-law, are you kidding me? Count it yourself, is there really four thousand yuan in this money?"
Sister-in-law Yang said awkwardly, "All the money in the house... was used to give gifts to your older brother's boss... only a little over two thousand left..."
He Changyi swiftly grabbed the money, stuffed it all into his pocket, and said disdainfully to Brother Yang:
"You need to give gifts just to get promoted to deputy section chief? You're such a useless piece of trash."
He Changyi's knife left no marks on him, but He Changyi's words had already torn him to pieces.
Brother Yang was extremely ashamed and indignant, and his blood boiled; he almost wanted to fight her to the death.
But before he could make a move, He Changyi withdrew his knife and kicked him hard in the buttocks, sending him sprawling onto the round table.
With a loud crash, all the bowls and plates on the table were smashed to pieces, the round table tilted to the side, and everyone was splattered with food and oil, looking utterly disheveled.
By the time the Yang family remembered to cause trouble for He Changyi, she was no longer in the house.
Yang's mother pushed past Yang's sister-in-law and rushed over to check on Yang's older brother's body.
Mr. Yang jumped up and down, cursing: "This is the damned girl you insisted on bringing back! You even said you'd have her take care of you when you're old, but having her around is what will make me die young!"
Yang Fangfei wanted to seek comfort from Jiang Weiguo, but found him looking at the direction where He Changyi had disappeared with a sinister gaze.
She called out uneasily in a soft voice, "Wei State..."
Jiang Weiguo snapped out of his daze, patted her head as if he were petting a docile little pet.
"Don't be afraid, she can't escape."
Yang Fangfei swallowed her questions and obediently rested her face in his palm.
Jiang Weiguo originally thought it would take some time to find He Changyi, but to his surprise, she actually appeared in front of him on her own initiative.
"Brother-in-law, is there something you need to apologize to me for?"
On his way home from get off work, Jiang Weiguo was abducted by He Changyi, who held a knife to his back, and took him to a secluded alley.
Jiang Weiguo, trying to remain calm, said, "Yang Daniu, it's illegal for you to coerce state officials."
He Changyi scoffed at this.
"Is it illegal for a state official to falsely accuse the people?"
Jiang Weiguo's facial muscles twitched involuntarily as he vehemently denied her accusations.
"What are you saying? I don't understand."
He Changyi said disdainfully:
"What are you pretending for? You can fool a little fool like Yang Fangfei with this act, but why are you pretending to be innocent with me? Didn't you invite me to the underground dance hall? I had barely stepped inside when the police came to arrest me. What a coincidence!"
In the original book, the male protagonist outwardly treats the female supporting character with indifference, but in reality, he secretly enjoys the drama of the sisters fighting for his affections and revels in the female protagonist's jealousy.
After getting tired of the clueless female supporting character, he set a little trap, lured "her" to the edge of a cliff, and then gave her a light push.
Jiang Weiguo invited Yang Daniu to dance at an underground dance hall. When she appeared dressed in a glamorous outfit, he ordered the police, who had been lying in wait, to rush in and arrest her.
Yang Danu was arrested on charges of hooliganism and detained in a detention center for several months until she was released on the eve of the prosecution due to insufficient evidence.
Even though she wasn't convicted by the court, she is now firmly associated with the term "female hooligan."
Sometimes, the male protagonist in a romance novel can be more disgusting than a harem male protagonist on a certain website.
Overnight, Yang Danu was utterly disgraced and became infamous.
As a notorious "slut," everyone can spit on her and throw stones at her.
The men treated her like a whore who was available to everyone, and even dared to lay hands on her in broad daylight.
In despair, Yang Daniu chose to jump into the river to prove her innocence with her death.
The icy river water sank Yang Danu, but when she floated back up, the body belonged to He Changyi.
"Jiang Weiguo, you're really ruthless. How much did you bribe the police to get them to cooperate with you in arresting people? Did the country give you power to frame your sister-in-law? I haven't even held a man's hand, and I'm already being labeled a female hooligan. Isn't this trying to kill me? If your door is knocked on in the middle of the night, the people standing outside will be a line of debt collectors."
Jiang Weiguo's face turned pale and then red as he was scolded, but he still insisted, "I don't know what you're talking about."
He Changyi was not surprised at all; she had long anticipated that Jiang Weiguo would not admit it.
"Luckily, I still have the note you wrote in your own handwriting back then, otherwise this matter would really be hard to explain."
She took out a crumpled piece of paper and waved it in front of Jiang Weiguo, nimbly dodging it as he reached for it.
Jiang Weiguo was worried that his meeting with Yang Daniu alone would be seen by others and give them something to talk about. He was also worried that she might not come to the underground dance hall, so he wrote a note and gave it to her, telling her to burn it after reading it.
He Changyi waved the note in his hand with a showy air. In the darkness, the red heading of a certain government agency on the letter was extremely eye-catching.
"Luckily I didn't listen to you, otherwise it wouldn't prove that state officials framed the people."
Jiang Weiguo's expression finally changed.
What exactly do you want to do?
He Changyi smiled and looked obedient and sweet, but what she said was completely different.
"Kneel down, kowtow three times to me, and give me ten thousand yuan as compensation."
Jiang Weiguo forced out a roar from his throat.
You're dreaming!
He Changyi raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, you don't want to? Then let's go see the Discipline Inspection Commission directly. I heard that the head of the Discipline Inspection Commission has been looking down on you for a long time and is thinking about how to deal with you. I'm making a real-name report against Comrade Jiang Weiguo for abusing his power and making false accusations. He'll be overjoyed."
He Changyi turned and left, but after a few steps, he heard Jiang Weiguo's hoarse voice behind him.
"etc--"
She kept walking, when suddenly she heard a "thump". Turning around, she saw Jiang Weiguo kneeling on the ground, his eyes filled with hatred.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
After kowtowing three times, Jiang Weiguo's forehead visibly became red and swollen.
"That's why he can be the male lead; he's so adaptable!" He Changyi thought to herself in amazement, while also reminding him:
"There's still ten thousand yuan left."
Jiang Weiguo said awkwardly, "I don't have that much cash on hand right now, I need to raise the money... Give me three days, and I'll give you the money in three days."
He Changyi refused outright.
"Give you three days? After three days, you'll probably come to me with the police to arrest me, not with money. Jiang Weiguo, that's enough. Do you expect me to do this twice?"
Even when his thoughts were known, Jiang Weiguo stubbornly refused to admit it.
"You're overthinking it. We don't have that much cash at home. We can only give you five thousand at most. You'll have to wait until the bank opens tomorrow to get your passbook and withdraw the rest..."
He Changyi readily accepted good advice.
"Okay, then give me five thousand first. You don't need to go to the bank to withdraw the rest. Just write an IOU with a nine percent interest rate. If I get into trouble, you'd better be prepared to pay me back."
Nine-tenths profit?
Even loan sharks aren't this ruthless!
Jiang Weiguo almost gritted his teeth and forced the words out of his throat:
"Okay, let's do it your way..."
After receiving the money and the IOU, He Changyi disappeared into the night. Once she was out of sight, Jiang Weiguo rushed to the landline and dialed a number.
"Hey, it's me... Send men to arrest someone immediately, at any cost... What reason? Does robbery and extortion count?... Tomorrow won't do, it has to be now, right now!"
Late at night, countless people sprang into action. Hotels and guesthouses in the city were inspected, roads leading out of the city were blocked, and even homeless people sleeping under bridges were shone with flashlights one by one.
Looking down from above, a dense net covers the entire city.
Vehicles leaving the city were stopped at the highway entrance, where several uniformed people were comparing black-and-white photos.
The taxi driver slammed his fist on the steering wheel in frustration, cursing, "You're always making trouble for no reason, checking cars in the middle of the night, are you crazy?"
Someone walked over and knocked on the car window. The window rolled down, revealing a beautiful yet aloof face.
A snow-white face, jet-black eyebrows, bright red lips, short curly hair just past the ears, and a men's wide-shouldered suit.
The staff member was taken aback, and their voice softened slightly.
"May I have your name?"
The short-haired woman curled her red lips into a smile.
"He Changyi."
As the taxi drove away from the checkpoint, the driver tried to get close to the wealthy customer who had chartered the car for a hefty sum.
"Young lady, where are you going?"
In the back seat, the woman was slowly tearing a crumpled blank sheet of paper into shreds. The car window was wide open, and the scraps of paper were swept away by the cold winter wind.
She turned her head and her gaze met the driver's in the rearview mirror. The winter wind blew her curly hair, and her snow-white face looked like an ice sculpture.
"Oros".
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