Zhou Cheng didn't even glance at Lin Jiaoyun. He considered all the energy and emotions he had invested in her as bad luck. As for the next life, he would definitely remember to stay far away from her.
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
One by one, treasure chests were carried out from the Lin family's storeroom and placed in the main hall.
Lin's father watched as these valuable gifts were given away, his breath quickening with pain. He desperately wanted to say that it was enough to just make it look good on the surface, and to take half and keep the other half.
But when he saw Zhou Cheng's cold and unapproachable face, he swallowed the words he was about to say.
"How is it? Have you finished counting everything?" Zhou Cheng gently squeezed Cheng Xianyi's small hand and casually glanced at the servant checking the register.
The servant raised his head and said respectfully, "Young master, we are still short of eighty bolts of fine brocade, silk and satin, as well as thirteen sets of pearl and jade jewelry and a complete set of gold tassels with dragon and phoenix motifs."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiaoyun's face turned pale.
She used all the fine fabrics to make clothes, and as for the jewelry, some she gave away to her girlfriends as if to show off, while the rest was kept in her dressing table as her private property!
She quickly looked up at Zhou Cheng, wanting to say that he was making amends for the three years he had pestered her...
"Really? Then hurry up and send the Lin family to search!"
"If you can't come up with the money, we'll convert it into silver. You can take as much stuff as you're short."
"After all, Miss Lin is so elegant and noble, how could she possibly owe the General's Mansion anything! Oh, right, I think the jewelry on Miss Lin's head looks familiar, it seems to be the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness set, let's take it off."
"And the bracelet on your wrist, yes, those shoes were also a gift from me. Since you've already worn them, let's pry off the most valuable pearls and give the worn-out shoes to Miss Lin as a keepsake."
"........"
Lin Jiaoyun's lips trembled as she listened to these heartless words.
The personal maid glanced at her several times in alarm, and seeing that Lin Jiaoyun did not react, she had no choice but to lead the servants to empty the privately hidden jewelry.
As for those that can't be paid out yet, then move them at their equivalent value!
All the remaining silver in the Lin family mansion was moved out.
The vases, blankets, calligraphy, paintings and other items displayed in the lobby were all used to pay off the debt.
In less than an hour, the Lin residence was ransacked, as if it had been invaded by bandits.
Even the precious golden nanmu chair that Lin's father was sitting on was ordered to be moved away by Zhou Cheng and used to pay off the debt. Lin's father looked at the empty hall, his lips turned white with anger, and his tongue twitched.
Lin Jiaoyun stood in the center with her hair disheveled, all her jewelry taken away, looking worse off than a maid.
"Great, the accounts are settled!"
Zhou Cheng patted the object in front of him with satisfaction, smiled, looked at Lin Jiaoyun who had hesitated several times before, and said, "Miss Lin, from now on, we're even!"
Let's go.
Lin Jiaoyun snapped out of her daze, turned sharply to look at Zhou Cheng, and nodded with tears in her eyes, her heart aching as if being torn apart: "Zhou Cheng, I understand. I know that you are leaving these things only temporarily. I understand."
"If things calm down, you will come back to beg for my forgiveness. If you can't avoid it, you will leave me a way out, after all, you love me so much."
"Considering all that you've done for me, I'll reluctantly forgive you!"
Zhou Cheng: "...You're insane."
Zhou Cheng pulled Cheng Xianyi away expressionlessly, without even turning his head back.
But this indifferent attitude did not hurt Lin Jiaoyun.
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