“I…have no money,” Xu Xiuzhen said.
Liao Nanxing glared at him: "You have no money? Mom! How could you not have money? You ask me for three or five hundred thousand every month, when have I ever not given it to you?"
The most you ever asked for was over three million. I gave you every penny, didn't I? You're always so frugal. How could you possibly spend that much money?
"Mom! I'm your only son. Even at this crucial moment, why are you still so wary of me? Just get me out of here, and I'll make up for every penny you gave me, okay?"
Liao Nanxing really didn't expect that Xu Xiuzhen would still be so stubborn about money even at this point.
Being uncultured is being uncultured; you can't even distinguish between what's important and what's urgent.
"No, no. I wasn't wary of you!" Xu Xiuzhen said anxiously, "You are my only child. I would give you my life, let alone money."
"So you won't even pay me some money?"
Seeing Liao Nanxing's stern face, Xu Xiuzhen quickly spoke again: "It's not that Mom is unwilling, it's that Mom really doesn't have the money!"
"No money?" Liao Nanxing gritted his teeth and said, "You've taken nearly ten million from me this year, and you say you have no money? I've never seen you buy anything decent. Ten million! Where did you spend it?"
Now it was Xu Xiuzhen's turn to be dumbfounded.
Since Liao Nanxing turned her life around, she has asked for a lot of money under various pretexts, but... isn't it only natural for a son to give his mother some money as a sign of filial piety?
Why is he writing it all down in his little notebook?!
"I...I've already spent it all," she said softly.
"Spent money?" Liao Nanxing chuckled dryly, "Mom! Can't you think before you speak? Or do you think your son is an idiot?"
"No, no! I... I really have spent all my money!"
Having said all that, Xu Xiuzhen no longer wanted to hide it.
"Alright! Then I'll tell you everything! Ever since you divorced Zhou Chunhua and married Su Mu, nothing has gone right for you. I've been wondering if that little bitch Su Mu is your nemesis."
Then, after much searching, I finally found out about a very powerful master. You know, these truly skilled masters definitely don't charge cheap donations.
As it turned out, the master calculated that the main reason wasn't that you and that little bitch Su Mu were incompatible according to your birth charts, but rather that your father and your grandparents had problems.
The master said that you made money and only cared about enjoying yourself, forgetting about your father and grandparents, which is why they no longer protect you.
That's why you're attracting bad luck and having many petty people around you! As soon as I heard that, I immediately asked a master for advice on how to get rid of the petty people and your bad luck!
And sure enough, after the master performed the ritual, your luck really did change quickly. As agreed beforehand, I went to offer incense and money every month.
As for your father's grave, the master said that the site was not chosen well in the first place, so I directly asked your third uncle to move the ancestral grave to a feng shui treasure site pointed out by the master!
Then they burned several truckloads of villas, luxury cars, and gold and silver ingots for them. So, most of the money was spent on this.
Xu Xiuzhen spoke very frankly.
Because she was telling the truth!
Back then, their family was so unlucky that they even had trouble getting food. If she hadn't gone to great lengths to find and solve the problems, how could their family have turned their fortunes around?
A moment later, Xu Xiuzhen heard Liao Nanxing's mocking laughter.
"Mom! Do you even want to listen to what you're saying? Eight or nine million! How many cars of gold and silver ingots do you want to buy? Our hometown is a desolate wilderness. Let alone buying a piece of land, even buying a whole mountain wouldn't cost that much, right?"
Xu Xiuzhen blushed: "I already said that, that was only part of it."
"What about the other parts?"
“I…” Xu Xiuzhen’s eyes flickered and she lowered her head: “Your seventh uncle said that the old house was about to collapse and they didn’t have the money to rebuild it. I thought that your father’s and your grandparents’ memorial tablets were still enshrined in the old house, so I… so I paid for the reconstruction of the old house.”
And the land your grandfather allocated to our family for building a house—your seventh uncle said that if we don't build a house now, someone else will take it. There's an old saying that fallen leaves return to their roots. I'm already this old, and you're not young either; we'll all have to go back sooner or later. So we used the money to build a small four-story house.
I... I never expected that all these miscellaneous expenses would add up to so much money.
"Is this really the level?" Liao Nanxing asked skeptically.
Xu Xiuzhen swallowed hard: "And...and...my family and relatives have borrowed hundreds of thousands of yuan from each other."
Upon hearing that it was a loan, Liao Nanxing breathed a sigh of relief and excitedly said, "Mom, go find them and get the money back. Several hundred thousand should be enough to hire a lawyer and pay bail."
Xu Xiuzhen nodded with a grim expression.
Liao Nanxing noticed the old lady's predicament and softened his tone, saying, "Mom, I know you care about your reputation. But if we don't get this money back, I'll... You don't want me to spend the rest of my life in jail, do you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the prison guard announced that time was up. Without further ado, he dragged Liao Nanxing away.
Seeing her son's back, which was even more hunched than her own, Xu Xiuzhen made up her mind to put aside her pride and help Liao Nanxing through his current predicament.
After leaving the detention center, Xu Xiuzhen smelled the odor on herself and couldn't help but frown.
Then I decided to go home first to change my clothes, pack some clothes and daily necessities, and then go back to my hometown.
As soon as Jie arrived at her doorstep, she saw a familiar figure from behind.
At the same time, the other party also saw her.
She raised her chin and walked up with a cold expression.
What are you doing here again?
"Of course I'm here to ask for child support!"
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