Seeing Zhou Ziqiong's troubled expression, Boss Gou sneered repeatedly.
Before he came, he had done his homework—or rather, someone had done his homework for him, so Zhou Ziqiong could never argue with him!
At this moment, he prepared to press his advantage!
"Miss Zhou, you can't produce a written receipt, can you?"
Boss Gou called out to everyone again, shouting, "If you can't produce a written agreement, then give us the money!"
"..."
Zhou Ziqiong remained silent for a long time before raising her head: "To tell you the truth, Zhou Family Cloth Shop doesn't have much money left in its accounts, so we can only delay your payment for a while. But I assure you, Zhou Family Cloth Shop will pay you no matter what. We just ask you to give us a few more days, okay?"
Zhou Ziqiong's voice was very soft, with a hint of pleading. Under normal circumstances, Boss Gou would definitely have softened.
However, he had a mission to complete, so he couldn't give up.
“Miss Zhou, what you’re saying is true. If you don’t have any money, we don’t either. So you have to give it to us today, whether you like it or not! If you really can’t come up with any money, then we’ll take the Zhou family’s cloth shop!”
"Yes, if we can't pay back the money today, we'll kick everyone out of Zhou's Cloth Shop, and this shop will be ours!"
A group of grown men spoke forcefully.
"You...you...you can't do this! What you're doing is illegal! Believe me, I'll report you to the authorities..."
"Report to the authorities?"
Boss Gou sneered: "Go ahead and report it. Paying back debts is a matter of course. Let's see who gets arrested if we report it to the authorities!"
After saying that, Boss Gou continued to mock, "Miss Zhou, don't think you're so great just because you made a job as a courtesan. A woman should stay at home and take care of her husband and children. What's the point of showing your face in public every day?"
"Hehe, Boss Gou is right. What kind of behavior is this woman displaying herself in public? If my wife acted like that, I would beat her so badly she couldn't get out of bed!"
"What did you use to hit her so she couldn't get out of bed? It couldn't have been your hand, could it?"
"Haha, judging by his pathetic state, he must be using his hands. He couldn't possibly be using his...weapon, could he? Haha..."
"Ha ha…"
For a grown man to surround a girl and say such things is undoubtedly flirting, and he seems quite pleased with himself.
...
"You want to pay me back, right?"
The group was in the middle of a lively conversation when they suddenly heard a voice from behind them. They all turned around and saw a handsome young man.
Because these people were all small business owners who had come early this morning to collect debts and hadn't gone to the newspaper's opening ceremony, they didn't recognize Jing Zhe. They only thought he was a rich young man who admired Zhou Ziqiong and had come to her rescue when she was being bullied.
Are you going to meddle in other people's business?
Boss Gou narrowed his eyes and looked at Jing Zhe. Because the person backing him up was no ordinary person, he didn't take Jing Zhe seriously.
Jing Zhe didn't even glance at Boss Gou, and walked straight into the passageway that had been cleared for him.
Zhou Ziqiong's eyes reddened when she saw Jing Zhe.
Over the years, she has managed the vast Zhou family cloth shop and has seen all kinds of big scenes. She has encountered many such situations before, but because she carries the weight of the Zhou family on her shoulders, she has to be stronger than anyone else and has always managed to pull through.
However, when she saw Jing Zhe, she felt a strange pang of sadness and a deep sense of injustice.
When Jing Zhe saw Zhou Ziqiong biting her lip and looking pitiful with red eyes, his heart almost broke. At the same time, he felt extremely guilty. He should have come in when Zhou Ziqiong said her first words.
"Sixth Sister, I'm late."
Zhou Ziqiong shook her head, opened her mouth as if to say something, but no words came out. She felt her eyes sting, and with a blink, tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string.
Seeing this, Jing Zhe disregarded everything else and immediately reached out to pull Zhou Ziqiong into his arms.
Zhou Ziqiong felt embarrassed in front of so many people. She thought about struggling a bit, but Jing Zhe's grip was too strong, so she simply stopped struggling.
Let whoever wants to watch it watch it; anyway, this is my brother.
Thinking this, her nose tingled, and she couldn't stop crying. She buried her face in Jing Zhe's arms, letting the tears flow freely, crying silently. But as she cried, a smile appeared on her lips.
It feels so good to have someone to rely on!
Jing Zhe gently patted Zhou Ziqiong's back, then looked at the man opposite him, his expression darkening.
You're bullying my sister, aren't you?
You're going to be in big trouble!
...
"Sixth Sister?"
None of these people knew Jing Zhe, but they all heard how Jing Zhe addressed Zhou Ziqiong.
"Doesn't Boss Zhou only have one daughter? I've never heard of her having any other children. Where did she get a younger brother from?"
"Hehe, don't you understand? This younger brother isn't that kind of younger brother, this is probably a lover's younger brother, right?"
"Haha, you're right, otherwise how could he be the hero who saves the damsel in distress?"
"I thought the eldest daughter of the Zhou family was so pure and virtuous because she never talked about marriage. Tsk tsk, she's nothing special!"
"..."
Because they were so close, the whispers of the crowd did not escape Jing Zhe's ears. However, he looked at them as if they were dead people, and his face remained expressionless.
"Are you really going to meddle in other people's business?"
Because the raw material for textile factories is hemp, and the farmers who grow hemp are all in villages outside Ruzhou City, for convenience, Boss Gou opened a textile factory near those villages and rarely went into the city. If it weren't for an important person visiting him last night, he wouldn't have gone into the city today.
However, his textile factory was the largest in Ruzhou, so he was considered a prominent figure in the city. He was furious when his question to Jing Zhe was ignored.
So he asked again.
But Jing Zhe didn't reply to him. Instead, he asked, "As long as you get your money back, that's fine, right?"
"Kid, are you really going to meddle in other people's business? Do you know how much money the Zhou family's cloth shop owes us? You dare to interfere? Trying to be a hero and save the damsel in distress? Don't end up getting yourself killed instead, becoming a laughingstock!"
"Haha, Boss Gou is absolutely right. It would be shameful to become a bear!"
The owners of these small textile factories were all summoned by Boss Gou, so they were naturally on his side. They would do whatever Boss Gou pointed at them, and naturally they wouldn't let Jing Zhe off the hook.
Jing Zhe gave them a cold glance, and they immediately felt a chill and fell silent.
"Just name your debt, Zhou Family Cloth Shop, and I'll pay you back!"
"Kid, are you really going to help her pay it off? Do you know how much silver she owes us? What if she can't pay it back?"
Why do you talk so much?
Jing Zhe waved his hand impatiently.
"..."
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