Was the backyard burgled?
The commotion drew everyone into the backyard, where they found Old Lady Long slumped on the threshold, weeping and wailing. Liu Haizhong was pacing back and forth angrily, cursing loudly, while Second Aunt was crying even more bitterly than Old Lady Long.
Then came Xu Damao's exclamation: "Damn it, who stole my money? Get out here, or I'll beat you to death!"
The whole courtyard was abuzz with discussion: how could the backyard have been burgled?
Is this some kind of case of the thief crying "stop thief!" and trying to avoid paying compensation?
Enraged, Sha Zhu rushed forward and beat Xu Damao: "Kid, if you don't want to pay, you lie and say your money was stolen? You think you can fool me?"
"Ah, Sha Zhu, get off me, ah!" Xu Damao was being brutally beaten by Sha Zhu while he was on top of him, and no matter how he argued, it was no use.
Sha Zhu wanted to beat him up for secretly going on blind dates and getting married; he deserved it.
With things escalating to this point, even Yi Zhonghai and his wife suspected that the three families were lying about being robbed in order to avoid paying compensation.
Outsiders have no idea about the specifics.
The only person who knew the inside story was Zheng Ya. He deliberately stole the money and jewelry from the three families, causing them pain and rewarding them with points for their lack of loyalty.
In just half an hour, the people in the courtyard contributed more than 120,000 negative credits, and it's still rising.
Each of the four individuals contributes 100 points of negative karma, without any reduction.
It seems that the hostility is so strong that the dedication value will not decrease, and it is given out frequently, one hundred at a time.
Old Lady Long, Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi, and Jia Dongxu became mortal enemies; at least in their eyes, they wished Zheng Ya were dead.
This is similar to the enemy agents' hatred towards Zheng Ya, who offered 100 points of loyalty—a deadly enmity that cannot be resolved.
On the contrary, Zheng Ya made a fortune wave after wave, enjoying it immensely. This was exactly the effect he wanted, but it wasn't quite there yet.
For Zheng Ya, gold, silver, jewelry, and money are just numbers. What matters is generating income from negative karma and positive karma to promote the upgrading of his superpowers.
Making money isn't that easy?
Zheng Ya could easily use his virtue and faith values to generate human beings to produce precious Chinese medicinal herbs, which he could then sell. Making as much money as he wanted would be no problem.
The only difficult task is creating the Zhengde value.
Zheng Ya's plan to win over Yan Fugui to counter Yi Zhonghai and others was also a scheme to show favor to Yan Fugui's family and see if they would be grateful and contribute to the righteous cause.
If the experiment is successful, Zheng Ya will be able to help more people in need and obtain Zhengde points.
This was what Zheng Ya was most concerned about. Seeing that the situation was deteriorating and difficult to handle, Zheng Ya coldly snorted, "Should we call the police?"
"Ah, no, we can't call the police!" Old Mrs. Long was startled and sat up to stop him. Yi Zhonghai said with a headache, "The courtyard should handle its own affairs. We can't call the police."
If the police are called, our institute's "advanced" award will be ruined.
With winter fast approaching, in just three months we'll be selected as an advanced residential compound and receive an award from the neighborhood committee, with every household benefiting from the awards.
If the police are called, everything will be ruined.
"Haha, you're harboring criminals, plotting to seize collective property, and even trying to incite the people in the compound to become your accomplices. Your intentions are despicable!" Zheng Ya retorted righteously.
One sentence shattered Yi Zhonghai's scheme to manipulate the people in the hospital for profit.
Yi Zhonghai was stunned, completely taken aback. This kid had seen through everything and turned against him. All the prestige he had built up had been destroyed in one fell swoop. How hateful!
Yan Fugui chimed in: "Yes, Zheng Ya is indeed a college student. He hit the nail on the head. We cannot protect criminals who attempt to seize collective property."
Otherwise, he would be committing a grave crime; Yi Zhonghai harbors malicious intentions…
"Alright, I was wrong. I was just thinking about the interests of the people in the hospital. I said the wrong thing in my haste. I didn't mean any harm!" Yi Zhonghai was startled and quickly waved his hands to explain.
Unfortunately, now that things have escalated to this point, everyone in the courtyard has seen through Yi Zhonghai and Old Lady Long, and they don't believe his self-defense at all.
But the people in the courtyard didn't kick him when he was down.
Zheng Ya, focused on generating revenue, winked at Yan Fugui, who pressed on aggressively: "Yi Zhonghai, an explanation is just a cover-up."
Unless you call the police, we won't believe you meant well initially and just misspoke.
"Yan Fugui, you're pushing people too far. It's so late, calling the police is disturbing the peace and interfering with official business."
"Besides, the victim didn't say anything, yet you kept calling the police. Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for everyone in the hospital?" Yi Zhonghai argued angrily.
Grandma Long immediately declared, "I won't call the police. Anyway, I'm just an old woman, a recipient of the Five Guarantees, I don't have to worry about food or clothing. If I'm robbed, I'll just consider it a way to avoid further trouble!"
"I won't call the police anymore, let's just leave it at that!" Liu Haizhong said, feeling aggrieved. It was true that he lost money and gold bars, but his bankbook was not lost.
But if the passbook is about to be returned to someone else, it's like being robbed.
Only Xu Damao, after Sha Zhu got up and left, got up from the ground and limped away, saying, "If you won't call the police, I will..."
"Xu Damao, are you looking for a fight?" Sha Zhu jumped up and blocked his way, waving his fist in a show of defiance.
Xu Damao, his face bruised and swollen from being beaten, cried out in fear as he leaned closer, saying, "Hit me, go ahead and kill me!"
You son of a bitch, I'll call the police and have you killed, unless you kill me...
"Enough, are you ever going to stop?"
"Da Mao, you're not allowed to call the police. Sha Zhu will pay your share of the compensation. That's settled. No more trouble." Old Mrs. Long was terrified.
If Xu Damao were to call the police, all our efforts would be in vain.
Zheng Ya simply hopes someone will call the police and bring the criminals to justice; that has nothing to do with Zheng Ya being heartless.
That's right, that's what Zheng Ya was thinking. Maybe he could send Old Lady Long and the others to jail and earn even more and more "heartbreak points" from their contributions.
Suffering in prison will make them hate Zheng Ya and give up their loyalty points. It's a lifelong dedication. They can earn money and win without Zheng Ya having to provoke them. Isn't that great?
Unfortunately, Old Lady Long was shrewd and saw through Zheng Ya's scheme to steal their money. She angrily demanded payment, saying, "Hmph, since you parties involved aren't going to call the police, I won't say anything."
So, have you reached an agreement on the compensation?
"Ahem, young Zheng Ya, we haven't raised enough money. How about we write an IOU and repay a lump sum each month? Is that alright?" Old Mrs. Long said, her face falling.
Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Haizhong and said, "Second Uncle, what do you say?"
"Okay, you can discuss and write an IOU, and we'll meet later to discuss how each party will share the cost." Seeing Zheng Ya's dark face and the look of impending explosion, Liu Haizhong didn't dare to stop him. If it's better to give up money to avoid disaster, then so be it.
We have no choice but to suffer this injustice!
Xu Damao became obedient at this moment, enduring the pain of his bruised and swollen face as he glared at Sha Zhu, as if to say, "Hit me, hit me until you're bankrupt, and see who's unlucky."
Sha Zhu was furious. He turned his head away, afraid that he would rush up and beat him up. He secretly shouted, "Why should I?"
So Zheng Ya gave Yan Fugui a wink, and Yan Fugui immediately understood and walked over to Yi Zhonghai and said, "Who of you will write the IOU, and how much money do you plan to repay each month?"
The amount to be paid upfront needs to be clearly stated.
You need to understand that money in the bank earns interest; this is a calculation you need to make clear, right?
"Okay, let's scrape together 10,000 yuan and withdraw it from the bank tomorrow. Besides that 10,000 yuan, can you calculate the rest?" Yi Zhonghai bargained, suppressing the urge to slap him...
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