"One thousand yuan?" Lu Yuncheng's face darkened visibly, his mind racing—why doesn't he just rob someone?!
Putting aside the fact that Old Man Song's house was dilapidated, even a newly built house wouldn't be worth that much money in the village!
Seeing Lu Yuncheng remain silent, Lu Yunzhi asked again, "Why isn't elder brother saying anything? Is it because you can't afford it?"
Shen Qianqian chimed in, "If you can't afford it, don't make such a big demand in the first place! You still have the nerve to say that you'll give whatever Zhou Tian asks for."
Hearing Lu Yuncheng being challenged by Shen Qianqian and Lu Yunzhi, the aunt rushed forward to argue with them.
"What nonsense are you spouting? How could you possibly tarnish Deputy Factory Director Lu's profound sense of justice?"
"That's right, everyone in the factory knows that the deputy factory director always keeps his word; once he sets his mind to something, there's nothing he won't do!"
"Deputy Factory Director Lu's character is truly something all the factory employees should learn from!"
The aunties easily put Lu Yuncheng on the escalator with one sentence each, and now Lu Yuncheng had no way to back out.
Lu Yuncheng said through gritted teeth, "Fine, I'll pay you back even if I have to pay you back my salary in advance."
The words have already been spoken; if he can't keep them now, how will he be able to work at the factory in the future?
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Qi Ran stared wide-eyed at Lu Yuncheng in disbelief: "You... what did you say?"
She was so angry with him she almost fainted.
"That's a thousand yuan! Not a hundred!" Qi Ran cursed Lu Yuncheng with all her might, "Have you even thought about how we're going to live after this?!"
Qi Qi and Lu Yuncheng are not good at saving money; they spend almost all the money they get.
They originally had some money from Qi Ran's small shop, but since they moved to the city, they've bought a lot of furniture, so they don't have much money left.
If Lu Yuncheng had already overspent on his salary for the next five months, Qi Qi really couldn't imagine how miserable they would be in the next five months!
The aunt is now busy flattering Lu Yuncheng, and almost everyone who disagrees with Lu Yuncheng is being brutally killed by them.
Qi Ran was the same.
The aunties spoke up at Qi Ran with dissatisfaction:
"What money? How could the noble and virtuous Deputy Factory Director Lu marry such a vulgar wife as you?"
"No wonder Deputy Factory Director Lu doesn't like being at home. With such an unreasonable wife at home, who would want to go home?"
"Besides, Deputy Factory Director Lu is the head of the family. There's no time for a man to make decisions. Women shouldn't be interrupting. Deputy Factory Director, you'd better give Sister Qi a good talking-to when you get back."
Qi Ran stared in disbelief at the women in front of her. They had just been speaking up for her, but now they were all siding with Lu Yuncheng.
She forced out a sentence through gritted teeth: "Since you think this decision is so good, why don't you chip in and help us pay this 1,000 yuan?"
Upon hearing this, the aunties all lowered their heads and refused to speak, but Lu Yuncheng stood up at this moment.
"Qi Ran, that's enough! What nonsense are you spouting all day long!" Lu Yuncheng scolded Qi Ran.
The quote: "How can a subordinate pay for my things?"
"That's right, that's right," the aunties casually chimed in, afraid of getting themselves involved again.
In this incident, everyone made excuses to slip away.
Shen Qianqian didn't stand on ceremony with Lu Yuncheng. She took out a piece of paper and a pen from her bag and handed them to Lu Yuncheng: "Since you can't come up with the money right now, why don't you write us an IOU first?"
Lu Yuncheng was caught in a dilemma with the onlookers watching the spectacle, and finally, he reluctantly signed the IOU.
At that moment, all he was thinking was, "Let's save face for everyone first. As for whether or not the money will ultimately go to Shen Qianqian and the others, isn't that up to me?"
After receiving the IOU, Shen Qianqian handed it to Zhou Tian: "Brother, you're so generous! We'll come get the money tomorrow!"
With the house matter finally settled, Lu Yuncheng was overjoyed at having once again gained face in front of everyone when he heard some unpleasant news.
"Brother, since you signed the IOU so readily, could you write one too?"
"A note saying you voluntarily returned the room in your house to us?" Lu Yunfeng asked with a fawning smile.
He said this mainly because he was afraid that Qi Ran would cause trouble for their family again in the future.
With the proof of voluntary return of the house from my older brother, even if Qi Ran comes knocking on my door again, I won't be able to...
Afraid!
Seeing Lu Yuncheng's hesitant expression, Lu Yunfeng quickly gave Chen Qin a wink.
After understanding what was going on, Chen Qin plopped down on the ground, grabbed Lu Yuncheng's leg, and wailed, "Big brother, you don't know! After our sister-in-law took our room, we have nowhere to go! We all know you're a caring and righteous older brother, you can't just tolerate our sister-in-law bullying us like this!"
Qi Qi, who witnessed the second wife's act from Lu Yuncheng's side, twitched her lips in mockery: "Back then, you voluntarily swapped houses with me, so how come you're now saying I forcibly took them?"
As soon as she finished speaking, because of the incident where she had forcibly occupied someone else's house, Qi Qi couldn't clear her name with just a few words.
Now, all she regrets is not forcing the second wife to sign a house-swapping agreement!
The whispers around him reached Lu Yuncheng's ears, mostly discussing Qi Qi's inappropriate behavior.
In his excitement, he grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down his voluntary return of the room in one go. Qi Ran was already feeling extremely disappointed at this point.
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