It's only right to pay back debts; she had no other choice but to beg.
In the kitchen, Lu Feng had already plugged the two wires into the sockets, sparks flying. He heard the entire conversation at the door and silently told himself that it had nothing to do with him anymore and that he had to go back.
"Don't give me that crap!" Li Dafang yelled at the top of her lungs in the hallway, "Come out and see, everyone! Jiang Xiaoyan owes money and won't pay it back!"
People from all walks of life opened their doors to watch the excitement, whispering amongst themselves.
"This person is shameless; he owes money but has no shame in not paying it back."
"You don't know, there are even more shameless people out there."
"Someone saw her going out to sell herself!"
Where did you see it?
"No matter where you saw it, it must be true. Her man indulges in all sorts of vices, from drinking and gambling to whoring. Where would he get the money?"
"That's right, that's all there is to being pretty."
The various humiliating words made Jiang Xiaoyan feel ashamed. She stood up, closed the door, ran to the bed, and burst into tears.
"Open the door! What are you hiding in there like a coward? You think you're right to not pay back the money you owe?" Li Dafang's shouting came from outside the door, followed by the sound of the door being kicked.
"Everyone on this floor knows you're a whore? If you don't have money, go sell yourself! Borrowing money and not paying it back, how can you be so shameless?"
"Open the door!!"
"What good is being pretty? Why don't you find a man to pay back the money?"
Jiang Xiaoyan hugged her knees and cried bitterly. She didn't dare to go out and make a scene. The other party's words, "return the money," would leave her speechless. She could only silently endure it. She didn't know how many times she had been insulted like this over the years.
Lu Feng stared at the hissing smoke coming from the electrical wires in the basin, his mind a mess. He kept telling himself not to be soft-hearted, that he had to go back. The success he had earned through ten years of hard work was about to be gone before he could even enjoy it.
But the sound of Jiang Xiaoyan's fragile and helpless crying outside the kitchen pained him. Taking a deep breath, he decided to put his hand into the basin. If he went back, everything here would be irrelevant to him.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Open the door! Pay up!"
The loud banging on the door startled Duoduo awake from her dream, and she burst into tears.
Jiang Xiaoyan quickly hugged Duoduo in her arms, and the two of them curled up in the corner of the bed. She kept patting Duoduo's back to tell her that everything was alright.
"Dad! I'm scared!"
"dad!"
Duo Duo's screams were heart-wrenching!
Just as Lu Feng's hand was about to touch the water in the basin, he heard Duo Duo's scream and abruptly pulled it back. He took a deep breath and muttered to himself, "God, you've won!"
"If I can't give this mother and son a good life, I'm not a Lu!"
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