Xu Jingui made no attempt to hide the greed in his eyes. His eyes darted around twice before he sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
"Oh dear, life is unbearable. Our daughter has grown up and no longer cares about her parents." He said, pulling his wife and child over. "Tell me, what could we possibly be doing here? A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. If we weren't starving, why would we come looking for you?"
"Fellow villagers, come and judge this for us! We raised her, and now that she's become the adopted daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's family, she doesn't care about her biological parents' lives anymore. What kind of logic is this?" Xu Jingui, being from the bottom of society, knew best how to manipulate people's hearts. As he spoke, he didn't forget to show off the patches on his clothes.
Xu Yuehuai felt contempt in her heart, and with a cold face, she also looked down on their behavior.
"If I had known you would turn out like this, I really shouldn't have let your mother give birth to such an unfilial daughter as you." Xu Jingui observed Xu Yuehuai's reaction, and seeing that she didn't react, he continued to cry and make a fuss.
At this point, the people couldn't help but condemn Xu Yuehuai's behavior.
"No wonder Tianxiang Restaurant makes so much money; it turns out it's all ill-gotten gains."
"That's right, how good can someone be who doesn't even care about their own parents?"
"I think she was just faking it all before."
...
All of these words reached Xu Yuehuai's ears.
She initially didn't want to pay any attention, but she couldn't stand it any longer. She frowned and snorted coldly, "Father and Mother? Ha, I think you've probably forgotten that you sold me off back in Luoping Village. How can you call yourselves family now?"
"I'm so lucky to have survived the flood, otherwise, there would be no Tianxianglou today."
After Xu Yuehuai finished speaking, he felt very annoyed, especially since their commotion at the entrance of Tianxiang Tower had attracted a crowd of passersby.
“Xu Yuehuai, no matter what, we raised you. Now that we are in trouble, are you really not going to help us at all?” Seeing that public opinion was about to tilt in Xu Yuehuai’s favor, Xu Jingui immediately spoke up to explain, “Why do you have to say that we sold our daughter? We accepted the betrothal gifts because we saw that the Jiang family was rich and powerful, and we thought that you wouldn’t suffer even if you married into the family. You haven’t suffered any grievances since you married into the family, so how did it become our fault?”
Seeing that Xu Yuehuai was unmoved, Xu Mingzhi pointed his finger at her and cursed, "Xu Yuehuai, you are not a human being. Our father has knelt down and begged you, and you still say such things."
This Xu Mingzhi is also a scoundrel, just like Xu Jingui, addicted to gambling. He finally saw a money tree, so naturally he wouldn't let it go so easily.
"What sins have we committed to give birth to such an unfilial daughter like you, only to watch us starve to death on the streets?" Xu Jingui kept mocking Xu Yuehuai, hoping that as long as she was speechless and endured the people's curses, she would naturally have to obediently hand over the silver.
He kept cursing and swearing until his death, and Xu Yuehuai naturally couldn't stand it, so she turned around and tried to leave.
Seeing this, Xu Jingui became even more arrogant and grabbed Xu Yuehuai's arm, saying, "Are you even human? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Xu Jingui continued to post, not forgetting to give his wife and children a meaningful look. Now they were all entangled together, arguing and bickering.
Xu Mingzhi was afraid that his cash cow would run away, so he went up and pushed Xu Yuehuai, cursing, "Xu Yuehuai, don't push your luck. You'll get your comeuppance sooner or later. If you refuse to support your parents, we'll go to the yamen and sue you."
Xu Yuehuai was furious. If God really had mercy, who knows who would be struck dead? But as she watched more and more people gather around her, she couldn't help but frown.
This can't go on any longer, or Tianxianglou's business will definitely fail.
"Come with me." Xu Yuehuai could only turn her head and say coldly, then led the people into the private room to talk.
When Xu Jingui and the others saw that Xu Yuehuai had reacted, they thought that Xu Yuehuai was afraid of them, and they were overjoyed and followed after him.
"Good daughter, I knew you still had a conscience." Xu Jingui smiled as he got up and followed Xu Yuehuai into Tianxiang Tower. As he went up the stairs, he kept looking around.
This Tianxiang Restaurant is truly magnificent. If Xu Jingui were to become its manager, he would be incredibly proud of himself.
Perhaps he can even take over all the gambling dens in Chang'an.
Seeing this, Qi Guze immediately turned past the crowd and followed.
He was afraid that Xu Yuehuai would be bullied. After all, Xu Jingui and the others had looked like tigers and leopards, as if they wanted to tear Xu Yuehuai apart and eat her. He had to protect Xu Yuehuai. The most important thing was that the appearance of these people was too coincidental. He always felt that there was something fishy going on.
“Xu Yuehuai, we raised you, especially your mother, who suffered a lot. Isn’t it only natural to ask for some money to help us out?” Xu Jingui sat down in the main seat and drank tea as soon as he entered, acting like the patriarch of a family.
Cui Rou's face was clearly pale and aged. She sighed and said, "Yes, Yue'er, you are so rich now, can't you help us out? When you were little, your mother almost broke her leg trying to get you medical treatment."
She was still clear-headed after all, knowing that if they kept pressing her, it would only make Xu Yuehuai more dissatisfied, so she simply played the emotional card.
Qi Guze watched from the side, his eyes filled with vigilance.
"That's right, my parents and I finally found you, and you don't even acknowledge us. It's an outrage!" Xu Mingzhi said arrogantly.
Xu Yuehuai was truly disgusted by their hypocritical act and retorted directly, "You have hands and feet, if you're short of money, you can go and earn it. My money is also hard-earned. Why should I give it to you just because you ask? You said it yourself, 'A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl,' and you took the betrothal gifts I gave you and ran away with your families without ever informing me. Now you actually have the nerve to come knocking on my door. Where do you get the nerve?"
Seeing that she wouldn't listen to reason or threats, Xu Jingui slammed his fist on the table in a fit of anger, pointed at her nose and started yelling: "No matter what, I'm still your father. It's only right that you pay me to support you. Give me the money right now, or you can forget about doing business with me."
Xu Mingzhi was furious and got up to start a fight, but Qi Guze stepped in front of Xu Yuehuai in time.
"Since you've come here to ask for money, you should be polite. With this attitude, don't blame me for taking you to the authorities." He didn't want to bully others, but faced with this family of scoundrels, he had no choice but to do so.
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