Hearing this, An Xiuping became even more frightened and cried even louder.
Zhang Chuntao also believed that the man in front of her would definitely keep his word. If he went to a brothel, how would she and her daughter survive?
"No, no, no! I'll pay! I'll pay!" Zhang Chuntao had no choice but to agree immediately. "But I don't have any money on me. My niece is at the Star Gazing Tower. I'll go find her; she has money!"
Zhang Chuntao thought of Yang Cui.
It makes no sense that Yang Cui would lend twenty taels of silver to help the Wang sisters, who are not related to her at all. Would she abandon her own relatives? She is Yang Cui's maternal aunt, and Xiuping is her sister.
Song Guangming: "Alright, now take us to find her."
Zhang Chuntao and An Xiuping stood up in pain and led the way, followed by four thugs and Song Guangming. There was no way for Zhang Chuntao and An Xiuping to escape.
Left with no other option, Zhang Chuntao had to take the person to the Star Gazing Tower.
Seeing this, Manager Yu knew that Song Guangming wasn't there for a meal, so he quickly ran out and asked with a smile, "Manager Song, what brings you here today?"
"Manager Yu, I'm here today to collect a debt," Song Guangming said, his gaze turning to Zhang Chuntao.
When Zhang Chuntao saw Manager Yu, she burst into tears, crying, "Manager Yu, I'm Xiao Cui's aunt! I'm so miserable! Waaah... Please go and call Yang Cui for me, please ask her to come and save my daughter and me, waaah..."
Manager Yu's gaze swept back and forth between Zhang Chuntao and Song Guangming before finally saying, "Just wait."
"Miss Yang, your aunt is here to see you. It seems she's been badly beaten. You should go and check on her quickly."
"What? My mother was beaten up?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiang jumped up, put down what he was doing, and ran out.
Yang Cui quickly followed her out.
An Xiaojiang rushed out and only saw Zhang Chuntao: "Auntie, where's my mother? Who bullied my mother?"
Zhang Chuntao didn't say anything, but when she saw Yang Cui arrive, she immediately rushed over, grabbed Yang Cui's hand tightly, and cried her heart out: "Xiaocui, you must help your aunt and your sister Xiuping! If you don't help us, no one else will! Waaah..."
"What exactly happened? Did you and Xiuping get beaten up?"
"Xiao Cui, can you lend me some money? I... I'll definitely pay you back, please don't ask."
"How can I borrow it if you don't tell me? What exactly happened?"
“Miss Yang, my name is Song Guangming, and I am the manager of Haoyunlai Restaurant. Let me handle this matter…”
"Don't say it!" Zhang Chuntao hurriedly stopped her.
Yang Cui became curious: "Aunt, you didn't let me know, but you want me to pay for it. Isn't that inappropriate?"
Zhang Chun stammered, "I ate at their restaurant and forgot to bring any money. Could you... lend me some?"
Yang Cui could tell from the way Zhang Chuntao spoke that she was lying.
However, she didn't expose him, thinking it probably wasn't much money, and asked, "How much?"
"Three...thirty taels."
"How much?" Yang Cui's voice suddenly rose, as if she were hallucinating.
An Xiaojiang was dumbfounded and asked, "Auntie, what do you eat that costs thirty taels? Where does my sister get that much money? Do you think my sister owns a gold mine?!"
Zhang Chuntao: "Xiao Cui, I know you're good, and I know you're rich. You can help the Wang sisters, so there's no reason why you can't help us. Please help me, or he'll sell my daughter and me to a brothel."
"Thirty taels, not thirty coins! Where am I supposed to get that from? You're not telling the truth, how can I help you?" Yang Cui was speechless. "Do you really think I own a mine?"
An Xiaojiang's gaze fell on Song Guangming: "Could he have been killed?"
"Hey kid, don't talk nonsense. Our Good Luck Restaurant has always been honest and fair to everyone, young and old," Song Guangming said loudly.
"What happened?" Su Murong came downstairs.
The moment the handsome man appeared, he captivated An Xiuping.
After the shopkeeper briefly explained the situation to him, Su Murong said, "Thirty taels of silver, you really can eat! What did you eat?"
Zhang Chuntao felt that Su Murong liked her daughter, and she also noticed that Song Guangming was particularly respectful to Su Murong, so she instantly felt confident when she saw Su Murong.
She cried to Su Murong, "Actually, I didn't eat anything that cost thirty taels of silver. He just overcharged me."
"Oh? Is that so, Manager Song?"
"Of course not! Young Master Su, actually, their mother said she could make fried chicken, and I thought they really could. Who knew they were just trying to freeload? They ate a whole plate of mutton and ten eggs, wasted two old hens, ruined a whole jar of oil, and kept us from doing business for more than an hour. Do you think it's too much for me to ask for thirty taels?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Cui looked at Zhang Chuntao and her daughter in shock, then smiled mockingly. Knowing that Yang Cui was teaching at the Star Gazing Tower, Zhang Chuntao and her daughter still went to other restaurants to sell their skills, and what's worse, they messed things up and ended up losing more than they gained.
What's even more ridiculous is that they expect me to spend money to rescue them. Do they really think they're easy targets? Are they some kind of saintly hypocrite reincarnated?
An Xiuping thought Su Murong liked her, so she cried and begged for sympathy and favor: "Young master, please help us!"
Zhang Chuntao: "Young Master Su, please help us. He's going to sell my daughter into a brothel."
"What does that have to do with me?" Su Murong said irritably. "Why should I help you? What does it have to do with me?"
"Don't you like my daughter?"
Manager Yu, Song Guangming, was completely dumbfounded!
Su Murong spat out a mouthful of tea, her face flushed with anger, and glared at Zhang Chuntao: "You woman, what nonsense are you spouting!"
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