Chapter 1114 I owe you this money
Yelena was disdainful of Xiao Peng's words. She said proudly, "You may not know my experience. I studied at St. Paul's Girls' School in England for seven years, and later graduated from the School of History and Classics at the University of Edinburgh..."
Xiao Peng interrupted her with a clap of his hands before she could finish. "You didn't even pay for your tuition, and your uncle paid for your living expenses. After graduation, you had nothing to do, so you became a thief and a criminal. Now you're handcuffed and talking to me. If the University of Edinburgh knew one of their graduates had become like this, they probably wouldn't want to admit they had such a student."
"You..." Yelena looked at Xiao Peng with anger, but Xiao Peng didn't even look at her. He lit another cigarette and said, "Hurry up and slam the table to show your anger. Scream at me and refute me!"
Yelena looked at Xiao Peng without saying a word.
Xiao Peng continued slowly, "I haven't seen you achieve anything since you finished your studies. You enjoyed the excellent resources and education that Carl provided you, yet you treated Carl like that. You couldn't even be a good thief. There are so many thieves on the street who have been locked up for two years, and you're a rare one. Come on, tell me what you've accomplished in your life. What achievements have you made? Shock me!"
Jelena asked back, “What about you?”
"Me?" Xiao Peng smiled faintly. "I'm sitting here at the table, smoking a cigarette, looking at you in handcuffs. I have a way to get you out, while you can't do anything and can only suffer here. Just for this reason, I'm better than you, right?"
"You..." Yelena glared at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Stop the 'you, you, you' thing. Don't you have anything else to say besides this?"
He smoked his cigarette and didn't look at Jelena. After a while, he heard sobbing. He tilted his head and saw, hey, she was crying!
"Hey, why are you crying?" Xiao Peng said.
After hearing what Xiao Peng said, Yelena cried and said, "What do you know? Do you know what I went through as a child? Just because I'm mixed-race, how many people looked down on me? I don't have many friends. My uncle gave me great resources, but so what? Do you know what my classmates said about me when I attended the class reunion? What's wrong with me becoming a thief? If I were hanging out with those people, they wouldn't say that to me!"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng said, "Oh, so you live for what others think of you?"
"Does other people's opinions matter?" Jelena countered. "What do you know? Has anyone ever said that to you? You haven't experienced anything like that, so what right do you have to say that to me?"
Xiao Peng took a drag on his cigarette and said, "If you're talking about your upbringing, then I really don't have the right to criticize you. But if you're talking about being scolded? I've been scolded far more than you have. Some people say I'm unfilial; some say I'm rich but unkind; others fabricate stories about my parents' 'passionate past'; just within a week, someone said I had an ambiguous relationship with an older man; and some time ago, I disappeared for a while, and then rumors of my death started circulating. And when they heard the news, there was a lot of gloating and gloating... I might not be as good as others, but when it comes to being scolded, you're way behind!"
Xiao Peng put out his cigarette. "I've come to two conclusions: There are only two types of people who speak ill of you: those who are inherently bad, and those who envy or begrudge you a life worse than yours. Why should you care about what others think? Especially those who keep saying, 'I'm doing this for your own good,' are they really that kind? Most people, when they point fingers at others, are actually just doing it to satisfy their own petty vanity or ulterior motives."
After hearing this, Yelena's face was full of disbelief. She no longer cared about crying, but stared at Xiao Peng with wide eyes.
"What? Don't you believe what I say?" Xiao Peng looked at Jelena.
Jelena didn't deny it. "I've seen a lot of people who are good at bragging, but I've never seen anyone like you. Don't you think what you say is a little too fake? Who do you think you are? A superstar? A superstar? You don't look like one!"
Xiao Peng didn't get angry. Instead, he snapped his fingers and said, "See, the facts prove that your high education, which you are so proud of, is not of much help to you. A high education sometimes does not necessarily mean high quality or high ability. At least your ability to judge people is not good enough. Having a diploma and being uneducated are not contradictory. I usually don't give people a bad evaluation directly, but for you?" Xiao Peng shook his little finger: "You really can't do it!"
Just as Jelena was about to speak, Xiao Peng waved her hand away. "Alright, are you going to point at me and say 'you, you, you' again? How about a new trick? I'm too lazy to waste time with you. Just decide how you want to get out. I'll calculate how much it's going to cost!"
Hearing this, Jelena's eyes lit up: "Of course, the sooner the better!"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng asked back, "Didn't you say your uncle's money is dirty? Don't you say you don't spend your uncle's money?"
"I've figured it out!" Jelena said. "The money isn't guilty, it's the people who are guilty! Even if my uncle's money came from questionable sources, can't I help him change that situation? I'll use the money for something more needed."
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this: "You? It's you who despised your uncle's money, and now it's you who's desperately asking for help! You're a Westerner, isn't independence the most important thing when growing up here? Why do I feel like it's better for you to stay here? Letting you go would be a disaster! Your uncle raised you like an ungrateful person! Let me tell you, your father is also very rich, are you going to squander his money? Answer me one question now: Why do you think you can?"
After Xiao Peng's retort, Jelena was speechless and her face turned red and white.
Xiao Peng said disdainfully, "I can tell you, getting you out cost me my money. It has nothing to do with your uncle or your father. The reason is that your father and I are good friends—this guy takes advantage of me every day, and I'm used to it! Forget it, you don't understand shit when I tell you this! I'm not trying to discourage you, but you rely on yourself? You won't even be able to pay me back the money I spent to get you out of here in your lifetime!"
"That's enough!" Jelena roared. "Who are you looking down on? Just because I didn't do well before doesn't mean I won't do well in the future! When I get out of here, I can get by without anyone's help!"
Xiao Peng gave a thumbs-up and said, "Okay, let's make a deal. I'll get you out of here, and the money I spent will be considered your debt to me, calculated based on the ABN AMRO interest rate. How dignified is that? You won't use your cheap father's money, nor your uncle's dirty money. Let's see when you can pay me back."
After hearing this, Jelena said without hesitation, "That's the best idea! Okay, we have a deal! But how soon can you get me out?"
"Are you so anxious? Wasn't this your own choice?"
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