Chi Jingyu hadn't expected the interest rate on that loan to be so high.
He thought he could pay off his debts once he received his salary, but he never expected that in just over a month, the interest would snowball to an unbearable level.
The debt collector found him; he was a man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a scar on his face. He and several henchmen cornered Chi Jingyu in the alley, their expressions menacing: "Young Master Chi, the agreed time has long passed. When do you plan to repay the money?"
Chi Jingyu's face was grim: "I only borrowed a few thousand taels in total, but now you want me to repay tens of thousands of taels? Do you have no respect for the law?"
The scarred man sneered in a sleazy tone, "The law?"
He pulled a written agreement from his pocket and spread it in front of Chi Jingyu, his expression unfriendly. "It's written clearly in black and white, and you signed and fingerprinted it. How can you deny it now?"
Since they dare to do this kind of work, they must have someone backing them.
Moreover, Chi Jingyu, as an official appointed by the imperial court, was afraid of affecting his career and also cared about his reputation. He certainly wouldn't want to make a big fuss about it, so he could only obediently let them kill him!
Chi Jingyu's face flushed with anger. The other party had been cautious and had only mentioned one day's interest. He had no experience with this, but he figured it wouldn't be much, so he agreed.
Now he finally understood that he had been fooled!
But just as the other party expected, Chi Jingyu didn't want to make a big fuss. He couldn't bear the embarrassment of having people demanding repayment of debts come to his door to demand an explanation.
Therefore, he could only swallow his anger and say, "Give me some more time, and I will find a way."
The scarred man didn't want to push the other person too far, so he chuckled nonchalantly, "Alright, then the young master should at least give us a deadline, shouldn't he?"
Chi Jingyu hesitated before replying, "Seven days."
The scarred man looked impatient: "Three days at most. If, after three days, the young master still hasn't given me an explanation..." He narrowed his eyes, his expression threatening, "then don't blame us for coming to collect the debt!"
The group swaggered away, leaving Chi Jingyu so angry that her hands were trembling.
Where could he possibly find the money in just three days?
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There was nothing that could be done about Lady Hou's side, so Chi Jingyu had no choice but to swallow his pride and go to Shen Xiwei.
However, the argument of the previous two days had already chilled Shen Xiwei's heart, and her reaction was lukewarm: "What does the young master need so much silver for? Wasn't what we had before enough? I don't have any more here."
She had seen through Chi Jingyu, and now she was naturally unwilling to invest any more.
At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder why he kept asking for money. Could something have happened?
Shen Xiwei secretly kept a watchful eye on things.
Having been turned away, Chi Jingyu was in a terrible mood. He went to Yun Que's courtyard, where she was lighting incense. Hearing the sound, she looked up in surprise and quickly straightened up: "Young Master?"
Chi Jingyu narrowed his eyes, took three steps forward in two, grabbed her by the throat, and said in a sinister tone, "Did you do this on purpose?"
Yun Que's face turned bright red as she gasped for breath, "This servant...does not know what I did to anger the young master? Please enlighten me, young master..."
He remained unmoved, his expression growing colder as he silently scrutinized her: "You knew full well that the interest rates on those loans were exorbitant, yet you still coaxed me into borrowing them. What were your true intentions?"
The lark's eyes rolled back, and she was almost out of breath, her voice broken and intermittent: "This servant doesn't know..."
A tear rolled down her cheek; her expression was one of fear and confusion, and her voice grew weaker.
Chi Jingyu suddenly released his grip, and Yun Que collapsed to the ground, clutching her neck and gasping for breath as if she had been granted a pardon.
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