"Wanwan, something's happened at home!"
When the bad news arrived, Su Wanwan woke up from her sleep.
In a daze, she didn't even know if everything she was experiencing was a dream.
After a four-hour bus ride, she returned to her hometown.
The front door was covered in red paint with the words "Pay back the debt" sprayed on it.
Su Wanwan almost couldn't recover from the shock.
Upon entering the house, the debt collector, Zhao Shi, with a scraggly beard, began beating Su Yuanxin's father while shouting, "I'll teach you to pay back your debts! I'll beat you to death!"
Su Wanwan was startled when she entered the room. She picked up her phone and threatened Zhao Shi and his brothers with slightly red eyes.
"This is the age of law. If you keep causing trouble like this, I'm calling the police!"
Zhao Shi arrogantly pointed a knife at Su Wanwan.
"Call the police! Didn't I tell you last time? If we call the police, none of you will survive!"
Your father was involved in gambling, your mother was involved in child trafficking, and you were also involved. You want to call the police? At worst, we'll all go down together.
Su Wanwan remained calm upon hearing this, but her head was throbbing as she hurriedly tried to explain.
“My brother wasn’t abducted. That family couldn’t afford to raise him anymore, and my mother took pity on him and brought him home.”
She can remain calm in anything except when her own family members are threatened.
Zhao Shi sat on the sofa, wiping the knife with a cloth, looking quite pleased with himself.
"But this little boy was someone I bought from human traffickers for that family back then. Who knew that family couldn't afford to raise him?"
Later, when this boy came to your house, I remember your mother also gave money to that family.
This belongs to human traffickers; you're accomplices too. If we call the police, we'll all be in deep trouble.
Su Wanwan's mother, Li Wenyan, held the sobbing Su Xingzhou and shook her head desperately, murmuring, "No, Wanwan can't call the police, she can't call the police..."
"Mom? What are you afraid of?"
Li Wenyan was very smart when she was young, and Su Wanwan felt that her mother must be hiding something from her now.
The father, Su Yuanxin, was beaten to the ground and unable to move. His face was bruised and swollen, his beard was unshaven, long and thick, and his once strong body had become slightly hunched.
He curled up his legs and hugged his head, looking defensive as if he were lying there quietly waiting to be punched and kicked, muttering to himself.
"Wanwan, Daddy is sorry for you, sorry for you and your mom..."
Su Wanwan suddenly felt heartbroken after reading it.
She knew that rushing wouldn't help, so she put down the bag she was carrying, took off her trench coat, and gradually regained her composure with a half-smile.
She sat opposite Zhao Shi, crossed her legs, and placed her hands in front of her chest: "Tell me, how much do you owe this time?"
Zhao Shi slammed his hand on the coffee table, making a loud "bang!" followed by a threatening tone.
"Your dad? He owes 5 million this time. The boss is pressuring me so much that he's practically begging me to pay it back. If I can't pay it back this time, I'll lose my life!"
5 million!
For Su Wanwan, who currently earns three to four thousand yuan a month, that's an outrageous figure.
She kept her eyes tightly closed, trying not to let the tears fall, and slowly opened them.
"Whether you live or die is none of my business. All I know is that your collection efforts are wasting both your own and my time!"
Zhao Shi took out a toothpick and used it to clean his teeth while looking at his phone screen. He heard Su Wanwan's words and heard a mocking laugh.
"Heh, Su Wanwan, if you can't pay this back, the boss will take your father's head. How can that be considered a waste of time?"
Having no other choice, Su Wanwan could only feign weakness, pouring cold water from the coffee table and taking a sip to calm her nerves.
“I don’t have any money. If you want his head, then take it. I’m not a good person either, and I don’t want a father like that.”
Besides, we didn't say we wouldn't pay. Get your boss here, I'll talk to him.
For a fleeting moment, she hardened her heart.
However, the other party came prepared, and she was in a very passive position. Zhao Shiming ordered someone to produce the contract.
"Okay, I want the head now. As for the money, if you don't pay it back later, we'll have to take legal action. Your dad signed a contract with us back then."
The loan agreement was for starting a livestock farming business. If you can't repay it when it's due, you'll be legally liable. And who knows what might happen then?
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Shi picked up his knife and walked towards Su Yuanxin, slapping the heavy, sharp blade twice on Su Yuanxin's face.
"Old Su, I never thought you'd end up like this. Back then, your Su family was number one in wealth in Asia and among the top three in the world, but now you can't even pay back five million. Tsk tsk tsk."
Su Wanwan felt a pang of heartache as she watched, but she had to admit that she had no way to make amends.
In today's legal society, the other party may have more information than you. If it comes to a lawsuit, firstly, she may not be able to afford the lawyer's fees, and secondly, she may not be able to afford the time and energy involved.
But she couldn't just stand by and watch her father die like that. Her mind raced, trying to think of a good solution.
Just as Zhao Shi was swinging his knife, Su Yuanxin, with a sudden burst of strength, got up, pushed Zhao Shi aside, and rushed out the door, fleeing at top speed.
Zhao Shi and three or five others chased after them with knives. In March, most of the young people in the countryside go out to work, leaving behind only left-behind children and the elderly.
Everyone was terrified at the sight, and Su Wanwan rushed forward immediately.
Although she hated her father's gambling habit, she still didn't want anything to happen to him.
On a highway with very few vehicles, Su Yuanxin was pinned to the ground and unable to move, his ears bleeding from the friction against the ground.
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