novelraw Chapter 605 - 606: Unable to Repay
Chapter 605 - 606: Unable to Repay
The debt collectors surrounded Cai Ming for a long time, "You really won’t pay back."
"Why should I pay back?" Cai Ming looked perplexed, "Did I sign the IOU?"
"If you think I should be responsible, we can go to the police station." Cai Ming wasn’t worried in the slightest.
After the movement ended, the public security, prosecution, and court systems gradually started to recover. Although not fully restored yet, mainly due to a shortage of professionals, it’s no longer an unreasonable era.
"If you feel unsatisfied, we can go to court."
Go to the police station or court? The debt collectors exchanged glances. Not to mention the IOUs had nothing to do with Cai Ming; even if they did, going to court for repayment based on the circumstances of the loan wouldn’t work.
"You really won’t come out." A fierce man stepped forward and rudely asked.
"Whoever borrowed the money should pay it back. We’re all adults. If you want to say Cai Guoqing needs a good education, that’s your business." Cai Ming indicated that he couldn’t control it.
"But I have to say, if you really harm him and cause any physical injury, you could report it. If it’s serious, you’ll not only have to pay compensation and support him for life, but you might also end up in jail." Cai Ming kindly pointed out.
"You’re trying to scare me." The fierce man was visibly frightened by Cai Ming’s words, his face turning pale. Though he wasn’t highly educated, he knew that hurting someone couldn’t end well.
In past movements, hitting or injuring people could still be smoothed over somehow, but things are different now.
"But your brother owes me money." The fierce man cursed his bad luck, hating Cai Guoqing for leading him into a trap.
He thought the man before him was easy to bully, but does anyone who talks like this seem easily bullied?
His words were intricately connected, and with no way to lay a hand on Cai Guoqing, who stupidly got caught in tricks while gambling and didn’t earnestly work, how could he get his money back?
Although there were many debt collectors, some were merely subordinates of this man. The fake IOUs were all fabricated together by Cai Guoqing and them in the past few days, but now even their leader was clueless, and they didn’t know what to do.
"That’s your money." Cai Ming repeatedly emphasized that this matter was none of his business.
Seeing this stubborn guy unmoved by soft or hard tactics, the debt collectors could only exchange glances and retreat for now.
It wasn’t that they were conceding; they just couldn’t proceed as long as they couldn’t act in front of so many people.
In short, the kid was lucky this time. Next time, they’d find a deserted place to deal with him.
The group of debt collectors receded like a tide, quickly disappearing with impressive speed, so fast it was surprising.
Cai Ming watched as there wasn’t a single debt collector left in a blink of an eye, "Quite organized."
Gong Ruini and Gong Ruwen nodded, now certain that despite seeming disconnected, their coordinated retreat suggested otherwise.
Before they could continue sighing, something thrown out of the house startled them.
"You ungrateful child, you actually don’t care about your big brother." Tu Chunni was infuriated inside the house.
Tu Chunni knew this youngest son wasn’t filial, but she didn’t expect him to be so heartless, actually abandoning his big brother. "If you don’t care about your big brother, can your father and I count on you when we grow old?"
Tu Chunni was frightened after Cai Guoqing mentioned the consequences of borrowing money and not repaying it. She couldn’t imagine what those people might do to Cai Guoqing if they couldn’t repay the debt.
Tu Chunni chalked it all up to Cai Ming. In her view, as long as Cai Ming promised to repay the debt, the issue could be resolved.
"Xiao Ming, I’m begging you on your mother’s behalf, please help your brother repay this debt."
"Your brother is still young, and your two nephews are still little."
"Your brother can’t be in trouble."
Facing Tu Chunni’s mixed curses and pleas, Cai Ming closed his eyes. He knew his parents favored his brother, but the fact they could blame him for his brother’s mistakes was beyond him.
Alright, with his parents’ bias so evident, why should he worry about them anymore?
Brother Zhao was right; parents who don’t discipline their children are bad enough. If they’re also biased like this, it’s truly hopeless.
"Mom, this debt is my brother’s, his gambling debt. How can I repay it?"
"Do you know how much it is in total?" Cai Ming glanced at the weeping Tu Chunni on the floor, then at the smirking Cai Guoqing at the door.
Indeed, he couldn’t be that foolish; Cai Guoqing must have assumed he’d soften.
"Brother owes a total of eight thousand five hundred. When do you think I can pay that off?" Cai Ming spoke each word firmly.
"No way." The surrounding onlookers were stunned. Seeing so many debt collectors at the door, they knew Cai Guoqing owed a significant amount.
But upon hearing the number, many took a deep breath.
"No way." Gong Zhuang was stunned. Over the years, he had saved just over six to seven thousand through small schemes. Even so, he was quite proud of it; how many working-class individuals could save that much?
But to think Cai Guoqing dared to owe such an amount—what suicidal tendencies!
My god, Gong Ruini was utterly shocked, "So rich, so daring, but ultimately walking a path to ruin."
To lay such a trap for his own brother showed Cai Guoqing’s heartlessness, but Cai Ming didn’t expect him to be so ruthless.
Tu Chunni was dumbfounded. She knew some IOUs were exaggerated, but she didn’t expect it to be so much.
Tu Chunni turned incredulously towards Cai Guoqing, "Guoqing, how did it amount to so much?"
Cai Zhiheng didn’t care about his dignity and emerged from the house, delivering a brutal kick to the unprepared Cai Guoqing.
Completely unshielded, Cai Guoqing fell head over heels from Cai Zhiheng’s kick, "Dad, you."
"What do you mean ’you’? Tell me how much you actually owe." Cai Zhiheng was deeply concerned. With an IOU of eight thousand five hundred, if the creditors arrived with a valid IOU signed by their eldest son, they couldn’t refuse to pay.
Cai Zhiheng did have some savings, but it was their final money set aside for their burial costs, something to touch only in dire circumstances.
But even then, it was far from enough compared to the outstanding debt.