Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Chapter 522 - 517: The Debt Collectors Come Calling

Fang Pingying glanced at her belly and frowned, "Otherwise, don’t go to the shop every day. With Sister-in-law Qiulin there, we can rest assured, and I will regularly check the accounts in the future."

Juzi heard this and grimaced with irritation, "If I really don’t go, I have nowhere else to go. If I stay at home every day, my mother-in-law will nag me to death."

Fang Pingying smiled and patted her, saying, "If you have nowhere to go, just come to my house. Generally, there’s not much to do at the shop, and I’m usually at home. I can also make some food that pregnant women love, and with the kids around at our house, you’ll feel happier."

"Speaking of the kids at your house, I really like them." Juzi said, and suddenly remembered something, giggled a few times, and told Fang Pingying, "My husband Huang Lin said, in the future, he wants to marry your daughter Yaoyao to our son."

"You wish, always favoring boys over girls."

On her side, Fang Pingying, being newly divorced, indeed found it challenging to adapt to life, but with family and friends around her, and lacking nothing at home, her life was quite rich.

On the Luo Family’s side, it was truly different.

Firstly, it was Luo Zhiming’s issue of owing high-interest loans.

Those high-interest lenders were no benevolent folks, having lent Luo Zhiming so much money, they certainly intended to get it back.

They spent some time finding out where the Luo Family’s ancestral home was, and directly brought people there to chase after him.

The debt collectors asked along the way and found the Luo home.

As they entered the Luo Family courtyard, Luo Zhiming and Xu He were both at home. Recognizing Luo Zhiming, one of the debt collectors yelled, and under the orders of their leader, without a second word, several subordinates severely beat up Luo Zhiming.

They had gone through a lot of trouble for Luo Zhiming’s debt. Seeing him, they naturally wouldn’t let him off easy.

Luo Zhiming screamed desperately, drawing the villagers over.

Although there were minor quarrels usually, in the face of major events, the villagers would unite. Seeing outsiders beating someone on their turf, many young villagers immediately grabbed things to help Luo Zhiming fight those debt collectors.

Outnumbered, the debt collectors were quickly subdued by so many villagers.

Just then, Zhou Yunmei and Luo Dashan also returned from outside and saw so many disorderly people in the courtyard. Zhou Yunmei, being sharp, instantly thought of the debt collectors and began shouting, "Folks, these people are up to no good. They argued a few words with Zhiming in the city and actually chased him to our village to beat him. We can’t let them get away with this."

Luo Dashan followed behind, wanting to stop Zhou Yunmei, but seeing that the few men were tough, he kept quiet.

Naturally, the villagers believed Zhou Yunmei given a choice between her word and that of outsiders. As she said, they firmly held down those who came to collect debts and eventually tied them up with ropes to prevent them from hitting anyone again.

Those debt collectors, accustomed to mixing outside with no high education, spoke unclear Mandarin. They tried to explain that it was because Luo Zhiming owed money, but their voices were drowned out by the villagers talking over each other.

Besides, the villagers’ dialect was not easy for them to understand; all they could do was stare helplessly.

In the end, fearing that they would speak, Luo Zhiming actually gagged their mouths with stuff.

Seeing that people were helping him, Luo Zhiming became audaciously arrogant and astutely thought not just of avenging the beating he endured but also of erasing the debt.

While those men were tied up, he whispered to Xu He and Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, Hehua, hurry up, search their bodies for any IOUs or similar documents behind the villagers’ backs. If we can get the IOU, we won’t have to repay the money."

Zhou Yunmei’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, "Really?"

Luo Zhiming frowned and rebuked softly, "Why would I lie to you? If it weren’t for that document, who would admit to the debt?"

Finally hearing this, Zhou Yunmei immediately acted, intentionally blocking the villagers’ views at the doorway with her hands on her hips, while Xu He frantically searched the leader of the debt collectors.

This made the man’s body heat up, his gaze towards Xu He turning somewhat inappropriate.

However, Xu He was focused only on helping Luo Zhiming find what they needed.

After a moment, she found a paper in the man’s pocket and quickly handed it to Luo Zhiming, "Is this it?"

Luo Zhiming took a quick look, saw that it was indeed an IOU with his name signed on it, he happily called out softly to Zhou Yunmei and the others, "Yes, that’s it, tear it up quickly."

Zhou Yunmei was more thorough than Luo Zhiming thought. Worried that even if torn, it could still be pieced back together, she directly ran into the kitchen, threw it into the stove, and burned it completely.

Seeing the IOU turn into ashes, she finally felt relieved and ran out.

She didn’t want to delay and immediately told the villagers, "Thanks to everyone today. These people didn’t really harm our Zhiming, just let them leave."

A villager asked, "Aren’t we sending them to the Police Station? They were bold enough to come to our village to beat someone."

"Not bothering with that, just letting them go," Luo Zhiming said, knowing he was in the wrong, surely he didn’t dare send them to the Police Station.

After that, Luo Zhiming called a few villagers who had good relations with him to chase the debt collectors towards the village entrance.

Walking beside Luo Zhiming, one of the debt collectors looked at him resentfully, gritting his teeth, "Luo Zhiming, quite impressive."

Luo Zhiming, extremely arrogant, slapped the man on the head, sidestepping, "Hurry along. I might fear you in the city, but in the countryside, what do you think you can do?"

"You think..."

"Let’s go." The leader gave his men a look, curving his lips and glanced at Luo Zhiming, signaling everyone not to talk further.

Once all the villagers had dispersed, after Luo Zhiming saw the debt collectors off, he returned. Zhou Yunmei, Luo Zhiming, and Xu He celebrated like it was New Year’s, ecstatically overjoyed, having just saved 2000 yuan - wasn’t it more joyful than the New Year?

However, they had underestimated the situation; after being driven out of the village, the debt collectors did not leave.

The leader among them, named Shuanzi, had some status in the underworld of the provincial city, usually helping people collect debts and serve as muscle. This time, not only did he fail to collect the debt, but he was also tricked and beaten up by Luo Zhiming. He wasn’t about to let this go.