"Well, well! The young master finally decided to show his face."

The moment he heard that voice, Sheng Yang knew who was here to cause trouble today.

"Huang Yourui! You dare show your face to me again!"

Facing the person who had deceived him, Sheng Yang’s explosive temper flared up instantly.

He stepped forward to grab Huang Yourui by the collar, but Yun Zijin stopped him.

"The one who strikes first is in the wrong."

Yun Zijin whispered a reminder in Sheng Yang’s ear.

Under the current law, the person who throws the first punch always ends up at a disadvantage.

Although Sheng Yang had a bit of a temper, he was still someone who would listen to reason.

Once he calmed down, the urge to fight disappeared.

"Speak. Who sent you, and what’s your purpose?"

’He had just opened a bar. Who could he possibly have offended?’

’His parents and older brother hadn’t said a word, yet here was some busybody sticking their nose in his business.’

"Heh! Who else would it be? I just can’t stand you, and I don’t want you to open this bar!

Let me tell you, for every day this bar is open, I’ll be here making trouble!"

’Anyway, it’s not like I have a real job. I have all the time in the world to come and cause a scene.’

’Sheng Yang can’t possibly be here every single day. On a day he’s not around, I’ll just get some guys to come and wreck this place!’

However, he hadn’t yet been able to put this thought into action.

’He had to weigh his options and figure out what course of action would be most beneficial to him.’

"Huang Yourui, are you sure you want to keep going against me?"

"Huang Yourui. Twenty-seven years old. From a single-parent family, with a mother who is hospitalized. Her medical fees are at least 50,000 yuan a month.

You couldn’t make much money from regular work, so you started down a crooked path.

The last time you deceived Sheng Yang, it was also for money, I assume.

Sheng Yang wouldn’t just transfer you money for no reason, so you always came up with all sorts of excuses to borrow money from him or ask for expensive items.

The money you ’borrowed’ was never paid back, and the gifts you were given were all sold on the secondary market.

To be honest, your filial piety is quite admirable.

However, deceiving people for money and then using that money to harm others... that’s where you’re in the wrong."

While Yun Zijin was speaking, Huang Yourui tried to interrupt her several times, but he was restrained by Zero One each time.

’When the Miss is speaking, no one is allowed to interrupt!’

When Yun Zijin finished, Huang Yourui glared at her with a look of pure hatred. If looks could kill, she would have been sliced into a thousand pieces by his gaze several times over.

"What do you know! You people, born with silver spoons in your mouths, you have no idea what hardships ordinary people like us go through!"

When his mother was first hospitalized, he was just a recent college graduate. His father was a drunkard who couldn’t even make ends meet, so he couldn’t count on him.

He simply couldn’t afford the 50,000 a month for medical expenses.

If he didn’t find another way, the hospital would stop her medication, so he had to figure something out on his own.

’It was Sheng Yang’s own fault for being such a simple-minded fool. The Sheng Family is so rich. All I did was get Sheng Yang to share a little of his pocket money to cover my mother’s medical bills. What’s so wrong with that!’

’If it weren’t for the thankless, hard work of bottom-rung people like us, how could the Sheng Family be so glorious and successful!’

’I was just taking back the money that people like me rightfully deserved! What right did Sheng Yang have to refuse!’

’They’re just a bunch of cold-blooded, heartless, and selfish capitalists!’

"Brother Yang wasn’t the one who caused your suffering, so why are you complaining to us!

If you were really in trouble, you could have asked Brother Yang to put you in touch with the Sheng Family’s charitable foundation to apply for aid. You think he wouldn’t have helped you?

Can you guarantee that every single cent you scammed from Brother Yang was spent on your mother’s medical bills?"

Seeing that Sheng Yang was starting to soften upon hearing Huang Yourui’s story, Su Mengyao quickly stepped forward to confront him.

And hearing Su Mengyao’s words, Sheng Yang snapped back to his senses.

’I’d almost been led astray by Huang Yourui’s sob story!’

"Su Mengyao is right. Can you guarantee that every cent you took from me, or every cent you got from selling those valuable items, was spent on your mother’s medical bills?

If you actually dare to swear to it, I’ll at least respect you as a man!"

Sheng Yang was certain that the money Huang Yourui had wheedled out of him was definitely more than 50,000 a month.

After all, no matter how little his allowance from the Sheng Family was, it was at least five million a month.

Back then, he had trusted Huang Yourui completely and had been extremely generous when giving him money.

The largest single amount he transferred was 500,000 at once!

’Thinking back on it now, Sheng Yang felt like an absolute idiot, as if his brain had been turned to mush.’

"He gave it to me willingly! Once he gave it to me, how I use it is my business!"

Since he didn’t dare to swear, it proved that he hadn’t, in fact, used all of it on his mother.

It seemed the title of "great filial son" wasn’t quite fitting after all.

"Whether it was a voluntary gift or not is something we can discuss later. Right now, we’re talking about you coming here to trash the place today. Because of you, the bar’s normal business has been affected.

So, will you be compensating us for the damages, or would you prefer to go through legal proceedings?

Let me see... oh! This table seems to be a limited edition piece Sheng Yang bought from a carpenter’s shop. The wood of this color is hard to come by, so the shop owner doesn’t plan on making any more. Once it’s broken, you can’t buy another one.

Oh! This bottle, let me think... It looks like a 2010 genuine Château Latour, which sells for 8,888 a bottle. How many bottles were smashed here?

..."

As Yun Zijin continued to inspect the damage, she rattled off the prices as if she knew them by heart, and Huang Yourui’s face grew paler and paler.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I’ve also invested in this place. I provided some ultra-miniature cameras, free of charge, with crystal-clear picture and sound.

Your every move in the bar just now has been fully recorded by the cameras. If you compensate us for the full price of these items and for our loss of business before we hand the matter over to our lawyers and file a lawsuit, I can be the bigger person and drop the suit.

A friendly reminder: including the loss of business, you need to compensate us for a total of two million, eight hundred seventy-five thousand, three hundred and seventy-four yuan, to be exact.

I’ll give you three days. Compensate us on time, and I won’t press legal charges.

If you fail to compensate us after three days, then don’t blame me when I stop playing nice.

Don’t even think about running. You can’t escape."

’If you’ve existed, you’ve left a trace.’

Yun Zijin was confident that with Mei Lin and Zero One on the case, they could drag him back even if he fled to the ends of the earth. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"This is extortion!"

He had clearly just pretended to smash a few things. How could it possibly be worth over two million!

"Whether it’s extortion or not, you’re welcome to bring in an appraiser. We’ll be ready anytime!"

The price Yun Zijin quoted was actually a conservative estimate.

If it went to a court judgment, the amount would only be higher.

After all, they hadn’t even asked for compensation for lost work, emotional distress, and so on.

"You..."

"Whoever sent you here... shouldn’t you go find them to help you solve this? The truth is, you’re just a pawn being used by someone else."

Yun Zijin reminded him with "good intentions."

Huang Yourui’s head snapped up. He stared at Yun Zijin. ’How did she know...’

But Yun Zijin just looked at him with a smile, saying nothing more.

But the more harmless Yun Zijin’s smile was, the more Huang Yourui’s scalp tingled with fear.