Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Chapter 1492 The Game Arena 42
Wang Jingqian's stepson hadn't expected the lord to investigate their financial dealings, so instead of taking the copper coins out of the system and handing them over to the patrol team, he openly transferred them through the system, allowing Linlang to see it.

After figuring out the situation, Linlang didn't say anything and left immediately, pretending to go to her territory to fight monsters.

But in reality, he turned around and drove Wang Jingqian's stepson out of the territory, and then expelled the people who had accepted bribes from Wang Jingqian's stepson from the patrol team, also banishing them from the territory.

Such people are like rotten apples; keeping them in the territory is no good. Even if they take on missions next time, they'll cause trouble elsewhere, not in the patrol team. Even if she blacklists them and prevents them from taking on missions, they'll still harbor resentment and likely cause trouble in the territory. It's better to get rid of such unstable factors and be done with it.

Of course, these people wouldn't be expelled without a reason, lest the residents of the territory find it strange. So Linlang posted an announcement in the mission hall explaining the situation.

She said she received a report that some members of the patrol team were not handling complaints from the residents of the territory. Upon investigation, it was found that these people had been paid by the perpetrators, so they did not take action. Therefore, she expelled these people from the territory to prevent them from harming the residents of the territory in the future.

She also posted the transfer records of both parties to prove that what she said was true.

The residents of the territory were quite taken aback when they saw the announcement. They hadn't expected that after only a few days of peace, someone would be involved in corruption and accepting bribes. The speed of corruption was too fast. They were naturally satisfied with the territory authorities' handling of the matter, since no one wanted to go to the patrol team for help if something happened to them in the future, only to find that the patrol team had taken money from the perpetrators and refused to do anything.

Although those families were not expelled from the territory by Linlang, their family members were driven out. People around them who knew them would always ask about it, which made those families feel embarrassed. So they also left the territory and prepared to go to other territories with their families.

They simply refused to believe that Yong'an Territory was the only good territory in the world, and that other territories must also be good.

They have accumulated a lot of money in the Yong'an territory these days, and they are not afraid of not being able to live well in other territories.

—Their idea isn't wrong. There must be something as good as Yong'an Territory, but they don't know where it is. Anyway, there's nothing better than Yong'an Territory nearby. As for whether they dare to travel a long distance to find a better territory, that's another story.

If they dare not venture further to find better territories, they will suffer losses no matter which territories they go to. In other words, if it weren't for their family members accepting bribes, they wouldn't be in this predicament. So, if they don't find a territory as good as Yong'an, these families will probably start fighting among themselves. The person who took the money will definitely be cursed by the whole family for ruining them and becoming deserted by everyone. This is the best punishment for these parasites.

Wang Jingqian's stepson's family also soon learned that their son/precious grandson had been driven out of the territory. Although they did not publicly execute him like other families, since their son/precious grandson had been driven away, they naturally had to go out with him to prevent their precious grandson from being left unprotected and getting into trouble.

Meanwhile, Wang Jing's former in-laws hated Linlang to death in their hearts because they felt that if Linlang hadn't reported their precious grandson for harassing her, the territory wouldn't have driven their precious grandson away, and their family would have had to continue wandering. Even if they found a new territory, it wouldn't be as good as Yong'an territory.

How could they not hate Linlang when they thought that the territory they would find in the future would not be as good as the Yong'an territory?
But no matter how much they hated Linlang, it was useless, because they couldn't deal with her. All they could do was go to Linlang and curse her. Anyway, they were leaving the territory, so they weren't afraid of being chased away by the patrol team.

They not only went to Linlang's place to give her a piece of their mind, but they also went to Wang Jing's place to give her a piece of their mind, saying that it was all because of her good daughter that they ruined their precious grandson.

After hearing her former in-laws' insults, Wang Jing finally understood what had happened. Although her former in-laws were embarrassed to say that their precious grandson had gone to Linlang to ask for money, and that he wouldn't pay it back, Wang Jing could piece together the truth from their vague words: her former stepson had the audacity to ask her daughter for money, and when he didn't get it, he made a scene at her door, eventually taking the matter to the lord, who then expelled him from the territory.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jing couldn't help but find it both laughable and absurd.

She had always known that her ex-husband's stepson was irresponsible, but she never expected him to be this irresponsible. He actually went to a complete stranger to ask for money, and when the stranger refused, he kept pestering him. Who was he to her daughter? What right did he have to ask her daughter for money? He was so shameless.

However, this does align with her understanding of her former stepson.

From the moment she entered the house, she discovered that her stepson, spoiled by the elderly couple, spent money extravagantly. He had spent almost all of her ex-husband's earnings. Keep in mind that at that time, he was just a primary or secondary school student, yet he could still spend thousands or tens of thousands of yuan a month. As a result, every time Wang Jing asked her ex-husband for money to support the child, he would always say that he had no money.

He boasts about how much he earns in a month, but when it comes to using the money, he always says he's broke because his former stepson has been spending it recklessly.

She knew why her former stepson spent money so recklessly. Besides the fact that the elderly couple spoiled him, it was also because they would secretly tell him not to try to save money for his father, lest his father's money end up in his stepmother's hands.

The stepson was already a big spender, and with his grandparents encouraging him like this, he was bound to spend money recklessly.

If he couldn't get what he wanted, he would tell his grandparents, and then his grandparents would go and make a scene at Wang Jing's ex-husband.

Wang Jing's ex-husband was an "honest man" who always listened to his parents. So every time his parents scolded him for not giving the children money, he would obediently hand over the money. As a result, although he earned a lot, he didn't save a single penny.

On the surface, Wang Jing's former in-laws thought they were shrewd enough to prevent their son's money from ending up in the hands of their daughter-in-law, Wang Jing.

But they forgot that everything comes at a price.

After indulging their stepson in spending money extravagantly, their precious grandson developed the habit of spending money lavishly and could no longer live a life that required even a little frugality.

He was just a child and he could spend thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan a month. When he turned eighteen and went to university, his expenses were even greater. He felt that the thousands or tens of thousands of yuan that Wang Jing's ex-husband gave him were not enough. His father only had that much money, and he couldn't squeeze any more out of him. What to do? He took out online loans. Anyway, he was an adult and could take out online loans. In his eyes, the online loan amount was like his own money. He quickly took out a lot of online loans and continued to live a life of debauchery. If it weren't for the apocalypse, he probably would have gone bankrupt long ago.

She was lucky; otherwise, her ex-husband's family would have been bankrupt and wouldn't have been able to pay the compensation.