Don't get married if you're reborn.

Chapter 68 Hostage Exchange
Feng Xiao glanced at his father-in-law and felt relieved after confirming that he had not suffered any special abuse.

Zeng Xiangdong ran back at this time. He was not interested in Feng Xiao at all and asked directly, "Where's the money?!"

Feng Xiao opened the suitcase and said, "There are two hundred thousand in it."

Zeng Xiangdong raised his eyebrows, his face darkening as he said, "Are you kidding me? Or are you tired of living?"

Zeng Wenjie couldn't help but frown, this amount of money was not enough.

If he used the money in his card to buy minerals, then the snack shop in the university town would have no need to continue operating.

For a moment, he was a little unhappy.

Seeing the gloomy and murderous faces of the father and son, Wenxue Gu couldn't help but shudder with fear.

Unexpectedly, Feng Xiao, a woman, appeared very calm and said, "Boss Zeng, I'm not kidding you, but the money I have to pay back is too much!"

"This is what my husband put together. This is all he had."

"My father-in-law has to go back and collect the remaining money before I can pay you back!"

Zeng Xiangdong asked, "Do you think I'm a country bumpkin who's easy to fool?"

Feng Xiao said, "I don't have such an idea! Besides, I came here this time just to let my father-in-law go back and raise money."

"My father-in-law is old and in poor health. If you keep him here, he'll eventually die!"

"I'll be your hostage so he can go back and raise money."

Wenxue Gu also sighed, bowed quickly, and said, "Boss Zeng, I'm sorry, I really was possessed by the devil and did that!"

"If I were to live in the cellar again, I'd probably die there."

"My daughter-in-law is right. I have to raise some of the money myself. My son can't do it."

Zeng Xiangdong looked at Zeng Wenjie, only to see the latter nod slightly to him.

Feng Xiao couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He didn't expect that Zeng Xiangdong, as a father, would actually ask his son Zeng Wenjie for his opinion!

"Please accept this money, Mr. Zeng. I will stay here as your hostage." Feng Xiao said.

"What hostage? Sister, you must be joking. We just want you to be our guest here and discuss how to pay back the money!" Zeng Wenjie corrected with a smile.

"You are right, young man." Feng Xiao nodded after hearing this.

Wenxue Gu heaved a sigh of relief, hesitated for a moment, and said, "IOU?"

Zeng Wenjie smiled and reached out to help Wenxue Gu straighten his clothes. He said, "Boss Wen, give me the money. I'll let your daughter-in-law go back and give her the IOU as well."

"You haven't paid off the money yet, so you want to take the IOU away?"

Wenxue Gu smiled bitterly and said, "Give me a cigarette?"

Zeng Wenjie took out a cigarette box and threw the whole pack to him, then said to Feng Xiao, "You should also write an IOU. Otherwise, if the officials come to our house and you say something nonsense, it will be difficult for us to deal with you."

Feng Xiao's delicate brows knitted slightly. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "If that's the case, then you can't just use two IOUs to ask us for money. That's not appropriate."

Zeng Wenjie's face turned cold, and he asked, "You have a choice? Either go back and raise the money yourself, or write a new IOU. After I get the money, I'll return the IOU to you. Whatever you want!"

Feng Xiao was stunned by the scolding. He didn't expect that Zeng Wenjie, who had been smiling all the time, would suddenly turn hostile.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll write an IOU, but you have to pay the remaining 300,000 back to me."

Zeng Wenjie said coldly: "Do you think everyone is as greedy as your father-in-law? If he hadn't coveted our goods, he wouldn't have ended up like this!"

Wenxuegu's face turned red and he didn't dare to say a word.

Zeng Wenjie took Feng Xiao into the house and wrote a new IOU for 300,000 yuan, then signed and stamped his name, and changed the date to two weeks ago.

"Boss Zeng, please give me some money for the journey."

Wenxue Gu had already walked out of the ancestral home, but within two minutes, he came back with a sad face.

Zeng Xiangdong indifferently counted out ten bills from his wallet and said, "When we went to your hometown to collect the debt, someone gave us two thousand."

"If you go back alone, I'll give you a thousand to pay off this debt!"

Wenxue Gu took the money, smiled awkwardly, and said to Feng Xiao, "I will raise enough money as soon as possible." Then he left.

Zeng Wenjie and Zeng Xiangdong didn't care how he planned to go back. Anyway, they had two IOUs in their hands and Feng Xiao was also detained here. If he dared not to pay back the money, the worst that could happen was that they would go to Ganzhou and kidnap him again!
"Which room do I live in?" Feng Xiao asked.

"It's up to you." Zeng Xiangdong said coldly.

The person who came was a woman, so it would be a shame to throw her into the cellar again.

However, if it is not thrown into the cellar, it will be more difficult to watch over than usual.

Feng Xiao smiled politely at Zeng Wenjie, then dragged her suitcase to find a room. It seemed that she was not here to be a hostage, but to have a vacation.

Zeng Wenjie admired the woman's courage and boldness for running to a foreign land alone to exchange hostages.

"Why don't we just let Mom come here to look after her temporarily?" Zeng Wenjie suggested.

"I think so too." Zeng Xiangdong nodded.

We can't ask Sanbai and others who don't know the seriousness of the matter to guard us. Otherwise, if something happens, this woman will get the evidence and sue us. Even if we have the IOU, we'll be in trouble!
Zeng Xiangdong pointed to the two hundred thousand on the table and said, "With the money we have on hand, it's enough to buy the gold mine. What do you think we should do?"

Zeng Wenjie said, "Wait until he sends the remaining 300,000. You can keep this money for receiving goods and doing business."

Zeng Xiangdong said: "Okay."

Zeng Wenjie said, "I have to go back to school tomorrow. If there's anything, we can call each other anytime."

"Oh, time flies so fast. It's also my fault for not being careful enough that you couldn't have a good vacation." Zeng Xiangdong smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling a little guilty.

"It doesn't matter. I'm just trying to gain some experience in the martial arts world!" Zeng Wenjie said.

"I'm really curious about how you planned this?" Zeng Xiangdong said.

"I figured it out on the way."

"Instead of studying hard, you spend all day thinking about these things?"

"Don't forget I'm an emotionless money-making machine."

After chatting with his father late at night, Zeng Wenjie hesitated for a moment and finally called Fu Qianzhu.

He asked as soon as he opened his mouth: "Senior sister, are you going back to school tomorrow or taking a leave?"

"I'm going back to school... would you like to come with me?" she asked, and she was particularly hesitant in asking the last three words.

"Of course we will go together! Let's take the earliest bus to Shizhu County tomorrow." Zeng Wenjie said.

"Last time I invited you to dinner, you didn't finish it. I just picked some vegetables. Do you want to come over for a meal?" Fu Qianzhu said softly.

"Great! The fish offal is delicious. I haven't had enough yet. Let me fry another plate." Zeng Wenjie said.

When Zeng Wenjie went to Fu Qianzhu's house, she was not in mourning. Jiang Liu's funeral was hastily handled.

Because everyone felt it was shameful, even Fu Yong thought that everything should be kept simple. They just held a simple funeral ceremony and buried him without even having a banquet.

In the main hall, Fu Gang’s portrait has a companion.

But Fu Qianzhu no longer had a mother by her side, and even her soul seemed to be missing a piece, falling onto the dilapidated shrine along with the brand new portrait.

"Is it delicious?" Fu Qianzhu smiled at Zeng Wenjie, but it was no longer her signature bright smile. Instead, it looked very bleak and forced.

"It's delicious." Zeng Wenjie nodded solemnly.

It tasted quite salty, but he added more rice to mix it in so it was alright.

"Oh, how about this? You help me keep watch over someone tonight, and we'll set off early tomorrow morning."

"That liar's daughter-in-law came to replace him, and it's not convenient for us grown men to keep watch."

"Senior, if you're not busy, could you help me?"

Fu Qianzhu nodded silently and said softly, "Yeah."

(End of this chapter)