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"Or, you could take out a portion first, so we can go back and give you an account."

But where would the Jiang family come up with so much money? The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Li Mu asked, "Can I pay by card?"

The man in the lead paused for a moment, then immediately realized, "Yes, yes, we have a dedicated POS machine."

Li Mu took out a card and handed it over: "Swipe it!"

Seeing Li Mu's impressive demeanor, the leading man politely accepted the machine with both hands, and someone behind him immediately took out a POS machine from his briefcase.

After swiping the card and signing the document, the other party politely returned the IOU.

"This is the IOU. Please keep it safe. This settles our debt with Mr. Jiang."

With that, he left without lingering.

"Jiaming, we've troubled you too much with our family matters."

Li Mu said, "I'm just doing what I can to help, no need to be so polite."

……

While they were talking, Jiang Pengfei secretly slipped back, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The debt collectors have all left!"

Dai Yin said irritably, "I'm leaving. It's all your fault, causing trouble for the whole family."

Jiang Pengfei asked in surprise, "They didn't do anything, did they? How could they just leave so easily?"

Dai Yin said, "What else do you want them to do? Are you suggesting we keep them here for lunch if they don't leave?"

Jiang Pengfei had no confidence at the moment, so he quickly smiled and said, "That's not what I meant. These people are professional debt collectors, they're very troublesome and hard to deal with."

Dai Yin said, "Thanks to Suo Suo, who knew about our family's situation. Since you couldn't be found and we couldn't get through on the phone, she asked Jia Ming to come and help."

"Luckily, Jiaming covered the money you owed, otherwise those people wouldn't have been so easy to deal with." Li Mu and Nan Sun didn't have a public relationship, and Dai Yin didn't want Jiang's father to know either. She relied on Li Mu and used Suosuo as an excuse.

As Nan Sun's best friend, it's understandable that she would ask her cousin for help.

Despite trying to distance himself from Li Mu, Jiang Pengfei, already in dire straits, began to desperately seek any possible solution and immediately jumped on the bandwagon.

"Jiaming, thank you for helping Uncle. Uncle is very grateful."

"I'm begging you to go all the way and help my uncle again. I really have nowhere else to turn."

As he spoke, he made a gesture as if to kneel down before Li Mu.

Not only was Li Mu startled, but the others were also frightened by his actions and quickly helped Jiang Pengfei up.

"Uncle Jiang, what are you doing? Let's talk this out."

"Jiaming, you must help your uncle."

At this point, Grandma Jiang finally couldn't bear to watch any longer and tapped her cane.

"Pengfei, stop embarrassing yourself. Come here, I have something to ask you."

Jiang Pengfei said unwillingly, "Mom!"

Grandma Jiang tapped her cane: "Tell me honestly, how much money do you owe? Besides those few just now, has anyone else come?"

"Mom, I'm sorry!"

Jiang Pengfei hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't hold on any longer. He hugged Grandma Jiang and cried uncontrollably, like a child who had made a mistake.

Grandma Jiang also felt sorry for her son. She stroked Jiang Pengfei's cheek, then tapped her cane with a stern face and said, "Pengfei, you know that I'm a person who cares about my reputation. Tell me, how much money do you owe?"

Jiang Pengfei lowered his head in shame, and after a long while, he whispered, "I've borrowed from quite a few people, and I still owe eighteen million."

Upon hearing this number, Nan Sun and Dai Yin were shocked. Grandma Jiang swayed, and Nan Sun quickly went over to support her.

She glared at Jiang Pengfei, tapped her cane, and said angrily, "What a tragedy! How could I have raised such a good-for-nothing son? I'll beat you to death." With that, she picked up her cane and started hitting him.

Jiang Pengfei knelt there, motionless: "Mom, I didn't want to either, but I really had no choice. I got trapped. It's like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. I've tried everything I could think of, and I've asked everyone I could, but I really have no other way. Nobody is willing to help me anymore."

She started crying as she spoke.

Chapter 216 Selling a House

Looking at Jiang Pengfei, Grandma Jiang stood there for a long time, hesitating for a long time. After all, he was her precious son, the person she loved most in the world.

"That's enough! You've already sold all the antiques, jewelry, furniture, and other houses that could be sold. Now, the only valuable thing left in the house is this little villa."

"Things are already like this, people are the most important thing, so let's sell it. Pay off all the debts, and use the remaining money to buy another house. Even if life is a little worse than it is now, we can still make ends meet."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Nansun.

"Nan Sun, go to my bedroom and bring me the property certificate. It's at the bottom of the cabinet, next to the household registration book."

"Okay, Grandma," Nan Sun replied and turned to go over.

Jiang Pengfei was so nervous that he broke out in a sweat. Finally, he couldn't help but shout, "Nan Sun doesn't need to go. The property certificate isn't at home."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Jiang, Dai Yin, and Nan Sun all had a bad feeling.

Grandma Jiang swayed slightly, but Nan Sun helped her up. She pointed at Jiang Pengfei.

"You...you bastard, where's the house property certificate?!"

Jiang Pengfei knelt there and slapped himself twice in the face.

"Mom, I'm so sorry, it's all my fault, I'm so sorry."

Grandma Jiang hit him hard with her cane: "You bastard, where's the property certificate!"

Jiang Pengfei knelt there motionless for a long time before finally saying, "The market was booming a while ago, and I didn't have much money on hand, so I had no choice but to mortgage my house to the bank for a loan."

Grandma Jiang continued, "How much did you borrow?"

Jiang Pengfei fell silent again, and after a long while said, "I borrowed 2000 million."

Dai Yin exclaimed in shock, "2000 million, plus the 1800 million from before, Jiang Pengfei, you actually owe 3800 million."

The Jiang family members were all shocked by this number.

Jiang Pengfei knelt there for a long time before whispering, "With interest, it's over forty million."

Upon hearing such a large number, Grandma Jiang could no longer hold on. She swayed and was helped by Nan Sun to half-lie down on the sofa.

Jiang Pengfei was terrified. He knelt there, hugged Grandma Jiang's legs, and cried his heart out.

"Mom, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't want this to happen. There's really no other way. If I could turn things around, I would be willing to die, but there's nothing I can do, there's really no other way."

After crying for a while, she saw Li Mu next to her and it was as if she had seen a lifeline. She turned around and tears and snot streamed down her face.

"Jiaming, you just helped me out, and I'm very grateful to you."

“My uncle’s family is in trouble now. Please do me a favor and lend him some money so we can pay off our debts.”

Li Mu was both amused and exasperated. Jiang Pengfei had indeed been pushed to the limit and had no shame whatsoever. Luckily, he hadn't made his relationship with Nan Sun public, otherwise Jiang Pengfei would definitely have tried to extort money from him today.

Before he could say anything, Dai Yin snapped, "Jiang Pengfei, do you know what you're doing? Can't you give the Jiang family any face?"

"Jiaming is just Suosuo's cousin. Suosuo asked him to come and help Nansun. Jiaming just paid 2.3 million for you without saying a word. That's already more than enough. What more do you want? You owe more than 40 million. Do you want him to pay it all for you? You have the nerve to say that."

“Although our Jiang family has fallen on hard times, we still have to save face. How can you say such things?”

Jiang Pengfei was speechless. He knew he was being delusional and asking for an exorbitant amount. The person who offered to advance him 2.3 million yuan was the most generous person he had ever met in his life.

He even wanted someone to cover his 40 million yuan debt; how could he possibly think of such a thing?

However, having come to this point, Jiang Pengfei no longer cared about saving face; he didn't want to miss any glimmer of hope.

After hesitating for a long time, he gave Li Mu a fawning smile and said, "Jiaming, can I talk to you about something?"

Li Mu asked curiously, "Uncle, please tell me?"

Jiang Pengfei asked, "What do you think of our Nansun?"

Li Mu said, "Nan Sun is naturally excellent. She is a lady from a prominent family, beautiful and elegant."

Jiang Pengfei clapped his hands and said happily, "Jiaming, I have good news for you. Our Nansun broke up with Zhang Anren a while ago. She's single now. How about I introduce Nansun to you?"

"If you help your uncle get through this difficult time, I will give you Nansun in marriage."

Nan Sun, who had been watching from the sidelines, finally couldn't take it anymore and stepped forward to interrupt, saying, "Dad, what are you saying! Isn't it embarrassing enough? Last time you introduced me to a divorced woman, wanting me to be her stepmother. This time you want to use me as a bargaining chip to ask Jia Ming for money. Do you really want to sell your daughter before you're satisfied?"

Jiang Pengfei's face flushed red and then turned pale. He explained in a low voice, "Nan Sun, I'm only thinking of you. Jiaming works at Microsoft and has his own company. He's a young and talented man. It's not easy to find such an outstanding young man."

“You’ve lived a life of luxury since you were little, never experienced hardship or toil. Now that our family has fallen on hard times, by following Jiaming, you can still have a good life in the future.”

"Besides, Dad is also thinking about the family. There's so much money owed outside that we can't pay back. Those debt collectors aren't easy to deal with. Today's visitors were relatively polite, but who knows what might happen in the future?"

"My dad had no choice; he couldn't find anyone outside who would lend me money."

Jiang Nansun said, "That won't work either. Not to mention whether Jiaming can come up with that much money, your daughter won't be with someone else just because of money."

Grandma Jiang also lost her temper and said, "Pengfei, what nonsense are you talking about? You've completely disgraced the Jiang family."

Jiang Pengfei said aggrievedly, "Mom, I had no choice. Even if I had a way out, a way to survive, I wouldn't want to do this!"

The mother and son immediately embraced and wept bitterly again.

After watching for a while, Li Mu interjected, "Uncle Jiang, don't blame me for being blunt, but for now, you only have one solution."