There is a tempered glass door at the entrance of the store.

The inside of the glass had long been smoked yellow by years of smoke, and it was only barely possible to make out what appeared to be a few people sitting inside.

Cao Kun immediately understood.

This place is probably an underground loan company.

He didn't rush in, but instead stood with Batel in the shadows across the alley, patiently waiting.

In the store.

Chen Anni pushed open the glass door, and a pungent fumes billowed out from the entrance.

In the cramped space, there was a broken table where five or six bald, burly men with fierce faces were playing cards.

The group of people all had cigarettes in their mouths, and the small house didn't even have an exhaust fan for ventilation.

The poor-quality smoke filled the air, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

As soon as she stepped inside, she was choked by the strong smell of smoke and began to cough violently.

Her coughing instantly drew the attention of the people in the room.

A fat, dark-skinned man sitting in the main seat threw down the playing cards in his hand.

Upon looking up and recognizing the person, he immediately revealed an extremely lewd sneer.

"Oh, isn't this Miss Chen?"

"You've really made us brothers look for you a lot lately."

The fat, dark-skinned man stood up, leering at her.

"Look, what's the use of you hiding everywhere?"

In the end, won't they still have to obediently come to me?

Suppressing her fear, Chen Anni pulled a wad of cash from her small bag and slammed it on the table with a cold expression, saying:

"Brother Hei, here's this month's money. I've brought it to you in full."

I'm warning you, I'll pay you back slowly, and please don't bother my parents again!

The black man glanced at the money on the table, gave a disdainful sneer, and arrogantly retorted:

"You're warning me? Chen Anni, are you out of your mind?"

Paying back debts is a matter of course.

If you dare to avoid me again, I won't just go to your house and cause trouble.

I even took people directly to where your parents work to find them.

"Do you believe I can ruin their reputations at work?"

"You're shameless!"

Chen Anni was so angry that she trembled all over, but she was powerless against these thugs.

The black man grinned, revealing a set of teeth that were stained yellow from smoking, and laughed:

"Miss Chen, why are you doing this?"

His tone was full of frivolity:

"If you obediently follow Boss Wu,

She could become a wealthy woman immediately.

Not only do you not have to pay back the millions in debt,

They will enjoy endless wealth and luxury in the future.

Isn't this life wonderful?

"My relationship with Boss Wu is just that of friends, it's not as dirty as you think!"

Chen Anni turned her face away in disgust and coldly retorted.

"I don't care, I'm just doing this for money anyway."

The black man sighed sarcastically, feigning regret, and said:

"But you have to think about your poor parents..."

"What happened to my parents!?"

Chen Anni's expression changed, and she looked at him warily.

The black man exhaled a puff of smoke and said slowly and deliberately:

"Your parents are so old, every day after work..."

They also had to push a small cart and sell fried rice on the street.

I don't get home until 3 a.m. every day.

He suddenly leaned closer, staring fiercely into Chen Anni's eyes:

"They're working so hard just to help you fill the hole!"

As their daughter, seeing them suffer like this...

"Can you really be so heartless?"

"what?"

Chen Anni was struck dumb, as if by lightning.

"H-How could this be?"

Her face turned deathly pale, and she took a step back in disbelief, her voice trembling:

"That's impossible! I've always transferred the money to you on time every month, and I've never been late even once!"

She said urgently, "I've already paid back so much money to you, so we should have settled the accounts long ago!"

"Why...why do my parents have to go out and set up a stall to help me pay off my debts?"

The black man scoffed with utter disdain:

"Come on, Miss Chen! With the little money you pay back each month..."

"It's not even enough to cover the interest stipulated in our contract, and you still want to balance the books? Dream on!"

After saying that, he turned around and rummaged through a messy metal cabinet for a while.

He pulled out a stack of crumpled documents and slammed them onto the table with a thud.

"Don't believe me? Here's a copy of your contract."

It's written clearly in black and white.

Open your eyes and take a good look!

Chen Anni took the contract with trembling hands.

After a quick glance at the core terms, I immediately noticed something was wrong.

She pointed to a section of the contract regarding interest and demanded an explanation:

"This...this is completely wrong! The interest rate figure has clearly been altered!"

She stared intently at the black man, her eyes blazing with fury.

"I remember it very clearly, when I signed the contract..."

The interest rate is definitely not that outrageous!

"You bunch of bastards must have tampered with the contract!"

Blackie was visibly taken aback upon hearing this, and his heart skipped a beat.

He thought to himself, "How could they have been so blatant in their trickery? Were they so easy to spot?"

He turned around angrily and glared at his subordinate who was in charge of forging the contract.

The subordinate shrank back guiltily, not daring to utter a sound.

But now that the show has progressed this far, he's in a bind.

Blackie had no choice but to stubbornly insist:

"Well, I have no idea! Maybe you changed it secretly yourself?"

Anyway, the contract is right here in black and white, and we've always calculated the interest rate accordingly.

If you don't come up with the money today, don't even think about leaving this room!

"You bastards! You're all a bunch of vampires!"

Now that things have come to this, Chen Anni finally realizes that she's been set up!

She was so angry that she was trembling all over.

He suddenly crumpled the contract in his hand into a ball and slammed it hard into Blackie's fleshy face.

"You fucking want to die!"

The black man was hit squarely, and his ferocious nature was immediately revealed.

He stood up abruptly, raising his hand to slap Chen Anni's delicate cheek hard.

But as the slap was in mid-air, he suddenly remembered something and abruptly stopped.

His eyes darted around, his gaze sweeping over Chen Anni's alluring curves, a lewd smile spreading across his face.

Blackie turned to his men inside the room and gave them instructions:

"Damn it, this bitch won't listen to reason, she'll have to suffer the consequences!"

Brothers, arrest her!

"yes!"

"Haha, boss, you've finally stopped dawdling! The brothers have been waiting impatiently!"

Those bald, burly men had been itching to get going for a while.

Upon hearing Blackie's command, they all stood up.

Their faces were all showing malicious smiles.

The black man sneered and decided to drop the pretense altogether.

"You guys can play around for a bit later."

But everyone better watch out, don't mess with me!

"I'm going to sell her to Boss Wu for money in a couple of days!"

"Alright, boss, don't worry!"

"Thank you for the reward, boss!"

Several of his men grinned savagely as they slowly approached Chen Anni.

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