My sister broke off her engagement to marry someone richer? My older sister married me and became in

The voice on the other end of the phone was like a cold, venomous snake, slithering into Yu Bo's ears and coiling around his heart.

Yu Bo held the receiver, motionless.

"Dad! Dad! What did he say?"

Yu Gaoyang was so anxious that he jumped up and down, shaking his arm frantically.

"Did he agree? Is it going to involve collateral? If so, then so be it!"

"As long as we can get the money and acquire that batch of ginseng, we can buy back not just one factory, but ten!"

"What are you still hesitating for! We can't let that bastard Lu Qingshan beat us to it!"

His son's voice, like a swarm of flies, buzzed in Yu Bo's ear.

He abruptly hung up the phone.

The office fell silent instantly.

Yu Bo remained silent, like a wild beast trapped in a cage, pacing frantically back and forth in the small space.

The floorboards creaked under his footsteps.

Reason was screaming desperately in his mind.

That's a trap!

Li Yanwang is a ravenous wolf who eats people without spitting out the bones!

Once you hand over the land title and property certificate, it's like putting your neck to his mouth!

However, another voice was sharper and more alluring.

That voice belonged to Lu Qingshan.

A calm face, even with a hint of indifference.

That face casually accepted the land deed handed to him by Sun Dahai in the supply and marketing cooperative.

That face, in the guesthouse, demanded an exorbitant price of 250,000, trying to snatch food from his mouth.

"Dad! You have to think of something!"

Yu Gaoyang's voice rang out again, tinged with sobs.

"That's a deal worth over 200,000! That's over 100,000 in profit! What do we need to fear about fines? What do we need to be beholden to?"

"Then we'll just buy a car! We'll drive it to Hongshitun! Right in front of that bastard Lu Qingshan's house!"

"Let him see who has the last laugh!"

Yu Bo suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Yes.

What is he afraid of?

He, Yu Bo, had been running his business in Hongshi County for half his life. When did it become the turn of some country bumpkin to ride roughshod over him?

All his embarrassment and predicament were thanks to Lu Qingshan!

He couldn't swallow this insult!

Hatred and greed, like two buckets of boiling tung oil, extinguished the last embers of reason in his heart.

His chest heaved violently, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He rushed to his desk and grabbed the black phone again.

On the other end of the line, it was still that unhurried voice, tinged with a sinister smile.

"Have you figured it out?"

Yu Bo's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, his voice hoarse as if it had been sanded.

"Mr. Li... Mr. Li..."

"I agree to your terms."

"But... how is the interest calculated?"

Asking this question is tantamount to admitting defeat and acknowledging that you are completely at your wit's end.

A low, chilling laugh came from the other end of the phone.

"Hehe... Factory Director Yu is a straightforward person."

"The rules here are known to everyone in the underworld."

Li Yanwang's voice was slow and deliberate, each word like a piece of ice striking Yu Bo's heart.

"Nine out, thirteen back."

I'll lend you 122,000.

"What you received was 110,000."

"Three days."

"Three days later, you will return my principal and interest of 176,000."

He paused, his tone becoming even colder.

"Remember, it's three days."

"Delay it for one day, and the interest will compound."

176,000!

Yu Bo felt a sudden darkness engulf his vision, his body swayed, and he almost fell to the ground.

He managed to stand by holding onto the table.

This is not about borrowing money.

This is robbery!

In just three days, the interest amounted to a staggering 66,000!

He wanted to refuse, and wanted to curse the other person as a bloodsucking beast.

But the words just wouldn't come out.

Li Yanwang seemed to be able to see through his thoughts, and his voice turned cold.

"Director Yu, I don't necessarily need to lend you this money."

"There are plenty of people in the county who are waiting for this money to save their lives."

I'll give you ten seconds to think about it.

"ten."

The cold, countdown sound came through the receiver clearly.

"Nine."

Yu Bo felt as if his heart was being gripped tightly by a large hand, and each beat brought a suffocating pain.

"eight."

Lu Qingshan's face reappeared in his mind.

……

"three."

"I'll borrow it!"

Yu Bo used all his strength to shout those two words into the microphone.

After shouting, he felt completely drained.

All strength, all dignity, all pride vanished in that instant.

He slumped into the chair, panting heavily.

Sweat streamed down his forehead and into his eyes, stinging and painful.

he knows.

From this moment on...

He is no longer Yu Bo, the factory director of Hongxing Food Factory.

He was just a gambler who staked his life, his fortune, and the future of the entire Yu family on the gambling table.

"very good."

On the other end of the phone, Li Yanwang's satisfied laughter came through.

"Director Yu, I enjoy dealing with intelligent people like you."

"Half an hour later."

"Bring the factory's land deed, your house's property certificate, and the documents for those trucks."

"Come to my teahouse."

"Sign and affix your fingerprint, and you can take the money right now."

Li Yanwang's voice paused, then took on an unquestionable commanding tone.

"Remember, you came alone."

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The call was disconnected.

The office was deathly silent.

Yu Bo stared blankly out the window.

It was completely dark.

There was not a single ray of light.

He didn't know how he left the factory, nor how he got home.

As soon as I entered, I saw his wife and Lin Xiumei sitting in the living room, watching a 14-inch black and white television, chatting and laughing.

"You're back?"

When Yu's mother saw him, her face was full of smiles.

"Have you eaten? There's some rice left for you in the pot."

Yu Bo ignored him, walked straight into his study, and locked the door behind him.

He walked to the desk and opened the bottom drawer.

At the very back of the drawer sat a dusty metal box.

With trembling hands, he took out the tin box.

On the box was a small, rusty brass lock.

He took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, found the smallest one, aligned it with the keyhole, and inserted it.

"Click".

A soft sound.

The lock is open.

Yu Bo opened the box.

Inside, several yellowed notebooks lay quietly.

One of them is the land ownership certificate for the Hongxing Food Factory.

One of them is the property certificate for the two-story villa where he currently lives.

There are also a few thin sheets of paper, which are the vehicle ownership certificates for those Jiefang trucks.

These were all the possessions he had accumulated throughout his life's struggles.

It was the foundation upon which he made his living in this county.

His hands trembled violently, almost unable to hold the cold iron box.

He knew that as long as he took these things out...

There was no turning back for him.