Chapter 20 (1/2)

Chapter 20: Severing All Ties

Translator: GravityTales  Editor: GravityTales

Su Lingyun was completely immersed in the cozy atmosphere Tang Xiu had created, so she didn’t expect someone to pay them a visit at this time and in such an unusual way.

After clearly seeing the three men’s faces, Su Lingyun’s heart skipped a beat, and her immersion was shattered.

Because she was in a trance, Su Lingyun didn’t even notice as the buzz-cut man kicked over the table.

Su Lingyun didn’t react until the guy was grinning and was about to slap her face. When she finally caught up, she screamed and wanted to escape.

However, Su Lingyun was still seated. If she wanted to escape from the slap of the buzz-cut man, she would have to stand up before she could start running. And since the man would not wait to let her escape, Su Lingyun could not dodge that slap.

Watching as the palm closed in on her face, Su Lingyun desperately closed her eyes.

At the next moment, Su Lingyun heard the sound of someone groaning. Su Lingyun thought she recognized the voice as it came from the buzz cut man.

Su Lingyun was stunned when she opened her eyes. She found that the vicious-looking man with spiky hair, who was so ferocious just now, was already squatting on the ground. A chicken bone was stuck in his forehead, blood was flowing out of the wound along the bone before dripping to the ground.

“You dare attack him!?”

“Are you an idiot!?”

“Do you want to die!?”

The other two men in suits looked at their companion on the ground and then looked at Tang Xiu who was sitting on the chair, motionless. After a long time, they finally realized that their companion was hurt by Tang Xiu with a chicken bone. Seething with rage, the two shouted and rushed towards the youth.

“No, please don’t hurt my son! He didn’t mean to hurt your companion, we are willing to compensate for it!” Su Lingyun hysterically shouted whilst rushing towards Tang Xiu. She also understood what had happened and tried to bare the pain.

Seeing his mother’s frightened expression, Tang Xiu’s cold expression lightened. He stretched out his arms and embraced his mother. At the same time, he lifted his legs and readied for an attack. Two pieces of shattered porcelain from a bowl flew up from the ground and were cast towards the two men’s forehead.

The two pitiful men had only just raised their thighs, and had not even moved a step, but they had received the same result as their companion. Then fell to the floor, howling in pain.

“They… they… Xiu’er, what’s going on?” Su Lingyun had thought that they must have been brutally humiliated. Realizing that everything had happened so abruptly, she was completely shocked.

“Mom, it’s ok, don’t worry, just let me handle this.” Tang Xiu pinched his mother’s palm and comforted her softly.

This time, Tang Xiu did not make his mother blackout.

Tang Xiu was not willing to let his mother live in fear, so he wanted to show off his strength and capabilities, letting her know that he had the ability to protect his family.

To appease his mother’s emotions, Tang Xiu went to the three suited men and coldly asking, “If I am right, my mother has already repaid you including interest, why do you have to harass us?”

Tang Xiu was familiar with the three men in front of him.

His mother was short of money when she opened the restaurant, and even after borrowing money from relatives, she was still short of 50,000 yuan. Therefore, she had to get money from a small loan company.

They thought that if it was only a loan of 50,000 yuan, they could repay the debt if they worked hard.

However, they did not think this small loan company was a loan shark. They changed the loan contract. The original interest was 3.3%, but as time progressed, the final loan had stunningly increased to 7.33%.

The plan was to repay by dividing the 50,000 yuan loan into six months, but due to the change of interest, the actual price repaid every month was 12,000 yuan. (ED: I don’t think the person writing the story does maths or knows how loans work… if they had to pay with 7.33% interest, they would be paying back 51k, not 72k… this makes me angry)

Tang Xiu and his mother could only painfully and helplessly endure the debt. They tried to put up some fierce resistance, but it ended in failure.

They did not think that the loan shark with high interest was only the beginning of their nightmare. In the times to come, they almost always lived in a waking nightmare.

In the first month, the restaurant was operating at a loss, Tang Xiu and his mother were unable to repay the loan. As a result, the small loan company ignored their pleas and ransacked their home. The loan shark company also threatened them to repay the principal money and interest, otherwise, they would start to attack the restaurant.

There was no way to plead their case, their only option was to borrow money from relatives and friends. In three days, they finally gathered enough money to pay off the debt.

The loan sharks seemed to think that they were easy to bully. So within the next few months, the loan sharks pushed them for more money every month, and harassed Tang Xiu and his mother for pleasure.

In order to avoid the bullying, Su Lingyun would prepare the payments. Even in cases where the restaurant’s profit wasn’t enough.

Su Lingyun’s restaurant is situated on Old RiverRiver Street Old Street. Their neighbors also had similar businesses. This made for tough competition and prevented Su Lingyun from earning a lot each month.

After half a year, Su Lingyun was finally able to repay the entire debt to the loan sharks. However, after repaying all the money, Tang Xiu and his mother had no savings left. There was no money left to pay for Tang’s tuition. Su Lingyun was also losing weight due to this.

That is why when Su Lingyun saw the three suited men, she looked pale, which was also a reason why Tang Xiu was this merciless.

“Tang Xiu, you son of a bitch, you dare attack us? We are members of the Tianlang Society. Do you think that we can’t kill you and your mother whenever we want?” The buzz cut man cursed and clenched his jaws as he pulled the chicken bone out of his head.

“We have been in contact for half a year, you should know there are some problems with my brain. Are you saying that killing you three would be illegal?” Tang Xiu grinned as he grabbed a chair and started to strike the buzz cut man with it.