Chapter 70: A Huge Killing (1/2)
Chapter 70: A Huge Killing
Translator: Pika
The sound of his wife’s paltian, as in the ave an involuntary jerk, nearly causing his tea to spill In order to conceal his aardness, he cleared his throat and went along with his wife “Indeed! Zu An, do you knohat you’ve done wrong?”
Zu An inwardly scoffed at Chu Zhongtian for being a henpecked husband, but he replied with all the sincerity he could ”
Both Chu Zhongtian and Qin Wanru were taken aback by Zu An’s response They had expected him to rebut theht of how to counter his rebuttals Zu An’s unexpected act of yielding took the wind out of their sails, leaving the to find an appropriate way to continue the conversation
Chu Chuyan and Yue Shan exchanged surprised glances This show of obedience fro Was this really the felloho had dominated everyone else in the casino with his sharp mouth earlier?
Qin Wanru pondered for a o ahead with the script she prepared earlier “Don’t you know that our Chu clan has rules forbidding our ?”
“I was unaware until you justan eyelid He thumped his chest and confidently reassured her, “Mother-in-law, please quell your rage Don’t let your anger harm your body I promise never to walk into that sort of vile and depraved place in the future”
Just how du be to allow hi their money? This prohteous anger deflated even further Zu An’s oddly earnest attitude had robbed her of her chance to use her prepared lines She turned to glare at Chu Chuyan instead “You should have warned hi with him?”
Chu Chuyan hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she decided not to expose Zu An’s lie “It was ence”
She orried that Zu An would be too severely punished, so she decided to carry some of the blame for him
Snoas teoing to take this fellow’s life later anyway, so it doesn’t matter whether the Chu clan punishes him or not
Needless to say, Qin Wanru clearly saw through Chu Chuyan’s attempt to cover for Zu An Just what kind of sorcery has Zu An cast on hter to make her speak on his behalf so soon?
It was as if her precious daughter had been stolen frolared sharply at Zu An
You have successfully trolled Qin Wanru for 33 Rage points!
Zu An was stunned by this sudden notification Even Chu Chuyan has already spoken up ontoo unreasonable?
That being said, he was e points It was his key to growing stronger, after all
Chu Zhongtian coughed lightly before interjecting with a deep voice, “This ot into a fight with the local guards In the end, the main culprit who started this is still you”
Before he could finish his words, Zu An took out the promissory note and presented it to his parents-in-law “Allow me to offer this seven-and-a-half million silver taels to the two of you Chuyan isI own belongs to the Chu clan too”
Black streaks appeared on Chu Chuyan’s face While the words Zu An had said were true, they sounded oddly jarring
Qin Wanru huffed in response “We could never accept your money Our Chu clan prides itself on its incorruptibility We have and will never touch dirtyIf we do take yourabout how our Chu clan has fallen so far that we need our son-in-law to gamble in order to help with our finances”
“Indeed We can’t ruin the good reputation the Chu clan has built up over several centuries over this Keep your ain,” added Chu Zhongtian
At this, Snow heaved a sigh of relief Even though she had guessed that this would be the case, she hadn’t been able to shake her worry that the promissory note would somehow fall into the hands of the Chu clan It would have been terribly difficult to clean up the situation in that case It was heartening to see that things were still going according to plan
Zu An stuffed the note back into his robe In the end, you’re just turning it down because it’ll be hard to collect the money If seven-and-a-half ht before your eyes, I reckon that you wouldn’t be able to remain so ‘incorruptible’
How much could the Chu clan possibly earn in a year? What are mere family rules, in the face of absolute profits?
What a pity
Zu An was troubled by this outcome He knew that the promissory note was useless in his hands, since he didn’t have the ability to demand that the Plum Blossom Sect repay its debt At most, he could only try to clai, however, was obviously not an honest person It was extremely naive to expect hiiven that he would try all sorts of tricks to avoid payment
“You have to be punished for what happened today If not, we’ll be sending out the wrong signal to the other clani deal to visit the casino!” Qin Wanru slammed her fist on the table as she spoke “Head to the Reflection Room and copy our family rules ten thousand times!”
“Ten thousand times?” Zu An’s eyes popped in disbelief “How arounded in the estate until you finish copying the faain,” said Qin Wanru with a gleeful glint in her eyes