Chapter 74 - To Provoke them or not, will be up to me (2/2)

Qiao Qing shook her head and silently exclaimed at Shen Yun’s naivety. “If you and Xiyan are scared, you both can wait outside. If you want to put an end to this whole thing, I have to go.”

Then she lifted up the suitcase and walked inside.

How could Shen Yun and Lin Xiyan let her go in alone? They followed along.

When Qiao Qing arrived at the room the manager led her to, she saw a middle-aged man sitting inside; he looked around 40 years old.

His figure was on the chubby side and his hair was parted in the middle. He wore traditional Chinese garments and had a greasy look on his face.

“Sixth Lord, they are here.” The manager announced and then retreated.

The man who goes by “Sixth Lord” was named Li Gan. He was infamous in the City of Brisk for being ruthless.

He pushed the tea leaves in his teacup away with the cup’s lid when his eyes lifted to give Qiao Qing and her company a look, “Didn’t you just borrow the money? Why are you paying it back now?”

Qiao Qing placed the suitcase on the ground, “We don’t need it anymore. We don’t want the loan.”

Li Gan put the cup of tea back on the table. He had an expression that was neither kind nor ferocious.

“You borrow when you want to borrow, you give back when you don’t want it anymore… what kind of place do you think this is? You think my men don’t need to eat?”

Qiao Qing crossed her arms, “What are you saying? You allow people to borrow money, but don’t allow them to pay you back?”

“You can pay it back.” Li Gan stood up and marched towards them, “But this $300,000 had left my door, which means it’s been loaned. By the time it comes back to me, I would need more than the $300,000 I lent out.”

“Oh?” Qiao Qing tapped her fingers against her forearms, “Then how much do you think we should be repaying?”

“Our rule is that people need to repay five times the principal annually. Since this woman is pitiful and she hasn’t borrowed it for long, I will only ask for $600,000 back.”

“What?” Yun Shen widened her eyes. Her lips quivered as she said, “It… it hasn’t been long since I took the money. How could it have already flipped to twice the amount?! You are bullies!”

“Auntie,” Qiao Qing gave her a look to stop her from speaking again.

Then, with a cold expression, she looked back at Li Gan, “What if we just return the $300,000?”