Chapter 1404 - 1403: If I Don’t Blame You, Who Should I Blame?

Chapter 1404: Chapter 1403: If I Don’t Blame You, Who Should I Blame?

Chapter 1403: If Not You, Then Who?

Mengyu didn’t stop Shuiyu.

Shuiyu pointed at Zhang Laojiu: "You say you don’t want to get rid of me, but you’re only thinking about how many times you can sell me off."

Shuiyu lifted her chin, trying hard to appear unconcerned: "In August, on the Golden Ship, at a single word from someone else, you unhesitatingly put me up as collateral. Did you ever think about what would happen to me if you lost?"

Zhang Laojiu hesitated; had he considered it? At that time, he really hadn’t considered what would happen to his daughter if he lost.

The villagers all remembered. During the top-scorer wine in August, the people from the Golden Ship came to collect a debt, and Shuiyu was indeed used as collateral. Although, for some unknown reason, the amount written on the slip was very small, which is why they didn’t take Shuiyu away.

Zhang Laojiu also remembered that slip. He said nonchalantly, "It was just a slip worth more than one yuan. Do you think your father can’t even come up with US$ 1.2? So, even if I used you as collateral, it doesn’t matter."

The crowd also thought that Shuiyu talking about that slip was making a fuss over nothing.

Shuiyu snorted coldly, "More than one yuan? Are you sure that when you signed, what was filled in was more than one yuan?"

Zhang Laojiu felt a bit guilty, but he still confidently said, "Yes, it was indeed a slip worth more than one yuan!"

Mengyu turned to the villagers: "My fellow villagers, who among you believes that the people from the Golden Ship would bring twenty to thirty people over, holding a slip for just more than one yuan to collect a debt? The Golden Ship makes a fortune every day. Even if more than one yuan falls on the ground, no one would bend down to pick it up. Why would they come with so many people, making a big scene, to collect such a debt?"

The crowd couldn’t make sense of it, "Why?"

Mengyu reminded them, "Did you forget what amount Chen Jiu, the leader who came to collect the debt, yelled out?"

Someone recalled, "It seemed like fifty thousand!"

"No, it was five million!"

"Yes, yes, yes, it was five million!"

"Don’t you find it strange? Why would they take out a slip for more than one yuan, but ask for a debt of five million?"

Shuiyu looked at Zhang Laojiu: "That’s because my dad signed a blank debt slip, a blank slip they could fill in however they wanted!"

The crowd’s gaze towards Zhang Laojiu changed instantly, daring enough to fill a blank debt slip, even signing his own name? And the collateral was his own daughter?

Even if you win, they can inflate the amount you borrowed, and your daughter is still theirs.

This is digging a pit for your daughter, isn’t it?

Zhang Laojiu shrunk back: "It was all Old Man Wai’s doing. He said to play first and not to determine how much to borrow, just sign the name first, and write the amount after playing. But before we could play, the police came, and I forgot to take back the blank slip. You can’t blame me for that."

The crowd fell silent: If not you, then who?

"Then why did you use me as collateral? Did you ever consider me? If you lost, what would happen to me when the people from the Golden Ship took me away?"

What would happen? The crowd imagined the scenario and found it terrifying.

Someone was puzzled: "Since it was a blank slip they could fill however they wanted, why did it end up being more than one yuan?"

Shuiyu looked at Mengyu: "That’s because my classmate Mengyu was informed of this matter. She sent someone to secretly fill in that blank slip. Otherwise, I would have been doomed that time."

Shuiyu looked at Zhang Laojiu again: "When he signed that slip, he should have known what consequences I would face, but, just to feel good at the gambling table, he signed without hesitation. So, tell me, did he really treat me as his own daughter?"