Chapter 219 - Chapter 219: Pay Up
Chapter 219: Pay Up
“What? One thousand yuan? Where are we supposed to get that much?” “That’s right. If we had money, we wouldn’t have to work for Liu Shi!” All of them begged in the most pitiful way.
Xia Wan pretended to be surprised. “You know that 1,000 yuan is a lot. Then why did you take the amount for granted when you asked me for money? You made it sound as if I can’t fork out 1,000 yuan just because you don’t have it.
“Don’t you know? My stall has a boss. We’re just helping the boss sell clothes.
You’re only compensating us for a small portion of the time that you’ve wasted. The most you’ll be compensating will be our boss.”
Everyone looked at each other. No one wanted to take this money. To them, taking their money would be like cutting their own flesh.
Thus, they made a tacit decision not to give Xia Wan any money.
“If you don’t feel satisfied, beat us up again, but we still won’t have the money no matter what.”
“Yes, I want my life, but I don’t have money!”
Everyone raised their necks and put on a posture of refusing to pay.
Xia Chen was furious. He pointed at them and scolded, “You guys are a real shameless bunch. What attitude did you bring with you when you came to us to ask for money? Now that it’s your turn to pay up, you act like you’re facing death. You know that 1,000 yuan is a lot, so you can ask us for money without any psychological burden!”
Xia Feng also said coldly, ” They won’t feel the pain if they don’t cut themselves. When they ask others for money, they don’t care if they have money or not.”
Yan Han’s eyes were also filled with emotions. He was gratified by the unity and ability of the three children at home, but at the same time, he was surprised. When did Xia Wan become so powerful? That many men, and none of them could beat her.
She had to ask him properly when she got home.
At the same time, Yan Han decided that she would train her body well in the future. Now, it was only Liu Shi who came to cause trouble. What if someone else came to cause trouble in the future? What if he was better than Liu Shi?
When her family was under threat, how could she possibly hold herself back?
Xia Wan had already expected that they would not pay, so she said directly, “I told you, this shop belongs to my boss. If you don’t pay up, when my boss makes a move, it won’t be as simple as a beating.
“You should have heard of the coal mine, right? You owe our boss money, and he has the means to send you there to mine coal. In the narrow, humid shaft, you can only sleep for two to three hours a day.”
“When you have enough money from mining coal, you can come out.”
Xia Wan was simply making an empty threat, but the group of thugs weren’t taking any chances and clearly believed her.
There were people in their village who said that they had gone to the city to work and could earn a lot. They never came back. Some knowledgeable veterans in the village said that they might have been captured to work the coal mines. Once they did that work, they would never be able to come out.
The thought of having to deal with coal mines for the rest of their lives, living in that kind of dark place without freedom, was simply too much to bear.
“No, you can’t condemn us to the mines. We’re not going. If you keep this up, we’re calling the police!”
They were afraid. The police were what they feared the most, but here they were, standing behind the protective umbrella of the police.
Xia Wan smiled. “Okay, then go and call the police. You were the ones who started the trouble today. When the time comes, the police will calculate my losses. You will still have to compensate me, and there will be a stain on your record. You may not think it matters now, but many factories are under construction now. With tainted records, I doubt the factories will accept you.”
The people who followed Liu Shi were not well-educated. They did not realize how much impact it would have on their future if they entered the police station. Therefore, they only realized this after hearing Xia Wan’s words.
Xia Wan continued, ” You’re still young now, and you can live on your own. However, when you have children in the future, your children will miss the opportunity to enter the government because you’ve been in prison before.”
“You’ve already been like this for your entire lives. Do you still want to affect your next generation?
Under the onslaught of Xia Wan’s verbal machete, these people really felt the lingering fear..