Chapter 366: Chapter 245: Give Me My Money Back!
What’s wrong with working hard for your ideals!
The only difference is the direction of the effort.
Some women choose to focus on their careers, while others choose to focus on winning over men.
These two types of women usually don’t end up too badly; the worst off are those Little Fairies who daydream in bed!
With just average appearance, thinking no one is good enough for her after using beauty filters.
Bad temper, without the life of a princess, but having a princess’s illness!
By contrast, someone like Liu Qingwu, who is an ambitious "Green Tea," isn’t actually annoying, because such people can recognize themselves and reality clearly.
Being around them can make you feel comfortable.
Often, they are somewhat like the corrupt officials and favored ministers around ancient emperors.
Do you think the emperor didn’t know they were corrupt!
Isn’t it just because they offered the emperor enough emotional value, unlike some loyal ministers who are "stubborn and unyielding."
In the end, human nature doesn’t change.
How many so-called "sages" have there been throughout history? People live their lives, especially when they’ve gained enough power, they certainly live in the most comfortable way possible!
Otherwise, what’s the point of having power?
The next day.
Liu Qingwu returned early in the morning to her hometown in Qingcheng County.
It’s not far from Sanjiang City to Qingcheng County, only a little over 200 kilometers, and Qingcheng County is actually under Sanjiang City’s jurisdiction.
Rizhao Machinery Factory Residential Area.
Liu Qingwu’s father used to be an employee at the machinery factory, and the house was distributed by the factory, a seventy-odd square meter two-bedroom living room.
Later, after her brother Liu Xiaojie was born, the rooms in the house were not enough, so the balcony was converted into a small room, and the neglected Liu Qingwu stayed in the "balcony."
When Liu Qingwu went to college, because she didn’t come home often, her room became a storage room for some useless things.
The bus drove for almost three hours.
Liu Qingwu returned to her hometown she had always wanted to escape, walked into the machinery factory residential area, and felt inexplicably heavy-hearted.
Because her family had always favored boys over girls, Liu Qingwu didn’t feel much parental love growing up.
Instead, she was always instilled with the idea of giving in to her brother and being good to him.
When she was younger, she didn’t quite understand, but after two years of college, she gradually realized.
Not every family is like this, and not all parents favor sons over daughters!
So her feelings towards this family are quite complicated; you could say it’s love and hate, resentment and nostalgia!
"Qingwu is back, are you on holiday?"
At her unit’s doorway, Liu Qingwu ran into her neighbor Zhang Yayun.
"No."
Liu Qingwu shook her head: "Isn’t it because Xiaojie got into trouble!"
The machinery residential area isn’t big, so if there’s anything going on in a household, almost everyone knows.
On the phone, Li Guilian told Liu Qingwu that even the neighbors pooled money together.
So, Liu Qingwu assumed Zhang Yayun knew about her brother Liu Xiaojie being scammed.
"Ah?"
"What happened to Xiaojie?"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yayun was quite surprised: "When I was at the morning market, I even ran into your mom. She said she’s buying a house for Xiaojie today."
"Aren’t you back for this?"
"Buying a house for Xiaojie?"
Liu Qingwu raised her eyebrows, a bad feeling emerging in her heart.
Before, her brother Liu Xiaojie had tricked her once, saying he got into a fight and injured the other person, needing to compensate 50,000 yuan, or he’d have to go to jail.
As a freshly graduated intern who had barely started working, where would Liu Qingwu get that kind of money, so she could only cash advance from her credit card.
She later found out that her brother Liu Xiaojie never got into a fight, nor injured anyone requiring compensation.
Hearing Zhang Yayun’s words, bad memories surfaced in Liu Qingwu’s mind.
But this time, the situation is different, her mother Li Guilian even sent her a video of her brother Liu Xiaojie being tortured.
In the video, her brother Liu Xiaojie was locked in a big iron cage, looking terrible!
"You didn’t know?"
"Your mom said you provided the money!"
Zhang Yayun said with a suspicious look.
"Ah, I knew."
"But I didn’t know they were buying a house today."
"Aunt Zhang, I need to head up!"
Liu Qingwu could almost conclude that she was tricked again.
However, she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart, thinking her mother wouldn’t conspire with her brother to deceive her.
That’s 500,000 yuan, not a small amount!
They aren’t unaware that I can’t produce that money; how could they use such despicable means to force me?
Liu Qingwu trudged up the stairs heavily; their home was on the fourth floor, and as she reached the landing between the second and third floors, familiar voices suddenly came from upstairs.
"Mom, hurry up, we’ve already made an appointment with the homeowner!"
"Just a moment, almost ready!"
"You have to dress decently when going to buy a house; you can’t let them look down on us."
The speakers were precisely her brother Liu Xiaojie and her mother Li Guilian.
The faint hope in Liu Qingwu’s heart was finally dashed!
Yesterday, they said her brother Liu Xiaojie was scammed into Northern Myanmar, tortured beyond recognition.
Yet here he is at home, about to buy a house.
Clearly, she had been scammed!
Liu Qingwu bit her lip hard, then rushed upstairs with long strides.
On the stairs between the third and fourth floors, she almost bumped right into her brother Liu Xiaojie.
"Can’t you see..."
Liu Xiaojie was just looking at his phone, and when bumped, instinctively cursed.
But when he looked clearly at the person he bumped into, he was dumbfounded, stunned for a while, before stammering out, "Sister, you, why are you back?"
"Weren’t you scammed into Northern Myanmar?"
"Weren’t you supposed to be dead?"
"Am I seeing a ghost?"
Liu Qingwu questioned coldly.
"Uh..."
Liu Xiaojie was speechless, at a loss for words.
At this moment, the made-up Li Guilian walked out of the house, and upon seeing Liu Qingwu on the stairs, she was also startled.
But she reacted much faster than Liu Xiaojie, her shock quickly passing, as she cheerfully said, "Qingwu, I was just about to tell you that Xiaojie has been released, good news."
"I didn’t expect you to be back, that’s wonderful. I was just taking Xiaojie out for a meal to celebrate his rebirth!"
"To celebrate, or to buy a house?"
Liu Qingwu coldly retorted.
"Uh, buy a house?"
"What house? With our family conditions, where is there money to buy a house!"
Li Guilian denied adamantly.
Liu Qingwu couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh, "I’ve already heard your conversation just now."
"Xiaojie being scammed was fake; me being scammed is real!"
"And it’s by you, the two people most related to me!"
Liu Qingwu’s face was ashen, gritting her teeth as she said, "Give me back my money!"
"That money is all borrowed!"
Seeing that the act couldn’t go on, Li Guilian immediately dropped the smile on her face, sternly saying, "Qingwu, your brother is getting married, the dowry and house all require money. Isn’t it normal for you as his sister to contribute some money?"
"I provided for your university, your graduate school, wasn’t it easy from childhood?"
"Now Xiaojie needs money for marriage, you are working and earning money now, helping your brother is not natural?"
"You are siblings, once your father and I are gone, he is your only relative in the world!"
Li Guilian directly resorted to familial blackmail tactics.
However, Liu Qingwu wasn’t falling for it; she extended her hand, gritting her teeth, trying her hardest not to let tears fall from her eyes.
She icily uttered four words: "Give me back my money!"
"Liu Qingwu, do you not understand what I am saying!"
"Now Xiaojie is getting married, the bride’s family is asking for dowry and a wedding house. If you don’t pay, how will your brother marry?"
Li Guilian righteously questioned.
"If you can’t afford it, don’t get married!"
"If you have the money, put it in; anyway, I won’t be giving it!"
After confirming that her mother and brother conspired together to scam her, Liu Qingwu was completely disillusioned.
Now, she just wants to get her money back; without family affection, she can’t lose the money too.
