Chapter 1132: Chapter 968: Nothing to Repay
The man had just noticed their movements earlier, and seeing the noble giving this young fellow something, he thought it was silver, and immediately walked up quickly.
He didn’t mind Ming Yan’s term of address, his eyes fixated on Ming Yan’s sleeve.
"Come closer!" Ming Yan knew that the noble wanted to be discreet, so he beckoned the man to come nearer.
The man gave Ming Yan a suspicious glance, then looked at the treasure sword beside Ming Yan, hesitating.
This person might not want to give silver and wants him to come closer for a sneak attack?
Ming Yan immediately understood the man’s thoughts, and his tone became hostile. "What? You think I would kill you for these three hundred taels of silver?"
Seeing Ming Yan make things clear, and the tone so disdainful, the man was relieved.
He stepped forward and asked puzzledly, "What does young sir intend to do?"
Ming Yan noticed that the man’s tall stature had shielded the gaze of the people behind him, then took out the tooth card from his sleeve, "Look what this is?"
The man’s gaze followed Ming Yan’s discreet gesture, and then his pupils shrank sharply as he opened his mouth to exclaim.
"Don’t make a sound, or your head will touch the ground!" Ming Yan’s face sank, his eyes tightly fixed on the man like a hawk.
The man immediately quieted down, daring not to speak any further. He contemplated turning away; he couldn’t afford to provoke this noble. Since the other party didn’t want to make it public, he didn’t need to pay his respects either; best to leave early.
Ming Yan saw the man had some sense, snorted coldly, and put the tooth card back into his sleeve.
"Wait!" he called out to the man who was about to leave, the man turned around with a flattering smile.
"Since you wish to save this girl, let’s consider it doing you a favor as a noble, and let this matter rest!"
The people around were thrown into confusion by the man’s reaction, what does this mean? Just let it go like that? When did people from the Money Shop ever become so agreeable?
Could it be that the person in the carriage indeed had a significant background that even the Money Shop people couldn’t afford to provoke?
"Just let it go like that? The person in the carriage might be an official?" a spectator expressed doubt.
"That’s unlikely, isn’t it? Would an official be so young? The voice sounds like a youngster!" Another disagreed, thinking it wasn’t possible.
"Then could it be a noble son from an aristocratic family in the Capital?"
"That’s possible! There are many aristocratic families in the Capital, perhaps we’ve encountered a young noble from a certain mansion!"
"But people from the Money Shop don’t seem to be afraid of those noble sons! When the noble family members come to the Money Shop to gamble, even if they lose and have no silver, the Money Shop people still go to collect the debt, right?"
"Hey! Don’t say anymore, who knows what kind of noble it is? We can’t afford to provoke them."
Ming Yan looked at the man’s departing back and sneered, then asked, "How much silver?"
The man turned around, surprised, looking somewhat uncertain.
"Just give a number! It’s been delayed for too long." Ming Yan was also impatient, the noble had relatives visiting today, but he was tied up here by these people.
Looking at Ming Yan’s expression, the man felt that he really intended to give it, quickly saying, "Seventy taels, please!"
Gu Chengyu couldn’t help but rub his forehead, lending with interest is really lucrative! Seventy taels of silver turned into three hundred taels in no time.
Ming Mo took out a silver note for fifty taels and a silver ingot for twenty taels from his pocket, "Bring the IOU!"
"They really gave silver, just said three hundred taels earlier, now it has turned to seventy taels."
"Indeed! That’s an extra two hundred and thirty taels!"
The onlooking commoners discussed passionately, everyone marveled at how lucrative lending money with interest was!
"Big brother!" The other two men were dissatisfied, three hundred taels had been reduced to seventy taels, how could this be acceptable?
The leading man turned around and glared at them, then cupped his hand, "Noble sir is busy, we shall not disturb more."
The man took the silver and turned to shout to his two reluctant subordinates, to leave this place.
The young lady shot a glance at the three men, the leading man only glanced at the young lady before turning away without looking back.
Scholar Fang and his companion exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock in the other’s eyes. Unexpectedly the other party merely said two words to the coachman, and only asked for seventy taels of silver before leaving.
No! Those people didn’t even want the silver, it was the others who insisted on giving it.
"This person probably has a significant background!" Companion Lv Yunfeng whispered softly to Fang Yiming, understanding quite well the nature of this companion, prone to being nosy.
Being so engrossed in this matter earlier might indicate he’s had some thoughts about the girl.
However, the girl has already been saved by the person in the carriage, to prevent his companion from acting impulsively and offending someone he shouldn’t, he quickly reminded him.
He and Fang Yiming were not very close friends, they just happened to travel together today to visit a teacher in the academy, not wanting to get into trouble.
"Let’s go!" Lv Yunfeng tugged at Fang Yiming’s sleeve, not giving silver earlier was already extremely embarrassing, why stay around just to be humiliated?
If it wasn’t for Fang Yiming pulling him and refusing to leave earlier, he would’ve left long ago.
"I wonder who this person is, since he is the girl’s lifesaver, we should greet him. We wrongly accused him earlier, even thought they would stand by and watch!"
Upon saying this, Fang Yiming, Lv Yunfeng couldn’t help but look at him suspiciously. He sneered inwardly, indeed he underestimated this individual.
Unexpectedly Fang Yiming was so shameless that if it were a common person, they would’ve hidden their face and fled long ago.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yiming not only stayed but also wanted to ingratiate himself with the noble in the carriage. Oh! Perhaps there’s some other unspoken desire mixed in.
"Brother Fang, let’s not go causing trouble. It’s already getting late today, if we don’t hurry back to the academy and it gets locked, there will be nowhere to stay tonight."
Fang Yiming was still unwilling to leave, he glanced at the carriage, then at the young lady, unable to move his feet as if they were rooted.
The young lady saw the men leave, finally breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly got up and thanked Gu Chengyu’s carriage.
"This young lady sincerely thanks kind sir for saving my life! Many thanks for clearing the trouble today, otherwise I would’ve had no face to continue living!"
After finishing her words, the young lady kneeled and kowtowed to the carriage.
"Miss, you need not be overly polite, it was just a minor effort, let’s go!"
These words from the young lady didn’t resemble a person from a poor household, but that had nothing to do with Gu Chengyu.
Seeing the situation resolved, Gu Chengyu ordered Ming Yan to leave this place quickly, as he was in a hurry to meet his big brother and them.
"Wait! Kind sir’s significant kindness, this young lady has no way to repay..." The young lady with tearful eyes spoke halfway when the person in the carriage interrupted again.
"Still not leaving?" Gu Chengyu was very impatient, better not mention any notions of repaying with marriage or anything like that.
