Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 236: Chapter 236 Are You Robbing Money

Having said that, Yunyi also made a gesture of shooting at Qiu Baolin. ”BANG.”

She did it to scare him on purpose.

Qiu Baolin thought of Xu Wenchang’s fate and turned pale with fear. Was I so befuddled by my greed that I let my sister persuade me, thinking that by taking advantage of Chu Zhiqing, she would have to marry me to protect her reputation?

Now, he truly regretted it until his guts turned green.

Since their mother, Widow Qiu, had an incident, he and his sister had been scorned and berated. They lived like startled birds, even sneaking around when going to work, for fear that the villagers would remember them and come looking for trouble.

Even when it was time to distribute the grain, they would only sneak out to collect it when no one was around.

Today, his sister had sneaked out. Upon her return, she broached the topic of Chu Zhiqing, mentioning that many families in the village wanted to marry her.

She analyzed with him: Their family’s status was not good, while Chu Zhiqing was not only from a veteran family but also wealthy. Most importantly, she was now adorned with many honors.

If they married her into the family, not only would they have good days ahead, but no one would dare to come seeking trouble with them.

So the two of them devised a plan to take a risk and strike first. Once he took possession of her, she would most likely have no choice but to swallow the humiliation silently for the sake of her reputation.

For this, he even went to the trouble of purchasing Sleeping Drug and some ecstasy-inducing drug at a high price, planning to make it foolproof. However, he hadn’t expected to be knocked unconscious before he could even release the Sleeping Drug into the room.

He looked at Yunyi and said urgently, ”Let’s settle this privately. Let’s settle this privately.”

All those present turned to look at Yunyi. They despised the actions of the Qiu siblings, but the village’s reputation really couldn’t afford to sink any lower. Otherwise, it would impact the village youths in finding brides and grooms.

Yunyi said indifferently, ”Five hundred for a private settlement, not a penny less. Or forget it.”

She didn’t care whether they could come up with the money or not. It was her condition, and it was up to them to accept it or not.

Upon hearing five hundred, Qiu Baolin panicked. ”Are you robbing us?”

At that moment, Qiu Baojuan also spoke up, ”We don’t have that much money. Can it be less?”

Yunyi knew what kind of person she was dealing with the moment she heard her speak. Xu Wenchang must have subsidized Widow Qiu quite a bit, and their family might really be able to come up with the money. So she said nonchalantly, ”I’m not forcing you. Don’t you still have another option?”

The moment her words came out, Qiu Baojuan was about to curse out of anger. ”You...”

But she had barely started speaking when Qiu Baolin cut her off, grinding his teeth. ”Fine, we’ll settle this privately, but you have to give us time to gather the money.”

After all, they can run, but they can’t hide. With the brigade cadre here, I’m not afraid of them fleeing. Yunyi then said, ”Alright, but before you leave, you must write down what happened today and include an IOU. I want to see the money by ten o’clock tomorrow morning. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not showing you any face.”

This ”not showing you any face” naturally included the other people present as well, to prevent them from trying to muddy the waters later on.

Qiu Baolin knew, looking into Yunyi’s eyes, that there was no way around writing it down.

He had no choice but to agree. ”Fine, I’ll write it.”

That’s when Qiu Baojuan spoke up, ”I will definitely find a way to come up with the money. Can’t we not write it?”

Writing it down means she will forever have a hold over us. Fearing Yunyi would refuse, Qiu Baojuan quickly added, ”We definitely won’t run, really.”

Yunyi rolled her eyes, visibly growing impatient. ”If you don’t write, then it goes to the police. Enough with the nonsense.”

She certainly did not want to waste her night on their dawdling. ”Will you write or not?”

Fearing that Yunyi would change her mind, Qiu Baolin gave his sister a fierce look. ”We’ll write, we’ll write. We’ll do it.”