jdhmnovel Chapter 258 Pay back the money
Chapter 258 Pay back the money
In a dark alley in the capital.
A woman was running forward, followed by several burly men. The woman was out of breath and thought she was going to escape, but in the blink of an eye she found that there was a dead end in front of her.
She stopped abruptly.
She was none other than Zhao Mengyi.
She turned around in shock and saw that the big men had already come to her.
"You are really weird!" Zhao Mengyi felt very strange. She went out for shopping today. She had just walked a few steps after getting off the carriage when she was dragged into the alley. They kept asking her to pay back Yu Jiao. But she had clearly already paid back the money.
"I've already paid off the money she owed me last time." Zhao Mengyi yelled, "Besides, she is the one who owed you money, so if you want to find someone, go find her."
"Hey, Miss Zhao. If she had money, would we still come to you?" The leading man said coldly, "We don't know who you paid back last time, but this little bitch owed us money a few days ago, and she told us to come to you directly."
Two days ago?
Zhao Mengyi was speechless. Did Yu Jiao go gambling again these days? She had repeatedly warned her not to go again, but she was still stubborn.
Thinking of this, Zhao Mengyi regretted getting involved with this kind of person. It was simply a bottomless pit.
"I don't have money." Zhao Meng said, "I told her last time that this was the last time I would pay her back. I won't pay her back again."
When the man heard this, his face turned grim: "Miss Zhao, she said she had no money, and you said you would not pay her back. So, are you two playing tricks on us?" They knew that they couldn't get the money from Yu Jiao, so they could only get it from Zhao Mengyi.
"I'm not playing tricks on you, she's the one playing tricks on you." Zhao Meng said, "Go find her." As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Meng was about to leave with a gloomy face, but her way was blocked. The man pressed her shoulder directly.
Zhao Meng was so shocked that he took a few steps back and immediately protected his body.
The man put on a lewd face and said, "No one has money, so someone has to pay the debt. Miss Zhao, since you have taken on this job, you should be responsible to the end. Why don't you follow me and write off the debt owed by that little bitch?"
Zhao Meng trembled all over when he heard this: "You, you are so brave, do you know who my father is? Do you want to die?"
"Miss Zhao, it's only natural to pay back debts. No matter who your father is, you have to pay it back." The man said as he was about to attack her.
Zhao Mengyi was terrified. She backed away with her hands over her chest until she reached the corner. She shouted in fear, "Don't come over here. Get out of here. Get out of here!"
The man curled his lips and continued walking forward.
Zhao Mengyi was so frightened that he suddenly bent down, picked up a stone on the ground and smashed it on the man's head.
"Ah!" The man was knocked off balance and took two steps back.
Zhao Meng saw the opportunity and ran out.
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At the gate of Bai Mansion.
Tang Wanru was going out today. Just as she was about to get on the carriage, she heard a voice not far away, "Help! Help!"
She glanced sideways.
It was Zhao Mengyi who was running here with a look of embarrassment on her face. Behind him were five men, chasing her fiercely. The man leading the group had a wound on his head and was still bleeding.
Zhao Mengyi was so anxious that her skirt was torn and she ran straight towards Tang Wanru.
The guards at the gate of the Bai Mansion immediately came up to protect Tang Wanru. Zhao Mengyi couldn't get close, and the people were about to catch up with her, so she had no choice but to kneel on the ground with a "thump!" and shouted: "Imperial Concubine, Seventh Imperial Concubine, please save me! Please save me!"
At this time, those few people also caught up and tried to pull Zhao Mengyi.
Zhao Mengyi had been running all this way and finally saw someone who could save her, so she naturally would not let him go. She desperately lay on the ground and said, "Seventh Imperial Concubine, have you forgotten that I am Zhao Mengyi? I have helped you before!"
Tang Wanru narrowed her eyes, as if she didn't remember it very clearly.
"That outer courtyard!" Zhao Meng shouted, "Didn't you ask me to help the woman from Yongning Marquis's Mansion to ascend to the throne?" She shouted, "I did it. The Marquis's son is going to marry that woman, the one called Jiang Qin."
At this point, Tang Wanru suddenly seemed to remember that she had indeed told Zhao Mengyi about this matter last time. At that time, she wanted to plot against Tang Wanru, but she was plotted against instead. In order to save her life, she agreed to Tang Wanru to go to the Marquis' Mansion to tease the relationship between Tang Yue'er and Jiang Qin.
She did contribute some to this matter.
"Zhao Mengyi?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhao Mengyi nodded quickly.
Tang Wanru glanced at the people behind her and asked calmly, "What happened?"
The man with a bloody head saw that they were in front of the Bai Mansion and the person in front of him was the imperial concubine, so he did not dare to do anything else and just said, "She, she owed us money and didn't pay it back."
Because Yu Jiao was still inside, Zhao Mengyi didn't dare to expose her, so he had to keep silent and take the blame.
"Owing money, your Zhao family is not short of money, right?" Tang Wanru looked at Zhao Mengyi.
"Yes." Zhao Mengyi protected herself and said, "But he just touched me and said he didn't want money anymore, he wanted me."
When Tang Wanru heard this, she looked coldly at the man who was leading the group. The man trembled all over and dared not speak again.
Tang Wanru didn't say anything else. She turned around and gave Yingchun a look. Yingchun stood up, took out a small bag of silver from his clothes and threw it to them.
Those people hurriedly opened the bag and looked at each other.
"Is that enough?" Yingchun asked.
"Enough, enough!" said those people.
"That's enough, why don't you get out of here?" Yingchun said angrily. The men didn't dare to stay any longer, so they pocketed the silver and ran away.
Zhao Meng heaved a sigh of relief when she saw them leave. She turned around and thanked Tang Wanru: "Thank you, Seventh Imperial Concubine, thank you, Seventh Imperial Concubine."
In the face of her thanks, Tang Wanru seemed indifferent. She said, "Since you have helped me, you are mine. There is nothing to thank you for."
Zhao Mengyi's heart skipped a beat, but Tang Wanru suddenly came forward, took her hand and helped her up.
This made Zhao Mengyi feel flattered.
She looked at her in astonishment.
"Meng Yi." Tang Wanru called her affectionately.
Zhao Meng hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Yes."
"You should be bolder in the future." Tang Wanru said, "If you meet someone like this again, just bring up my name and say that you are my person. These people bully the weak and fear the strong. After hearing this, they will not dare to attack you again, okay?"
Zhao Meng never expected that Tang Wanru would speak to her so kindly.
You know, she treated her coldly last time.
"Yes, I know." Zhao Mengyi said with his head down.
Tang Wanru squeezed her hand and said, "Next time you see me, you don't have to be so polite. You and I have actually gotten along very well for a long time. It's not an exaggeration to say that we are friends."
Zhao Meng nodded slightly: "Yes."
The two people exchanged greetings. Tang Wanru glanced at Liu Duo who was hiding not far away, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
Liu Duo frowned and looked at Zhao Mengyi.
Tang Wanru said, are you mine?
Liu asked him to find someone close to Tang Wanru to attack.
He licked the corner of his mouth and thought, isn't this it?