sinovels Chapter 167: By What Right?
Chapter 167: By What Right?
After the group finished breakfast and chatted and laughed as they returned to the school, Huang Xiaochuan was suddenly stopped by someone at the main gate.
"Mr. Huang, I've finally found you!"
Huang Xiaochuan was startled, as were the others. Who was this?
Huang Xiaochuan looked closely and realized it was someone he knew!
"Acheng?" Huang Xiaochuan recognized him.
Isn't this the employee from the beautiful boss's wife's family at Lu Gong Post Office?
"It's me, it's me." Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan recognized him, Acheng felt like he had found a lifeline.
Huang Xiaochuan quickly said to Wu Duo and the others, "It's alright, it's alright, I know this person."
Afterwards, Huang Xiaochuan took Acheng to the school and found a place to sit down. Then he asked Wu Duo and the others to take the pan-fried buns that were packed for Ding Yi and go back first.
After Wu Duo and the others left, Huang Xiaochuan asked, "How did you find me?"
Acheng said sheepishly, "It was my older sister who told me you were studying here, so I came looking for you."
"Did the landlady send you to see me?" Huang Xiaochuan was a little confused. What was going on? It seemed like everything was settled, and neither of them owed the other anything.
Ah Cheng quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I came by myself."
Huang Xiaochuan stared at Acheng for a long time, and after a while asked, "What is it?"
Acheng came to see Huang Xiaochuan on his own initiative, and Nan Hui was unaware of it.
Ah Cheng knew about Nan Hui's financial situation, after all, he had been with Nan Hui for so many years, and Nan Hui never hid anything from him.
A while ago, the loan sharks had just taken this month's interest, but Acheng knew that they might not be able to pay next month's interest. Sure enough, the same group of people came again the day before yesterday.
These people are pressuring Nan Hui to repay the principal and interest, but Nan Hui simply doesn't have the ability to do so!
The stamp market is in complete disarray right now, and countless owners have absconded. All Nan Hui has left is a pile of stamps that have plummeted to rock bottom, and no one is willing to take them even at rock-bottom prices. Although these stamps are worth more than five million yuan according to the current market price, who can come up with more than five million yuan to take over this hot potato in Nan Hui's hands?
Ah Cheng thought of Huang Xiaochuan. Nan Hui had once mentioned to him that Huang Xiaochuan studied at the University of Finance and Economics, and he never expected that he would keep it in mind.
In this world, some people still respect strong people. Acheng is one such person. He didn't know what kind of person Huang Xiaochuan was at first, but he knew some of Huang Xiaochuan's performance in the stamp market. So when everyone else collapsed, Huang Xiaochuan was the only one who escaped unscathed, which made Acheng admire him. Nan Hui also had the same idea.
So when Acheng saw Nan Hui looking worried and helpless, he thought of Huang Xiaochuan. He waited at the gate of the University of Finance and Economics early this morning, hoping to meet Huang Xiaochuan. He was lucky and met Huang Xiaochuan, who had just finished breakfast and was returning to school.
After Acheng explained his purpose, Huang Xiaochuan remained silent for a long time.
Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan didn't reply, Acheng kept bowing and begging him.
Actually, Huang Xiaochuan didn't want to ask about this matter; it was none of his business! You reap what you sow. If Nan Hui hadn't been blinded by greed, she wouldn't have had to suffer this predicament. Moreover, she wasn't at her wit's end. Although she couldn't sell her stamps for the time being, given time, in about six months, the 80 Monkey stamps would rise again, and then she could break even.
But what if other people saw a thirty-year-old man begging him so early in the morning? After all, Huang Xiaochuan was a well-known figure at this university!
Huang Xiaochuan frowned and said, "Acheng, don't blame me for being blunt, but business is business and friendship is friendship. My relationship with your sister is just a simple business one. You've come to the wrong person, haven't you?"
Ah Cheng said frankly, "Mr. Huang, I know this is very abrupt, but after thinking it over, I can only help my sister. No one else has the ability. Please, just lend a hand. I, Ah Cheng, will repay you by serving you like a slave from now on."
Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but look at Acheng with new respect, but he still asked, puzzled, "What's your relationship with the boss's wife? Why are you helping her so much?"
"My grandma was my older sister's nanny. We lost contact for a while, and my grandma went back to the countryside. Later, my older sister somehow found us and brought my grandma and me to Shanghai. She even took me with her to trade treasury bonds. My older sister paid for all of my grandma's medical expenses, hospitalization, and funeral arrangements. I will repay her for the rest of my life."
Huang Xiaochuan wasn't moved at all. What does this have to do with me?
Huang Xiaochuan asked in confusion, "In that case, you can go somewhere else, right?"
Huang Xiaochuan's words implied, "Why not run away?" You have to understand that there were no such things as network cameras or smart cameras back then. It would be too easy for a person to hide. They could just change their name and go somewhere else, and spend some money to get a new ID card.
Ah Cheng said hesitantly, "Sister and Mom are still in the hospital, Sister won't leave."
Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan thought, "Wow! There are quite a few entanglements. Does he really look like a kind person?"
Nan Hui and A Cheng are two idiots. Why don't they just pay someone to take care of the patient? Do they think loan sharks can just go to the hospital and take the person away?
Huang Xiaochuan thought about it again and realized that it was hard to say. What wouldn't a loan shark do in a moment of desperation?
However, Huang Xiaochuan didn't make any promises to Acheng. Instead, he advised him, "How about this, you go back first. You see, I'm just a student, my abilities are limited! Why don't you try to find someone else to help?"
Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan refused to help Nan Hui, Acheng could only leave dejectedly.
When Nan Hui got back, she was frantic. Ah Cheng had disappeared early that morning. At first, Nan Hui thought Ah Cheng had packed his bags and run away, but when she checked the house and the shop, nothing was missing. She just couldn't find him.
If Nan Hui could know what the future would bring like Huang Xiaochuan, she wouldn't be so anxious. People experience various anxieties about uncertainty when they encounter difficulties or setbacks because they can't see the future clearly.
Nan Hui is currently in such a state of anxiety. In fact, the high-interest loan of 575,000 yuan, including principal and interest, could have been repaid a month ago by selling some stamps. But she is just greedy and wants to use the money to make more money in the stamp market.
Back then, money was so easy to make! You could earn 575,000 a month. Who would have thought that the stamp market would suddenly collapse and fall to where it is now? Although I still have a lot of stamps, nobody wants them!
The little cash left in the store was used to pay off interest, and now Nan Hui can't even come up with 10,000 yuan.
The day before yesterday, the person who lent her the money at exorbitant interest rates came to her door again to collect the debt, demanding that she pay back the principal and interest within a month. However, that person also made an excessive request: if Nan Hui was willing to sleep with him for a week, he could give Nan Hui some more time.
Nan Hui wasn't stupid. It was obvious that the other party wanted to take advantage of her when she was down, and even wanted to gain both her money and her life. Dream on! Of course, Nan Hui wouldn't agree. The other party then made a harsh statement, saying that otherwise, not only would she lose her house, but she would also lose her shop.
Ah Cheng returned from outside looking dejected, and Nan Hui breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him.
However, Nan Hui was still very angry and asked him, "Where did you go? I couldn't find you for ages, were you trying to drive me crazy?"
Ah Cheng sat down weakly: "Sister, I'm going to find that college student."
"Who? Mr. Huang?" Nan Hui immediately thought of Huang Xiaochuan; she couldn't think of anyone else besides him.
Acheng nodded: "Mm!"
"What's the use of you looking for him! He's not related to us at all." Nan Hui was a little angry that Acheng had made the decision on his own.
"Sister, I've thought it over. The only person who can lend us money right now is Mr. Huang. Lending to him is better than borrowing from those loan sharks, isn't it?"
Nan Hui knew perfectly well why Acheng wanted to do this, but why should Huang Xiaochuan help her?