Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Luo Zhiyong saw that she refused to admit it, so he just said it outright, "You owe someone US$ 500, and now with the interest compounded, it has accumulated to two thousand yuan. They couldn't find you to get their money back, so they've already come to our house."

During these days at home, Luo Zhiming, although he did not discuss this matter with his family, was still somewhat worried. Especially a few months earlier, he would panic every time Luo Zhiyong made a call home. But after several months without any issues, he thought they couldn't find anyone so they would just let it go. He finally felt relieved.

Now hearing that they had come knocking, he was extremely panicked, not knowing what to say, stammering, "Big brother, I..."

Luo Zhiyong, hearing him speak like this, got extremely annoyed and yelled, "Stop stumbling over your words, just hurry to the city and pay back the money."

Luo Zhiming fell silent on the phone for a while, then with a pleading tone he said to Luo Zhiyong, "Big brother, I've been at home for most of the year, where would I have that much money? I can't pay it back."

Luo Zhiyong frowned and exclaimed, "If you can't pay it back then why did you dare to borrow it in the first place? Didn't you think about how you were going to repay it when you borrowed the money?"

Luo Zhiming didn't know what to say on the phone, and because Luo Zhiyong was not in front of him, he wasn't as afraid.

After a long silence on the phone, he finally let out a sigh and said, "Big brother, anyway I have no money, let those people do whatever they want."

"Luo Zhiming, are you trying to play tricks now?" Luo Zhiyong guessed his intention from his words with a frown, "You think, since you're not in the city, they can't find you, and even if they do, they'll come to me, right?"

"I didn't..." Luo Zhiming stopped mid-sentence. In fact, that's exactly what he was thinking.

Luo Zhiyong was furious. He slammed the table several times over the phone and shouted, "I warn you, give you two days. If I don't see you in the city, the next time those people come to me looking for money, I'll give them the address of our home and let them go directly to you. If something happens at home, like you getting your hands and feet chopped off, don't come looking for me."

"Big brother..." Luo Zhiming, now scared by what Luo Zhiyong said, lowered his voice and started to lay out his plan, "Could you help me pay back the money first, and I will pay you back slowly later?"

Luo Zhiyong snorted coldly and retorted, "Why should I pay it for you? You think it's just 20 yuan that I can easily pull out of my pocket?"

Luo Zhiming paused for a moment, then plucked up his courage and said, "Big brother, it's not hard for your family to take out two thousand yuan. Think of it as helping me, just pay it for me first."

Despite intending to say this, Luo Zhiming knew the attitude of Luo Zhiyong towards him. He had been afraid to speak and thought he would just scrape by. But when pushed to the limit, Luo Zhiyong would surely help him pay.

But now that Luo Zhiyong had made his position clear, Luo Zhiming was truly worried that he would do as he said, and had no choice but to ask for help.

However, Luo Zhiyong wasn't about to agree, "No, your mess has nothing to do with me. Handle it yourself."

"If I handle it, I can't get that much money out. Those people won't let me off," Luo Zhiming heard that Luo Zhiyong's tone was very firm and started to bluff again, "Anyway, I'm not in the provincial city now, they can't find me. If you really tell those debt collectors our home address, then I'll let mom and dad take the fall and have them talk to the loan sharks."

When Luo Zhiyong heard this, he glared angrily, "Luo Zhiming, what do you mean by that?"

"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up." After saying that, without waiting for Luo Zhiyong to reply, he hung up the phone.

Luo Zhiyong was so angry he almost smashed the phone.

Luo Honglan and Fang Pingying saw Luo Zhiyong like that and could guess that the tone of Luo Zhiming on the other end wasn't good, and Luo Honglan immediately started shouting, "Big brother, call back again, let mom and dad answer, tell them to bring second brother here to the provincial city to pay back the money. No one here is going to help him with the payment."

Fang Pingying, seeing that Luo Zhiyong wasn't talking, also followed up asking, "Zhiyong, did Luo Zhiming just say on the phone that our family should cover those two thousand yuan?"

Luo Zhiyong did not answer directly, but just waved his hand at Fang Pingying and said, "Don't bother with him, no one is dealing with his mess."

Seeing Luo Zhiyong's attitude, Fang Pingying knew that this was what Luo Zhiming meant. The things Luo Zhiyong said on the phone earlier didn't make it clear at all and had no deterrent effect in Luo Zhiming's eyes.

After thinking for a while, she decided to make a call herself and say it again, she said to Luo Zhiyong, "Give me the phone."

Luo Zhiyong didn't know what Fang Pingying planned to do, "What for?"

Fang Pingying frowned and said, "We can ignore it, but if we do, those loan sharks might still come to harass us. Our elderly are still here, what if they get scared?"

After the conversation, Fang Pingying redialed the phone. As if Luo Zhiming on the other end had guessed that they would call back, he didn't immediately leave, and it was still him who answered the call.

As soon as Fang Pingying recognized his voice, she said uncompromisingly, "Luo Zhiming, I'm warning you first, if you don't come to the provincial city within three days, when the loan sharks come, I will let them go to the countryside to find you."

Hearing Fang Pingying's stern tone, Luo Zhiyong also started shouting angrily on the phone, "Let them come look, they don't know the address of my family home, they won't find me. If my big brother really tells those debt collectors our address, you all can just wait to collect the bodies of our parents."

Fang Pingying laughed coldly, her tone resolute, "If we have to collect the bodies, then we will. I'll even personally tell them, down to which bus they need to take to get home, how to find you, I will make it crystal clear. If they cause a scene at home, don't blame me."

"You…" Luo Zhiming got scared and gritted his teeth, "Fang Pingying, don't go too far."

Fang Pingying countered, "Is it me who's going too far? You borrowed the money and enjoyed your time with Xu He. Now you want me to pay your debts. It doesn't even matter that you and I are not related, even if you were my own father, I wouldn't deal with it."

"You…"

"That's it, if you don't come, let the loan sharks find you." Fang Pingying finished talking, too lazy to argue further, and hung up the call.

After Fang Pingying put down the phone, Luo Honglan immediately asked, "Sister-in-law, what did second brother say?"

Fang Pingying did not answer Luo Honglan, but glanced at the two siblings and said decisively, "Zhiyong, Honglan, I'm laying it out here in front of the two of you, if Luo Zhiming doesn't come to pay back the money this time, and loan sharks harass our home again, I will really give them our family address. If someone in your family ends up dead or alive because of this, I won't care. I've long since cut ties with your Luo family anyway."