Chapter 696: Chapter 496: Becoming a Bandit
Upon hearing Qiao Xiaomai’s second choice, Zhu Hongyun’s face grew even paler.
Compensate with silver, wreck the kitchen, apologize in front of everyone.
Qiao Xiaomai was obviously forcing her into a corner
She couldn’t do any of these things.
Her mind races. The next moment, her hands clutch her belly, her body hunching over like a shrimp. Her face is a mask of agony, “Ah, Ah! My belly hurts, my belly hurts!”
Qiao Xiaomai watches her with a blank expression, “Tong Sanlang, go fetch Doctor Wu.”
“Zhu Hongyun, don’t assume that just because you’re pregnant, I can’t touch you. If Doctor Wu discovers you’re faking, your only option is the first choice. I will personally make sure you spend three years in jail!”
At these words, Zhu Hongyun, who’d been moaning and groaning, suddenly falls silent. Her hunched back slowly straightens. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⁂fire.net
Seeing this, Qiao Xiaomai laughs coldly, “No longer acting?”
Zhu Hongyun lowers her head, her face slowly turning crimson.
“Harness the bullock cart, let’s rush there overnight.” Seeing this, Qiao Xiaomai ignores her and turns to Tong Sanlang.
Tong Sanlang grunts in agreement, his expression back to normal, “You wait here, I’ll go hitch the cart.”
Qiao Xiaomai hums indifferently, then turns to sisters Qiao Zhaodi and Qiao Yindi, “You two go wash your faces.”
Qiao Zhaodi and Qiao Yindi run off to the kitchen to scoop water at her command.
Qiao Xiaomai then turns her attention toward the Zhang Family. Having been petrified by Qiao Xiaomai’s threat to Zhu Hongyun, and with Tong Sanlang now gone, they slowly sit down on the ground. Feeling restless and insecure, they lie down, their hands covering their heads, their bodies curled up into balls.
Qiao Xiaomai can’t be bothered with them. Her gaze returns to Zhu Hongyun, “The ten taels of silver, fork it out.”
“I don’t have it,” Zhu Hongyun says, her lips trembling.
Qiao Xiaomai laughs, “So, how much do you have?”
“Less than one tael.”
“Are you trying to fool a three-year-old? Tong Sanlang even has a stash of over a hundred taels of silver, and you and Tong Erlang don’t even have one tael?” Qiao Xiaomai says, scoffing at her.
“We spent it all. We have none left. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have sold the prescriptions,” Zhu Hongyun lowers her head, her hands clenched around her clothes as she speaks.
“Zhaodi, Yindi, go search Zhu Hongyun’s room. If you find anything of value, bring it out.” Qiao Xiaomai instructs the sisters, who are washing their faces by the washbasin.
This command startles the sisters.
Behave like thieves, just like the Sun Family?
Upon hearing this, Zhu Hongyun, raises her head, exclaiming, “You dare!”
Qiao Xiaomai raises an eyebrow, “So, you do have valuable things but are unwilling to part with them.”
“I don’t!” Zhu Hongyun retorts, flustered.
“Then what are you scared of?” Qiao Xiaomai glances at her, her voice suddenly icier, “Zhaodi, Yindi, go search!”
Upon hearing the tone of this command, the sisters exchange a glance, and forget about finishing washing their faces. They quickly stand up and run toward Zhu Hongyun’s room.
Seeing this, Zhu Hongyun becomes anxious, and tries to intercept them.
Qiao Xiaomai calmly warns her, “Don’t run. If something happens to the child in your belly, your safety umbrella will be gone.”
Her words stop Zhu Hongyun immediately.
It’s the truth. The child in her belly is the only reason she’s not harmed. Nothing can happen to it.