Ma Dafu silently looked at his daughter.
He was quite speechless.
Of course, he was present and aware when Ren Zhong borrowed money the second time.
But he got so busy that he forgot about it too.
"Alright, Dad, quickly give me a vacation. I’m going to find him and demand the money. How could he deceive my feelings and cheat me out of my money? What a jerk. No way he’s leaving just like that."
"No way!" To everyone’s surprise, Old Ma flatly refused.
Ma Xiaoling glared, "Dad, you surely haven’t been brainwashed by him, have you? He tricked you this badly, and yet you’re still thinking about him? Give me an explanation!"
Ma Dafu actually had no good explanation. He just waved his hand and walked briskly out of the room towards his office.
In that split second, he felt somewhat bored.
He thought it was all pointless.
Going after Ren Zhong would only satisfy his personal vendetta and couldn’t change the current situation.
With the town now full of undercurrents, he didn’t want his daughter, who was also the Guard Captain, to leave.
However, by the afternoon, Ma Xiaoling had thought of a way.
She bypassed Ma Dafu’s restrictions as her superior and father, obtained a leave order from the Business Association through her private request to hunt for overdue debt contracts, and also got Ren Zhong’s scheduled-location reports as a creditor.
She gained the legal right to temporarily leave Starfire Town and pursue Ren Zhong.
Now, aside from killing Ren Zhong, she could do anything to him.
According to Source Star’s laws, if Ren Zhong was assessed as incapable of repayment, she, as a Third Level Citizen, could even swallow Ren Zhong’s Citizen Credit Points, turning him into her legal slave and a Citizen on probation.
Of course, there would be an evaluation of her contract priority with Yang Bingzhong’s ten-year contract priority.
If it really came to that, it was expected that Yang Bingzhong would help Ren Zhong easily resolve this debt.
Moreover, with Ren Zhong’s current wealth, she didn’t actually need to chase the debt; a phone call or a text message, and Ren Zhong would surely pay it back immediately.
But that’s not what Ma Xiaoling wanted.
So, at seven in the afternoon, having gotten her transfer order, she immediately took a flight straight to Chromium Carbon Town, just in time to block Ren Zhong.
In the end, Ren Zhong could not escape.
The modified armored transport vehicle didn’t obey his command at all and landed smoothly.
During this process, a notification sounded from Ren Zhong’s wrist watch.
"Third Level Citizen Ma Xiaoling has initiated a legal debt collection procedure against you. Upon evaluation, both parties have a legitimate debt relationship, and the other party’s Citizen Level is higher than yours, so your vehicle has been taken over."
"Source Star Business Association Special Notice 1: The citizen’s life is under the highest legal protection, and there is no danger to your life."
"Special Notice 2: Integrity is the foundation of business, please take the debt relation seriously, otherwise there is a risk of your Credit Points being cleared, and being downgraded to a probationary Citizen or even a wastelander."
As Ren Zhong finished listening to the notification, with a click, the car door opened.
Their gaze from across the window turned into a close-up face-to-face encounter.
Ren Zhong raised his hand, weakly waving. "Good evening, Miss Ma. Are you here to collect the debt from me?"
Ma Xiaoling put her hands on her hips, "No, you get down here."
Ren Zhong jumped out of the car, his legs wobbled and he almost stumbled, taking a moment to stand firm again.
Meanwhile, a mechanical arm from the rear of the transport vehicle extended, unloading a large box with Ren Zhong’s neatly stacked exoskeleton armor inside.
Ma Xiaoling pointed to the equipment box, "Put it on, then fight me."
Ren Zhong waved his hand repeatedly, "Stop kidding. I’ve just escaped from the VIP section of the training ground in Zhan Sha County. Look at my current state, can I fight?"
Ma Xiaoling sneered: "Isn’t that just perfect? Makes it easier for me to ’accidentally’ beat you to death, right?"
"Then I’ll change my demand, come back to Starfire Town with me, explain everything clearly to my dad, and give a convincing explanation."
Ren Zhong kept shaking his head, lowering his voice and covering his mouth, "The time isn’t right yet."
"Your timing is crap!"
The next second, once again thoroughly enraged, Ma Xiaoling threw a punch to Ren Zhong’s chest.
Ren Zhong was hit senseless, flying far and crashing hard against the villa’s wall.
The spear once again pointed straight at his face.
"I’ll give you one last chance, come back to Starfire Town with me. Otherwise, I’ll sever your tendons, though they can be healed, you’ll suffer greatly. I’m not afraid to offend Yang Bingzhong! Aren’t you dreaming of making it big? I’ll make sure you can’t even stand up, let’s see how you make it big."