Chapter 237 Black Shadow

Seeing the gold, silver, jade, silk and satin in the big box, Mrs. Jiang was both happy and angry.

Fortunately, her daughter's betrothal gift was found and her daughter's wedding was not delayed.

The angry couple were the thieves, who were shameless and greedy, and even stole everything belonging to the niece.

Her mother-in-law's favoritism also chilled her.

Knowing clearly that her youngest son and his wife were stealing her daughter's things, not only did she not stop them, but they actually helped them.

Seeing that all those things had been found, Mother Cao wanted to scratch Ling Chu's face all over.

Seeing Ms. Jiang ordering her maid and mother-in-law to carry away the betrothal gift, she felt heartbroken.

He held Cao Hongxin's arm tightly with both hands, nagging him to keep his things.

Cao Hongxin was so noisy by his mother that his head hurt, and he was angry and helpless.

Although his mother persuaded him to keep his daughter's bride price for his son to marry in the future.

But Cao Hongxin knew that his mother actually wanted to wait for him to keep the things and then find a way to use them to supplement the second house.

Ling Chu glanced at Cao's mother who was still chattering, and handed the thing in her hand to Cao Hongxin, "Mr. Cao, take a look at this."

Cao Hongxin was a little confused and didn't know what Ling Chu wanted him to see.

Seeing her serious expression, she hurriedly broke away from his mother's pull, quickly stepped forward and reached out to take the paper.

When his eyes touched the words on the paper, Cao Hongxin's expression changed.

The further he looked down, the uglier Cao Hongxin's face became.

Cao's mother didn't know what he was looking at, and she wanted to persuade the eldest son not to give everything to his daughter as a dowry.

Cao Hongxin didn't care about the dowry at the moment, and asked Cao's mother with a dark face, "Mom, is the second brother crazy? He actually borrowed usury?"

Mother Cao was confused, "What usury?"

Cao Hongxin was so angry that he threw the IOU in his hand in front of his mother.

Mother Cao lowered her head and saw the amount on it, her eyes went dark.

She didn't know that her youngest son had borrowed usury money. No matter how much she doted on him, she knew that he couldn't touch this thing.

Compounding profits can bankrupt their family.

Mother Cao no longer cared about her granddaughter's betrothal gift, and ran outside with the IOU to question her youngest son.

Cao Hongxin suppressed his anger and followed him.

Originally, only his wife Yao knew about Cao Hongdeng's loan sharking.

Facing the questioning from Cao's mother and Cao Hongxin, Cao Hongdeng was panicked at first, but then he was happy.

The reason why he stole his niece's betrothal gift was to sell it off so that he could repay the loan sharks.

Originally this was done secretly, but now his family members discovered what happened, and they just asked everyone to help him pay off his debts.

Cao Hongdeng cried to his mother, saying that the reason why he borrowed usury money was because his family could not make ends meet and he couldn't bear it.

He wanted to borrow money to expand his business and make money so that his parents could be happy.

Cao Hongdeng has been sweet-tongued since he was a child, and now his eloquent tongue coaxed Cao's mother out of her anger, and she felt that his filial piety was rare. Seeing that her mother-in-law was no longer angry, Mrs. Yao secretly made a dark move towards her husband.

Cao Hongdeng immediately wiped his tears and began to cry about poverty, saying that he had no money and could not repay the usury.

Seeing him crying so sadly, Cao's mother immediately felt distressed.

Without thinking, he said to Cao Hongdeng, "Xin'er, although it's wrong for your second brother to borrow usury, he is also filial. Now that your second brother is in trouble, you can't just stand by and watch. You are brothers..."

The more Cao Hongxin listened, the colder his heart became. His mother was so partial.

"Mom, I am only a sixth-grade official, and my salary is not enough to support my family. My second brother has borrowed so much money, how do you want me to help him pay it back?"

"Why don't you have money? With so many betrothal gifts, you can sell them first..." Cao's mother blurted out subconsciously, but stopped when she saw her eldest son staring at her in disbelief.

Mrs. Jiang sneered in her heart when she heard what her mother-in-law said. She was too lazy to say another word.

She only glared at her husband coldly, and then asked the maid and mother-in-law to carry away her daughter's betrothal gift box. Ms. Jiang had already thought in her mind that when her daughter got married, she would take her children and Li back to her parents' home.

After being married for many years, Cao Hongxin could tell what his wife was thinking at just one glance.

At this moment, he was angry and helpless.

His wife was about to divorce him, but it was as if his mother couldn't see it and was still trying to force him to help his second brother repay the huge loan shark.

Ling Chu glanced at Cao Hongxin, who was full of suppressed anger, and then his mind changed, "Master Cao, can you take a step to speak?"

Cao Hongxin was already very angry with his mother, but Ling Chu's words just gave him a chance.

After saying a few perfunctory words to his mother, he took the opportunity to break free of his arms and lead Ling Chu away.

Cao's mother and Cao Hongdeng frowned and looked at their backs. Although they were curious about what they were going to say, they did not dare to follow them. We can't anger Cao Hongxin and expect him to help us repay the usury.

"Miss Ling, thank you for your help." Cao Hongxin was truly grateful to Ling Chu. Fortunately, she found the betrothal gift, otherwise his daughter's marriage would have been ruined.

"Master Cao, you don't have to be polite. I'll tell you the truth. I have something to ask of you. I would like to borrow Mr. Cao's usury note for use."

Cao Hongxin looked puzzled. This was the first time he heard someone wanted to borrow this thing.

Ling Chu knew that he was curious, but she couldn't elaborate, "Master Cao, I can't tell you the details. But... if you are lucky, maybe I can help you avoid the high interest. Even if not, I will Return the IOU intact."

Cao Hongxin's eyes widened suspiciously.

Miss Ling wants to help them get rid of the high interest rates and get such a great thing?

Cao Hongxin's mind started working quickly.

If someone else had said this, he might not have believed it, but Miss Ling was a disciple of Xuanyi Zhenren, so maybe there was a way?

Cao Hongxin only hesitated for a while before agreeing.

Although he didn't believe that Ling Chu could really help them avoid the high interest, he thought, just in case.

As long as there was a one in ten thousand chance, he would also want to try.

Knowing that Ling Chu would not elaborate, Cao Hongxin did not ask any more questions.

After getting the IOU from his mother, he gave it to her when he sent Ling Chu out.

Cao's mother and Cao Hongdeng were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. Seeing that Cao Hongxin was going to take the IOU, they thought that he had finally agreed to help pay back the money.

After leaving Cao's house, Ling Chu returned to the house on Qintai Street and took out the IOU from Zhou Banqin's family for comparison.

The name on the IOU was exactly the same as the lender's name.

Zhou Banqin's father and Cao Hongdeng borrowed the interest from the Duke of Zhao's mansion.

Although the lender is the maidservant of the wife of Duke Zhao, the person behind the scenes is definitely the wife of Duke Zhao.

Tomorrow she will take these two IOUs to Guo to get back the documents for taking a concubine.

The person who threw oil and set fire last night was not caught. Seeing that it was getting dark, Ling Chu arranged for the maids to patrol at night, but she was still worried.

Before going to bed, she simply summoned the shovel and the hammer.

Originally, it was just to be on the safe side.

But she suddenly woke up inexplicably at night and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

After thinking about it, Ling Chu decided to open the system to check.

Who knew that as soon as the system was turned on, she saw a black shadow jumping from outside to the courtyard wall on the east side of the ear room.