My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 395 Contract

Chapter 395: Chapter 395 Contract

The woman was already quite frightened by Chu Nanli’s words.

But Chu Nanli still didn’t plan to let them off.

"Since this child is your own, it only seems fair that you provide this money, right?"

This couple hadn’t expected so much.

All they did was see that they had birthed a useless liability, and not wanting to spend money to raise it, they found out about this place.

Thinking the people here were all great Samaritans, they took advantage of the night to leave the child here, knowing that the people in this manor would definitely not neglect him.

When the child grew to seven or eight years old, they planned to come back to recognize him and take him home to help support their family.

Eventually, they would sell him off to collect some dowry.

In any case, they wouldn’t be at a loss.

Yet, they clearly hadn’t anticipated that Chu Nanli would act like this.

She even turned around to ask them for silver!

Just as the woman was about to speak, the man who had been silent beside her grabbed her, his face wearing a somewhat ingratiating expression as he continued.

"Esteemed sir, you don’t understand, after losing this child, my wife and I haven’t slept for days and nights. If we could find this child, we would even be willing to give our lives to you."

"But twenty silvers, we farmers really can’t afford that!"

The smile on Chu Nanli’s lips grew more mocking. "Since you claim to value this child so much, how can you not be willing to part with even twenty silvers?"

"What are you talking about? Even if we sold this child to a trafficker, he wouldn’t fetch more than a few silvers!"

The woman finally couldn’t help it and blurted out her true thoughts.

Indeed, they wanted to take the child back not to raise him well,

but to immediately sell him to a trafficker.

That way, they could still make a few silvers to spend.

"Oh, is that so?"

Chu Nanli had no intention of showing them a good face.

"In that case, it’s better for the Official Residence to handle this matter. Otherwise, others might think our place is easy to bully!"

Faced with Chu Nanli’s imposing attitude, the couple was intimidated and dared not make any moves.

"Yanyan, go invite someone from the Official Residence over."

Upon hearing Chu Nanli’s words, Yanyan made to walk toward the door.

"No, we can’t go to the officials!"

The moment the couple saw Yanyan’s actions, they became even more panicked.

They wished they could come forward and stop Yanyan, but seeing the guards armed with swords at their side, they dared not act recklessly.

"If we don’t go to the officials, in the future, wouldn’t any Tom, Dick, or Harry come knocking on our door to cause trouble?"

"This child, you dropped him at our door under the cover of night, right?"

Under Chu Nanli’s relentless questioning, the pair felt extremely guilty.

It has to be said, Chu Nanli spoke exactly their dark intentions.

With their thoughts exposed, they felt not shame, but immense fear.

"You shouldn’t have, but you miscalculated the person!"

Chu Nanli lowered her voice slightly, her cold laugh directed at the two of them.

"Do you not know that this place belongs to the Regent King?"

As soon as Chu Nanli said this, the pair descended further into despair.

Other matters aside, the Regent King was definitely not someone they could afford to offend!

Under this continuous intimidation, they had completely given up their idea of extorting money.

Chu Nanli had indeed noticed this, and she signaled Yanyan with a look to bring out the contract they had prepared early in the morning.

"However, if you sign this contract, then you also won’t need to pay back those twenty taels of silver."

The couple’s faces barely had time to show delight before they saw the content of the contract and quickly changed their expressions.

The contract demanded that they sell their two children to Chu Nanli for twenty taels of silver.

Yes, to sell them outright.

They were just about to object when, upon seeing the guard nearby, the words of protest were swallowed back.

Report to the authorities or leave the children and depart.

Chu Nanli had given them only these two options.

"Choose wisely. If you can’t decide, I don’t mind calling someone from the Official Residence over."

Chu Nanli was indeed playing the villain today.

Under her "coercion," the couple eventually chose to leave their two children behind.

Giving away the silver was even more painful than cutting their own flesh.

The couple hadn’t thought about making a scene, but as soon as such thoughts arose, the guard nearby frightened them back into compliance.

They did not doubt that if they dared to act, they might end up blood-spattered on the spot.

Once the disagreeable people were gone, Lin Xuanxuan held back a belly full of questions until she finally had the chance to ask them.

"I still don’t understand, weren’t you afraid they would actually give the silver?"

She still felt that as parents, they surely wouldn’t completely abandon their own children.

Even those who abandon their children must have their reasons, certainly not willingly.

"Didn’t you see? Although their clothes were old, they didn’t have a single patch. I think, although they couldn’t produce twenty taels right away, they definitely had a few pieces of broken silver on hand."

"Look at the little girl they were leading. Her disheveled and dirty appearance shows she hasn’t been well cared for."

Such families surely value silver far more than their children.

At this point, Lin Xuanxuan nodded, seemingly understanding yet not completely getting it.

Compared to Chu Nanli, the things she understood were indeed too few.

"Then if we encounter this situation again in the future, do we still handle it this way?"

The thing she was most grateful for now was that she had initiated discussions to learn from Chu Nanli.

Many things were ones she had never encountered before.

"In the future, people probably won’t dare to abandon children here anymore."

Chu Nanli shook her head with a smile, her actions today were also to set an example using that couple.

Although her place was a relief spot, it was not without conditions.

Under restrictions and rules, she needed to ensure that those she could help were indeed those who needed it.

Not those idle troublemakers.

"I have already had word put out that if there are people who don’t want to keep their children, they can sell their children to us here, but it must be done in writing like today."

"Everything in black and white, indisputable later."

If it were before today, Lin Xuanxuan might still have doubts about Chu Nanli’s decision.

But after today’s incident, her support for Chu Nanli’s decisions became unconditional.

"I always thought that only in troubled times, when people can’t survive, would they sell their sons and daughters. I didn’t expect to see such people even now."

Lin Xuanxuan shook her head, her face full of lament.

However, she didn’t spend too much thought on such people.

Just as Chu Nanli said, the more they show strength against these soft but fearful people, the more these people become afraid.