Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 582: Five hundred and eighty, can’t afford to compensate

Chapter 582: Five hundred and eighty, can’t afford to compensate

After dropping off their luggage at the guest house, everyone followed Zhang Xiaoling and Yang Le to Luo Shu’s house on Guantong Lane.

"Wow! This place is so impressive! Whose house is this? It’s so beautiful!" Xia Qin exclaimed with astonishment as she looked at the scenery inside the courtyard.

"I’ve never seen such a beautiful house! It would be wonderful to live here," He Xiuying admired with envy.

"Sister-in-Law, Second Sister-in-law, do you think Yang Le and I could afford this house with our abilities?" Zhang Xiaoling asked, looking at the two women.

Xia Qin and He Xiuying shook their heads. Such a grand house wouldn’t go for less than five or six thousand yuan, and even though Zhang Xiaoling’s parents had given her a considerable dowry, purchasing this house was still out of the question.

"Go and take a look in the workshop, ask those workers who the boss here really is. If you don’t believe me, I can show you the business license; you can’t fool anyone with that," said Zhang Xiaoling as she stepped toward the workshop.

The group exchanged glances and hurriedly followed. Could it be that everything Zhang Xiaoling said was true, and the factory really wasn’t hers?

Entering the workshop, they saw the workers busily at their tasks.

Upon seeing Zhang Xiaoling leading Xia Qin and the others inside, the workers curiously gazed at them, displaying outright disgust upon setting eyes on Yang Xing.

"Everyone, stop a moment!" Zhang Xiaoling shouted to the busy crowd, and when everyone ceased their work, she pointed at Yang Jin and the others behind her, "They are my man’s eldest brother, second brother, sister-in-law, and second sister-in-law. They have some questions to ask everyone right now."

After speaking, Zhang Xiaoling turned to Xia Qin and the others, "Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, go ahead and ask; Yang Le and I will step outside.

Seeing Zhang Xiaoling and Yang Le exit, caring little for their solicitation of the workers, Xia Qin and He Xiuying were already halfway convinced in their hearts.

"Is Zhang Xiaoling your boss?" Xia Qin was the first to ask.

"She’s our factory manager, not the boss."

"Our boss is the owner of this house; she’s too busy to look after us, so she leaves everything to Sister-in-law Yang."

"Sister-in-law Yang usually takes care of managing us," the workers spoke up. Zhang Xiaoling had made things clear to them that morning, and currently, she was indeed not the boss.

"You must have been told by Zhang Xiaoling to say this, right?!" Yang Xing angrily glared at the crowd, interrogating them.

"What are you implying? Are you saying we are lying?"

"You’re really strange, coming here every day to disrupt our work. Who do you think you are?"

"Even if you were the boss, I wouldn’t work here, no matter how much you paid!" the crowd retorted, their dislike for Yang Xing was undisguised.

"You... you all! I refuse to believe I can’t find out this factory is Zhang Xiaoling’s," said Yang Xing as she ran toward a desk not far away, started rummaging through the drawers in a frenzy.

"If you damage anything in there, you’ll have to pay for it," said an indifferent voice from the doorway.

Everyone turned to look, and saw Luo Shu stand in the doorway with Zhang Qi and a few others.

"You crazy woman, do you enjoy making trouble every day?" Zhang Qi looked at Yang Xing with distaste as she rifled through the drawers. She really was relentless!

"Didn’t you say this factory isn’t owned by Zhang Xiaoling? Now, I will find the evidence to prove it," Yang Xing declared as she pulled out the drawers and dumped everything inside out.

"Crack!" A crisp sound echoed as a jade bracelet fell to the ground, breaking into two pieces.

"You shattered my bracelet, how do you plan to compensate?" Luo Shu’s cold voice rang out.

Looking at the broken bracelet on the ground, Yang Xing was completely stunned, "I... How was I supposed to know there would be a bracelet in the drawer? Who told you to put it there?"

"I recall just reminding you," Luo Shu said with a cold laugh.

"If you hadn’t put it in the drawer, it wouldn’t have broken," Yang Xing argued illogically.

"Then let’s have the security officer come and judge. Who among you will go and report this to the police?" Luo Shu looked around and asked.

"I’ll go!" Zhang Qi said excitedly and ran out. She was looking forward to seeing this wretch trembling in fear shortly.

"Worst comes to worst, I’ll compensate you," Yang Xing said, trying to be brave as she looked at the jade bracelet on the floor. Her older brother and sister-in-law would definitely not abandon her.

"Compensate? Are you sure you can afford it?" Luo Shu slightly raised an eyebrow.

"How... how much?" Yang Xing asked, stuttering. She was already starting to feel scared.

Luo Shu glanced at the jade bracelet on the floor, "It should be enough to buy about ten houses like this." Even if the market wasn’t flooded with jade jewelry, a bracelet like this would at least cost around eight thousand yuan.

Yang Xing’s legs went weak, and she almost collapsed on the ground, "You... you’re lying." How much money would it take to buy ten houses like that? Even if she sold herself, she would not be worth that much.

"Is there a need for me to lie?" Luo Shu said indifferently.

"Even if we say that this bracelet was worth only a thousand, you still couldn’t afford it, could you?" Xiao Yan looked at Yang Xing with disdain. She had never despised someone so much.

"You are her brothers and sisters-in-law, right? Shouldn’t you share some of the responsibility?" Wang Fei turned her gaze to Xia Qin and the others on the side.

"This has nothing to do with us; she’s the one who broke the bracelet, go ask her for compensation," Xia Qin said as she pulled Yang Jin back, planning to slip away unnoticed when no one was paying attention. She wasn’t going to pay a dime. She still felt pained over the cost of the train tickets.

If it wasn’t for this foolish girl failing to grasp the situation, would they have needed to travel such a long distance? And now they expected her to pay? No way!

"Don’t ask us for money, we don’t have any," He Xiuying said, and then she and Yang Gang ran outside. She needed to get back to Yu City as quickly as possible and couldn’t afford to be dragged down by this foolish girl.

Seeing He Xiuying and her husband running away, how could Xia Qin stay behind? She quickly pulled Yang Jin and began to run out.

"Block them! Don’t let them get away," Wang Fei shouted maliciously.

Scared by the shout, Xia Qin and the others outside quickened their pace. They wished they could be like Nezha, with wind-and-fire wheels, sprinting away. They now had to return to their hostel to grab their luggage and immediately head to the train station to buy tickets back to Yu City. Otherwise, if these people caught them and wouldn’t let them go, that would be terrible.

"Big Brother! Second Brother!" Yang Le and Zhang Xiaoling, who were chatting in the courtyard, were filled with astonishment as they saw Xia Qin and the party fleeing as if chased by demons. What on earth happened?

"Let me go in and see," Zhang Xiaoling said, and she hurried towards the house.

Yang Xing sat on the ground, pale and powerless. What was she to do? Her big brother and the others had abandoned her, the security officer was about to arrive, would she be taken away by the security officer? And the jade bracelet, how was she supposed to compensate for it?

"What happened?" Zhang Xiaoling walked in, looked at Yang Xing on the floor, and asked in surprise.