"Old Wang, I..."

Mrs. Xu wanted to explain something, but the middle-aged man didn't give her a chance and immediately took away the dishes on the table.

Zhao Tienan glanced, and immediately guessed that this lame guy called Old Wang must be Xu Wenjing's stepfather.

What a weirdo, for two plates of veggies, he didn't even save face for his own wife.

It's likely that Mrs. Xu has no status in this household, just purely a punching bag.

No wonder Xu Wenjing felt uncomfortable staying here, so much so that she didn't want to stay even at the risk of being caught.

If it were Zhao Tienan, he wouldn't be able to endure it either.

"Well, I have a few words to say."

"We're not here to sponge off you, I'm here to pick up Xu Wenjing. She's been a bother these past few days, and to apologize, we're willing to offer two thousand yuan as compensation."

Zhao Tienan cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, his face clearly looked displeased.

"What, two thousand yuan?"

"Where is it, hurry and take it out!"

"Well, you know how to handle things. Staying in our house for so many days, it's right to give some money."

Suddenly, a young girl who looked about eighteen or nineteen rushed out from another room, snatched the money from Xu Wenjing's hand, and started counting it with gleaming eyes.

Undoubtedly, she must be Old Wang's daughter. From her words, she seemed particularly sharp-tongued and money-driven.

"Get back, look at you, losing your mind over two thousand yuan?"

"Kid, if I'm not mistaken, you must be Xu Wenjing's boyfriend, right?"

"Let me make it clear, today you're not taking her away, unless you give me twenty thousand yuan. Otherwise, I'll call the police and have Xu Wenjing put inside."

Old Wang, leaning on a pitch-black cane, said with a sinister face.

"What?"

"Old Wang, have you gone crazy for money? How can you do such a thing?"

"I always wondered why you were so kind back then, agreeing to take me in, and it turns out it was just to extort some money today."

Xu Wenjing instantly got angry, pointing at Old Wang's nose and yelling.

"Exactly, you're right."

"You're a bastard, I've never liked you. If it weren't for squeezing some profit from you, why would I keep you?"

"Are you giving me the money or not, give me a straightforward answer."

Old Wang revealed his true nature, and his greedy appearance looked truly detestable.

And Mrs. Xu saw everything but she was so weak-willed that she didn't dare to say a word.

"No problem, twenty thousand it is!"

"Come on, give me a QR code, I'll transfer it to you right now."

"But let's be clear, once you take the money, you must keep today's matters to yourself. Otherwise, you could also be charged with harboring a criminal and won't avoid jail."

Zhao Tienan, although despising Old Wang's behavior, had no choice given the situation was too delicate.

Zhao Tienan could only use money to pacify Old Wang first; if things escalated and alerted authorities, the consequences would be unthinkable.

"Don't worry, I'm a man of my word. As long as the money is in place, I won't say a word."

Old Wang agreed readily, feeling internally that he might have undersold himself...

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