Chapter 484 — The Formidable Mother Tang

If only Wei Zhao had not broken up with his sister — if only he were his brother-in-law! Then he too could bask in the reflected glory and live it up properly! But why had he broken up with his sister?

What was wrong with his sister? Beautiful, sweet-tempered, one in ten thousand — was Wei Zhao blind? Still, Xiaowei knew that if Wei Zhao really was that formidable, then he surely had no shortage of women around him, and his sister's advantages ceased to be advantages at all...

Mother Tang was thrilled too, and full of regret. If only Wei Zhao had not broken up with Tang Yun! With a son-in-law that formidable, who would dare cross their family? Boss Zou, a big shot like that, had slapped his own face the moment he heard Wei Zhao's name — it was exhilarating!

"Hmph. My son-in-law says that if you bother my nephew again, he'll teach you a lesson!" Mother Tang stood with her hands on her hips, and somehow the words just slipped out.

Tang Yun shot her mother a reproachful look. What son-in-law? That was long dead and buried. But she could not correct her now — she could not let Zou Tiandi know, could she?

So there was nothing for it but to let her mother talk nonsense.

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!" Zou Tiandi said hurriedly. "So you're the auntie! Forgive my disrespect. I will most certainly keep myself in check and never stir up trouble again!"

"And what about that hundred and fifty thousand I gave you before?" Mother Tang sniffed. For a man of Zou Tiandi's age to call her auntie gave Mother Tang an immense sense of accomplishment! Zou Tiandi was probably older than she was, yet he had lowered himself a generation — when had Mother Tang ever been treated like this? She was delighted beyond measure.

The moment Tang Yun heard her mother's wretched words, she knew things were about to go wrong. Wouldn't this make Zou Tiandi suspicious? If she had known earlier that he was Zou Tiandi, she would never have given him that hundred and fifty thousand — and yet she had given it to him...

At that thought, Tang Yun said quickly, "Mom, Wei Zhao says the hundred and fifty thousand from before was money Xiaowei owed him anyway, so just let him have it."

To keep up the pretense, Tang Yun had no choice but to tell a lie; otherwise there would be no smoothing things over.

Mother Tang was rather reluctant to let it go. She could clearly have used Wei Zhao's name to get that hundred and fifty thousand back — why wouldn't her daughter take it?

"Yes, yes, that hundred and fifty thousand — I'll return it at once! At once!" How could Zou Tiandi be thinking of anything else at that moment? It was Tang Yun who was overthinking. Besides, with Tang Yun saying what she had, Zou Tiandi would be even less suspicious — because that was exactly Wei Zhao's temperament: over trifles like this he had no time to go looking for trouble, and so long as you did not cross his bottom line, you were generally fine.

But though Tang Yun had said Wei Zhao did not want the hundred and fifty thousand, Mother Tang had spoken up, and Zou Tiandi truly did not dare not return it. If Wei Zhao's mother-in-law took offense, went home, and badmouthed him, wouldn't Wei Zhao tear him limb from limb? Zou Tiandi thought to himself that to lose his life over a trifle like this would be a truly unjust death.

So whether Tang Yun wanted it or not, the money should go straight to Mother Tang — to shut her mouth, and better still, to have her put in a good word for him, so that Wei Zhao would give up troubling him for good. With that thought, Zou Tiandi scrambled and tumbled up the stairs.

Tang Yun glared at her mother in exasperation, but Mother Tang did not care in the least. If she could get the money back, what did it matter if she borrowed Wei Zhao's name?

Xiaowei and Xiaodan were shaken to the core as well! Just how formidable was Wei Zhao, to frighten this Zou Tiandi into such a pathetic state? In their understanding, Zou Tiandi was a top-tier figure — rich, powerful, at home in both the white world and the underworld — and his eldest son, Zou Ruoguang, was the gang boss of the North District. A man of that standing was a local tyrant of Songshan City!

And yet Wei Zhao had not even come; only their sister had shown up, and he was scared witless. If Wei Zhao came, would he not kneel and kowtow?

Still, for all their questions, Xiaowei and Xiaodan did not dare speak. They were afraid of ruining things, so these questions would have to wait until they got home that night.

Before long, Zou Tiandi came down from upstairs. Perhaps because he was in a hurry, his foot slipped on the stairs and he tumbled down, sliding to the bottom as if on a playground slide. But Zou Tiandi paid no heed to the pain in his backside; he handed a bag to Mother Tang. "Auntie, this is for you..."

"Didn't he say he didn't want it?" Seeing that Zou Tiandi had brought the money down, Tang Yun found it hard to insist, so she merely said the words without really stopping him. She knew it was useless to stop him — once the money was in her mother's hands, there was no getting it back.

Mother Tang took the bag, beaming, and opened it right there on the sofa to count the money. Tang Yun was speechless. Zou Tiandi was in this state already; he certainly would not dare shortchange them. To sit there counting the money in front of him, as if she had never seen money in her life — wasn't that a humiliation?

Tang Yun stamped her foot in anger, but she could not say anything. Yet her expression did not escape Zou Tiandi's eyes. Mother Tang counting the money did not bother him; he knew the Tang family's background perfectly well — an ordinary poor household in the shantytown, so it was only natural for Mother Tang to be dazzled by money.

And as for Tang Yun stamping her foot, that was nothing in Zou Tiandi's eyes either. Tang Yun was with Wei Zhao now; would she ever lack for money? So she probably did not care about this sum at all.

"Eh? Why is there fifty thousand extra?" Mother Tang counted the money in the bag and found that not only was it not short, there was fifty thousand more. She was astonished.

"Auntie, that hundred and fifty thousand has sat with me so long, of course I had to pay interest! Consider this fifty thousand the interest!" Zou Tiandi said hurriedly. He was counting on Wei Zhao's mother-in-law to put in a good word for him, and he had seen Mother Tang's weakness clearly enough — greed for money!

This extra fifty thousand was meant to curry favor with Mother Tang. Zou Tiandi was confident that Mother Tang would no longer blame him — she would even praise him!

Sure enough, when Mother Tang heard Zou Tiandi's words, the smile on her face deepened. "Not bad. You're a young man who knows how to play his cards right!"

Mother Tang happily put the money back in the bag, then said to Tang Yun, "Yun'er, shall we go? We won't disturb Boss Zou's rest any longer!"

"Wait — Mr. Zou, write me a note stating that you will not trouble my brother and Xiaodan again!" Tang Yun had not forgotten this important matter. The note was a must; otherwise, what if Zou Tiandi went back on his word later?

"No problem!" Zou Tiandi thought to himself, Would I dare go looking for trouble with your brother now? I have no death wish, no desire to kill myself! But aloud he agreed without the slightest hesitation.

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