Chapter 154

Hearing that, Lu Chi immediately looked at his mother: "Mom, what are you still standing there for? Quickly give them the money! How could our Lu Family possibly not even have three million?"

Zheng Hongyu stood at the stairwell, hesitating and not daring to go down.

Lu Chi suddenly froze: "Mom, it's just over three million; once you pay them back, they won't come knocking again."

Seeing that Lu Chi seemed not to have grasped the situation, one of the thugs sneered: "You kid are really naïve; do you really think you still have over three million? If you did, how could your old mother keep borrowing money to gamble every now and then?"

Lu Chi had never known before that his mother actually participated in gambling.

Zheng Hongyu also seemed to feel it was hard to bring up, but the fact was indeed so.

"Your Lu Family has long been out of money; earlier the Lu Clan let your mother manage it, and how much loss did she incur? If it weren't for the Lu Clan's deep pockets, they probably wouldn't have let you squander for so long; now the Lu Clan is no longer yours, mother and son, so how could your old mother possibly repay our debt?"

Hearing the thugs' words, Zheng Hongyu's face grew ever paler.

And Lu Chi also realized from his mother's reaction that everything those people said was true.

But this is merely over three million.

Before, their family would casually host guests, throw a banquet, and need several million.

How could this money just disappear?

"It must be that you're cheating at gambling! Do you believe I'll sue you?"

"Sue? We're not afraid of being sued; this is the IOU your mother owes us, with all evidence complete. Not telling you would already be generous; sensible people would quickly repay the money, or else you'll have a bitter fruit to eat."

Hearing that, Lu Chi darkened his face: "Get out now! I'll figure out the money; I'll definitely repay you in three days!"

The thugs, hearing Lu Chi's words, then said: "All right, out of respect for the New Year, we'll give you three more days; if you still can't pay after three days, just wait to have your fingers chopped off."

After the thugs left, Zheng Hongyu's legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.

Before, Lu Chi had no idea about his mother's affairs; now that he knew, his expression turned grim: "Mom, did you really do those things?"

"I... son, hear me out..."

Zheng Hongyu still wanted to defend herself, but Lu Chi said: "No need to say anything else; it's just over three million—I can figure it out. I've saved quite a bit over the years, and I also have some valuable items; selling them off should raise enough to reach over three million."

From childhood, everything Lu Chi used was the best; even those luxury brands, if sold at a discount, would still find buyers.

Lu Chi quickly went upstairs, gathered those items, then found a reliable channel and listed them all online.

Lu Chi roughly calculated that those items were worth about two hundred thousand, but he was still short a lot.

It seems he still needs to turn to other friends for a loan.

Lu Chi called the few brothers he was close with; whenever he went out to play before, he would summon these brothers.

But after calling several times in a row, those friends didn't answer.

He kept calling until he reached the last person.

On the other end of the line, the person's attitude was obviously perfunctory: "Lu bro, what's up?"

"Why aren't Ze Yu and the others picking up my calls? What's going on with you guys?"

Probably hearing the anger in Lu Chi's tone, the other merely feigned ignorance: "I don't know either, Lu bro; what's wrong?"

"Alright, cut the nonsense—lend me one million first."

When Lu Chi asked him to borrow one million, the person on the other end hurriedly said: "Lu bro, don't joke; where would I get one million?"

"Your family is so rich, your pocket money each month is several hundred thousand; you're telling me you don't have one million?"

"Lu bro, that was before; I really don't have that much money now..."

"Then how much do you have? Eighty thousand? Fifty thousand? Hurry up, I'm really anxious."

"I really have no money..."

"You bastard, you used to eat and drink off me, and now you tell me you have no money?"

"Sorry, Lu bro, I really have no money, sorry..."

The phone was quickly hung up.

Lu Chi stared at the hung-up phone, his face gradually darkening.

No money?

Lu Chi sent messages one after another to several of his former fair-weather friends, only to find they had already blocked him.

Only then did Lu Chi realize these people never regarded him as a brother at all!

When trouble struck, these people ran faster than rabbits.

"Damn!"

Lu Chi directly threw the phone onto the ground.

At that moment, Lu Chi thought of Su Yun Jiao.

Su Yun Jiao had always been unconditionally good to him, mainly because she knew he was short of money; even if she had to work herself, she would spend money on Lu Chi.

Lu Chi bent down, picked up the phone from the ground, and then dialed Su Yun Jiao's number.

But Su Yun Jiao had already blacklisted her own phone number.

Lu Chi had no choice; he could only first call Qin Xue.

Since a few days ago, over the Su Yun Jiao matter, Lu Chi had not been in touch with himself—though Qin Xue had sent him many friend requests, Lu Chi never responded.

Qin Xue still thought Lu Chi would ignore her, but she never expected he would actually call her.

Thinking this, Qin Xue happily answered the phone and said to Lu Chi on the other end: "Lu Chi, I knew you'd definitely call me; can you hear me out..."

"I have something to tell you."

"What?"

"I'm short one million right now; help me contact Su Yun Jiao—our family has raised her for so long, asking for one million shouldn't be excessive."

"One million?"

Qin Xue was somewhat surprised.

The Lu Family is already this wealthy—could they still be lacking this one million?

Although that's the case, Qin Xue still said: 'Okay, then I'll call Su Yun Jiao now.'

'Mm, I'm very urgent; after you get through, tell me right away, or have Su Yun Jiao call me.'

'Okay.'

This time, Qin Xue dared not fool around.

Last time, because she deceived Lu Chi, Lu Chi no longer intends to treat her as a friend.

This time, she can only do as Lu Chi said.

She fears that if Lu Chi is displeased, he will never contact her again.

Thinking this, Qin Xue tentatively called Su Yun Jiao.

Su Yun Jiao was currently in class at Jingyuan, and thus saw Qin Xue's incoming call display on her phone.

Qin Xue?

What does Qin Xue want from me?

Su Yun Jiao hesitated before answering the phone, then asked the Qin Xue on the other end: 'What's up?'