Chapter 6: Urban God-Level Tycoon System (6)

Xie Shuling came to her senses and realized that she had hit someone in a moment of impulse, but the other party had truly gone too far.

"My daughter wouldn't do such a thing!" Xie Shuling emphasized repeatedly, "Sister Bai, you are spreading rumors without a shred of evidence."

"Who's spreading rumors!"

Bai Mu jumped in agitation.

She had taken a slap; although it didn't hurt much, as Xie Shuling didn't have much strength, the red mark faded quickly, and she was mostly just startled.

But she cared about her reputation; being slapped in front of so many people, she felt unbearable resentment and wished she could hit back on the spot.

Yet, on second thought, while hitting back would be satisfying, others might think she had a grudge against Xie Shuling and was intentionally badmouthing her daughter.

So, she changed her expression and said earnestly, "Xiao Xie, we've been neighbors for many years. Even if everyone trusts your character, but your Yang Yang..."

As she spoke, she shook her head and sighed:

"I'm worried that she's young and can't distinguish between good and evil."

"She's not that young; I remember she's the same age as your Xuanxuan."

A woman beside Bai Mu muttered:

"She's a grown woman in her twenties, yet she doesn't even have a proper job, just cooped up at home playing games all day. Didn't she owe a web loan company nearly three hundred thousand the other day?"

"Ah? I've heard about that. So that's her child?"

"Then we must be even more cautious! People desperate from debt are capable of anything."

"Oh my! Do you think she feels humiliated, holds a grudge against the neighbors who watched the spectacle, and wants to take revenge?"

"No way, right? I went to watch the fun the day the police came to her door. She wouldn't really want to take revenge on us, would she?"

"Who can say for sure!"

"..."

With various voices ringing in her ears, all criticizing her daughter, Xie Shuling no longer had the heart to continue grocery shopping; she carried a small bag of water-filled river food and hurried home.

She believed her daughter was absolutely not a bad child!

Her daughter's personality was a bit dull and she wasn't good at socializing, otherwise she wouldn't be addicted to the online world for satisfaction, but she was definitely not the type of person who would want to take wanton revenge on neighbors just because she lost face.

But she truly didn't know about the matter of sweeping the hallway. She worried that her daughter owed money elsewhere and didn't dare tell her, so she took a job as a hallway cleaner to work off the debt...

No!

Wanhua Residential Quarter has no property management!

The owners living here aren't big bosses either; who would be kind enough to pay to hire someone to sweep the hallways?

It might be those creditors!

They were forcing her daughter to sweep the hallways as a sick hobby, and if she didn't sweep, they would force her to pay back the money immediately. If her daughter couldn't pay, she could only sweep the hallways...

The more she thought about it, the more she felt this was the most likely possibility, and Xie Shuling became increasingly anxious.

She had previously heard a colleague gossip about a news story, saying there was a debt collection company that specialized in going door-to-door for creditors; if the debtor couldn't pay, they would force them to bark like dogs or crawl like cats in subway carriages, or even dance striptease while holding the stainless steel poles in the carriage...

Once she thought that her daughter might have encountered something similar—yesterday it was sweeping the hallway, and today she didn't know what they would make her daughter do—Xie Shuling, heartbroken for her daughter, couldn't bother arguing with Bai Mu and the others, and jogged all the way home.

Bai Mu stared at the hurriedly retreating back, sneering in her heart: A slap in exchange for a good show, it was worth it!

She deliberately slapped her forehead: "Oh my, look at my memory! There are two Grass Carp that the child's father brought back when he drove to the suburbs, currently kept in the bathtub. If we don't eat them, they'll turn belly-up. Xiaochen, you buy your groceries, I'm heading home first."

She wanted to go home to watch the drama at 502!

How could the woman who came to buy groceries with her not guess her intentions? She smiled and said:

"Sister Bai, I'll go back with you. I can't think of what to buy either. There's still some beef in the fridge, I'll go back, thaw it, stir-fry it with garlic leaves, steam some egg custard, and peel a Century Egg to make do for two meals."

Many people held similar thoughts.

Everyone thought that since it was Sunday, they didn't have to go to work, even if they couldn't find any decent food at home.

They could just go to the market after watching the show; buying groceries was for lunch anyway, so there was no rush.

Bai Mu was eager for as many people to go as possible.

Thus, she was followed by several residents of Wanhua Residential Quarter, and they walked back in a lively manner, discussing the troublesome deeds of the Xie Family's mother-burdening daughter along the way.

When passing the community entrance, seeing the social worker Liu on duty early in the lobby, Bai Mu rolled her eyes, went in to greet them, added oil and vinegar to the situation, and finally said:

"Liu, it's not that I'm being meddlesome, but several residents in Building 6 want to report this to the community. Wangdajie from the middle unit and Zhaolaitai from the east unit both wanted to find you guys overnight last night."

Liu naturally knew Xie Yang.

She had already been written into the anti-fraud manual and used as a typical example to guide and educate residents to raise their vigilance and not become the next victim of online fraud; which social worker in this community hadn't heard of Xie Yang's big name?

Moreover, since residents had come to the community lobby to report it, regardless of the conclusion, they had to make this trip no matter what. Better safe than sorry.

"Then I'll go to her home for a visit to understand the situation. Perhaps it's not what you all think."

"Yes, yes, yes! That's what we mean too. Get the situation clear so we neighbors don't have to live in fear all day."

Liu then made a phone call to the director to report the matter, then took a pen and notebook for recording, and followed Bai Mu and the others to Wanhua Residential Quarter to find Xie Yang and understand the situation.

On the way, they met several groups of acquaintances, and when asked "Where are you going so early in the morning?", Bai Mu enthusiastically and proactively stopped to explain:

"Look, a young person in Building 6 of our residential quarter didn't know what kind of madness they had last night, and used a broom to sweep the hallways of three units in a row.

If it were someone else, we would think they were doing a good deed, but this person... first she was cheated in an online romance, and a few days ago it was exposed that she had web loans. The police have been to her door several times, and she's even being promoted by the community as an anti-fraud example. We're worried that she's either trying to take revenge on the neighbors or scouting for burglary. In any case, it's nothing good. That's why Liu is going to understand the situation, and we're going along to see."

"What? You have such a person in your residential quarter? Then I'm going too!"

"Aren't you going to buy groceries?"

"It's still early! I don't have to work today, I'll just follow you guys to watch the fun for a while."

Just like that, walking along the way, more residents who loved to join in the fun kept joining in. By the time they reached the gate of Wanhua Residential Quarter, the team could already be called vast and mighty.

Xie Yang slept until she woke up naturally, took out her phone and glanced at the time—seven-thirty. It was still early, but her sleep quality last night was quite good, and she seemed to have slept enough.

"Ding-dong."

As soon as the phone connected to the internet, she received a text message from a real estate agent:

【Respected Ms. Xie Yang, I am your agent steward Xiaofang, responsible for the handover of the property rights for the thirty houses you own in Building 6 of Wanhua Residential Quarter on Ping'an Lu and the Chinese-style villa manor at No. 8 Shengshi Taoyuan on Xingfu Lu. If you need an on-site visit, please click the link below to schedule a time. If you need other help, please call. Thank you for your cooperation! If this is an intrusion, please forgive me!】