"Give you money? What for?" Qiao Mei asked.
"It's not too much to ask each of my four children to give me 100 dollars, right? You can't just cheat me of my children for nothing, right?" Zhang Qian said shamelessly.
Li Gui went forward, pointed at Zhang Qian and scolded, "Have you ever raised these children! Have you taken care of them when they were sick! Have you taught them well when they were in school! How dare you ask for money! Return my children to me!"
"Stupid woman! If you hadn't said anything, I would have forgotten about you! You were a widow when you married me back then and I spent so much on the betrothal money! You have to return that money to me! You have to return the 500 dollars and the television set that I gave you!"
Li Gui was so angry that her entire body was trembling. She had stayed with the Zhang family for more than 10 years and given birth to Zhang Qian's children. She went to work during the day and came back to serve her in-laws at night. Were all her years of hard work in vain!
"My mother has done so much for your Zhang family for so many years. Isn't that worth 500 dollars? There's no room for discussion on this matter. You sign this agreement and you don't have to be responsible for Zhang Miao's subsequent treatments. Otherwise, your family can just keep paying up! If you don't have the money, your mother and Zhang Cong can pay for you. I'll accept the money from any of you," Qiao Mei said.
Old Madam Zhang shouted at Zhang Qian, "Hurry up and agree! We don't have any money to give them! You were cheated by that woman and don't have a single cent left. Do you still plan to bring down the entire family!"
Sun Yan would be giving birth in a few months' time. By then, the medical and hospitalization fees would require them to take out all their savings. They did not have the spare money to care about the life and death of a young girl.
The most important thing now was the child that Sun Yan was carrying. The lives of the other four children had nothing to do with them!
"Dad! What's the use of those children! Your eldest grandson needs the money!" Zhang Cong said agitatedly.
Qiao Mei leaned back and looked at this family with interest. She felt that Qiao Zhuang's family in the village was already chaotic enough and everyone there was selfish. She did not expect there would be people who were even more selfish than them.
Zhang Qian had no choice but to accept the agreement and put his thumbprint on it.
"From this point on, they have nothing to do with you anymore. I hope you won't come to look for them again. I don't think you'll have a chance to come looking for them anyway," Qiao Mei said mockingly.
No chance to go looking for them? He had arms and legs so how could he not be able to go anywhere he wanted?
Only then did Zhang Qian realize that Qiao Mei had no intention of letting him off. She had only promised that he need not have to pay Zhang Miao's medical fees, but she did not mention anything about the issue with Zhang Chao and Zhang Qin.
"You're such a vicious woman! Let me out! Why can't I leave this place!" Zhang Qian roared at Qiao Mei.
"Human trafficking is a serious crime in itself. You even sold your two children. Even an immortal won't be able to save you. Now, you should pray that Zhang Chao is still alive and well. If anything happens to him, you can spend the rest of your life here." After saying that, Qiao Mei left with Li Gui.
Chen Hu arranged for people to half the amount of food and drinks given to the Zhang family members so that they would be taught a lesson and understood what karma was.
"Qiao Mei! I won't let you off! When I get out, I'll kill you!" Zhang Qian scolded.
Chen Hu stared at Zhang Qian murderously. His gaze was as fierce as an eagle staring at its prey from the sky, as if he wanted to skin Zhang Qian alive.
Zhang Qian fell to the floor in fear and kept retreating. He had only spouted those few words of nonsense in a moment of anger.
Chen Hu approached Zhang Qian's cell slowly. He opened the metal door and squatted down in front of Zhang Qian.
"If you dare to go and look for Qiao Mei and the rest again, or do anything to hurt them, then see if you can stay alive long enough to speak to me. I'll let you know what it means to wish for death," Chen Hu said.
Zhang Qian hurriedly nodded and said, "I understand... I understand..."
Chen Hu grabbed Zhang Qian's collar and pulled him forward, shouting, "Louder!"
"I understand! I won't dare to do it again!" Zhang Qian shouted.
From the corner of his eye, Chen Hu saw liquid slowly seeping out on the floor below Zhang Qian. He looked at Zhang Qian mockingly. He did not expect Zhang Qian to be so timid to pee his pants upon hearing those few words.
What a coward!