Chapter 28 The wicked still need the wicked to grind
The redbud leather bag, the valuable linen and cotton textiles, and the way Ruth looked at Bella...
All these clues were connected in his mind, and Raymond suddenly figured out why these three sisters became rich!
"I will consider your proposal..."
In order to confirm what he was thinking, Raymond did not directly reject Bella's request for repayment, but smiled mysteriously.
After a pause, he asked the three Ruth sisters: "Before that, I have a question that I need you to answer."
Ruth looked confused: "What?"
A flash of wisdom flashed in Raymond's eyes, and he asked: "The linen and cotton you wear are at least tens of thousands of quarks. Where did you get the money?"
"this...
Hearing this, the three sisters shut up at the same time, and their eyes couldn't help but glance at their mother, Bella.
Bella knew something was wrong, so she quickly changed the subject and shouted: "You brat, in one sentence, do you want to help or not?"
After a pause, she threatened again: "Don't think you can get away with it! Let me tell you, your sisters can't afford to pay back the money they borrowed, and you, as the elder brother, have the obligation to pay it back too!"
Raymond had long lost any affection for this shrew. From the moment she refused to save old Mark, this fat woman was just a passerby.
At this moment, he probably guessed where the money came from.
He narrowed his eyes and said: "I rescued Princess Irene during the last kidnapping. As a thank you, she said she would give me a reward of one million quarks. I asked, and she said the money was given to you. So...
.Now can you tell me where that money went?"
When they heard "one million" quarks, the three gangsters with bald Goss' eyes instantly turned green.
"Damn it, fat lady, you have a million dollars and you are pretending to be poor for me! It seems that if I don't give you any color, do you really think we are just playing with you?"
Bald Goss's methods of collecting debts are sophisticated and not stupid. He knows that the fat woman has tricked him.
So without any hesitation, he stabbed Bella in the thigh with one knife.
"ah...!!!"
The room suddenly resounded with screams like those of a slaughtered pig, and blood poured out.
"Liar! He's a liar! There's not even a million!"
Under the severe pain, Bella finally panicked.
Seeing that Goss's dagger was about to poke a bloody hole in her body again, she was so frightened that she told the truth, crying: "There really is not a million, there are only 150,000 quarks in total...
The redbud leather bag also made sense. It was a reward from Lord Philip.
This money was delivered to the door by guards sent by Aileen before.
The little princess originally wanted to hand it over to Raymond, but her father, Lord Philip, did not allow her to come to such a dangerous District 23.
When the guards visited, Raymond happened to be preparing potions in the academy.
As her nominal "mother", Bella happily accepted this huge reward.
In a moment of ecstasy, she gave her daughter thirty thousand quarks to buy clothes.
...
Regardless of whether it was one million or 150,000, these gangsters understood clearly that this fat woman must have money!
Having been issuing loan sharks for many years, Goss didn't understand that such people would never be honest unless they were ruthless.
Without saying a word, he stabbed Bella's butt neatly again.
With a "swish" sound, the robe was torn, and a bloody arrow shot out.
First he was hit with a killing stick and it hurt, and then Goss cursed and said: "Fat woman, I don't want to talk to you anymore. Come up with the money within ten breaths, or I will kill you with the next knife!"
There are no major arteries in the butt, so it is not easy to die if it is punctured.
Raymond knew these guys were trying to scare her, so he didn't say anything and watched the show quietly.
Things have reached this point, but Bella still doesn't want to take out her money. She changed her face again and begged: "Raymon, help your poor mother, they are going to kill me... Please take it."
Give them back the money."
Evil people need to be punished by evil people. Looking at this scene, Raymond suddenly felt very happy.
He bared his white teeth and said with a smile: "Okay. Then you first return to me the 150,000 quarks that Irene gave me, and I will promise to help you repay the money."
"What's your money? That's obviously..."
Bella wanted to say that as the matron of the family, she had the right to control the money, but she swallowed the rest of her words.
These gangsters like Goss will definitely pay attention to this money!
I will never give out a penny!
It's all my money!
No one can take it away!
"Aunt Bella, don't worry..."
By now, everyone was so angry that Raymond no longer expected to get his money back from this shrew.
He grinned with white teeth and said with a bad smile: "You can cry a little longer. I'm counting the big brothers. There are still three breaths left, and your life will be gone..."
Bald Goss's face twitched when he heard this. Are these weirdos really a family?
But after he said the harsh words just now, if he couldn't get the money when the time came, he would definitely kill someone with a knife.
"Three...two...one..."
The wounds on his thighs and buttocks were still bleeding, and the bright dagger was scratching on his neck...
"Wait!"
At the last moment, Bella finally collapsed.
"You are so cruel!"
With a sad face, she reluctantly took out the small leather bag with the redbud noble coat of arms from the middle of her clothes.
As she took out the money, she cursed: "You vicious little bastard, you are so ungrateful and unwilling to save your life...I curse you and this old guy to die a happy death!"
Raymond looked at the thick stack of money in his wallet, and his face became increasingly gloomy.
He looked at the unconscious father Mark on the bed and suddenly felt ironic.