Chapter 1710: Miss Nice Girl (73)

"If I didn't take care of you in your old age, I'd feel like I had failed you."

"Forget about taking care of me. When this old man dies someday, just make sure someone collects my body."

Tang Guo smiled. "Granduncle, if my life gets better in the future, I will definitely repay you. Good people deserve good rewards. I want everyone to see that someone as kind as you is destined to have a blessed life."

"Fine, fine. Since you're so confident, then this old man will wait and see."

Perhaps because he didn't want to dampen the younger generation's confidence, Granduncle agreed.

Not long after they hung up, Tang Guo received the transfer of three hundred thousand yuan. Her emotions became somewhat complicated.

"Xiaoguo, your granduncle is truly a good person. We'll visit him often in the future."

"Granduncle is also someone with a story. He himself was once a victim of a son-preferring family." Tang Guo said, "I heard it from others when I was young. In his era, son preference was even more severe, and people were poor. His wife's first child was a daughter. Granduncle's mother wasn't satisfied and threw the baby into the lake. In those backward villages, such things weren't uncommon. Unexpectedly, his wife jumped into the lake to save the child, and in the end, mother and daughter both drowned."

"After that, Granduncle left the village and built a life in the county town. He never married again. Before his mother died, she deeply regretted her actions and wanted to see him one last time, but he refused. Anyone in his place would find it difficult to forgive such a thing."

"He's a pitiful man too."

Baili Sheng couldn't understand why families that favored sons over daughters still existed even now.

Most weren't too extreme, but there were still plenty that were. Even if one never encountered them personally, stories about them were common.

"There's still one more thing to do." Tang Guo kissed Baili Sheng on the cheek. "Brother Sheng, you'll have to work hard for a while. Every few days, call my parents and harass them about repaying the debt."

Baili Sheng lowered his head and kissed her forehead. "Alright. I'll make sure to do it well."

"Mhm. Once everything is over, I'll persuade Granduncle to move into the city. It'll be livelier if we live together, and we can look after each other."

"Then I'll help you take care of him."

Given how quickly Tang Guo earned money, Baili Sheng wasn't worried at all. He had thought about simply giving her the money directly, but he was afraid she wouldn't accept it. Besides, after they got married, everything he had would belong to her anyway, so there was no need to fuss over it.

For several days in a row, Baili Sheng followed Tang Guo's instructions and called Li Meixue and Tang Chenghai, urging them to repay the debt.

The two finally became convinced that Tang Guo really did owe money.

"They keep harassing us. Chenghai, sooner or later they'll find us. What are we supposed to do? One million yuan! How could we possibly use that money to pay off that spendthrift daughter's debts?" Li Meixue said anxiously.

"Should we change our phone numbers first?"

"But what if they come to our house?" Li Meixue worried. "Actually, I do have an idea. We definitely need to change our numbers."

"What idea?"

"In that case, why don't we just sell this house, scrape together a down payment, and buy a place for Xiaokun in the provincial capital? Put the house under his name. Even if debt collectors come, they won't be able to take it away. Besides, the house will still be under mortgage, making it difficult to use as collateral. There'll be nothing they can do to us. We'll just rent a place for the next couple of years."

When Tang Chenghai heard it, he thought it was feasible.

The very next day, the two of them changed their phone numbers.

They even changed Tang Xiaokun's number as well. When he heard that Tang Guo owed one million yuan, he turned pale with fright.

But when he heard that they were about to buy him a house, he became delighted again.

When Tang Guo learned about the situation on their side, she laughed so hard she almost doubled over.

"How wonderful."

System: Indeed.