Eight years have passed, he's still going strong, but his girlfriend is having a mental breakdo

As Hu Rui turned around, he almost bumped into someone's arms.

The man was burly and strong. He grabbed him, pressed him down, and shoved him hard.

Hu Rui stumbled and crashed into the house.

The man stood with his arms crossed, blocking the way.

Inside the room, another person was sitting on the sofa drinking tea.

Beside him was a man with short hair, a cigarette dangling from his lips, fiddling with a dagger in his hand.

The dagger gleamed coldly, sending a chill down Hu Rui's spine.

"Brother Wang... what are you doing here?" Hu Rui forced a smile.

"Hu Rui, why do you run away as soon as you see Brother Wang? That's no fun."

Wang Bao's tone remained calm as always, but to Hu Rui, it sent chills down his spine.

"No... how could that be? I just... didn't see Brother Wang, did I?" Hu Ruiqiang said with a smile.

"Really? Then what's the use of having these eyes? Why don't we gouge them out and let the brothers use them as cannon fodder for fun?"

Hu Rui shuddered in fright.

"Hahaha."

Everyone in the room laughed.

Only Hu Rui looked sallow.

"Brother Hu Rui, don't be afraid. I was just joking with you."

"Didn't you want to pay back the money? I like people who follow the rules the most. If everyone follows the rules, I definitely won't touch you."

"Come, come, sit here."

Wang Bao patted the seat next to him.

Hu Rui listened, and his fear intensified.

"No...no need..."

"Are you fucking deaf?! Brother Wang told you to come sit down, and you dare not go? You think you're so great?!"

The burly man behind him grabbed Hu Rui by the back of the neck, pulled him over, and forced him to sit down next to Wang Bao.

"Hey, what's going on? Hu Rui is our own brother, so you better be polite to him."

Wang Bao didn't move an inch, but glanced at the burly man.

"Yes, Brother Wang."

The burly man agreed, glared at Hu Rui, and released his grip.

"Where's the money? Give it to me." Wang Bao looked at Hu Rui.

His calm gaze sent a chill down Hu Rui's spine.

Gudong.

Hu Rui swallowed hard and forced a smile.

"Brother Wang, it's like this. Originally, I had already prepared the money. A full 30,000 yuan."

"But, Brother Wang, as you know, my credit is terrible. I use other people's cards to receive and transfer money."

"The guy I found was an honest man, and he was usually quite reliable. But who knew he'd lose his job last year."

"He was unemployed and didn't dare tell his wife, afraid she would divorce him, so he used credit cards and took out online loans to cover household expenses, pretending he still had a salary. He thought he could hold out for a while, find a job again, and then he would recover."

"As a result, he couldn't find a job, and he just couldn't find a job... His debt kept piling up, and his credit was ruined. Just then, my money came through..."

Hu Rui tried his best to explain.

Beside him, Wang Bao had already lowered his head, rubbing his forehead with both hands, revealing a pained expression.

Hu Rui was frightened by what he saw, and his voice grew softer and softer until he could no longer speak.

Wang Bao raised his head, his eyes filled with a terrifying light, staring at Hu Rui:

"I'm not your father! Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm here to collect money, not to listen to your stories. Just tell me, do you have any money on you?"

Wang Bao's calm tone was more frightening to Hu Rui than having a knife pointed at him.

Hu Rui certainly didn't think Wang Bao was easy to talk to.

Who in the underworld doesn't know how ruthless Wang Bao's methods are?

"I...I did have it. But just now, the bank deducted the overdue payment from my friend's card..."

"So that means there isn't one?"

"No...no." Hu Rui was on the verge of tears.

"You son of a bitch! Are you trying to renege on your debt?"

As soon as Hu Rui finished speaking, the short-haired man who had been sitting next to him playing with a dagger suddenly roared.

He grabbed Hu Rui's hand and slammed it onto the table.

He took a deep drag on the cigarette butt in his mouth, and as sparks flew, he slammed the cigarette butt against the back of Hu Rui's hand.

Hu Rui screamed in pain from the burn, and his arm instinctively tried to pull back.

The burly man reached out and pinned him down, rendering him unable to move.

The cigarette butt made a hissing sound.

Smoke was rising from the back of Hu Rui's hand, and he was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Do.

A muffled thud.

Suddenly, the short-haired man thrust his dagger at Hu Rui's hand, which was resting on the table.

"what!"

Hu Rui screamed in terror.

Looking at the dagger again, it was found stuck between his index and middle fingers.

"Tell me! Which finger do you want to pay interest on?"

The short-haired man's eyes gleamed with malice.

Hu Rui's head and hands were pressed down on the table.

His eyes were fixed on the gleaming dagger, and he trembled with fear.

"Brother Wang, spare me!"

"Brother Wang, spare me!"

"It's not that I don't want to pay, there's just a bit of a problem!"

"I can show you the bank's text message, I'm not lying to you!"

Hu Rui begged for mercy desperately.

"Are you fucking out of your mind? Didn't you hear what Brother Wang just said?"

"We're not your father! What happens to you is none of our business! Stop with the nonsense, just tell me, do you have any money?"

The short-haired man slapped Hu Rui on the forehead, making Hu Rui's head buzz.

"rich!"

"I have money!"

"Brother Wang, give me another chance! Give me a few more days, and I promise I'll get the money."

At this point, how could Hu Rui dare to say he had no money?

Seeing that the time was right, Wang Bao put down his teacup and glanced at the two short-haired men.

"What are you doing?"

"Brother Hu Rui is one of our own."

"Let go quickly, don't scare Brother Hu Rui."

"Yes, Brother Wang."

Upon hearing this, the short-haired man put away his knife, and the burly man also released his grip.

Hu Rui was already so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his body going limp, and all he wanted to do was cry.

"Brother Hu Rui..."

"Hey, Brother Wang."

Hu Rui agreed and quickly got up. He didn't dare stand up, much less sit on the sofa. Instead, he squatted there, looking up at Wang Bao like a dog.

"Don't blame Short Hair and Biaozi. If you hadn't been avoiding us, would Short Hair and Biaozi have been angry?"

"Honestly, why are you hiding from us? We're all brothers. You've been lying to us and hiding from us; aren't you treating us like fools?"

As Wang Bao spoke, he helped Hu Rui dust off his clothes.

"I wouldn't dare, Brother Wang. How could I lie to you... I really have my reasons." Hu Rui said with a mournful face.

When Wang Bao patted him, he trembled.

It was as if it weren't a hand, but a knife.

"You have your reasons, but the brothers need to eat too. Paying back debts is a matter of course. If everyone were like you, borrowing money and not paying it back, wouldn't the brothers starve to death?"

As Wang Bao spoke, the short-haired man began toying with the dagger in his hand again.

"I will pay it back. I will definitely pay it back."

"I'm rich... my dad's rich. My old man lives in a villa halfway up the mountain and knows CEO Wang of Yunding..."

Hu Rui couldn't care less about anything else right now.

He'd say anything as long as he could keep his fingers.

"laugh."

Hu Rui was interrupted by Wang Bao's sneer halfway through his sentence.

"Your old man, wasn't he the one who ran a restaurant...? Oh, and it went out of business. What, did your mother remarry and find you a new dad?"

"Hahaha."

Short Hair and Biaozi laughed loudly, their laughter full of mockery.

"I'm telling the truth. My old man is rich now, you'll see..."

Hu Rui hurriedly took out his phone and opened the video.

"what?"

Wang Bao glanced at it, let out a soft "hmm," and reached out to take the phone.

He had eaten at Zhao Hong'an's restaurant before, so he knew Zhao Hong'an.

In some of the videos Hu Rui filmed, Zhao Hongan was sitting in the passenger seat of a Zunjie S800, while a top-tier beauty was driving.

Other videos show Zhao Hongan chatting and laughing with Wang Jianjun at the entrance of Yunding No. 1 Courtyard...

"Hu Rui, what are you doing! Didn't your old man lose all his money? He's getting on in years, don't tell me he's started a new business and made a comeback."

Wang Bao casually tossed his phone onto the coffee table.

"That old man doesn't have that ability! He lost everything running a restaurant. Wouldn't he go bankrupt starting a business? He's just lucky; he inherited a fortune. He had a relative overseas who went abroad more than seventy years ago, made his fortune in business, and now he's dead, leaving his inheritance to the old man."

This wasn't entirely fabricated by Hu Rui.

He heard from Hu Guoqin that a law firm speculated that Zhao Hongan's wealth most likely came from overseas inheritance.

Of course, Hu Rui couldn't tell Brother Wang that he didn't know how the old man made his fortune.

I might as well tell a half-truth and half-lies, just to get out of there first.

Wang Bao was completely taken aback by the deception.

"No way. If your old man were that rich, would you be worried to death over a few tens of thousands of yuan?"

Wang Bao suddenly thought of something.

"It's just that my mom and the old man had a fight, they just got divorced... But don't worry, Brother Wang. The old man is just angry right now. I'll apologize to him and ask for a few tens of thousands of yuan, no problem at all."

"You haven't seen how generous my father is. He just gives away LV and Hermes bags like they're nothing. He's incredibly generous."

"Brother Wang, give me two more days so I can go ask the old man for the money. Otherwise, killing me won't help; you still won't get the money."

Wang Bao did not answer directly, but simply looked at Hu Rui indifferently.

The room was completely silent.

Just when Hu Rui was so nervous that his heart was about to stop beating.

Finally, Wang Bao spoke.

"Rules are rules. Your loan is due today, and you have to pay it back. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to your sister-in-law."

"You know your sister-in-law's temper."

Hu Rui was struck dumb.

The eldest sister-in-law is the real boss behind this underground casino.

Wang Bao was someone who worked for his sister-in-law.

No one knows who the sister-in-law really is.

All I know is that she is incredibly powerful and ruthless.

Anyone who's been in the underworld knows that you have to be especially careful when you encounter women, the elderly, or the disabled.

Because they are the weaker party members, they can gain a foothold in the underworld and often act more ruthlessly than men.

It is said that the eldest sister-in-law is extremely beautiful and also controls a large amount of mysterious wealth.

A stunningly beautiful woman, coupled with enormous wealth.

She has captivated countless men.

But now, no one dares to make a move on the eldest sister-in-law anymore.

Because anyone who dared to lay a finger on her is dead.

Moreover, he died a horrible death.

"but."

Seeing that it had a deterrent effect, Wang Bao changed his tone.

"If you're confident you can get money from your old man, I can think of a way to help you get by."