Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"Auntie, see, I didn't lie to you. We made the interest details clear when Yaohui lent the money."

"Liu Yaohui, you spendthrift! How dare you borrow money from loan sharks with such high interest rates?"

As Xu Yumei spoke, she slapped Liu Yaohui, wondering if her son had lost his mind. Gambling and taking out high-interest loans—was he complaining that she was living too comfortably?

"Mom, stop hitting her, let's go borrow more money right away."

Liu Yaohui forgot about today's interest; he was determined to pay back the money today, as he didn't want to owe the casino any more money.

"Auntie, it's alright, don't worry. I'll tell them we don't have the money yet, we'll pay them back in a few days."

"No need, I'll pay."

Xu Yumei gritted her teeth and said, "The interest rate is so high, I won't be able to pay it back even if I wait another day." She took out all the money she had and gave it to them, including the three hundred yuan that Xia Guofang had given her to buy things.

Once the casino had enough people and confirmed they had enough money, Xu Yumei asked them for the IOUs and had Liu Yaohui burn them in front of them.

"Mom, what do we do now?"

The mother and son left the casino, and Liu Yaohui spoke cautiously. Xu Yumei felt like dying; she had given all 80,000 yuan she had withdrawn from the bank that morning to Liu Yaohui to pay off his loan sharks.

He even had to use all the 300 yuan that Xia Guofang had given him to buy things at the mall and to buy groceries at night to pay off his debts.

"What should I do? What should I do? Why didn't you ask me when you borrowed money from loan sharks? Now you're asking me what to do? How am I supposed to know what to do?"

"I've spent all the money Xia Guofang gave me for groceries, and I don't know what I'm going to do tonight."

Xu Yumei flew into a rage, saying that she had saved those several thousand yuan for her son to use when he left Kyoto.

"Mom, I know I was wrong. I'll never do it again. You can't abandon me."

"I'm asking you, do you have any money left? Have you sold everything you took from Xia Guofang's house?"

"I sold it. I gambled all the money away at the casino. Mom, I don't have a single penny on me now."

He only resorted to high-interest loans because he was broke. Before taking out the loans, he went to the vicinity of the Luo family's house several times but failed to find an opportunity to steal Xia Guofang's jewelry again.

That's why he took the risk of borrowing money from loan sharks, but he won tens of thousands of yuan on the first night he borrowed the money. After paying back the loan, he still had more than 20,000 yuan left.

The second night, he had bad luck and lost all his money. Then he borrowed money from loan sharks and lost tens of thousands more before going home. That coward Wang Zhijie actually ran away when he was told to borrow money from loan sharks. It infuriated him.

"If I had known, I would have stopped gambling when I won more than 40,000 that day. It's all my fault. I was thinking about how hard you work at the Luo family, Mom, and I wanted to win more money to buy you a house in Kyoto."

Then we'll bring your sister to Kyoto, and then your sister and I will go to work to earn money to support you. You don't need to work; you can just stay home and enjoy yourself."

Hearing her son's words, Xu Yumei's anger subsided by half. It turned out her son had done all this for her sake. She should have told him about the money she had; then her son wouldn't have gambled away his money to buy a house.

She felt regret and heartache, but there was nothing she could do. The most important thing now was to prevent others from knowing that her son had stolen things from Xia Guofang's house.

Otherwise, she would lose her job. She told her son to go into hiding first. As long as he wasn't caught by the police now, she would have a chance to plan for him. Later, she would slowly return the money to Xia Guofang and Luo Hao, and then ask them to forgive her and drop the case.

"Go wait for me at the rented place. I'll go back to the Luo family to get the money for you, and then you can take a car and leave Kyoto immediately."

Xu Yumei had hidden a thousand yuan on her bed. She had originally wanted to ask Liu Yaohui about the gold bars, but seeing that there wasn't enough time, she didn't. In her heart, she was convinced that her son had stolen the gold bars, and besides, asking about it now was pointless.

"Okay, Mom, hurry up."

To save time, Xu Yumei used the few dollars she had left to take a taxi home. When she arrived at Luo's house, she saw Xia Guofang and her parents watching TV.

"Madam, Aunt, Uncle."

"Sister Mei, didn't you go to the mall to buy things? Why did you come back empty-handed?"

Xia Guofang asked in confusion, without intending to blame her, "Xu Yumei has been gone for almost two hours, why did she come back empty-handed?"

"Madam, I..."

"Ugh, she's going to start crying again. Guofang, I'm not trying to be mean, but your housekeeper cries every other day. Aren't you afraid of crying away all the good fortune in your family?"

Grandma Xia's words forced Xu Yumei to swallow back the tears that were about to fall. Her anger flared up instantly, her face turned red, and her eyes widened as she stared intently at Grandma Xia.

"How come that old hag is still alive? She's her nemesis, just like Xia Yichu." Xu Yumei's hands trembled slightly with anger, her nails almost digging into her flesh.

"What are you glaring at me for? Did I say something wrong?"

When Xia Guofang looked over, Xu Yumei immediately lowered her head.

"Sister Mei, get to the point. You're over forty years old, can you please stop crying all the time?"

"Yes, madam, I was just too anxious. The money you gave me for the mall and grocery shopping was stolen."

After speaking, Xu Yumei took out her wallet, which had been scratched by a razor blade; this was the solution she had come up with on her way home.

She often heard stories of people having their bags and wallets slashed and their money stolen while she was shopping for groceries.

She had a sudden inspiration and thought this method was perfect for her, so she went to buy a razor blade and slashed her wallet. She hadn't even paid the shopkeeper for the razor blade yet.

She was a few dollars short of the fare for the taxi. The driver saw that she was fair-skinned and plump, and only let her go after he touched her a couple of times.

"Could this be a whole show you staged to try and steal my daughter's money, that's why you said that?"

"Madam, I don't have any. I can pay the three hundred dollars myself."

It's only three hundred yuan. Xia Guofang was about to say no as usual when her mother tugged at her clothes and glared at her.

"You should pay for what you lost. Do you expect my daughter to pay for it so we can find out if it's really lost or just hidden away?"

"Auntie, I..."

"Alright, Sister Mei, it's getting late. Hurry up and go buy groceries and come back to cook."

"it is good"

Xu Yumei didn't want to delay any longer, so she went into the room and took out the thousand yuan she had hidden under her pillow. She took out three hundred yuan, intending to give the remaining seven hundred to her son.

She had plenty of food and drink at the Luo family's house and didn't have to spend any money. She could even save some money on groceries from Xia Guofang every day, and the money she saved was sometimes almost the same as her salary.

"Madam, it's getting late. I'm going to buy groceries. We can go to the mall tomorrow."

"OK"

After Xu Yumei left, Grandma Xia said, "Guofang, listen to my advice, fire Xu Yumei and find someone else."

"Mom, it's not that I don't want her to leave, but Xiao Kai can't live without her, and I have no choice."

Xia Guofang also wanted Xu Yumei to leave; her youngest son had a very good relationship with her, and she was jealous.

"No one is indispensable. Xiao Kai is still a child. As long as you can be ruthless and spend more time with him, and be more patient, he will forget Xu Yumei in a few days."

"Guofang, your mother is right. Do you really want Xiaokai to grow up and treat Xu Yumei like his own mother? By then, it will be too late to regret it."

If Xu Yumei is a good person, after taking care of Xiao Kai for so many years, it wouldn't be unreasonable to be filial to her.

"Mom and Dad, I understand."

Xia Guofang's face fell when she heard her father's words. The thought of her son, whom she had raised with such care, giving back to the nanny she had hired made her want to vomit.