When Xiao Hui said this the whole dinner table fell silent once more.
Luo Da Fu and Luo Ming Shu father and son had spoken that way earlier purely to humiliate Luo Chen.
After all the mobile phone Luo Ming Shu had given Luo Da Fu was worth ten thousand.
Yet in the blink of an eye they had been thoroughly slapped in the face.
They had just mocked it as worthless and a free gift with top up credit. Now they merely looked vulgar and ignorant themselves.
If top up credit could get you a Vitu phone it would probably cost several million at least.
Moreover the two of them had sworn so confidently that they would buy one for Xiao Hui. Clearly they had assumed the phone cost no more than one or two hundred.
Who would have known it actually cost over two hundred thousand.
It was a joke. Never mind whether they could bear the expense. Even if they could they would not buy it.
Spending over two hundred thousand on a phone really was excessively extravagant. It was far beyond anything people like them could do.
Besides father and son were not that generous.
Brother Ming Shu uncle you would not go back on your word would you. Xiao Hui had already started university yet her mind was still single track.
She had not noticed at all that the two men were now caught in an awkward spot.
Yes uncle you made a promise just now. At this moment Luo Chen finally put down his chopsticks and spoke.
These words choked Luo Da Fu until his face turned bright red.
Luo Ming Shu kept his head down and ate pretending not to hear.
I do not care. Brother Ming Shu and uncle you said it in front of everyone just now. Xiao Hui refused to let it drop.
Ming Shu Xiao Hui is still young. You would not renege on your word to this little sister would you. Luo Chen added fuel to the fire at this point.
Luo Chen you. Luo Ming Shu had already been embarrassed but now anger flared up.
Enough Xiao Hui eat. Some things are better left unheard. At this moment second aunt spoke up.
Luo Ming Shu wished he could slap himself twice. Why had he run his mouth for no reason.
Now he was stuck and could not get down.
Yet in his heart Luo Ming Shu resented Luo Chen deeply because all of this had started because of Luo Chen.
He would see if Luo Chen could stay smug later.
When the people arrived he would make Luo Chen look good.
Cough cough let us talk about something proper. In a few days it will be the ancestral worship. Everyone can gather then because that day happens to be when Yuan Fei this child gets promoted to director. Luo Da Fu changed the subject at this point to ease the embarrassment.
Once this topic came up Luo Da Fu seemed to regain his confidence.
Hehe big brother congratulations. Second aunt said with a smile. In fact her relationship with Luo Da Fu had not been very good before.
But ever since Luo Da Fu’s family had risen they had begun to show signs of currying favour.
In the past second aunt had been quite close to Luo Chen’s father but now she deliberately kept some distance.
It is nothing worth showing off. It is only a director after all. Luo Da Fu put on a hypocritical show of modesty yet the smug smile on his face was anything but modest.
Big brother what are you saying. Yuan Fei is so young and already so capable. Who knows how far he will go in future.
Look at that child Yuan Fei. He is even a few months younger than Luo Chen. Second aunt brought up Luo Chen for comparison again at this point.
After Luo Da Fu had exchanged a few more smug pleasantries he gave second aunt a meaningful look.
Second aunt understood at once and then spoke rather abruptly.
By the way third brother I should not say this but I think I should mention it while we are eating. Did you not borrow over two hundred thousand from me a while ago. Unfortunately I happen to need the money these next couple of days. Second aunt brought it up directly like this.
The atmosphere at the dinner table turned cold once more.
Second sister why not give me a few more days. I will think of something. See if that works. Luo Chen’s father felt rather awkward at this moment.
Because he would not ask Luo Chen to return the money. Since he had given it to Luo Chen it was truly given. His character meant he would never demand money back from his own son.
Otherwise when the hotel had made him pay for the broken glass he would not have offered to fetch the money himself.
In Luo Chen’s father’s eyes no matter how well Luo Chen was doing he was still just a child.
As a father how could he ask his child for money.
So Luo Chen’s father felt somewhat embarrassed.
Yet Luo Chen’s father had not thought too much about it. He genuinely believed second aunt’s words.
Strictly speaking second aunt had received over three hundred thousand from him in bits and pieces earlier but it had always been a messy account.
Luo Chen’s father felt she was his own elder sister so when he lent her money he treated it as given and had never thought of asking for it back.
Only last time when Luo Chen’s father needed money for Luo Chen had he gone to second aunt for some. Even then he had felt too embarrassed to ask her directly for it.
So he had taken two hundred thousand under the name of a loan.
If they really wanted to settle accounts second aunt actually still owed Luo Chen’s father over a hundred thousand.
But sometimes people are like this. The kinder you are the more the other side feels you are easy to bully.
Luo Chen had not known before about his father borrowing high interest loans but he did know about his father lending money to second aunt.
Moreover Luo Chen was not like his father. His skin was not that thin. Or rather the current Luo Chen after experiencing all kinds of things in his previous life no longer regarded these people as his relatives at all.
So at this moment Luo Chen’s face darkened. He suddenly slammed his chopsticks hard onto the table.
Bang. All the plates on the table jumped.
Luo Chen what are you doing. Soup splashed onto Luo Ming Shu’s face.
Second aunt I remember your family took nearly three hundred thousand from my dad right. I have not even counted those small bits and pieces.
How can that be called a loan.
He is her younger brother. Is it not right for him to give his elder sister some money.
Besides everyone knows our family’s situation. Among the three siblings he used to be the richest. Is it not right to help this elder sister. Second aunt said with a face full of dissatisfaction.
According to you then as the elder sister it is not right for you to help your younger brother now. Luo Chen retorted.
One matter is one matter. That two hundred thousand was a loan I gave him. Second aunt argued sophistically at this point.
Oh. It is right for him to give you but a loan when you give him. Luo Chen gave a cold laugh.
Luo Chen this is a matter between adults. What are you interrupting for. Luo Da Fu scolded Luo Chen at this moment.
Everyone if not for my dad’s sake I would not even sit at the same table and eat with you.
A bunch of rubbish. Luo Chen was angry.
Luo Chen what did you say. Luo Ming Shu stood up and roared at Luo Chen.
Are your ears deaf. I said you are a bunch of rubbish.
What rubbish family ties. You are nothing but a group of ungrateful opportunistic scum. Luo Chen had held back for a long time. With some people there was no point reasoning.
Just slap them in the face and they would instantly see reality.
You rotten boy enough. Say less. Although Luo Chen’s father had also been angry just now he did not want things to get too ugly. He stepped in to stop Luo Chen at this point.
Luo Chen do not think that just because you went to Tongzhou once you are something special. In Yongji from now on it will be me and big brother who call the shots. Luo Ming Shu glared fiercely at Luo Chen and spoke.
Enough enough stop arguing. I will repay it. Even if I sell the house I will repay it. Luo Chen’s father suddenly felt sad.
He asked himself if he had let down his second sister or elder brother anywhere yet he had not expected his second sister to speak like this.
But the words had barely landed when bang. The front door of Luo Chen’s house was kicked open with one foot.