After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: The Reward for Repaying Debt

TL: YYang

“Ding!”

[A perfect life should not be burdened by debt.]

[Time-limited Quest: Repay debts for family or self.]

[Quest Reward: All repaid debts will be returned to the host twofold. The first repayment of 200,000 will grant 1,000,000 in exclusive car consumption funds.]

“Whoa!”

“This quest is so damn timely!”

Shen Yuan couldn’t help but exclaim.

Actually, even without the quest, Shen Yuan had planned to help Old Shen reduce his burden first. After all, he already had over 400,000 in his account.

But now that the quest was issued, he could gain even more.

And according to the rewards issued by the system, repaying debts would be returned twofold, and he could also get 1,000,000 in car consumption funds! There was just one problem… Shen Yuan frowned, thinking to himself, as a student, how could he explain the source of 200,000 yuan out of thin air?

And even if he could explain it, his parents would definitely ask why he didn’t take it out sooner.

Shen Yuan sighed inwardly. It seemed this was the trouble of being rich.

After thinking for a few minutes, Shen Yuan walked out of the room, planning to go to his parents’ bedroom to explain the situation.

At this moment, only Shen Yaode was left on the sofa, sipping his hot tea thoughtfully.

Shen Yuan glanced at him and was about to knock on his parents’ door when he heard voices from inside, and his movements slowly stopped.

“I just talked to Shen Yaode again. From what he said, if we don’t pay back a portion today, he’ll definitely stay and not leave.”

This was Old Shen’s voice, followed by Li Hongjuan’s scolding, “You Shen family are all ungrateful wolves. How you treated him back then, and how he’s treating you now?”

“Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. From his perspective, it’s understandable.”

“You understand him, but can he understand you?”

Hearing Shen Heping’s tone, Li Hongjuan became even angrier.

“Alright, talking about this won’t solve the problem. Don’t you still have some gold jewelry? Go sell some of it.”

Li Hongjuan wanted to argue further, but after thinking about it, she finally sighed helplessly. “That’s the only way.”

Li Hongjuan opened a drawer and said reluctantly, “All the jewelry you’ve given me over the years is here. I didn’t even want to sell it during the hardest times.”

This jewelry included rings, bracelets, necklaces, and so on, mostly gold. Li Hongjuan had a habit of buying gold, believing that its value would definitely appreciate in the future.

But with the family’s current situation, and the creditor at their door, she could only sell it at a loss.

“By the way, I think I lost two gold rings when we moved. I don’t know where they went.”

Shen Yuan’s heart skipped a beat. During his freshman year, he hadn’t had enough pocket money, so to buy a bag for Zhou Wanting, he had gone to Li Hongjuan’s room and taken two gold rings to sell.

At that time, the family was not short of money, and Li Hongjuan had so much jewelry that she hadn’t noticed. Shen Yuan had thought he had gotten away with it.

He hadn’t expected it to be discovered after all, but Li Hongjuan hadn’t suspected him.

“If they’re lost, they’re lost. Just pick a few of what you have and sell them. I’ll buy you more when we have money in the future,” Shen Heping said.

“Forget it. Buy more? Let’s pay off the family’s debt first.”

“Knock, knock.”

Shen Yuan knocked and entered. Facing their surprised gazes, he chuckled, “Dad, Mom.”

“If you have something to say, say it later. I’m discussing something with your dad,” Li Hongjuan waved her hand.

“Actually… I have money.”

The two of them were stunned at the same time. After a long while, Shen Heping was the first to react. He thought to himself that he knew whether his son had money or not, and shook his head. “This is not the time for jokes. Didn’t I tell you to wait?”

“I really have money.”

Li Hongjuan said impatiently, “What time is it now? You’re still pulling this kind of stunt.”

“I really have money. If you don’t believe me, look at Old Shen’s card.”

Old Shen often used one card to give Shen Yuan his living expenses, so Shen Yuan had just transferred 200,000 to that card.

Shen Heping looked at his son, then exchanged a glance with Li Hongjuan, and took out his phone with a skeptical heart.

He opened it and saw that there was indeed a deposit notification. Shen Heping clicked on the details. It was really 200,000! Li Hongjuan leaned over to look, her eyes widening in disbelief. She and Old Shen were both stunned.

After a long silence, they finally looked up. Li Hongjuan couldn’t help but ask, “Shen Yuan, where… did you get so much money?”

“I used to have a lot of pocket money, so I invested in some Bitcoin with a friend, and it went up a lot.”

Shen Yuan had already thought of an excuse before coming. This reason should be plausible. After all, Shen Yuan did have a lot of pocket money back then.

And both Old Shen and Li Hongjuan had the habit of investing, so they knew about Bitcoin, but they were not confident in this kind of virtual currency and had never bought it.

Li Hongjuan and Shen Heping exchanged a glance and, after a long silence, said, “Awesome!”

Shen Yuan continued to explain, “Because I bought it with a friend, he didn’t let me touch it, saying there was a lot of room for growth, so I kept it. I only took it out these past two days.”

“Son, you’ve really helped the family out of a tight spot,” Li Hongjuan couldn’t help but exclaim.

And Shen Heping also cast a gratified look at his son, then patted Li Hongjuan’s shoulder. “Alright, let’s go pay off the debt first.”

Shen Yuan silently wiped the sweat from his forehead. It seemed he had gotten away with it.

In the living room, Shen Heping transferred the full 200,000 to Shen Yaode and said, “Alright, our debt is cleared.”

“Good, good, good.”

Looking at the deposit notification on his bank card, Shen Yaode was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

Actually, he didn’t have high expectations for this trip. After all, his cousin’s family owed so much money outside.

Shen Yaode knew very well that since his family already owed so much money, they would definitely have less and less money later on.

It was better to come and collect the debt early, before other creditors made a move. He would take what he could get.

He just hadn’t expected to get the full 200,000 back, so this was far beyond his expectations.

“From now on, our two families should have less contact.”

Li Hongjuan was angry and spoke bluntly, opening the door and making a gesture to see him out.

“Uh… brother… look at your wife…”

Shen Yaode pouted and looked at Shen Heping with some embarrassment.

It was indeed not very nice to come and collect the debt several times, but Shen Yaode didn’t want to make the relationship too stiff.

After all, his cousin Shen Heping had helped him so much back then. If this got back to their hometown, he would be criticized behind his back.

If his father knew, he would probably jump out of his grave and give him a good beating.

Shen Heping smiled and smoothed things over, “Your sister-in-law is angry. It’s okay, we’re still relatives.”

“Then I’ll be going.”

Shen Yaode walked to the door nervously, wanting to say hello to Li Hongjuan again to ease the atmosphere.

But unexpectedly, Li Hongjuan didn’t even look at him. Shen Yaode gave an awkward smile and had to turn back to greet his nephew.

“Little Yuan, I’m leaving now. Come visit me when you have time. Your cousin always talks about you.”

“No problem, Uncle.”

Shen Yuan was cracking sunflower seeds in the living room and replied with a smile.

Perhaps Old Shen still cherished the old feelings from his grandfather’s generation, but Shen Yuan didn’t really care.

The main thing was to save Old Shen’s face. After all, Old Shen had a good relationship with these cousins, and since his attitude was gentle, he, as his son, should have the same attitude as his father.

Of course, this uncle had indeed lent them money at the time and helped the family out of a tight spot. Although it was not nice to repeatedly ask for the debt, he had ultimately helped.

Shen Yaode actually had a few more polite words he wanted to say, but his sister-in-law’s personality was quite explosive, so he could only swallow them back down.

With a “bang,” Li Hongjuan slammed the door shut. Shen Yaode stood outside the door, stunned, a sudden indescribable palpitation in his chest.

Actually, he wasn’t short of this 200,000 at all. He had felt a brief moment of joy when the money arrived, but now his heart was calm.

Actually, his cousin’s family were all very good people. They had helped him a lot back then. Logically, he shouldn’t have pushed them so hard.

Shen Yaode suddenly felt that he had made a mistake. Why did he come to collect the debt…