Chapter 1190 1188: Owing a Huge Debt
Chu Feng wore a mocking smile on his face as well, "Officer, is there anything else? If not, please don't disturb our normal operations!"
"Withdraw!" Xue Wei said grudgingly.
Since the people involved didn't press any charges, what could she do?
Just then, the female university student suddenly rushed toward the window.
And then jumped straight out of it.
"Wu Xiaoli! What are you doing?" Fortunately, Xue Wei reacted quickly.
She grabbed Wu Xiaoli firmly.
"Officer, I don't want to live anymore, please don't save me..." Wu Xiaoli's face was streaked with tears.
"If there's anything, just tell me, we will seek justice for you!"
"There's nothing to say, I'm really doing this voluntarily, let go!" Wu Xiaoli's eyes were bleak.
Of course, Xue Wei refused to let go.
Then, two police officers pulled Wu Xiaoli up.
After being pulled up, Wu Xiaoli didn't say a word.
No matter how the police questioned her.
She remained silent.
She firmly insisted that she was there of her own free will.
"Xingyao, do you know her?" Su Chen asked.
Chu Xingyao nodded and said, "She's also a student at Jiangdu University, she came here even earlier than I did, and it was through her introduction that I came here to work part-time..."
Saying this.
Chu Xingyao lowered her head.
She seemed a bit afraid to face Su Chen.
She knew very well what this place was.
"But she promised me that we'd just be working as waitresses..." Chu Xingyao whispered.
"Mm, I trust you, Xingyao."
"But I didn't expect..." Chu Xingyao explained Wu Xiaoli's situation.
It turned out that not long ago, someone approached Wu Xiaoli, offering to lend her a sum of money.
No interest.
And no collateral needed.
But if she couldn't repay it, there would be a penalty fee.
Where else could one find such a windfall?
Wu Xiaoli's family, like Chu Xingyao's, wasn't well-off either.
But she wasn't from Jiangdu City; she was from a remote village.
She thought, since there were no interest charges.
She might as well borrow the money, work part-time, and pay it back gradually.
In this way, she could alleviate her family's burden.
At first, everything did seem easy.
The lender appeared to be a nice person.
Not only did they lend money to Wu Xiaoli multiple times.
Wu Xiaoli even recommended Chu Xingyao.
Of course, Chu Xingyao's family was financially strained.
She shared the same thoughts as Wu Xiaoli.
So she borrowed money as well.
But she didn't expect that.
When it was time to repay.
She discovered that it wasn't as straightforward.
Indeed, there was no interest.
But the penalty fees were extremely high.
Chu Xingyao didn't understand at first, she hadn't defaulted, after all.
But they presented the contract.
She looked closely and found the catch.
The repayment method was different from the regular monthly payments.
The repayments were weekly.
Which meant she had already defaulted three times.
And the penalty fees were extremely high.
Three defaults doubled the principal amount.
Borrows 5000, in the end, she had to repay 15000.
How could Wu Xiaoli repay such a large amount?
So they suggested she work to pay off the debt.
As long as Wu Xiaoli worked for them.
The penalty fees wouldn't accumulate.
Unable to repay the money, Wu Xiaoli could only take on part-time jobs.
And Chu Xingyao had no choice but to come here to work part-time.
Su Chen finally understood the whole story.
He told himself, Chu Xingyao couldn't possibly work in a place like this.
But the schemes nowadays are hard to guard against.
Many university students, especially female ones, fall into traps.
In the end, unable to repay, they have to use their bodies as payment.
But why did Wu Xiaoli want to end her life?
Only Wu Xiaoli could answer that.
But in her current state, it was impossible to get any answers.
Seeing Wu Xiaoli attempting suicide.
Guo Dafu was also startled.
"Her suicide attempt has nothing to do with me!"
"Wu Xiaoli, is this because of the debt?" Su Chen asked Wu Xiaoli.
Wu Xiaoli remained silent.
Su Chen had no choice but to turn to Chu Feng, "How much do Wu Xiaoli and Chu Xingyao owe? I'll help repay it."
"You'll repay it for them? Well then." Chu Feng smiled and told one of his men, "Go check how much they owe us!"
Soon, the man returned.
"Manager, Wu Xiaoli owes us 5.37 million in total, and Chu Xingyao owes us 1.8 million!"
"How could it be so much? I only borrowed 5000 yuan!" Upon hearing this, Chu Xingyao turned pale.
"You borrowed 5000 yuan, but you've defaulted countless times, this amount is the penalty fees!" Chu Feng said with a smile.
The law prohibits high-interest lending.
But this isn't considered high-interest lending.
Because he doesn't charge any interest.
What he charges is penalty fees.
The penalty fee rates are entirely under his control.
"But you said that as long as we work for you, no more penalty fees will accumulate!" Chu Xingyao gritted her teeth.
"Oh? Did we say that? Who heard it?" Chu Feng asked mockingly, looking around.
The agreement that no penalties would accumulate if they worked was just a verbal promise.
It had no evidence whatsoever.
This was one of No. 9's usual tricks.
First, they would target girls with good appearances from universities.
Then pretend to offer them interest-free loans.
When they couldn't repay, they would make them work in exchange for repayment.
The penalty fees would keep escalating.
By that time, those girls would have no choice but to obey their every word.
As for Wu Xiaoli's suicide attempt.
It was because Chu Feng had someone show her the contract.
She realized she now owed No. 9 five million three hundred seventy thousand!
5.37 million!
Could she earn that much in her entire life?
If she accused Guo Dafu of assaulting her.
Then Chu Feng would immediately head to her rural home, making her parents repay the debt.
Naturally, Wu Xiaoli didn't want her parents to find out.
So she had to do as Chu Feng said.
But realistically, she had no way of repaying this 5.37 million.
Unless she was willing to sell herself.
However, Wu Xiaoli was a very traditional girl.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have firmly rejected Guo Dafu's offer of 50,000.
So Wu Xiaoli thought of death, as a way to end it all.
Chu Xingyao was also terrified.
Even she didn't realize, before she knew it, she had accumulated a debt of over a million.
Luckily, it was Wu Xiaoli today.
If she hadn't had a stomach ache.
She would have been in the private room...
The consequences would have been unimaginable.
Even though she wasn't physically harmed, she still owed over 1.8 million...
How could she possibly repay that?
If No. 9 came for her grandfather, forcing him to repay.
She would rather die.
Now that the whole story was clear, it would be easier to handle.
Su Chen walked up to the lifeless Wu Xiaoli and said, "Wu Xiaoli, I'll help you repay the 5.37 million, but can you promise that everything you say from now on will be the truth?"
