Chapter 447 - 446 Fraud
"Lady, that’s a joke if I ever heard one. If it weren’t for us, could Song Chongjin have learned his skills and lived up until now? Honestly, we’ve been good to him, and he’s ungrateful to go against us. We’re merely taking back the skills we taught him, which is only fair and square! Besides, that medicine was only meant to blur his vision, not poison him or damage his body to shorten his lifespan by ten years. We know nothing about all that. Could it be you’ve consulted some quack doctor from the countryside who got it wrong?..."
This was a clear refusal to admit any wrong.
However, Wang Yongzhu was well prepared for their excuses and replied calmly and unhurriedly, "Shopkeeper Zhang, since you insist on saying that, we have no choice. There’s no shame greater than shamelessness, invincible under heaven! You insist the medicine isn’t poisonous—surely we can’t wait ten years for Brother Song to die and then come after you? Given your cold-blooded nature, leaving no room for leniency, who’s to say you won’t face retribution soon and not even last those ten years?"
Sniggers rippled through the crowd at these pointed and venomous words—it was an outright curse for Hunter Qin and Shopkeeper Zhang to die early.
Hunter Qin and Shopkeeper Zhang were furious, but Hunter Qin was not good with words, and Shopkeeper Zhang, despite his verbosity on normal days, was helpless when it came to arguing.
With Wang Yongzhu’s pressing comments, they had no choice but to stand and watch.
"Leaving aside the matter of the medicine, let’s talk about something else. You did teach Song Chongjin some skills originally, but for the past ten years or so, hasn’t he been taking care of you? Now you claim to take back his skills, blinding him in the process, and render him unable to lead even an ordinary life for the rest of his days. How do you reconcile this account?"
Old Granny Zhang’s eyes lit up as she chimed in, "That’s the point! You say you taught my son-in-law skills, but now those skills have been taken back from him, and his eyesight is ruined, his health damaged. How is he supposed to live the rest of his life? Even if he hadn’t studied under you, his life might have been hard, but he wouldn’t be in the sorry state he is now, would he? You took back the skills you taught, yet he took care of you for over ten years. Ten years is enough to grow fond of even a dog, isn’t it? Feeding you two old turtles, he’s ended up sacrificing himself! There’s no reasoning in the world that justifies this!"
Hunter Qin, hot-tempered, realized that the Wang Family was about to make a big demand.
"Is it compensation you want? How much silver? How much could a peasant possibly need to live out his second half of life? Just say the number, and we’ll begrudgingly accept our bad luck and pay! All you’re here for is the money, right? Say how much you want, take the silver, and get out of here—"