Chapter 612: Chapter 612 Extortion Chapter 612: Chapter 612 Extortion Ever since that fake monk proclaid his affair with Madam Ruan, Mo Daoyan stead daily with irritation. As soon as he stepped out of his house, the neighbors would point and gesture behind his back, whispering and laughing loudly. Despite his anger, he couldn’t lash out at them; he could only bottle up his frustration, which only deepened his resentnt towards Madam Ruan. In his mind, it was all her fault, that unfaithful wench, for bringing such sha upon him.
Though boiling with anger inside, Mo Daoyan had to suppress his rage, for he still needed her to persuade Ruan Xinzhi to leave. So, he said, “I can trust you, but you’ll have to prove it to sohow.”
“Husband, whatever you ask of , I will do it,” Madam Ruan pledged resolutely to demonstrate her innocence.
“That damned old man is causing a scene right at our doorstep. Get him to leave, now.”
“Alright! Wait here, husband. I’ll kick that old ruffian out this instant,” Madam Ruan agreed, and without a pause, turned to leave.
Ruan Xinzhi, that old ruffian, had tarnished her reputation and now had the audacity to show up at her door, as if she were easy to bully. Madam Ruan fud inside.
Outside the courtyard, more than a dozen strong n wielded clubs, banging on the front gates while chanting aloud, “Open up, open up.”
Not a single villager from Mo Family Village dared approach; they all watched from afar. The more faint-hearted imdiately ran ho, bolting their doors in fear of accidentally provoking this mob of thugs—what a disaster that would be.
Ruan Xinzhi, seeing how the villagers cowered before him, swelled with pride. He slamd his club against the Mo family’s gate even more furiously, shouting, “Madam Ruan, you wicked woman, call out your man! Don’t hide like a cowardly turtle; it’s unbecoming for such a big man to hunker down in a woman’s skirts. Aren’t you afraid of being the laughingstock, ahahaha…!”
With that, the group of strong n burst into raucous laughter.
Madam Ruan stepped out of the house just in ti to hear this and was livid.
“Ruan Xinzhi, you old thug, you’ve ruined my reputation and still dared to co to our house? Are you asking for a beating?” She stood in the courtyard, yelling at the top of her lungs at the n outside.
Upon hearing her, Ruan Xinzhi imdiately brightened up. “Madam Ruan, I’m telling you, your husband injured severely last ti. If you don’t compensate with a hefty sum today, say a hundred and fifty taels of silver, I’ll take your man’s leg off. Believe it or not?”
“Pah! You old thug, you’ve sullied my na and I haven’t even settled the score with you. Now you have the nerve to co demanding money from us. Have you gone mad with poverty?”
Madam Ruan trembled with rage, chiding herself for ever seeking help from this old thug, which had now beco a curse.
“I don’t care, you owe for the injury, you need to pay up. Are all the Mo family n cowards, hiding inside and too afraid to co out? If you’re so bold, call your man out for a duel. Let’s see what it ans for a woman to stand up for herself.”
Madam Ruan was infuriated yet amused by his words. “You shaless old bastard, you couldn’t beat my husband last ti, so now you bring a crowd to seek revenge.”
“So what if I am?” Ruan Xinzhi was arrogantly unabashed outside the courtyard. He had brought this many n over primarily to extort so silver for household expenses. His several wives all needed to be fed, and their pots were close to empty. With no other options left and reminiscing about the beating he took from Mo Daoyan a month ago, he rallied a group of goons to co and try their hand at a shakedown.
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