Volume 3, Chapter 168 – I Hate Women Who Only Cry

The money was owed by that girl, so why should Chi Xiyan repay it?

Chi Xiyan was a merchant. She wasn’t some saint, and certainly not some wealth-scattering fairy.

Money that wasn’t hers to pay, why should she pay it?

Over twenty taels of silver meant absolutely nothing to Chi Xiyan, but that had nothing to do with it.

If it was money she didn’t have to pay, she wouldn’t pay even half a coin.

Chi Xiyan said coldly, “Moreover, this is money you swindled through dishonorable means.”

The middle-aged man’s face immediately turned cold. “Miss, I can’t pretend I didn’t hear those words.”

In a gambling house, cheating was a very serious matter.

Chi Xiyan’s words were practically openly accusing them of cheating.

While they were arguing, quite a few people in the gambling house looked over.

The middle-aged man’s expression didn’t look good.

Chi Xiyan didn’t care about this. She continued, “You should know in your hearts. Or are you saying that your current actions represent Five Immortals House’s attitude?”

A trace of cold sweat seeped from the middle-aged man’s forehead.

What was with this woman? From the beginning, she kept saying “your Five Immortals House” over and over.

This way of speaking made it seem like she didn’t completely regard Five Immortals House as important.

What exactly was this woman’s background?

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Moreover, the few of them had been mixing in this gambling house for a very long time, and no one had ever seen through their cheating methods. How did this woman see through it?

She could actually be so certain they had cheated.

“This young lady, you can’t say it like that.” The middle-aged man said, “Such things require evidence.”

Chi Xiyan glanced at him. “I have no interest in entangling with you over these boring things. I just don’t want a girl who’s at the end of her rope to receive even more unjust treatment.”

Chi Xiyan actually wasn’t skilled at gambling, but she was skilled at reading people.

The people at the table beside the black-haired girl earlier had been exchanging glances. Clearly something was fishy.

Chi Xiyan truly didn’t know how they did it, but she could be certain these people had definitely tampered with things in secret.

Of course, she originally had no intention of exposing these people. She had only come for that girl, not to cause trouble at Five Immortals House.

And it was precisely this confidence-born certainty that made the middle-aged man somewhat unable to gauge Chi Xiyan’s true capabilities.

The middle-aged man wasn’t certain whether the girl before him had actually caught them in the act of cheating.

Though he was a gambler, right now he didn’t want to gamble.

“Just joking, I was just joking, Miss.” The middle-aged man’s face broke into a smile again. “Of course Five Immortals House wouldn’t do something so heartless.”

“The twenty-five taels that young lady borrowed earlier accrue daily interest. We just hope this young lady can reduce her burden a bit.”

“If she can repay it earlier, wouldn’t that be better for everyone?”

“Miss, if you truly want what’s best for her, please remind her that for every additional day the silver borrowed from the gambling house is delayed, her burden increases by one more portion.”

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The middle-aged man temporarily backed down. This young lady of unknown background didn’t seem easy to provoke, and there was no need to create conflict with her here over a mere twenty-some taels.

Moreover, the contract that country girl had signed was still in his hands. She couldn’t escape.

What had just happened was merely a small episode in this gambling house and didn’t attract much attention.

Chi Xiyan withdrew her gaze and looked again at the black-haired girl beside her.

At this moment, the black-haired girl before her also raised her head, staring blankly at Chi Xiyan.

“Thank you.” The black-haired girl said, “I’m sorry about what I said earlier. I shouldn’t have said those things to you.”

Chi Xiyan’s gaze darkened slightly. “Do you now understand your situation?”

The black-haired girl pressed her lips together, her face full of bitterness. “I… understand now… I’m sorry.”

“You don’t need to apologize to me,” Chi Xiyan said. “The only person you’ve wronged is yourself.”

“…” The black-haired girl opened her mouth, murmuring, “And my mother…”

“Wu…”

She seemed to think of something, and tears began falling again.

“What should I do… what should I do…”

“I came out today to try to raise money… but I didn’t get any money at all, and I even sold myself…”

“Wu wu… I can’t save my mother anymore…”

Chi Xiyan was annoyed by the crying. She hated it most when people cried, especially women who loved to cry. Weak and useless, completely worthless.

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“Stop crying. Who are you crying for here?” Chi Xiyan said.

The black-haired girl’s crying immediately stopped. She gently covered her mouth, looking at Chi Xiyan, not daring to let herself cry out.

“You think I’m very wealthy and have stood up for you, so you want to use a few tears to cheat my sympathy,” Chi Xiyan said. “You think I’ll help solve your problems, help save your mother, right?”

“I… I didn’t…” The black-haired girl weakly protested. “I… really didn’t…”

“Even if you had that thought, it would be useless,” Chi Xiyan said. “I hate women who only cry and whimper the most.”

“People are born into the world accompanied by cries.”

“But after growing up, the path beneath your feet is chosen by yourself.”

“Everything you need, whether it’s opportunities or material things, should all be obtained through your own strength.”

“Crying, tears. Besides revealing your own weakness and incompetence, they give you nothing.”

“Unless you only want to be a dodder flower that can only survive by relying on others.”

“And dodder flowers are what I hate most.”

Chi Xiyan stood straight, looking down at her with a cold, indifferent expression.

“I… I don’t have that kind of thought…” The black-haired girl said, “It’s just… the tears, they don’t listen to me.”

“Then you need to find a way to make them listen to you,” Chi Xiyan said.

“Wu…” The black-haired girl raised both hands, forcefully wiping her tears.

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She wiped away the tears, but her eye sockets remained red.

“But…” she said, “Even if I wipe away the tears, I still don’t know what to do.”

“…” Chi Xiyan raised her hand to her forehead.

Right, she shouldn’t have overestimated a country girl’s knowledge.

Not everyone could be like Chi Xiyan, who from childhood had been influenced by family surroundings and had the resources and opportunities to learn from geniuses and prodigies in various fields.

She sighed, looking at the pitiful young girl with reddened eyes before her, and her tone softened somewhat from before.

“Twenty taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family’s living expenses for a year.”

“So much money isn’t enough for your mother’s treatment? What illness does your mother have exactly?”

The black-haired girl was silent for a while before slowly saying, “I don’t know what illness my mother has either.”

“It’s just that the Daoist priest who examined my mother said her illness is demonic possession, and needs a special spiritual pill that only he can refine to cure it.”

“But the materials to refine that spiritual pill are extremely precious. The materials needed for one pill require three spirit stones to purchase.”

“One spirit stone is one hundred silver… I really have no other way.”

“Kind older sister I don’t know, what do you think I should do?”

“Wu…”

As she spoke, the black-haired girl’s eyes reddened again, as if she was about to cry again the next second.