"No! It's absolutely impossible! It's absolutely impossible for me to give Jessica to you!" Rebecca was a little panicked and took two steps back to protect Jessica, leaned against the wall, and pushed Jessica hard Tucked behind him, he looked at Valk with a decisive tone.
Over the years, she had heard many rumors about Valk. Countless women in the miners' family area fell into his hands, and none of them ended well. He didn't even let go of the little girl.
Just some time ago, a child under twelve years old became pregnant with his child, but he kicked her in the stomach drunkenly, killing one and two people. The girl was used by his gambler father to pay off the debt. , you are still just a child! If Jessica falls into his hands, she can't imagine what will happen, then she is willing to take Jessica to death!
The younger brother standing behind Valk laughed and glanced at Rebecca and her daughter unscrupulously. Such a pair of orphans and widows are the best to bully, especially one with a bit of beauty, the boss If you don't like them, you might be able to give them an advantage. This kind of thing happened often in the past.
Not far away, there were some people standing at the door of the black bungalow, looking here, but the expressions on their faces seemed a little numb. They just stared blankly. No anger, no excitement, no expression at all.
The path paved with black gravel is full of potholes. It rained the day before yesterday, and there is still black water in some of the potholes. It blends in with the surrounding black bungalows, like a mine pit standing on the ground.
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"Xiaomi, are you sure this is this alley?" Mag pushed the bicycle and looked back at Amy sitting in the back seat and asked.
"Yes, father, this time I am really sure that Jessica's home is in this alley." Amy nodded seriously.
"Okay, then let's go and have a look." Mag smiled and nodded. Although he wanted to complain about what Amy said three times before, but after all, she is her own little fairy. What can she do? She still has to push the bicycle. Keep walking forward, being careful to avoid the small puddles.
I am used to seeing the prosperous street scenes around Aden Square, but I am still a little uncomfortable with the scene in this slum. Even in this chaotic city, there are still many people living in poverty and hardship.
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"It's not up to you. Repaying debts is written in the laws of the City of Chaos. If you can't repay the money, then I can use your things to pay off the debt. I will own everything in your shabby house. I don't like it, but this little girl looks more valuable." Valk shook his head, looked at Jessica and said with a smile: "Do you know how much money you owe me? I am good at everything, but I am too kind. After all, I am a noble second-level knight, and I feel pity for you, so I make such a request to you, otherwise, even you will be mine."
"My husband died in a mining accident the year before last. I borrowed 20 gold coins from you to bury him..." Rebecca clenched her fists, holding back her grief and anger.
"Twenty gold coins? Ha, two years have passed, and the interest is compounded. Now you owe me a total of 500 gold coins, after deducting fractions. Do you think your daughter is worth this price? Am I too kind to you? ?" Valk said with a cold smile.
"Yes, Master Valk is the kindest person in the world!"
"Only adults can be so generous. If it were me, it would take both mother and daughter."
The younger brothers started cheering, and their rude laughter sounded very harsh.
The smile on Valk's face grew brighter, and he seemed to take advantage of these compliments. He looked at Rebecca and waited for her answer.
"How... how could it be 500 gold coins!" Rebecca looked at Valk in disbelief and shook her head: "It's impossible. I only borrowed 20 gold coins from you. How could it become 500 gold coins? You You can’t talk nonsense like this, I’m going to the City Lord’s Mansion to sue you!”
"This is the IOU that you signed and pledged back then. It says half the monthly interest in black and white. Up to now, it's more than five hundred gold coins. Even if you sue to the City Lord's Mansion, I will win. When the time comes, the City Lord's Mansion will pay you back. He will help me force you to pay back the money and let you hand your daughter to me to pay off the debt." Valk shook off the IOU in his hand and said with a sinister smile, and all the younger brothers also laughed.
Rebecca looked at the IOU in Valk's hand and the harsh smiles of those people. She felt as if the whole sky had collapsed. Her ears were filled with noisy and harsh laughter, which seemed to tear her eardrums apart. She subconsciously He hid Jessica further behind him.
Jessica looked up at Rebecca, who was completely panicked. There was fear on her face, but she was not crying. She stretched out her little hand and held her mother's hand tightly, trying to give her some warmth and support.
Rebecca was stunned for a moment, looked down at Jessica, and suddenly held Jessica's little hand tightly, as if holding the last life-saving straw, regained consciousness, looked at Valk and said: " Mr. Valk, please give me a little more time. Mr. Woodrow said that my husband's pension and child support for these years will be paid out soon. It will definitely be more than 500 gold coins. I will definitely pay it by then. I will return everything to you, please let us go, let Jessica go, she is just a child, a five-year-old child."
"You are really innocent." Valk smiled and shrugged. Thinking of Rebecca, he took two steps closer, leaned over, and lowered his voice in her ear: "I am Inspector Woodrow. Uncle, he told me personally that the pensions for absenteeism for those who died in the mining accident that year had actually been paid out long ago, as well as compensation and funeral expenses. However, without your share, even if you wait until death, you will never I can’t wait for the money your husband paid for with his life. Because that money does not belong to you despicable black rats. I will enjoy your daughter. If she can live a few more years, maybe she can still give birth. A child."
"How could this happen..." Rebecca's pupils gradually dilated. Looking at Valk's ferocious smiling face in front of her, her already somewhat sickly face became paler and paler, and all her strength seemed to have been drained away. Unable to support his body any longer, he slowly sat on the ground against the wall, as if even his soul had disappeared.
"I heard that you took a dragon coin to buy medicine a few days ago. You have money for medical treatment, but you don't have money to pay me back. This is wrong. Today, except for this little girl, the rest of the money will be used as interest. Let's go." Valk waved his hand, and two big men came forward to search Rebecca's body.
"You are not allowed to bully my mother! You bad guys! If my father was still here, I could knock you away with one punch!" Jessica rushed out from behind and opened her hands to stop Rebecca.
"You let that short-lived ghost crawl out of the coffin and beat us."
Everyone laughed, and one of the big men ripped off the money bag from Rebecca's waist. The money bag was torn, and with a jingling sound, a handful of gold, silver, and copper coins fell to the ground, and some jumped to the ground. In puddles.
"Idiot, pick them all up for me." Valk frowned in displeasure, and all the big men rushed over to pick up the money.
"No, this is not my money. This is lent to me by someone else. I have to pay it back to him..." Rebecca struggled to stand up, but Valk stepped on her shoulder.
Wacker held Jessica's chin with his other hand, looked at Rebecca and grinned: "If I say it's mine, then it's mine. From today on, she also belongs to me."
A gold coin jingled and rolled forward, and a tall man covered in tattoos bent over and followed behind.
The gold coin hit a wheel, spun around and stopped.
The big man looked happy and stretched out his big hand to pick it up.
But just as his hand touched the gold coin, one of his feet also fell down, as if a heavy hammer had fallen, directly stepping that big hand into the black gravel.
"This is my money."
A somewhat cold voice sounded along with a loud scream.
