There was silence in the place. Everyone was a little surprised that this repudiation could be so blatant and not even covered up?
"Momo, I know, how about I give you the money first?"
Chen Xue pretended to be worried, while Fang Yuru stood beside her with a smile on her face, her face full of mocking words.
Gu Mo smiled slightly and said, "I'm short of money. I'll ask Ah Xu to give him as much as he wants."
Chen Xue and Fang Yuru's faces froze, they were not ready to take as much as they wanted!
Fang Yuru didn't say anything because the old lady was still there, and she was filled with jealousy.
"Then sister-in-law can just take it out."
Fang Yuru was talking angrily, and the old lady walked by.
"You want to default on your debt?"
Gu Mo looked directly at the old lady with a calm face, "Of course not, just because someone deliberately killed this plant with fertilizer!"
"What do you mean!?"
Fang Yuru suddenly panicked and blurted out.
"What I mean is, as I said before, you must strictly follow my maintenance methods, but my methods do not allow the use of large doses of compound fertilizers."
"You see, the roots of this plant were completely burned to death by a large amount of fertilizer. Therefore, its death is none of my business."
It was so loud that everyone present was a little stunned, and the old lady looked serious.
"I didn't use any compound fertilizer at all. The plant was alive under my eyes the whole time!"
Fang Yuru hurriedly chatted, "That's right, how could something go wrong with the plants that grandma took care of personally? Sister-in-law, are you trying to shirk the blame and not take responsibility?"
"Yes, Momo, if you don't want to give me the money, I'll just pay. Don't lie about this little thing, it's so funny."
funny? This plant is the funniest thing when it looks like this.
Gu Mo was not offended by Fang Yuru's words at all, "It's not just two hundred thousand. To Ah Xu, it's just a blink of an eye. To me, whether I take this responsibility or not, it makes no difference at all."
"But this plant didn't die because of me at all. Why should I take responsibility?"
The old lady frowned. She always felt that Gu Mo was lying, so she hesitated for a long time.
"Grandma, don't believe what she says. She has no evidence at all to prove how this thing died. She just wants to avoid the two hundred thousand just by talking about it!"
Fang Yuru hurriedly spoke up, but Gu Mo choked back.
"Call a plant expert to take a look and see if what I said is wrong."
"When the experts come, this thing is going to die, how can you tell!"
She didn't know why Fang Yuru kept biting her and wouldn't let go. Just as Gu Mo was about to retort, the old lady spoke.
"No, there is surveillance video here. If it was someone else who did it, we will know after checking it."
"What?!"
Fang Yuru exclaimed, and everyone looked at her strangely. She quickly changed her words: "Ah, I'm surprised that there is surveillance. There was none in this yard before."
She explained dryly, and when she saw Gu Mo's eyes like that, she understood instantly.
The old lady explained: "I am not at home sometimes in the past half month, so I would like to install a monitor to see if the gardener is taking good care of it, so that I can feel more at ease."
Of course it couldn't have been done by the old lady. She really liked this plant, so the person who made the little move must be the most panicked person right now.
"So that's it, but why should such a plant be monitored? Why don't we just forget about it?"
After speaking, there was a strange silence again. Fang Yuru felt that she had said the wrong thing and quickly changed her expression, "Oh, I was just kidding."
The old lady said with a cold face, "This joke cannot be made casually."
As soon as he finished speaking, the housekeeper of the old house came forward with a tablet, "Old madam, I have checked all the surveillance records in the past few days, and there was something unusual the afternoon before yesterday."
The butler spoke a little hesitantly, and his eyes were very avoidant, as if he was avoiding someone's gaze.
Chen Xue stood nearby and observed her daughter's movements, as if she had vaguely guessed something in her heart.
The old lady took the tablet and clicked on the video adjusted by the housekeeper. Fang Yuru stood beside her and was so nervous that she sweated and subconsciously stood at the back of the crowd.
It could be clearly seen on the tablet screen that a man wearing blue casual clothes appeared in the backyard around three o'clock in the afternoon the day before yesterday. A minute later, he poured something into the pot of plants and then fled quickly.
The surveillance video was taken from above, and the person's face was quickly visible under the high-definition camera.
It's Fang Yuru!
Gu Mo looked at her with a mocking expression, "I didn't expect you, Yuru, to do such a thing."
"If you don't want to lose money, just tell me. I won't take it seriously, but not only will people misunderstand me, but even the plants that the old lady likes will die. This..."
Unexpectedly, things would take such a turn for the better. Gu Mo took the opportunity to fight back, deliberately using a gentle and harmless tone.
Fang Yuru gritted her teeth and stared at Gu Mo. Due to the presence of the old lady, she did not dare to refute a word. The aura she had just now was completely gone, like a quail with its head buried.
"No, grandma, I..."
"Still want to quibble?!"
When the old lady stopped, Fang Yuru suddenly became mute, and then muttered:
"Grandma, actually I didn't mean it..."
"Not intentional!?"
The old lady raised her voice loudly, which frightened Fang Yuru into swallowing her words.
"Isn't it just a bet! You actually used such evil means to frame me! The Fang family has been completely embarrassed by you!"
This was said very seriously. Chen Xue couldn't bear to see her daughter being scolded, so she quickly patted the old lady on the back to smooth things over.
"Mom, Yuru accidentally made a mistake, and she deserves to be scolded. You should calm down. Too much anger is bad for your health."
"As a mother, you never teach this daughter well! How old are you? You actually use this method. Fortunately, this happened in the Fang family. What if it happened outside!?"
Not only did Chen Xue's words not have a positive effect, but they also caused her to be scolded and she bowed her head in response.
"Yes, yes, it's all because I didn't take care of Yuru."
Seeing her mother apologize so humbly, Fang Yuru was filled with anger. If this bitch hadn't wanted to see some plants, there would have been no monitoring at all!
He had to hold back the anger in his heart, and could only stare at Gu Mo fiercely with that look in his eyes.
Gu Mo, however, stood there calmly, as if nothing was wrong.
The old woman talked for a while and seemed to be tired. She waved her hand to the others and said, "The winner or loser of this bet is already obvious."
The implication is that it's time to honor the bet.
Gu Mo became interested as soon as this was mentioned. After all, he had money to take it!
"Isn't it just four hundred thousand..."
Chen Xue immediately bumped Fang Yuru with her elbow. She reacted before the old lady changed her face, "I mean, even if it's four hundred thousand, it's my fault! My fault! I shouldn't have spilled the fertilizer in the flower pot!" "
"Um."
Seeing her sincere attitude in admitting her mistake, the old lady didn't say anything harsh, "It's okay if you admit your mistake."
Fang Yuru breathed a sigh of relief, "I will transfer the money to my sister-in-law later."
After saying that, he acted as if everything was fine and ready to leave, as if the money was entirely used to deal with the old lady.
Gu Mo, who had been standing by silently, sneered and reminded, "Yuru, did you forget something about the original bet?"
Fang Yuru, who was about to leave the yard, froze at her feet and looked a little ugly.
Turning around stiffly, "Sister-in-law, what did you say? Why don't I remember it?"
Chen Xue's expression changed when she heard this. How embarrassing it was to have her daughter kneel down and apologize for this!
"Momo, did you remember it wrong..."
"Of course not. Did Yuru promise to kneel down and apologize?"
The old lady with a walking stick wrinkled her wrinkles and said, "That seems to be the case."
Turning his head towards Fang Yuru, he cast a questioning look, "Adults must be responsible for their own actions."
I have to say that the old lady treats everyone equally, and there is no favoritism at all, even if this person is her own granddaughter.
These words immediately blocked all Fang Yuru's excuses. She stood there stiffly, her eyes uncontrollably casting vicious glances at Gu Mo.
Ask her to kneel down and apologize to such a person? ! ?
"Oh, it's just a bet between children. Otherwise, Momo, we would just let it go. Yuru was just a kid and didn't know how to make the bet. Why did you take it seriously!?"
Chen Xue was a little impatient, her words were a little careless, and her protective intentions were really undisguised.
"Since it's a bet, you have to keep it true. That's not what you said when you asked me to take the twenty."
Why did Gu Mo climb up the pole! ? She was obviously looking for a step for everyone to get off.
Chen Xue was so angry that she was shaking all over, thinking that Gu Mo would understand her meaning and give her some face.
With absolute fairness, the old lady said to Fang Yuru: "You must do what you say."
Fang Yuru's face was livid, and her legs were trembling slightly. She could fight to the death, but this would completely break up with the old lady. No, she was still thinking about the property in the old lady's hands!
Her legs were slightly bent, and Chen Xue was so angry that she didn't even want to look over there, and turned her head to the side.
Gu Mo stood calmly in front of Fang Yuru, feeling happy in her heart. If the person in front of her hadn't not lost the jade bracelet left to her by her mother! She used to be blind and always thought that if she was kind to others, they would be kind to her, and she would obey Chen Xue and Fang Yuru's words without hesitation.
Haha, the result will only make the people in the Fang family think that she is a soft persimmon who can be manipulated at will!
She will never be a soft persimmon now!
Fang Yuru lowered her head and was about to kneel on the ground.
"okay."
There was a sound of stopping behind them. Everyone turned their heads when they heard the sound, only to see Fang Zhixu walking this way.
After approaching, he glanced at Fang Yuru and then at Gu Mo, with a hint of seriousness in his words, "It doesn't have to be like this."
Gu Mo felt cold and looked at Fang Zhixu calmly as he said the next words.
"It's true that Fang Yuru poured the fertilizer, but the method given by Gu Mo did not completely heal the tree."
When Fang Yuru heard this, she immediately became energetic, and her drooping head suddenly raised.
"Brother is right! Our bet was to use my sister-in-law's method to save the plants, but there is no evidence to prove that my sister-in-law's method is right!"
The smile on Gu Mo's face gradually turned cold...
