ROTCGIS, Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Nine

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Leave Some Room to Breathe

Mrs. Chen couldn't believe her eyes. She never expected that the situation, where it was clearly Murong Zhe's family behaving unscrupulously, would turn around, and they would be the ones questioned.

Wasn't it a natural and justified act for an elder brother to save his younger brother?

Shouldn't they be condemning Murong Zhe for being heartless and unsympathetic, and then pressuring him to give money to save his younger brother?

Murong Lingran looked at Mrs. Chen with a cold smile. She wanted to use family affection to manipulate them, without considering the significant impact on the village if their family compromised.

They employed dozens of people in their home. Considering the village had only about a hundred households, if their land was taken by the gambling den, it would affect almost half of the village's livelihoods.

Even if they agreed, they didn't consider whether these villagers would accept it.

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"Enough." the loan shark, the Money Manager, of the gambling den said impatiently, "I don't care about your grievances. I've given you a choice now: either mortgage the house and land, or I'll immediately cut off his legs. Decide for yourselves."

Murong Zhe looked at his daughter, who nodded. He then glanced coldly at Murong Qi, who was pinned to the ground, and sighed, "When I had nowhere to go, Lihua Village took me in. Mortgaging the house and land is impossible. If you want his legs, take them."

He looked at Murong Qi, "Murong Qi, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that I really don't have the means. If your elder brother falls on hard times, and you, having accomplished nothing, with no income, what will happen if our parents get sick in the future? We won't have money to spend."

Murong Liang, who originally wanted to say something, swallowed his words when he heard this.

The eldest son made sense. If he fell on hard times, and the younger son continued with his irresponsible ways, the parents would be left with waiting for death if they fell ill.

The crowd nodded in agreement. Although Murong Qi had intact limbs, he was worthless. He had worked in the city for several months and hadn't brought back a single coin, making him unreliable for the old couple.

Murong Qi, with a mournful face, said, "Big brother, are you really so heartless?"

The manager couldn't help but rebuke, "Heartless? Do you know what your big brother's hands look like now? Isn't forcibly taking away the livelihood of a person with two disabled hands heartless? If your big brother has no money, what will his three sons do? They are your nephews. The youngest is only five years old. Do you know what kind of life they are living now if they fall into the hands of bad people?"

"I..." Murong Qi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but after a long time, he couldn't come up with a retort.

Zhuang Qinghe looked at the Money Manager and said, "Since you have plans to take the house, don't you know that Murong Qi has his own house? Why don't you mortgage his house? Why specifically target his elder brother's?"

The Money Manager's eyes flickered. Angrily, he said, "I want what I want. None of your business!"

Murong Zhe said indifferently, "Since that's the case, then go ahead, A'Zong."

Murong Zong immediately placed a medicine box in front of Murong Qi. Under his puzzled gaze, he calmly said, "Uncle, rest assured. Dad has taught me how to stop bleeding these days, and we've also prepared a lot of hemostatic and pain-relieving medicines. When your legs are really gone, I will promptly stop the bleeding for you, ensuring you have some room to breathe."

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