Chapter 2145: Murdering Someone’s Parents

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“This vase is part of a pair. The other one is in my family’s storeroom. If you want, I can sell you the other vase,” Xu Ba said with a smile as he sat opposite Qiao Mei.

“Sell? I thought you would give it to me,” Qiao Mei said.

“If I give you such a gift at this moment, it will inevitably make you think that I’m trying to please you. If you really cherish such items, you will definitely be willing to buy it,” Xu Ba said.

Qiao Mei nodded in satisfaction. Xu Ba was indeed very good at reading people. She had also been thinking about this matter just now. If Xu Ba had said that he wanted to give the vase to Qiao Mei, then his relationship with Li Gui would have to end here.

There were too many people in this world who wanted to curry favor with her in order to get something from her. Some people did it for money, some did it for their future livelihood and others did it to ride on her influence. No matter what the reason was, Qiao Mei hated this type of people very much.

Xu Ba was different. He did not seem to be interested in the Xia family or Qiao Mei and looked like he was purely wooing Li Gui. Then again, it had only been a few days and it was very hard to tell what was going on in a person’s mind. Qiao Mei was still a little wary of Xu Ba.

“I wonder what Mr. Xu likes about my mother?” Qiao Mei asked.

“She’s different from many people. She’s very pure and sincere. She deserves all the good things in this world and I want to protect the goodness in her,” Xu Ba replied seriously.

Xu Ba knew his own limits. With his current capability, he was not even fit to carry shoes for the Xia family, let alone marry Li Gui. However, what he thought highly of was not Li Gui’s background, but Li Gui herself.

At first, he thought that Li Gui would turn out to be the kind of rich lady who was spoiled and had a bad temper. He did not expect Li Gui to still be such a simple person even though she was so rich now. This could only mean that Li Gui had a very noble character and was able to keep being herself at all times. This was a very rare characteristic.

“Mr. Xu, you speak very well, but I am more interested in seeing what you want to do. There’s been a lot of rumors going around recently and many people are attacking my mother. I wonder what you think about this matter?” Qiao Mei probed.

Xu Ba said directly, “Tell me their names and I’ll settle this matter.”

Qiao Mei nodded in satisfaction. It looked like Xu Ba was quite a responsible man. She had already found out that this matter had something to do with the people from the Zhao Family Village. Earlier, she had gotten Qian’e to cut off the income stream of Ding Xiang and her relatives. Ding Xiang had held a grudge since then and she had instigated Zhao Fei’s relatives to gang up and take revenge on Qiao Mei.

“I wonder how you plan to deal with these people?” Qiao Mei asked.

Xu Ba looked at the address on the piece of paper. That district happened to be under his jurisdiction. He had heard that this group of people from the Zhao family ran a business. In that case, he would start from here and cut off their source of income first.

“I can make sure that they won’t be able to continue doing their business,” Xu Ba said.

Qiao Mei shook her head and said, “That’s not enough.”

“I can also make sure that they will no longer have the ability to support their families and force them to leave the capital,” Xu Ba added.

Qiao Mei shook her head again and said, “It’s still not enough.”

Xu Ba looked at Qiao Mei in shock. The older generation had a saying, “Cutting off one’s source of income is like killing one’s parents.” He had already gone so far, but Qiao Mei was still not satisfied. Could it be that  Qiao Mei wanted their lives?

Qiao Mei could guess what Xu Ba was thinking. She smiled and said, “I’m not thinking of something heinous. I don’t want their lives. I just want their entire extended family to go to jail for a few years. It’s best if they won’t be able to come out again.”

When Xu Ba first saw Qiao Mei, he thought that she had a mild personality. He definitely did not expect her to be so vicious and shrewish. She was worlds apart from Li Gui.

“You are really different from your mother in this aspect,” Xu Ba said.

“Is that so?” Qiao Mei said nonchalantly. The Qiao Mei who had a similar character to Li Gui had long died in Foshan Village. If she was not shrewish enough, Li Gui would still be bullied in that small county city and remained that way for the rest of her life. Her four younger siblings would not have any future and her grandfather would not be able to live for so long.

“There’s no other meaning in my words. You’re good the way you are,” Xu Ba said sincerely.