Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 528 - 270: Compensation

After leaving the government office, the landlord’s greedy eyes scanned over her bundle, and he said with a grin, "Miss, don’t you still have a few good items? I’ll take a small loss, just give them all to me, and this matter will be settled! Looking at you, you can’t come up with cash either!"

Su Qing’er felt dizzy with anger and scoffed coldly, "You’ve done your calculations well! This pair of bracelets is worth at least 2,000 taels, and you still want to take all my belongings!"

The landlord sneered disdainfully, "Miss, you are wrong there. Weren’t those few items the ones you wore yesterday on your body and head? I’ve seen them, those are outdated models from a couple of years ago, they aren’t worth much now! If I take them from you, I still have to bring them to the goldsmith shop for the masters to melt them down and remake them before I can sell them! Aren’t there costs involved? I’m saying this out of pity for you. If you don’t believe me, go ahead, go ask any pawn shop and see what price they can give you!"

Su Qing’er scoffed again, "My jewelry comes from famous shops and craftsmen, it won’t depreciate over the years! Humph, genuine goods are never afraid of being worthless. You think you can deceive me that easily!" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The landlord twitched the corner of his mouth, hooking up a silent mockery and didn’t continue on that topic, only urging her to quickly find a pawn shop.

Su Qing’er, eager to shake off this tail, entered the first pawn shop she saw. She first took out the pair of gemstone-encrusted gold bracelets, and after Chao Feng examined them, he offered 500 taels. Su Qing’er argued in desperation, and Chao Feng added, "If it’s a dead pawn, I can add another 150 taels!"

Su Qing’er angrily took the bracelets and turned to leave, ignoring the landlord’s Schadenfreude, and continued to search for another pawn shop.

The results need not be elaborated; every shop offered about the same price. The landlord was not wrong, adding up all these items, they couldn’t even pawn for 1,500 taels.

Su Qing’er felt utterly exhausted, drained of all vitality. The landlord, however, was brimming with energy, incessantly urging Su Qing’er to pawn the items quickly and repay the debt.

"I say, miss, I can spend my whole day today taking care of your business. I won’t charge you for the running around or labor! But I must tell you, if you don’t repay the money today, I will start charging interest, five percent per day. With compound interest accumulating daily, a few days pass, and even selling you to the brothel wouldn’t cover the debt!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qing’er glared at him furiously, wishing she could rip the landlord apart.

After running around all day, Su Qing’er had no alternative but to turn around and beg the landlord to offset all her jewelry against her debt.

Why would the landlord let go of the advantage when it was given to her? She wouldn’t be kind-hearted either. Seeing Su Qing’er capitulating, she became harder to dismiss, humming and hawing unwillingly, adamantly demanding cash. She complained that the old-style jewelry was worthless, that she would have to bother with it, and so on.

Su Qing’er listened and silently cursed her. She knew the landlord was more than willing, this refusal was merely trying to squeeze more benefits. The landlord still had her eye on the remaining 100 taels from yesterday’s pawn of the hairpin!

Su Qing’er cursed her inwardly, but had no choice but to add another 50 taels, finally managing to get rid of the landlord.

Watching the landlord cheekily and triumphantly taking the items away, even walking with a slight spring in his step, Su Qing’er sighed helplessly, no longer caring about appearances, she just sat down on the curb, staring blankly.

"Miss, it’s getting late, let’s find a place to stay first!" Xiaolian saw her sitting there motionless, her eyes unfocused, and couldn’t help feeling a bit anxious.

Su Qing’er heard her and slowly turned her head to ask, "Xiaolian, do you think I made a mistake?"

"Miss—what are you talking about? How could you be wrong!" Xiaolian hurriedly replied with a smile.

Su Qing’er sadly shook her head, "No, I was wrong! I underestimated Shi Fengju too much, he really is capable of anything! I’m afraid I won’t be able to see Erlang again!"

At this moment, thinking of all Shi Fengming’s good qualities, Su Qing’er suddenly felt a pang of sadness. She even couldn’t help but think, if she had agreed to Shi Fengming’s suggestion that night, and the two of them had settled down in a simple small town to live an ordinary life, wouldn’t that be nice?

Su Qing’er gave a self-deprecating laugh, and slowly shook her head again. She couldn’t possibly adapt to that kind of life, a life full of kitchen smells and dealing with utensils, it’s not something she could bear. A day or two might be bearable, but forever, she definitely couldn’t handle that.