Li Ling didn't sleep much all night. It was not that he was so excited that he couldn't sleep because he solved the imminent debt problem, but he was busy making the accounts of Gujia Bookstore more beautiful.

Although this was a familiar thing for him, after all, those account data had to be converted from later records to the expression method of this era, which made Li Ling spend a lot of effort and time. It was not until dawn that it was completely done. Then he only stared for a while, and when the turn of Tatsumi, he went out again.

Li Ling went to not a bookstore, but a restaurant called "Zuixiangju" located on Yaqian Street. This is also a famous restaurant in Jiangcheng County and the only serious industry under Zhuang Qiang. Because of this, Mr. Zhuang would come here to sit for a while every morning and use some snacks and tea. This is well-known in the city, so if you want to find him, it is the most convenient place at this time.

But when Li Ling carried a package and walked into the restaurant, he wanted to go straight to the second floor along the stairs to meet Zhuang Qiang who was drinking tea, he was blocked by two strong men with short knives on his waist. One of them even glared at the eyes: "What are you doing? You don't know the rules so well, don't you know that you can get on the second floor at this time?"

"I'm here to find the shop... The uncle still owes money." Li Ling was not scared by the other party's aura. He only took a little step back before slapping the package on his body and said.

"Come here to pay back the money? Take it to me and see." Another person said as he reached out, but Li Ling did not dodge. He handed over the bag of silver openly. After opening it, the other party scanned it casually before asking again: "What's your name? When did you owe Mr. Zhuang?"

"Li Ling, Li Tong's son. The money he owed last year was decided to pay off 200 taels before the Mid-Autumn Festival this year."

"Wait." After saying that, one of them turned around and reported to him. After a while, he nodded and gave way and let Li Ling go upstairs. Li Ling nodded to them, then walked upstairs with silver in his arms. Then he saw a man with a magnificent big table in the middle of the second floor with a fleshy face and a scar on his eyes sitting there slowly drinking tea, and pinched a piece of pastry with half a bite in his hand.

He was the only one sitting here, and four or five others were standing on both sides, so you didn't have to guess that this person was Zhuang Qiang. Li Ling immediately bowed to him slightly: "I have seen Mr. Zhuang, I..."

"Are you the son of Li Gambler?" Zhuang Qiangyu interrupted Li Ling's self-introduction sarcastically and looked him up and down for a while: "I didn't expect that he would give birth to a son like you, who is quite promising. In just a few months, he returned the 200 taels of silver that he had escaped from escaping his debt."

If it were the original owner, perhaps it might have been so scared that he couldn't breathe even when Zhuang Qiang's aura was close to him, or it was angry because he heard him ridicule his father. But at this moment, Li Ling was completely calm and calm, and just smiled and clasped his fists: "Mr. Zhuang praised it, I'm just lucky." He always felt that the other party's attitude was a bit strange, and his smile was also a bit sarcastic, as if there was something hidden.

"It is your ability to write about the gods. I think your book is good after reading it. I hope you can produce a few more good books in the future." At this point, Zhuang Qiang waved his hand: "Give the money over."

Li Ling immediately sent the silver, and a younger brother came forward to take the weighing. So in this era where there was no electronic currency and no banknotes, it was inconvenient. After a while, someone reported the weight of the silver in the package: "My uncle, it's a total of 201, 203 coins..."

"Well, you are really, you are much more reliable than you. Since you have paid back all the money, this matter is just like that. You go, my people will not come to cause trouble for you again in the future." As he said that, with a wave of his hand, a subordinate handed over the IOU he had just found.

Li Ling hurriedly reached out to take it and looked carefully at the content above. It was the handwriting of the cheap father who had owed a large amount of gambling debts in the casino. He could still recognize this. After confirming it, Li Ling put it into his sleeve and then clasped his fists again: "Thank you, Mr. Zhuang, for raising his hand, I'm saying goodbye."

Although everything seemed so smooth and the other party didn't mean to make things difficult for him, Li Ling always felt a little strange in his heart. However, when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't find out what was wrong, so he could only push it to himself that he was too suspicious.

He was a little worried when he left the restaurant and actually collided with a man who was coming in from outside. Li Ling's center of gravity was slightly lost, so he quickly pulled the other party, which raised his hand, and quickly grabbed the door frame with his other hand, which stabilized the two of them.

The man immediately snorted coldly with dissatisfaction, shook his arms away, and Li Ling hurriedly pulled back and took a step back aside, saying, "Sorry..." Then, his eyes suddenly shrank, stared at the other party's wrist, and saw a light green tattoo on the head.

But before Li Ling could see the tattoo clearly, the other party had already passed by him, entered the restaurant, and headed straight to the second floor. It was obvious that this person was from Zhuang Qiang and the building was unobstructed by him.

Li Ling's expression was also stunned and quickly recovered. He lowered his head and walked out of the restaurant quickly. Then he walked faster and faster, and soon left Yaqian Street. It was not until this time that he exhaled a lot of breath, and his expression changed several times, and he felt that his heartbeat could not stabilize.

"If I read it correctly, I've seen that tattoo before... It's 80% similar to the tattoo on the hands of the thief who touched my house that night, injured Yue'er and me, and snatched silver!" Li Ling's eyes were full of surprise, "He is the thief, I can't make it wrong! His figure is similar, and he has a tattoo...

"But why? Since he is a person around Zhuang Qiang, it is naturally impossible for him to take risks for money and become a thief, and hurt others! The only explanation is that he is on order and Zhuang Qiang sent him to attack us! But why? Why do they do this?"

Before, Li Ling never suspected that someone was targeting his own family. Even though he knew that his family was owing huge amounts of foreign debt, he thought that the cheap father was too cheating and not gambling. But now, after paying off the debt of 200 taels, Li Ling did not feel relaxed after being debt-free, but found that things were getting worse and worse.

"And today, Zhuang Qiang's eyes and reactions looked at me were strange, and he seemed a little unacceptable, but he could only accept them helplessly... Is this a creditor's performance when he got the debt? What's more important is Zhuang Hong's reaction at the beginning!" Li Ling slowly began to connect everything, and all the misfortunes seemed to be connected, which was clearly a big conspiracy set by Zhuang Qiang brothers for his family. Now if you think about it carefully, even the cheap father suddenly gambled indiscriminately, he was taken away by someone. Could it be that this was a trap set by others?

"But why? Why do they have to deal with our Li family? In terms of their strength and status in Jiangcheng County, our Li family cannot compare with them even when they are most prosperous! It is even more impossible to make any enemies with them. And if we really offend the dealer, there is no need to go around such a big circle with the power of the dealer brothers, and it takes so much effort to dig a hole..."

The deeper I thought about it, the more Li Ling felt that the whole thing was strange. There should be something else he didn't know. But if he really wanted to check it, he was afraid that there was no place to buy it now. After all, there were only a few people involved, and his cheap father was missing. Of course, he couldn't ask Zhuang Qiang. As for the thief, he might not know, even if he knew, he could not beat him. How could he ask the inside story?

The only thing that is somewhat fortunate is that at least it seems that Zhuang Qiang should not use extraordinary means to deal with him. This can be seen from the fact that he is willing to return the loan note to himself today.

"And I am not the Li Ling of the past. It would be fine if you don't move. If you do something again, I will always catch a loophole and take out all your bull and yellow dog treasures!" Li Ling finally said ruthlessly in his heart, and then he stepped forward again and headed straight for the Gu Family Bookstore.

At this time, Gu Yuezi was waiting a little anxiously, thinking that something had happened to Li Ling. He originally agreed to leave early this morning, but why didn't he come to see him soon after noon, he had already sent a friend to ask. Until he saw him coming, he quickly stepped forward to ask.

Only then did Li Ling remember that he forgot to notify the other party, and hurriedly apologized, and then said that he had paid off his debts, but the variable disappeared.

After hearing this, Gu Yuezi laughed: "I really want to congratulate Brother Li, I've got a heartache. I was worried that you wouldn't come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now it's gone. And this is a good omen. I believe you can go to the city smoothly."

Li Ling nodded too much, and made an appointment with the other party to set off in the afternoon, so he rushed home again.

When Yue'er heard that the debt had been paid off and Zhuang Qiang's people would not come again in trouble in the future, she cheered. But then, she became depressed again, because Li Ling said that she was about to leave the county town for a few days. Suddenly, the little girl looked at her brother pitifully: "Brother, how many days are you going? Why don't you take me with you?"

During these days, as long as the little girl showed her appearance, Li Ling would not meet her requirements. But this time, this trick no longer worked. Li Ling said with a stern face: "I'm going to do a serious business, and the road is hard, so you'd better stay at home and wait for me. Don't worry, now that Uncle Tong is taking care of me, I've paid back all the money, you'll be fine." He originally planned to let Yue'er go to the Gu family in the past two days, but Li Tong saved a lot of trouble as soon as he came.

"Okay..." Seeing that his brother was speaking solemnly, Li Yue'er stopped acting coquettishly and sniffed and responded.
Chapter completed!