Chapter 485 — Naming Her Grievances
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Wei Zhao would never have been so courteous! Wei Zhao would never have demanded a written statement from him -- he'd have beaten him until his arms and legs were broken and he could never write a statement again.
Zou Tiandi not only wrote out a statement declaring that from this day on he would never trouble Xiaowei, Diao, or Dan again, but also returned the contract he had previously signed with Xiaodan, untouched, to Xiaodan -- which is to say, from then on Xiaodan and he would have nothing to do with each other.
Only after she had the statement and the contract in hand did Tang Zhi breathe a sigh of relief. She no longer wished to stay in Zou Tiandi's house a moment longer, and nodding, she said to her mother, "Then let's go."
"Wait a moment!" Zou Tiandi called the Tang family back.
Tang Zhi's heart gave a jolt. Had Zou Tiandi seen through something? Did he know she was only bluffing?
"Mr. Zou? You're going back on your word?" Tang Zhi turned around anyway, making her voice sound calm. Mother Tang, Xiaowei, and Xiaodan were frightened out of their wits, but they had not yet grasped what was happening -- and Zou Tiandi could not see them.
"No, no, Sister Tang, you misunderstand!" Zou Tiandi started in alarm and hastily explained. "What I meant was, I'll send a car to take you home... It's dark now, and you're carrying all that money. It isn't safe!"
It wasn't that Zou Tiandi was being meddlesome -- he had no choice but to meddle! The Tang family was carrying a great deal of money, and with the additional two hundred thousand it would come to seven hundred thousand. Going out at night was truly unsafe. If something happened and they were robbed, and Wei Zhao thought he had sent the robbers, that would be a disaster!
So to prove his innocence, Zou Tiandi had no choice but to send a car and personally escort them home; only once they were safely there would he rest easy.
"Is that so? Well, that works too," Mother Tang said, thinking it over. It was late, and carrying so much money really wasn't very safe.
Seeing Mother Tang agree, Zou Tiandi hurriedly called his driver and told him to bring the company's business van back, then threw on his coat, ready to escort the Tang family himself.
"Mr. Zou, you rest. There's no need for you to come," Tang Zhi said, not wanting Zou Tiandi to tag along -- if he noticed something along the way, that would be bad. "What if Wei Zhao sees you and gets angry again?"
"Huh?" Zou Tiandi was startled by Tang Zhi's words, and thought, she's right. If Wei Zhao didn't see him, the matter would blow over in a few days. But if Wei Zhao did see him, and gave him a beating, what then? So Zou Tiandi said gratefully, "Thank you, Sister Tang! I was being a bit unwise! In that case, I won't see you off. It's not that I'm lacking in courtesy -- I truly don't dare!"
Mother Tang, Xiaowei, and Xiaodan breathed a sigh of relief, but Mother Tang turned and said with great swagger, "No need. With that courage of yours -- I'll have a word with my son-in-law later and tell him not to scare you anymore!"
"Ah! Then thank you, Auntie!" Zou Tiandi was overjoyed. That was exactly the sentence he had been waiting for!
Zou Tiandi's driver arrived quickly. Zou Tiandi gave him a few instructions, telling him he must respect the Tang family even more than he respected Zou himself, and only then did he let the driver leave with them.
Zou Tiandi's driver was very conscientious. He would rather take the dirt road and scrape the car's undercarriage than fail to deliver the Tang family right to their doorstep, and only then did he return to report back.
Once home, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The performance had gone reasonably well. Happiest of all was Mother Tang -- not only had she not had to pay any money, she had come away with two hundred thousand more. A windfall from the blue!