Chapter: 702

There were over 1.5 million in this account.

This was their family's accumulation over many years, plus the money Xiao Yi'an earned by selling herself to Xiao Yi'en as a favor.

Originally, it wasn't under her control; it was in her husband Xiao Changkuan's hands.

However, since the old lady kept chasing after that money, Xiao Changkuan had quickly transferred all the funds into her name.

When she was about to buy a house with this money, but last time when I went to look at houses, I ran into Ma Lan and got ridiculed by her. So I gave up on buying a house and decided to focus on taking over Ma Lan's money and villa first, then I'll have enough to buy another one later.

But if I let Ye Chen know that I have 1.5 million yuan, he will definitely not leave me a single penny...... Just as I was at a loss for what to do, Ye Chen suddenly snatched my phone and took a close look, furrowing his brow: "You said there were only 500,000 yuan, didn't you?"

Money Hongyan cried, saying, "Ye Chen, this is our family's accumulation! The Xiao family will soon be finished, Grandma's villa will also be repossessed, and we're still hoping to use this money to buy a new house......"

As she spoke, she pitifully said, "Hai Long has not gotten married yet, Shui Wei has not given birth, this is our family of four plus Grandma's last resort......"

Ye Chen sneered coldly: "What does that have to do with me? Don't say I won't give you a way out. If you donate 1.5 million yuan now, I'll let you off with your life today. Otherwise, I'll have Hong Wu personally throw you into the river, and it's up to you!"

Money Hongyan looked at the evil-looking Hong Wu grandpa, her heart tightened, fearing terribly: "I'll donate! I'll donate! Let me off with my life, and I'll donate all the money now!"

Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction and said, "Alright, since you're so clever, I'll let you off with your life this time."

Money Hongyan finally relaxed and cried, asking, "Ye Chen, can you let me go?"

"Let you go?" Ye Chen shook his head and said, "I only said I'd spare your life, not that you could just walk away!"

Hong Wu suddenly exclaimed, "Ah?! I've donated all 1.5 million yuan already......"

"That's not the point," Ye Chen coldly replied, "today's situation is all because of you manipulating things, there's no reason to let He Lian take your punishment for you."

He Lian angrily blurted out, "She's the true culprit!"

Ye Chen looked at Money Hongyan and smiled, saying, "Your accomplices all say you're the culprit, so you have to follow your old partner and go dig coal in Black Coal Mine to continue contributing to Hope Engineering."

After finishing his sentence, Ye Chen pointed to another woman named Niu Gui Min, saying, "And you too, the three of you, together go to Black Coal Mine and work off your sins."

Niu Gui Min was startled and began to cry loudly, her head bowed in shame as she said, "I'm innocent! I was tricked by He Lian into playing mahjong with him, and I didn't harm anyone!"

Ye Chen spoke calmly, "Do you think I'll believe you? You're so good at lying, but I'll let it slide for now. But if you don't shape up, you'll be sent to the black coal mine along with He Lian's family to dig coal for Hope Engineering."

Niu Gui Min was shocked upon hearing this and her whole body began to tremble violently. Although she was terrified, she didn't dare utter another word.

Ye Chen then turned to Hong Wuyi and said, "Hong Wuyi, today these troublemakers, including He Huajiang, will all be sent to the black coal mine to work for Hope Engineering. They'll get the worst living conditions and food, and each month they'll receive 2,000 yuan as their salary. And throughout the year, they won't have a single day off!"

After saying that, he spoke sternly again, "These people, whoever works hard and puts in extra effort, will receive a corresponding raise in their salary. Whoever doesn't work hard and just goes through the motions will have their salary reduced accordingly. The point is that each one of them has to work hard enough to donate 300,000 yuan to Hope Engineering before they can leave."

A month's salary of 2,000 yuan would accumulate to 24,000 yuan in a year. Even if it were 3,000 yuan per month, the annual accumulation would be around 36,000 yuan, which would take about 8-9 years.

Ye Chen felt that this group of people was also part of the gamble, so they naturally had to atone for those who had been ruined by gambling. JrNovels.com