「Huating Community.」

A glaring eight-character threat was splashed across the entire wall: "Default on your debts, and your whole family will be wiped out."

Xu Ke's face turned ashen. He knew for sure that Siao Fan was behind this.

The property manager stood at the entrance, his face a mask of contempt. "Clean this up immediately. Don't bring your mess into our community."

Xu Ke made a phone call to have someone clean it up, then turned to the property manager. "Sir, I'd like to check the surveillance footage."

"What's there to see?" The property manager frowned. "You borrowed money to buy a house and can't pay it back. Now your debts are common knowledge, and you want me to pull up the surveillance footage for you?"

Seeing the manager was determined to be difficult, Xu Ke didn't waste words and simply threatened, "I can file a complaint about you with your superiors."

"Fine." The manager was furious but scoffed, "Alright, I'll show it to you."

"Besides, while it's true I borrowed money to buy my house, I don't owe a single yuan to the person who did this," Xu Ke said coldly.

"Who's going to believe that?" the manager retorted, rolling his eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Ke couldn't be bothered to argue further.

***

In the surveillance footage, a man was smearing what looked like dog blood on Xu Ke's wall to form characters. Although the person was bundled up to conceal his identity, Xu Ke could still tell from his build that it was Siao Fan.

He's really at his wit's end.

Seeing Siao Fan taking action himself, Xu Ke knew he must be too broke to hire anyone and had to do the dirty work personally.

That makes sense. If he weren't out of money, Siao Fan wouldn't have been so anxious over 60,000 yuan, nor would he have completely burned his bridges with Siao Jia. Siao Fan wouldn't have personally carried out such a meaningless act of vengeance if he weren't so poor. Siao Jia is foolish, but this spoiled Siao Fan is even more foolish.

You want money? Xu Ke sneered. I wonder if you're even qualified to take it.

He dialed a number, and the call connected.

A brash voice came through the phone, "Xu Ke, what's up? Have you decided when you're going to pay me back yet?"

"No, but I am going to sue you. You'll have to face the consequences for what you've done," Xu Ke said, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Bullshit! You have any proof?" Siao Fan laughed heartily.

Hearing Xu Ke's empty threats, he knew the man was powerless against him. This realization thrilled Siao Fan, filling him with a smug and arrogant satisfaction. "I'm telling you, if you don't pay up, I'll find new ways to torment you every single day. I'll make sure you never know a moment of peace."

Just as I thought! The disguise worked, and Xu Ke can't do a thing to me! Siao Fan found it incredibly satisfying to watch Xu Ke squirm because of his actions.

"Are you threatening me? How could you do this?" Xu Ke asked, a hint of panic in his voice.

"No, I wouldn't dare threaten you," Siao Fan said, his voice dripping with triumph as he sensed the panic. "I just want to let you know that if you dare to oppose me, I'll kill your whole family."

"But that money is mine!" Xu Ke said angrily. "What right do you have to take my money?"

"Your money? That 60,000 yuan is mine," Siao Fan snarled.

Xu Ke retorted, "Do you have an IOU? Do you have any proof?"

"I don't," Siao Fan sneered contemptuously, "but it's still mine. If you refuse to pay, just wait for what happened today to happen again."

"Fine, fine, you just wait!" Xu Ke sounded furious yet helpless. "Justice will be served!"

"Justice my fucking ass! HAHAHA!" Siao Fan cursed before bursting into a wild laugh. Then, he abruptly hung up.

As he listened to the dial tone, Xu Ke's smile returned.

Perfect. Recording complete.

***

At half past eight, after the foul mess on his wall was cleaned up, Xu Ke returned to the urban village. He compiled the surveillance footage and the audio recording, then made two copies of each.

After that, he called a woman named Li Hong, whom he had met by chance some time ago. She was the woman Siao Fan had been desperate to marry, the one he tried to get the bride price for by squeezing every last yuan out of Siao Jia, Xu Ke, and Chang Xiujuan.

"Hello, is this Xiao Hong? I have something about the Siao family I need to tell you..."

Xu Ke proceeded to lay out everything Chang Xiujuan and the others had done, holding nothing back.

If I'm going to take revenge, I might as well ensure Siao Fan's utter ruin. To kill a man, you must strike at his heart. To get revenge, you must attack what he cherishes most. Siao Fan wanted to marry Li Hong? Well, from this moment on, that dream was doomed.

Xu Ke spoke for nearly two minutes, succinctly explaining the entire situation. "...and that's the gist of it. You should probably evaluate the situation for yourself. Also, I have proof for all of this. I'll be sending it to you shortly, so please take a look."

"...Okay."

Having heard it all, Li Hong was obviously dazed. Her voice was faint and spiritless, as if she couldn't process the reality of what she'd just been told, utterly shocked by the Siao family's actions.

The call ended.

Xu Ke smiled faintly. He then sent over all the evidence he had on hand.

If she still dares to marry into that family after learning how hideous her future in-laws are, I can only chalk it up to a string of bad luck, as I seem to be constantly running into complete idiots.

After sending the files, Xu Ke sat back in his chair and began to wait calmly. He had more retaliatory measures in store, but there was no rush. He was waiting for a specific phone call. Siao Fan's temperament was just too easy to manipulate.

***

「Half an hour later.」

At nine o'clock on the dot, a phone call came in, just as he had expected.

Xu Ke answered.

A frenzied roar blasted from the other end. "Xu Ke! Xu Ke, I'm going to fucking kill you!"

"What... what do you want?" Xu Ke stammered in feigned panic.

"You... you fucking bastard! My Xiao Hong... Xiao Hong..." Siao Fan screamed and sobbed, his voice a heartrending, despairing wail. When Li Hong had called to break up with him, his entire world had collapsed.

"What happened between you and Li Hong?" Xu Ke asked.

"You have the nerve to ask me? It was you! You said something to her that made her break up with me! You're a scumbag!" Siao Fan roared. "I'm going to kill you. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will kill you."

Xu Ke feigned even greater panic. "Don't be rash! There are plenty of fish in the sea. Her mother wants a bride price of hundreds of thousands, and you're so poor... it's better that you broke up. But you can't take your anger out on me."

"Still playing dumb! I'm coming for you right now! I'm going to fucking kill you!" Siao Fan raged.

Chang Xiujuan's voice cried out in the background, "Son, don't be impulsive! It doesn't matter if he dies, but if you kill him, you'll end up in jail!"

Feigning utter terror, Xu Ke said, "Don't, don't, don't!"

He hung up the phone.

Looking at the device, Xu Ke's expression turned cold. The Siao family had wanted him dead for a long time. From the moment his mother had fallen ill from their anger, Xu Ke had made a promise to himself. Since he had the chance to be ruthless, he would absolutely never let them off the hook.

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