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"You... you all..."
The Ancient Sorcerer was taken aback and quickened his pace to rush forward. After Fan Feng promised to investigate Zhou Yake's husband's death, he hurried back to tell Zhou Yake about it, but he didn't expect to hear Zhou Yake's tearful voice coming from the Yard before he even arrived.
Upon rushing into the Yard, the Ancient Sorcerer found it quite lively. A chair was placed in the center of the Yard, where an old man with graying hair was sitting. Surrounding him were four people, both men and women, and a strong man in his forties was standing right in front of Zhou Yake. Zhou Yake's face was flushed, her eyes filled with tears, clearly very upset.
"Yake, just listen to me. You and your mother are living so poorly right now; why not sell this house? The price of 100,000 is not low; it would be enough for you both to live well."
"You... how can you say that? When Fang Ming was alive, did you lack anything? Now that he is dead, you come to pressure us mother and daughter. Do you have any decency as relatives?"
The man standing in front of Zhou Yake's expression darkened instantly as he coldly said, "Hmph! Everything was easy when Fang Ming was alive. Now that Fang Ming is gone, our Lai Family must reclaim this house; we can't let you take it away. If it weren't for Fang Ming's sake, do you think you could still get 100,000?"
"Listen to me; just obediently sign this contract and go through the transfer procedures. If not, I won't hold back."
"You... you people are shameless! This house was left by Fang Ming for Chenchen. Isn't Chenchen one of your Lai Family?"
Zhou Yake's face turned bright red as she bit her lip tightly.
"Oh, I didn't know that. Who knows if this is even Fang Ming's child?"
A woman in her fifties standing behind the seated old man suddenly interjected maliciously.
"Shuzhen, what are you saying?"
The old man waved his hand and glared at the woman before slowly walking up to Zhou Yake and saying, "Yake, how about this? Let me take care of this house for now, and when Chenchen turns eighteen, I'll return it to her."
"But..."
"But what? I am the head of the Lai Family. Do you not trust me? You were right earlier; this house was left to Chenchen by Fang Ming. You are still young, who knows if you might remarry? What will happen to the house then? How will Chenchen survive in the future? As the head of the family, I absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen. Today, I tell you, whether you agree or not, you must agree. Otherwise, don't even think about leaving this yard."
The Ancient Sorcerer, watching coldly, laughed. This was clearly a real-life scenario of bullying an orphan and a widow to seize their property.
First, there was that man who offered a low price to buy Zhou Yake's house. Given today's prices, even building a two-story small building in a remote area would cost at least 100,000. Not to mention in a big city like Guanghai City, especially in the city center where old neighborhoods are being redeveloped.
If Zhou Yake's house were to be redeveloped in the future, based on current policies, it could at least be exchanged for the same area of commodity housing. A two-story house with a yard would have around 400 square meters. At an estimated value of 20,000 per square meter for commodity housing, that would be over ten million.
Did that man really think he could buy it for just 100,000?
Unless he was out of his mind, who would make such a decision? As for what he later said about not being willing to offer even 100,000 if it weren't for Fang Ming's sake—that was just intimidation.
The woman spoke deliberately, trying to provoke Zhou Yake in such a vicious manner.
Even more despicable was that old man who openly claimed he wanted to help Lai Chen manage the house but was actually thinking of seizing it—how many years would it be before Lai Chen grew up? By then, the house would have been completely swallowed up; wanting it back would be impossible. It would be easy to find an excuse then.
As for his final words, "Today I tell you, whether you agree or not, you must agree. Otherwise, don't even think about leaving this yard," they blatantly revealed his true intentions.
What does it mean to say you must agree whether you want to or not? It clearly meant that the house had to belong to him today.
These people seemed to be from Zhou Yake's husband's family. Now seeing an orphan and a widow and knowing this house could bring them a lot of money, they circled around like sharks smelling blood, employing all sorts of tactics.
As for Zhou Yake, in their eyes, she was like a lamb ready for slaughter; that's why they dared act this way.
"You... you..."
Zhou Yake pointed at the old man and others but couldn't find her voice after a long time; tears flowed uncontrollably down her face.
"Hey, this play is actually quite good."
The Ancient Sorcerer said coldly as he walked towards Zhou Yake. He really had to intervene in this matter.
"Who are you! How dare you interfere in the Lai Family's affairs?"
The burly man who first spoke to Zhou Yake turned red upon seeing the Ancient Sorcerer. He had come to Zhou Yake's house today to force her to give up her property. Since very few people visited Zhou Yake's place, he thought that although their actions were unscrupulous, they wouldn't be seen. However, he didn't expect a stranger to show up, and from the tone of the stranger's voice, it was clear he had witnessed everything that had just happened.
"Disgusting! Truly disgusting! I never expected to see such a performance here today."
The Ancient Sorcerer slowly stood in front of Zhou Yake and then turned around. He first pointed at the burly man and said, "Did you all plan this before coming? First, you scare Zhou Yake, and then it's your turn."
The Ancient Sorcerer pointed at a woman and continued, "And you, you deliberately slander Zhou Yake, smear her reputation, and then force her."
"And you."
The Ancient Sorcerer pointed fiercely at the old man and said, "The most despicable one is you. After those two have already spoken, you think that you've put immense pressure on Zhou Yake. Then under the guise of being the clan leader, you claim to be looking after Lai Chen's house, but in reality, you want to secretly swallow it up, right?"
The old man was Lai Hao, the clan leader of the Lai Family. Just as the Ancient Sorcerer had said, he had come today with a premeditated plan to take over Zhou Yake's house. In fact, he had been eyeing this property for a long time and had discussed it with Zhou Yake many times without success.
Yesterday, he had dinner with an official and heard that the old city would soon undergo renovation. If he didn't act quickly, he would miss his chance. So he gathered a few people and arranged this little play.
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