“Are you done yet?” He Mei said impatiently.
“Why are you in such a hurry! I’m reading! What if you trick me again!” Qian’e shouted back at He Mei.
At this moment, He Mei could neither rush nor scold Qian’e. The initiative in this matter was with Qian’e, so she had no choice but to listen to Qian’e.
He Mei was really at her wits’ end.
“Alright, alright. Now, you have to put your thumbprint on it before we can consider this matter settled.” Qian’e took out the ink pad from her bag and placed it on the table.
“Do you still need a thumbprint? You’re quite well-prepared.” He Mei looked at Qian’e mockingly.
Qian’e did not care about the look. Qiao Mei had already told her that only when the agreement was signed and stamped could it be considered that both witness and material evidence were in place. Then, they would be able to capture He Mei even if she ran away to the ends of the earth.
Qian’e pointed at the end of the agreement and said, “Write your name here and put your thumbprint on it.”
After Ma San and He Mei were done, Qian’e reached out to take the agreements but was stopped by He Mei.
“You have to write down your name here as well, right? What’s the use of just having ours? You have to sign and stamp it too,” He Mei said.
There was no need for He Mei to remind her that she needed to sign and stamp the agreements as well. Qiao Mei had already explained all these things to her. It was called… Party A and Party B! Yes, yes, yes! Although she did not understand what Qiao Mei said, whatever Qiao Mei said must be right.
“What’s the hurry! I’m just about to write it! Give it to me, give it to me!” Qian’e snatched the two agreements and wrote her name on them before pressing her thumbprint on them.
Qian’e took up the agreements and waved it at the two of them before keeping them in her bag.
“Alright, you all saw my signatures, so I’m putting them away now. He Mei, where’s my 20,000 dollars?” Qian’e asked as she looked at He Mei.
He Mei thought that Qian’e had forgotten about this matter. She waved her hand and asked Ma San to go to the car to get the money.
When Ma San heard about getting the money, he was overjoyed. He hurriedly ran back to the car and took out two stacks of money from He Mei’s bag in the back seat. There was so much money that he was sure no one would discover it if he secretly took a few notes.
Just as Ma San was about to keep a few notes for himself, Qian’e shouted loudly, “Let me tell you! Not a single cent less! I will do a check!”
On the surface, it looked like she was talking to He Mei, but in reality, she was talking to Ma San who was in the car.
She knew Ma San too well. He Mei was a careless person and would not have noticed how much money Ma San had stolen from her family. Moreover, Ma San also had something on He Mei, so He Mei turned a blind eye to these things. To her, it was not a big deal if he took some money as the He family could afford it.
“Why do you have to shout? You’re really a shrew. I’m going deaf from all your shouting,” He Mei said as she dug her ears.
“Hmph, it’s best if you’re deaf,” Qian’e muttered.
Ma San had no choice but to hand the two intact stacks of money to Qian’e.
Qian’e handed the money to He Mei and said, “Count it. Don’t claim to have given me more and then ask me to return the excess.”
He Mei snorted and said, “You should count it yourself. Does my He family need this bit of money from you? Don’t go back and then say that I shortchanged you and then come to ask me for more.”
Qian’e sat down in a fit of pique and slowly counted the money note by note. In any case, He Mei had told her to count them carefully, so she must count them one by one in detail.
He Mei was so angry that she took out 500 dollars from her pocket and placed it on the table, saying “I don’t have time to waste with you! This 500 dollars is for you, you definitely won’t be shortchanged! Ma San, let’s go.”
“Hey! What is this! No, you have to wait for me to finish counting! I don’t want to owe you anything if there’s any extra!” Qian’e said.
He Mei said impatiently, “If there’s extra, just take it as my gift to you. This 500 dollars is also for you. Take your time to sit here and count them. You have to give me an answer within three days!”
He Mei and Ma San drove their cars and left the pavilion area. When there was no other sound around, Qian’e took a look at the spot where Qiao Mei and Xia He were hiding before leaving with her things.
They did not know if He Mei had arranged for her own people to wait at the foot of the mountain. It was safer for them to return to their own place to talk.
After going down the mountain, Qian’e returned to her neighborhood. Qiao Mei and Xia He also went to Xia Fang’s house.
It was already nighttime when Qian’e went to look for them.
