Transmigrated Into the Vicious Stepmother in a Historical Novel - Chapter 297

When the affair between the two was discovered, Lily demanded that Zhao Zedong repay the money he owed her.

During this time, Zhao Zedong had borrowed several hundred yuan from Lily to support Zhou Qiaoyu, accumulating thousands in total. It’s important to note that in this era, a few thousand yuan could easily buy a house.

Lily trusted Zhao Zedong and lent him so much money, but unfortunately he betrayed her feelings.

Sheng Fei heard the villagers discussing Zhao Zedong’s shameless actions, and meanwhile, the situation between Zhou Qiaoyu and Lily reached a turning point.

At that time, Lily found out where Zhao Zedong and Zhou Qiaoyu worked and revealed the truth to both Zhou Qiaoyu and Zhao Zedong’s parents.

Zhao Zedong’s family was quite simple-minded. Upon hearing that Zhao Zedong was playing with the feelings of two girls and had borrowed so much money from Lily, they were determined to make Zhao Zedong repay her.

After all, that was Lily’s money. She had also warned that if he didn’t pay her back, she would take him to court.

With no other choice, Zhao Zedong managed to gather a few hundred yuan and bought back the bracelet he had given to Zhou Qiaoyu.

Since Zhou Qiaoyu had pawned the bracelet, repurchasing it cost a lot of money. This incident caused a crisis in the relationship between Zhou Qiaoyu and Zhao Zedong.

Zhou Qiaoyu was a woman who only wanted to enjoy herself without sharing responsibilities. Upon learning that Zhao Zedong owed Lily so much money, she immediately abandoned him, saying that it was Zhao Zedong’s debt alone.

Although Zhao Zedong borrowed money from Lily, Zhou Qiaoyu insisted that she owed him nothing since he had willingly let her spend his money.

Zhou Qiaoyu’s words truly made people ashamed.

The relationship between Zhou Qiaoyu and Zhao Zedong became fragile, even having the urge to break up, while Lily also pressed for her money.

At that moment, Zhao Zedong realized that Zhou Qiaoyu never truly loved him. She only loved his money. This left Zhao Zedong with regret.

He apologized to Lily and said that he was only blinded by Zhou Qiaoyu. He insisted that it was she who seduced him. If weren’t for Zhou Qiaoyu seducing him, he would never have been with Zhou Qiaoyu.

Thus, Zhao Zedong begged Lily for another chance and not to break up with him.

However, once someone has been fooled, it’s unlikely they’ll be deceived again. Lily directly rejected Zhao Zedong and took him to court.

If he didn’t repay her, Lily would ensure he went to prison.

This was when Zhao Zedong truly understood that Lily’s heart was firm and that she meant what she said.

Zhao Zedong’s family naturally didn’t want him to end up in jail, so they desperately sought to buy some gifts to persuade Lily to drop the case and stop troubling Zhao Zedong.

Lily made it clear that she wasn’t looking to cause trouble, but that Zhao Zedong had betrayed her.

Everyone who betrays must pay the price.

Even if Lily once had feelings for Zhao Zedong, so what?

That was in the past. Lily’s decisiveness left Zhao Zedong utterly hopeless.

When it came to spending money, Zhao Zedong had no problem. Now that he needed to repay it, Zhao Zedong continuously said he didn’t have any and he refused to pay.