Shen Fengling bowed his head to Shen Jing, then spoke up:
"Master Hou, it was my fault from the start. I was blinded by greed and saw only the money. Sister Xia wants to take back the Qi Xiang Pavilion, and I have nothing to say about it. However, you also know that the Shen family's old mansion has not been doing well in recent years. All of our family's expenses, big or small, come from the Qi Xiang Pavilion. Now, my sister wants me to return all the profits from the pavilion over the years, and I really don't have enough money. Even if we sell ourselves to a human trafficker, we still can't afford it."
No matter what is said, as long as there is some truth in it, it can always be spoken with sincerity and conviction, let alone that Fuling is good at these things.
After hearing this, Shen Jing also felt embarrassed. In these years, Shen Youxia didn't take the profits of Qi Xiang Ge, and his life wasn't affected at all. Now that Shen Hui Ling wants to fill back the profits of many years, Shen Jing knows it's also for the sake of arguing, not because Shen Youxia really lacks this silver.
But the problem is that if it's really because of a lack of silver, Shen Jing can directly give Shen Youxia several times more without any issue. However, Shen Youxia doesn't want silver, but rather to argue for the sake of arguing, wanting to regain this breath of air. Therefore, Shen Hui Ling must fill in the silver, otherwise even if Shen Youxia takes back the management rights of Qi Xiang Ge, she will still lose face and this breath of air is still somewhat lacking.
Shen Youxia saw Shen Jing's difficulty and before Shen Jing could speak, Shen Youxia spoke up, "Shen Fuling, if you don't want to pay back the silver you owe from all these years, I have another way."
"What method?" Shen Fuling seemed to have seen a lifesaver.
"Write down all your actions truthfully and write me a satisfactory apology letter, post it on the bulletin boards of Xicheng City."
"Shen Youxia, are you trying to drive Guilin to death? If this is really what you're doing, does he still have the face to stay in Xiyang City?" Liu's furious slap on the table almost made her rush up and fight with Shen Youxia.
Shen Zhong was also very angry. If Shen Fuling really did that, they would probably not be able to hold their heads up in Xiyang City again.
Compared with Liu's and Shen Zhong's indignation, Shen Fei Ling's emotions were not so turbulent, but he still knelt on the ground without speaking.
Shen Jing was extremely surprised that Shen You Xia would say such a thing, and he couldn't help but wonder if Shen Wei Ling had done something else that he didn't know about, which made Shen You Xia so resentful of Shen Wei Ling. In any case, Shen Jing did not speak up to intervene on behalf of Shen You Xia.
"Shen Fuling, I'm giving you the road, but you have to give up one of two things: your dignity or your face. You choose yourself. And let me tell you, I'm only doing this because of my grandfather's reputation; otherwise, we would've settled this in court."
Shen Youxia's words made Shen Bailing, who had originally wanted to ask Shen Jing again, give up on that idea.
At this time, Shen Fuling was indeed a bit confused. He thought that apart from calculating some of Shen Youxia's money, he had not done anything else to harm Shen Youxia. And for Shen Youxia, money had never been an important thing, so why would she be so resentful towards him just because of the Qi Xiang Pavilion?
Shen Fuling wanted to know the reason behind it, but no matter what he couldn't guess, after all, the one who was reborn was Shen Youxia, not him Shen Fuling.