I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 251 Tragedy for Sale_1

Chapter 251: Chapter 251 Tragedy for Sale_1

"Madam, it seems you’ve been scammed, I am the actual owner of the restaurant."

"Indeed, we’ve had fewer customers dining in lately because our head chef has fallen ill and been hospitalized, and as a result, many of our signature dishes can’t be made."

"When the chef returns in a few days, business will surely pick up again."

"I have no intention of renovating, and certainly not of borrowing money for renovations—least of all at such high interest rates."

"I have mortgaged this shop to the bank; I could get a loan of tens of millions in minutes. Why would I pay such high interest to borrow from someone else?" the owner said, shaking his head.

He was sure, this woman had been deceived.

Upon hearing this, Feng Lijuan’s face turned extremely ugly.

She hurriedly took out her phone and dialed Hong Maoyang’s number, only to find out that the number was out of service.

At that moment, Feng Lijuan was thoroughly convinced that she had been swindled.

"How could this happen, it was Zhong Qing and the others who encouraged me to invest, and they also put in money themselves, how could it be fake?"

Feng Lijuan mumbled to herself and dialed Zhong Qing’s number.

Soon, the call connected.

"Zhong Qing, we’ve been scammed!" blurted Feng Lijuan immediately.

"What, how were we scammed?" At that time, Zhong Qing and the other three sisters were leisurely drinking coffee in a cafe.

They had each made a hundred thousand and were incredibly elated.

"Zhong Qing, I’m telling you, that Hong Maoyang is not the real owner of the restaurant, he’s just a con artist, we’ve all been fooled," Feng Lijuan said anxiously.

"What, how is that possible? We’ve known him for several years. He said he was the owner of the restaurant," Zhong Qing replied anxiously, though her face showed no sign of it.

The other three women watched her answer the phone with smiles on their faces.

"It’s true, I’m at the restaurant right now. You need to come here quickly, and bring the others with you," Feng Lijuan urged urgently.

She still had no idea that her "sisters" had set her up.

"Okay, I’ll bring Amei and the others with me. Wait for us there," Zhong Qing ended the call, put down the phone, and began to laugh.

"Are we going there now?" Amei asked.

"What’s the rush? The cafe is so close to the restaurant, just a few minutes’ walk. If we go there too fast, Feng Lijuan might get suspicious."

"That’s true, I haven’t even finished my coffee yet."

"It seems Feng Lijuan has no suspicion of us, thinking we’ve been duped just like her."

"That’s exactly the outcome we wanted. Make sure we act the part convincingly and don’t give ourselves away later."

"Don’t worry, I’ve got this down."

"I’m professional at this. If I were in the entertainment industry, what would those little actresses be compared to me?"

The group of women chatted gleefully and drank their coffee for another twenty minutes before leisurely leaving the cafe and taking a taxi to the restaurant.

Though they could have walked, they took a taxi to make their act more convincing.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, they saw Feng Lijuan with a grim expression.

"Zhong Qing, you’re here..." Feng Lijuan quickly recounted the situation again.

"What! How could this happen!"

"Hong Maoyang isn’t the owner?!"

"My God, what about my money, I cashed it out from my credit card!"

"I borrowed mine from a microloan platform!"

"Oh my goodness, how am I supposed to live with this!"

The women cried dramatically, delivering a tumult of lamentation, fully showcasing what can be called acting talent.

They perfectly depicted the helpless, miserable women who had been defrauded of their money.

After crying and making a scene for a while and complaining about being fooled by the restaurant, they finally had no choice but to leave the restaurant.

This has nothing to do with the restaurant, and they couldn’t do anything about it.

They even had the boss pull out the business license for inspection, confirming that the man was not the boss, and the person in front of them was the true owner.

That man had no relation whatsoever to this boss.

Feng Lijuan paid the bill, and the group left the restaurant.

"Who did you guys introduce to me? He turned out to be a scammer, and just like that, my half a million is gone."

Having left the restaurant, Feng Lijuan couldn’t help but complain.

That was the half a million she had managed to scrape together by selling her Audi.

From now on, she could only take taxis.

Moreover, with no one to find, there was no way that money could be recovered.

"Lijuan, you can’t blame us, we didn’t know he was a scammer either. You have to understand, we invested money as well."

"Yeah, we’re even worse off than you. Even if you were scammed out of half a million, it’s no big deal for you. You have a billionaire son-in-law. We’re in real trouble, we borrowed the money, and now we don’t even know where to earn it back to repay."

"That’s right, Lijuan, we’re the real victims here."

"Lijuan, don’t talk like that, it breaks our hearts, you know. We only pulled you in because we saw an opportunity to make money."

"Indeed, who would have thought that guy was a scammer? It’s truly a case of knowing the face but not the heart."

Several women chattered on, their faces depicting sorrow, but their eyes betrayed hints of mirth.

Feng Lijuan didn’t doubt them at all, which meant they could continue to deceive her in the future.

Listening to their words, Feng Lijuan thought they might have a point.

The money these sisters had was all borrowed, whether from relatives and friends, cashed out from credit cards, or loans from online lending platforms.

Given these sisters’ integrity, it was uncertain when they could ever make enough money to repay their debts, indeed they were in a worse situation than her.

Although she had lost the half a million from selling her car, at least she was not in debt and didn’t have to worry about repayments.

And then there was her watch worth a million and a half.

If she ever ran out of money, she could pawn the watch and get some cash for immediate use.

After all, once her daughter got back together with Shen Dong, she wouldn’t have to worry about money.

Even though Chen Yuting had already moved out and wasn’t in contact anymore.

But she firmly believed that Yuting would see sense and would eventually return to Shen Dong’s side.

Sooner or later, she would become Shen Dong’s mother-in-law and have access to inexhaustible wealth.

Getting scammed out of half a million now was nothing.

Half a million was nothing compared to Shen Dong’s vast fortune, not even a drop in the bucket.

"Forget it, I’m going home now, we’ll be in touch another day," Feng Lijuan didn’t want to watch the sisters play pathetic any longer, waving them off as she hailed a taxi and departed.

Watching the taxi disappear at the end of the road, the sisters exchanged glances and began to laugh.

"How was that, pretty good acting, right?"

"Not bad at all, you’re really talented. You could have given those young actresses a run for their money if you were in show business."

"As long as Feng Lijuan doesn’t suspect us, that’s all that matters, we’ve pulled the wool over her eyes for now."

"Feng Lijuan is easy to fool, but if she talks about it with someone else, they’re sure to be suspicious, and they might just start suspecting us."

"Lijuan won’t talk about it, don’t you know what kind of person she is? How could she possibly spread such embarrassing news?"

"Exactly, she definitely won’t tell. Let’s focus instead on how we can continue making money off her."

"Right, that’s what’s important. After all, Feng Lijuan is rich, so let’s depend on her for our future."

"I’ve recently met a friend who’s into financial investment; we could lure Lijuan into getting involved."

"That’s a good idea. Lijuan doesn’t have a clue about finance. If we say we lost the money, she’ll be helpless."

"This matter requires detailed planning..."

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