A few days later, before Gang Leader Hong even had to make a move, Niu Youfu ran into huge trouble of his own. Niu Youfu could barely be considered a high official in the Capital, but his habit of sponging off free meals and drinks was entirely real, and he swindled people out of money and women besides. In a quiet corner of the small town, the former swindler Niu Youfu was a shadow of his former glory. He plunged from a life of freeloading straight into the abyss. The people he had cheated came knocking on his door one after another, but the money in his hands had long since been squandered, leaving him with no way to pay them back. A mountain of insoluble problems weighed on him, and after getting into a brawl with creditors, he was beaten black and blue, unable to afford even the medical expenses. His past arrogance and swagger had now become his greatest source of misery.
Grandpa Tang, Liu Ye'er's grandfather, also ended up among the ranks of debt collectors due to his former fawning. The twenty taels of silver he had once gifted to Niu Youfu now felt like a memory soaked in blood and tears. Consumed by a mix of anger and disappointment, he gave Niu Youfu a thorough beating, yet still failed to recover a single cent.
Niu Youfu had once been a scion of a wealthy family in the Capital, living a carefree life. However, the unpredictable whims of fate subjected him to unprecedented blows after he left the Capital. His luxurious lifestyle vanished like a bubble, leaving him …
Chapter 74