Chapter 557: Shen Lingxue causes trouble

Shen Lingxue raised the documents that she had brought with her and sneered at Han Ruochen’s face. "The authority to run this dock requires an amount of five hundred thousand yuan. Did you submit the amount that is required to run this dock? I am sure that you did not. Since that is the case, you cannot run this dock." Shen Lingxue had been simmering in anger ever since Han Ruochen took over her place as Old Master Xu’s disciple.

She had never hated someone as much as she hated Han Ruochen at that very moment. She wished she could kill Han Ruochen the second she saw her. Shen Lingxue did not know why she hated this old woman so much, but her instincts simply screamed at her that the two of them could not get along with one another. Since this woman dared to steal her position, she would make sure to make her life a living hell.

She smirked and held out her hand to study her well-manicured nails. "You might not know this, but if you want to take over this dock and legally run it, then you will have to pay five hundred thousand yuan. Maybe if you hand over the position of Old Master Xu’s disciple to me and bow down and apologise to me, then I will consider whether to lend you five thousand yuan or not. If you are sensible, I think you will understand what you should and should not do."

Han Ruochen looked at Shen Lingxue, and her gaze turned terrifyingly cold. She knew that the woman did not come looking for her out of the goodwill of her heart. But she never thought that the woman would be so jobless that she actually found a loophole in the deed and came looking for her.

"Hahaha!" Old Scar, who was lying in the corner like a dead man, suddenly laughed out loud when he heard Shen Lingxue’s words. He turned to look at Han Ruochen and laughed maniacally. "Haha, Ruochen. It seems like your condition is no better than mine. If anything, you are in a much worse condition than I was. If anything, since you are the legal owner of this dock, you can no longer escape the scrutiny of the government, which is much worse than mine!"

Old Scar felt truly glad that he stayed behind to watch Han Ruochen’s downfall. Now even if he could no longer run this dock, Han Ruochen could not do it either. The fishermen who went to the sea every day would never accept it. They would definitely want to sell their fish once they returned, and if they could not sell it, then they would certainly revolt. Old Scar would love to see how Han Ruochen would be able to deal with a situation like that.

Han Ruochen glanced at him lightly; even though she did not say anything, her gaze alone was enough to make the man’s laugh come to a sudden halt. He choked and spluttered before turning to look away. Only then did Han Ruochen turn and look at Shen Lingxue. "It seems like you really have a lot of time. You actually came up with such a silly loophole. Do you think that I cannot come up with five hundred thousand yuan?"

When Shen Lingxue heard her casual tone, she was stunned, but then she thought that Han Ruochen was simply boasting. She crossed her arms in front of her with a huff and said, "You really have some bold confidence; I have to admit that. Do you think you can come up with five hundred thousand yuan just because you say you can?"

Shen Lingxue had already checked on Han Ruochen’s family’s condition. She was the third-born of five kids, with one adopted sister and a biased mother. Her father was the sole earner of their family, and he was injured in an accident. Since that was the case, where would Han Ruochen get the money to pay the five hundred thousand yuan? If she had the money, then she would not have borrowed twenty-one thousand yuan!

Tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear, she could not help but sneer at Han Ruochen. "You really don’t know when to step back, do you? Since you are unaware of your place, then fine; hand over the five hundred thousand yuan. I will take it to my cousin."

Listening to the arrogant words of Shen Lingxue, Han Ruochen really wanted to smack the smirk off her face. How dare this woman look her in the eye and act as if she was superior to her? However, Han Ruochen was not the kind of person who would lose her temper over something so small. She simply pursed her lips and began, "I—"

"My dearest disciple!"

A sudden cry interrupted whatever Han Ruochen was going to say, causing everyone on the dock to turn around and look at the old man who was running over. Behind him was Zhai Mumu. She was dressed in a military uniform, and it seemed like she had come straight from the military.

"Old Master Xu? Sister Mumu? What are you doing here?" Shen Lingxue was stunned when she saw that the two of them had come looking for her; she could not help but panic. What were the two of them doing here?

"If we didn’t come here, how would we witness your shameless side? Miss Shen, I never thought that you were this ruthless. You actually went to look for your cousin and even came up with such a blind loophole. If we had not received the news earlier, were you really going to extort more than five hundred thousand yuan from Miss Han?" Zhai Mumu sneered as she marched forward, her military boots causing a crunching sound against the gravel.

"Demanding half a million from a small fisherwoman. I really did not know that the young miss of the Shen family could be this shameless. With whose authority did you do such a thing? Who do you think you are?"

"You are neither an official nor were you appointed to pass on the message, so why are you here?"