As they were mounting the stairs up, Emily's heart began to beat faster as well.
When they went up to the third floor, they saw Selena standing at the landing with an anxious look. When she saw Simon holding Emily, she immediately went forward excitedly. "Sis, are you okay?"
Selena worriedly looked her up and down. When she was sure that Emily was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Holding Emily's hand tightly, she cried and said sadly, "You're back! I am so worried about you. I regretted so much that I didn't stop you. Thank God you're all right. Otherwise, I would live with a pervasive sense of guilt for the rest of my life! Simon, you are awesome. I know that you can save my sister!"
Emily was moved when she heard the front part. But when she heard the flattery, her mouth twitched.
She looked up at the upstairs and asked with a frown, "It's so noisy. What's going on?"
Although there were still several steps left, the noise inside was loud enough to be heard through the door.
"You know, those people came again!" Selena slouched as she said angrily with red eyes, "Every bloody day! It's incessant. They don't give us a temporary respite. They even drove me out of the house because I was in the way!"
Hearing this, Emily hurriedly struggled, "Simon, put me down!"
Simon acted as if he didn't hear anything. He just frowned and continued to lifted her upstairs.
When they opened the door with the key, they found the room was crowded with middle-aged men and women. All of them stood akimbo and swore at the same time. Amid crowds, aunt and uncle sat still on the sofa with their heads lowered, saying nothing.
Aunt who was quick-tempered, stood up and said to the crowd, "We have no money. You can take away whatever you like in this house!"
"You wish! Look at what you get in your house, they are worth nothing!" One of them retorted bluntly. "We were tricked out of our life savings! We're all penniless now. We work tirelessly for a pittance. We trusted you, so we took out all the money! You promised us at that time that your friend was reliable and wrote a guarantee!"
"Your friend runs away, but you're still here! Even the police can't guarantee when we can get our money back. You're killing us! My life is ruined!"
All of a sudden, the crowd was in a tumult. At this time, a man came out of the crowd with a particularly fierce expression.
Emily soon recognized that the man was the one who waved his fist at the door last time. She learned from Selena that the injury on her uncle's forehead was also caused by the man. When they were arguing, he pushed uncle and uncle's head hit the sofa.
She tensed for fear that the man would beat her uncle.
The man went fiercely to the sofa, pointed at uncle, and said, "I have already told you that if I don't pay our money back, I will beat you up! Although you didn't mean to cheat us, we give you the money because of your guarantee. So just give money to us!"
When the sonorous and forceful words came out, the crowd went into a frenzy. They all glared at the couple with hatred.
"I'll give you the money."
A deep male voice rang out.
Simon said slowly, but it drowned the crowd out. His simple words were like a clap of thunder blown up from the ground, which was full of deterrent force. Everyone turned to look over.
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