Gao Zheng's family gradually came back to their senses as well.
Gao Zheng was the first to break the stalemate.
"Y-Yes, yes, I'm sorry, Li Ru. I-I'm sorry, Master Jiang. We... we really didn't know before!"
Gao Zheng's parents also began speaking one after another.
"Y-Yes! We... we didn't know that... that Master Li was no good!"
"Master Jiang, we... we were wrong. Um... please, please help our family! Oh, right, right! Didn't you say you were going to give us some talismans just now? We want them now, we want them now!"
"Yes, yes, we want them now."
"Master Jiang, give us the talismans now!"
"..."
I found it rather amusing.
They hadn't wanted them just now, but now they did?
Where could they find such a good deal?
I immediately said, "Want them now? That won't do. Fifty thousand. Figure out the money yourselves. Contact me once you've gathered it."
The moment I said that, the Gao family was terrified.
The thirty-eight thousand from before had been borrowed.
There was basically no way they could come up with another fifty thousand now.
"Huh? F-Fifty thousand?"
"Master Jiang, w-we don't have fifty thousand! A little less, please, a little less. Our family truly knows we were wrong. We... we didn't know you had such incredible abilities."
"..."
Gao Zheng continued, "Master Jiang, Master Jiang, we... we have no money now. That thirty-eight thousand was all borrowed. P-Please be kind and charge us less."
"When you were driving me away, looking down on me, and refusing to believe me no matter how I tried to reason with you, that wasn't your attitude, was it?"
I spoke calmly.
Li Ru and Zhu Dayou also spoke up from the side.
"Exactly. Doctor Jiang was helping you so much, but you people just