They still live normal lives, cleaning in the morning and going to restaurants to play music in the evening. His income is enough to buy a cheap cellphone.
"Where's Maem?"
A man wearing sunglasses walked into the reception desk. Nuengdiao looked at the clock, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, so it probably wasn't a guest checking in, because he didn't behave like that.
"I asked you where Maem is?"
The man shouted then slammed his hand on the table, startling her. The loud noise caused Palm, who was standing in the kitchen, to run out, as did her mother.
"What are you doing here?" The middle-aged woman said, motioning for Nuengdiao to step aside.
"The boss asked me to collect the debt"
"What debt? I've paid the interest every month, where is it?"
Nuengdiao just listened silently. Although Aunt Maem showed no fear, there was a hint of looseness in her eyes.
"You should know how to borrow money, right? You can't just pay the interest and not pay the principal. The boss said, if you don't pay it back on time, you'll have to move somewhere else. And he will." sell this hotel."
Nuengdiao gulped a little, while Palm just stood there listening and observing the situation.
"Where does a mortgage like that come from?"
"I'll go to the police"
The man laughed loudly, then his bullet-shaped eyes dropped.
"Do you think my boss dares to lend me money like that without having anything to do with the police? Do you think they will help?"
"Choose. The first one has to pay, the second one is to lose this hotel."
Maem stared, glaring until her eyes seemed to bulge out of their sockets. He gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and trembled slightly.
"How much does it cost?"
Nuengdiao said, making everyone turn around.
"What did you say?"
"I asked how much money. Principal and interest, total?"
Maem looked at him with inexplicable eyes. Palm also held back his hand, but Nuengdiao motioned to him with a determined look.
"300.000B"
"I only borrowed 100,000B!"
The woman slammed her hand on the table, causing the man to immediately draw his gun. Palm also took out a gun from his pocket, and the two sides stood facing each other. Everything was tense to the point of holding my breath. Finally Nuengdiao spoke.
"In 30 minutes, take all the documents. I will pay you 300,000 billion"
"Nuengdiao!" Bu Maem exclaimed in surprise.
"I know I was hired to collect debts and want half of the place. If I go back and get the documents, I will pay me an extra 100,000 billion. Otherwise, wait for my boss to sell the building, and I won't have any money at all"
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
Lanjut Nuengdiao.
"Then you choose. I'll give you 300,000B, you can take 100,000B. You don't want to risk going to jail, right?"
He was calm, pretending to be fearless in front of that weapon, but in reality his limbs were weak. My hands behind my back were shaking, sweat was pouring out, but I had to stay calm.
